We visit the Okuizumo area of Shimane to see how Japanese steel, tamahagane, was traditionally made.

We visited Okubo Izakaya, a small 13 seat bar

I went to Taiwan to check out Gogoro’s electric scooters and network of 2,400 battery swap stations. Special thanks to Jon, Wendy, and Daniel for helping with the video!

Suzuki Soba lets us into their shop and takes us along their delivery route.

The video where we make our own traditional Japanese hand towels (tenugui).

Okinawa is Japan’s southernmost prefecture, but it’s not only its geography that makes it feel like the most unJapanese.

Japan is known for its fantastic public transportation. But there’s a Japanese prefecture where this is not the case. Special thanks to Professor Till Weber for driving us around Okinawa traffic.

Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn’t feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings made of concrete, but they are designed in a unique Okinawan way.

I went into making this video knowing that Japan had an overpopulation of deer and had come across the idea (in several places) that eating more deer could be a more humane way of controlling the population. I learned that doing that is easier said than done and that it could never be a 100% solution. I’m guessing that hunters and environmentalists probably already knew this.

There are so many transportation options in Tokyo. I see how many different ones I can ride on in a single day.