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Who knows if people will see this, but David didn't spit back into the purification font water (what I called the water station). He spit the water outside of it, where it gets drained away. Also, the water is constantly replenished, so it's not standing water. Hope this helps some confusion... if anyone sees this.
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Oh, a big shout out to my bros! They all agreed to be interviewed with no notice. I filmed them all in a single day. Love you guys!
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I feel like it's obvious, but of course this video is only about a single person's commute. I'd be interested in hearing from other Filipinos, and other people around the world, about what their commute is like. Emiko, the lady in the video, leaves for work early as traffic is not as bad. I know some Japanese people who do the same thing, so that they can get a seat on the train. Like I say at the end of the video, I have 17 hours of footage and I actually cut out a lot of stuff I recorded about traffic in the Philippines. I kind of want to make a "Manila's Traffic Problem" video, although after reading some news articles and a couple reports doesn't make me at all qualified to say anything. I got to experience a lot in the Philippines thanks to many friendly locals who took me along and showed me their everyday lives. Thanks everyone! So you'll probably get a couple videos about my journey to the Philippines. Have a great day!
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Hey Norm, in truth, I've been avoiding all 3.11 coverage. I tend to avoid sad stories. But I don't know, I decided to watch just this one documentary of yours. I really appreciate the stories you captured and how you allowed the survivors to tell it. It was touchingly done.
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Hey John, way to start off the new channel! You would think the giant phallus would be the most shocking thing but it was in fact your voice 😅 I didn't know it could get that high pitched! I'm glad you survived and it looked like a really great time! I'm kind of scared to try it, but I love onsens, so also very tempted to.
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Good luck with the new channel John! Hope we get to go find a wild onsen soon!
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Going the other way around, my favourite Japanese title that I think they needlessly changed in the U.S. is All You Need Is Kill which was renamed Edge of Tomorrow.
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A couple have people have left comments about the chlorine smell and how it's not really chlorine that I'm smelling. I actually edited out a part where I tried to explain further what I meant, so sorry for any confusion. But to be honest, I still don't really understand it all, even after reading stuff like this https://waterandhealth.org/healthy-pools/smells-chlorine/. I'm suspecting that the #1 reason I don't smell anything bad at Japanese onsens is because people are quite clean before entering and thus there is less stuff with which the chlorine can interact with and cause odors. From what I understand, the odors are mainly (or totally) caused by the interaction of chlorine and nitrogen (or in other words organic matters like body oil, urine, etc...). However, answer me this those who know what they're talking about. If I go to a swimming pool or hot tub in Canada that is "fresh", like a pool the first thing in the morning before anyone jumps in, or a hot tub at some condo where there doesn't seem to be anyone using it, I can smell that pool smell from even before I enter. Is it always that chemical reaction between organic matter and chlorine that I'm smelling, or can it be that I can smell high levels of chlorine that are FAC's (freely available chlorine) and not CAC (combined available chlorine)?
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If you happen to experience a hot spring home for yourself, Toshiki-san and his wife run a minpaku (guest house) with 2 rooms that has an onsen you can enjoy. Really great value if you're travelling to Beppu https://hinataya.jp/en/ (not sponsored, I just think the place is fantastic for the price and would love to send some people their way)
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Interestingly, I cut out the part where the little brother was explaining that while they're not very good at English like a big hotel, he thought you would get a more Japanese experience by going to their ryokan. So they are indeed very welcoming of foreigners who don't speak Japanese. Yes, Ibaraki prefecture would like more tourists 😃
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FYI, I'm changing the title for now. I originally had it as "The Worst Traffic in Japan is not in Tokyo", I changed it to "The Worst Traffic in Japan (is America's Fault)", and it's now back to the original. I'm also liable to change it again. Too many people not actually watching the video before commenting. The content of the video is still the same, which is walkthrough of how it came to be that Okinawa has the worst traffic in Japan. It's a result of policies put in place by the U.S. after 1945 as well as inaction by the Japanese government for the past 50 years since Okinawa was reverted to Japan in 1972. I think it's an interesting case study as to how decisions made decades and decades ago can have a significant impact on the day to day lives of people right now.
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SUBTITLES: "English" ONLY has subtitles for Japanese and hard to hear English, whereas "English UK" has subtitles for all spoken English! Thanks.
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If you liked this one, you'll probably like my video about What the Richest Vacation Town in Japan is Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHAjwIZkXs
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Thanks to Gen Wa for the difficult task of doing the subs for the master English track! That makes doing subs in other languages much easier http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=iGbC5j4pG9w
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FYI, I posted the full tours of the 3 properties on my second channel https://youtu.be/DUbCjxMG9PM
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I made a follow-up video trying to answer a lot of questions from the comments here https://youtu.be/w4nvaYjxnaU
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Watch the full Tokyo by Train video on the LWIF X channel https://youtu.be/Y49VfddU-L4! Bento picnic lunch video with the kids is coming soon, hang tight!
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Hey Everyone, thanks for being patient with me in taking my time to publish this video. If you haven't already, this video make more sense if you see my other videos on the Philippines: https://youtu.be/OtuA-_BiItQ, https://youtu.be/__LydKSvvBg, and https://youtu.be/b98dy-nFs5k. As I always say, the best part about my trip was meeting all the helpful locals who let me into their lives and showed me around. Totally forgot to say this in the video, but the place I stayed at in El Nido was the Dragon Fly and the owner really helped get everything sorted while I was there http://www.booking.com/Share-M72EnB (not sponsored, just thought it's a nice place to stay). I'd like to go back to El Nido again one day with the family. Thanks for watching!
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John, if you take out the arrows from the timecodes in your description, YouTube will put the chapters on the timeline. So do it like this 😀 00:28 Animated Opening 01:11 Where is Noboribetsu 01:38 Jigokudani 04:28 Oyunuma Volcanic Footbath 05:35 Japanese Oni (Trolls or Yokai) 07:48 About the Festival 08:55 Putting on Japanese Fundoshi Thongs 14:50 Main Event 20:46 Conclusion
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If you know John Daub from Only in Japan, he now has a new channel that he'll be posting on from now on. So if you're already subscribed to his old channel, I'd suggest subscribing to the new one, since he'll be posting his main videos there from now on https://www.youtube.com/c/johndaub. As always, thanks for the help making this video John!
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I guess I should drop the link to a relevant video I made with my brother and his family about eating in Japan without any Japanese https://youtu.be/2rppnse7IkM
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For those looking to book the place and wondering the cost, you can go to an English site at https://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/tosimayayue-bang-notang.html or to their Japanese site at https://www.tukihama.co.jp/. Per person it seems like the lowest packages start at about $135USD per night. Our package was more around the $200USD range.
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