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Hey everybody!

ONLY in JAPAN

Narrator: Peter von Gomm

This is Nihonbashi

which many consider to be the centre of Tokyo.

It’s a hub for many traditional businesses that have been

operating here for centuries.

A lot of international businesses and start-ups are located here too.

Welcome to Tokyo Station!

This is the ONLY in JAPAN Q&A episode

in 360

so help yourself and look around, you can

move your smart phone around or

if you’re using Google Cardboard or a VR headset

welcome to a brave new world!

Bold, big and beautiful!

So this is Tokyo Station where you pick up the Shinkansen

and the new Nihonbashi entrance which is pretty cool.

I’m going to take you over now to the other side

to the Marunouchi entrance which is

older and traditional

but they’ve renovated it so it’s quite interesting.

I’m going to keep this video moving.

That means I’m not going to try to stay in one spot.

You’ll get a chance to look at the city

and answer some of your questions

while you get a chance to look around

which I think is going to be pretty cool.

Look up!

The north and south Marunouchi ticket gates have

high beautiful ceilings.

The station opening in 1914

and its design is rumoured to have been based on

Amsetrdam Centraal Station.

This is one of my favorite places in all of the city.

This is the 7th floor of the (Shin) Maru Building

which is across the street from Tokyo Station.

You can see the Shinkansen and all the trains whizzing by.

It’s being renovated right now

and should be completed within the next year.

This side is Ginza.

Over there behind this building

you can probably see Tokyo Tower.

And behind us is the Imperial Palace

which is where the emperor lives

and it's flat and green and absolutely beautiful.

And at night, the view from here is spectacular!

I highly recommend coming to the 7th floor of the (Shin) Maru Building.

This is also an appropriate place to start

the questions and answer series.

With this question: Why did I start ONLY in JAPAN?

— and that happened right after the earthquake

on March 11, 2011.

A couple of months after the earthquake happened

tourism died here in this country

and that really broke my heart

because I had been living here for over 15 years at the time.

and know how incredible Japan is.

I just wanted to take what I was doing —

I was already reporting on an Internation TV station (NHK World) —

to take that reporting to another level

because YouTube is a platform that allows me the freedom

to do whatever I want

to go anywhere, to see anything

That’s really exciting to me, and I wanted to do that.

In 2012, I drew up the blueprints for ONLY in JAPAN

and in 2013, I launched the series in February

with the NAKED MAN FESTIVAL

which was a lot of fun.

In 2003 was

also a reason I decided to stay in Japan.

I hitchhiked the whole country from Wakkanai

on the top of Hokkaido to

Kagoshima, the very bottom of Kyushu — the whole country!

In the course of 1 month

and I made a movie about that.

and that experience

is why I stay in Japan

and is also a reason why I really love this country

because while I was hitchhiking

I was picked up by 20 people over the course of the month

who took me from place to place

and just the kindness, sincerety, and the hospitality of strangers —

in this country was so overwhelming to me

that I decided to stay in Japan

I had been in the country for 6 years at that time.

And after that, I said I’m going to stay.

So if you’re wondering why I came to Japan

I don’t even know the reason why, I guess it was curiosity.

The real question is why did I stay?

and I think it’s because this country

is absolutely beautiful. It’s safe.

The food is delicious.

I love being a foreigner

and being an expat.

People look at you different.

It’s sort of exciting in that way.

I feel that the best way I can help my own country in to —

bridge Japan to the rest of the world

not just American but —

other countries in Asia

and to tell the story of Japan

to tell you what’s happening in this country and

I really love that.

TOKYO STATION

I hopped on to the Yamanote line

and traveled to the next spot

The Harajuku/Omotesando area

This way, this way, over here.

So I had a little trouble asking my self these questions

-so I enlisted the help of my friend -Hello

We searched of a quiet place to do an interview

The trip took us to Harajuku's Takeshita Dori

where I learned about fashion in a previous episode

Passing Harajuku station, we walked to Yoyogi Park

and settled in on a bench by the pond

Question and answer in the park

Q&A in the park

Welcome to Yoyogi Park in the center of Tokyo

I take in all the top comments,

and given to Angela over here

who's going to be asking me

these intimate and personal questions

because I can't ask myself. I need someone to ask me

Alright, go ahead

Get this over with

So question 1, from....Wo.....

-What...Wo..? -Oh, Wyatt, Wyatt

Wyatt! Wyat Walker

Why do you like Japan so much

I like Japan because I've been here 18 years

and it's part of who I am now. It's my home

True I see Japan and US both being my home,

but right now I think I'm more..

connected with Japan

But why? Why do you like it?

WHY? Um...

It's so easy to live here. It's so much fun

It's so interesting every day

The food, the people

The fact that I get to speak in a foreign language,

The fact that I'm very different here

People look at me funny sometimes,

Maybe the way I'm dressed, or the way I walk

or whatever

-The way you walk! -I don't know! It's just...

really interesting to live as an expat in another country

and why not Japan

Next question from Konan Kun

What is your ethnicity?

Yeah, this one got asked a lot of me

Um, I'm American. 100% American.

Yeah, my mother is originally from India.

She's born in Mumbai.

My father is American, but his background is German-English.

I think there is Polish, and some New Zealand in the family.

Oh really?

So, I'm mixed.

-International -Internationally Me...

-Internationally You.. -That's her name.

Ok, Konan Kun also asked...

Do you live in Japan?

Yes, yes ...

A lot of people ask me, "Do you live in Japan?"

Yes, I've lived in Japan for ...

18 years. Since 1998.

Once I left Japan for six months

and I came back

and I've been here ever since.

This is my home.

That's an interesting question.

Yes -- we have ...

This is a hard name. Yes-we-Hado-ken

Who is best girl?

Oh, I saw this one! Who is best girl!?

Got 17 likes. Wow!

I don't even know what that means, um ...

best girl

I'm not married.

I'm single.

I'm straight.

-Really? -Yes

What? What does that mean?

I'm joking.

Yeah....yeah...

Denny Lee asked

Can you show us behind the scenes of ONLY in JAPAN?

That's really good. Um ... ok!

So I got this 360 camera about a month ago

and I'm going to be using this

on location shoots just putting it on the side

and creating 360 videos

which will be behind the scenes

and this will be really behind the scenes because

It will open up the world in front of the camera and behind it

and I've created a channel "ONLY in JAPAN 360"

which you will be able to see a lot of 360 content

I'm separating the two because if you don't have goggles,

If you don't have Google Cardboard,

this format can be a little annoying

well you can just press the button, press the arrows on the screen

Yeah, you can do that but it's still annoying

You're always flipping around,

If you say something, you have to go back

to the person to see them again

or you're in a cafe watching like this

and that can be a little strange for people to do

so I think it's good to have a seperate channel

Let's take a break and head to Hachiko Scramble nearby

Here are the top episodes in terms of views of the channel

Thank you all for making these shows popular

Now in the center of the intersection,

a short fan submitted video from Mobile, Alabama

in the USA

We love ONLY in JAPAN

My favorite episode is probably the Spochan one

'cause I like to sword fight

and we have some light sabers,

and I like how you mentioned the

the double sided spochan sword

that looked like the Darth Maul saber

I like your videos a lot. My favorite one was the Gachapon

I really want to do a lot of them when we come up to Japan

I like the strawberry episode because it has strawberries

They are my favorite fruit

I love the ice cream episode because it has ice cream in it

It's my favorite desert

Thank you John for making ONLY in JAPAN

Mata ne~

Mata ne~

Rowland family, thank you very much!

Back to the park for some more Q&A.

I talked about show's frequency,

and why I make only two a month.

I think this channel ONLYinJAPAN is going to

right now it's only twice a month

I try to get it out the 1st and the 3rd Thursday.

Sometimes it's a little later, sometimes it's even earlier

but anything more than twice a month is a challenge.

-Because I'm on locations and -- -Hahaha

You know what I mean! We make these videos..

Most YouTube creators, we don't have a camera man

and audio guys and editors,

and producers above us and

people telling us what to do.

We go on location. There was one in Kagoshima --

a volcanic sand bath.

I went to Kagoshima by myself

I set up three cameras on tripods all around

The manager of the place was controlling the camera as a favor

and that's how I operated and I had to move quickly