I’m one of those people who enjoys life in Japan, but it doesn’t mean that I like everything. Here’s 10 little things that bug me about living in Japan.
LWIF EP41: Hakone: Where you ride in, look at, and soak in a lot of stuff
Hakone is a beautiful mountain region about an hour’s train ride out of Tokyo Station. The great views of Mt. Fuji it offers up, it’s ample hot springs, it’s scenic nature, and it’s close distance make it a popular getaway for those living in Tokyo. If you’re a transportation buff, then you’ll assuredly enjoy visiting Hakone, as you can experience riding on a: Mountain climbing train Mountain climbing cable car (funicular) Ropeway (gondola) Ship Bus You can get a Free Pass (which is not free) that lets you travel on all the transportation methods above. Also, if you’re going to…
LWIF X EP10: Commuting in Tokyo
Despite living in Tokyo for 3 years, I’ve been lucky enough to not have to do a daily commute, as I mainly work from home. I’ve decided to try and level up my Japanese from horrible to bad, so now I get to experience the morning commute on my way to school. Here’s what my commute by train and subway in Tokyo is like.
LWIF EP40: Hiking in Japan (Ten-En Hiking Course in Kamakura)
Our friend Strawberry Mochi for invited us to hike the Ten-En Hiking Course. It was only Shin and I on this one, and he had tons of fun making up his own points game, which he also inexplicably won!
LWIF X EP9: Can I Make A Living Producing Videos Again?
In the last videos, I talked about why I started the LWIF channel and what it was like to go viral and be “famous” (it’s in quotes for a good reason). This one is probably the most nerve-racking video I’ve ever released. I’m letting people see my inner dialogue for the past half year, and asking them to weigh in on my future.
Tips for Shooting Your Home
Hey guys! Thank you so much for your interest in submitting a video to us. We’ve had people from all over the world get in touch! I know it can be intimidating to shoot your own video. I’ve shot hundreds of videos and still screw up, am unhappy with the results, and am unsure of what to do. Some have asked about what to shoot or how to go about doing it, so here are a few tips on how shoot a video showing off your living room (as seen in our request video here). After you read these tips…
LWIF EP39: Your Videos + New X Channel – Update v1.0
We want your videos! What kind of videos? Videos of your living room. We had previously asked for your videos in general, but found it difficult to make a video out of comments, pictures, and videos that had no central theme. So, we’re going to try and ask for a very specific video, which is a video of your living room. How to submit? Contact us and we’ll go from there. We don’t know how many submissions, and from which countries, so we’d hate for you to record something and then have us not use it. So if you let…
LWIF EP38: Shopping at a Big Japanese Mall
Aiko and Shin visit a big shopping mall, which is located just outside of Tokyo in Chiba. It is made up of 4 buildings, which each building having three floors (We said 5 in the video, but we were counting the grocery store / Aeon centre as a separate building). If you want to check out the stores and mall layout, you can do so here. The mall is made up of the Grand Mall, Pet Mall, Active Mall, and Family Mall. It was built in 2015, so is quite new. The mall is also has tax-free shopping for foreign…
LWIF X EP8: Going Viral and Becoming “Famous”
Last week I talked about how the Life Where I’m From channel came about. This week, I talk about what it was like going viral and how Aiko felt about becoming Internet “famous”.
LWIF X EP7: Before Life Where I’m From
This video was originally titled “My Experience with YouTube so far”, but then the single video I wanted to make became a whole series. This is now the first part in a multi-part videos about my experience with YouTube so far. I said from the get go that this X channel is for lots of things. While I’ve previously used it to expand on the content from the Life Where I’m From Channel, today I’m going to use it to go inwards and take you behind the scenes. I want to talk about the why and how it was made.…