the police have it all blocked off
I can't believe we actually found one
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I think that way we’re very close, oh we are very close
We weren't we continued walking towards what we thought was our hotel but little
did we know there's actually a lot of Apa hotels in Tokyo and the one we
were looking for was about a 40 minute walk from here but that was the least of
our worries we were about to face our biggest
challenge yet
Where's the light switch?
It's gotta be this.
The bed turns on?
We cheaped out too much there's no lights.
We got a flashlight!
Yatta
after playing pacman for ten hours straight
We finally made it to our first hotel and I don't know if you guys realize this or
not but it came it's quite the surprise to me that when people talk here there
aren't any subtitles and that makes things pretty difficult to find your way
around also we've been here for a couple hours and I don't have a harem of girls
in love with me so I'm not entirely convinced that we even come to the right
place but I guess we'll find out tomorrow
It's currently 5:05 in the morning.
It’s currently 5:05 in the morning and we're about to attempt to walk from Shinjuku
over to Ginza, Jinza which one is it Ari? Japan.
We’re going to try to walk over to Japan
We're about to try to walk from Shinjuku over to Ginza and see what we can see.
So we started walking towards Ginza and I noticed on the map that
we're gonna come right across the stairs and the train station for Your Name.
so that'll actually be our first location walking and drinking like a
degenerate, oh crap after reporting Ari to the police for
his disgusting coffee related crimes we started walking towards the staircase
but we only made it a few minutes before stumbling into an empty courtyard which
unknown to us turned out to be the Tokyo Metropolitan government building which
is generally a pretty popular tourist destination but since nobody else was
dumb enough to be awake at this hour we had it all to ourselves
after far too long of exploring and taking pictures which if you'd like to
see are all over on Instagram.com/thatskindaneet we remembered our mission
and decided to push on but again we didn't make it very far before seeing
something cool
after surviving the angel attack we began the longest leg of our journey the
map only took us a few blocks off the main street but it felt like being
transported into an entirely different City
[Music]
They're doing cosplay. She has the ribbon in her hair.
[Music]
I can't believe we actually found one this is ridiculous remember when I was
sitting in my room and I said I kind of hoped by making this video that
the plan would seem more doable but if anything it just makes me more uneasy
well it's actually working we actually are finding locations and I
mean obviously this is a pretty easy and popular one I’m kind of speechless how spot
on this is to the film like everything all the details are here it's really really cool
you're like way too tall bend over
[Laughter] just as we were about to leave we
noticed a map of Your Name. locations just sitting on top of a bench held down
by a few rocks I think it says a lot about Japan that nobody has ever taken
it it showed locations I've never seen before and definitely came in handy on
the rest of the expedition
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another one this is a good example of a shot where the geometry of the space has
been tweaked to make a nicer composition for the film and therefore cannot
actually be recreated in real life I had this problem several times throughout
the trip and what I ended up doing is choosing one prominent object to use as
my anchor which in this case is this building in the background so even if
everything else is off the anchor should line up fairly closely
oh it's that building I was way off
Oh and you can even see the lantern go do the lean again
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so we're trying to get to the Imperial Palace but the police have it all
blocked off the Emperor has a New Groove or something or there's a new emperor so
that might be why it's shut down because there's big big March or parade
happening tomorrow but we're gonna do the next best thing which is go to the
Marunouchi building which is a location from Tsuki ga Kirei
Giving up on seeing the palace we begin the long journey to the Tokyo National Art Center which is
the location of the cafe that Taki took Miki on a date to
I started to feel nervous that we made such a long journey for nothing the shot
I needed was clearly from the third floor but all the stairs seemed to be
blocked off I was just about to give up hope when Ari came to me saying that he
found an open elevator
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although the Art Center was a long ways to go for just two shots I'm so glad we
did because they definitely turned out to be some my all-time favorites it was
getting late so we began the long journey home only stopping for the
absolute essentials and by essentials I mean who had to a Akihabara
exploring a five story anime merch building for way too long we got kind of
thirsty and had no choice but to stop at a hedgehog cafe for refreshments
exhausted from an incredibly long day we headed straight back to our hotel to
sleep is what we should have done but what actually happened is sort of a blur
[Music]
so I'm at my hotel in Roppongi Ari just went all the way back to the Sky
Tree to buy a jacket that he really liked so I was thinking that I
might go find some more locations but the first location I want to go to
The Mori Art Gallery and then get up on the roof which is a location from weathering In You
but for some reason since it's Japan on Tuesdays basically everything's closed
or closes early so I was gonna go down to Minato city and check out some Love is War
locations but the sun's probably setting pretty quick so I wouldn't make it
so I think I might just go walk to where the high school from Your Name. is
and just try grab a couple shots from there
I had to walk as fast as I could because I knew I was losing sunlight quick when I
finally got to the first location I encountered a new problem people and
more people and a couple more people and this dude trying to watch the sunset
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while rushing to grab some b-roll I accidentally captured another shot from
Your Name. just from a much wider angle at this point the Sun was basically gone
so I broke out into a jog because I really wanted to get one last shot
before dark it broke my heart a little that in my determination I had to run
straight past a street festival it smelled so strongly of delicious
takoyaki that I almost tripped and could have smashed my camera and dreams into a
million pieces now this next shot I'm really not
proud of it was getting so dark that I knew the lighting wasn't going to
remotely match and in my frustration I completely screwed up the framing
notice how lining up certain anchors completely throws off the rest of the composition
walking away I took one last look at the memorial gallery before bowing my head
in shame all I could think about was what that nice gentleman on the bridge
would think of me after I failed to recreate the last scene but then
something happened I heard a strange song playing off in the distance and
that's when I remembered I pulled the sick 180 and began jogging towards the
music before I knew it my nostrils filled with the scent of fresh takoyaki
and a weight was lifted from my shoulders as I forgot all about my
little blunder
if there's one thing I learned from my first trip to Japan it's the magic of just picking a direction and walking my favorite memories of the
trip are the times we didn't have an objective or agenda and ended up just
stumbling into places and adventures like that festival that otherwise I
would never have seen don't be afraid to turn down an alley where it's supposed
to or walk into the first restaurant you see I managed to meet back up with Ari
and together research for more locations around Shinjuku
After scouring Tokyo for Your Name. locations to film I was sad to be moving
on but the excitement of seeing the incredible views of Mount Fuji from the
very same places showcased in Yuru camp made it hard to sleep that and the
nightmares I was having about driving on the left side of the road there was only
one thing left for us to do before I'd be okay with calling our Tokyo
experience complete
So even if we're out watching weird robot shows
[Doobstep]
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