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When Yokohama-Tokyo Trains Race 💨

Caught this coming back to Tokyo today, kind of relaxing to watch it float by.

Yokohama Morning Market & Maguro Auction, Carving

Advanced notice! YUM! John

Yokohama Morning Market & Maguro Auction, Carving

Advance notice! John

Yokohama has Two InterContinental Hotels, totally different experiences!

Advance notice! -John

Let there be Chestnuts 🌰!!!

Kuruicco Factory in Yokohama now: watching them pump out sweet bars is calming. These things sell out everyday in the first 1 hour of sale! They have a shop at Daimaru Tokyo Station as well. The smell in here — is incredible! Had an ice cream 🍨 and coffee in their cafe.

My Emotional Reaction to today’s Earthquake Video

Many of you saw I was pretty hard hit by the earthquake simulator. Thank you for the messages! Please note what Sylvester Stallone said about life: “It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. “

WE ALL have been hit hard once or twice or more in life. It’s good to talk about it, keep moving forward. Today was a look back for good reasons and I’m not afraid to do that. Hope we can lea...

Japanese Disaster Training and Revisiting 2011

Advance notice -John and a bunch of kids!!

300 Year Old Japanese Street Food Market Experience | Daruma Festival (Futaba)

Advance notice -John

Back in Fukushima today

It’s nice to be back in Iwaki where I taught English in 1999. The station has changed but Mr Donuts and Ito Yokado are still in the same spot 😂 where I started learning Japanese from old ladies! Hey, they started it!! I was just sitting there and they started to talk to me. I could not speak Japanese so they started teaching me. A group of them, kind of strict 😂 and I saw them there more often. It’s deep countryside here, not much but today I’m with a group of people on a tour to ...

Shimokitazawa Night Street View Adventure, Tokyo’s HipsterJazz Entertainment

Here we go, Mike is with me -John

Japan Earthquake False Information Spreading | Haneda, Hokuriku Update

Advance notice -John

Tokyo’s “Official” New Year 2024 Countdown Event DOES NOT EXIST?!

Advanced notice and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! -John

Tokyo (Haneda) ANA flight from JFK New York Terminal 7

On our way home! JFK to Haneda via Pokémon flight! ^_^ J,K,L

Early Access! Japanese Toys that Changed our World!

Let's head to Noboribetsu, Hokkaido to visit my friend Wakaki-san's toy museum! He started selling toys in 1965 and has collected these for decades, displaying them in 2014 after so many buyers came asking for his "dead stock" - I'll post the full interview in GO! tomorrow. Leave me comments on the YouTube video - thank you for making this possible! I was able to fly Matt with me to cover this thanks to the support here. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone as we wind down 2023, sup...

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays from Vermont

Hi everyone, we’re in VT, USA for Christmas visiting family. No snow except up the mountain 🏔️ where my nieces are “tubing” down the hill. Good way to burn off those Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast! We wish you a very wonderful holiday full of love and happiness with your families and friends. We’re here for another 5 days then back to Tokyo. The next OiJ video is complete, thank you UFO Bob for previewing it, I’ll try to get it out tonight for Christmas Day and the days after. I ...

EARLY ACCESS ➡️ Why Japanese SCHOOL UNIFORMS Are So Popular ★ ONLY in JAPAN

Early Access! Thank you for the support, I hope you enjoy this latest documentary on Japanese School Uniforms! Factory tour to Classroom. If you have time to help with the subtitles, it’s on Amara 🎶 https://amara.org/videos/rbJwJtwnEAs2/info/why-japanese-school-uniforms-are-so-popular-only-in-japan/?team= Hi from Kanae & Leo in the USA! -...

Coming shortly, School Uniforms!

Just trying to fix the narration since I got a new mic, SM7B, sounds muddy. Have to figure out how to EQ it better. Would be a shame to release it as is - we had a massive rain storm last night that also knocked out the power. Weather’s so weird. Also plan to release the Japanese Toy Store episode before Christmas 🎅 with my friend Matt Alt and Mr Wakaki, my friend from my hitchhiking days in 2003 who’s got all sorts of treasure in his private collection including Nintendo stuff before ...

Back in the USA ٩(^‿^)۶ Q&A

leave me any questions below ⬇️ and I’ll answer it if you can’t join us live. Looking for 2-4 students for Kanae’s lessons so DM me if interested. We’ll schedule it for AM in the US, maybe start Sunday! Let’s see during the live stream here how everyone feels. Thank you for that! Wanted to try something new this year. -John, Kanae and Leo ^_^

Japanese Toy Episode - Teaser

This should be done and up by 12/20 for the holidays 🎅 still MUCH editing to go, title undecided - two releases on the way!! Ho Ho Ho! -John (in the USA)

Jet lag is too real, Japan to USA is brutal around 7pm!

Leo’s vs Gyoza vs Jet Lag 😵‍💫🥟 I’m on the way down right now 😴! I think tomorrow I’ll be better balanced to do a stream on GO again. Good night Leo zzzz

Back in the US, Kanae’s Japanese Lessons?

Hi everyone, we’ve landed in the US. Boy, is jet lag kicking us around! We’re fine otherwise and I’ll stream again tomorrow with some updates. Back editing again and will do some Patreon Q&A but I wanted to ask, since we’re here, would Kanae’s Japanese language lessons be something you’d be interested in? We talked about it on the plane and it might be something we do for Patreon supporters ❤️ I like the idea! 💡

See you on the other side!

We’re off! Postcards are away :) see you from the USA 🇺🇸 - we’ll miss Japan but will enjoy some time away. I’ll still be editing - expect some great releases over the holidays! Go go go ✈️ ^_^

Haneda Airport 7-Eleven is a dream come true!

Advance notice -John

Tokyo Hotel Guide | IKEBUKURO STATION Accomodations, Budget to Extreme

Advance notice, let’s look at Ikebukuro today -John ^_^

Haneda Airport International Terminal 3 | Beyond Plane Spotting

Advance notice -John

Daimyo 📦 Tier open again ٩(^‿^)۶

Hi Everyone, the Daimyo tier is open again since worldwide small packet has resumed - to most of the world. I’ll be sending them out on December 4th (Monday) PM so sign ups after that will be sent at the end of the month (arrival in early January) It’s great that the post is more normal after 3 years of so much uncertainty 😅 Postcards will be sent Dec 5th from Haneda airport.

Tokyo Monorail Station to Haneda - Get Around the Mess

Advanced notice -John

End of Year Postcards for Samurai - Address Check ✅

Hi from Tokyo, Gentle reminder to Samurai level supporters to double check your address (and make sure you added one!) for December’s postcard - everyone* gets one! Postcard club level too! NOTE: don’t use ALL CAPS, no extended zip code etc because more text means smaller labels. Abbreviate whenever possible:

Chicago Heights ▶️ Chicago Hts

21 West 12th Boulevard Suite 32 ▶️ 21 W 12th Blvd ste 32

This helps a lot and makes your address easier to see an...

Japanese Ogres 👹 Mega Oni Yokai at Noboribetsu

Advanced notice -John & Matt

Hokkaido Freezes Over at Noboribetsu Onsen

Advanced notice -John & Matt in Noboribetsu