Exploring Tokyo's LARGEST Tech Store

[@Denki]

I'm still figuring out how to comfortably VLOG in public ESPECIALLY in Japan, but let me know if you'd love to see more tech videos from here!

[@The_Lone_Aesir]

Do one at Donki's :)

[@f11bot]

1000% do more!!! Love this kind of content.

[@samcurmudgeon]

Was a good video, although you did make that guy on the elevator uncomfortable near the end of the video :D

[@James.Buchanan]

You nailed it, would love to see more of it. The video looked great too, was it mostly shot with DJI Pocket 3?

[@betelgeuse68]

Yes, more Japan videos...

[@CaptAxolotl]

That guy jumping up and down at the end brought me so much joy

[@Denki]

I only saw him once we started editing the video and I wanted to thank him for his energy!

[@Jokamutta]

Wait where? :D

[@TheoRae8289]

That guy was adorable 😂

[@scottshep8978]

Was going to say the same thing. That person was awesome.

[@Alexey_Pe]

@@Jokamutta 24:26

[@austinevans]

I want to go back 😢

[@Denki]

LETS GO BOSSMAN

[@StSparky]

I could suggest regional fun tech spots- and maybe retro car fun? Wifey is Japanese & my teen is 100% bilingual

[@solo3dits]

Please! The Japan video with you both was one of my favourites

[@ToastedPanda]

Family first trip to Japan video ?. 😍

[@Stingerhuayra]

Video title:I spent how much?!? On Japanese Mystery Tech

[@perdomot]

So glad somebody finally made a video of my all time fave store. Can't wait to return and do more shopping.

[@TheMegaUltimate]

I have to add this place to the places I need to go. Thank you Denki for showing us the worlds largest tech store.

[@desmondakatsuki7790]

I was there last year and as an european guy it was overwhelming. Thx for vloging this because no one wanted to believe me how big and mentally overloading this was.

[@CollinAbroadcast]

I like your exploration videos a lot. You're actually guiding us through the way! Nice to get a sense of being there

[@squeakyfoxx]

the sheer size of this place is amazing. definitely a spot to visit when you're in japan!

[@danielcormier3416]

It's been 1 for the bucket list and I'm hoping to go to within the next year and this is definitely 1 place I'm going to, I would love to see more of this for sure!

[@Gilraen15]

Definitely a bucket list location for any fan of tech :) Thanks for the virtual tour of this wonderful looking store...

[@NappaAbridged]

When will you and Austin both travel to see Japan's amazing technology and awesome hobby stores?

[@avia4281]

@@NappaAbridged Hi where in Osaka?

[@ninaklein4211]

I have the feeling that I will like your other video walks no less than I like this one. I perfectly understand how enormously difficult is to make a presentation of this enormous big and interesting place. Your great work is well appreciated.

[@ickn2005]

The selection of fountain pens at 7:09 is awesome! I would love to visit a retail store such as this! Awesome video.

[@skum73]

I would love to know why stationery stores are so popular is SE Asia and Asia. I see them everywhere.

[@ickn2005]

@@skum73 Just a speculation and from an outside perspective. Asians, from my experience, are very business minded and put lots of stock on looking the part. Having a fine writing instrument to either use during business and to give as gifts, would lend to more of an availability. Since they could tend to be more conscious of appearance than many westerners. I've seen nice deals being signed with a pilot G2. Where as, a professional Asian business man would probably be ashamed to use such a pen and might even look at it as disrespectful to the prospective or current client. Obviously this is mere speculation. It might just be the concentration of wealth in some regions? Good observation on your part though.

[@slporter]

This makes me miss Fry's so much. It was our closest comparison to this amazing shop. We need a massive one again because for replacement parts and other electronics, holding them and inspecting them in person is way more helpful in person rather than going to Amazon.

[@beezelsub]

💯. Fry's was a family day trip..

[@mikem2055]

Thanks Ken, for inviting us on a trip! Ive been to Okinawa and that was a blast!

[@timmyxyzpdq]

We need a "hella" drinking game where you take a shot each time he says hella

[@cocolata29]

Trashed after doing this 😂

[@Denki]

aight bet

[@Vilch]

I died

[@gjmob]

I ended up at A&E and had a stomach pump.

[@musafawundu6718]

Thank you very much. I have seen many other Yodobashi videos from since the mid 2010s. Many of them are largely silent. Others do offer guides from vloggers, but none have done it as detailed and articulately as you have from those that I have seen.

[@omarthecostar]

Really cool Vlog. A lot of history in such an iconic place like this. Thank you for showing us and giving us a tour. Akiba was at one point the tech capital of Asia when Japan manufacture almost everything in electronics. Of course those who are techies also brought their other passions such as Anime and game centers to the area. The birth place of maid cafes. It's a bit of nostalgia that is slowly going away with the rise of internet shopping but still glad I could see it in your video. Thanks

[@smikolajewski82]

Yodobashi is now on my list of places i want to visit when traveling to Japan. Thanks for that nice VLOG. Really cool

[@petersziraki7672]

That store is crazy :) . If you want to buy a new cassette player for example, you'll be able to do it! It literally has everything there for you to buy!

[@mintybudgie]

do they still sell portable cd players. and i wonder if they have minidiscs

[@petersziraki7672]

I have a feeling that they only have new Minidiscs, but not players. Those can be found in Akihabara, in used electronic stores. @@mintybudgie

[@bluediamond1285]

Mr. Denki, I really enjoyed the way you us everything from the first floor to the last floor of the building. I Love everything about the Electronic store. Pls give us more of it next time and I will love to come to Japan and live there. Japan is a beautiful country to stay in ❤

[@Y3.551]

*Thanks for sharing, beautiful massive store a lot of people must have a lot of great deals* ❤

[@giangtran6782]

Tech + travel log = best denki video

[@cheezyjokester]

That was a pretty cool place. I get tired just seeing all the floors and isles and isles of things there. Thanks for sharing such a cool place.

[@jaydmucollects]

My hotel was 5 mins away from Yodobashi Camera when I was in Japan for Halloween! Love that store!

[@jshatt27]

man i was just in awe this whole video, and then you saw brian and his supra. hit me right in the feels

[@dannywinget]

That place is so huge!

[@Denki]

Always gets me whenever I'm back!

[@TransbianKitty]

Going to Japan is a dream of mine and this place will be at the top of my to-do list once I get there!

[@kitsune7919]

Love it how everyone around you is giving you the stink eye cause they’re worried you’re the new Johnny Somali 😂😂😂

[@Denki]

It's rough because there's no elegant way to shoot a video like this without projecting and I hate doing full voice overs 🫠

[@OutsideDuhBox]

Lol the guy on the stairwell at the end 😂

[@johnmc3862]

Nah, he looks local! 😅

[@greggross8856]

I’m not even sure I would bother with Akihabara after hitting this spot. Absolutely amazing!

[@paddlesouth]

On your comment on the more expensive pc parts in Japan. That seems to be typical for most places of the world. The US pays the least and complains the most on prices. lol

[@Samuraistar92]

I appreciate you showing this video because I have autism and I know I can't go into the store personally due to sensory issues but I'm glad I got to experience this store through your video thank you so much.

[@djweso]

Great video! I really liked the graphics package you used.

[@brianzamborski8680]

Love this video!! Thanks so much guys!! I’m definitely going someday!

[@coridor45]

Seriously we need more of this type of videos in Japannnn.

[@anumeon]

So,, in Japan for some reason Logitech is named Logicool... It seems so Illogicool

[@GG-bi2jz]

日本では既に他社が『ロジテック』というブランドを展開していたために、日本では『ロジクール』という名前が付いています

[@メブスタジオALT]

Ay, ken! This is yo boi: mighty EGSVID from 7 スタジオ. Usually, I'm much like a Japanese gamer, and I'm an og as well. I got an united state's WII U console, but no US Wii remote. Usually, I'm gonna get a Japanese WII U console next time. -thanks ken, 7 スタジオ.

[@tomleebateman]

This store looks unbelievable! I could spend all day just looking at everything. Plus have no money left after😂

[@apurvakg]

I went there and was crazy surprised by the amount of tripods they had! awesomely overwhelming!

[@BDO031]

Man this video brings back memory from my trips to Tokyo.. Spent hours in that store.. Now i wanna go back badly lol!

[@R3AL-AIM]

Everything is amazing, but as a car guy too, I'm in love with the models!

[@milkmanchannel1]

This was super cool Ken! Loved the video!

[@tantohalim]

I went there in 2017 and I was in that store for a good 3-4 hours. I bought a shure headphone after trying like 30+ headphones (I didn't even plan on buying one), and few model kits. it was heaven, but also a torture as you want everything but you can't bring all of them back with your limited baggage space

[@supermanisdead64]

Great Video . The model section was awesome.

[@shadoclothing2376]

Homie sees a F&F Brian O'connor figure and drops the Olive Garden slogan.... LOL! That was awesome! @20:13

[@paolochicco7200]

I love the Yodobashi Camera jingle!

[@rainbow_mess]

this is really useful, thanks for the video! I didn't know this was there but I'll definitely check it out when I visit!!

[@Octoberslast]

I wanna see someone walking around doing daily vlogs with that red komodo lol. Great video, I absolutly love that store I wish there was something like that near me in the states.

[@mrsandwich3903]

As a train enthusiast and passionate gamer, I went here last month and the sixth floor was extremely fun to look at

[@pmo8135]

That is it. I'm going in the next couple days. I didn't know it existed till now

[@yangerjamir0906]

Watched a lot of videos about Akihabara and it looks like a heaven for nerds. My kind of place.

[@justatypicalyoutuber8402]

Man, I remember going to that gigantic labyrinth of technology. I genuinely spent HOURS just exploring the whole building and still not getting tired of it by nightfall. I wanna go back 😭

[@perdomot]

I got my new glasses at Jins too and love that they don't charge for the eye exam. Saves a lot of money.

[@JJLiew]

I was in the Yodobashi in Umeda, Osaka as well during New Year's Day when the earthquake hit at 4pm, the hanging panels shook quite a bit. Glad to see that you were fine!

[@adamburns1077]

This place along with BIC camera are just sense overload 😂 it’s one of those places where I love going there when I’m in Tokyo but if I lived in Tokyo I probably wouldn’t go in there that often.

[@tokyojon4344]

I live around 30 minutes from Akihabara and go to Yodoshi Camera all the time. Did not know about the batting cage up top. I will check that out. Had lunch there on the 9th floor, recall that it was under $15, which is a fair price, and decent quality food. For electronic good however, there are cheaper places. Personally I like exploring that area on the other side of the JR station and a few blocks down. Much better prices for M.2 SSDs, USBs, and misc items as keyboards, etc. Not far from Yodobashi, like less than a 20 minute walk is an indoor sauna (called onsen) that is nice to go to. Recall it's around $20, and they have free alcohol. Relaxing time there.

[@theboywithguns6073]

We need Denki Around The World series 😅 where you travel and review tech markets and show prices and what you can get if you spend certain amount. Would a fun

[@gustogusto4519]

I always stay at REMM right on the other side of Yodobashi every time I stay in Tokyo. Everything so close to the Hotel, quick access to the Yamanote line 🎉

[@be_shoichi]

Customer services like the 24/7 pickup counter and extremely fast home delivery is also something people overlook about Yodobashi Akiba.

[@Denki]

I knew about the home delivery, but I had no idea there was a 24/7 pickup counter. That's hella goated.

[@material-2k]

These stores are gems, I bought my Japan/NA limited edition Casio 5600 in one of them for just about 10 000 yen. Still works perfectly to this day!

[@evanpcgamer]

This is such a sick video! Super interesting!

[@opensourceside]

OMG I've done those escalators countless times and I can't wait to go back!!

[@solo3dits]

This was a fantastic video Ken. Really come into your own here 😄🙏

[@klintbartle54]

i aqm glad to have joined you in a video trip to some place i have never been and wanted to. Thank You So Much.

[@JAMFilms813]

I went over a year ago and the music instrument selection is crazy cool. I just started getting into filming as well and there was so much of that. Also all those sellers were funny. Had fun. The toy section was huge also... like toys r us on steroids.

[@mareksinister]

Take me back... Take me back to Tokyo 😢 damn, best MCM song.

[@aredublo]

Was just in Yodobashi Akhibara last week. Didn't disappoint

[@riou_gg]

Content like this is fire 🔥 more please!

[@RichStone]

I went to Japan in 1990 as a kid and they were the king of digital stuff we didn't have in US. Now they're the place to go for record players and fax machines.

[@Sprintstyle1]

The yodobashi jinglemight be an earwurm , but the BIC camera jingle still haunts me after visiting 6 months ago

[@ravishankark4453]

amazing video thanks for the blog

[@KAINREDIC]

The Yodabashi store in Osaka (Next to Osaka Station) has all of the same great stuff as well as the GREAT dining on its top floors. I always go whenever I visit Japan. Last year was my 10th trip. I can't wait to go back! Hopefully this year.

[@karlschuneman7960]

Interesting you find the jingle catchy, it is “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

[@jjohn713]

I've gone to Yodobashi multiple times on my trips to Tokyo. Will be going again soon and this time, will visit all the floors. I don't know why I never did that.

[@The_Lone_Aesir]

The most beautiful sight I saw on my first trip to Japan was in yodabashi camera in shinjuku where they had the demonstration massage chairs. After having walked 28000 steps that day I needed a break.

[@danwichgames]

the lighting thru out that place is on point. At least from the video. Hopefully i can get there one day, i also want to just get lost in one of those used camera malls.

[@f11bot]

I’m the kind of person that would spend days checking everything out. THAT IS PARADISE.

[@Elmgren76]

I spent 10 hours in Yodabashi, Osaka, last year when I visited the city on my vacation 🫣 Best store on the planet.

[@Davids_Hobbies]

20:05 you can absolutely fit a model railroad into a 500 sqft apartment. You should look at Z Scale or if you want to really squeeze, shorty Z or T Gauge would do nicely. They will easily fit on a bookshelf no problem. Also I recommend the Kato Trams. I've got one and they have some super small radius curves that will work really well in a very tight space. I'm hella jealous about that model car section too because I love model cars as well.

[@Denki]

Correction: it won't fit in *my* 500 sqft apartment that's currently depression-den levels of messy LMAO

[@Davids_Hobbies]

@@Denki I totally get it! I'm the same way with my desk and my model car storage. I'm almost always surprised that I can fit more stuff in.

[@hms350]

Really good piece. We were in Japan th in 2016 and visited the store. Definitely amazing. I do recall the food was good. Glad you mentioned the batting cages, was about to comment that you missed them. In the 90s pre internet the store would have been triple insane.

[@mariojsworld]

Great tour of this tech store.

[@discofun]

Some great restaurants on the top floor!

[@ilpoheikkila4773]

Great video! Amazing store!

[@chrismorris99]

So no joke in my three weeks trip to Japan a little over a month ago I felt so disappointed coming back to the states and not having the Toto experience with bidet and privacy and deodorizer and heated seat that I bought two to go in the house I am renovating. Those toilets are the future and honestly if you know where to look not that expensive just a tad over $500 but at that point you’ll save so much money on toilet paper and comfort. It’s so worth it. Okay that’s my gush about the Japappy toilets thanks for coming to my ted talk

[@DonJ1973]

Very cool video. Just subscribed. I was in Japan in October and sadly missed this place. Instead I hit up Bic Cameras in Shibuya. Got a few Transformers toys. But that looks like a tech heaven. Hopefully next time I make it back to Tokyo.

[@riocheng0205]

This is so far my favorite place in Tokyo. I'll be going there in May again after nine long years and probably would stay in the store for a long time. (The Golf section was originally Tower Records I believe, it sadly got closed last year but at least there's a bigger one in Shibuya)

[@Travis-j1v]

Great video. Congrats!🎉

[@TheSmoovToob]

loving the heavy use of hella

[@Kyrenthar]

Just FYI, while you may not fax on a normal basis, digital faxing is very much alive, stores still offer it in print departments and many many businesses still use it. Not unique to Japan in any sense. I work in tech support for hotels and they all use fax machines on a rather daily basis.

[@perdomot]

I bought my Grado 100 headphones at Yodo last year and saved a lot of money with the conversion/tax discount. Hope you get a good one Ken.

[@darrenc2721]

love this store, god i miss stores like this in the uk, this is so cool!

[@darrenc2721]

we used to have tech stores, audio stores, but they all gone now, very few left, tiny small ones, cant get repairs anymore etc, tis a lost art.

[@Intergalactic2701]

"I'm starting to feel it now Mr. Krabs" 😂😂

[@TheArtStar]

This was an awesome video! I want to go here and just get lost!!

[@Andromahlius]

Back in the days you had an unbelievable array of JDM walkman models there.

[@py1211]

And film cameras/lenses/tripods/films and all kinds of photo stuffs, that's what yodobashiCAMERA stands for.

[@MWKRider]

5 trips to Japan, always spent multiple days roaming Akihabara and not once did I ever think about going into this Building....I really need to next trip.

[@Denki]

I still prefer spending more time wandering the strip and surrounding areas, but Yodobashi should be experienced at least once for sure!

[@BojoPigeon]

I call Yodobashi The Day Killer, or Day-Ender. No matter what time of day I go in, and even if I don't buy anything, it's dark by the time I get out.

[@Grouchofish]

Coolest store I have ever seen. Since Frys went away, no real tech stores here in Burbank, CA. This place makes Best Buy look like a joke.

[@TravellingTechie]

Every time I see stuff about Japan I just want to visit even more, never been. Just want to immerse myself in the place....

[@ivovass195]

Awesome. Definitely a must visit when eventually I get to visit japan

[@itmebakadesu]

Akiba is Electric Town for a reason. But Yodabashi is essentially a department store for electrical and hobby goods. I loved getting lost in the Akiba and Osaka store. My wallet though, not so much...