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FAQ:
Where are you from? Are you Japanese?
– I am Swedish.
For how long have you lived in Japan?
– I came to Japan in 2008.
Why did you move to Japan?
– I was interested in Japan since I was a child, largely thanks to growing up playing a lot of (Japanese) videogames as well as a brief interest in anime during my teenage years. When I finally came here for the first time I felt that it was a really nice and interesting country, and I decided to do what I could to move here permanently.
How did you get a visa to Japan?
– It’s complicated and my case is quite different from most, as I’ve always been self-employed. But basically, as long as you can show the immigration authorities that you have a stable income, there’s usually a way. Personally, I was here on journalist visas until a few years ago when I got married. Now I have a spouse visa.
Do you work in Japan?
– Yes, I’m a photographer. Currently, most of my work is related to tourism and travel in Japan, but I also do portrait photography as well as documentary work. I used to write news stories and articles about Japan as well, mostly for newspapers in Sweden, but for the last 3-4 years, my work has been almost exclusively about photography. Sometimes I appear on TV too.
What camera do you use?
– My live walks are recorded with my phone, a Samsung S21 ultra, mounted on a DJI OM4 Gimbal. 4K videos are mostly shot with an iPhone 12 Pro Max. For my “real work”, I mostly use a Nikon Z7, but I also have a Z6, Fujifilm X-T3, Leica Q and Ricoh GR III that comes with me from time to time.
What advice would you give to someone wanting to move to Japan?
– Study, learn a skill that’s in demand in Japan. There are plenty of available jobs here. Some knowledge of the Japanese language would also help a lot, not just to get you a job, but also so that you can actually enjoy life while living here as well.
How did you learn Japanese?
– I went to language school in Tokyo for one year in 2010-2011. After that, I’ve also taken some online courses and studied on my own.
How many languages do you speak?
– Swedish, English and Japanese reasonably well, and also a bit of German, as I lived there before coming to Japan.
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25 Comments
Hello TE, thank you so much
amazing long walk,busy day,every video you present,I learn more about Japan
Love this channel!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻And yes me and fiancé are both subscribed!! 😃
Funny thing is I am partial to late afternoon, evening walks but sadly my time zone doesn't cooperate. Plus I have been dealing with the after effects of the vaccine, so I missed the other one too. Feeling much better and enjoying the replay while working out. Hope to join live on the next one!
Great walk! Nice areas, enjoyable as always.
Have a safe trip to Your house country there are some 👍 YouTube videos on it including 4K . Racial comments should be banned including other social media places in. I know I said this before your in 🇯🇵 and those negative people are across a big ocean 🌊. People can find realtors in Japan 🇯🇵 on the web depending who you have for WiFi saw some homes going for $700k to over a Million $$$ including in Kyoto. Glad you’re doing different parts of the neighborhood to . Do like the night walking a little better cooler depending on the weather at night. 👍🏍🍺🇯🇵
Much better to watch your interactive videos… more fun!
A WALK TO REMAMBER a name of a move but your certainly a walk that will be on your memory.
Wow, this turned into an epic walk! Glad I was able to join live for a short while at the start. Just finished catching up on the whole replay, loved it. Lots of great sights and the chat seemed pretty good too. Arigatou gozaimasu 😊🙏🏻
As promised I came back to watch the sweet find of German cake shop. What a lovely encounter. ☺️ thanks for the socializing on Sunday with you and the chat. Always welcomed in my room hahaha …
Hey Mr. TE, I can tell you really enjoyed being here the entire time, and really brought back some great memories from years back. Well, except for the exes lol. Important part was we can tell that you were having a ton of fun in Shimokitazawa, and I really do appreciate how much youo were trying to share that love of this area to us!
Missed your live but still cool video to watch while working on my code 😉
Whoa! That was quite a walk! You deserve a yummy and comforting dinner…with an extra beer, of course!
Hello TE. At 0:58:00 mark, you bought coffee. Maybe I didn't catch it, but did you know that the hotel is situated on top of the Odakyu Line? Just wondering if you knew that. See ya.
wow 70000 Yen. so expensive. That's 30000Php, where you can rent 1-3 bedroom condos within the metro
thanks for sharing your feelings and experience in living there in Japan and other countries. That's a nice perspective to know. Japan is my dream country, but I know I won't be able to work in there with kind of strict work culture. LOL
I love the moment this walk starts to turn into a grand nostalgia house tour. TE, thank you for being such a honest person. You really enjoyed yourself and it shows in the way you spoke the entire journey.
I watched this video over the course of four days and even though it was a bit fragmented for me, it was still a captivating experience. Great stuff. Hope there will be many more like this.
@2:57:50 I am the guy who told you that I have an apartment near Central park on 十二社通り across 青梅街道 ^_^ Studio (20-30 sq. meter) there usually goes for at least 300-400k USD. There are also older apartments (>30, 40 years old) but I would say it is hard to find these days. The whole area around Central park especially on 十二社通り has been under re-development for the last 10-15 years. A few years ago, the rule of thumb was 100k USD /10sq meter but I don't know if this is true anymore. It could be more expensive these days.
How can we find out where you are walking, like on a map? I’d love to visit some of the little walkways you take us on
Oh yeah.
It is very nice walking in a good day. Really nice to see the people activities,
and different kind of shops, and restaurants. Good share my friend
Very very surprisingly you lived in the share house which is about 20-second walk from my old home in Sasazuka where I lived from 1961 to 1994.
The scenery of the back street in front of your old share house was changed completely because the people I knew back then should be more than 90 years old. So, their children owned houses now or new people came in to dwell there.
3 hours, May expect loss weight effect
It's wonderful 👍✨amazing 💗💗💕💖✨✨❄️Have a good week my friend. 💕
Thank you for showing us what it is really like in everyday Tokyo!