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Video diary - Between videos in Sakai

Here is a brief Patreon-only video diary from Sakai, Japan. I shot an upcoming YouTube video during my wanderings today, and will do so tomorrow. Knees willing.

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2025-11-05 07:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Creepy or amusing? The rakan statues of Otagi

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/kZfiu_dW6Hw

This week's video is a bit shorter than usual. But it's about a subject that's especially unique and, well, weir...

2025-11-01 11:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Quirky roadside vending/game center stuck in 1982

This early link to the extended ad-free version of my Drive-in Daruma vintage vending machine video is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 41 minutes long and includes the early morning train r...

2025-11-01 01:46:16 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me playing the classic Space Invaders

Complete game (short as it is) from the retro Drive-in Daruma.

2025-11-01 01:44:21 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me playing Tetris (but not for long)

After eating vintage vending machine food, I thought I was ready for Tetris.

2025-11-01 01:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] My first Super Mario Bros game in years

Of course the Drive-in Daruma retro game center had this classic video game. And of course I played it.

2025-11-01 01:43:29 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me and the driving game Rave Racer

I'd never heard of this game but I tried it when I saw it at Drive-in Daruma. How did I do? Well...

2025-11-01 01:42:53 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me playing Lupin the Third pachinko (or possibly not)

Did I play this game? What even is it? I do not know.

2025-11-01 01:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me playing Grass Derby (like Japanese pinball)

A fun game of flipper-less pinball at a Japanese retro game center. (Two games, in fact!)

2025-11-01 01:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me murdering Galaga for nine minutes

The entire video of my Galaga game at Drive-in Daruma. Not bad eh!

2025-11-01 01:41:50 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] Me playing Fist of the North Star (slot machine)

I was a bit confused, but I think I mostly figured it out...?

2025-11-01 01:41:25 +0000 UTC View Post

[Raw footage] My entire Pac-Man game

Complete game footage of Pac-Man from the Drive-in Daruma retro game/vending machine center in Kyōto, Japan.

Several other complete videos of the games I played this day available in my 2025-11-01 01:40:23 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Toxic mountain village with Japan's last wolf

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/95VDbw2wma0

The prefecture of Nara, Japan is very mountainous and there aren't many people. The actual city of Nara is a big...

2025-10-25 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Creepy or amusing? The rakan statues of Otagi

This early link to next week's video is the extended ad-free version, exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 12 minutes long and includes the bus ride through Arashiyama to the temple.

Extended, ad-free vide...

2025-10-25 03:31:19 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Why locals love this ancient tree bridge

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/w0vcA6N7eCg

I found something unique and mostly unknown in a small town called Kaibara, Japan: an ancient tree 2025-10-18 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Toxic mountain village with Japan's last wolf

This early link to the extended ad-free version of next week's video is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 43 minutes long and includes exploring many more streets and paths in town, marking further bonus item...
2025-10-18 06:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] A train line, a river, a belly button - Kakogawa!

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/Ik5pg8nfTEk
Oh boy I've got a really good video for you this week, if I do say so myself. Another train line that turned out...
2025-10-11 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Why locals love this ancient tree bridge

This early link to the extended ad-free version of next week's video from Kaibara, Japan is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 30 minutes long and includes the story of Nagayamon gate from 1714, my impromptu g...
2025-10-11 05:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] A train line, a river, a belly button - Kakogawa!

This early link to the extended ad-free version is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 60 minutes long and includes extensive walks around both Yashirochō and Tanikawa, info about other stations, a look at the...
2025-10-04 11:01:58 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Live stream this week

This week's video is going to be a live stream here: https://youtube.com/live/ilJwO-1jftA
Of course it's not possible to find a time that suits eve...
2025-10-04 10:30:42 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Eerie night on the Rokkō Cable Car

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/PhLxHlWRaKQ
This week, yet another reminder that even when you think you know what to expect when visiting somewhere, things...
2025-09-27 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Notice: No early-access video this week

Hi!
Usually this is where the link to next week's video would be. But there isn't a link because there isn't a regular video; next week's video will be a live stream. (More info about that will be coming soon.)
I've been wanting to do ...
2025-09-27 08:04:42 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Eerie night on the Rokkō Cable Car

What a night! This early link to next week's video is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. This extended, ad-free version is 39 minutes long and includes the many train and bus mistakes I made gettin...
2025-09-20 11:05:59 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Why does Japan's cursed Meishō train still exist?

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/jhGEMHMIqI8
I've got a really fun train ride for you this week. It's from the Meishō Line, a rural JR line...
2025-09-20 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Why does Japan's cursed Meishō train still exist?

This early link to the extended ad-free version is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 54 minutes long and includes more from the stations, neighborhoods, and rural communities; the tale of a rare 16th century ...
2025-09-13 13:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Surprising stories at the old Ishizu tram stop

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/_Avh32e_0RY
Greetings once again from a central Japan that's finally, sort of, becoming perhaps slightly less hot and humid ...
2025-09-13 09:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Madness and magic on a ferry to Kōbe

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/77APYyLLvSc
Time for a nice relaxing ferry ride! At least, that's what I thought when I was leaving Takamatsu to return to �...
2025-09-06 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Surprising stories at the old Ishizu tram stop

This early link to the extended ad-free version is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 28 minutes long and includes the other side of the tracks: a warehouse full of beer, a reverse river, older streets as grun...
2025-09-06 02:32:19 +0000 UTC View Post

[Extended version] Madness and magic on a ferry to Kōbe

This early link to the extended ad-free version is exclusively for Travel Lovers, Travel Partners, and Travel Masters. It's 36 minutes long and includes lots more context and details about the amenities and features on board the Jumbo Ferry, tales...
2025-08-30 12:12:53 +0000 UTC View Post

[Newsletter] Tragic saga of the Kagawa Boat Gym

▶︎ Watch the new video → https://youtu.be/P9hhuO9Y1Hk
A bit of an unusual theme for this week's video – not a train or other transportation, but a close-up look at ...
2025-08-30 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

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