Stressful Arrival In Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

Stressful Arrival In Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

Today I’m flying to Tokyo, Japan, the largest 
city in the world with over 37 million people. It is going to be my first time in Japan. And my goal 
for today is to arrive in Tokyo, figure out how to get into the city, collect first impressions, try 
Japanese food, and finally make it to my hotel, which is a special one run by robots. But Tokyo 
is big and overwhelming, and I heard it can be very confusing and stressful to arrive there. 
Nothing is pre-planned today, and I have no idea how this day will turn out. Oh wow, this is a 
bit overwhelming. I’m a bit lost here. So, what is it like to arrive in Tokyo for the first time? And 
will I make it stressfree to my hotel? Join me and let’s find out. Okay, and we are starting this 
journey in Guam, a small island in the Pacific Ocean that officially belongs to the USA. And 
I’m also flying with an American airline today,   United Airlines. So, let’s see how the flight 
experience from here to Tokyo will be. All right. So, they have a facial scanner here. So, 
you don’t even need to scan your boarding pass or   show your passport. I think this technology will 
be very normal in a few years around the world, I guess. And touching the plane for good luck as 
usual. Okay, I’m once again surprised because all   the the window shields are down. I don’t know 
why they do that on American Airlines. I flew with United Airlines before and it was the same. 
Okay, looks like this is some headphones and the   blanket cuz usually that’s also my experience. 
United Airlines, they really blast the AC. So, having a little blanket is really good. And yeah, 
this is actually a trip I have been excited about   for a very long time as I always wanted to see 
Japan. and I’m very curious about it. So, I feel very excited already. And also, Japan is probably 
the most requested country in the comment section from you. So, I’m very happy that I’m finally 
able to make this trip happen with you. And yeah,   flying time today should be about 3 and 1/2 
to 4 hours. Let’s make it to Tokyo, Japan. Thank you very much. And we have arrived in Tokyo, 
Japan. Let’s see what the arrival process will be like here. Okay, we have connection and entering 
Japan. So yeah, the first goal is now to make it through immigration. Hopefully everything will 
be smooth and easy because I did hear that the   immigration process sometimes can take a while 
here with long cues because as you can imagine, this being the world’s largest city, the airport 
here is also quite huge. Yeah, this by the way   is the Narita airport. In total, there are two 
airports in Tokyo. Haneda, I think is the name of the other one and this one. Unfortunately 
though, this airport is the one that is quite   far away from the city actually. So, we have to 
figure out how to get from here to the city. As I said earlier, nothing is pre-planned. That’s 
how I like to travel. And yeah, first impression   here. It looks everything in right. Almost like 
a hospital. So, it makes very clean impression, you know. Oh, look at this. There’s a live camera 
here. Current statues. And I don’t see any cues on the live camera. The live camera was showing the 
immigration area. That’s pretty smart. I’ve never   seen such a thing anywhere else in the world. 
So, you know already at least what to expect over there. Oh, there’s a lady here welcoming 
everyone with a bow. She’s boowing welcoming the the people into Japan. I think that’s also 
very cool. And we do have a Super Mario here also holding a sign. Welcome to Japan. Here we 
have another one. Yeah, Super Mario Pokémon. These are of course coming from Japan. Nintendo is 
from here. The famous uh Pokémons are from here, which I will remember collecting when I was a 
child. When was it? Like around the year 2000 or maybe even a bit earlier. And yeah, once again, 
welcome to Japan. And where’s the German one? Here we have it. The common in German as well. Okay, 
immigration area here. I can’t film here. See   you on the other side. Okay. And literally like 
2 3 minutes later and I’m in the country. Wow, that was I think one of the fastest immigration 
processes I ever had in the country. Literally   zero waiting cues and also a lot of counters 
open. And yeah, they do check your fingerprints. They take a picture of you and you also need an 
arrival card which you can fill out here in paper or what I did you can do it online. There’s 
a website called visit Japan. You fill out   all the details there and then you get a QR code 
which they also check here. And yeah, it’s pretty amazing so far. Everyone here is so friendly. 
There are so many staff around and everyone   is very polite and welcoming. So, I’m having 
really good first impressions here. But yeah, now two problems. First of all, I need to get 
cash. I need the local currency and then we need   to figure out how to get from here into the city 
center. Like I said already earlier, this airport, the Nadita airport, is quite far away from the 
city. But first of all, let me find ATM. Excuse me. I’m looking for ATM. This way. This way. 
You can find left side. And the left side. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. Watch your videos. Can 
take a picture. Oh, sure. Where are you from? Uh, Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Arizona. Yeah. Oh, okay. 
Okay. Visiting Japan. Yes, for the first time. Oh, same as me. First time in Japan. Thank you. 
Okay. So, we have bus ticket here. Also looks   like you can also get a bus into the city, but 
I usually prefer to take the the metro or the airport train. I think there’s an airport train 
here even, not really a metro. And then yeah,   later once we are in the city center. I need 
to figure out how to get from there to my hotel which is in a totally different part of the 
city than the train station. I think the main   train station. So I think it’s going to be a 
very interesting day starting from now. And I also want to end this day with some delicious 
Japanese food and then check into a very special   robot hotel later on. But let’s do everything step 
by step. I need a ATM first. So maybe over there. She said somewhere on the left side, right? She 
said go to the end and then left. Okay. I don’t   see any ATMs here. First I thought this is an 
ATM. But this is just an information. But over there we have ATMs. Okay. Okay. Let’s see if I 
can get cash here in Japan. My first time using   an ATM in Japan. Uh we have English here. English. 
And then pass book. What is a pass book card here? Please insert your card or pass book. You can 
only withdraw cash using your passbook. What is   a pass book? Maybe that’s a passport. Let me try 
a different ATM. So many different banks to choose from. Let’s try this one. I like the color green. 
Okay, second try. Okay, many different languages, even German. But let me go to English. Withdraw. 
And then the question is, how much money do I   need? Let me get maybe let’s start with 100 US. 
So that would be 15,000. Let’s do 20,000 yen. 2,000 20,000. Here we go. Transaction fee 220 yen. 
Okay, that’s all right. Total amount. Here we go. That’s the sound I like to hear. And here we have 
the money. Oh, I only do get two notes. 10,000 yen notes. Oh, actually, they they look pretty cool. 
I like the design of them. And if you are from   Japan, please let me know who is this person. 
Is this maybe a former president? But yeah, this actually not ideal that I only have two 
very large notes now. So, I have 20,000 yen now, which equals to about $132. And in case you’re 
wondering, the conversion rate is $1 is $151 yen. So, a bit complicated to uh yeah, calculate 
in your head when you see the prices. And that’s   why such a conversion app is always good to have. 
Okay, but let’s see how we can get from here into the city. And you can actually take Uber here. 
Uber is available in Japan, same as in the US. And I just had a look on Uber. If you want to get an 
Uber from here, I think the pickup area is right over there. But from here to the city center of 
Tokyo takes about 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours. That’s how far away this airport is from the city. And I 
guess when it’s rush hour time, it’s going to be   even longer than that. And the price for an Uber 
from here to the city center is $28,000 yen, which is about $200. So, it’s also not the cheapest 
option. And I also see airport taxis over there, the the black ones. So yeah, you have taxis and 
Uber available here, but I think there’s also a train from here straight into the city center. And 
I think that is the faster and the cheaper option. So let’s see if we can figure out how to take 
that train. Oh, actually there’s a visitor service   center here. Maybe that gives us some information. 
English uh transportation information. So you have a rail, you have a public bus, car rental, taxi, 
and you can of course also travel from here to other terminals. Terminal one to Tokyo. Oh yeah, 
that’s a problem. Tokyo is huge. So many spots available. So I actually want to go to the central 
station. Hello. I want to take the train from here to Tokyo, the main train station. Go down to the 
basement. I can find the train station. JR JR. Oh, that uh that goes to Tokyo station. So it’s 
down over there. Yeah. Go around. You can see escalator on the other side. Okay. One day and 
one more day. So, two tours. Okay. Thank you so   much. Where you from? I’m from Germany. Germany. 
Germany. And today is my first time in Japan. Oh, thank you so much. By yourself? I’m by myself. 
Yeah. How long is the train to the city? Actually, there are many trains. Many trains. Oh, that 
looks like a very confusing metro system. Now we here. If you’re going to Tokyo station Uhhuh. 
by JR. The Narita Express. Narita Express. Okay. It’s 1 hour. 1 hour. Okay. If you want to save 
money, rapid train. I think the express is the So, this one is 1 and a half hours compared to 1 
hour. 1 hour. Yeah. Faster and comfortable.   Okay. And the reserve you see to purchase the 
ticket at the this office. So, that down there down and the right side. Perfect. That sounds 
easy. Okay. Thank you very much for your help. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So in theory it 
sounds actually quite easy. But yeah,   I guess once we are in Tokyo at the main train 
station, I think that’s where it will get maybe a bit more complicated. But let’s do it step by 
step because then from there I have to figure   out how to get to my hotel which is in a different 
part of this town. But let’s do everything step by step and let’s figure out first how to get into 
Tokyo. Oh, first impression here of the people. Super helpful, friendly, polite. Like I didn’t 
even approach the lady, she approached me. So they also have like a very how do you say that 
in English? Like a proactive attitude of helping the arriving tourists here. Okay, here we are. 
Ah, there’s a big sign saying train left. What does it mean? There’s a lawson. So, do I have 
to go down first and then left or do I have   to go left here? I think I’m going left here. Oh, 
yeah. The the sign looks like a train, right? So, here we go. By the way, one word that you should 
learn when you arrive here is how to say politely thank you. So you can say aligato which uh in my 
understanding is like like a casual thanks but the more polite way to say thank you to someone 
is alato bay mazu which uh yeah you heard just how I used it. So I think they they value that 
a lot here if if you try to make the effort to to speak in their language even if you just learn 
two three words. It’s in my experience always like appreciated by the locals and I think that’s 
going to be especially here the case because   the the Japanese culture is a culture that values 
respect a lot. Respect and politeness. So I would highly recommend if you come here uh learn two 
three words and uh yeah this looks already like a big station here and this is just the airport 
station. So she said probably she means this one here. Watch your video. Oh really? Oh where you 
from? America. America. Oh, now you’re in the video. Take it easy, bro. Thank you very much for 
watching. Going back to America. Are you flying   back now? Yeah. Oh, I just arrived here. Oh, okay. 
Yeah, I’ve been here for 2 weeks. How did you like it? I love it. I’m coming back. Coming back. Yeah. 
Okay. I’m looking forward to it. Yeah. I think I watched your video going to Shanghai cuz I was 
planning to go to Shanghai. I was in Shanghai,   too. Yeah. Yeah. You know, the process and stuff. 
Then you went to Thailand. Thailand as well. And just been to the US as well. Okay. Yeah. What’s 
your name? My name is Max. Okay. Nice to meet you,   man. Yeah. Hope I see you around. Yeah. Have a 
good journey home. Oh, thank you. Okay. All right. Um, so Skyliner, maybe this is the the ticket for 
the for the airport train. Let’s have a look. Uh, I want to take the train from here to Tokyo 
station directly. Go to Tokyo station and then next door. The J the next one. Not here. Okay. 
Thank you. Okay. So, the ticket is not here. Need to go next door. Ah, JR. Hello. I would like 
to take the train from here to uh Tokyo station. Mhm. You can buy ticket here. Buy ticket here for 
the express train, right? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh,   I’m actually confused that they don’t have vending 
machines here. Isn’t Japan very famous for vending machines? And then you can’t buy train tickets on 
a vending machine. You actually have to speak to   someone here. Okay. And literally a minute later. 
And I do have a ticket. The cost for the express train into Tokyo was 3,70 yen. So very way cheaper 
than taking the Uber from here to the city. And he explained even that the train ride is going 
to take exactly 1 hour. And I think Japanese   trains are very punctual. So I’m pretty sure it 
will be exactly 1 hour. And I actually do think that you can also just uh use the vending machines 
here. Maybe as a tourist it’s easier to to go to   the counter over there. But there are also vending 
machines here. But the problem is the train leaves in a few minutes. So I’m a bit in a rush to find 
the right uh train station or the platform. Now I   need the airport terminal one station. Maybe here. 
Is this the train station? Yeah. Where you going? Tokyo trip number one. Number one. Okay, thank 
you. How does it work? Bring this. Oh, ticket is here. Okay. All right. Narita Express. Okay. I 
need to hurry a bit. Don’t want to miss this train because the next one is leaving in 30 minutes 
later. Okay. There are numbers here on the floor.   Car number 9 will stop here. Then car number eight 
will stop here. And I can see on my ticket that I am in car 8, seat 11A. And look at that. They 
even have signs here telling you do not rush onto the train. So yeah, everything seems to be 
uh like very orderly here. No rushing, like calm and in order, you know. So I’m curious to see how 
it will look like when the train actually arrives. Okay. And the train has arrived. Ah, the gates 
open like this. I was just uh curious about it. So let me leave first. Actually, I do think 
that we can’t enter the train now. I think uh first people go inside to clean the train 
and then we are allowed to enter. Somebody is   entering the train now. And I see I’m not sure 
can I enter now or no I can’t. So literally yeah during cleaning you can’t enter the train. I’ve 
never seen something like this in another country   before but they actually clean the train first 
before new passengers go onto the train. Okay. The name on the train is actually or the destination 
is Chinjuku which is a part of Tokyo. Now I’m a bit worried if it’s going to be the right train. 
this one. Oh, this is a different airport express   train cuz it doesn’t say Tokyo station on 
the train where I want to go. Tokyo station. Okay, thank you very much. Okay, so now we can 
enter the train and yeah, it looks uh perfectly clean now. Everything is cleaned and I’m looking 
for seat 11 A 11 A window seat right here. Okay, so you do have a space to leave your luggage 
up here. The seats are looking like this. Very   comfortable, very clean. So, I think it’s going 
to be a very easy journey into the city. And yeah, you even have a lot of leg space here. Even for 
someone like me, I’m 1 m 90 tall or 6’2 for my American viewers. Good amount of leg space. You 
can leave the small backpacks even here. And then place to uh put your drink. Actually, I I was 
I thought that drinking or eating inside the train would maybe not be allowed, but if you can 
leave the drink here, maybe drinking is allowed.   And then we have a table. Actually, quite a large 
one to be honest. You can hang your jacket here. Okay, good first impression. Ah, and here I can 
also see. So, we are here and Tokyo is here and then Chinjuku is the final station. So, one, 
two, I think the the third stop is where I need to get out. Then the first stop is just the other 
terminal here. Okay. And we left exactly on time. So, that is pretty nice when you’re coming from 
a country where the trains are very well known to   be not punctual at all. Unfortunately, 
that’s the case in Germany. And yeah, I actually read before that speaking loud on 
public transportation in Japan is something that   is seen as not polite. So that’s why I’m having 
my microphone now and basically whispering into it. But also the cart here is not pretty full. I’m 
pretty much the only one sitting here. And yeah,   to show you the journey on the map, if you have 
a look at the map, you can actually see that yes, the airport is quite far away from the city center 
of Tokyo. So keep that in mind if you do arrive   at this airport here in Tokyo. And something that 
I’ve also never experienced in a different country before. Before we left, like 1 minute before, 
there was an announcement saying something like, “Thank you very much for waiting. We will 
depart in about 1 minute.” So that is that   is pretty cool that they say thank you to 
us passengers for waiting. So once again, a very polite thing to do, I think. And overall, 
the announcements on the train are very clear. So no problem to understand them. And something that 
they also just did. So after we left the terminal,   we had to make a stop to let another train pass. 
And then there was an announcement explaining exactly what is happening. So sorry, we have to 
make a stop to let another plane pass. So yeah, I’m having really good first impressions here in 
Japan so far. And yeah, there’s also Rifa here   available. And there was an announcement that some 
of the cards also have a bathroom. Look at this. You can even unlock your suitcases here also. Very 
smart. And yeah, we have arrived. Here we are. Tokyo Central Station, which I assume is the 
biggest station of the country. And therefore, because this is the largest city in the world, 
probably also one of the biggest train stations   in the whole world. So, let’s see how easy it 
is to navigate through the station. And then, yeah, I have to find out how to get from 
here to my hotel, which is in a different   part of the city. And I’m very curious to 
see my hotel. It’s a robot hotel. Okay, there was an announcement on the train saying 
that we arrive at level five. So, that means   that there are probably at least five different 
levels. So, I just went one up already. I see a four up there. Maybe that means I’m on level four 
now. Is there anyone to ask here or a map to look   at? This is getting a bit confusing now. I also I 
think so this was a train ride. So, now I need to switch to metro which is maybe a different part of 
the whole station. Okay, we have different colors, different lines up there. You can also take a 
famous chinkan train from here. You know what?   Let me find an exit first. I’m actually also 
curious to uh go out and get a first glimpse of the city and then afterwards we figure out 
everything. Okay. Yeah, it is definitely getting   busy here. Look at that. And this is not even rush 
hour time, I think. Okay, exit. I’m looking for a sign that says exit. So, is this an exit or is 
this the entrance to maybe the metro line? Oh, wow. This is a bit overwhelming here. I do see a 
big eye information. Here we are. All right. Look at this confusing system of different trains. 
So many lines here. So we are here. Tokyo. Wow. They have so many different lines here. So many 
different colors. And you can basically reach the   whole area, the whole metro area of Tokyo with 
the different trains and metros here. But to be honest, this doesn’t help much. I don’t even 
know where the area is that my hotel is. I know roughly where on the map. Somewhere here. So maybe 
No, this is a different airport here. All right, let’s uh stick to the original plan. Find an exit 
first. Where’s the exit? I just want to get out of the station here. Just here. And then go up. 
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I just coming from the airport. Airport. You have a ticket from airport and Okay. 
Thank you. All right. So, this is indeed the exit, not the entrance to a metro station. So, yeah, you 
need to keep the ticket and then maybe here. Oh, this is the entrance. No, this is a station 
to tap it. This is not a car to tap. Oh,   maybe here. Oh, here we go. Okay, so taxi, bus, 
ticket. So many different lines. I’m a bit lost here. Exit. I I haven’t seen a single sign yet 
that says exit. Maybe I’m so deep inside the station that the exit is so far that there’s not 
even a sign here. Oh my god, look at look at the the different lines up there. Okay, this quite 
complicated just to find the exit here actually. I’m looking for the exit. Exit. Uh, get out of 
the station. Elevator. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. She was pointing to over there. To 
be honest, I don’t know yet how um much English is spoken here. Do most people understand English 
or is it like for example if you go to China not far from here there it’s basically zero English so 
almost nobody understands you which in my opinion is not a problem just something that you should 
be aware of but I had the impression that so far   everyone understood me okay it’s definitely less 
crowded here but I still don’t see an exit and I also still don’t see any signs for exit I think 
you should uh bring some time when you arrive here for the first time come on there must be a sign 
exit that Shinkansen exit. So maybe this is the exit to go out to the streets. Actually, I don’t 
think so. This doesn’t look like the exit of a train station. What is this? Okay, it’s definitely 
way less people here. I don’t think that’s a good sign because I would imagine that the exit of the 
train station is also the entrance and therefore   very busy with people constantly going in and out. 
So, I don’t think I’m right here. To be honest, this looks like a shopping mall. Now, we have 
some shops here. There was a Starbucks as well.   All right. Is this an information here? Yeah, 
we have restaurants here, different shops, international cuisine, cafes, food, bar, dining. 
Why am I suddenly in a shopping mall? I just want to get out of the metro station. How do I get 
out of the station? I just want to go out. What is this? A translator. Translate. I’m trying to 
leave the station. Exit up there. Up. Yes. Okay. one level up. Okay, thank you so much. Okay, I 
think she had a little translating device in her hand. I saw a similar devices before, for example, 
in China where it’s also very common that if somebody doesn’t speak English, for example, hotel 
staff or taxi drivers, they will get out. Usually,   it’s an app or a little device and then they they 
try to communicate with you using the device or the app. So, I think that maybe was something 
similar. All right, so one level up. It clearly   doesn’t look like a train or metro station anymore 
here, right? Not. Oh, I do see the daylight. And I do see an exit. Oh, wow. Finally. That was quite 
a journey just to get out of the station. And actually, yeah, I just want to get a first glimpse 
and then we have to go into the station again to   find out how I get to my hotel. But here we are. 
First impressions of Tokyo, Japan. Wow. I have no idea what area of the city this is. Makes uh like 
the impression of maybe like a financial district. I don’t know. could be completely wrong. That was 
just what was coming to my head right away. And I   want to give you one tip actually and then we 
head back into the station to try to find out how to get from here to my hotel. And yeah, as you 
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is a bit chilly here. When I planned the trip like   a week ago, I looked up the weather and it was 
like 30°. It’s definitely not the case now. Let me check. We have 22°. So, I didn’t even bring 
a jacket or a sweatshirt with me on this trip, so it is a bit chilly. And yeah, the building 
over there, I’m not sure what building that is,   but it looks like a old historic building. Very 
cool, actually. We have somebody with a cool motorbike on the traffic light here. Oh, okay. 
So, these are literally our first impressions. Welcome to the largest city in the world here on 
the channel. I’m happy to have you with me on this   journey. To be honest, I actually think that this 
building is the train station. So, I probably just went underground from there and then came out of 
that building. So, yeah, let’s head back in and then figure out how the metro system works. Okay, 
it says Maru Nucci central entrance. I’m still a bit confused whether this is a train station or a 
metro station. You are here and I need to go south from here or Ginsa. That’s actually the area in 
which my hotel is. So, we need to go to Ginsa. So, I think my hotel is somewhere in this area. Okay. 
So, you need a ticket to enter the station here. That means somewhere I need to buy a ticket. Maybe 
here. Passengers have a ticket such as Japan rail pass. Please use another entrance. This sounds 
like a train station entrance. I don’t think this   is the metro actually. English. Please insert 
your ID card in the train. I don’t know what an IC card is and I don’t have one. Okay, maybe 
not here. Okay, no staff around here. But yeah, I do think this is the train station entrance, 
not the metro station. Okay, different entrance this time. And here it looks much bigger. We 
have a service station here. Travel service center. So at least there’s somebody to ask here, 
I think. And then yeah, over there is the entrance   to the station again. And that’s where I need a 
ticket. This looks more like metro station vending machines. Let’s have a look. Maybe let’s check 
out the map first to actually see what’s the name of the station where I need to go to. So Shimu 
station. That’s the station around the area of my hotel here. Shimu. So, oh, this is confusing. 
Um, so I don’t think I can take a direct train. I need to change somewhere. Shinu Nichu. Okay, I 
need to remember the name. Shintu nichu. Oh, maybe here. This is for the Chinkan train. This is not 
a metro ticket. Probably buy a metro ticket. So, I think JR Jr. I think are trains. So, I think all 
of this is a train, not actually the metro. Okay, I need to to speak to someone. There were 
so many staff people around at the airport,   but here I haven’t seen any yet. Okay. Tourist 
information. Hello. Hello. I have a question. I’m looking for the metro. Metro? Yeah. This is 
the train station, right? Yeah. JR train station.   We are now. How do I find the metro? Metro is 
underground. Underground. Yeah, we are here. This is the JR. So, go out. Go out again. Here. Yeah. 
After the US stairs. The stairs. Okay. Staircase. Read the staircase. Go down. Uh-huh. after the B 
floor. M B1 floor. Okay. This is metro mark. This is the metro sign. Yeah. Okay. M line is Maro. 
Okay. So follow red circle. The circle. Go down to the left and then follow red circle. Not so 
far. Follow the red circle. Okay. Yeah. Sounds   easy. Maybe one or two minutes. Okay. Not so far. 
From Germany. Germany. Germany. Yes. You’ve been before. Okay. You Today is my first time in Japan. 
Really? I’m just coming from the airport. You look   so familiar. Oh, really? Maybe all Europeans look 
the same for you. Do you need any brochure or like I don’t think so. As long as I’m so I go out and 
then the stairs and then follow. Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. All right. So, when 
in doubt, just uh ask the local. So far, every local has been extremely helpful and friendly to 
me. So, that seems to be no problem in Japan. The problem is whenever people are explaining me 
directions, I’m struggling to remember them.   Maybe some of you are the same. So I really try to 
remember now. She said go out, take the stairs and then follow the M sign. We have the M sign as 
well. So you can also take the escalator here.   Okay. So yeah, once you know how it works, 
it sounds obvious, right? This is the train station. This is the metro station. But if you’re 
arriving here for the first time, you have no clue and that can be a bit confusing. So I know some 
of you will comment already know who. This was so   obvious why you don’t do any research in advance. 
I always have comments like this. But that’s how I like to travel. I always travel very spontaneous. 
I don’t pre-plan my trips. I just arrive and then figure out everything on the ground. So, metro 
line right here. Let’s figure this out. So, yeah, every time I I film these videos, there are always 
like two, three people in the comment section   who think they know it better and who comment 
something like this, but I know the majority of you is very positive and yeah, always comment 
something nice. And yeah, I really appreciate   all your your comments always. I’m always reading 
the comments. So, thank you very much to everyone leaving nice comments. And by the way, if you’re 
new here, feel free to subscribe to the channel   to follow the journey. I’m going to stay in Japan 
for a while. And I have some interesting things planned here. Okay, I do need a ticket to enter, 
but where do we have ticket vending machines? Oh, here we go. Yeah. So, the map that we saw earlier 
was then basically just a train map, I think. So, this is a different one. What did I say? What 
was my station name? Shinu, I think. I think we’re going from here to here and then we change 
to the gold line. to meet. Okay. Cat. I don’t have a card. What card do you want? How do I switch 
to English? International languages. English. All fair information will be displayed in English. 
Thank you very much. Purchase a ticket. Search by station name. Oh, I have to type the station 
name now. I forgot the name. Shin Shin something. Right. Wait, is it here? Shintu. Shinchu. Here we 
go. 100. Please insert money or a card if you need a receipt. Oh, looks like I can’t uh pay with tap 
here. Yeah, nowadays I just tap my phone to pay. Okay, good that I went to the ATM earlier. Please 
not change now. This is the ticket, I think. Okay, can I enter now? Here. Honestly, this ticket is 
so small. I don’t think it meant to go in here. Everyone is just tapping. Should I put this small 
ticket in here? Oh, yes, I should. Okay, here we go. Okay, I’m inside the station. That’s the first 
step. But I’m pretty sure I can’t go directly to where I want to go. So I need to figure out where 
to change the station. So where do I go now? This   side or that side? Ginsa. I think Ginsa is the 
area where my hotel is. So I think we’re just going into this train now and then we see what 
will happen. So you get very organized. Everyone waits until everyone is out of the train and then 
you enter. So here we are. So this is the golden line. I think we’re going to get out here. Okay, 
fingers crossed I’m on the right train. All right, and here we are. So now the question is I 
don’t even know if that was the right train,   the right direction, but uh I think the golden 
line is where I need to go onto. Okay, let me have a quick look on uh Google Maps. Maybe that’s 
somewhat helpful. Um okay, so I am in Ginsa now, which is good because that’s the area I need to 
go to. But this is not my final station. Okay, that’s just uh it’s already open. Okay, I don’t 
get a ticket back. Why do I don’t get a ticket back? Wasn’t that ticket to my final destination? 
So now I need to buy a new ticket then. I typed   in my final destination in the machine, right? So 
the ticket was to my final destination. Why did I just lose my ticket then? Or why did the machine 
keep it? So that means I need a new ticket then. This is getting a bit stressful and chaotic to 
be honest. this station, Ginsa, and I want to go Shinto. Okay. Why do I need to buy a new ticket 
now? Why did this machine keep my ticket? And where’s the line I need to go to? I’m looking for 
the golden line. Let me check again. So, the red   line. I need to find the golden line. Where’s the 
golden line? Is this the golden line? Maybe this is the golden one. Okay. Does this mean I need 
to go straight or does this mean go up there? That’s the question now. Chu. I need to keep 
repeating the name so I don’t forget it. Honestly, this station looks pretty cool. Like all these uh 
dark purple designs here. That’s pretty cool. But   somehow I have the feeling again that this is not 
right. I feel like I spent an hour already in the metro station. Maybe taking the taxi is indeed 
the faster way despite the long journey. Oh, maybe here line. Well, I feel like I’m walking 
in circles. So, I don’t need a ticket again. So, I really need to buy another ticket now even 
though I already had the ticket. Okay. And here   we are. Tokyo subway ticket. Let’s do that to 
English. Purchase a ticket. Enter the station. Here we go. See to meet you. Select the number. 
Want to go. That’s even more expensive than it   was before. Now that is crazy. Why is it getting 
more expensive? Even though I’m already closer to the station. Okay. And I have a ticket again. 
Got to watch as soon as we arrive at the area   where I want to end up. We’re trying to search 
for some food, but I could really go for a nice meal now. There we go. Ticket came out. Okay. 
Ginsa line. Ebia line. Not even 100% sure if that’s the right line I need to go on. And look at 
that. Everyone is standing on the left side. So,   everyone who wants to go faster can go on the 
right side. Okay, here we are. Suki Kitasu. I don’t see my station name. By the way, if anyone 
of you watching this is from Tokyo, let me know if   this is also confusing for you or only for me as a 
first-time here. We are here now. No, I don’t want to go to any of these stations. And I don’t want 
to go to any of these stations either. So, I think   I’m completely at the wrong place. I don’t see 
my station here, and I don’t see my station here. Okay, let’s go back up. And I need 
someone to speak to again. This is   confusing. I need some help. I want to go 
to Shin to meet you. Right. Ticket. Oh, okay. I go down there. Take the on the right. Down there. Right side. platform 6. Go to 
station. Station and then change. Uh nearest to nearest. Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. He 
said it right. Right. That’s where I’m just coming from to be honest. Maybe I need to uh to 
change again, but what I looked up earlier was   so we took the metro from the main station, one 
station, and then I had to change to another line, which I think is here. But maybe I’m uh at the 
wrong place. So I think I messed up somewhere   along the journey. Okay, I’m back here now. No 
idea. So according to Google Maps, I am already in Ginsa. My hotel is near this station, Shinu. 
So I basically just need to get from here to here, which should be the golden line, but I don’t see 
the golden line running where this dot is. So it’s not near me. So here’s the main station. And 
then we took one station to here. To be honest, I don’t know where my mistake was, but somewhere 
along this journey, I did make a mistake. You know   what? I’m just going to go into this train now 
because Tsukiji sounds also familiar. I think that area is also near my hotel. Okay, I think I 
have a solution. So, we have the Tsukiji station here which is here as well. So, this is the right 
train. So, it’s two station and then this station is very near the station I actually want 
to go to, Chinu. So, I think I’m just on a different line now, but I will end up in the 
same area hopefully. So, let’s do it like that. Okay, here we go again. So, 
two stations now in this train. Okay, here we are. Okay, the metro here 
is actually super super quiet. Yeah,   like I said earlier already, I read that 
it’s unpolite to talk loudly in the public transportations. So, that’s also why I didn’t 
really speak during the metro ride. Anyway,   I hope I am at the right station now. 
Why is the gate always open? But uh Okay, I’m leaving my ticket again. I’m losing my 
ticket again, I should say. So, let’s hope I   don’t need to buy another one. Smells like food. 
That’s exactly what I want now. I don’t know how long this section in the video was now, but I 
literally spent probably an hour inside the train at the metro station. That was very stressful, I 
have to say. But now, I’m very looking forward to get a proper meal and then check out the robot 
hotel. Okay, here we are. So, as far as I know, this area is called Ginsa, and it looks quiet. 
It’s also very peaceful and calm. I mean, this is the biggest city in the world. Doesn’t get any 
bigger than this. And you don’t hear any noises. Wow, that’s amazing. Was similar already in 
front of the the train station earlier. Wow, that is very impressive. Who would have thought 
that the biggest city in the world is literally so quiet? And as I’m saying that, it gets louder. 
Wow. Yeah, you can hear of course the traffic noise a bit, but uh I have seen way louder cities 
in the world. Way smaller and way louder cities. Very first impressions here now. Reminds me a bit 
about China. If you’ve seen my China videos here on the channel before, maybe you would agree with 
me. China is also very yeah quiet. Many of the cars there are electric. So the the noise level 
in the big cities even in huge cities like Beijing or Shanghai is very low and it actually seems to 
be very similar here as well. So that is a good first impression. Okay, so my goal is now to find 
something to drink. I’m also very thirsty and then find some proper food. We do have vending machines 
here. Japan is very famous for vending machines,   right? What are we having here? Coca-Cola 
Aquarios. Oh wow, that is a drink I remember from my time in Spain. I used to live in Spain for 
6 months in 2015, 10 years ago for an internship during my university time. And during that time, I 
always drank at Quarios. I think I’ve haven’t had this drink for 10 years. Wow. I need to buy that. 
I mean, you can also get tea here, green tea, black beans, and roasted green tea. I think these 
are coffees, water. All right. How much is there? 180 500 coins. I want to have this one. And there 
it is. I get my change. And here’s the drink. In case you don’t know, Aquarius, it’s very similar. 
Maybe you know Pocari sweat, like an isotonic   refreshing drink. It’s very similar. Yeah, it 
tastes almost exactly like pocari sweat. But wow, the the flavor reminds me immediately of uh my 
time in Spain 10 years ago. Oh my god, time flies. I would not have expected this drink here in Tokyo 
today. Do you know this feeling? Like sometimes   you’re eating specific food or you’re drinking 
specific drinks and it immediately reminds you of a certain time in your life or a certain place 
that you visited. Ah memories and yeah Tokyo itself has about 14 million people only and then 
the whole greater area has 37 million people which yeah makes it the the largest metropolan area in 
the world. So yeah arriving here literally means stepping foot inside the biggest city on earth. 
So yeah, definitely can be a bit overwhelming and as you saw, chaotic and stressful to figure 
everything out as a first- timer here, but these days are literally my favorite traveling days. 
Arriving in a new country for the very first time, I absolutely love that feeling every single time. 
Again, I don’t know if that’s only me or if you   can relate to this, but when you’re arriving 
somewhere for the first time, it’s always so exciting and everything is new and wow, and yeah, 
I absolutely love this feeling. Okay, look at this. So, I found a little side alley and maybe we 
can find some food here. Candied strawberries. Oh, I tried these before in China. Interesting. Oh, 
we have fish here. Oyster. You know what? I’m just going to uh enter one of the small side alleys 
here. Closed already. Where can I find some food? Some some place is still open. 7:30 of morning. 
Morning. Oh, okay. Today close. Okay. Thank you. Okay. She said it starts in the morning. Now 
we have a late afternoon already. And yeah, it   seems like many of the places here are closed, but 
I’m pretty sure it must be possible to still find some food here in the afternoon. But yeah, the 
thing is obviously I don’t see any English here,   which uh yeah, before some of you are commenting 
again, which of course I don’t expect that. I just mentioned it. What are you selling here? Like 
sushi or meat? Sushi bowl. Sushi bowl. Sushi   bowl. Old sushi. Do you also have the small 
sushi? Sushi? No. No, only the bowls. Yeah, bowl. You have skewers here as well. Barbecue. 
Barbecue. Hashimi only fish or you also have like meat? Meat? No meat? Only fish? Yeah, only fish. 
Oh, I would prefer some meat. But wait, I need to ask you something cuz uh there I have a problem. 
I need to tell you about that. But I think I’ve   never mentioned that on the channel before. But 
I’m actually allergic to MSG. I developed that allergy in the past one or two years. And yeah, 
MSG is basically used everywhere in Asia. So, it’s actually quite difficult to uh to eat 
without uh finding a place. Oh, do you use MSG? Do you know what I mean? No. Like the the white 
powder. Yeah, it’s similar like sauce. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? No. No. Yes. Because 
my stomach gets very bad if I eat it. So, I need to make sure that you don’t use it. Sauce. 
Yes. Only use sauce. Can I ask the chef again? The chef? Okay. It’s a good feeling to get rid 
of the backpack now. Okay. Yeah. I think I never mentioned it on the channel before, but 
I developed an allergy against uh MSG. Like in   the past one or two years it started like first 
I didn’t even know what’s the problem. I always had a bad stomach. Then I went to the doctor and 
he told me maybe it’s MSG that’s a big problem in   Asia. Sometimes people who stay in Asia for a 
while develop an allergy against it. And then I tried to keep an eye on not eating MSG and 
then my stomach got better. But the problem   is that basically all the countries in Asia 
use MSG as if it’s salt. They put it in all the foods and my stomach gets upset if I eat it. 
Okay, so I do have the menu in front of me here   now. And the good thing is there’s also even 
English translations. So we have minced tuna, squid, fatty tuna, abalone, sea urchin, and 
yeah, as the guy outside already explained, only fish here. I would actually prefer 
meat, but I’m actually also so hungry now,   and I’m curious to try fish here. It’s so popular 
here. Tea. Tea. Tea. I think you said tea. Can you do you understand this? No, you 
don’t understand or you don’t use it. Asking now about it. No, no, no. Okay, thank you 
very much. So, yeah, they call it Ainomoto here. I think that’s a local brand of MSG. So, I prefer 
the translation of uh saying, “Do you use MSG? I am allergic to it. Can I order something 
without?” Okay, I got a tea already. Also, cold tea. would have expected the tea to be 
hot to be honest. So this black or green tea   tastes almost like a mix of both black and green. 
Interesting. Okay, I think I’m going to order the tuna bowl. Fatty tuna for 990 yen. Can I have the 
fatty tuna? Is it with rice? Is fatty tuna better than regular tuna? Because I see regular tuna 
here, which is cheaper than the fatty tuna. Hi. Is this with rice? No rice. No rice. This is only 
sashimi. I would like to have tuna with rice. Tuna with rice. Only tuna. Only tuna would be good. 
Yeah. So these are just the fish and this is So this is tuna with rice. I would do it without 
rice. Yes. Okay. Then I will like this one,   please. Miso soup. No miso soup. No miso soup. 
Okay. I think I order it. A bowl with tuna and rice. Let’s see what I will get. Okay. So she 
wrote my order on the paper here and then it’s getting freshly prepared here in the kitchen right 
in front of you. Oh yeah, that looks delicious. I’m actually very excited and also very hungry now 
for this meal. Okay, literally a minute later and   he already handed me the bowl and gave me this. 
So I think once I’m finished, I take this over there to pay. Okay, so I do have a very delicious 
looking bowl in front of me now. I actually think that the tuna is basically raw. And I think I’ve 
never eaten raw tuna before. And let me get some chopsticks from here. So tuna is my favorite fish 
to eat. If you know me, then you know I’m not a huge fan of seafood usually, but tuna is actually 
a type of fish I really enjoy. For example,   I remember when I was in the Maldives, maybe you 
remember my video from there. There I eat really, really delicious tuna, the best tuna I ever ate. 
But there they grilled the tuna. So here it seems to be raw tuna. And I’m actually not sure if I 
will like that. And then yeah, underneath the tuna   there is rice. And then we have some seaweed here. 
I think sesame seeds. This one I’m not sure what this is. And I’m also not sure what this is. Maybe 
just onions. But yeah, let’s start by just trying   the tuna. Yeah, I think it’s raw tuna. It’s cold. 
Okay, the rice is not hot. Warm. I have to say the rice is extremely delicious. I really like the 
sesame seeds in between. They add a really nice   flavor to the rice. And this one, I don’t know 
what this is. Tastes a bit sour. Similar like lemongrass. Maybe this is lemongrass. Has a fresh 
kick to it. Really nice, actually. This one looks like a sponge. I also don’t know what this is. 
Could be egg. Maybe this is egg. Okay, let me grab one bite of everything like the tuna, this one 
which I think is lemongrass and the rice. It’s all together. One big bite. I think then I can taste 
all the different flavors at once. Let’s give it   a try. Yes, I do think that’s the right way to eat 
it. All the flavors combined in my mouth. That’s very delicious. Especially the combination of the 
fresh kick from the lemongrass, which I think is lemongrass, and then in combination with the tuna, 
that’s very good. Yeah. Yeah, to be honest, I’m   not a huge fan of just eating the tuna roll like 
this, but the combination of all of this together is very good. Let’s see how much I have to pay 
this price. 1,320. Yes. 2,000. I think I have uh 20. Which one is the right coin? That’s 300. 
300. Okay. Oh, so you Oh, then you don’t even need this. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. Have 
a good day. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. I think that was a good first meal for me here in 
Japan, but I’m not really full yet, so I need to   find something else. And also, the restaurant 
was extremely quiet. I do have the impression that Japan is a very quiet country. The roads are 
very quiet. The restaurant was very quiet. The metro trains are very quiet. So, maybe this is the 
quietest country in the world. Who knows? Okay, so what we’re going to do now is I’m trying to 
make my way towards my hotel now. And then let’s   see if I find something along the way that looks 
interesting to eat. And also it actually feels very good to be back in East Asia where the cities 
are clean, where I feel 100% safe even in the metro, even after sunset. Everything is modern. 
You don’t see trash. So East Asia is actually   one of my favorite parts in the world to travel 
to because of these reasons. Like for example, the the safety topic was a big topic on my channel 
recently when I filmed in the US because even though I really enjoyed traveling in the US and 
I will for sure return, I didn’t really feel 100% safe in the cities there. And when I mentioned 
that like there was some like some things going on in my comment section like some people didn’t 
agree with me saying that but that’s just how I   felt. And then in comparison to that whenever I’m 
in East Asia whether that’s uh mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea, I feel 100% 
safe walking around the cities taking public transportations also after the sun is down. And 
so far this is exactly also my impression here. I absolutely don’t worry about safety at all. And 
I think that really improves the travel experience and also the living experience if you would live 
here. If you can just feel 100% safe the whole time. And look at that. What is this building? 
This looks old historic. Interesting. And there’s a guard as well here. Maybe there’s a sign here 
explaining that. Do you know what this is? Seems   like it’s some sort of religious maybe a Buddhist. 
It looks at least like it’s it’s historic place. It looks old. Yeah. I have a closer look. Maybe 
I can find out. Thank you. Also, I see already a lot of foreigners around here, like uh western 
foreigners especially, which makes sense. Tokyo is one of the most visited cities in the world. 
So, obviously, probably in all parts of the city, you see tourists here and there and probably in 
some parts more than in others. But, uh what is   this building? So, I definitely can’t enter it. 
The big door is closed, but uh some people are taking pictures up there. What is this building? 
It looks very nice. I’m wondering what it is. Are you from Tokyo? Maybe. Tokyo. Yes. 
Okay. English. Oh, she speaks English. I’m just wondering what is this building because 
it looks very beautiful. Oh, yeah. Yeah. This is   a Buddhist temple. A temple. Yeah. This is 
Okay. Okay. Hongranji temple like a Indian building. A Buddhist. A Buddhist Buddhist temple. 
Okay. Okay. So, it is a mixture of western and eastern culture. Ah, mix of western and eastern 
culture. Okay. Yeah. When we go inside and temple itself is very Japanese, typical Japanese, but 
I cannot go inside. Yeah. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah, it’s close 400 p.m. 4 p.m. Oh, okay. Okay. So, 
how do you like it? It looks very beautiful. My first time in Japan. Really? Where are you from? 
I’m from Germany. Germany. Germany. Welcome to   Japan. Thank you so much. So, you’re here to take 
pictures? Yes. Yeah. And we are mono ladies today. Uh-huh. Okay. This is traditional outfit, right? 
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh. Oh, very nice. So,   can I take a picture with you? Sure. Sure. Yes, 
of course. We’ll take a picture together then. Yeah. Cool. I’m also I film a video for YouTube. 
YouTube? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I make a video about Tokyo today. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And now I’m trying to 
find my hotel somewhere here. Do you know the name of the hotel? Uh, no. I don’t know. But I will 
find it because I live in You live in this area. My hotel is with robot. Rob. Ah, I know. Ha hotel. 
Ha hotel. I think that’s the name. Yeah. So, you know the hotel with the robots? Yep. It’s 
very interesting. Okay. You also have a big camera here. She’s a photographer. Should we take a 
picture together? Oh, yeah. I want to take picture   with you. But I don’t look as nicely dressed as 
you are. Like I’m I’m feeling underdressed here. Okay. Let’s take a picture here. You do like this 
with the hands. Exactly. Thank you very much. Oh,   no problem. Thank you. Thank you. Have a nice 
day. Yeah. Thank you so much. I’m really having a good time so far in Japan. The people here are 
so friendly and welcoming. That’s very nice. Yeah,   it’s so nice. Okay, I try to find the robot 
hotel now. Do you know where it is? Go straight. Straight and straight and left over there. Okay. 
And do you know if there’s a 7-Eleven or Family Mart here? Oh, of course. The Family Mart is just 
over there. I guess I can show you. Oh, it’s okay.   You You don’t need to to to come with me. But we 
go over there. Oh, you go there anyway. Okay. Oh, the people here are so friendly. I love that. 
Really? Yeah. Japanese people are so polite and   friendly. Oh, thank you. That’s very nice. I just 
arrived here, but I like it already. Good first impressions of Japan here. Yay. Are you bow here? 
Like this? Okay. Oh, right over there. Okay. Okay. What’s your name? My name is Kumiko. Okay. Nice to 
meet you. Thank you so much for your help. Yeah.   I’ll follow you later. Okay. Goas. Okay. Bye-bye. 
Bye-bye. Okay. Oh, that was a lovely unexpected experience. And yeah, I was specifically asking 
for either a 7-Eleven or Family M because Yeah. Everyone who has been to Japan told me you must 
try 7-Eleven in Japan. It’s so amazing. And because I’m still a bit hungry, let’s have a look. 
There’s Family Mart here. So, I will have a look   inside that one. Okay, so Family Mart. Let’s have 
a look. Let’s see what items they have. Okay, we have a coffee machine here first. That’s the first 
thing I see. And then the second thing I see are   German Haribo Gold bear. Then it’s even written 
in German here, which means golden bears. And then lots of different snacks. plum flavor with 
seaweed seedless dried pickled plum or so many uh interesting things. And we also have chocolate 
here, crunched chocolate. I think this is also   very popular in Japan. Salted edamame snake, which 
I’ve never tried before, but I heard it’s very popular in Japan. So maybe that’s something I can 
try because I’ve never tried it before. And then you can find different types of nuts here. We have 
cheese fish cake, fish paste cake. Oh, we have pokei here. I really like pokei, but I’ve never 
seen this type of pokei before. Okay, some little   cookies here. I think matcha chocolate, although 
I think Latte is a Korean brand, not a Japanese brand. And then we have all types of drinks here, 
of course, as well, including green tea, which is   also very popular or famous here in Japan. You 
can get Red Bull energy drinks here. Then, oh, it goes on and on here. We have a sausages here, 
yogurts, pudding, pictures of sumo fighters here, also very iconic and popular in Japan. Little 
cheese spreads here. They are looking good as   well. basically like a hot dog here, arena, and 
all types of dishes that you can probably heat up somewhere here, like little wraps, some noodle 
dishes here, some baguettes as well, sandwiches, eggs. Okay, I want to try something I’ve never 
tried before. And I want to drink something   I’ve never drank before. So, let’s go with this 
one. Light salted Adam snack. And then what is this? I can’t read it obviously, but it is in 
the tea section. So, all of these is tea. So, I guess this is also tea. You know what? I’m 
not going to get my translator out to translate   it. I’m just going to try this. And you can also 
get some hot snacks here. Boneless fried chicken, spicy fried chicken, some meat skas here, chicken 
skin. Okay, I’m just going to buy these two. I don’t need a bag. I think I have five. Wait, 
10. Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. He gave me my change. I gave him a,000 bill and the price was 
300. Did Did he give me 700 change? I don’t know. I’m a bit confused. I feel like like of course 
he did it right. I’m just checking my pocket.   I don’t have any change. The only note I have 
in my pocket is another 1,000 note. Did he not give me my change? I can’t imagine he did that on 
purpose. Let me before I go in and ask him again, I want to make sure that I really don’t have it 
with me. No, I literally don’t have any change   in my pocket. All right, let me go back and ask. 
That’s a weird situation now cuz I can’t imagine that he did that on purpose. Let me ask him. 
Excuse me. Is it possible that you didn’t give   me my change? The change like the the price was 
300, right? Oh, so you you took 300? Yeah. Ah, okay. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Okay. Sorry. 
Yeah. Okay. I know what he did. Okay. It was my fault. I handed him the coins and uh the price 
was 305, right? And I gave him like a handful of coins and I thought he’s just going to take a five 
um yen coin. So I gave him a th00and plus uh five and then I thought I would get back 700 change. 
But actually he took three 100 yen coins. And that’s also why I still have the 1,000 note in my 
pocket because I actually took it back. Okay, that   was totally on me. My mistake. And yeah, I would 
have been very surprised if he just didn’t give me my change. That would have not make any sense. 
Anyway, here we are. So let’s uh try this drink. Yeah, I don’t want to translate it. I just want 
to try it more exciting. But first, let me try   this one. Adamei. Actually, I don’t really know 
what adami is. Isn’t Adam cheese? This looks like a beans. Okay. It’s small little uh pieces like 
this. It’s very um like there’s nothing inside. It’s very um how do you say that in English? 
Hollow inside. Like here, you know, if I crack it   open, there’s nothing inside. So, it’s very light 
and easy to eat. Very salty. But yeah, the the packaging literally say salted. Not a huge flavor 
to it, to be honest. Just a little light snack. Okay. And then let’s see what this is. I hope 
it’s tea because it was in the tea section. Let’s   try it. To be honest, I think it’s just black tea. 
Cold black tea without sugar. Yeah, I think that’s what it is. So, nothing too special. Just black 
tea in a plastic bottle. Unsweetened. At least it doesn’t taste sweet at all. Okay. And I think 
my hotel is literally around the corner here. So,   I think I made it almost. And then yeah, I’m very 
excited for this hotel. I really can’t imagine how it is to uh check into a hotel that is operated 
by robots. So, let’s have a look. By the way, look what I found. Chinto station. You remember that’s 
the station I was trying to end up, which would have been literally right next to my hotel. But 
yeah, somehow I messed that up. But in the end,   I still made it. And here it is, the Henna Hotel. 
So, let’s have a look. Here we are. Okay, so this is a bit weird. So, we literally don’t have humans 
here. We have only two robots sitting here. So,   they don’t seem to speak. I think I have to press 
everything myself here. Figure this out. Check in. Oh, now she’s speaking. Ah, and yeah, we do have 
a Halloween decoration here as well. Let me switch   it to English first. Check in name. Sorry, but 
we are unable to handle your transaction. Okay, can’t find my name. Okay, second try with these 
lovely ladies who are not very talkative. Check   in again. Uh, English. Check in by name. Sorry, 
can’t handle the transaction. How do you got that QR code? Uh, I got an email I think 3 days before 
the Uh-huh. He has a QR code on his phone to check any which I don’t have. And it’s like in check in 
my QR code here. Yeah. Thank you. The I need your reservation. Take your with some human help. I 
found my reservation. But yeah, theory, you should be able to check in here completely without any 
humans. Okay. I’m a resident outside of Japan. Now   I need to scan my passport. Total charges 100 yen. 
That’s just a tax. I’m going to pay with credit card. Okay. Pay with my credit card. Now it says 
issue on your room card. Oh, down here I have my room card. Okay. Oh, he’s even moving. Okay. This 
is so futuristic and weird. Oh, look at this. Oh, even like the mouth is even moving. Look at 
that. Welcome to Hotel. Maybe in a few years, in the near future, all hotels around the world 
will be like that. Actually, I think that is   very likely to happen. That is a bit scary, but 
I think I’m seeing the future here. Oh, okay. I’m having room number 912. Okay, here we go. And by 
the way, the room here costs quite exactly $100, which for Tokyo is on the lower end of prices. 
Many hotels here are quite expensive actually. So, let’s see what $100 a night gets you here in 
Tokyo, Japan, in a hotel operated by robots. So, I’m hoping there will be no robots on my room. 
Okay, let’s have a look. All right, actually, it feels very good now to put the backpack down 
to finally have arrived. What an arrival that was here in Tokyo. But, yeah, I have very good first 
impressions here. I really like how polite and   friendly all the people are. I can feel 100% safe 
walking around here. It’s clean. I’m also very excited to try the food here in the next days. 
So, I’m very happy to be in Japan. And yeah,   we’ll stay here for a while. There will be more 
videos from Japan. So, yeah, if you’re new here, feel free to subscribe to the channel to follow 
the journey. And now, let’s have a look at   the room. Let’s start with the bathroom here, I 
guess. So, uh yeah, it’s not this the biggest one, actually. It’s pretty tiny. So, we have a 
toilet right here. I think it’s a Japanese   heated toilet. Uh no, it’s not heated, but 
maybe you can switch it on here. So, these Japanese toilets are very well known to be fancy. 
Oh, yeah. seat temperature. So yeah, you can make the seat heated and then yeah, you can have uh 
yeah, spraying and [ __ ] and shower. So yeah, very fancy toilets here in Japan. A tiny sink, a 
little little bathtub, and uh the shower here as well. And then yeah, the room is like this. It’s a 
very small room actually, but I do actually have a   double bed here and then a TV. The TV is actually 
huge for the size of the room. Like in proportion, it looks quite huge. A little area to leave your 
things. And then unfortunately I don’t think I   have a view. Yeah, literally looking to another 
wall here. And then what is this here actually? Is this a wardrobe that is somehow electric? Ah, what 
is this? This looks like a fridge, but you hang your clothes in here. Is it cold? No, it’s not 
cold. What is this? I’ve never seen something like this before. If you know what this is, let me know 
in the comments because it it looks like a fridge,   but uh you are supposed to hang your clothes in 
here. Very interesting. Oh, steam clothing care system. So, I think you can let your clothes steam 
inside and then maybe that’s like uh like to iron the clothes, you know? So, if you put your suit 
in there, leave it overnight and then it will   look all even and good again. You know what I 
mean? Huh. Very fancy. Interesting. I’ve never seen anything like this. First look, it looks 
like a like a fridge, right? Actually, speaking   of fridge, do we have a fridge here? We do have a 
kettle here as well. Yes, there is a fridge here. Nothing inside though. A little safe. And this is 
a chair as well. Okay. Yeah, hotel prices in Tokyo are quite high. This is what you get here for $100 
a night in a very futuristic robot hotel. Okay, that was a very interesting and exciting day. And 
tomorrow I’m actually changing to another hotel   and I will also explore more of Tokyo. I’m very 
excited for that. But that is going to be in the next video. So stay tuned for that. And as soon 
as the next video is online, I will leave a link   to it right here. Stay healthy, stay positive, 
and then see you in the next episode. Cow guys.

Stressful and Chaotic Arrival In Tokyo, Japan – My First Time In Japan
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In this video I arrive in Japan and collect first impressions of Tokyo. After landing at Narita Airport, I finally arrive in Tokyo, Japan for the very first time. My goal in this video is simple: to reach my hotel in the city, but things quickly become more complicated than expected. In this video, I experience my first time in Japan and share my first impressions of Tokyo while trying to navigate the metro system, finding my way to the Henn Na Robot Hotel, and getting a first taste of Japanese food. Along the way, I get lost in the Tokyo subway, meet friendly locals who help me out, and start to discover what daily life in Tokyo really feels like. This Tokyo vlog shows both the excitement and the challenges of visiting Japan for the first time and explores the question many travelers have before coming here: is Tokyo worth visiting? Tokyo is one of the most visited cities in the world and it has always been my dream to travel Japan. So, now I am very happy to be finally in Tokyo for the first time.

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