14 Days in Japan The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
konichiwa and welcome to Japan the Land of the Rising Sun a country famous for cleanliness self-discipline and economic prosperity in this video we will start here in the largest city in the world of Tokyo we'll get the iconic bullet train and we will visit Kyoto and Osaka famous for the mix of tradition and modernity let's do it we're going for ice cream here in Tokyo it's not just any ice cream though it's famous because they put matcha powder on top and it makes you choke because there's so much and I haven't told Walid I'm going to prank him and just tell him it's normal ice cream so he's waiting over there to buy the ice cream and uh you ready for ice cream bro I'm ready yeah it's a good one I'm actually excited yeah it's like really nice just like normal ice cream okay could I get some the matcha ice cream can I get the extra with the extra matcha oh yeah yeah two okay well they have an award for the best matcha are you ready for this matcha bro I am ready 100 it's really really uh famous ice cream I'm ready wow okay thank you sir okay here we go thank you very much look at this okay so the trick is I saw on Tick Tock the trick is you got to take a big bite from the top okay that's like how everyone does it okay okay take a big bite like as big as you can okay ready one two three I played the trick on you bro voila bro I'm choked on my throat my my throat [Laughter] did you no it's famous because everyone chokes when they have it oh my God you're you're a total jerk dude I was gonna tell you and I was like no actually see whether he chokes so is it really hard to yeah okay I'm gonna try one all right you're gonna choke okay while he's tried his we pranked him good now I'm gonna try mine and hopefully not choke not bad that wasn't a big enough bait huh foreign so we're just walking down a random side alley and this is like the most beautiful side street I've ever seen if you walk down a side street in London you're going to get stabbed but in Japan it's beautiful compare this to La mate you you'll be dead you're done I hope this is a beautiful on camera as it is in real life like I could lick the floor right now in fact he gave me 10 if you gave me 10 Yen I'd think before so we're just walking through the park and there's a actual huge snake and these guys just like grabbed us because he's literally a huge snake right there oh and now it's just walking like there's cars there all the police are here poison poisonous oh over there [Laughter] I'm staying away from this I love how the Japanese people are like oh cool sneeze snake there's another another snake and this lady just nearly stepped on it bro I think we need to get out of here in Walid we're just walking around trying to find the tube station a train station in Tokyo and we discovered a Harry Potter themed train station you see that you can hear the music the Harry Potter music and then we got like a Hogwarts themed red carpet paintings this is incredible when guardian Leviosa you know that we're gonna get copyright Impressions so they'll allow it yeah we're going to A Pet's Cafe for anyone who doesn't know what a pet Cafe is this is it right here in Tokyo they have places where you can sit have a drink have a coffee and play with the pets we've come to the otter and Hedgehog Cafe all right whoa he's hungry he's hungry [Music] these guys look angry yeah they look angry to me actually yeah [Music] it's like um the Planet of the Apes but planet of the Otters they're gonna jump out [Music] wow [Music] so this is Harry the Hedgehog right here live in the flesh [Music] we take him back to the hotel we should Wow have you ever seen a hedgehog before I think it's cute we have live in England that was the first time I ran one over once you're so bad it's true I didn't mean to you but I've never seen a blonde one he's got highlights like me oh wow look at that oh my God I'll pay for your dinner for the next two days if you eat one of those yeah for the next two days yeah next two days yeah eat it everything eat it oh no that's disgusting bro [Music] dry food oh okay just for the Otters yeah not for humans not humans no you want to try it uh my friend tried one you tried it you bet me I'm loving my time here in Japan however it is bloody hard to arrange things to just do anything go to the gym go get the train walk the taxi lead it's been trying to book a ticket I've been waiting for him for 20 minutes now I luckily got a pass so I can get free drain but come on mate what's going on I'm trying to figure out the app to get it down so I don't have to worry about this this is true here we go come on buddy there we go there we go we made it we made it to the famous Shibuya Crossing this is unofficially the busiest crosswalk in the world and you guys are about to see how many people there are it's rush hour but it's not I don't think this is as busy as it gets the station and this is it everyone's ready to walk it's funny how this has become a tourist attraction just a just a crosswalk all right should we cross bro yeah bro this is crazy oh we're actually not sure where we're going but uh getting ready to go there we go how exciting there's like one two three four sets of people crossing everyone's finished school everyone's finished work actually we didn't come here it's nice it's my Japanese for you guys oh we're the first ones here so as you guys may or may not know Japan being Japan nothing's ever easy but that doesn't mean it's not good because basically everything's in Japanese and when I mean everything I mean everything so it's It's Tricky how are you not going to tell us this I just I realized that I can translate the whole menu on my phone but we've already ordered just random stuff from the menu hey there we go thank you oh wow perfect raw okay all right as as Gordon Ramsay would say this is raw so I've never done this before so while it is teaching me how to do it is on my side is on okay it is on okay but why do why do we cook it why don't they cook it that's how it is it's the Korean experience they give you the no offense but what does the chef actually do here he just cuts the meat so it's properly cut in the lean part of it and then we just pretty much cook it so he's cutting it and making all the side dishes for it I might become a chef there because all I do is cut he's basically their butcher pretty much so wagyu beef which is this beef here is famous because it's known to be more expensive and healthier the way that they treat the cow is differently they feed it different foods and treat it differently they treat it very well actually all right we're ready I think I've burnt it a little bit like this is why I'm not a chef because I'm just terrible at cooking things but all right I've never tasted anything like that that's unbelievable for me this is a dream meal the wagu is just delicious yeah I leave wallet alone for one minute and he's burnt the whole [ __ ] cow that's not that's [ __ ] won't help that's not cow anymore that's just charcoal I do like a little bit of I like it actually I like it Smoky yeah me too all right we're finishing up we ate a lot I'm gonna say that's the most amount of meat I've ever eaten in my life and also the best Meats I've ever had I'm still messed up from that much Imperial Japan sought Global expansion however they failed in World War II since then they reconstructed and they developed to become the economic Powerhouse that they are today with a mix of modern and Traditional Values it's a very unique culture and of course thanks to the resilience of the people the hard-working efforts and The Innovation it's a really really a popular place to come for tourists in Japan they have over 5 million vending machines that is because they have a very hard working office culture and for the convenience they're allowed to go out and they just conveniently buy food or drinks from the little uh vending machines so of course we're gonna try a vending machine but not just any vending machine this is a bug vending machine which actually Waleed found so I'm gonna buy him a gift hmm what should we get bamboo worm diving Beetle crickets scorpion if anyone doesn't know my videos I'm not very good with food and you've already had otter pellets so we're going to give you some crickets I think hold up comes in a little box all right let's give you one cricket it's not your birthday but it might feel like your birthday because this is your present I honestly think you should try it can you use no I'm good honestly just we're gonna give this man's bike this is going to be the table all right it's like a little restaurant meal Nagasaki Cricket I'm guessing Nagasaki is a is a place in Japan all right there you go bro eat up don't eat them all at once this was like three dollars for this oh nice everyone everyone watching will subscribe to your channel if you do that wow who would have thought crickets from a vending machine don't ever do it in Japan don't ever do it don't ever do it it's missing salt I think he loves it Rush Hour I booked a capsule hotel in Tokyo Japan for one night let's check it out and see what it has to offer all right check out this one's only for men and this one costs around 60 a night so it's not too cheap there's also a list of items you can buy and these are all free so you can free rent the earplugs I'm gonna get some earplugs and I'm also going to get an eye mask arigato it's very good so now I'm going to show you the bedroom and this is probably the most unique thing about this hotel is we're going to be sleeping in one of these and see how many there are there must be like 100 people sleeping here and while it has saved us the bottom bump here this is my room for the night or for the next two nights actually it's uh spacious let's go inside I'm gonna take our shoes off and then you can literally get some privacy like that boom see you there oh it's rolling back up I'll figure that out later we have one hanger so we can put one shirt up we have some Japanese instructions the fire exit we have a fan we have an alarm that is the the most weird alarm I've ever seen we have full day there we go we have instructions here about no smoking no talking no alarm at certain times and we even have a TV that I can bring out like so that's pretty cool the old Mitsubishi 5000 a nice mirror does this one come out no we have headphones to keep people away and charging facilities with the outlets here so another thing which I didn't realize they had in this hotel is a free lounge and when I say free Lounge it's pretty extensive we have a work area over here with magazines we have a place you can iron your clothes for free here's a bar here is a silent work area massage chairs in here free teas coffees alcoholic drinks Sprite Coke coffee tea this is all free and then amazing lovely work area over here with very fast Wi-Fi all of this for free we have free food over here you got rice different three different types of rice even uh uh it's time to get the world's fastest train but first we have to buy our ticket and buying a ticket in Japan is no easy endeavor the instructions valid what's the plan bullet train first plan how are we buying a ticket we have one we're a genius we bought it before okay not the green line the blue line we're in Tokyo station is it the craziest station I've ever been to it's huge okay let's go speak to someone speak to a little Japanese good idea do you have the Jr pass which is like a two-week Rail Pass which includes the bullet train otherwise this would be 130 for this two hour Journey so we get it for free because we wore the Jr pass but I'm not sure whether we need to get a ticket for this train or not I have the Jr pass it works do I need to get a ticket bullet train is the Pinnacle of Economic Development and it just shows how far ahead Japan is ahead of the rest of the world the average delay of a bullet train is 12 seconds and the fastest ever recorded bullet train was 375 miles per hour to put this into perspective for me to travel from my hometown to London it takes around two hours and it's around 80 miles in Japan for us to travel to Kyoto is 280 miles and it takes the exact same time absolutely Wild first time getting it this is you know what Japan is so famous for so let's just wait for it and see if it's on time Tokyo you've exceeded my expectations I'm not a big city guy at all I'm not a big I didn't think I was a big Japan guy honestly until I came here I've been blown away absolutely blown away by this place so Kyoto Osaka I'm expecting big things well the train has arrived and while he's on the toilet so I'm not missing this train and I guess I'll see him Kyoto if he doesn't arrive in the next minute this training ain't waiting I can tell him now there he is oh I went on too early he was flipping the chairs around yeah you flip them and clean them train there's the driver this is the famous bullet like the aerodynamic front so the cleaners get off you notice that the women are wearing pink in the winter wearing men yeah they're blue yeah that's not very Progressive on them what if the men who want to wear pink and the women want to wear blue I just don't think I disapprove I disapprove highly 14d oh so it's two and then three 14d shotgun rules overtake the ticket actually and it's not first class yet all right we're just leaving Tokyo now two hours on This Magnificent train you know why Japan got so far ahead with the trains and the soaring KDP I mean I guess you could say that but the better term would be that they used uh Kaizen have you heard of Kaizen no so Kaizen is the Japanese word which basically means continuous Improvement and they've it's like a philosophy that they adopted and that's how they created famous Brands like Toyota and created the bullet train and many other technological advancements because they just continuously improve even if it's just by one percent every day might as well show you a little tour of the old compartment that we have it's a big window bigger than a plane window that's for sure very clean extremely clean and then we've got like a tray work on here we've got loads of leg room electricity down here so it's got a fast Wi-Fi it's like 20 megabytes per second upload Sorry download and then finally we'll go back [Music] nope there we go all right well I guess I'll see you in Kyoto then okay I was gonna go to sleep but actually I'm never going to sleep with how fast this Train's going right now I'm just staring out the window we're just seeing wow you don't want something's right now this is a crazy entertainment a pepper spray boy good because we've got an annoying American on board and I like the pepper spray now that means what about they're saying yeah yeah oh no I didn't believe it also I think we have actually uh hit the top speed because my ears my ears are popped oh my God we like turning the whole Train's bending and we have arrived in Kyoto what an accident journey I fell asleep I did some reading we're here I don't know so I was busy filming I completely forgot my bag thank you so much wow that is I was going to Osaka oh my God foreign thank God it got my bag otherwise I would still be on that train right now I mean maybe I could have got it strings don't wait obviously they don't wait for anyone so I have to say thank you to Wales usually it's the other way around but this time I left off thank you man so another thing they have in Tokyo which is pretty crazy are these little portable station routes so you can work in here you can sleep in here and this is in the middle of a train station so see if we can do it it's in Japanese but I'm fluent in Japanese actually so we're gonna I'm joking that Google translated this 275. boom boom thank you oh something sounds good okay let's see if it's open oh yo all right guys welcome to my new crib we'll take you inside oh imagine if it closed all right see you later Waleed bye I'm going to sleep so let me give you a little tour of the place we have a TV we have a ring light so you can do little Tick Tock dance in here we have a desk fan and a nice air fan here so it's nice and cool in here you can do your laptop you can put the aircon on so it's basically for working but you can also have a little nap pretty cool a couple of dollars in the middle of the train station this just shows the introverted lifestyle of the Japanese people I don't know how to get out I'm stuck no are you being serious you're joking I got away like 30 minutes oh my god oh here we go open try now thank God I just bought it for the video but okay well there we go that's pretty cool that is awesome there are over 30 000 shrines in Japan and this one behind me is probably the most iconic lots of tourists come here because it's a nice photo attraction basically you can walk up there's over a thousand of these smaller shrines you walk up up to the mountain and you get fortune cookies there's also lots of foxes which are supposed to be very spiritual and holy so we're gonna walk up not the whole way it takes like three hours to get to the top so we're gonna go see how we get on it's very hot today but uh yeah this is probably one of the most iconic spots in Japan and in Kyoto I think it was uh dates back to the year 706 so this place is old but I was old as well eat I'm pretty old all right see the the ladies Japanese ladies are dressed up in their komodos oh my God look at these ladies over here there's a group of them they look so elegant and attractive look at them wow they've all got different styles they're wrapped up it's like they're wrapped up like a birthday present it's amazing and then over here you clean your hands as a sign of respect and to cleanse yourself I mean I made that up I'm guessing maybe I want it's about so basically you can buy a skewer not a chicken skewer a wooden skewer and basically you write down a wish these are the options and I'm gonna have a look maybe I'll do it but it's interesting I was just having a look at the different options like that you can choose from there's like Traffic Safety getting a good catch fishing catch maybe a good uh farming catch obviously this is a traditional Japanese values and wishes so unfortunately there's not not one for a beautiful Japanese wife maybe I can add that one myself because that's what I'm looking for right now thank you I wished for us to both find Japanese wives did you yeah I'm ready now I'm 100 ready get my phone now I know you're about to say you're about to say this hello there's hella I'm not gonna say that there's plenty there's plenty konnichiwa tree uh three no no tree okay come on I can come oh okay okay yeah aggressive family of monkeys oh here we go wow so these are called Tory Gates and basically people Japanese people especially from all ages and walks of life come here to pray um for successful Harvest for successful business and for their wishes and their dreams coming true Japan is renowned for its secrets to longevity and its aging population the key factors include a traditional diet small portions like seafood eating green tea and fermented foods also they have access to great health care active Lifestyles like biking to school and the culture that respects the elderly which leads to just a crazy elderly population like the oldest person who is from Japan is 117 years old which is just mad so it's very evident here so look at this over there it looks like they have oyster or scallop konnichiwa organic hidesca this is a scallop yeah scalloped salmon one yeah thank you we've got crab over here we've got prawn oh okay okay arigato she has some soy sauce she just gets the flamethrower out thank you guys actually fish eggs on top and a little bit of seasoning okay oh my God that's so delicious it's a little bit fishy which I usually don't like but this sauce here is so good oh my God that best bit is the sauce it's like a tastes like a bit Teriyaki kind of flavor a little bit sweet and it's just perfect with this with this meat thank you now we make our way over to Kyoto where Walid and I will become summarized for the day we signed up for a traditional Japanese martial art called Kendo which originated from the samurai Wario training methods to develop one's physical and mental discipline we practice the basic techniques before having a real match against each other and then finally having a competition to see who can become a real Samurai and slice the object so this is protection I mean I don't need anything because I'm fighting Waleed so it's going to be like fighting a little child but I think he needs I'm glad you've got protection we have no chance I feel so sorry for you I got bamboo yeah this is Middle Eastern so yeah England versus USA that's it it's difficult this is like a how does that like really this is this is going to be so much harder with this one I can't see anything I can't do it dude I I can't even hold my head up I feel like a American basketball player don't they wear these it's so Giannis Wheels all right so we just fought each other and it was kind of like playing fun it was not hard now the master is just like who wants to fight me obviously I'm not I'm not a girl I'm gonna fight him but he's so good so and I'm tired already [Applause] all right now we're going to use the real samurai sword to try and cut this but apparently it's really hard to do foreign [Applause] good job what's up thank you very much and I will put your uh your link for the tour in the video because it was a great tour thank you nice to meet you thank you so much all right we are finished we're leaving the dojo that was so much fun it was actually super super tiring when you're wearing the whole kit I was not expecting it even though we were just fighting for like a minute and at the end I managed to slice which was only like 20 or 30 of the people did it me and Walid both were able to do it so yeah I would actually uh definitely do that again that was really good fun just like cool to start a new hobby try different things I always love trying new things even if I'm not very good at them I wasn't actually very good at that but it was good fun welcome to Osaka they told me to come in the summer they said the weather would be great well let's check out what this city has to offer welcome to Osaka the commercial city of Japan this place is known for its delicious food and nightlife I'm here with my friend Walid hello and we're going to be showing you around Don tiburi which is like a food area and I see it just looks like typical Japan with the street lights and the arcades let's get on and show you some food so this is Street Food Heaven There is everything you can think of and it's weird it's wacky the marketing is on point there's lots of games you can play revolving sushi bars it's pretty cool it's very touristy but it's pretty cool so overall first impressions of Osaka it's pretty nice again Japanese City very clean you can get public transport so easily in the cities of Japan and there's also some cool day trips you can do from Osaka you could go to Nara you could go to Kyoto so it's a really cool place to come I definitely add it to the itinerary if you're coming to Osaka but yeah and then the food obviously the street food here is like world famous so that's like a big enough reason to come on its own and then of course you've got places like Orlando Studios Not Orlando Studios Universal Studios Orlando city is in Orlando funnily enough all right oh Kobe beef hello thank you for coming back can I have some kobe beef do you have Oh sushi um can I get one piece yeah yes please oh just just uh One Piece One Piece yeah uh oh you gotta get premium all right premium yeah premium meat so that's like over seven dollars but it'll be good well they've got the flame throwers out buddy can you hold that this is the Kobe yeah oh my god [ __ ] uh this one I chose that one looks the best what is your name fujikawa like Mount Fuji your brother brother and sister oh my god wow amazing we are we are brother and sister oh sister brother is brother from another mother oh my God look at this rice machine is it not free for me Sushi can I can I try [Laughter] flamethrower oh my God that's that's all they needed the 10 seconds while they're singing singing there we go you've got an amazing voice thank you and this is the Master Chef he places it together folds it up on these days it's like a little Christmas present and then puts on the plate thank you are you ready in the final hey tasty [Music] all right we got the Kobe beef premium this was over seven dollars I think this is more like ten dollars for one piece of sushi that's super expensive I could have got three for three of these for you probably yep yeah I messed up but this is the wagyu Kobe beef premium very healthy and very tasty oh my God two bites and I'm done that is delicious so tasty a little bit of salt a little bit oily amazing best beef ever and it says here finest beef in the world 10 out of 10. thank you this is a the glicoman sign apparently it's one of the most famous things here in all of Japan it was put up in 1935 and it's basically for a manufacturing company and it's also used to celebrate Japan for the World Cup and also for their baseball team but I'm not actually sure why it's so famous but Walid you'll tell us why won't you yeah it's famous for running really fast yeah yeah it looks a bit like you I can look I think maybe it might be a statue of you I think it is yeah they always put greatness on something exactly and that's me over there all right well cool anyway there's like a canal also and then you've got the neon lights everywhere look how busy it is people taking tick tocks while he's gonna take his Tick Tock and we're gonna be off [Music] that just sums up Japan robots everywhere a girlfriend well the robot yeah we are staying with my friend he's a YouTuber and his name is PewDiePie we're staying with Pewdiepie no Jake we're staying here at Rayo Fuso it is a traditional Japanese Hotel very traditional you'll see why when we go in I'm staying in a traditional Japanese Hotel let's head in as we walk in and there's black flags as we enter oh here we go touch the open and if you are organic yet okay good okay we uh have a booking yes correct foreign what is your name oh me yeah okay Harry Walid um Harry like Harry Potter yeah so everyone around the world knows it the most country I met every country oh nice [Music] nice okay oh the rims already open oh wow shoes off okay okay oh wow a little dress we've got Kyoto visitor guys we've got everything we need and um is there anywhere we can get some food food yeah outside maybe Ramen Ramen whereabouts where uh three minutes walk okay this way yes okay okay right yeah left okay left three minutes okay oh here we go there's more it's free free thank you so much that's very kind of it oh okay perfect this is also for art oh yes I can use yes okay perfect I'll use it if it's hot in the night thank you secret room ah toilet there we go it all just makes sense it does thank you thank you so much so let me just show you guys a little tour of our ryokin which is a traditional Japanese hotel or house it's basically made of wood we've got sliding doors which is just quintessential of Japanese culture we've got mats and me and while you're gonna be sleeping on the mats first of all I'll show you the shower obviously is a mix of modern values as well we've got the modern air con real nice wooden countertop here well I really I'm a big fan of this wood you got like in the Japanese hotels they have always have like really high quality soaps and shampoos and stuff so everything's spotless completely spotless this well I've never seen a dryer like that in my life then a super small shower but again like really high quality shampoo conditioner and everything everything just works perfectly you already know and then green tea free water in here I'm actually gonna have my now and then area where we put our shoes very small toilet in here and then just like a cool chill out area everything's sliding even the windows the sliding excuse me Waleed look at that everything's made of wood and then paper it's just like super super traditional super really cool artwork and then finally we're gonna dress up later and treat it I'm tripping we've got a nice little meditation area out here slash balcony and yeah really cool so actually the Japanese sleep on the floor because it's supposed to be good for their health um they relax as their muscles helps with the hips and spine to maintain a neutral alignment apparently so we'll find out I'll tell you guys whether sleeping on the floral is nice scene the question is which string do we buy I know what you're looking at mister I want to switch up excuse me uh your favorite drink favorite drink Taco yeah your favorite best Japanese yeah thinking hard he's putting a lot of effort into it baby yeah yeah yeah zero side okay okay would you like one I buy you one or no you want you want one no no no okay all right no problem thank you boss all right I'm gonna try zero cider triple zero zero and zero wow zero calories bro okay Jessica Coke Zero I have the zero sided triple which sounds like an alcoholic drink but it's not I hope it's pretty good you're gonna try this it's like lemonade but a Japanese version interesting for zero calories zero calories that's kind of cool it tastes a little bit like Christmas if Christmas was a drink okay tell me that doesn't taste like Christmas Japanese Christmas bubble gum also similar to a Christmasy taste bubble gum all right yeah he was right thank you so much guys for watching this video and thank you for watching right to the end I really appreciate it thank you very much and I'll see you in the next video
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