A first-person YouTube vlog by Nate Buchanan describing a day in Tokyo. The video opens with a morning coffee moment (they ran out of powdered coffee and later get latte macchiatos), covers planning travel logistics (their Airbnb covered the first five of seven nights), then documents a visit to Odaiba — noted as a man-made island with tech exhibits and a ramen-themed food court (the ramen park was closed during this visit but they still ate ramen). The vlog ends with arcade gameplay and lighthearted competition between Nate and his companion Kara.
Questions this video answers
Seven nights.
Five nights (the Airbnb was only available for the first five nights).
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We ran out of our powdered coffee this morning. Kara's not really into the whole vlogging thing before she has coffee.
Stop. Quit.
Latte macchiato. Latte macchiato.
Oh, so much happier now.
Okay, so we haven't done much at all today, but it's been nice. No, it's 2pm We've been planning what we're going to do today and also where we're going to stay the next two nights. Because our Airbnb was only available for the first five nights of our seven nights here in Tokyo.
Now we're gonna have an exciting night at Odaiba. Some kind of man made island. It used to be for protection. And then they just, I don't know, turned it into this big techie place. And Toyota's supposed to have some really cool exhibit. There's supposed to be a food court where you can try ramen from all over Japan. We read this blog about a ramen theme park where you can try all different kinds of ramen.
This is what the entrance is supposed to like.
And this is what it looks like right now.
We trekked all the way across across Tokyo for it, and we finally found it. Who would eat a Red Lobster in Tokyo?
Which one did you want?
Even though the ramen theme park was closed, this was pretty good. Obviously.
All right, Nate's gonna test his skill.
Where is Must be harder up close.
Other guy got one. You're not very. All right. Kara's gotta be 85.
This is so hard. It must be easier from further away.
Oh, my go gosh. We tied. It looked like you were doing terrible.
Kara. You've tied or beaten me in two video games. How are you feeling about this? I think I'm gonna continue my winning stream.
Well, had a pretty fatal crash during the beginning of the race. That's my excuse. Look at the sky.
We was that game like Guitar Hero, except with drums. Oh, neat. I'm going to be terrible at this.
He's getting serious.
We got a good 20 seconds out of that dollar. Watch and learn.
