A wonderful look at late-Showa Japan. The kissatens I went to in 1980s Tokyo usually had a good collection of reading material for customers; they also played wonderful, often jazz, music in the background.

Mortal Kombat in Japan is a trip

Even though it has a 70's vibe, it still feels very modern! It's wierd how it's both. I think these Japanese designers were going for a futuristic design that would stand the test of time. Smart, as usual from Japanese. Btw, not everything that is modern is super sleek. I bet a lot of people would go to that place and not even notice it's from the 70's. Maybe some younger people would notice it easily, but not every younger person.

lmao he spoke/translated whole ass sentences of english and then said he can't speak it, what a funny grandpa

this is what makes japan unique

This is literally one of the coolest places I've seen in Tokyo, and I'm wondering why more people don't show it off!

Fantastic video

Play tomb raider reboot trilogy on ps4. Let's make you the star in tomb raider legend which you will have to patiently wait for to come out on PlayStation later. It will be a remaster with trophies on the newer console. If you can't wait,😢😮🎉😅❤❤❤😊. In my 🏠 you'll play the good one with the family.

Get a playstation 4, play jotun dev'd by thunder lotus, and listen to the intro narration.😢😮🎉😅😊❤❤❤. We'll move to Reykjavik eventually, but it will be years. How about upstate NY for now? 🫣😱😶‍🌫️🥹🥲🙃🙂🙂‍↕️😌😍🤩🥳🥳🥳

A message from a father who loves his sometimes travelling daughter:😢😮😅🎉😂❤❤❤😊. I don't like tonkatsu. If you have to deal with aggressive men, ask for our big cat brethren to help in my name, and I'll ask your grandpa to guide me as I snipe from afar. Hailige Geest is the best spotter. --King Tongmyung

Small zoo makes me so sad, I was going to visit Ueno zoo to see panda but that giraffe in the small enclosure is basically animal cruelty.

Absolutely fab video! Can't wait to check out some of these places when I visit. I could have listened to that old man tell stories all day!

That stress feeling never quite goes away. I've been with my bf for longer than I've been in a wheelchair, and I've used a chair since 2006 - 7. So he knows what to look out for when pushing me, and what to do. But the pavements where I live (UK) are awful, and he can't see what I can see, so if I notice a bad bit of pavement, it gives me anxiety, because I don't know if he's been able to see it properly. And there's just the feeling of not being in control myself. I was able to wheel myself pretty far before 2020, but barely going out for almost 5 years now, really deconditioned me, and I ended up with long covid, so pushing myself is very difficult now. The brain is adapted to trying to know what's going on around us at all times. If you can't know exactly what movement you're about to make, you feel on edge because your brain is having to process more, to try and prepare for everything. Learning to just accept what's happening can be difficult. And even nearly 20 years later, it's still a problem at times for me. Of course, there are times I can just relax and know that I trust my bf, and just get on with it. Any place we're not used to is much more stress inducing. Thanks for a great video, it's difficult for wheelchair users to get around. AI often, I've been told 'yes it's wheelchair accessible', only to get somewhere and find steps. Even in the UK! Able bodied people just don't understand what's needed, even if they can realise level access is required. Oh, and barely anyone has training, other than people who work in a professional capacity. As a wheelchair user, I was given a (far too heavy) chair, and waved off. No training. No info on how to get around, or help for how my bf could push me. This isn't uncommon. We often have to learn ourselves. Fortunately, two wheels is pretty obvious for direction. Learning to lean back for kerbs is different though. And yeah, the amount of times I've nearly had people end up in my lap, because they don't watch where they're going. And usually, if they do that, or the ones who stop dead in front of you, when you can't do that, so you end up hitting them, get angry at you, and blame you. People can get very aggressive. I have no idea what the level of ableism is in Japan, but in the UK, hate crimes have been rising for years. We can be abused just for being outside, so running into someone because they decided to walk in front of us and stop dead, is very stressful, as you have no idea whether you're about to actually experience violence. The sense of guilt for using disabled bathrooms, is understandable. It's a form of imposter syndrome, and even some long term disabled people get it from time to time. But you absolutely did need the chair, and the accessible bathroom, and all accommodations. So if anyone is in a similar position and also feeling guilty, you are absolutely in need of those things. And I still feel guilty about my bf having to push me when I can't manage. So I'd expect someone who's new to it to feel it! I'm glad you're healing pretty well, and I hope it's able to get back to your pre injury normal, without the pain. Pain is definitely crap!

うあーっ　外人に隠しておきたかった秘密基地が暴かれた

Earned a new sub, just the video and vibe I needed today. Thank you 😊

Wonderful vid!

Dry shampoo could be your friend

OMG your top is so cute!!! <3 I have followed your channel like 2-3 years and love the life in Japan (It's a bucket list to visit there) but daaaang girl, you are soooo cute .

My wife

"Thank you" money for landlords is an insane concept!

This is very thoughtfully put together and well produced. Your delivery is so genuine and well researched, it reminds me of golden era youtube or a TV show. I like that you don't do gimmicky edits or hot takes on things either, and the edit itself is fairly simple; yet so full of narrative depth. You just seem completely yourself and personally interested in the subject matter, and your Japanese is amazing! Also, Millennial vibes all around for some reason. Edit: Having someone properly film you added so much as well, I thought it was a lost art in the KZbin space.

Did you charge the moving company a 2 hour early arriving fee?

i need to move to tokyo from osaka due to work, im looking for small apartment. one apartment cost about 80k/month, it was on my range but when im about to sign the contract the initial cost went about 400k for the first payment,. i know i need to deposit 1-2months early but 400k is so much. and the room size is only 1k. i need some tips and help. btw i dont have anything, im planning on buying my things after i moved.

I'm a former grunge and rock musician and want to find out about the alternative scene in Japan thanks for the video

15:32 I thought the Terminator was going to make an appearance.

SHOWA ERA... THOSE WERE THE DAYS.... i think ive just revealed my age. LoL

9:53 Why is the rehabilitation clinic at the top of stairs? I know the answer. It's because it's Japan, and Japan doesn't understand irony, but still. I walk with a cane and use a wheelchair from time to time, and crutches would be the last thing I would want to try. Having only one free hand is a huge challenge. Going to the store is a huge hassle because I can't carry anything. Being in my wheelchair isn't much better, but at least I have my lap and can hang things from the back. But to use crutches, you're not going to have hands, so you couldn't "just" go out. My wheelchair time in Japan was very limited, since I am ambulatory, but there was tons of eyerolling. I'd use the wheelchair around the ground floor of the schools I worked in, but then I would get out and hoof it up the stairs to my classes. My co-workers (and students) were great about being helpful and supportive. But Japan is still the worst parts of the 1980s, and there's very poor accessibility. There are some things that would be better (a general lack of sidewalks means not having to get up and down from sidewalks), but the "ramp for me" thing made me laugh because I saw stuff like that constantly. In Japan's defense though, using a wheelchair in Canada is also shit. Accessibility here is also really poor, and I am constantly running up against barriers. Automatic doors not working or being the one door that's under construction, there just not being automatic doors, everything being a sharp incline that is impossible to wheel up, elevators being hidden, people not understanding that they need to not be slowly walking in front of or beside me, the train station where I work NOT having a terminal for my tap card anywhere near the only elevator... It's awful because we don't design spaces for autonomous disabled people. Accessibility in every domain is an afterthought at best, and because we love hiding and ignoring disabled people, most people have never interacted with a disabled person and thus don't and can't understand what it's like. I find that you can only see these things if you've been disabled. I wish that everyone would spend time in a wheelchair as a kid (for days, not minutes) so that they can learn how hard it is, their friends can learn how to include them, and others around them can learn how to behave. I also appreciate you addressing the "am I disabled" problem. As my needs increased, there was a good year or so of guilt over not feeling like I was disabled enough. Even now, several years later, even after accepting that I am disabled enough, I am still bullheaded and won't ask for help because I feel like I should still be able to do things. And again, I'm still ambulatory, so it's a cakewalk for me to be disabled. I can't imagine how much harder it is for someone who can't just get out of their wheelchair to fix something or use their foot to pull and hold open a door.

I'm so sorry you had to go through all that crap I honestly couldn't believe it 😭🙈 Glad you made it through and were able to move!! congrats on the new place! ✨️✨️

Honourable mention to the MASSIVE Tokyo techno scene that is the real underground of Japan

This is such a unique video! Thanks for sharing!

I was exploring Akihabara a few weeks ago and quite literally stumbled into Radio Center by accident, because I saw the booth selling spools of cable and a hundred types of electrical plugs from the outside and decided to wander in. I even saw Mr. Kikuchi still sitting dutifully in his booth and we nodded and smiled at each other. There was also another sweet old lady who might've been the same age selling newspapers in a nearby booth. I spent what felt like hours in there just completely slackjawed at all the cool stuff on display, the E-box place reminds me of the old antique shops my grandma would sell her collectibles at. Thank you for this cool video!

10:00 "Sandwiched between two cigarette machines." That's the Japan I fell in love with. I remember seeing those older tech shops in Akiba. I was actually pretty disappointed that most of Akiba is just big box stores. Namba in Osaka is far more interesting and similar to these older shops. Lots more to see and far more unique shops, so when I saw those in Akiba, I was glad to see that they were still there.

Someone needs to interview that sweet old guy, for posterity/history. I hope he's still trading when I make it to Tokyo.

When you were slim you looked much better.

went to nakano city and okachimachi and the old malls there were cool but kinda sad. so many empty store fronts.

Cool video. Thank you for making this. Basement Bar reminds me of some of the places I went during college and the bands that played at those places. I'll have to check it out next trip.

Kikuchi-san is an absolute delight!

Very eye opening and realistic video, thank you!

Sunshine City?!?

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Emma, it has been 4 years!

A kissaten is just a coffee or tea shop. At least that what I learned in Hokkaido. And they would normally have little cakes/sandwiches. They also had curry sometimes. I guess each shop does its own thing.

Took the train at Shinbashi station two years ago and I missed this shopping center... Darn it!

What is the song at 18:15 ?

why am i only finding about this channel now. u give off super wholesome vibes also my family, auntie, and cousin went shopping around the area at 11:41

I was wondering if those types of cafes had gone away. Went I went maybe 8 years ago I could still find some of them, but when I went back last year there were like none! Loved this whole video!

They must have watched your videos - you're pretty effusive in your praise for a nice toilet. :)

Emma, this is one hell of a video. I love the authenticity and your energy when you start the video and your little skits. That rap consultation was hilarious.

bro has been putting on some weight 笑

More content like this please! More retro things in Japan!! <3