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Heading north we realise that our van life adventure here in Japan isn’t going to be as easy as we thought
Travel vlog 600 | Filmed June 2023 | Japan | Country 36/197
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We’re Marianne & Chris, a happily married couple from the UK. Marianne is a living kidney donor to her best friend, and realising that life was for living and never really knowing what’s round the corner – we decided to fulfil our dream of travelling full time.
So in March 2018 after the kids had left home, we sold our belongings, rented our house and moved into our campervan called Trudy. We set off to see the world and after vanlifing around Ireland and Europe, we grabbed our backpacks and spent 5 months exploring Central America.
Feeling like we needed a challenge, we planned the ultimate van life adventure! In Jan 2020 set off to drive around the World from UK to UK. But after arriving in Turkey, covid caught up with us and closed the borders, so we had a wonderful 18 months exploring this special country. Realising we were not going to be able to head further East, we decided to do a handbrake turn and go the other way and shipped our van to the USA.
We hope you enjoy coming with us, and we’ll continue to share our real adventures and hope you feel inspire to step out of your comfort zone and try something new.
36 Comments
sorry i miss videos is this van Trudy?
If you gas tank has a bbq take off point you can back feed the gas system from a separate bottle. Just need the correct regulator. So if you have a 3 way fridge 12v while you drive and connect the bottle when your parked.
Love all the new stuff you notice and wonder about! That's the fun of traveling, to see the interesting stuff in every day life. Those metal fences at roadside: Snow and Wind Barriers. Retractable fences. In winter all this green area is snow and howling gales, so those fences are at windy spots to stop the snow drifting on the roads. The Propane Gas is interesting: in Japan basically used to power taxis (they have special gas stations for taxis), and the big tanks at the side of houses and shops in rural areas. Foreign vans imported into Japan usually have the gas conversion, though. Kids on crossings – yes! And kids are taught to cross with their hands in the air, too.
Looking forward to Hokkaido!
Just wondering, does Marian always do the driving?
24:24 Those are extendable wind blockers to reduce drifting snow in the winter. They are vertically extended to increase visibility of the drivers during snow storms.
They are common in the “snow country” regions of Japan, where you’ll find vertically mounted traffic lights, while the temperate parts of Japan install traffic lights horizontally (vertical — snow resistance; horizontal — wind/typhoon resistance)
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I just said "wow" not being able to get propane. That is something about Japan I learned from the video. This is an EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL you have here!👍👍Passing through little towns with almost no one around! That is something new to me. The little gas burner that you were shown on the video is about $ 16-29 because I wanted to buy one. I am planning to DRIVE my little SUV to North possibly going all the way West Virginia but I will take secondary arteries to see little towns and historical sites if I can. That is why I wanted to buy that little gas burner.
Have fun and thanks for the awesome videos.
Love from FT. Pierce Florida from everyone! 🇹🇷🇹🇷❤️❤️
Hello we have cross walk flags in places in the valley NS because it lets cars know well in advance that someone is crossing the street .
Fwiw ever Convenience store has Microwave and will WARM up those Bento boxes for free just ask the word is ATATAKAI = heat up onegaishimasu = request 😊
mary annes microphone is not working
June is Rainy season,not a good time to visit. I got stranded in Tokyo station when typhon rains stopped all trains 😢
Happy Sunday
Love the caption of your Japan adventure
100K – well done!
very nice to see. Beautiful. Enjoy
Very nice video
We've followed along on your travels over the years and are really, really enjoying these Japanese videos. Thank you!
So lovely, you guys are so amazing! My thoughts are that no matter where you go on this planet there is weather, scenery, people, food and shelter. Everything else is just little minor artistics. Love Love to you!
Thank you for your adventure. I would love to visit Japan. Maybe with youngest son as he can read if not speak a little japanese. Pronounceation very similar to Maori. Crossing in NZ you give way IE you stop! If someone is on the side of a marked zebra crossing !
Japan is on the move, moving and shaking! Now i know what an earthquake in a van looks like. 😅
The scenery is so lovely. I wish I was there. Thanks for showing us the rice paddies, bamboo, and topiary trees and cute houses and other wonders.
14:11 that’s kerosene. It’s used for heating in the winter.
23:29 that is correct. Kids hold the flag up when crossing to bring visibility to them.
24:34 those are snow fences that are put up in the winter.
What a lovely country ❤️. There are many new things to learn. Greetings from istanbul 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇧
We have a Campervan and live in Japan. We’re in Kyushu so if you’re ever down this way look us up
Yay, another fun trip in Japan! I'm thoroughly impressed with how nice and out of the way the campsite you found on iOverlander was! Definitley downloading that ASAP! Keep having fun on your Japan travels, and looking forward to the next videos!
I feel that eventually we are gonna have a Karate Kid 2 reference here
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I am wondering why you didn't keep the boxes for when you ship things back?
Loving the rice paddies…asia at it's best…safe travels
Congratulations on the 100k subscribers
You seem to be taking the earthquakes in your stride 👌I would be scared the ground opened up and swallowed me 🫣
Every country has their differences and yet again helpful locals to point you in the right direction 🫶
I love how clean Japan is 👏👏wish the people of the uk had the same attitude !!!
Even in the rain Japan looks lovely, we enjoyed the video guys ❤️
Hey Tread the globe…kiotsukete🎉
13:04 As some viewers have mentioned in the comments, that trash bin you damped the cardboard boxes is for locals in the area. We have a designated day of the week for different kind of trash. Cardboard boxes are recyclable and have a designated day of the week or month and a designated location for collection. Travelers should ask at the city hall (yakusho) where the trash collection point (gomi shusekisho) is. Some larger items, length of 30 cm or longer for my area, require a fee for collection. Cardboard boxes are free for collection.
23:25
Those flags use for protecting school children on the crosswalk.
Every morning in school days, adults (parents, policemen, etc) stand each side and use flags like traffic control, which shows the driver kids are crossing road.
awesome video all tha time to find propane only to find out you cannot use it. what a view from your park up, could have spent a few days there myself i noticed that the condition of the roads in japan are in better condition than in the uk. keep safe ☺
ダンボール捨てる場所は間違ってると思う。Google 翻訳は本当に当てにならないし、やっぱり地元の人は困る事が増えるんじゃないのかな。日本人でさえ知らない場所でダンボール捨てるなんて多分不可能。一番良いのは地元の人に聞く事なんだけどな。