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A haunted tunnel with an underpowered flashlight, a fish that’ll quite literally leave you paralysed if poorly prepared, an unnerving 200 year old Mummy and a terrifying mascot culture brimming with nightmarish characters. Prepare to feel uncomfortable.

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I Stayed in Japan's BIGGEST Hot Spring VS. Abandoned Ghost Town Feat. @CDawgVA

Kyushu is home to Japan's largest hot spring town of Beppu. @CDawgVA and I head off across the island on a road trip from ghost towns and Wagyu, to the stunning Takachio Gorge and a bizarre love hotel....

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I SLEPT in Britain's Most Haunted Prison Vs. Church | Feat. @CDawgVA & @The Anime Man

Having left Japan for the first time in 3 years, I'm back in the UK sleeping in Britain's most haunted Prison & Church with @CDawgVA & @The Anime Man of Trash Taste fame. Wacky Weekend UK!...

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I Tried Japan's WORST Food (So You Don't Have To)

Japanese cuisine boasts the most delicious food on the planet. BUT there are spectacular exceptions. Continuing our Journey Across Japan, we find the worst food in Japan, stay in a log cabin and discover an incredibly creepy location. EPISODE 2 in ou...

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Inside an ABANDONED Japanese Love Hotel

Love hotels are big business in Japan. But not all stay open forever. As we begin our Journey Across Japan from Tokyo to Mount Fuji, we get lost in a quarry, stumble across an abandoned love hotel and taste Fish & Chip Pringles. EPISODE 1 in our bloc...

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I Stayed the Night in a Haunted Japanese Inn

In search of Japan's rarest Wagyu Beef, we end up staying the night in one of the country's most infamous haunted inns. ...

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Japan's 10 Most Nightmarish Creations Revealed

Japan's mascots are a masterclass in creativity and horror. And some are a lot more frightening than others. In this video we uncover 10 of the scariest creations found across the country....

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Inside Fukushima: What Happened After the Nuclear Disaster?

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster is unimaginable in scale. 8 years later in the midst of a $27bn decontamination effort, we explore inside the disaster zone and meet the locals to uncover the situation in Fukushima; past, present and future....

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I Ate Japan's Deadliest Dish | Poisonous Blowfish (Fugu)

Blowfish (Fugu) isn't a delicacy to be taken lightly, given that the poison within the fish can cause paralysis. Ryotaro and I travelled to Yamaguchi - Japan's home of Fugu - to see the dish being prepared and to taste it for the first time....

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Inside a Haunted Abandoned Japanese Tunnel

Japan is littered with eerie abandoned sites and in Day 5 of my cycle, Joey the Animeman challenges me to enter and explore one....

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Being Rudely Awoken by a North Korean Missile

North Korea fired a missile and woke up half of north Japan. I then complain about being woken up for about 3 minutes, as the wailing siren goes on and on....

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Staying on Japan's Most Mysterious Island | Sado

Sado Island: We travel out into the sea of Japan to the island of Sado for the weekend....

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Meeting a Japanese Mummy | Fukushima

We come face to face with Japan's best preserved Mummy....

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The Village in Japan Where they Believe Jesus Died

We visit a town in north Japan where the locals genuinely believe Jesus visited and was ultimately laid to rest....

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HAVING AN IDENTITY CRISIS at Japan's Deepest Lake

Hashtag retweet loads of fun....

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Japanese Thoughts on British Street Toilets

A Japanese friend was shocked to discover a street toilet in London. But would you (men) feel comfortable using it during the day? Are you a hero? *Warning* This video contains a fair bit of random and confusing swearing. (Subtitles in Japanese)....

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Japan's Rabbit Island: Cute Rabbits, Dark History

Japan's Rabbit Island in Hiroshima is absolutely covered in rabbits. But beneath the cuteness the island holds a surprising and dark secret....

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School bully insurance is a thing in Japan...

Chris gets super annoyed about digital rights algorithms, and we learn about a new kind of insurance…...

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Stalker in Japan uses worrying method to locate victim

Pete and Chris are back with another slice of AIJ: The Podcast, as Japan recovers from Typhoon Hagibis....

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Japan's best mascot

Pete and Chris begin the show with a hijacking, go on to talk about Mascots, and then the Olympics. A mixed bag! ...

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A real life Tokyo horror story…

On the one year anniversary of Natsuki the movie, Pete and Chris talk all things vending machines – and we find out what happened to the one that made pizzas… ...