JAPAN | Tokyo. Places that blew our mind

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16 days in Japan.
Tokyo. Nagano. Hakone. Kawaguchiko.
First video of our trip – 24th to 26th April 2024.

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0:49 We’ve arrived in Tokyo
01:37 Narita express
04:24 Morning. Day 1
05:57 Shibuya
20:00 Shibuya Sky
25:37 Sakura Stage
26:53 Morning. Day 2
28:38 Azabudai Hills
31:07 Teamlab Borderless
36:50 Sky room Cafe Lookout
38:30 The National Art Center Tokyo
43:15 Hard Rock Cafe Roppongi

[Music] bacon in and a cup of tea nothing [Music] we’re in Japan at Terminal free we’re going to get a free shuttle bus to terminal one so we we have train stations here you see yeah so which where we come from we just come from terminal PR ready yeah 50 and you want this one yeah here we go Narita Airport is located 70 km outside the heart of Tokyo you have a number of choices to travel to Tokyo a bus and a local train are the cheapest a taxi is the most expensive we chose a train service called the Narita Express which took us directly to Tokyo station in about 50 minutes or so [Music] [Music] [Music] it’s to keep your they have on the trains onita Express see with Tokyo’s population exceeding 14 million people and heaps of tourists arriving every day Tokyo station is one of the busiest train stations in the world yeah yeah over there yeah to use the Metropolitan public transport in Japan you need to purchase an IC card either a so or aesmo we chose the sua car it’s raining so we finally arrived 30 m m M the room is small but looks nice the bed is comfortable where is the toilet where is the bathroom the Hightech toilet you know I can’t see my fantastic Danny yes I think it’s for the toilet huh what these buttons yeah it’s for the toilet we have some fun today what a beautiful day huh m let’s have breakfast let’s have breakfast here yeah we will ask if not here [Music] interesting but it’s an American breakfast like in Hawaii huh it’s a nice breakfast looks very nice very nice very yummy [Music] so Danel what is the first thing you would like to see in Toyo something special maybe a land landmark or something something that stands there Tokyo let’s go to see heart of [Music] Tokyo hey hey I have a feeling that everyone oh she can see [Music] we enjoyed traveling on the trains in Tokyo trains run every 4 minutes during the day and every 10 minutes in the night time it’s quiet and safe on the trains and you can even fall asleep and not need to worry you hey hey here we go K shabuya is the Beating Heart of Tokyo walking across the famous shabuya Crossing and seeing all the Antics that take place is quite an experience we station it’s Crossing so cool and now Danny we are going to this building it’s called Uh magnet magnet Hello Kitty [Music] kimana it’s a kimana yeah yeah would you like one oh all of them would you like to go to uh a coffee shop with the c Crossing View and um have um a beautiful pancake we need to go upstairs it’s magnet building floor this is hasha coffee shop it’s one of um Japanese uh coffee shop chains and uh it’s uh quite popular I’ve been here before by the way and scrumble square use I don’t know we only masino coffee is originally from Japan is known for its aromatic hand drip coffee and sule pancake oh fantastic we so luy the most popular Japanese coffee is duta coffee and it is only sold in Japan yep and milk thank [Music] you thank [Music] you thank you so so much looks delicious looks delicious yeah having a good day yeah we have beautiful siua Crossing views and um yeah it’s a Kina [Music] Cofe we’re going to park a building and it’s a big department store Flo number six it’s um cyers space shabuya Parco building has existed since 1973 it recently had a massive 2year long reconstruction here go the cyber space is dedicated to all things gaming and manga Japan’s first official Nintendo store and first Pokémon Center AL located here as well the stores are nicely decorated you will see large scale figures of Mario many other funky [Music] characters and a giant scale meww standing at the [Music] entrance it’s pretty cool to see [Music] [Music] this is crazy this is absolutely crazy [Music] [Music] do you want to go to the rooftop walk up here mhm we’re going to the rooftop par yes you would have a be of Fitness huh there’s a running track where there oh it’s beautiful huh nice that’s where we come from I they are this is a rooftop Park Parker building and look at this building scramble building designed by a famous Japanese designer kakuma and we’re going um to the lookout later today Tokyo has a limitless amount of shopping mall malls trying to count them all is almost impossible and you know what we got a little bit influenced by all the beautiful stores but we decided if we buy something it would be Japanese brands and products only tiger yeah I need to at Tiger do you want to drop into the shop to have a look have a on ituka tiger is a famous Japanese shoe brand it started in 1949 its founder onx Suka introduced lots of Innovations into sports shoe [Music] designs I like this model I think they’re expensive this are pretty good they expensive which one do you want to have a look at at these ones yeah they’re [Music] [Music] nice this is 12 11 half yeah get them [Music] [Music] living session [Music] y dropped on this Cafe cuz we needed to charge our Fone yeah we having lunch to it the same time lunch yeah we saw someone chargeing their p b we need to charge cheers so many things we already it’s amazing ah we’re going to have a big dish Denny Denny is huge ran this chicken mhm this is the first time I’m trying Ron I’ll try this TR Japan it’s actually a Japanese dish so this is a cafe we drop into yummy isn’t it yummy it’s funny we went to Tokyo station that was busy but it seems like when we’ve got a train at to shabuya and this seems like this is the Capital Tap of busy yeah so we would like to see haika Statue haika isita very famous just look at this H oh you to line up for the photo yeah haika waited for his owner for 9 years after his owner died and earned the appreciation of a nation aita is the national dog of Japan in 1931 in 1931 the Japanese government designated the breed as a natural as a natural Monument yeah yeah so this is sari building the n9th floor Kar they have a lookout here and we need 11 FL Sky L we had time to see hakari building it’s a big building next to the shabo square we traveled in a cool lift which had magnificent views [Music] the building itself isn’t so exciting but it does have two observation decks which are free to enter and the views from the deck make it worth going into the building oh yeah look at this building by the way this is scramble Square we’re going upstairs this is that one there yeah MH it’s a nice SP [Music] so it’s level number nine [Music] we got to see shabua Sky we purchased the tickets online about 3 weeks ago let’s go Shabu sky is a new Hot Spot in Tokyo it’s an observation deck located in a building called The shabuya Scrambled Square overlooking the famous shabuya crossing the observation deck is on the top floor 22 9 m above ground level and it is all [Music] Outdoors this is a good view beautiful just look at this [Music] [Music] yeah is is the best of the best [Music] Den is a helicopter but it’s for helicop the helicopter’s going to land it’s going of broad on where is your [Music] phone is so highly is [Music] [Music] beautiful yeah very beautiful [Music] after Sunset a light show called Crossing light is on every 30 minutes 18 beams Light Up the Sky accompanied by music and it looks mesmerizing [Music] this is Sky Gallery Sky Gallery is an indoor observation deck it is a part of the shabuya sky if you buy tickets to the shabuya sky the sky Gallery will be included the sky gallery has multimedia installations with a great music bar at the end [Music] [Music] so souvenir sh love [Music] my this is chibu Shibu chocolate special surpress w we didn’t know this is beautiful know where you [Music] here we go Shu Sakura stage the newest hot spot in Tokyo how beautiful opened in November 2023 it’s just about 600 M from shua [Music] crossing looks stunning at night with all these illuminations beautiful [Music] [Music] thank you oh we have an experience tur in in the T see yeah I’ll never h to [Music] before the next day we had tickets for team lab borderless with a time slot of 10 to 10:30 after having breakfast we realized we would have to book a taxi to get to the exhibition on time from where we were staying it was about 2 km or so away [Music] air pure before small in Tokyo so air there it’s most of the taxis we saw were s ride oh we only saw a few Uber cars in Tokyo we heard Uber is more expensive than a taxi go um and it cost uh $17 yes around 17 bucks uh Australian we’re at aabar Hills this is where team lab is going to be it’s a new it’s a new shopping center MH [Music] okay we in front of uh aaba Hills complex and this is the tallest building by the way it’s the tallest building in Tokyo maybe in Japan here and this artwork it’s um it was made by a famous Japanese artist Nara and he worked with takash mura and thear is the most famous in Japan here is another sculpture I think it’s a bench we can see can I see here I don’t know wait till security to tell you to get off yeah can see it’s quite nice quite I love the garden they created and just look at the flowers huh [Music] this area here has all the um French or Paris uh boutique stores there’s heres carer in Chanel I [Music] guess definitely need to go on food when we go back to the hotel but we have a day today it’s we and you know what’s amazing Japan has many earthquakes and we see lots of skyscrapers here lots of highrises they probably know how to build properly yeah got I got a sense of good aair on me you see everything is standing everything is safe here it is folks the tallest building in Japan team lab is a Japanese Collective of professional creators borderless is their most famous Museum attracting millions of visitors every year you need to book ahead to get in it’s that popular we spent 3 hours in the museum here here is a brief view of what we saw some of the rooms are hard to find artworks leave rooms move through the halls and enter other [Music] spaces the artworks in a room change over time enjoy this one continuous borderless world [Music] the use of flash is prohibited enjoy the moment thank you [Music] [Music] sure [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] w [Music] there is a special tea house inside the museum we had an ice cream and a cold mocka coffee drink as long as the cups are filled you will see digital flowers blooming and butterflies flying when the cups are empty the light show finishes let’s go to the s s force floor there is a cafe it’s called sky skyro Cafe let’s enjoy the views of the area and have a snack s like a good idea Ze Hills is a brand new shopping and residential complex in Tokyo which opened in November 2023 it’s amazing architecture and design artwork by famous art everywhere it’s so huge that you can easily get lost but you get lost everywhere in to a scandinav Artic I think he’s from Iceland on [Music] Denmark this is a for Mark 3 Lookout but now it’s not free you have to go to a cafe to get to get here see [Music] [Music] it’s we will have um lunch with such a beautiful view this is mine mhm mhm yeah C CF and you have mocha mhm and two pizzas two pizzas this one this is a beautiful Lookout you can just sit on the steps enjoy the views and you can go closer um and take photos and yeah the views are spectacular and you can see a d b here as well the amount of buildings here is incredible it makes Melbourne look incredibly small yeah really small as far as I can see this you can see building yeah so it’s a refuel station yeah well tap water is safe here okay we are going to the National Art Center I’m going through and we need raponi raponi raponi station one station from here [Music] everywhere this vending machines are everywhere are you sure you you know where to [Music] go car so smooth [Music] look at here is [Music] umbrellas you going drop the umbrella off you yeah oh and it’s just to draw your umbrella you see and you draw it and then mhm okay this is interesting it’s it’s the youngest um uh Tokyo Museum Museum Art Museum and um it was built uh in 2007 and it’s an empty art it’s called an empty Museum because it doesn’t have um a permanent exhibition no no it’s beautiful it’s let’s check it out uh inside [Music] [Music] I [Music] I really I really like the architecture this architecture um it was designed by a famous Japanese artist um architect um don’t remember his name but he passed away in 2007 and this is his last building his last project Prett cool I I I really like it it’s huge it’s really beautiful beautiful Art Center one of the largest in ja and we’ll go first floor it is this no I don’t know ah here we go it’s coming yeah okay one yeah one maybe it’s gr wow so you can see what’s happening there wow it’s pretty good [Music] behind me is the Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo the third Hard Rock Cafe to open in the world way back in 1983 I’m hoping to see some Van Halen memorability inside yeah think we’ll see is it [Music] open w w [Music] or for the original legendary I’m just going to get the original Legend pardon original regend yeah yep and and the drinks want I would like um this one hurricane hurricane y hurricane and I’ll get a uh I’ll get a which one it’s reallyy cool [Music] [Music] wow I’ve never heard anything like this amazing yeah go to the shop and pick up the new grasses do you think we will be able to get to the O after after drinking this we might be wobbling the oh I just didn’t know that it will be that big you know it’s really nice but Den if I I hope I won’t be drunk Den smells nice size I like this one yeah I like it [Music] switch I can bring it down wow wow this is beautiful picture thank you do you want a pho having cool look at him we’re from Melbourne Australia is you got any pictures of Van Hal Mar anony and um the it’s been here it been here yeah it’s all the people that came [Music] here just so you want a t-shirt or this one is a good one D just look at this it’s from Tokyo M creamy one this is good I might buy this one I want get the black one you have this one maybe I have the pink pink [Music] one but do you have a similar one yeah [Music] yeah this one is pretty good trying apparently bigger than Australian I don’t think it’s small on me it’ll fit you yeah it’ll fit you m I might be yeah and it’s so nice to touch I like it yeah yeah I like it yeah it’s nice it’s nice I love it yeah too big or I don’t know it looks like um you’re not a small boy yeah I know I will’ll get that one yes this this one okay yeah we’ll get you want the mugs yeah we’ll get them two the these on do you just have the one voucher oh two we got the two vouchers got two yep Danny just look at this how beautiful everything is [Music] [Music] oh this one is s is $ [Music] [Music] down