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Why NOT to Buy a Traditional Japanese House - 6 Reasons to Avoid

Accommodation  Japanese Tradition  Hidden Japan  Travel   Many dream of renovating a traditional Japanese house. But the reality is renovating a Japanese home is far more difficult than most buyers realise. Here's 6 reasons NOT to do it.

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What $200 Gets You in Tokyo - Micro-Apartment Tour

We go inside 3 Tokyo apartments under 35m2 to see how small a Japanese apartment can get....

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Inside Japan's Most BRUTAL Prison

As we reach Japan's most northern point we explore Abashiri prison and hear how one man escaped it, ride an incredible ice breaker ship and go fishing for lunch. ...

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I Survived 24 Hours in Japan's COLDEST Town

Japan's coldest town is in an isolated mountain range in central Hokkaido. We venture to the frozen Lake Akan in search of the town, explore an Ainu village and witness an epic rap battle in the snow. ...

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Riding Japan’s Most LUXURIOUS Steam Train FIRST Class in Hokkaido

Hokkaido is home to Japan's most luxurious and rarest steam train, the winter express. Only in operation several weeks of the year, we bag ourselves tickets as we continue our journey across Japan. ...

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I Stayed at Japan's BIGGEST Ice Village | -20°C in Hokkaido

I Stayed at Japan's BIGGEST Ice Village | -20°C in Hokkaido ...

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How Expensive is Japanese Food Really? | Budget Travel Tips

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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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Why I Left Japan for Christmas

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I Cycled 750km Across Japan in a Week | Ft. @CDawgVA

Connor and I set off on a 750km cycle across Hokkaido in our Wackiest Weekend yet, as we battle for 8 days straight from Japan's most northern point (Wakkanai) to the city of Hakodate in the south....

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How My Okinawa Trip Went HORRIBLY Wrong | 48 Hours in Japan's Paradise

Ishigaki island is Japan's ultimate tropical paradise. In the final episode of Journey Across Japan: Escape to paradise, we explore it by land, sea and air in numerous hellish ways....

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Japan's WORST Tourist Scam Explained | $6,000 Lost in a Day

Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. But even then it's not free from scams. We explore two of the worst....