Train Hard Every Day. Here's a fun fact, West Japan uses 60hz, East Japan uses 50hz. Because I always forget this, it means when ever I'm in East Japan the lights flicker in videos and it drives me nuts.
I'm glad someone found the camera and posted this video to your channel. They didn't do a half bad job of editing it either. If you were still alive I'd say thanks for the shout out. It's always good to support fellow youthful 18 year olds.
The best kept secret in the Japan travel world, although do yourself a favour next time and use Jorudan - they have a special 18 kippu planner so you can avoid private railway mishaps.
I always listen to jvloggers talk about how beautiful Japan is but if you remember the industrial wasteland before you got to Iwakuni (with the bridges) you'll see where my family is from (near Hikari station). Not only that but my grandmother's house was a traditional Japanese farmhouse with no running water anywhere near the toilet, and the bathtub had to be heated with a fire from underneath (sometimes while you were in the water). Imagine spending your summer there amongst the rice paddies , hoping you could go to the big city of Tokuyama (it's not a big city and it's gotten smaller over the years) where there might be a large store with AIR CONDITIONING. One of the summers I honestly thought I was going to die because the air was so heavy with humidity that I couldn't breathe. There are stores closer by now, and my cousin tore down the old farmhouse house and put in a more modern house with air conditioning. When I lived in Japan I was closer to Osaka in Itami. And I didn't need to worry about where I lived because I was working for Mitsubishi Electric and I didn't have any time to myself. (This is a lie, half of the time I worked for the US subsidiary and we would leave at 5.) Very interesting video, but I think you should've used your pile of ¥500 coins to take the shinkansen and stay in nicer hotels. I love business hotels when I'm traveling in Japan, especially the Toyoko Inn or the Dormy Inn.
Think I know exactly where you're talking about because I kind of wanted to get out and take photos there, kind of into the grunge aesthetic / factorio is my favorite game. But Yeah people often forget that Japan is a country like all others and have places like that. I ended up taking the Shinkansen back since I wanted to enjoy some of the snow around Kyoto, ended up using my last 2 tickets to take a friend to Himeji and Kobe and was a lot of fun, I think thats the proper use for the ticket anyway, I think ill get another one in spring, but this time definitely stopping wherever I want and not keeping to a tight timetable. Glad I did this video, but its one ill never do again haha
@@InakaAdventure I used an expensive railpass that had green car privileges to go from Tokyo to Sapporo and then down to Kagoshima. I would suggest using the Seishin ticket to travel on the Japan Sea side of country. Going from Kinosaki Onsen to Sakaiminato took me four trains, for example, and one only had two cars.
Its not too difficult to navigate in Japan, recently google maps has been very accurate so as long as you have a phone you can travel all over Japan without concerns
Its particularly good in Kansai imo, you can use it around Osaka to go to Kobe, grab some street food, then head down to Himeji to see the castle and return home for a great day trip. Its also great if you just want to get off the train on an impulse, since if you normally get a ticket youll lose money if you get off early (but this is solved with an IC card)
@@InakaAdventure I would definitly use it to explore chugoku, because there is so much to explore. Kobe, Himeji,Kurashiki, Onimichi, Hiroshima... Do the trains go along the coastline? That would make the ticket even more fun to use a local train and just to hop off when i see something interesting...
Yeah you can ride along the coastline basically all the way from Osaka, down to Hiroshima, the train leaves the coast some times but generally is along it, a lot of coastline routes from Hiroshima down to Kyushuu as well. Occasionally you need to transfer to local lines / limited expresses though the more into the countryside or in Shikoku you are
I used the same ticket way back in 2008 to get from Okayama to Tokyo on a budget. One person stamped it in the wrong place and I got an extra day out of it and went to Miyajima alone, good memories! Glad to see it's still going strong! Thanks for posting this, liked and subscribed!
First time I used mine I went to Hiroshima / Miyajima, surprised I could use it on the ferry as well. Where in NZ are you from, I went to Uni in Wellington myself.
@@InakaAdventure Oh no way! I'm from Wellington, Lower Hutt specifically. Got my MA from Vic :) The boat was one reason I chose to go there! Such a beautiful part of Japan :)
@@InakaAdventure That's insane! My dad used to work at Wainui High School! I haven't lived there properly for more than 15 years though, but of course visit when I can :)
Train Hard Every Day. Here's a fun fact, West Japan uses 60hz, East Japan uses 50hz. Because I always forget this, it means when ever I'm in East Japan the lights flicker in videos and it drives me nuts.
I'm glad someone found the camera and posted this video to your channel. They didn't do a half bad job of editing it either.
If you were still alive I'd say thanks for the shout out. It's always good to support fellow youthful 18 year olds.
Camera in the snow said upload to RUclips, throw body to wolves.
Welcome back, Inaka. We missed you. Thank you for the informative and entertaining video.
No worries, this one took a while to film and edit so glad you enjoy it
Also the dramatic Nozomi scene made me crack up.
Cheers they were kinda cringe to film so glad people enjoyed it hah
Wow, what an adventure thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
The best kept secret in the Japan travel world, although do yourself a favour next time and use Jorudan - they have a special 18 kippu planner so you can avoid private railway mishaps.
Ill have to check that out, sounds useful
Wonderful, yet exhausting, adventure. Bless you for doing this! Your narrative is always clever and witty, makes for enjoyable viewing indeed.
Ah this was an older one, seems like so long ago. After all this time it was definitely a "try once" adventure
I always listen to jvloggers talk about how beautiful Japan is but if you remember the industrial wasteland before you got to Iwakuni (with the bridges) you'll see where my family is from (near Hikari station). Not only that but my grandmother's house was a traditional Japanese farmhouse with no running water anywhere near the toilet, and the bathtub had to be heated with a fire from underneath (sometimes while you were in the water). Imagine spending your summer there amongst the rice paddies , hoping you could go to the big city of Tokuyama (it's not a big city and it's gotten smaller over the years) where there might be a large store with AIR CONDITIONING. One of the summers I honestly thought I was going to die because the air was so heavy with humidity that I couldn't breathe.
There are stores closer by now, and my cousin tore down the old farmhouse house and put in a more modern house with air conditioning.
When I lived in Japan I was closer to Osaka in Itami. And I didn't need to worry about where I lived because I was working for Mitsubishi Electric and I didn't have any time to myself. (This is a lie, half of the time I worked for the US subsidiary and we would leave at 5.)
Very interesting video, but I think you should've used your pile of ¥500 coins to take the shinkansen and stay in nicer hotels. I love business hotels when I'm traveling in Japan, especially the Toyoko Inn or the Dormy Inn.
Think I know exactly where you're talking about because I kind of wanted to get out and take photos there, kind of into the grunge aesthetic / factorio is my favorite game. But Yeah people often forget that Japan is a country like all others and have places like that. I ended up taking the Shinkansen back since I wanted to enjoy some of the snow around Kyoto, ended up using my last 2 tickets to take a friend to Himeji and Kobe and was a lot of fun, I think thats the proper use for the ticket anyway, I think ill get another one in spring, but this time definitely stopping wherever I want and not keeping to a tight timetable. Glad I did this video, but its one ill never do again haha
@@InakaAdventure I used an expensive railpass that had green car privileges to go from Tokyo to Sapporo and then down to Kagoshima. I would suggest using the Seishin ticket to travel on the Japan Sea side of country. Going from Kinosaki Onsen to Sakaiminato took me four trains, for example, and one only had two cars.
You know Japan real well. I would probably lose my way in the first 15 minutes...😊
Its not too difficult to navigate in Japan, recently google maps has been very accurate so as long as you have a phone you can travel all over Japan without concerns
nothing like transport related innuendo! lol great vid :)
Trains are long and thick and so are the jokes
@@InakaAdventure haha
Great videos. You speak a little like Clive James!
I like Clive James so ill take that haha
"The West Side"....that really hurt lol
Snow madness, im sorry
“Extra lattes, extra foooaaammmm” ☠️🤣
Im glad some people have seen the classics
What a crazy briloiant video idea! You have to be nuts to follow through! That train ticket is defenitily something now on my list to consider!
Its particularly good in Kansai imo, you can use it around Osaka to go to Kobe, grab some street food, then head down to Himeji to see the castle and return home for a great day trip. Its also great if you just want to get off the train on an impulse, since if you normally get a ticket youll lose money if you get off early (but this is solved with an IC card)
@@InakaAdventure I would definitly use it to explore chugoku, because there is so much to explore. Kobe, Himeji,Kurashiki, Onimichi, Hiroshima... Do the trains go along the coastline? That would make the ticket even more fun to use a local train and just to hop off when i see something interesting...
Yeah you can ride along the coastline basically all the way from Osaka, down to Hiroshima, the train leaves the coast some times but generally is along it, a lot of coastline routes from Hiroshima down to Kyushuu as well. Occasionally you need to transfer to local lines / limited expresses though the more into the countryside or in Shikoku you are
hopefully the border will be open by summer so i can finally have my vacation and do something like this there
It's actually looking more and more likely, Japan just increased daily arrivals and are letting in 100k students before May. Tourism can't be far off
I used the same ticket way back in 2008 to get from Okayama to Tokyo on a budget. One person stamped it in the wrong place and I got an extra day out of it and went to Miyajima alone, good memories! Glad to see it's still going strong! Thanks for posting this, liked and subscribed!
First time I used mine I went to Hiroshima / Miyajima, surprised I could use it on the ferry as well. Where in NZ are you from, I went to Uni in Wellington myself.
@@InakaAdventure Oh no way! I'm from Wellington, Lower Hutt specifically. Got my MA from Vic :)
The boat was one reason I chose to go there! Such a beautiful part of Japan :)
Haha no way, I actually lived in Wainui and went to high school there. Took the bus over to look lower hutt to go to Queensgate all the time
@@InakaAdventure That's insane! My dad used to work at Wainui High School! I haven't lived there properly for more than 15 years though, but of course visit when I can :)
What did he teach? Real small world there
It ’s the best in Japan ❗
A definite beautiful landscape
Sooo approachable....
People approach me then turn 360 degrees and walk away
@@InakaAdventure 180°*
Don't make me bust out the diagrams
Can i did purchase this ticket for only 1 day? For trip from tokyo to kyoto ar back with shinkansen
not with this ticket, because it cant be used on the shinkansen
Geez dude, don't start getting sciatica issues like me!
Had to go to rehab after this trip it was so much sitting
@@InakaAdventure NOOO! Ice and stretch man you don't want herniated discs!