Thank you. You are never old to learn something. The same to you! Best of good luck!

@@LostinHokkaido ありがとう、あなたの英語はとても上手です👍

Thank you for your very kind message. I don't know if I will be able to continue working with my young and talented colleagues, but I will just have to do my best. Food is cheaper and tastier in Hokkaido. Yes, my heart may still be in Hokkaido for the time being. I lived in the Tokyo area only during my university years. But after 30 years, I started living here again and was surprised to find that the summers are horribly hot.

Dear my first subscriber, you are always the VIP of this channel. I am glad to hear that your Japanese car import business is doing well. I am very happy to hear that the declining Japan has finally been overtaken in GDP by Germany with 2/3 of the population. So I am sure that Japan's economic downturn is more serious than yours. I don't get my information from general TV now either, even KZbin has some fakes, but still, I don't think the propaganda is too bad. If I continue with this channel, in the future it will be a little less about Hokkaido and more about Tokyo and Kanagawa from the point of view of a Hokkaido person. If you would like to take a look again, I would be happy to do so.

Dear Kecos, You are very welcome. Just to prevent a misunderstanding, I don't do Japanese cars as business, but as hobby. And now I'm so glad I can finally drive my dream car ^^ As for Japan, I can understand on how you feel right now. I hope that there will be a change of mind and that younger generations might take the lead into a more family friendly environment. It seems a giant task and only a far dream, but in the past Japan and it's population surprised the world several times. For example when the nation went from medieval into industrial age within a generation after Meiji restoration, or when large earthquakes struck vital areas in Kobe or Tokai - each time Japan returned stronger and reawakened like cherry blossom trees after winter. I'll be definitely looking forward to see more of your videos. I haven't seen much of Kanagawa prefecture myself. Mostly I've been to Yokohama. But just as I've learned from your channel and from fellow Japanese camping tubers, it's the people and the nature that we regularly don't see, which have so much to offer 😊 Thank you very much in advance for all your work.

I am very happy to receive such a nice message. Actually, people in Tokyo and Kanagawa walk much faster than people in Hokkaido. The average age is younger and they are used to long commutes and train transfers, so they walk faster. I am also in my 50s, so I am always overtaken.

Albertius84-san, sorry for uploading the video at midnight time. Once I get an idea, I want to immerse myself and finish it. Thanks for still remembering my channel.

suliwa670-san Thank you very much. My channel does not have a consistent video style, but please continue to watch the changes in my life.

Thank you. Yes I did.

I strongly beleive that Malaysians eat less oily food and less sweet drink when the median ages get higher like the Japanese experience as of today.

Hi, Mardhiah-san. Thank you very much for your Thank you very much for your insightful comment. In my view, Japanese are likely to enjoy jogging rather than gaining muscle in terms of exercise. It might give us on impact in physique. Surely, I saw some Malaysians with obesity. But no worries. In the past, I stayed in Canada, I saw a lot lot more there, XD. One of the triggers for obesity in Malaysia is that Malaysian food is too yummy, isn't it? Due to hot and humid weather, it is even dangerous to jog in Malaysia. Instead, many condos in Malaysia have wonderful swimming pool and treadmill. It's really awesome!

​@@LostinHokkaido two country&asian/world.2 the emperors. The agong/emperor. Of inmalay. Yang seri maharaja pada/from malaysiani. Naruhito/emperor. From japani/jepuni. And. The King/rulers.9-state/9-kings/royal to 1 next to new the emperors. Pahang/state/negeri. Now new emperor. From malaysia. Johor/state next to the emperors.

Hi, Pang-san. In the past, many people said, "Chinese cuisine is very oily and unhealthy." But now, the average life span of Hong Kong people is the longest in the world. Maybe Malaysians will follow the same way as the per capita income grows more.

@@LostinHokkaido I checked 85 years on average. Japan behind by a fraction. But the Oldest Japanese is above 120 years old. I still think diet of white meat and fibre is the way to healthy and long loving. Malaysians need to cut deep fried and coconut milk based food.

Him Eryne-san. I translate your comment through google translation XD.

@@LostinHokkaido He said the Bak Kut Teh packaging is clearly said from Singapore. 🤣 Which is true, but we also have it here in Malaysia. And in my city, there is a stall that sell Halal version of Bak Kut Teh, using cow meat and organs.

I think its about our version of the food, macam tomyam daripada thailand, tapi sebab kita dah biasa makan, so dia mcm kita 'punya' la haa gitu x tau mcm mana nak explain hehe Edit: he's a foreigner anyway, and malaysia ada chinese so, kalau org kata dimsum tu drpd malaysia aq pun percaya.

I can't thank you enough, bestbeast-san. I'm flattered!

@@LostinHokkaido most of your datas make sense.. I feel like reading a scholar paper..

@@bestbeast74 Terima Kasih! It's so encouraging me.

Hi, Angah-san. Yes, we 've been having more square (cubic) cars including mine these days, haha. One of the reasons is that people here are more likely to use car for car-dwelling (camping). Flat space within the care is very convenient for it!

Sense of autumn depends on in hich part of Japan you live. Enven here in Hokkaido, the eastern area have autmnal season earlier. I see. Coconut milk! It's definitely iconic ingredient of Malaysian meals. I didn't know it contains oil. I really miss it!!

@@LostinHokkaido Yup, long before palm oil popular as cooking oil, people in SEA(I think in South Asia as well) been using coconut oil as the main cooking oil since ancient time. And coconut oil is known to be high in saturated fat. BTW, while typing this I was thinking, what do Japanese use as cooking oil in the old days before modern cooking like what we have today easily available?

Hi, Antonine-san. Thank you as always for watiching with encouragement. Time, money and health, these three are essential for happy life style!

Hi, Kamuichan. Surely, the appearance of nuclear weapon has transformed the definition of war itself. And it made us more difficult regarding how each country should play a role keep the world peace. Japan doen't have the nuclear one, but we can't simply criticize the US policy because we are under the umbllera of nuclear by the US, and it surely keeps us from the threat by N.Korea, China, and Russia.

@@LostinHokkaido Hi Kecos. Japan and Germany are in a similar situation. Official it's stated, that the US as our partner would defend us against other nations. However, I disagreee with official political terms and rather see the US presence as an act of occupation. This is because of two things. 1.) On an international scale, and with all the experience gained within the last 70 years, established nations will profit more from trading with each other, than fighting each other. For example China has invested a lot of money into Taiwan, and vice versa. While politicians like to talk big, the business sector has no interest at all into an military conflict, as both China and Taiwan would destroy their own investments and customer base. It's similar between Germany and Russia. Germany used to buy affordable energy from Russia, whereas Russia bought machinery and Infrastructure from Germany. I guess it might be similar between Japan and China, where China is an important provider of resources as well as a giant sales market, whereas Japan offers technical know how & machinery to China. The only one who would have an interest in military conflicts between nations, are not the nations involved^^ 2.) The amount of protection that the US provide can but put into question, with most recent events. The most popular example is Afghanistan where US forces made an hasty retreat. We also have to think, why would the US risk losing lives, when it's not their own country that they defend? Because of this, i think it would be in the best interest of nations, to have every country care for it's own defense and to respect other nations on a mutual eye to eye level. By that, we can't be dragged into conflicts that we don't want (currently happening in Europe) and political leaders would have to make use of common sense and diplomacy instread of weapons :)

Wow! Sui-san, long time no talk and I'm delighted to read your encouragement! Yeah, nuclear weapon is really inhumane. let's pray for peace!!

Hi, Ammar-san. I respect that Malaysian people are peaceful and have been demonstrating it through the history.

Hi, Hui-san, thank you as always! I dealt with this scary topic because we are in imminent situation more than ever.

Hi, Hatta-san.Long time no talk and thans for the comment. Yeah, every government needs to be improved and partially corrupted somehow. The Japanese government also have a LOT to be reformed.

I also enjoy learning from Malaysia!

Wow! Thank you very much for your encouragement. I'll do my best! Arigato!

Haha, you can say that again. Please let me get in touch with you when I visit Malaysia next time, XD.

From what I gattehr, there seeems to have a certain range (three types) of estimation in population. 60m people also might be correct.

@@LostinHokkaido and i think mostly will be malays may be 90% because chinese malaysia same like japanese. which is do not want be pregnant or only want few kids either like 1 or 2.

Better economy always means slower population growth so I doubt that, but we'll see.. and if the country doesn't just break down but I guess that would be hard to happen but who knows? With the current income disparity, high cost of living on top of everything. We'll see how Malaysia solve these issues

We have massive landbank in Sabah & Sarawak even the peninsula with more efficient of land can accomodate more citizens.

I appreciate your comment. O.K., you'll see it. In my view, Japan's decreasing population and increasing aging people worsen the situation to the level where it makes impossible even 0% growth. The more aging people, more non-workers, more pension needed, and more non-innovative policy selected.

Haha, thank you for enjoying my Japanglish too XD. I'll do my best so you can understand my accent.

Japan was like a sprinter athlete.... because we've forgot to breath. But the history of countries should be going cencern. In other words, it should be longer running. You need to breath, eat and sleep.

Thank you for your comment, my friend!

Terima Kasih, sama sama.

Hi, Indonesia is also a very promising country, isn't it? Malaysia is a country where I stayed over a year,. So literally it became "my second home", that's why. Another advantage of Malaysia is the people's high proficiency of English. It's awesome! XD

I prefer to engege myself in marketing, consulting, analyzing, and any linking of both countries, lah!!

I like your Lah..Very Malaysian...😁

I'm glad you found my video and viewed. So encouraging me! Thank you!!

Sama sama. My pleasure!