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[@kimonoforlurv]

Nick goes to Japan so much, and finds the weirdest things to show us. Bless his heart.

[@Lasagna_Enjoyer]

You spoiled it. I was gonna watch the rest but you goofed up

[@150booyadragon]

@@Lasagna_Enjoyer he says he's in Japan like 10 seconds in brother

[@Lasagna_Enjoyer]

@@150booyadragon *0:35 wrong time bitch everytime you go to a video you gotta scroll down

[@Ag3nt-MC]

One time he went there and came back with the super monkey ball announcer

[@eboone]

@@Lasagna_Enjoyer You are so sour

[@HPLaserbeam]

I looked at the title and immediately went "not Japan again..." He's going to qualify for citizenship sooner than later with the amount of time he spends flying to Japan.

[@virtueisdead]

yeah citizenship for the sky

[@vuxl]

After seeing that title I just thought “ah yes he booked a ticket to Japan”

[@fjelbuont8762]

Not so fun fact: Japanese citizenship is exclusive, so in order for a foreigner to become a Japanese citizen she has to renounce any and all other citizenships she may have. That is a strict requirement.

[@TayoEXE]

@@fjelbuont8762 Other fun fact: citizenship recognition is based on each country's point of view. This may be the case for foreigners trying to get citizenship, but for Japanese that have Japanese and American citizenship but have to give up one from the Japan side, it's worth it to give up the American citizenship to keep the Japanese one, but the U.S. recognizes dual citizenship, and Japan doesn't really care to actually check or enforce it from their side since you did give it up from their side. Nick however can receive permanent residency and no longer need a visa, etc., if he were to live there for a least a year or so and apply for it. (It may depend on your visa while you apply, but I'm going back on a spouse visa, so I'm aiming for the same thing)

[@Amins88]

When you do really well at making content, you naturally cultivate a fan base of like-minded people who can inspire you to create new content for them. It's a beautiful cycle. Also, I'm disappointed Nick didn't end his pretend Let's Play with "See U later, alligatorz".

[@babylonian]

deep cut

[@handlemonium]

Lolz totally 😜👍

[@minorproblems]

Tracking down obscure retro tech or games by going to tons of second hand stores in Japan is really satisfying to watch. It’s always more fun when what you’re looking for is personal or nostalgic to you. I am a fan of Crash Bandicoot, and have a few of the Japanese versions of the main series of games. The covers are fun and very different, and it’s always interesting to see the differences in game. You could also look for big the cat merchandise, he’s a funny fella

[@CoolGuyMcgeez]

To find where he is we need to book a flight to japan

[@derZCKR_]

in search of answers

[@josephdarracott1139]

He’s in the Keio plaza hotel lol. I stayed there earlier this year and the seven 11 is right next to it 😂

[@spingleboygle]

@@josephdarracott1139 thats cool

[@santojorge]

6:57 here you are, feeding us little breadcrumbs of hints with small "slip ups". like we're your pets, feeding us treats when we perform our little trick. and you know what? we'll just play along. pull our strings, be the puppeteer like you always have been. i WILL play along, i will roll over and play dead for a mere treat, and I WILL point out that there's an open Notes tab labelled "VISITING MICHAELSOFT BINBOWS" throughout the video and that WILL make me feel smart and observing for 5 minutes, until i will need to be stimulated by other interactive media.

[@dropatrain]

oh my god, his Michaelsoft Binbows video is the first one on the recomended list. its all coming together

[@beeswithchainsaws]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT ITS THERE

[@AntVenom]

bro that last bit hit too hard

[@aguywhosaguy]

@@AntVenom bro why are you here

[@slyar]

@@AntVenom why art thou here

[@evan5966]

Growing up in a town an hour outside of Vancouver Canada, i’ve constantly seen a sign welcoming people to my town. at the bottom of this sign it says it’s the sister city of Fukagawa, Hokkaido. I’ve always wanted to know what their sign looked like!

[@babylonian]

huh! i had the inverse experience last week where i was in a random small town in Gunma and saw on wikipedia that its sister city is somewhere in Alabama, hahah

[@TrevorRox6]

Of all the places it could have been I was not expecting it to be Abbotsford

[@aidanjulian]

It's like going to Japan and back is just another Tuesday for this guy

[@K9OK_]

The energy of this video after he asks if it's choppy is immaculate

[@hi_its_jerry]

does a complete 180 i love it

[@XensRebirth]

It’s like the videos you make when you were like 5 and when you watch them back they were unironically really entertaining

[@GimmeChips]

I've always wondered if voice acting for ps1 games was bad by japanese standards in their versions of those games too. That could be a nice topic for a video.

[@ChrisMeadows1992]

This.

[@JamesTDG]

Agreed

[@MissiGNO000]

Nope, they often hired anime voice actors and had directors that spoke the language

[@nore5888]

@@MissiGNO000 could still be bad

[@crittr]

I've been trying to find the japanese version of that one cutscene from devil may cry where he says "I SHOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE TO FILL YOUR DARK SOUL WITH LiiIIiiIIIIGGHHTT"

[@trentonturner1800]

I know you probably won’t see this, but I used to live in Japan and I can recommend one of the most amazing places in the country. Akiyoshidō Cave. It’s the largest cave in Japan, it’s amazing to walkthrough, and when you get to the end there is an elevator you can take up that leads to some massive rolling planes, it’s just mostly flat rolling fields of golden (wheat?) and it doesn’t even feel like Japan because of how flat, empty, and non-mountainous it is. Amazing place and I’d love to see a video on it if you’re interested in it

[@noco26]

I would love to see a video where you visit the MichaelSoft Binbows location in person, and maybe go visit other cool places from past videos, or even some weird places you've never covered before! I think that would be cool

[@amworld6643]

Guess we have some news for ya.....

[@bagelofthefuture]

The "We don't know what timezone it is" Challenge

[@AROAH]

I wanna know how you manage to survive so well on your own in Japan while not knowing Japanese.

[@ChoKwo]

Pretty sure based on other videos he knows some Japanese. At least very basic enough to say simple things and read kana. Which is light years ahead of most tourists

[@FrenchieCorndog]

Am there now, I only know arigato and I've never needed to get anything translated

[@shibe5763]

@@chileanywayssso expecting people from other country to speak your lenguage just because of the tourists is plain stupid

[@brynhildr6981]

@@chileanywayssso HK speaks english because its a past British colony, not tourism

[@Amins88]

@@chileanywayssso Actually I've heard that English isn't prioritized as much in Japan as it is in other countries. It's of course common place in Tokyo and other major cities because of the tourism, but outside of there, English proficiency isn't that strong with a lot of people. I've been watching TAKASHI From Japan who interviews foreigners about this, and also has insight of his own from, you know, being Japanese. You could absolutely survive there if you visit, but if you're going to live or spend an extended period of time, you'll probably need to start trying to learn the language.

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

My perception of Japan is that they make the most of everything they have and try to reuse things, so I would actually be really interested to see what sorts of strange things you could find in Japanese thrift stores. For those curious yes I am absolutely inspired by Dankpods and his cashies specials (cashies is basically Australian goodwill)

[@AmirRazan]

Same! I love electronics recycling!

[@meepzu3724]

I think a good in-depth history of Toro Inoue would be a good idea. (Toro Inoue being the Sony mascot of Japan). There’s not much recognition of him anywhere else and not many videos explaining it. I think there’s a lot to unpack with him that hasn’t been said on KZbin :)

[@Nevir202]

As someone who is a bit of a historian of the oddities of Japan, I'd like it if you can visit some of the iconic, niche places which are about to go away forever. I am not sure what places are about to go, but there has been a NONSTOP stream of things closing there since 2020

[@RobertSoul123]

I'm a bit of a historian but I can't name a single place I'm talking about

[@DANNY__JK]

i remember hearing a lot of things in KYOTO are getting shut down or people are divesting. like real historical stuff. iirc it was because the city itself was going bankrupt

[@Nevir202]

@@RobertSoul123 LMAO I’m talking about him you dolt.

[@RobertSoul123]

@@Nevir202 Oh, my bad then. Also I'm Johnny Dap btw

[@JaredConnell]

Historian of Japan is a bit of a stretch lol

[@joaovitormatos8147]

In half of the world, electricity is 60Hz. In the other half, it's 50. In Japan is... Both? How do they deal with that? That's an amazing video on its own

[@RisingRevengeance]

Lots of devices sold in the past used to have an easy switch on the back. And I believe their modern devices just don't care. Maybe I'm entirely wrong..

[@fluffypink90]

Most modern consumer electronics will have no trouble running at either frequency - you can check the labels on what you own, it will be listed. Devices with AC motors would run at different speeds, but should be able to be designed to run safely on either frequency. Everthing after this point is speculation, I'm just an armchair electrician In an industrial setting, a lot of stuff would need to be frequency-specific, such as AC motors, the speed of which is determined by the frequency of the supply. That said, a lot of motors in such settings are now driven by affordable variable frequency drives (VFDs), which should be able to take either input frequency. If you're setting up a factory, you're probably not going to pick the whole thing up and move it to the other side of the country, but it would make the markets for second-hand industrial gear a bit smaller. I imagine the main problem it would present in the modern day would be interconnection of the two grids, which would be very difficult to achieve in significant capacity.

[@DANNY__JK]

wait did televisions in japan have 50hz modes?

[@glenngriffon8032]

Iirc after WWII the north half requested power generators from Britain and the south half requested power generators from America and as a result of that the country sort of evolved into a country that uses both.

[@Wyrdwad]

@@DANNY__JK Televisions in Japan can natively display 50hz or 60hz signals without missing a beat. It's kind of weird, as I've played some games in PAL mode without even knowing it, since my TV here gave me absolutely no guff about it. Japanese broadcasts and digital encoding are all natively 60hz, though, so it's a bit weird that Japanese TVs are so accommodating of 50hz signals.

[@RambunctiousFlan]

I liked that small section of you walking through that eerily empty, "liminal" area. Maybe you could search out some different cool yet eerie/liminal areas where you're at in Japan, like some urban exploring and such! Love the variety of what you put out. Cheers!

[@graeme5048]

My wife and I got so much nostalgia and enjoyment watching you hunt for Michaelsoft Binbows. Keep going back to Japan, man. We can't live there right now, so we get a ton of run seeing others be there.

[@alexlestat]

So I'm guessing he booked a ticket to Japan

[@bigboska]

Maybe.....

[@westvirginiaglutenfreepepp7006]

Out of options and desperate for... you know the rest

[@ym2612girl]

Still living up to title of "KZbinr who visits Japan a lot", I see.

[@Philuu]

A Livestream of you just walking through tokyo, visiting various interesting shops that stand out. That'd sound like fun c:

[@eichen97]

You could get an interview with the staff that made the storyboard for the anime project "Alive: The Final Evolution" before it was cancelled due to the studio's financial liabilities exceeded its total financial assets and got merged with its subsidiary into Gonzo K.K. with that and the tragic story of the mangaka that ended the story on an hospital bed, to shortly after meet his demise...

[@meepshmeep6445]

Hit up a bunch of thrift stores and get old home recorded VHS's and see what you can find on them. That's something I've always wanted to do in Japan

[@bathroomshy]

yesssss this x100, like Brutalmoose's mystery tapes videos but with 90s Japanese commercials and programming instead

[@Sharkstixx]

u would like socpens vhs vids

[@eruno_]

I don't have any mysteries to solve, just few interesting places to check out: • Original Nintendo Building in Kyoto • Tomb of Jesus Christ in Shingo • Gunkanjima Island near Nagasaki • Canadian World in Ashibetsu • Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen in Ikeda • Crepe Vending Machine in Kobayashi

[@nathanielc.1699]

Just wanna say Nick, I really appreciate you putting the music that you use in your videos in your descriptions. Not all creators do that, but I think they should, and I always wanna know what cool drum n bass, deep house 2000's type music you got

[@SophieSquid]

no one can stop this man from coming back to japan

[@rileymoore7025]

First guess: Japan Edit: Nailed it!

[@varikares813]

I got worried for a sec because I thought he was in an interrogation room in Japan due to how the room looked

[@Utonian21]

"Out of options and in search of answers, I got arrested in Japan"

[@varikares813]

Well he did say for us to tell him video ideas of things he can do while in Japan lol

[@cardinalblues_1990]

Nick, your journeys are always amazing! Your videos are always really fun and entertaining to watch! When you left Rev3 Games, I discovered your channel, and I've been on board for all of your fun awesome adventures!

[@nillypc42]

Nick literally goes to Japan to find pretty much everything. I won't be surprised if later in the future he goes to Japan just to find a single piece of dirt that belonged to Nintendo's office plants.

[@KattKirsch]

I know it isn't a sexy fun idea, but I would truly love to see you talk about the native Ainu, perhaps the Portuguese speaking parts of Japan, and the ethnic variance in Japan that so often gets homogenized or flat out ignored by media, both here and abroad. Thanks so much!

[@RisingRevengeance]

Golden Kamuy taught me most of what I know of ainu and it has since become my favorite cultural part of japan

[@appull]

Had absolutely no idea that either of these things existed

[@diamondsam]

Has some random Japanese man kidnapped Nick and put him in a basement again?

[@SendFoodz]

this is where Clark Kent would change suit in 21st century

[@maxineamelia7549]

I definitely want Nick to go absolutely feral trying to find something obscure about dominoes pizza, like just like obsessively trying to find something that we've never heard of! Idk I just absolutely love his videos in Japan so I'll be happy with anything, but the idea of him having walls covered with newspaper clippings, pins and string, hair all disheveled, a mad look in his eyes

[@coby0506]

Some sound booth was my immediate guess, a seven eleven was no where in my mind hahaha

[@zman90]

Half right

[@Rothiseph]

It'd be awesome if you could put together a comprehensive guide for great places to visit when in Japan. I'd love to visit one day and would really appreciate your guidance to make the most of the trip! 😊

[@Nezzith]

The content I like is when you go the most extreme lengths for the most obscure and interesting things.

[@olive_n]

"No more games or anime its all firearms content now" COMPLETE THE TRIAD NICK

[@jasieljardon183]

I miss this content 😮 glad to see you back in 日本🇯🇵

[@izumadodoesstuffinc.6917]

I didnt know where Nick was, so i booked a flight to Japan for answers.

[@bored_xavier1645]

Nick , I still routinely come back and enjoy all the vids this channel has become as much nostalgic for me as the things everyone here shares in common

[@kind1e]

I absolutely loved the tromso video. If you could do one more video of any kind, I would ask for one more video of the same kind, some sort of absurd goal, going somewhere unique for an hour long. You seem to be good at those too, so I'll wait and see what happens :)

[@sotokin]

He says Japan and things just get wackier, in a little pod thing in a 7/11, in a HOTEL BUILDING?? man I wanna visit

[@ericbazinga]

I assume you're already planning on it, but I'd love for you to visit the Michaelsoft Binbows building

[@sambaker7101]

The most fun i had in Japan was a day i randomly went walkabout. The most western train stop in Kyoto and Odaiba during the winter on a weekday were two different yet equally interesting days. Especially Odaiba. Didn't see a single other person in a city of millions

[@djyes9619]

honestly this is my favorite video just keep doin what your doin bro

[@Rellik165]

I have just clicked on this video, and I am pre-emptively going to say "Japan". Edit: As easy a question as you asked, I'm still jealous. I want a Pokeball onigiri... Edit 2: WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE. This is the hotel my family stayed at when we went to Japan in 2018! I recognize that lobby! I went to that very 7-Eleven to get snacks after going out for the day!

[@landonbrown5295]

This is gold

[@mythicmars]

SAME THE EDAMAME THEY HAD WAS SO GOOD

[@Chaotikku]

One that I always thought just had real nick energy would be tracking down the real world location of sojiros cafe in persona 5

[@Emans1530]

Already been done but would like a little tour.

[@TheKing-cb3kl]

Visting grape-kun's memorial in the Tobu Zoo seems like something that might make an interesting short video, he was a penguin who became famous for falling in love with a anime cardboard cutout

[@davidblame]

hi nick, first thing first, i just wanna say, its always a blast watching ur japan trip, i was just wondering any plans of redoing the “not knowing what the time it is” just like last year? it’s probably one of my favorite video u did, anyway happy almost new year!

[@SsjkidsSaveCosmo08]

I'm setting here like "did he go to Michal soft?" Something insane like that to here you were in 711 was just as good

[@_pulstar]

OH OH OH I GOT A VIDEO IDEA THIS ONE I’VE BEEN FASCINATED ABOUT FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE YEAR LOL so there’s this japan-exclusive namco quiz arcade game made in 1993 called X-Day, it asks questions based on life choices and once the game ends, a printer will print out a receipt that has results of the quiz, as well as your estimated life expectancy. this game is lost media, as i’ve only ever been able to see anything from the sequel, X-Day 2, which is dumped online and has many many videos of it, and the only thing I can see from X-Day is the music, (which makes sense, considering how good it is) tl;dr interesting quiz arcade game by namco is lost media, it’d be really cool if Nick made a video trying to find it

[@annasophiarobb69]

I think a great video would be to see how common the Initial D arcade game that has actual AE86's and FD's is in a post-covid Japan.

[@matt4392_]

Nick, I’d absolutely love if you visited restaurants and brought us along to see how different if at all the dining experience is. I’m willing to bet there’s a Christmas fest going on sometime too :)

[@Anzumatsuri]

Definitely the videos where you found something out of the ordinary and the quest to find its origin and how to “fix” them in a way Those are awesome

[@Mcdigits]

It would be awesome to see you interview a Japanese youtuber if at all possible like That Japanese Man Yuta or and I know it's a long shot but even Pewdiepie now that he lives there. I'm sure you could come up with something interesting to discuss with them about life in Japan or what nerdy things they're into. Also really glad to see you finally able to travel again and look forward to whatever you have coming up next.

[@moogiemaggie6904]

I want to see more examples of that theme you mentioned - dystopian yet very convenient!

[@manuelolaya3194]

Nick, I am not really much a video game fan but I enjoy your videos bc of the passion you put in them. Keep it up!

[@Spencer-Voice]

SUGGESTION: Physically find the location of that one store you did a story on and eventually found through Google World or Street View when you were just about to finally give up looking. I would love you to physically visit the actual site where it was.

[@samlol3]

Michaelsoft Binbows pt2

[@StupidEdits]

so far this is the craziest installment of the 'Nick in Japan' saga

[@KS-df4dw]

Really enjoy your videos as someone from Japan! A lot of japanese people use it but have you ever heard train ticket called "seisyun18 kippu"? This is a ticket essentially which allow any person to ride any JR trains (excluding the shinkansen etc.,) in Japan. Some people try out how far one person can travel with a single ticket (can buy at a ticket shop [JR sells it but its in a bundle so need to buy from a ticket shop for a single day pass] for around 25 dollars) and while it can be quite difficult, you can go to Hiroshima from Tokyo with just this ticket. Though is very tiring, a fun thing to do with friends.

[@INeededANameForThisChannel]

A Nick Robinson video is, by definition, out-of-left-field gold :D I'm looking forward to anything you release!

[@Enafan0000]

I would like a video where it's nicks favorite places in japan

[@lolpl0000]

oh hell yeah thats a good idea

[@WALZ97]

Doing my annual rewatch of the no-clock videos, I'd love a trilogy of them if you ever get the time to

[@Fab_Cat]

I would love another “don’t know what time it is”video, as those ones are some of my favorite videos from you.

[@captainmario6464]

why does this video just devolve into chaos in the last half lmao

[@mestrepanda]

I saw half the title and was like "Japan"

[@themagnushjort]

Sumo Jungle is such a fire album bro.

[@noti7510]

the ending half of this videois really good vibes, especially with the surprisingly crisp footage and upclose faces

[@TheSummerChu]

This might sound out of nowhere, but I would love to see you collab with some non-Japanese youtubers that live in japan. I just think you have such a unique type of content that other people should know about it!

[@lolpl0000]

absolutely love your japan trips. inspires me to make enough money to travel there someday.

[@L0op]

ayy, you holstered and unholstered the glock without shooting yourself in the leg! I'm proud of you

[@MarcusKyo]

Found a couple of these recently in a train station for the first time and laughed. And a coworker of mine actually did an online business meeting in one of them recently.

[@bensheetz]

I'd love to see a video exploring the state of Japanese arcades in 2022 - between pachinko, mobile games and the past few years of COVID, I feel like traditional arcades in Japan are probably struggling. As a westerner, I can't tell for sure though so I'd love some on the ground reporting

[@Its_A_Meag]

This is the quality content I'm here for

[@HiAdrian]

0:18 “But maybe it's like a *small* room” 🇯🇵

[@account2792]

Ideas that could make for good adventures - Defeat the yokozuna - Go to a town who's local folklore influenced a game or a pokemon you like and ask the old people about it - Follow around some tanuki or foxes and try to make a wildlife doc of them - Look for kanju and manju - Miyamoto brickomeiser pitch

[@IdahoFox]

Given some of his antics involving Japanese electronics and trivia, a collab with MattKC could be a fun idea.

[@Geoff_W]

Honestly I'd be interested to see how different VR is in Japan vs the States. I've heard it's really different there...

[@CYB3Redux]

elevator edit: what

[@yozora2246]

I was not expecting this video to start with Sumo Jungle

[@Alex_dlc]

I love traveling to Japan vicariously through you.

[@yungmarsupial]

I could watch this man fly to Japan forever

[@yoplait3256]

Japanese rental micro office Edit: called it.

[@battletapesrecording]

Every video by Nick: “so I booked a ticket to Japan”

[@LimiOttertje]

Just here to say that Nick should def keep the mustache. As one mustache haver to another, keep it and let it's glory show!

[@monkeyssss]

Can’t wait for what’s coming

[@BlindMango]

I would love to see regular American restaurants and stores but how they look in Japan, for example all the stuff being sold in the 7/11 and the phone booth was wild lol

[@NaoPb]

Neat! Now I know which hotel to go to when I visit Japan. Love that big space.

[@tinyfluffs]

Those booths are becoming a thing in big corporations also. I've worked at two companies that have them outside of Japan, but they're not paid to use. The ventilation can get a bit stuffy during the summer months 😅

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Do a video trying to hotbox this 7-11 cube and see how long you can last without getting kicked out 😂😂

[@KingOfDarknessAndEvil]

Of course he booked a flight to Japan

[@spamwaits]

I had a feeling you went to Japan. And for some reason, I would like to know the least used Shinkansen station in all of Japan. And within that station’s town, what’s the best thing you can find.

[@royalkitana7016]

this is not really a pressing issue but i’m wondering about what you just said concerning a lack of quiet places to go in japan. i’m a library student, and i wonder if a japanese public library would have something? where i am (usa) there’s always quiet rooms you can reserve for free. maybe japanese libraries are different?

[@DapperDevNull]

This is a completely selfish request but perhaps if this sounds like an interesting misadventure, I would be forever indebted to you if you tracked down an LP of From Still to the Birth by 3dl (San Decilitre) from 1987, which is currently my collecting white whale; cheers Nick

[@Haminku]

did you book a flight ticket to japan this time edit: oh so you did

[@ModernReapers]

Nick: “Guess where I am” Me: Prison?

[@anibalism]

The Soichi Terada music hits hard in the intro.