I have a similar story from the last time I went to Japan (and it was Hakone related too). 2008, I took my two young daughters and the missus to Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto (of course). From Tokyo to Hakone, we caught a couple of trains and a bus. The problem was in booking the bus, whoever at the ticket office must have made a mistake and pointed us to the wrong bus, as we ended up in the wrong Hakone. We sit there and get to the end of the line. The driver looks in his mirror, sees us still on the bus, and we're wondering if this is where we get off. He comes up to us and asks to see our tickets. Not being able to speak English he motions to wait and runs off. He comes back with his boss, who looks at the tickets, sees we need to be 20 minutes up the road in a different Hakone. She motions to stay put, has a couple of words with the driver and we start off. She then explains that she'll take us there, no problem. We ask how much it'll be and she says no problem - no charge. We get off the bus at the stop and she points us up the road where the Yoshimatsu Ryokan is. We thank them both profusely. And then as they bugger off, down the road comes a minibus from the Yoshimatsu - they'd also rang ahead to let them know we were coming (even though we only mentioned the Yoshimatsu briefly) and to pick us up. Every time someone says about "what's Japan like" I retell this story as it sums up everything nicely. The Yoshimatsu was amazing too - lovely friendly people and truly a wonderful experience.
They require more info and days for deliveey to airport. They must have enough time to ensure it would arrive on time even with unexpected delay, because customer flies off. It would be too much risk for them in case luggage would get lost and added day or two delay getting it so they just refuse to take luggage in, if there are not enoigh days left. Worked in hotel, we sent it often, always explained guests have many days are needed, otherwise we could not take it.
5:35 In south Africa thise big batteries we call them inverters and with the constant blackouts most middle and upper class houses have them the good ones are averagely 1300 pounds
goro goro is used a lot, means laying around being lazy as well as rolling. One that blew me away many years ago... person made a sound "shyaku shyaku" and I asked what that was. "It's the sound a hockey-puck makes or a hockey-stick makes on the ice... You know like this (demonstrates sweeping motion on ice)"
I loved the original Journey Across Japan. I think what you went through gave you incredible experience and gave you more ideas and inspiration for content. I showed my wife your channel and it gave her a strong interest in coming to Japan. I'm from USA. I've been to Japan a few times in my college years. I took my wife and my 2 year old daughter on a grand trip in March 2023, and we went to Seoul, Korea and went to Japan to visit Kyoto and Osaka. It was a first time trip for my wife and daughter to visit Korea and Japan, while being my first trip to Korea. We had an incredible time. I would love to come back to Japan and visit Tohoku. I looked forward to your videos.
Might be too late, but Garnt has a really big backup battery (power bank) that you could borrow. He bought it to go camping about two years ago. I think he mentioned it in a Trash Taste episode.
Crashing after eating - it's the carbs/sugar! You'll find it doesn't happen if you eat a meal of just protein or very low carb/no sugar. Since switching to a low carb/keto lifestyle I don't get any crashes after eating anymore, so much more productive at work! Rest of the office is completely wiped out after lunch lol. No brain fog or lethargy either and wake up with so much energy, ready to go for the day, my eyes just pop open now! It's seriously amazing.
What show was Chris referring to with the sophisticated office lady going "goro goro" while drunkenly rolling? I swear I've seen a clip of that show somewhere before
6:04 Well because without an IP address, it can't communicate over TCP/IP which means no LAN (ethernet) or WLAN (Wifi). You could use other communication protocols like Bluetooth, Zigbee or USB, but then you would need other devices that use that protocol which might be way more expensive than a standard ethernet switch and I don't even know if these protocols have enough bandwidth for something like an 4K SD recorder 😅 That's why nowadays most industries switched to the TCP/IP standard. The "forgetting the IP address" issue can be resolved by increasing the lease time at the DHCP server (a device in the network, usually the router, acts as a DHCP server and assigns IP addresses to other devices) to something like 3600 seconds aka an hour. You could also use fixed IP addresses, but that makes adding devices to the network more troublesome.
#thefaxmachine Hi Chris and Pete We were in Japan in October, and had a great time and had lots of brillant experiences! The question I have is this.....we saw lots of school trips with what aeemed like their own personal photograher. Do school trips take a photographer or does some poor teacher get lumbered with the job? Pat from Scotland
#FaxMachine G'Day Chris and Pete! I currently live in Shiga, Japan. I'm heading back to Australia for Christmas this year and starting to do my Christmas shopping. My question is what is an affordable but tasty nihonshu you would recommend? Preferable something I can pick up at the supermarket or a liquor store like Liquor Mountain. Thanks! 🐨
I love Japanese omatopoeia! Even if they don't make sense in my language. An example of a song made up almost entirely of onomatopoeia: みこちがやってきたぞっ - アカリがやってきたぞっ / さくらみこ (Cover) (track id -> K57XcDsUl6A)
Everyone who has listened to at least one ASMR from someone that a bit of Japanese in their life knows what fuwa fuwa means 😄 It's like the #1 trigger word in these videos^^
#FaxMachine Hey guys, I'm going to be staying in Tokyo for 2 weeks in January, and Chris all your constant talk about Tohoku has made me want to visit the region while I'm here. If you had only 1 day to spend in Tohoku, using only public transport, what would you go see?
#FaxMachine Hello Chris and Pete, My husband and I had planned to make a trip to Japan in the New Year but unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you view it) we have a new addition to the family arriving which has meant we'll need to delay our trip. My question is how easy is it to travel Japan with young children? And are we likely to upset the locals with our most likely less than perfectly well behaved foreign child? Thanks Cat from Scotland
There is a "Mongolian Barbecue" chain in America called Genghis Kahn. You fill up your bowl with raw ingredients and they cook it in front of you. I put 'Mongolian Barbecue" in quotation marks because I don't know if that is what real Mongolians eat or not. I just know Americans don't care if something's authentic as long as the food is good and they give you giant portions.
I think I've heard of Genghis Khan before, I think it's actually a Japanese chain. Iirc, they call it Mongolian Barbeque because the owners thought that might be how Mongolians eat
@@lankyGigantic there is a specific dish called Genghis Khan that Chris has talked about before, specifically his "6 Must Try Japanese Foods | Iwate" ( ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxQsxdz_hMc13OoIYnjHPcy96fDxx0XmZR?si=eKbbAp12stmdoLFm ) I don't know if there's a chain specifically associated with the dish, what I do know is that Lamb/Mutton was thought to be a traditional meal of Mongolia, from what I understand the meals being thought of were actually Chinese dishes.
21:18 I will just start randomly humming 'A-S-O too much volcano' to myself in the kitchen or when I get slightly frustrated about something I will just randomly throw in a Natsuki 'gof*ckyourself'
We live in the age of driver updates for every damn device, hence the various devices that connect to the internet. Also to stop crashing your sugar, eat more lean protein with your meal, reduce fat contents.
#faxmachine hello crispy Chris and Peppery Pete! Due to allergies, dietary requirements and general fussiness, would it be weird or possible to just order plain rice at restaurants across Japan? Would they find it rude or just average gaijin behaviour?
that was truly above and beyond what that hotel lady did for that Canadian family! The sad thing is, Japanese service culture and ettiquete means that we wouldn't be able to adequetly express our gratitude in the form of a gift or a tip as they would absolutely refuse it. On a sepatate note Chris, you've been living in Japan for how many years now? Why do you still pronounce all Japanese words like a foreigner who just got off the plane and had no prior exposure to Japanese?
Onomatepoeia in Japanese are weird and hilarious, most of them are /really/ hard to discern from sound alone since they sound nothing like what they are describing. BTW, hope you've checked your levels to rule out possible beginning diabetes or something
#FaxMachine Hello Chris and Pete. I'm going to be in Japan for 2 and a half weeks in February, will be staying in Tokyo and so far I'm going to be spending most of the trip across Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido, Fukuoka and Hiroshima. Everyone has been recommended the obvious things to try while here like Takoyaki, Unagi and Okonomiyaki etc. What are some of the more under the radar things that are must try?
When this globe”warming” started, it had the exact opposite reaction. Our VERY cold winters got even longer and colder an summers shorter and couple hot days but rest was just rain and chilly
@@salce_with_onionClimate change is also a very politically correct term when referring to what is a climate crisis threatening humanity and tens of thousands of living species.
@@luxintelligentia4632 it sounds ”better”in the same sense that being diagnosed with cancer could be phrased as “going through a health change.” Technically correct but maybe missing the point.
Now we just need to find out which hotel in Kyoto it was, that went the extra mile!
If you get tired after eating this can be pre-diabetes. Can be fixed by going carnivore keto for your diet for a while. And eating more slowly 😁
@@tivtagdon't give medical advice on youtube, thanks!
@@GeomancerHT There is tons of good advice on YT. I am sure most are capable to research further on their own. Why does it annoy you?
@@GeomancerHT Especially when it is so obviously incorrect. Like I put his symptoms into WebMD and it says its obviously cancer....
Yo I thought Japan was low crime rate and really safe I was planning on a visit but Iv seen lots of tiktoks about stalkers. Have you seen any of this?
I have a similar story from the last time I went to Japan (and it was Hakone related too).
2008, I took my two young daughters and the missus to Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto (of course). From Tokyo to Hakone, we caught a couple of trains and a bus. The problem was in booking the bus, whoever at the ticket office must have made a mistake and pointed us to the wrong bus, as we ended up in the wrong Hakone. We sit there and get to the end of the line.
The driver looks in his mirror, sees us still on the bus, and we're wondering if this is where we get off. He comes up to us and asks to see our tickets. Not being able to speak English he motions to wait and runs off. He comes back with his boss, who looks at the tickets, sees we need to be 20 minutes up the road in a different Hakone.
She motions to stay put, has a couple of words with the driver and we start off. She then explains that she'll take us there, no problem. We ask how much it'll be and she says no problem - no charge.
We get off the bus at the stop and she points us up the road where the Yoshimatsu Ryokan is. We thank them both profusely.
And then as they bugger off, down the road comes a minibus from the Yoshimatsu - they'd also rang ahead to let them know we were coming (even though we only mentioned the Yoshimatsu briefly) and to pick us up.
Every time someone says about "what's Japan like" I retell this story as it sums up everything nicely.
The Yoshimatsu was amazing too - lovely friendly people and truly a wonderful experience.
Pete making naughty comments about wakuwaku and Chris being oblivious to what he was saying made me giggle 😂
14:26 Visual novels. They're kind of like choose-your-own-adventure digital stories in the form of a game if it has many options.
The way Chris describes his preparation for Journey Across Japan makes me want to see a behind the scenes video.
The fine line between hospitality and stalking
They require more info and days for deliveey to airport. They must have enough time to ensure it would arrive on time even with unexpected delay, because customer flies off. It would be too much risk for them in case luggage would get lost and added day or two delay getting it so they just refuse to take luggage in, if there are not enoigh days left.
Worked in hotel, we sent it often, always explained guests have many days are needed, otherwise we could not take it.
5:35 In south Africa thise big batteries we call them inverters and with the constant blackouts most middle and upper class houses have them the good ones are averagely 1300 pounds
goro goro is used a lot, means laying around being lazy as well as rolling. One that blew me away many years ago... person made a sound "shyaku shyaku" and I asked what that was. "It's the sound a hockey-puck makes or a hockey-stick makes on the ice... You know like this (demonstrates sweeping motion on ice)"
Non Stop North, so excited!
Also, Jackery makes excellent portable power banks 👍
Can’t wait for your new adventures next year!
Chris, look up reactive hypoglycemia. Sounds like an issue with regulating blood sugar after a meal. It can be treated with dietary changes.
Goro goro love that word and I loved that comedy drama too with Ayase “hotaru no hikari”
I loved the original Journey Across Japan. I think what you went through gave you incredible experience and gave you more ideas and inspiration for content. I showed my wife your channel and it gave her a strong interest in coming to Japan.
I'm from USA. I've been to Japan a few times in my college years. I took my wife and my 2 year old daughter on a grand trip in March 2023, and we went to Seoul, Korea and went to Japan to visit Kyoto and Osaka. It was a first time trip for my wife and daughter to visit Korea and Japan, while being my first trip to Korea. We had an incredible time. I would love to come back to Japan and visit Tohoku. I looked forward to your videos.
Just hearing them say Japanese onomatopoeia words is so much fun!
Might be too late, but Garnt has a really big backup battery (power bank) that you could borrow. He bought it to go camping about two years ago. I think he mentioned it in a Trash Taste episode.
I came here to say the same thing.
I'm Excited for Journey Across Japan.
Crashing after eating - it's the carbs/sugar! You'll find it doesn't happen if you eat a meal of just protein or very low carb/no sugar. Since switching to a low carb/keto lifestyle I don't get any crashes after eating anymore, so much more productive at work! Rest of the office is completely wiped out after lunch lol. No brain fog or lethargy either and wake up with so much energy, ready to go for the day, my eyes just pop open now! It's seriously amazing.
That explains why in the Zelda game series they called the rolling rock people goro... I feel like I have learned something today, thanks guys!
Hearing Chris saying "peko peko" is just such an enlightening experience
I'm not a chihuahua, I'm Fuwafuwa!!!
Please please....Full version of the cool exit music!
Interestingly, “perapera” can also mean “paper-thin” and is also very similar in sound to “berabera” which means “chattering.”
What show was Chris referring to with the sophisticated office lady going "goro goro" while drunkenly rolling? I swear I've seen a clip of that show somewhere before
When you eat, your blood concentrates towards digestion, that's why you get sleepy, or it could be diabetes so... could be either.
6:04 Well because without an IP address, it can't communicate over TCP/IP which means no LAN (ethernet) or WLAN (Wifi). You could use other communication protocols like Bluetooth, Zigbee or USB, but then you would need other devices that use that protocol which might be way more expensive than a standard ethernet switch and I don't even know if these protocols have enough bandwidth for something like an 4K SD recorder 😅 That's why nowadays most industries switched to the TCP/IP standard.
The "forgetting the IP address" issue can be resolved by increasing the lease time at the DHCP server (a device in the network, usually the router, acts as a DHCP server and assigns IP addresses to other devices) to something like 3600 seconds aka an hour. You could also use fixed IP addresses, but that makes adding devices to the network more troublesome.
The dominos guy on Fuji is a cosplayer who climbs mountains in various company uniforms for fun. It's a cute idea :)
Thanks for daily Japanese topics!
Ghensis khan if it’s the same as the chain in the US, is amazing. Just don’t get caught pushing down the meat.
$500 is cheap. The good ones cost $1500.00. Looking forward to this new Journey Across Japan
#thefaxmachine Hi Chris and Pete We were in Japan in October, and had a great time and had lots of brillant experiences! The question I have is this.....we saw lots of school trips with what aeemed like their own personal photograher. Do school trips take a photographer or does some poor teacher get lumbered with the job? Pat from Scotland
#FaxMachine
G'Day Chris and Pete!
I currently live in Shiga, Japan. I'm heading back to Australia for Christmas this year and starting to do my Christmas shopping.
My question is what is an affordable but tasty nihonshu you would recommend? Preferable something I can pick up at the supermarket or a liquor store like Liquor Mountain.
Thanks! 🐨
I love Japanese omatopoeia! Even if they don't make sense in my language. An example of a song made up almost entirely of onomatopoeia: みこちがやってきたぞっ - アカリがやってきたぞっ / さくらみこ (Cover) (track id -> K57XcDsUl6A)
Not gonna lie, do you have the source for the picture book for onomatopoeia? Sounds genuinely useful if it's targeted towards foreigners.
Take some nyquil and nip that cold in the bud!
Never expected ddlc to be mentioned
Everyone who has listened to at least one ASMR from someone that a bit of Japanese in their life knows what fuwa fuwa means 😄 It's like the #1 trigger word in these videos^^
#FaxMachine
Hey guys, I'm going to be staying in Tokyo for 2 weeks in January, and Chris all your constant talk about Tohoku has made me want to visit the region while I'm here. If you had only 1 day to spend in Tohoku, using only public transport, what would you go see?
#FaxMachine
Hello Chris and Pete,
My husband and I had planned to make a trip to Japan in the New Year but unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you view it) we have a new addition to the family arriving which has meant we'll need to delay our trip. My question is how easy is it to travel Japan with young children? And are we likely to upset the locals with our most likely less than perfectly well behaved foreign child?
Thanks
Cat from Scotland
Gorons from Zelda are named after goro goro.
Abroad in Japan x Wrestle Me 😏 doesn't get much better
Tried to get a pair of trousers dry cleaned in Japan. "Yes! It will take 1 month." "Um, no thanks."
Fasting might help with that post-food crash. Hope it's not any bad health issues leading to that.✨
There is a "Mongolian Barbecue" chain in America called Genghis Kahn. You fill up your bowl with raw ingredients and they cook it in front of you. I put 'Mongolian Barbecue" in quotation marks because I don't know if that is what real Mongolians eat or not. I just know Americans don't care if something's authentic as long as the food is good and they give you giant portions.
I think I've heard of Genghis Khan before, I think it's actually a Japanese chain.
Iirc, they call it Mongolian Barbeque because the owners thought that might be how Mongolians eat
@@lankyGigantic there is a specific dish called Genghis Khan that Chris has talked about before, specifically his "6 Must Try Japanese Foods | Iwate" ( ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxQsxdz_hMc13OoIYnjHPcy96fDxx0XmZR?si=eKbbAp12stmdoLFm )
I don't know if there's a chain specifically associated with the dish, what I do know is that Lamb/Mutton was thought to be a traditional meal of Mongolia, from what I understand the meals being thought of were actually Chinese dishes.
6:09 everything has a computer inside 🤷🏾 even electric kettles
21:18 I will just start randomly humming 'A-S-O too much volcano' to myself in the kitchen or when I get slightly frustrated about something I will just randomly throw in a Natsuki 'gof*ckyourself'
Maybe AirTag on luggage?
Pretty sure the pizza delivery dude was a cosplayer who has done similar stuff in other work uniforms.
Bet the Dominoes delivery to the top of Fuji took longer than 30 minutes; wonder if they got a free pizza? :' )
Fuwa Fuwa
Time!
We live in the age of driver updates for every damn device, hence the various devices that connect to the internet.
Also to stop crashing your sugar, eat more lean protein with your meal, reduce fat contents.
I’m sorry for making fun of Pete’s hairline
#faxmachine hello crispy Chris and Peppery Pete! Due to allergies, dietary requirements and general fussiness, would it be weird or possible to just order plain rice at restaurants across Japan? Would they find it rude or just average gaijin behaviour?
Eggs always make me really lethargic for some reason
Sleepy Chris the pre diabetic bear
static ip / reserved ip - problem solved
that was truly above and beyond what that hotel lady did for that Canadian family! The sad thing is, Japanese service culture and ettiquete means that we wouldn't be able to adequetly express our gratitude in the form of a gift or a tip as they would absolutely refuse it.
On a sepatate note Chris, you've been living in Japan for how many years now? Why do you still pronounce all Japanese words like a foreigner who just got off the plane and had no prior exposure to Japanese?
How do you slow your speech . The podcast sounds like you’re talking at warp speed.
Use the buttons that control it stop asking people to change for you
Try DHCP and fixed IP address assignment in your router
Onomatepoeia in Japanese are weird and hilarious, most of them are /really/ hard to discern from sound alone since they sound nothing like what they are describing. BTW, hope you've checked your levels to rule out possible beginning diabetes or something
#FaxMachine
Hello Chris and Pete. I'm going to be in Japan for 2 and a half weeks in February, will be staying in Tokyo and so far I'm going to be spending most of the trip across Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido, Fukuoka and Hiroshima. Everyone has been recommended the obvious things to try while here like Takoyaki, Unagi and Okonomiyaki etc. What are some of the more under the radar things that are must try?
Dear Pete, you can assign static IP addresses to any device on the subnet from the router. Sincerely a random guy in the comments.
Fluffy
#FaxMachine
piripiri source
I thought that Japanese didn’t have swear words ?
Oh they do. It's just not a swear in the same way we have them in English.
When this globe”warming” started, it had the exact opposite reaction. Our VERY cold winters got even longer and colder an summers shorter and couple hot days but rest was just rain and chilly
Because global warming is not a proper term. By increasing water vapour in the air a whole bunch of things happen
@@salce_with_onionClimate change is also a very politically correct term when referring to what is a climate crisis threatening humanity and tens of thousands of living species.
@@a0me climate change sounds much more better. Everywhere the change is different but there is still some change in weather 👍
@@luxintelligentia4632 it sounds ”better”in the same sense that being diagnosed with cancer could be phrased as “going through a health change.” Technically correct but maybe missing the point.
@@a0me Dont really care what you think of it but okay 👍
Is Sharla pregnant because this is a spot on ”dad laugh” 10:08
Who is sheila do you mean sharla
@@Kazumatempest ”sheila” 🤣 i was thinking if i was right at all bc it didnt sound right. Thank you for the correction 👍
Stop eating carbohydrates you two, then food energizes you
16:02 please, please photoshop Anya’s face onto Chris