My Japanese brother-in-law and his high school friends decided to go camping and invited us along. This is our trip to darumayamakogen camping ground, where made food as if we were inside our homes.
LWIF EP120: A Pop-Up Japanese Cafe With Robot Servers Remotely Controlled by People With Disabilities
In December of 2018 I visited a temporary robot cafe, but it’s not the type of Japanese robot cafe that comes to mind to most. Rather than a robotic show, this was a cafe where the robot waiters were in fact avatars for people with disabilities, who remotely controlled them from their homes.
LWIF EP119: Eating Our Way Through Asakusa, Tokyo
Today we join an Asakusa Cultural & Street-food Walking Tour with Magical Trip and our local guide Mana. We eat lots of street food, get some fortunes, pray at Sensoji (buddhist temple), and make our own monjayaki and okonomiyaki; all in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.
LWIF X EP41: Christmas & New Year’s in Japan | Q+A v9
In this Q+A video my Japanese teacher and I answer questions about Christmas and New Year’s in Japan.
LWIF EP118: Pros and Cons of Life Outside Tokyo | Rural Japan
I usually tell stories about what life is like in Tokyo, because that’s where our family lives. But today we head out to Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime to find out what life in non-Tokyo, the countryside of Japan, is like. Special thanks to Sherry for showing me around Matsuyama/Ehime. Check out her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SherryBerryinEhimeENG Sources http://cornerstonemag.net/urbanization-city-growth/ http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/ https://population.un.org/wup/Country-Profiles/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/08/japan-rural-decline/537375/ https://www.mof.go.jp/english/pri/publication/pp_review/fy2017/ppr14_01_06.pdf https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-countryside-emptying/ https://apjjf.org/2017/06/Matanle.html https://scholarship.depauw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=studentresearch Matsuyama – By Reggaeman – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10946362
LWIF X EP40: Japanese Part-time Jobs アルバイト | Q+A v8
In this month’s Q+A my Japanese teacher and I answer questions about part-time jobs (アルバイト) in Japan.
LWIF EP117: Where to Stay in Japan | Hotel, Ryokan, Capsule, AirBNB, Guest House, Hostel…
Let’s go and see what all the different accommodations in Japan are like, from capsule hotels to ryokans to AirBNBs. Extra Information: Love hotel re-branding Love hotel can book in advance, multiple people, families Ryokan explanation More ryokan explanation Multi-lingual ryokan guide How to use onsen guide Why foreigners must show and have their passport photocopied in Japan Love hotel room selection photo What are accommodations like where you’re from?
LWIF X EP39: Japan Travel | Q+A v7
Answering questions about traveling around Japan, from unusual things to do to what hot springs are nice. This Q+A is brought to you by supporters on Patreon. To guarantee your question gets answered, go to https://www.patreon.com/lifewhereimfrom.
LWIF EP116: Driving in Japan | A Somewhat Comprehensive Guide
If you’re like most visitors, you’ll probably enjoy Japan’s trains. They’re awesome! But there’s something special about traveling Japan by car, which I’ll attempt to show you in this video. In case you watch and think I ripped off some ideas from Only in Japan https://youtu.be/C5gRAMFdO_Y and Micaela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_Fy_iLP7I, you wouldn’t be wrong. Thanks for the inspiration! Special thanks to Bobby from Q2 Japan for helping me film this one https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Z2oLjy_GABBfNCPukALxw What’s driving like where you’re from? Extra info: International Driving Permit – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Bay_Aqua-Line Umihotaru (Sea Firefly) Service Area – https://www.umihotaru.com/en/#about International Driving Permit – パブリック・ドメイン,…
LWIF EP115: What Japanese Frozen Meals Are Like
Japan is well known for its food, from sushi to ramen, but what about everyday frozen meals that a tired parent might make after a long day of work? Well, watch the video and find out what kind of frozen food Japan has in its freezers. What are frozen meals like where you’re from?