Youtube comments of (@Nynke_K).

  1. I want better things for the people of Somalia
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  2. She looks nice from any angle and especially when smiling! Please tell her we said so :)
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  3. is it me or is this the best wacky weekend trip by far? looks awesome!
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  4. And with little twins at home, getting diapers and groceries delivered must be even more of a godsend.
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  5. So over the past year I've built up a lot of experience trying to nap or at least rest in all kinds of places (as a treatment for chronic fatigue) and I would be all over their nap rooms but the giraffe nap - only if the other options were taken 😅. I usually bring ear plugs and/or earbuds for white noise but it's very thoughtful of the café to provide it! Oh, and my tip for anyone needing some quick rest would be - do take some deep breaths at the start and don't get hung up on actually falling asleep. Rest is still rest!
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  6. Disappointed Quinlan noises! Time to get him a souvenir mug :)
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  7. But why didn't you just get onigiri for lunch, like Sharla the vegan does all the time?
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  8. When I heard Greg's wife's voice, I actually thought it was Aiko for a minute and was really shocked! And then when I heard her real voice I was relieved :). But Aiko and Shin are sure growing into tall teenagers!
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  9. Yeah, that didn't sound like a Japanese native would make it sound. Tsk tsk :)
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  10. Now that's a proper train running at proper speeds! I realize that the US needs more high speed rail for real effectiveness, but this was a decent start, from my European perspective 😁. Looking forward to the series! Very impressed that you'll travel all the way over to Alaska by rail!
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  11. This thumbnail is so funny given how often you've travelled with her even on YouTube! But may it bring in many new viewers, and I'm looking forward to watching!
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  12. hilarious! I also paused and replayed it immediately, and then enjoyed it again at the end of the video. I wonder what triggered this, though!
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  13. Wow, so much mayhem on day one! I just finished watching Kara and Nate cycle across the US in 36 days, and while their bike broke down a lot too, their back wheel only stopped spinning on day 30 or so... Either they got really lucky or adding just one more rider really increases the technical risks exponentially! I hope things got better for the race after day one...
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  14. Yep, and for clarification: less is unrelated to lesson/lectio.
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  15. great fun seeing you have a natural conversation where everyone speaks their native language adn understands the other! and the snacks were good and interesting too :)
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  16. You never know with video shoots, but I can completely imagine the worry as she felt her empty stomach and low blood sugar :)
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  17. Don't unlist this video, Chris! It's a fun little chapter in JAJ, it doesn't have to be epic!
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  18. Now there's something you don't see to often in train travel vlogs... Replacement transport. Unfortunately, this is a common reality of intensive railway transport through inhabited areas: every now and then there might be a traffic accident, but more often than that, it's suicide and it traumatises train drivers and attendants who are confronted with it. Very sad for all involved... As for the people in uniform at the station where you got on a bus, my guess would be that they weren't there investigating but rather just guiding travellers to the buses. That's how it tends to work in the Netherlands, anyway!
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  19. Pity about the bedbugs! I did wonder why you didn't go for a hostel instead of a hotel if it had to be cheap, but I guess that wasn't the challenge you had set yourself? Also, if I ever make it to Vancouver I think Chinese food will be at the top of my list :)
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  20. No toilet for most of the time? Not suitable for living in. At least in underdeveloped countries without proper plumbing you get to do your business outside 24/7!
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  21. Interesting how the ferry and the surrounding area look like something out of the Netherlands, and then a short drive further on you have mountains and big green rainforests and waterfalls! 💚
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  22. That's articulatory detail that I would have found very difficult to pick up on on my own! And as a linguist, I also really dig the use of terms like alveolar ridge and affricate on YouTube :)
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  23. Good luck Shane! Keep going - you'll be so relieved when it's done!
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  24. Same for your fans, Simon / Martina! Makes me wonder if there are Japanese youtubers out there to help Japanese viewers feel happy and positive about themselves (and masterfully entertained at the same time, if course!)
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  25. This brings back memories. First of my first trip to Scotland when I was twelve in 1992, and then, when I started wondering why I also had memories of eating scallops at a restaurant on the water in Fort William, and and a huge supermarket, of my second time, around 2005. Beautiful country! I'm really looking forward to your Caledonian Sleeper video and I hope everything worked when you were on it! (it doesn't always, apparently)
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  26. 6:35 aha! I was surprised that it didn't seem like they'd built in a time buffer, earlier. This makes a lot more sense :)
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  27. This made me want to drink some of the d:matcha tea I have! I ordered some about a year ago and it's great! But I now realize I've been saving it for special occasions too much. Better finish it before it goes stale in spite of the vacuum packaging 😅.
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  28. How exciting! I didn't know your wife was also producing these videos behind the scenes. I'd love to see what it's like hiring and working with an architect in Japan!
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  29. What a wonderful trip! Its always a joy to see Will, and it's great to see Austyn thriving again after his head injury!
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  30. I loved that!
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  31. I love this! I'm an architecture enthusiast and I always look up intriguing houses on Google Maps too - thanks for showing us what you could of the insides! I would love to get house tours of those places with interior courtyards... Also: I feel a bit sad for the families that lose their wealth but the relative equality is probably worth it for society as a whole. Here in the Netherlands we're probably not quite as equal but fortunately, even most fancy mansions are relatively small - I think definitely smaller than the largest Tokyo ones you showed. But of course they tend to be surrounded by large gardens and open to the outside with large windows!
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  32. A ferry that's called a sea bus... That's funny!
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  33. ​ @HansWurst1569 if I remember correctly they were all in the abandoned school segment - skip that and you're likely to be fine! Oh, and the intro preview
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  34. if anything, you're a bit harsh/reductive about western TV. I avoid embarrassing shows like kitchen night mares, but love constructive shows like Master Chef - admittedly, mainly the Australian version which is incredible supportive to contestants, who are in turn much friendlier than their American counterparts :). But without actual critique, watching people eat food just becomes incredibly boring, so true!
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  35. Grave of the Fireflies, you mean?
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  36. What a fun and funny video! Seeing you klutz around trying everything out and especially hearing you read out your words after Akko had been told she sounded like she was reading a line IRL - lol! I think I'd give that electric nabe pot a go and make sukiyaki in it. Yum!
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  37. I was actually wondering how German people would feel about that rule (I have a German friend who's always mildly shocked when I tell her how I always try to be exactly on time or maybe only two minutes early - I'm Dutch)
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  38. Glad to see that Yohei and his life are every bit as wholesome as you'd hope! Also really impressed by his English accent while singing :)
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  39. Oh man, I want to be on this train so bad! (Sidebar, as a European train enthusiast's daughter, I can't imagine first boarding a train at 17!) Also, railway staff waving you off - it's like something straight out of Japan!
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  40. That does seem like a great airport hotel! And I was relieved to see you get a lot of fresh air while staying there too. Being cooped up for 24 hours wouldn't have been so fun!
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  41. Ooh! This one's over an hour long! Can't wait to finally watch it - while also hoping that the upcoming cyclethon will be a walk in the park by comparison. Happy cycling, Chris (and Connor)!
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  42. Not picking up the bowls? That sounds so hard!
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  43. Coincidentally, I was already wearing a T-shirt I'd forgotten about for months (but I saw it in an old picture this morning). And Tan is right, it has made me feel special today!
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  44. It's more like locking mouths...
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  45. Ooh a part three! Yay! It was really interesting to see what was similar and what was different compared to Norway, which I normally visit every winter. Last Christmas, I was happy to see fresh snow outside the window and I just looked at it, but then my mother in law went outside really quickly to shovel the snow off her driveway. That hadn't even occurred to me yet 😅
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  46. I hope those train guys got onto a train and then took one back there, with a nice hike in between. That would be an awesome day!
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  47. I've heard great things about the local food scene and the boreal rain forest, but now I just want to visit Vancouver for the colourful houses and the coffee! I legit teared up a little at the sight of those coffee shops - I've improved my home coffee a lot but I really miss getting a latte from a proper barista at a nice place!
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  48. Taeko Ohnuki! Yes!
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  49. I really enjoyed sleeping on my balcony one warm night (no tent, just bug spray!)
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  50. 7:54 this is somehow the most Sharla face I've ever seen on Chris 😂. I consider myself warned - if I ever want to go to a family style restaurant in Japan, it won't be Saizeriya!
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  51. No, loo is just short for lavatory I'm afraid :)
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  52. Those zoning laws are insane!
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  53. hammocks as well as waterfalls! pinning it in Maps immediately
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  54. Wow, I had no clue sukiyaki was so special - it was the first meal I ever had in Japan because there was a sukiyaki place opposite our hotel! So good 🤤 (also, can't believe I'm only one fifth into the video! What a treat!)
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  55. This was beautiful! And I was surprised to see those Belgian beers on the boat. Takes me back to some traditional Belgian café experiences :)
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  56. Very cool! I was impressed by your natural form on the bellows and by Akko's stamina hammering the knife. A whole hour! Wow! Also, really curious where the European men with beards were from - couldn't quite place their accents!
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  57. Wow, what a great place! I hope Connor's bruises healed up swiftly, they looked really painful!
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  58. Argh, I didn't manage to see Pete! I was looking for him especially on the fishing boat but I must have got distracted by the content :)
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  59. I was wondering about that!
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  60. I would totally do this! I hope it will be somewhat quiet when I do :)
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  61. So cool! Normally I hold off on watching your videos until after dinner here in the Netherlands, but now it was the perfect thing to take my mind off my horrible cold as my partner cooks 🙂
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  62. Yes! I was so surprised!
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  63. 7:45 "how does my hair look?" better than Michael's without the cap, man ;)
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  64. Ah, that explains why she didn't mention here how she still made it out alive... Looking forward to it!
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  65. those are nice shelves! but YOU HAVE A MIFFY MUG! so do I!
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  66. Aha! So that wasn't just me, thinking there was one weird frame at those words :)
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  67. It never ceases to amaze me how far south the most populous parts of Canada actually are. The southern tip of Hudson Bay is as far south as the Netherlands (where I live), and Toronto is equal to something in southern Europe! Also: I had a funny moment when you first showed a close-up of Swiss Andy, and I was like, what do I know that guy from? How can he look familiar? But he must have been on Instagram months ago, lol!
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  68. I love seeing how everything works behind the scenes! thanks!
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  69. It's a little sad that this has to be that expensive, but it's soooo beautiful!
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  70. Ohhh, of course! I just didn't get that originally, so thanks for explaining!
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  71. ​ @hanshallandsen8569 Ich habe gedacht, nach 1,5 Jahren schon? 😅
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  72. Beautiful. I'm glad virtually no one in the Netherlands ever gets stuck on a train as long as you did, because our rail network is much more closely knit so you can typically go around a road block even if it takes hours, but we don't get the majestic views you did!
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  73. Chris is my favourite! But for an even more genuine version of him, check out the Abroad in Japan podcast, where he's said that he prefers telling stories with his videos and he really likes letting out his sarcastic side on YouTube. For even more genuine j-vloggers, I recommend Simon and Martina as well as Rachel and Jun's Adventures!
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  74. It sounds like such a hard life! I hope that in the future, ramen owners will be able to move towards healthier work hours and better relationships with staff.
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  75.  @tiffanyt6387  right! Where I'm from, in the Netherlands, it's quite normal to ride a pleasure boat through the city in summer, but if it's large, you'll often need to wait for the bridges to open. This often leads to a parade of boats moving from bridge to bridge, when they all open in succession, every half hour or so!
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  76. Thank you Sherry! Do you generally feel safe on the streets at night in other parts of Tokyo?
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  77. YES more tugboat content! Super interesting what a day is actually like. Essentially waiting for 7-9 hours while you tug a log boom upstream... That would really tax my patience (I would also not do well on a river transport ship in Europe)! I'm also fascinated by the word log boom. I looked it up and boom was borrowed from the Dutch word boom 'tree' (pronounced 'bome') so log boom almost sounds like 'tree tree' to me! But boom has obviously picked up some more specific meanings in English :)
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  78. getting your steps in by exploring a different area everyday - simple but brilliant! I'm really curious about Shimokitazawa - I've heard good things about it but would love to see how you experience it!
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  79. Brogen! Hahaha! I love this video already for that pun and I haven't even watched it yet!
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  80. Just finished the video and I feel like I've read a great novel! It was touching and beautiful and exciting and suspenseful at times and it made me laugh so often and so hard! One of the best videos on this channel and that's saying something! ❤
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  81. they also rate really good/decent experiences 3 stars out of five. not sure what it would take to get a Japanese reviewer to give five stars. A truly mind-blowing experience of extremely rare wagyu beef, with drunk enthusiasm on top?
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  82. Oh man, Canada just keeps on getting more incredible! Wow. PEI must really be quite something if you were so excited for it!
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  83. Happy anniversary and congratulations on 750k! I really enjoyed the original quad tandem series and that had fewer teams and probably lower production values... So I'm stoked!
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  84. 1:25 did you arrive in Dublin in the middle of the night? Because normally there is a very reasonably priced bus! (I feel like an expert because I've visited the city and the country exactly once and I took that bus, lol!)
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  85. I'm so glad that they're preserving this craft and other parts of Ainu culture! The government should just allow them to do it the old-fashioned way though - it was sustainable and it would be good to show more humility towards a culture that the Japanese colonised.
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  86. 'run, run! We need to catch the train and set up the camera in several places along the way! 😆
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  87. I <3 taxes! Or rather, I <3 all the good things that taxes finance!
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  88. And also we don't have a whole lot of public ones (there are typically more old dirty urinals than sit-down toilets, so women end up using bathrooms in hospitality businesses), although some cities are starting to make an effort on this front. Also, public bathrooms at train stations require a fee
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  89. Lampu no Yado! Wow! Good to know the lamps induce headaches but it does always look dreamy in pictures...
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  90. That amazing! But 5 hours in a tunnel on one day would be a bit much for me 😅
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  91. Super realistic though! I remember when I was headed to an island in the Caribbean for the first time (I'm from Europe) and the plane doors opened during a stopover in the Caribbean... I didn't know what hit me and a steamed up bathroom was literally the only experience I could compare it to 😅
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  92. Hahahaha - as a linguist I find that funny but as a language instructor I feel some colleagues need better instruction. Wow!
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  93. Norm: I've only slept 3 hours in the past 2 nights and I'm fine! KiKi: we have colds because we haven't slept enough. Aww... I hope all of you have slept plenty since! Also: yay Emma's mum!
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  94. Loved it! And my tip is using duolingo, which genuinely helps. I knew all your words from it (except DVD player, which I know from this channel)
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  95. Whoa, gas leaks smell different in America than where I live? That's good to know for my future trips there! Also I love my sense of smell. Maybe I should start listing smelling things as a hobby 😅
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  96. Ooh, a fellow architecture nerd! Do you know the Archimarathon channel? You might like some of their stuff!
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  97. I think Mike mentioned he just wanted a light breakfast though, so this must be what he ordered.
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  98.  AlmightyStarfire  It may not make sense (it doesn't make sense!), but it is actually correct standard English. Trust me, I've got a PhD in this stuff!
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  99. Wat een geweldige serie. Bedankt voor het maken! 👏👏👏
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  100. This was wonderful! I'm so looking forward to the rest of the series - I love Norway and the fact that I got a bit emotional several times during this video means my love extends to the rest of the Nordics 😬. Tip for architecture lovers planning to visit Helsinki: watch the latest video on Archimarathon! They discuss and show some more great architecture around the central station. And one more thing: I love how those wide-gauge trains look so similar to Dutch and German ones but then they fit a lot more furniture in and their noses look slightly off!
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  101. Oh, this looks like an amazing place! Definitely going on my Japan bucket list, although seeing you bow to get through tiny doors, knowing approximately how short you are compared to my boyfriend, is a bit disconcerting!
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  102. Not even halfway into the video and I already need a break from the hilarious but also weirdly exhausting accent switch. My face hurts from laughing! 😂 Edit: okay, in the end hearing Sharla transform into David Attenborough was perhaps the best thing about this 🤣
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  103. It's amazing how well Pete turned out, really :)
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  104. Funny... That Saturday I travelled to Germany and back from the Netherlands by train and it was unusually slow because so many trains had been diverted to Zandvoort! I did manage to stay dry though 😅
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  105. I think the pumpkin tempura would be my favourite too! 😅
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  106. That was a very enjoyable 24 hours in Asakusa! I would love to stay in that ryokan and explore those underground shops :)
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  107. I would love more travel videos, especially with Emma :)
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  108. ooh! my favourite 'Japanese has this, just like Dutch, even though English doesn't!' (it's 'eergisteren' in Dutch. but all of this is topped by Norwegian - they even have a separate word for 'last year': 'fjor'!)
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  109. I ❤ Dr Jelly! And this song is a bop! But I really think Abroad in Japan has to revisit Kakunodate because the samurai quarter is MAGICAL
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  110. A steam train running on oil? I didn't know that was a thing! Thanks for all the technical details, this was so interesting!
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  111. If you make it automatic, you're more likely to indicate when other traffic can see it, though! I tend to still stick out my arm when alone, like the good little girl I was raised to be (40 years later 😂)
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  112. Lovely suite and letting you review it (and actually sleep and eat there) was a worthy alternative to letting it sit empty during Covid. I'll have a look at a more reasonably priced room there for my next trip to Tokyo! Also, thanks, Connor, for doing the little dance. Now go put those bottles of alcohol back. :)
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  113.  @doriswaddington2418  I want better lives for people! (And I realize that it may take a lot of change in the Japanese economy)
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  114. Don't worry, it's an outside window covered by a lot of Stuff!
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  115. Third? Nice to get a very up-to-date video!
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  116. wow, they take so many types of recycling in one truck! where I live in the Netherlands, we need to take glass to a recycling station in our neighborhood (glass is how recycling started in the Netherlands and Germany!), but paper, garden/food waste, plastic/cans/milk cartons and non-recyclable garbage are all collected in their own large bins every few weeks, on different days of the week. and some of the trucks will grip, lift and empty the bins on their own at the push of a button!
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  117. I thought this would be about winter tyres on bikes, but I was so wrong! I'm amazed at how well Oulu's snow clearing practices work out for the locals. Looking at hose glistening icy lanes, I'd get very apprehensive about cycling, but I guess practice makes perfect? My main issue with cycling in snow here in the Netherlands, after seeing this, is that you never know upfront which paths will be cleared/salted and thus a bike commute will get rather stressful, also because it rarely stays snowy enough for long enough to really get to know the lay of the land.
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  118. Were you still there for the caves? I don't think I saw you there in either video!
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  119. ohhhhh, now I get the pun! I was writing it in Italian in my mind, Danini, and I didn't get it at all😅
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  120. I vote Yasashi Ikemen provided Sharla took the picture herself (with a self timer or something). Otherwise, it's We Ride at Dawn! Now I finally get how you'd get stuck on a mountain on a bike... I really wanted to dive into your day to help with the bike!
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  121. Don't know if the food is also included in the business class price, but if it is, I'd go for that!
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  122. Oh man, I love this stuff served with the gyoza at my favourite local Japanese restaurant. But I never knew what it was called!
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  123. I keep wondering how the air pockets allow heat to escape from the scalp! don't air pockets normally insulate? Is it because air pockets in hair aren't all closed off at the top so they let some heat out and somehow it's just enough?
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  124. Heyy, this is where I saw my real-life narrowboats! In the Gas Street Basin! They all looked so charming, even if visiting Birmingham over land was definitely also worth it 😊
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  125. OMG, this is so beautiful!
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  126. I live nearby and love this station so much! I'd forgotten just how bad it was before (so thanks for including the old footage) but remember being completely blown away when I cycled there to take my first train post-lockdown in 2020
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  127. My heart breaks a little for all those people who barely get by. I've been okay financially because of a steady job in the Netherlands, a partner with a better paying job and the fact that we got lucky on the house market. Oh, and we didn't want kids so we don't need to afford them - and that's extra fortunate because I have chronic fatigue. I still plan to revisit Japan in the coming years but it will take extra energy to plan it out!
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  128.  @stefanie369  the one thing that's easier for Japanese people and that fits the way they normally pronounce English is R at the end of a syllable - or rather, no R! Pronouncing summer as sama is actually not too different from a southern British English accent.
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  129. AHH so funny! You've made me apprehensive about my next ekiben though - mine have been good so far, all four of them, but apparently I can't expect my luck to last? Also: I feel sorry for Tokio in terms of large buildings but fortunately there's some really cool residential architecture and smaller utility buildings across the country as well - I hope you run into a lot of those as well!
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  130. 1:05 aha - I thought I'd seen that word in a Japanese context!
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  131. Wait, aren't a giant sequoia and a redwood the same species? What's going on there?
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  132. The kids, on the other hand, have grown up so much in the last few years! 🤯
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  133. I went there and wondered about the post box too! What a lovely place and what a lovely video. I hope Sasahara-san stays active after retirement!
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  134. We'll all get to eat out again! I am sooooo looking forward to it, though. In the meantime, I'm just thankful for what I get to order in...
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  135. Nah, it's also 'what I admire about Japan'. But maybe a little less of that :)
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  136. Ah, Norm was there! That explains the 360 camera :)
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  137. Yes to gyoza as a main dish! With some pickles maybe - I don't even need rice!
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  138. Apple pie! I want apple pie now!
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  139. Some of the takeout food has been really amazing, as many (fancy) Dutch restaurants have started doing delivery. They give you detailed instructions on heating and plating and it's been so wonderful to be able to eat some really amazing food without worrying.
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  140. Wow, that's a big change! Congratulations on the marriage - your outfits were so prosaic even for just-a-legal-marriage, it made me laugh! I hope Nicole likes her new job, I'm curious about your Hong Kong apartment (is it even smaller than the Vancouver one?), and I'm definitely here for real-time stories on Instagram. You had a lot going on in your IG hiatus last year!
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  141. Ooh, you're showing the actual book and you haven't anonymized all of the students to Takeshi this time!
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  142. And then also seeing it from the bottom just before climbing it! In the middle of summer! So lucky!
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  143. And let us know you're coming to the Netherlands in advance for a meetup!
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  144. Fascinating! I remember reading about this practice in a romance novel from the 1980s, of all places, and it's so cool to finally see it!
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  145. Very glad to see this addressed! I couldn't continue watching before I did. It's a sad thought that mainstream Japanese culture does seem to have steamrolled over a number of indigenous cultures relatively recently. But like Norm, I was also really blown away by how recently much of Japan was actually annexed, and how the Japanese speaking area was actually a lot smaller relatively recently!
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  146. This was amazing!
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  147. God bless Natsuki and Yuki and any other Japanese friends you may have :)
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  148. Oof, that was a hard day! It was so dry for so long this summer, it makes sense that the levels would have lowered so much (and maybe even more later on?). Glad you made it through! And that initial lock complex was fascinating. Looking forward to the final video! And seriously considering doing some narrow boating myself sometime.
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  149. It was freaky!
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  150. I kept thinking, wow, that's a long bike ride! But in the end it's all the filming and the sheer hours that adds to the trip that makes it a really long day! Kudos and thanks! I'm from the Netherlands and we cycle A LOT... Largely on one-way separate bike lanes and otherwise along with motorised traffic on the main road, but cars know to watch out for us and give us space. And on the cycle lanes, you hardly ever encounter any pedestrians, so there's none of that weaving in and out with unpredictable people going at different speeds and in opposite directions and left and right! That really stressed me out when I cycled a little in Kanazawa. It really takes a lot of attention and patience!
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  151.  @LifeWhereImFrom  you totally should and I would love to show you around!
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  152. Glad to hear it was not just you buying the condo alone! I got a bit worried when you kept saying 'I bought a condo' at first :)
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  153. I knew far less of these than expected! actually very useful :)
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  154. I can't believe they let you work the locks on your own there! That's not a thing in the Netherlands AFAIK, but then again our lock density is probably much lower, as we're flatter? Also, man, I miss summer!
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  155. Beautiful! Thank you!
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  156. I started off pitying Pete for his skills, and then I noticed that FINALLY, THERE IS SOMEONE OUTSIDE MY FAMILY WHO HOLDS HIS CHOPSTICKS OUR WAY! <3 Chris!
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  157. Saudi Arabia looks amazing - I would quite like to visit if women are granted full human rights there before I get too old to travel!
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  158. I think this is going to be an amazing series! And I'm really glad that you'll still have biweekly videos for us :)
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  159. What a fun and interesting day! 😍
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  160. Lovely! Part slice of life (see what I did there?), part tourist recommendation, part cultural insight. 👌
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  161. 1:30 oooooooh the Goshomo Jomon Park! I really wanted to go there when I was in Tohoku last year, but didn't make it. Seeing it up close like this really makes me want to go back even more than I already did!
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  162. I always avoid APA because the owner is apparently a rather nasty racist! So that's my two cents. Also, my boyfriend just remarked that you look a little like Ryan Reynolds, so here's a feather in your hat! ;)
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  163. Aha, so house parties do exist in Japan! You always hear from expats that they don't really see them. Maybe that's because world parties are typically held at restaurants and izakaya? Also: it was fun to see that while the food shown here was much more labour-intensive than what you'd get at a typical Dutch party, we're not the only ones stashing cool drinks on our balconies :).
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  164. Finally! The video that Nakagin deserves with the music that it deserves (the futuristic stuff, not the faux radio music 😉)
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  165. What a joy! The Porsche 911 Carrera was my favourite car when I was a little girl and that love only cooled when I got to ride in one and got very very queasy 😅. I hope that would be less on ice!
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  166. My tip: see if any of the regional rail passes (like the JR East pass) might be worthwhile for you - apparently they haven't had the same price hike. I used it for a great trip up and down Tohoku from Tokyo a few years ago!
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  167. I've primarily cycled in and around Utrecht over the past 10-15 years so I'm spoiled, but what stressed me out about cycling in Kanazawa and Kyoto (and would stress me out about cycling in Tokyo) is having to negotiate for space with pedestrians on sidewalks. They're often busy and I felt quite insecure about how close I could get to people and if it was okay to ring my bell and make them step aside. I wonder what the rankings are based on exactly though - back to the video!
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  168. OMG, you actually got to see it! The relief was so palpable, I actually cried a little!
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  169. OF COURSE it was you, Norm!
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  170. Sturgeons as long as my boyfriend is tall! So glad they are all released. And it looks like you've managed to have a pretty great summer in spite of Covid.
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  171. What an absolute joy! I watched this one with a sense of wonder and a big grin on my face. Restored rail cars in use are the best and these are some really special ones!
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  172. same. and it does not get better with Japanese names!
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  173. I bet the Pinhoti trail looks amazing in autumn!
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  174. go look at those other videos Chris recommended!
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  175. Man, these videos just keep getting better and better! I'm kind of glad now that I've saved them up by accident, so I get to binge them!
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  176. What a cool tour! I can kind of identify with Lawrence's enthusiasm about lifers even if I'm not a hardcore birder. Every time I see a bird I've never seen before in my garden, I get really excited! And the starry night and the moon really impressed me too. I know there's a dark-sky park in the far north of my densely populated country, I should try to stay the night there when there's a good chance of clear skies!
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  177. I'm normally only into full-size trains, but this is so cool!
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  178. Loved this! I want to be on that train. But what was up with the plastic bags around your feet on the sand dune?
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  179. Here in the Netherlands, surviving winter comfortably is mostly just about wearing enough rain gear. But a few weeks ago we actually had some snow, and it actually remained on the ground for more than a few hours, days even! And we even had some mini snowbanks (about 40cm wide) because there was too much snow on the roads to melt with salt! Very exciting. We're not used to much anymore after our cold spell / pre-global-warming boon in the 1980s
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  180. that view of the Grand Canyon... Wow! I got chills just seeing it on my TV, them teared up a little seeing Will taking it in - and that's before he turned out to be tearing up! what a perfect bucket list trip.
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  181. Do watch Sharla's latest video, though - Norm actually DID play the the resident artist's shamisen in the restaurant! Although I bet it sounds different :)
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  182. YEESSSS it's finally here! Congratulations to everyone who edited! Stoked to watch !
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  183. This was great! I was happy to see Texarkana station but sad to hear it's condemned. What a waste!
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  184. What a nightmare! My current commute is a cushy 8-minute cycle ride, but even when I move out of town, it will still be relaxed and no more than an hour. Please do show us more of the Philippines; it's fascinating!
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  185. I would buy that apple juice that wasn't too sweet, and some yakitori and hot potato and maybe some miso paste and seaweed to take home to Europe!
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  186. The Rabarber Barbara breakdown I didn't know I needed!
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  187. well, in that case I'm sure something like 'ano hito', 'that person', with a pointed look, would be more fitting. but not 'he'!
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  188. So impressive!
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  189. Do watch the other seasons too - they may not have Naomi but they will brighten your week!
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  190. Wow, suddenly it's the final episode! And what a way to end, with such a major hisashiburi experience ❤
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  191. Today at least there's a train at 18:25, as per the ScotRail website. And it turns out there's a road that leads to a youth hostel on a loch nearby!
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  192. This video has turned out even better than I hoped. Made me laugh so much! But it's very hard to come up with a favourite from these nightmares. So Kumamon, I guess?
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  193. I guess bicycles are stolen six times as often where I'm from 😅. Lock your bike, Greg! Although, if you can get a new one for as little as €150... 🤷🏼‍♀️ I was struck especially by the adult bikes with tiny wheels. Do they have gears so you don't have to peddle frantically all the time?
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  194. thanks for this wonderful series, guys! and aha, Mike, canal boat travels , that's what you were doing in the UK! I always find them a fascinating and charming blast from the past. can't wait!
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  195. Natsuki was so good in this episode - but I'm still happy to see him get his comeuppance next time! 😅 (Also, that train 😍)
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  196. I have scoliosis too and spent a little over a year wearing a brace, but hearing this account of wearing one 24/7 and ending up with no abdominal strength, I'm so glad my doctor told me I had to take it off for an hour every day, in which I could wash and had to do a set of exercises, morning and night. So glad! Shocking my classmates by loudly tapping on my belly was fun, though :)
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  197. oof - weel, done, I couldn't tell!
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  198. It took me a moment to get into the snowy mindset, but what a great fun filled adventure! I already planned to visit Hokkaido someday because It's Japan but less hot and humid in summer. Now I know where to go that's actually pretty and charming: Otaru!
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  199. Wow!
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  200. TINY shopping basket! She probably couldn't resist the kiddy version 😁
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  201. imagine having to find a way to eat all the leftover chicken over the course of a week because wasting food racks you with guilt...
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  202. So much fun! I chuckled all the way through the episode and have added a new prefecture to my bucket list :). (won't be eating any fugu though - but I'm glad you tried it for us!)
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  203. It has that kei car look (love) but with more power amd more attitude than most! Indo wonder if it has a cup holder for the driver though - I'm a thirsty person and even more so when driving!
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  204. I LOVE this video! It's the video I would have requested if I had pit enough thought into it, and it's better than what I would have asked for :). I love machiya and traditional wooden houses in general, and I've been really curious about what they're like inside. I can't believe these monuments are still being torn down! And on traditional houses where I'm from: they also have or had steep wooden stairs and wood and straw walls, but only on the inside (and covered with wallpaper): the outside walls of Dutch townhouses are typically all brickwork.
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  205. That third 'apartment' (studio?) is so stuck in the 1960s/1970s! I'm glad the local sento that made it feasible hasn't gone out of business so far, but not having AC or insulation with 40 degree heat and humidity is a deal-breaker. I pity whoever will have to move in here!
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  206. All the <3 <3 <3 for this video, Chris! And I'm not sure I would call Kazu a female Ryotaro (English skills: yes; snark: no), but she definitely was a great find as a guide! Also: wow, those views...
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  207. What really got to me is the hand-written signs. 💛
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  208. Sounds good! But more importantly: you need to start exploring the area where you live by eating there too! How did you ever put down roots where you lived before without eating there?
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  209. That first outro was the cutest thing ever :). Otherwise: another fascinating video! And how come cat lady knew you from TV? Was it the yahoo thing?
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  210.  @TokyoLens  Ah, that makes sense! So cool that she recognised you doing something completely different and wearing a facemask :)
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  211. It was a fun surprise to see those international students in the Netherlands, where I'm from! You could tell they were at pancake restaurant even though all the food has been eaten, because there were syrup and sugar on the table :). And I'm so glad casual wear is so normal here (at least where I work, in academia)
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  212. I drink tea all day most days, and since Covid it's all been fukamushi sencha (which I discovered more or less by accident in a Sendai tea shop with the help of rather imperfect Google translations). I love it so much! But when I need a pick me up, I'll make myself a caffe latte. Only one per day though :)
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  213. First off: where is that West-Tokyo video you mentioned? About seasons: I like late spring / early summer best in the Netherlands, so I guess I'd like spring and autumn best in Japan, in terms of weather?
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  214. Definitely too soon to travel out of the Netherlands to Japan... But you're right, both me, all my loved ones and all my students have adapted and survived! Yay!
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  215. Being a salaryman or, even worse, an office lady would be my nightmare, but I really love Japan as a holiday destination and can't wait to go back to the mountains, the backstreets, the restaurants and the onsen :)
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  216. Ahh what a wonderful relaxed ending to the series. And the sun even came out at the end! That Falkirk Wheel was very impressive amd almost too exciting! I held my breath for a bit when you went up! I trust the engineering but my trepidation around heights still kicked in 😅
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  217. Oh man, I want to try almost all of those foods now!
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  218. I could almost smell the potato fields! Having grown up around flat potato fields near the sea I wasn't as blown away by this episode as the previous one, but again, a lovely part of the world to discover, and I'd love to help make and eat a bannock like that sometime!
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  219. What a beautiful region! I'm looking forward to the rest of the trip :)
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  220. So many good ones, but Business Boy has a particular ring to it (as it also sounds like something Pete Donaldson might use to describe himself)
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  221. I can't believe the view from your suite! And what are the odds that out of all the places in Australia, you end up going to Emma's hometown first! It was really fun to see Emma do a cameo too :).
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  222. Snow festival! And the Sapporo beer. Good stuff :)
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  223. It was so worth it for me as a viewer, and you should sooooo stick to more realistic filming and editing schedules, paired with a healthy diet, in the future! I'm also hoping for a mini travel series with Emma in the future :)
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  224. One of those videos that fly by in the time it takes you to switch your phone screen to landscape mode and force you to listen :)
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  225. This was exactly as much fun as I'd hoped. And to a listener with very rudimentary knowledge of Japanese but a very good ear for accents, it sounded really good! (Also: I'm glad Sharla ate some of that nasty natto too! you deserved it, Sharla!)
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  226. nah, pretty sure there are heaps of European Europeans with that issue + densely planted, fine hair too! (and I think they significantly overlap with the 'no poo' movement)
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  227. Wow! I have to say, thank you for showing us what it's like so we don't have to go there 😅 The biggest disconnect I've seen since staying in a German holiday village in the desert on Fuerteventura in the Canaries... (It was a bit of a surprise last-minute package deal a long time ago!) I literally breathed a sigh of relief when you when outside of the European hotels and showed us a bit of the actual city! But the luxury and the food looked good!
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  228. AHH now I get how it's possible for you to live in so big an apartment 😅. leaving Tokyo after all this time, big change! I'm super excited for you! have fun and good luck!
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  229. Poor Norm!
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  230.  @ErebosGR  glad to hear santokus are okay for ambidextrous use! That's what my other-handed partner and I would get if we ever upgrade...
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  231. All of that, plus the ecological disaster of separating the two sides of the wall across hundreds of kilometres
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  232. Hahaha! I don't think the sea shells came out right even once - and just the word lorry is so hard for Japanese speakers!
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  233. It was nice to see you glowing and beaming so much! It looked more enjoyable than when you were confronted with questionable lodgings last year 😁
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  234. I am so looking forward to this! Glad to get stuff like this again. Live streams are too hectic for me, so I've been missing your content!
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  235. I definitely would! Especially if there are monkeys to see... (Can't believe it! Wild monkeys right near Tokyo!)
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  236. I wish you a month of learning how to stir-fry :). And now might be the time to invest in a rice steamer!
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  237. I wish we had this here! But can you choose when in the day they'll deliver, or do you have to stay home so you can transfer the packages to your freezer immediately?
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  238. Hilarious! Also, you hold your chopsticks the way my family does! We are not alone in this world!
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  239. I wish I could add hearts instead of likes to videos!
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  240. I'll gladly go up a tier on Patreon if that's what it takes to make sure you keep making these documentaries!
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  241. ooooh this is beautiful! both the towns and the accommodation! I must get myself to Japan in autumn sometime so I can stay in a traditional building without suffering from the heat and humidity I usually get in August 😅
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  242. Absolutely! Especially when they have nice green banks, probably. Good hiding and spawning grounds!
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  243. This video is pure brilliance, Chris! Super informative about something I've wondered about for years, really funny and Ryotaro is beautifully lit ;) (is that his restaurant? I want to go there)
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  244. I can just picture trams in the centre of Groningen. Gedempte Zuiderdiep, a wide street running from East to West mear the southern end of the centre, would be perfect for them, and Oosterstraat (connecting Zuiderdiep with the Grote Markt) looks extra charming in old footage from when it still had a tram...
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  245. okonomiyaki every single time! although I think it's plenty filling without the noodles... (also: those grilled oysters with sauce sounded heavenly, pre-sand!)
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  246. I had to pause, make this comment and rewind after learning that Hakkode mountain gets THIRTEEN METERS of snow in a winter. Whaaat!
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  247. if only the drawers would always be completely fully and never mixed up, though!
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  248. And he needed to bow deeply!
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  249. Lol at the coveralls! And OMG are those onsens and views wonderful.
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  250. that's some really impressive equipment! but from my European perspective the no-parking sign design is really small and fussy, with those little arrows and text! and without folded edges (very North-American!), it's no wonder that the last sign shown out in the wild had bent... poor thing :)
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  251. Chills...
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  252. I was so sure there must be a typo in 'Hamtramck' until I googled it... I really wonder how the original Hamtramck family managed to pronounce their name!
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  253. The sword - more's the pity :)
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  254. Argh, so so sorry about your injuries! I hope they heal up beyond expectation so you can, in fact, get your pilot's license and maybe even play the shamisen again. If you basically need to keep that finger in one position while playing, wouldn't it be an option to wear some kind of hand/finger-guard to make sure your bone can't snap again? (also: wow, whoever supervised that junior doctor was really doing a bad job that night - if you work someone to the point where they forget to do something as basic as cleaning the wound, they should not have been working anymore, they should have been on a break.)
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  255. 3:20 Norm what? You can't squeeze Nakamura into one kanji, can you?
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  256. This is so cool and I hope more people will move back to the inaka from the cities - if I understand it correctly, they can make a good life there without being a completely overworked salaryman/ office lady!
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  257. What a delightful video!
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  258. Weirdly, getting the fittest you've ever been in your thirties is actually a totally attainable goal! I say that as a former hater if sports who got the fittest I'd ever been in my thirties and forties. Having said that, I'm currently not my fittest because I overextended my ankle running, months ago, and it's taken ages to heal. So I'd say it's definitely a good idea to build up your stamina very slowly and to get professional advice, especially when you're at all unsure about twinges and aches! Oh, and do aim for fun workouts in the mountains and Hokkaido when you first return to Japan. Heat, innit 😬
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  259. Looks like a great train! Never seen such a spacious train toilet or such cool train lifts. But I hope the foldable seats aren't for wheelchair users' companions to sit on the whole way, only when they need to do something with the wheelchair user!
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  260. ah Norm, this is so you! gamification, a good heart, and a lot of focus. applause!
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  261. Beautiful and fascinating! I also loved the notes describing the speakers :)
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  262. Wait. Not only is the flight simulator in this room off limits except for a little while if you pay extra, but also its lights are on all the time and there's no curtain to cover it? I hope the end of this video will prove me wrong, because this sounds like a very bad plan!
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  263. I wonder if that Belgian bakery also has actual Belgian bread! That bread is sooo good... But I also enjoyed seeing the novelty waffle with Greek flavours - and the Belgian beer bar with German and Czech beer :)
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  264. What an unexpectedly cool experience!
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  265. it vas Russian!
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  266. Fourth person is a thing? I must look this up!
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  267. Lol!
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  268. Wow, this is so epic! I love trains and I love tunnels and I love abandoned places, and this is just magical. I'd go here with a friend but I'd take the train there! Too bad there's no way my fiancé will volunteer to walk those 492 steps...
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  269. For my Emmy consideration, oh my!
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  270.  @DownieLive  thanks!
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  271. Wow, the contrasts between cleaned-up and revitalised places and those as yet untouched are so huge! I feel both shocked and inspired even by just watching this short video... 😮
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  272. Yuki is back! ❤
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  273. It's so funny to hear you pronounce bybanen with an English 'by' 😆. Even though I do feel that y is the hardest Norwegian vowel - like Dutch UU but with unrounded yet not completely spread lips 🥺
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  274. What an absolute joy!
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  275. No, that's the Yamanote line in Tokyo 😄
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  276. Hey! That's not your car! Was driving down to Tokyo that expensive or did you really need more room? [Edit: I'm glad you answered that question in the video :) ]
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  277. I've been holed up at home for four weeks now, because I fell ill before our self-quarantine order came in here in the Netherlands! Hang on in there - and maybe someone can safely lend you some plates? Your mistake made me laugh but it's obviously also really inconvenient!
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  278. I think I was too! It took ages before I actually watched it, too.
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  279. I can't believe it got stolen in Japan! And did you need those cash euros in Italy? I would not have expected to...
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  280. It is SO BEAUTIFUL out there. I love these videos! And the engineering on that lock cascade was brilliant!
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  281. Where I'm from, the tiny buildings are public toilets and electricity conversion stations and, every now and then, a garden shed (converted into housing)
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  282. Beautiful, all of it! And thanks for the left over right tip -- just this morning I was putting in a robe and thought, if this were a yukata I'd have to Google which half faces out; I remember last time I wore one in Japan I didn't and then I found out afterwards that I'd done it all wrong!
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  283. What a perfect little documentary! Interesting, educational, great cinematography, and it gave me a warm feeling inside! And a plan to go look for that sweet tea - unlike you, I'm really not into the roasted types, or matcha.
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  284. What a joy this video is!
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  285. Love both commercials! But not using the hair-raising sounds of the earlier video on namahage with Ryotaro - what a missed opportunity! Everyone who hasn't seen that needs to go watch it right now!
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  286. Very interesting, thank you! (and that little train in the snow... What a fairytale!)
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  287. Aww, Pete's younger than me! and considerably younger than your other 'older' Youtube guest stars :). As for monsters: I vote for Pete's, because it actually looks like a monster. But props for making that cute cartoon character a sneaky agent of balloon death, Chris!
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  288. So what is going on with that wooden bowtie that you can still take out of and put back into the surface of the desk? What is it for? Otherwise: wow! What a build, and what beautiful wood!
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  289. I love how both you and Sharla have now dressed up to be worthy of entering these places 😁
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  290. Very interesting! Looking forward to the next one!
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  291. 1:15 hahaha! I read Danish and laughed so hard, I couldn't focus on your narration anymore 😂. Thank you for the compliments 😅
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  292. This was fun! But it's a shame that not all the Japanese has English subtitles.
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  293. A perfect little snippet of knowledge for those who didn't know and a nice little reminder for the rest of us! I think this series is a really good idea.
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  294. It's going to be a long wait until February for us international viewers! But congratulations :)
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  295. It was filmed back in February!
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  296. Very cool!
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  297. I'll have some barbecued scallops and a gyudon, please! (banana plus chocolate? nah... although pink white chocolate is probably better)
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  298. The more of these videos I watch, the more I realise that Japan is frustratingly full of worthwhile destinations and I will never be able to do them all justice! But on the upside, it turns out you can share a meal with someone at Ichiran by folding away the screen, so that means I'm now very likely to go there someday :).
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  299. I second this offer!
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  300. what an amazing place! I would love to also see it in daylight. time to head on over to Dogen's channel!
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  301. I think the slugs were my favourite. And I found it funny that I know one other person with the artist's last name, and now I imagine the artist as someone who's as bright and bonkers as the guy I know :)
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  302. this was fun but I REALLY want to travel back in time to check the thickness of your socks and to give you blister plasters and sports tape before you left! poor feet!
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  303.  @DownieLive  glad to hear it!
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  304. Haha! This is great. Put a huge smile on my face 😄
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  305. I absolutely see the animal shapes too. Nature is a funny place :)
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  306. I used to be an architecture undergraduate (flunked out after 1 year) and I can see why they would be attracted to these spaces, especially in Tokyo where rents are high and restaurants are cheap :). But no, I wouldn't live there because I feel cramped in spaces that small!
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  307. Why don't you need to vacuum clean after clipping your nails? (I hope it's because you don't do it on carpet instead of someone else cleaning up for you)
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  308. I love hotels with onsen! This looks perfect if you're on your own. What I find tricky while hunting for Japanese hotel rooms to share with my partner, though, is that hotels will often advertise this size bed as fit for two people! And as we are not tiny Japanese people, we have to be really vigilant about bed width...
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  309. Hilarious! Can't stop grinning!
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  310. Awesome video :)
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  311. As soon as I saw the bag, I thought it would be a great bin. Glad he agreed! (Also, why own a roomba for this apartment? I don't get it but it's quirky!)
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  312. I envy you your name!
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  313. What a thoroughly enjoyable video! Also, now I get why that Instagram livestream from the ryokan suite was slightly manic 😆
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  314. Linguist here: actually, while you're absolutely right that there is a lot of variation in how good adults are at this, it does absolutely have to do with age - but we're taking about little kids being really good, and approximately by secondary school age language learning gets a lot worse. If you take a baby from, say, Amsterdam and move it to Manchester and have it raised among English speakers there, it will learn perfect Manchester English!
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  315. Man, that's beautiful!
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  316. 2:15 had to pause to go take a sniff of my Christmas tree!
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  317. it's a lot easier to make sense of what you are immersed in if you also get some hacks like rule explanations and vocab, though
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  318. tell us more! what's up with the grass (also, kusa?)
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  319. #ronald for sure!
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  320. What a fascinating story!
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  321. Wow! Just wow. Was the bucket there 15 years ago?
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  322.  @TokyoLens  haha! It really must be a design feature then 🙂
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  323. I loved this! (I've loved all of the cycle videos, but) this is what I imagined the series to be like before it started: beautiful views, lots of cycling and getting a real feel for what it's like being there. I'm glad you've done so many other interesting things, but I'm also glad you have a video like this in here!
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  324. Still a beautiful place and so cool to see more behind the scenes! Cleaning those glasses and peeling a pear with the tip of a long knife though - scary! 😂
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  325. 200 for a set of tyres! That's expensive even if it's Australian instead of US dollars!
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  326. OMG... This was amazing!
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  327. Most brilliantest kei car ever!
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  328. Linguist here: an accent is a particular style of pronouncing things, so if everyone in the world spoke exactly the same way (let's say in biblical Babel or in fictional Scotland), that way would still come with one particular accent. But then, of course no one would notice and the concept wouldn't be useful. But in the real world, people don't all talk to each other every day and also use their speech styles to signal they're part of different social groups, and so we have many different accents (and languages)!
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  329. I liked this video 11 hours after you and it just doesn't show the number of likes - apparently that's an option now :)
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  330. This is so interesting and beautiful! And good to see that the apprentices get some space to stand out as individual craftsmen as well - it sounds like a good balance!
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  331. The great reveal of Air Canada? I'll watch again.
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  332. I love this so much! And now I have a serious case of pottery envy :)
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  333. OMG this looks like an amazing route! I would LOVE to do this trip one day (minus Covid and the breakdown ahead)
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  334. Ahh, finally! This video is happening!
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  335. belated happy birthday, Mike! I feel for your younger self. everyone is always worth celebrating! and this was another wonderful video.
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  336. I wanna goooooo! Also need to look up what the numbers 1 and 2 are 😅. And I can't believe you were insecure about pronouncing Finse (it has two syllables, if that helps) but effortlessly pronounced Myrdal! 😆
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  337. Ah! That's where I've seen them!
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  338. It's amazing how much you packed into a day, but hope the next few days held better food for you!
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  339. Not everyone agrees on the definition of the word plus: unlike some other parts of Canada, British Columbia (that's where Vancouver is, right?) hasn't even, strictly speaking, ordered its residents to stay at home (or that's what Wikipedia says, anyway). Having said that, this is somewhat similar to the situation here in the Netherlands, and the social distancing measures certainly feel serious enough to merit a dramatic name...
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  340. So this is what you were at Mount Fuji for! Coolest thing you've kept hidden since your relationship with Sharla 😅
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  341. I have a burning question: who did the women's voices on this video? Is that you plus editing or did you get help? Also, I hadn't laughed this much about a video in ages! (sorry, no questions about teaching English, I already do that for a living)
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  342. Wow! It's so beautiful, but also so strange. So quiet that it sometimes feels like it was shot in a village somewhere.
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  343. I hope you were camping in that van, rather than driving some distance before 4:30!
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  344. I used to envy people who lived near a forest; now I live in a forested area and I envy people who live near rocks and rivers, lol! But you're so right, exploring one's local area is so worth it! This week I went on a cycle ride out of the forest and into the polders around the old Dutch fishing town of Spakenburg. I saw amazing new views both in the forest and in the open country, I had fried fish for lunch and I even saw an old lady in traditional dress! Highly recommended for anyone in the area :)
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  345. That was a very nice video and if I wanted to start something new I would 100% feel encouraged. But I also want to share these more random thoughts: Ooh, you made it into a forested area! Very good! And your hair actually looks good now (and not just compared to the hat hair you sported in the Squamish video). And finally: that's not how I expected your friend's name to be spelled, but it would work a lot better for English speakers than the Dutch and German spellings I was thinking about (Ties, This, Thies...)
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  346. that was not the Insta 360 that I expected :). also, sakura! <3
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  347. Huh - the broken lines always feel like suggested bike lanes to me too, and I've lived here my whole life! Time to read up on them. Edit: so they're only suggested bike lanes if the road is red beyond the broken lines (and real bike lanes if there are bikes painted onto the red road), but otherwise, according to the province of Drenthe at least, they indicate a need to be ready for traffic slowing down to turn off or traffic suddenly entering the road from driveways! Fits with slow and careful driving, in other words
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  348. Congratulations! Would be so cool to go there, especially if you and Sharla were both there! I'd try to buy you a mocktail and at some other point I'd crouch down to take pictures of that amazing terrarium floor 😅
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  349. I started watching the new video and realized I hadn't finished this one yet! had to come straight back here. I loved the indigenous eatery and the spa! (had to laugh at the random dots on all their bath names though, lol). question: did your train bed rest on the toilet? that would turn a midnight bathroom break into quite the experience!
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  350. Noto beef skewer! Also: WHY did I have to fall ill during my 4 days in Kanazawa last year, causing me to miss this market?
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  351. I would like to unknow the premise of the Human Centipede tbh, and I haven't even watched it!
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  352. I wonder if the government have deals with bento places to buy bentos that have gone unsold for a day and then have them go through a labyrinthine distribution system to get them to hotels. That would explain the staleness... Poor people in quarantine! Glad it's so much shorter than before though. Also: my condolences in your loss. Glad to know you've been taking good care of yourself emotionally!
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  353. So, cultural interest question: did you actually feel you had to say sorry for all these mistakes, most of which were small factual errors? Would the average Canadian say sorry for them? Because as a Dutch person, I'd definitely admit that I had been wrong, but saying I was sorry for them would go a bit far :)
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  354. Poor Keisuke!
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  355. Oh hey, I hear this is in 4K? I should have watched on my TV :)
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  356.  @LifeWhereImFrom  interesting! In the Netherlands, I think having friends of friends over is not as usual, but on birthday parties and the like, guests will still meet new people because the host will invite everyone they like from work as well as various circles of friends and family.
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  357. Wait, Labra-DOR? That's the stress pattern? Did not see that coming! (As a near-native English speaker from Europe) Update: Mi'kmaq basically has a silent q? Did not see that coming either! Update 2: what a beautiful part of the world you've shown us! I especially liked seeing the forests and the Eskasoni experience and the fishing village. That really reminded me of Norway. Wow!
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  358. That was a lot, but interesting!
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  359. Oh wow, there was a whole adventure behind that little cave entrance! And I felt for you man, getting your that early with your broken voice after about four hours of sleep... Great shots, though!
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  360. So surprised when your companion was not Victor!
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  361. Oh. My god. This place looks amazing and you get to touch everything in the caboose and you get those to-die-for pancakes! So jealous!
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  362. What a nice place. I'll imagine it with green summer foliage all around, for even more sheltered outdoor showering :)
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  363. Aaaahhh saiko saiko saiko! I'd seen this house before on websites and even in a video, but it's even better with spontaneous interviews and of course, Okazaki-san! I would have been so psyched if I were her, and I didn't even finish architecture school! Also, congratulations on graduating to Okazaki-san, and I hope she does get to travel to Europe! On that note, my top youtube tip for architects/ architecture enthusiasts is Archimarathon
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  364. They are faraway to me, but I definitely agree!
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  365. While I kind of want to go to a number of the spots you've shown when we're in Tokyo in two weeks, I 100% do not want my boyfriend to pick that spot to propose! Matsushima Bay, on the other hand...
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  366. Congratulations! Woohoo! Finally, the editing he'll of despair is done! Also, now I want am onsen, a massage chair, a view of a pretty volcano, and some wagyu beef.
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  367. Yay Okazaki-san! I could never live in a place like that -- I'd cramp up in that pod trying not to bump my head. But glad to see they have sizeable shared spaces!
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  368. I got distracted by the fact that you actually pronounced Huis ten Bosch correctly! And then Natsuki did it too! Applause :)
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  369.  @rickkeizer7938  I was just thinking, I was so impressed by Huis ten Bosch, I completely forgot about Overijssel (over-EYE-sul!)
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  370. Kuroneko sounds so much cuter than UPS!
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  371. Ah... Lovely. I now really want to see the top of mount Fuji in real life sometime. It's just so majestic! Thanks for another really entertaining and interesting video, and I look forward to the next series! (Oh, and Chris, I think you won this challenge. Plastic stickers on a pillow, that's not Komfort!)
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  372. That cassowary was BEAUTIFUL up close! Did Nicole also get to see it?
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  373. First time I didn't immediately think of the earthquake and the nuclear disaster upon hearing the name Fukushima. I just thought it sounded familiar but I couldn't quite place it... It actually took a look at the shinkansen (the type that goes north from Tokyo) and you mentioning it was a two-hour trip to jog my memory! A strange sensation.
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  374. I think I would have been happy to live in any of these as an undergrad!
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  375. I love trains and I love drone footage! This was an interesting combo. Also wondering: does that Green Hornet still run on diesel with the new engine?
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  376. Ahh, if only I hadn't gotten sick on the first of my four days in Kanazawa a few years ago! I did get to see the gardens, but not much more. But having watched this, I'll have more knowledge when I return one day!
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  377. I have a bad case of chuckling!
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  378. Oh how I've missed that title track! And orange + mochi = wagashi I would actually like to eat... There was too much good stuff in here to comment on everything, but anyway: really looking forward to the next one!
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  379. 3:00 tip for those planning to travel as a couple between Tokyo and Sendai or Morioka: try and get seats on the Komachi instead of the Hayabusa - only four seats to a row in an ordinary car, so you'll have a better chance of sitting together and securing one window seat!
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  380. Love it!
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  381. I was just happy to see you (presumably) back in Japan and clicked over just for that! So good move :)
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  382. I love soba and loved seeing this!
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  383. I moved out of town. Pity me!
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  384. What a lovely trip! I hope you got your food planning dialled in after this because, like Nicole, I think I'd be a lot more relaxed with my blood sugar in place. I also wonder to what extent this type of experience could be replicated in the Netherlands! We used to have a lot of canal boats here too, before the advent of the train, but I've never seen narrow historical boats here in spite of walking on many tow paths. And did you know it wasn't just horses pulling our canal boats, it was also sometimes just people (like the skipper's wife)?
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  385. I kept hoping it might be an April fool's joke even though it didn't seem funny enough :). I'm relieved!
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  386. This is interesting and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming videos!
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  387. OMG! I did not know YouTube and my TV could do this! So cool, and what a pretty shrine in a pretty location...
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  388. nope, would not live there with that abandoned top floor! and I seriously wonder if the toilet lid can stay up or if you need to keep it pushed open with your back - in which case I would not live there either! it's a shame because otherwise it looks like a really charming building!
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  389. I'm new to this channel but love this video! As a European who loves train travel, I say: America, you deserve high-speed trains too! They're comfortable AND sustainable.
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  390. Gotta get out there and talk to actual people! Scary but rewarding.
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  391. Traveling in a chair for two days... That takes dedication! I'm wondering: do they actually run the train with all the closed carriages in there, instead of disconnecting them?
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  392. There is so much other and more interesting and funny and beautiful stuff here, besides the expensive tuna! The title doesn't do it justice. Glad I would have watched this anyway :)
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  393.  @TheRealFlenuan  oh, and I think your /ʌ/ (in but etc.) wasn't always open enough
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  394. Emma makes a great team with lots of people, but she certainly does with you! I look forward to so seeing more videos where the two of you go exploring / tour guiding :)
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  395. Ooh, sushi... And I don't even particularly like sushi!
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  396. ​ @sonarsphere are you kidding us? 😆
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  397. What an amazing, touching, beautiful story! It reminds me of the remote islands dotting the coast of Norway, and the remote farms in the mountains, which have also often been slowly abandoned, leaving only one ageing couple living there year-round, until they can't make the trek anymore and do what this man does. If you're interested, watch the NRK series Der Ingen Kunne Tru At Nokon Kunne Bu. (Also, for a moment at the start, I thought you'd got your boat license just to traverse this lake, lol!)
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  398. Nooooo!
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  399. And Junko Ohashi!
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  400. So surprised that the trains stop running every night except New Year's Eve! In the Netherlands, there are some night trains every night *except New Year's Eve*, when all public transport ceases at 8pm! It's the complete opposite!
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  401. not true for the Netherlands: here it's because of the tax system (and scarcity)
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  402. Lovely! Especially since you get some original NZ landscape as well
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  403. The perfect video to watch before I travel by steamtrain from Utrecht to Maastricht in the Netherlands and back tomorrow! I was going to ask, isn't there another zigzag railway in northern India that's still operational? Haven't checked but I see there's at least a handful more in the world based on the other comments 😅
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