One of the top questions I asked is where to go and what to do in Tokyo. I got a simple answer for you. Anywhere! To prove the point, my friend Angela (internationallyMe) and I randomly walk around Tokyo. While I didn’t show this in the video, I did randomly choose a starting point as well as a direction to go towards. For those who support on Patreon, I put up a little behind the scenes of how I went about generating the randomness as well as some commentary and deleted scenes.
Angela’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/internationallyme
Patreon Page with Deleted and Behind the Scenes: https://www.patreon.com/lifewhereimfrom
Where did we go? Here’s the full route!
Hey, we’re back in Vancouver (for now) and I thought I’d put together an update video. After the incredible response to the survey (thank you!), wanted to share some of the findings. Also, we’ll be doing a meetup in Vancouver and I’ll be going to Vidcon!
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I read this book called Tokyo Underworld, which covered the life of Nick Zappetti. It’s honestly been 15 years since I read it, but I still remembered feeling that it was super difficult for a foreigner to become Japanese. It turns out I was wrong, and becoming legally Japanese is a straightforward process that can be undertaken by anyone.
I talked with Eido Inoue, a former American who became Japanese in 2010. Since naturalizing he’s run a website (http://bit.ly/becojapan) educating people on how to naturalize and become a citizen of Japan.
The interview was so fascinating, that I have posted the mostly uncut hour-long version of the interview on the LWIF X channel.
I love Japanese onsens (hot springs), and my family… well, they like them. I had heard about Kusatsu and asked my wife to see if she could book a trip out there for us. She delivered and we rented a car and drove a few hours, stopping a few places along the way, before we reached our ryokan. Not knowing that much about Kusatsu, I think the family was all pleasantly elated to find a hot spring town that was beyond our expectations. There are some places that the kids visit where they whine about walking here and there, but since everything was so close and in walking distance of the town, and because there was a lot more snow than we expected, all the family had a fantastic time… except for poor Mummy, who was coming down with a cold/fever. Special thanks to our friends and fellow YouTubers Jess and Hai from Notes of Nomads for their photos. They also have an awesome guide about visiting Kusatsu which we used when planning our trip http://bit.ly/kusatsunon
Take a tour around the world… well… mostly Europe, and see what winter holiday celebrations are like… and by that I mean see how Christmas and Hanukkah are celebrated. Thanks to all those that contributed to the video and sorry for taking so long to publish it.Contributors
Jake from Madrid, Spain (YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/u79uVt8dYM8, YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jakewho, Social Media: Instagram: @therecordmaka, Facebook: @therecordmaka Twitter: @therecordmaka
Simas from Panevėžys, Lithuania (YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf_Pcw3Qk2UMKwIg66bzXTA, Social Media: instagram: @iamquiz, twitter: @iamquiz_hi, facebook: Simas Iamquiz
Friederike from Berlin, Germany
Louis, Madeleine, Kiva from Strasbourg, France
Naomi from Jerusalem and Rishon Lezion, Israel
David & Terrasa from Northampton, MA, USA (YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_yQJaTk4MWSKS5ykS0tMdQ
Deep Rayththa from Navsari, India (YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb6jIFBfA_FoCAdLjRu-XLA, Social Media: Instagram: @deep_grande_japanlover, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deep.rayththa.7, Twitter: @Deeprayththa
What are winter holiday celebrations like where you’re from?
