I had a bit of a late start for today
But I spent the majority of it in front of a computer
handling subtitles, setting up schedules for freelancers, sending out invoice information for them, and
discussing things with our client and accountant because we now have our bank account
and now Kris and I are gonna go meet someone by Shinjuku station
We're meet Baye McNeil today
A writer whom we met at a party a few months ago
and we just figured he's a very interesting person to be in this vlog
I'm a writer and teacher and lecturer
I'm a columnist for the Japan Times
And I've written a couple of books and novels
One is called "Hi My name is Loco and I'm a Rascist"
The other one is called "Loco in Yokohama"
They're all about Japan
I think Japan has a hello of a potential
Japanese people that I've met and grown very fond of
they've all expressed an interest to see their country progress in ways that would make it more globalized
more globalized country and a country more able to embrace people from other countries
I wanna help, you know, if I can
The more people who know about, for example, African Americans or black people around the world
who have been coming to Japan to make this their home
I think there's very limited information about them
So for example, my column, I've been focusing on the variety of black people that have
come to call Japan their home
But in my experiences, Japanese people talking about Gaijin
they're not talking about all foreigners, they are talking about white people
And if they are talking about other foreigners
they will say so
Chinese person, Korean person, Black person
They will say that particular person's race or nationality
When they say gaijin, they're thinking about white people
European or American
Thank you! Bye bye!
If you're interested in Baye's books or his writing, you can check out the links in the video description
What are you doing?
Testing out a camera
What is it?
I'm actually trying to turn on the camera
Oh I love this shop so much
They have everything in here
You can see all the lenses here
And you can test all the lenses
One of the effects of vlogging is that suddenly you have to care a lot, lot more about your fashion
Today I'm going to get rid of a lot of the clothes
that I have in my closet that I no longer wear
and I only had around as comfortable clothes
but can't really use for the vlog
so therefore I can't really use at all since it's a daily vlog
The problem with getting rid of clothes for me is I feel really wasteful if I throw it away
If you sell to a second-hand store, you don't actually get a lot of money
You usually walk away with just a few bucks
Like three or four bucks
so I usually don't go for that option
I usually just find a place a place to donate them
A few more things worth noting about thrift stores in Japan
is they're really popular, a lot of people come here to shop
If they're looking for kind of more funky clothes
There are whole areas devoted to thrift stores
because people take such good care of their clothes here
And although they are thrift stores, some things are super expensive
I just saw a shirt for 10,000JPY so like 100USD
but if you're looking for cheaper price but good quality Japanese clothes
check out the thrift stores
or just funky stuff
While I was at the second-hand store
I decided to quickly check out the upstairs book section
and I found this book about different places to visit in Japan
and Kris wants to go on a trip next week in an are that's featured in here
so I'm going to quickly pick this up for him
I can't figure out how to get out of here now
Where are the stairs?
Ah, found them
I got you something
Japan Souvenir?
But it's because there's a section on like Okaya ma
and I know you wanted to go there
Sushi time
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