Staying American After America Is Gone

[@RareEarthSeries]

Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link: www.patreon.com/rareearth It means a huge deal that so many have asked us to start an account. I never thought anyone would watch these videos, let alone support them.

[@gardensofthegods]

Rare Earth I wish you could have made some of the photos larger and the dates smaller simply because some of us watch these on our cell phones

[@anoulatanoulat9737]

interesting

[@billie-jobenway8658]

Thanks for the great and insightful videos. I just found your channel tonight and subscribed.

[@Kihidokid]

His accent is southern US and japanese its so interesting

[@scottandrada5827]

His ancestors are from Hawaii, and sounds like locals of Hawaii.

[@hafachet]

he’s from guam 🇬🇺

[@adrianirimescu988]

Where are all Guamians at?

[@napatora]

@Testudo Graeca thats transatlantic, mid atlantic is the middle of the eastern seaboard.

[@havenmirabella3003]

I don’t hear a hint of Japanese accent. I hear Hawaiian accent, mixed with US West Coast. He looks vaguely Japanese but he doesn’t sound it at all. He probably doesn’t know a word of Japanese, either.

[@RSGAEL]

I'm Japanese myself, I've never learned about this in school or heard on Japanese TV ever in my life. It's cool learning something new.

[@havenmirabella3003]

アメリカ人です。僕もこの島は聞いたじゃないです。面白くないですか？

[@setaentertainment4311]

They kind of hide what's going on.

[@rogerwilco2]

My impression is that Japan doesn't teach its own history very well. It hides a lot of its less admirable history from its own population. This gives it a bad reputation in other countries. This will need to new problems in the future.

[@genericusername7959]

@@rogerwilco2 I think this happens in many countries... no group of people wants to perceive themselves as the "bad guys" in a major element of their own history. I'm not saying that makes it okay, just adding an observation.

[@Alsatiagent]

An American might say just the same thing.

[@ValensBellator]

Most episodes end with people in the comments raging over history, religion, international politics, and in general engaging in endless finger pointing. Interviews with a real person, though, result in friendly and introspective comments for the most part, with little angst to be found. I think that speaks to how drastically different our macro and micro views of others are as a species on average. That tribalism gene has us at one another's throats, but on a personal level that animosity just evaporates. When you see a flag you may want to burn it or protect it, but when you see a face you want to understand it and help it to understand you. I hope you do many more interviews in the future!

[@Newlinjim]

ValensBellator an excellent perspective, makes you wonder why we still put so much emphasis on flags.

[@celebrim1]

Well said.

[@MA-gn5nl]

Wonderfully said! This melts my heart, your perspective and words are very beautiful

[@Americanbadashh]

Interviews are selected to support the bias of the channel creator

[@AwesomeCrackDealer]

This is so good I almost can't believe its just a youtube channel

[@RareEarthSeries]

Thanks! I'm genuinely happy to hear you like it. I don't like paywalls. If it were up to me, content would always be free. KZbin is a wonderful platform for that.

[@gardensofthegods]

Yes real content as opposed to people who talk about content and have stupid Goofy narcissistic gibberish

[@catholiccrusader5328]

@@RareEarthSeries your videos are good DAMN good; keep it comin.'

[@christiana6219]

His accent is really cool

[@admiralnelson4767]

He sounds like my dad.

[@joeduckburyofjoeducania4587]

It's called Bonin English I can't find too much info on it

[@moritzkockritz5710]

I have to say it's always a small joy for me to read the credits page. I don't really know why..

[@estelio16]

Kyrill i

[@Spoolsy]

In the thumbnail it looks like the Asian Morgan Freeman.

[@Kihidokid]

Emir Spoolsy moagan fimano

[@lloydgush]

The voice too!

[@ieuanhunt552]

Emir Spoolsy cool looking guy.

[@anameglass1607]

Yes XD

[@josephperkins4080]

Yep

[@TeGuDuDe45]

Thank you Evan for the hard work creating this series! The Hadfield's continue to make me proud to be a Canadian.

[@TheBloodyloon]

You darned Canadians, all proper, polite and compassionate! What jerks, making us 'Muricans feel bad all the time! Stop providing good examples, dammit!

[@MrFone345]

This project is one of the best treasures I've found on youtube so far. Keep on the good work.

[@cmhughes8057]

Thank you for this, I had not heard of Ogasawara really before your series and I lived in Okinawa Japan for many years. What a wonderful man and a great eye opener for sure!

[@johannes_lee9351]

I love to hear the story of the people, It's so easy to overlook

[@teresaweaver1012]

Excellent history lesson. Now that I am retired, I am "enjoying" (for lack of a better word...I cringe a lot as I learn about my country's involvement in foreign atrocities) re-learning history with the benefit of a "googler" for fact checking, and vids like this. So far, this is my fav factually accurate/nonbiased history channel, and the storytelling is exceptional. On location puts it over the top. Well done. Thank you Rare Earth

[@paulpower7018]

Indeed, all the above ...

[@TylerjX5]

This was such a rich video, I enjoyed how much this man had reflected on who he was and how that was affected by broader circumstances. He was heartwarming.

[@eustacia03]

Anyone else pause to read the whole credits?

[@AngrySkyBandit]

I have now XD

[@andreamceneaney4024]

Always! :)

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

eustacia03 Yes I did actually pause to read, but I wasn't expecting them to be so amusing. Then I saw your comment and was amused again to think I am not the only one who reads credits.

[@bravechickadee9783]

I do read them :D

[@MichaelPowers1960]

Always a gem in there somewhere.

[@AngrySkyBandit]

This is great ! I really like the series, and I've learned a lot ! I have some suggestions for the next rare earth subject to study if you're interested tu go somewhere after Japan. Kilwa in Tanganyika : an old east African city trading gold and slaves in the Indian ocean in the 13th century destroyed by the ravages of the plague. This is more of a "rare place" than a "rare people" kind of thing. San Ignacio Mini : 17th and 18th century Jesuit mission in Guarani territory in Brazil South-west African Rhodesians and the history of their settler ancestors facing the British empire. Thanks for your great work Evan and Francesco !

[@Pantsinabucket]

XChampagne you realize there are almost no Rhodies in Namibia (Southwest Africa), right?

[@hliudbsvlkjsbv4911]

I think simply being from Ogasawara is what counts as being Ogasawaran. This is how it is looked at by most people in Ogasawara today. Even though greater than 50% of people now do not have any family connection to the islands, the culture is as strong as ever. Everyone takes part in it, no matter where their parents or grandparents come from. If only a certain portion of people can truly be from the Bonin islands, as the people disappear and become integrated the culture will disappear too. The original settlers hundreds of years ago were from Mainland US, Hawaii, and central Japan, but they slowly forgot that, they moved together into a single community, formed their own culture, and even their own language. The language has a lot of vocabulary sourced from certain dialects of Japan, English, and Hawaian but even if you speak all three it will still be hard to understand. The fact that people live together in one single community is what creates cultures in the first place.

[@atomic_wait]

Sounds similar to how things work in Hawaii. Only people of native Hawaiian ancestry are called Hawaiian, everyone else are residents, guests, etc.

[@andrewbrady3139]

Thank you for telling all of these stories. It’s nice to see that true humanity is alive and well in some parts of the world.

[@aarynbastian4469]

Funny thing when he said how japanese keeps history as it is except war (where they turn it upside down) is very true Japan dont educate the younger generation of what they did in the war Like when they basically tortured and killed millions of chinese, korean, indonesian, malaysian and other countries I think he understood well how the japanese and understands he's not part of it (which is good in my opinion)

[@havenmirabella3003]

To be fair Japan has changed a lot since 1945. No need to down it now.

[@cristianfuentes2597]

Japan like Turkey don't admit to their deeds unlike Germany who have given millions if not billions because of the Nazis

[@envyus8257]

@@havenmirabella3003 Exactly but you don't see people do the same whit Germany, and no one brings that up is like 6 milion lives are more important then those 3 million ukrainians those 8 million russians starved and displaced the 30 million chinese, 500 000 polish and many more. But to germans that thing will be remembered and shoved down their necks for eternity at this point.

[@nerychristian]

@@envyus8257 If the Nazi's were not white, universities would stop teaching how evil they were.

[@envyus8257]

@@nerychristian True... very true! But my comment had the purpose to test the waters. I wanted to see if someone who says that you can't demonize japan for the things of the past then why do this to Germany.

[@nikku1166]

that old dude is cool. i could listen to him all day

[@sutanmandava7597]

I just found this channel and already watched like 30 of the videos............ This channel needs more recognition :)

[@codwackether7181]

Amazing Video guys I loved Rance. There is something so magical about the elderly talking about the past.

[@lewistonsmith6179]

Stumbled upon this channel and subscribed after listening to one episode. You do a really great job. So powerful. So philosophical. So real

[@Scott-J]

I am shocked by how few views this video has. It is so very good. There is no justice in the attention of the many.

[@simply_tovi]

No dislikes,only Chris Hadfield can manage it!

[@Cyssane]

I'm really enjoying this series, Evan -- thank you for creating it and sharing it with us. :)

[@r.blakehole932]

OK, never heard of these islands before, and, I have always considered myself an expert on geography. Just proves, no one can know everything. Very interesting.

[@thermitebanana]

I love that you have so many interesting things to talk about, but I also love that you can listen and let somebody tell their story.

[@flybeep1661]

Strange presenting style for a youtube series. He's oh so serious every time. You look at most youtube presenters and they are way more loose and a bit off hand, not even Vice is like this. This style of presenting is something I see more from serious BBC documentaries.

[@Muscles_McGee]

Professional

[@gardensofthegods]

Exactly it's called being a professional instead of trying to be an Entertainer... most of you tube is a massive massive Wasteland... with horribly irritating silly people often willing to do anything to be in front of the camera and to get views and to make money for not really doing or saying anything.

[@patrickm5217]

I like it better. Everyone else shouts on camera.

[@gardensofthegods]

Fly Beep Yes the style is actually the normal Style... the KZbin style is disgusting and it is not professional when people are shouting and making faces and trying to be entertaining.. That style of being obnoxious and in your face seems to be loved by kids and is rampant on KZbin. It also makes good content very hard to find... because a lot of us don't want to have to put up with that kind of schlock... some of those people are downright narcissistic and the camera is constantly on them instead of showing you what they are talking about their face is in every single scene and it is so damn irritating. Regretfully it has become so common that some people can't even tell the difference when they see somebody acting normal like this gentleman here in this documentary.... because they actually don't know what normal is anymore. And that in and of itself is bizarre because all they have to do is look at people around them their family and friends and ask if they act like that when they are discussing something fairly serious

[@065Tim]

Vice is entertainment.

[@chriscodrington5464]

I love what you are working in these vids putting the human back in history in nuanced observant ways.

[@Juliano0365]

Hello Chris! What a amazing video! Congratulations!

[@nikhilmenda2983]

That's not Chris, It's his son Evan :)

[@luciferangelica]

this was one of your best ones yet

[@BagelBunny]

Amazing !! More, please....

[@FetidBobo]

These (episodes) are all really interesting, well made, and I have subscribed~

[@actually_a_circle]

My uncle was born around the same time and served in the Pacific during Vietnam. They would like eachother

[@quickfruits6963]

Argus Floyd Do you really think any of Asian islanders like the fact how US messed up Vietnam? What is the reason this man would like someone who killed so many locals in Vietnam? I’m asking this as a Vietnamese...

[@actually_a_circle]

@@quickfruits6963 I think they personally have a lot in common, including military service, given his age and my uncle's age, they probably served in Vietnam

[@Chuck59ish]

Wow! Some pretty heavy stuff. This really shows how little Canadian born Canadians really know about other peoples in the world. These videos are great, keep them coming.

[@petlahk4119]

Did this island inspire the Studio Ghibli film "When Marne Was There"? (Talking about 6:15 minutes in.)

[@PainfullySubjective]

i really like your vids, dude! they make me feel like i'm learning about the culture and history of a place without going through a tedious list of facts and figures. Very useful these facts and figures to be sure, but they just don't manage to paint the picture well enough. And these kind of vids do! :)

[@lachlan9986]

hey, love your videos man, keep posting

[@anasnajoui]

I'm so glad I found out about this channel I've been binge watching you non stop it's soo pleasing and interesting

[@NicholasMarkovich]

I'm very curious what kind of visa he has and what it looks like in his passport.

[@kyko0o0]

Thank you for this, Chris!

[@cyclingzealot]

I'm from a francophone familly of a 90% anglophone town in a mostly francopone province in a mostly anglophone country. Quebec builds its identity around language and I've always found myself conflicted between those two worlds.

[@dogphlap6749]

The Ogasawara islands are roughly 1000km south of Tokyo.

[@abbygirl1993]

I have discovered a new phenomenal source of education. I only wish I had done this when I was younger. But, I didn't know anything then. NOW I KNOW, but cant do it. What a fantastic interview. He still has his spark. And our RARE EARTH man, EVAN, of course is phenomenal!. As well as his father.

[@fatjesus1584]

I would have listened to this man talk all day long

[@thesssradio5008]

its sad that their culture may not exist soon. replaced by the culture of the new settlers

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

It was a great video and great to see something done with integrity on here when there is so much rubbish. Hooray for the Hadfields and greetings from the very southern tip of Australia--Hobart Tasmania.

[@creoleviking8433]

Back in the 80s met a Japanese guy from Compton. Guy turned out to be so cool. Said he was Born at MLK hospital. Man he and I laughed.

[@Leptyzz]

CREOLE VIKING that’s interesting man

[@MA-gn5nl]

Ogasawarans, Ainu, Ryukyuans/Okinawans, 430+ inhabited islands...there’s so much about Japan to explore

[@ДанилоКомненић]

I changed 3 countries not moving from my house..

[@johnmcnulty4425]

Fascinating! This is better than National Geographic!!

[@AleksandrMotsjonov]

Evan. Thank you for these videos.

[@RareEarthSeries]

You're welcome. I'm happy you like it.

[@Brakvash]

This guy's accent is obviously not Swedish, but the way he speaks reminds me of that.

[@CrazyRandomLord]

Benjamin Antman the cantor of his highs and lows reminds me of it.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

He's Canadian (I'm assuming you're talking about the presenter of course!)

[@vincentiustheconquerer1349]

Guamanian. Chamorro speaking English.

[@pablodejuan2096]

I love this dude, irie ☮️❤️

[@Darkerxz]

I want this dude as my tour guide

[@AldousHIIT]

Love this channel!!!

[@vilstef6988]

I like this man! I'm glad he's a fellow citizen.

[@joeymoffett00]

This man is very interesting, I'd love to hear more from him

[@Longtack55]

Sounds like they need a midwife on Ogasawara.

[@andreportella1802]

Great interveiw, congrats...

[@8polyglot]

What another world. I would have never known there were fellow Americans living in Japan.

[@canseidavidaedetudo8880]

You didn’t hear when he said US colonized the island?

[@pwarelis]

Is that an elephant tusk behind Rance at 4:00? Neat

[@zulawoo]

Great video! Alot more color as well, well done!

[@TheMarsChicken]

Around 4:40 4:50 ish there are two flags in the upper right side, Saudi Arabia and Belize. What are those about? Seem kind of random.

[@kashakesh]

well, now I have a new place I want to travel to. I better get busy...

[@billc3271]

What a totally cool dude....would love too drink beers with him and hear stories

[@marygebbie6611]

great interview! fascinating topic

[@LisenToLevel]

i love listening to this guy, old people, they have such fucking stories we need to learn to respect our elders in the west.

[@BigDaddyD72369]

very cool story. thanks for that.

[@noahb205]

Great video!

[@pickettzachary]

Despite being such a melting pot of cultures, ethnicities, and languages. We as Americans have an identity. And I pray it will last thousands of years.

[@dizzytheday5586]

God Bless America!

[@ជួងសុវណ្ណគីរីរាជ្យ]

great video ❤️

[@VAXHeadroom]

Great story, beautiful cinematography...please get a wind screen for the mic :)

[@RareEarthSeries]

It is a shotgun mic, with as much wind control as we had available to us. Just a ton of wind in a big open room on a tropical island. These videos are taken on the fly in real time, so some things cannot be controlled. Sorry!

[@VAXHeadroom]

Thanks for the video and the reply! :)

[@VAXHeadroom]

One final suggestion: A piece of fake fur and a rubber band will make a great addition to a windscreen if you have a foam windscreen. It's $5 and won't color the sound.

[@dandymcgee]

Wow, this is brilliant!

[@bethroesch2156]

This is just a great story and he's a cool dude

[@nora6731]

im so curious on that why is there a saudi arabia's flag up the window?

[@iramvelazquez5397]

WoW!!! What a Video!!! Incredible!!!

[@seymourlj]

Never in my life heard of this island chain or it's history

[@sherabdorjee4966]

I'm tibetan. I was nationless till 2020. I was born in India but i didn't get citizenship . I joined a school where I learned that the Constitution of India has given the right to citizenship by birth which I did not get I had to apply for it in 2010 and just recently I got citizenship of India in 2020. Now I can say that I'm proudly an Indian .

[@solomonrorellien8634]

Congratulations!

[@C-TOS]

I think I know where I am going to retire. It looks so isolated.

[@akashparua4606]

Reminds me of Kazuhira Miller

[@Stevobulfer]

I love this guy

[@kyles7773]

5:30, Saudi Arabian flag at the top right. Wondering how that got there.

[@ImJustOnePerson1]

Amazing video.

[@Lugal9000]

Hey there Evan, It's been an amazing series so far. What equipment are you using to shoot/record with. It's all coming out really nice.

[@tls-fy1le]

great video

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

He's got a bit of a New York accent.

[@jpj77263]

What moving story of an interesting life. Good work.

[@NathamelCamel]

Happy birthday Rance

[@LATIFAHMOHDNOR-zy1mq]

Page 5 A group of small volcanic islands with a total area of 40 square miles lying about 500 miles south of Tokyo.

[@LATIFAHMOHDNOR-zy1mq]

The inhabitants, mostly of Japanese origin, live on small farms and grows fruits, vegetables, and sugarcane.

[@vincentiustheconquerer1349]

Rare Earth. He said he stayed on Guam when he was 17. We Chamorros speak English in same way.

[@DrMarmalader]

5:19 did anyone see that Saudi flag above the window?

[@stcrussman]

Very Nice.

[@detourexplore1216]

so is his son american? Born in Japan, living in Japan.

[@centblinde1450]

Did you ask him about the Saudi flag flying on the wall to his left? Just a strange thing to have there haha Great video!

[@Kevin-zh8bj]

Very interesting

[@StuffandThings_]

Its wild to think that technically the only place that Americans, as an ethnicity, are native to is in _Japan_ (and they got colonized ironically)

[@davio7031]

Narrator looks like he’s from uncanny valley

[@mtrps_]

September babiessss