The Farmer That Lives in the Middle of Tokyo Narita Airport

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  • @Smirnaffskiy
    @Smirnaffskiy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4536

    As a Russian, I'm surprised that farm standing against the government wasn't completely burnt down by a mysterious wildfire that absolutely no one knows how happened. That would be a terrible coincidence

    • @ethanl.1699
      @ethanl.1699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +373

      A wildfire inside a fucking airport seems pretty wild for sure lol

    • @campkira
      @campkira 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      it a small farm... and the airport firefigher would be faster deal with them...

    • @Smirnaffskiy
      @Smirnaffskiy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +427

      @@campkira you didn't get the point, did you?

    • @chac66
      @chac66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      As an Estonian, i can understand what you mean. But i say - Russia will be considered as country of Third World as long as they do not honor rights of simple people. It is about growing from kind of Nigeria or Ethiopia to normal European civilized society.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @Pouty MacPotatohead In Russia, point gets to you.

  • @d-fan
    @d-fan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2145

    HAI: shoehorns airplanes into videos about other things
    Takao Shito: shoehorns a farm into HAI videos about airplanes

    • @ailivac
      @ailivac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      also HAI: shoehorns a Les Mis reference into a video about an airport

    • @economicsinaction
      @economicsinaction 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Perfectly balanced

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have two hot TH-camr girlfriends and I am the best TH-camr ever and YOUR savior. Good bye dear eavid

    • @h-hhh
      @h-hhh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AxxLAfriku lol

    • @whafflete6721
      @whafflete6721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AxxL let me get this straight,you made a comment without mentioning my genius reply about the audio in the OSP podcast annoucement? I’m not even a professional yet I got two ears! If you want to learn more,go to Overly Sarcastic Production and checkout their videos!
      (And if u by chance find my comment,You’ll see why I decided to type it in this format)

  • @barisgurel11
    @barisgurel11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2341

    Narita has also another weird thing in the middle of the airport: A temple. Toho-jinja is right in the middle of the airport, open for visits. It's at the tip of the runway 34R. Runway is also shorter than the other runway because of the temple.

    • @brownerjerry174
      @brownerjerry174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Anyone who wanna see that on maps,,,search this...
      東峰神社-Toho Shrine

    • @Milnoc
      @Milnoc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      That's not really weird. Japan has temples and shrines all over the place. You can even find them inside high traffic areas, tourist destinations, train stations and even airports.

    • @Eli-gn6dr
      @Eli-gn6dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      @@Milnoc not weird for Japan, but weird for airports.

    • @siwanli5440
      @siwanli5440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Shrine, not a temple

    • @shuoming7494
      @shuoming7494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I also found houses at Narita Airport on Google Earth, don't know their use or whether there are people living inside.

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1058

    "It was in the middle of the ocean so there wasn't much room to make it bigger".
    **Laughs in Dutch**

    • @AlRoderick
      @AlRoderick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Funny thing, subsequent Japanese airports are built on reclaimed land, and I can't help but think that this debacle was one of the motivations why. It can be closer to the city center if we build it in the bay, and no one is currently farming on it cause it's not there yet.

    • @Luxalpa
      @Luxalpa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@AlRoderick Also Haneda Airport itself got a new runway via land reclamation in 2010.

    • @milomhoek
      @milomhoek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Luxalpa And isn't domestic only anymore

    • @Someone-cd7yi
      @Someone-cd7yi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AlRoderick Might piss off some fish though, you don't want to get them angry.

    • @scoobiusmaximus9508
      @scoobiusmaximus9508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @tconlon251 Fun fact, all of those places are nicer to travel to than LaGuardia!

  • @vasundhra4086
    @vasundhra4086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1433

    "This video is sponsored by backblaze"
    *SKILLSHARE IS SHAKING*

    • @James-un8io
      @James-un8io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thekuygerian why do I keep seeing you in new comments?

    • @jakenolan2572
      @jakenolan2572 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Download it and forget it they said

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There was a video during this commercial?

    • @therealruskiguy2583
      @therealruskiguy2583 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Comment something relatable kid otherwise don’t

    • @pashauzan
      @pashauzan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thekuygerian Hunter Peterson

  • @12kenbutsuri
    @12kenbutsuri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1739

    The history is much darker and deeper. I grew up in Yachimata, near by city of Narita. The original plan was to build an airport there, but there were protests so bad by farmers, people started dying, so they had to move the construction to Narita. There were farmer terrorists up to like 10 years ago trying to bomb the airport and airplanes (with people in) after the construction, and had to have security gaurds surrounding the airport for decades. The Japanese government still holds grudge against Yachimata after more than half century, no company in Yachimata is allowed to operate for the airport, and no direct tain is accessible to the airport.

    • @Rynewulf
      @Rynewulf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @mPky1 that's the planet. Humans are naturally slavish: see every genocidal dictatorship ever, they get all the help and obedience they could ever want, and almost never get overthrown and instead fall apart from competition from other leaders. The average person is depressingly so

    • @bigbraintime5361
      @bigbraintime5361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      You guys are actually supporting FARMER TERRORISTS. Do you even hear yourselves?

    • @ruruwardragons4710
      @ruruwardragons4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Big Brain Time it was the farmers land so I’d support them defending their rights, but trying to bomb a F-ing airport is too much

    • @Hero-to6bv
      @Hero-to6bv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ruruwardragons4710 They actually bought the farm after the airport plan came out

    • @johncarlofernando1705
      @johncarlofernando1705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      bro stop trying to defend these idiots. bombing an airport is too much, Big Brain Time is correct. STFU everyone

  • @willy_dot
    @willy_dot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +702

    In Britain some where in between Leeds and Manchester, British man: "I live in between highways". Japanese man: "Hold my Sake" - lives in the middle of an international airport

    • @leonleon2021
      @leonleon2021 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      so underrated.

    • @djstudios6594
      @djstudios6594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeh have you seen that house

    • @TheZombieSlayerWave
      @TheZombieSlayerWave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      it's on the m62 near to Huddersfield

    • @fireburst1760
      @fireburst1760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *Motorways

    • @MuchWhittering
      @MuchWhittering 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A British person wouldn't call them highways.

  • @keithmaxon9510
    @keithmaxon9510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3045

    You missed the best part of this story. When the new runway opened, I took a flight from LAX to Narita (not the best part) and upon taxi back to the terminal I saw a sign that said "Fuck Narita Airport" that he had posted. I believe it is still there. It is visible in your footage at 4:43

    • @TaiyoN
      @TaiyoN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +558

      Underneath it says 成田空港絶対反対!(Absolutely Against Narita Airport!), but the English message is more powerful

    • @CSLucasEpic
      @CSLucasEpic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      @@TaiyoN Well, is there a Japanese word equivalent of "Fuck"?

    • @RaihanHafizhh
      @RaihanHafizhh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      nah it says Down with Narita Airport

    • @amtraktrains5627
      @amtraktrains5627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Where is it?

    • @TheGamingAlong
      @TheGamingAlong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@CSLucasEpic I think there is almost no curse word in Japanese.

  • @airwick4u
    @airwick4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    In the end, an intl terminal was built at Haneda in 2010 so intl traffic is split between the two airports again

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Haneda never stopped taking international flights. Just that the international flights permitted after Narita opened until Haneda started expanding into Tokyo Bay were limited to "scheduled charter" flights limited in distance to the longest domestic flight. So only covering Korea, and parts of north east China.

    • @hamanakohamaneko7028
      @hamanakohamaneko7028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah but still mostly domestic flights. Only huge airports have flights to Haneda, therefore I never used it. If I go domestic I prefer trains.

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@hamanakohamaneko7028 Think Haneda's international terminal focuses more on red-eye flights, to reduce competition with Narita, & also because the latter doesn't have 24/7 operation. My mother heard it was due to security concerns at Narita given the angry farmers there, and as a result Narita's authorities insist on having the airport closed during late night periods

  • @quintenpoppinga9876
    @quintenpoppinga9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    “Known worldwide for being one of the places where those big metal things go nnneeaoowww” is the most informative thing ever said on hai/wendover

    • @ExieNguyen
      @ExieNguyen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, an accurate definition of an airport, perfect

  • @joepickford6219
    @joepickford6219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    I never realised how prominent “Yo!” was in the Japanese language.

    • @TPixelAdventures
      @TPixelAdventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      tok
      tok tok tok tok tok tok
      tok tok tok
      toktoktoktoktok........
      YOOOOOooOOOOO~!

    • @vorxer
      @vorxer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      th-cam.com/video/VKMw2it8dQY/w-d-xo.html

    • @Kangaroos_News
      @Kangaroos_News 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Funnily enough, in Kanto ( the area around Tokyo ), yo is often used at the end of sentences. If the show was about Kansai ( the area around Osaka ), it wouldn't work. It's an East West thing yo :D

    • @CODMarioWarfare
      @CODMarioWarfare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Actually I do think that “Yo” as a greeting made its way into the Japanese lexicon

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CODMarioWarfare Yo.

  • @alexwolfeboy
    @alexwolfeboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    Really though, that could be a good gimmick for the airport. "Our food is so fresh, it's grown on property!" Imagine that, airport food that doesn't make you question your sanity for eating it.

    • @ariuss3009
      @ariuss3009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Well, eating food grown in between fuel burning airplanes can make you question your sanity

    • @devanwilliams1127
      @devanwilliams1127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Airport food is generally good (though expensive). Airplane food on the other hand is a crime against humanity.

    • @tcg1_qc
      @tcg1_qc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@devanwilliams1127 is it really that bad? I never took the plane so I wouldn't know

    • @tastx3142
      @tastx3142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Gamer du Québec You rarely get real food anymore, just a bag of pretzels since they banned peanuts. If a rare flight actually has a hot meal, I request a special one, kosher, low sodium or vegetarian as anything not mainstream usually tastes better.

    • @tcg1_qc
      @tcg1_qc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tastx3142 Huh. I mean I like pretzels but I figured you'd have actual meals

  • @stijn2472
    @stijn2472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    0:53 "... you gamble if it arrives in one piece"
    Brave of you to assume it will arrive at all...

  • @saadamansayyed
    @saadamansayyed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Tokyo: *farm*
    Singapore: *slide*
    Denver: *ice rink*
    Newark: *casino for life of your luggage*

    • @sexygeek8996
      @sexygeek8996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      City of Newark: casino for your own life.

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Singapore: _adds a spider web climbing park in 2019 with the addition of the Jewel shopping mall_

    • @พิตตินันท์จันทร์ศรี-ว5ฟ
      @พิตตินันท์จันทร์ศรี-ว5ฟ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bangkok:Golf Course

    • @isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza4830
      @isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza4830 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sexygeek8996 tbh it depends on where you are. I wouldn’t be near Valisburg but Ironbound is fine.

    • @sexygeek8996
      @sexygeek8996 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza4830 It was many years ago. It looked like an abandoned ghetto near the airport. I joked that we were about to get killed but it looked like the gangs already killed each other off.

  • @Chalky.
    @Chalky. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    It's kinda poetic having agriculture which is one of the earliest and important of Human needs begrudgingly co-existing with one of the pinnacles of Human invention.

    • @hirdeshbajwa8906
      @hirdeshbajwa8906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @RYG you belong in r/iamverysmart

    • @hirdeshbajwa8906
      @hirdeshbajwa8906 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hmmm yes that is interesting

    • @Minotaur-cd9ch
      @Minotaur-cd9ch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @RYG what?

    • @Minotaur-cd9ch
      @Minotaur-cd9ch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @RYG what do skyscraper farms and mars farming simulations have to do with this

    • @HusseinDoha
      @HusseinDoha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @RYG Seriously, just go to
      /r/iamverysmart

  • @Just-To-Subscribe
    @Just-To-Subscribe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    And the airport still opened quicker than the Berlin airport

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Berlin airport will open it after Russia sees a new President

    • @gammarayneutrino8413
      @gammarayneutrino8413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pulkitmohta8964 Didn't Putin step down recently?

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gammarayneutrino8413 you'd really think he'll step down?
      For the record, I have heard that he's suffering from Parkinson's disease. But we can never be so sure about it

    • @jeltje50
      @jeltje50 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@@gammarayneutrino8413 this aged like milk lol.

    • @ProfAzimov
      @ProfAzimov ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@gammarayneutrino8413 That was to tie his shoes, man

  • @pulkitmohta8964
    @pulkitmohta8964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    At 1:04 - "This is Takao Shito, the son of Toichi Shito, the father of Takao Shito." Basically - "This is me, the son/daughter of my dad, who's my father", is how everyone should be introducing themselves. No confusion!
    Edit- thanks to @colombus8myhw for correcting the spelling of his dad's name

  • @Uphorics
    @Uphorics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    I literally live in Denver and didn't know about the new ice rink there LOL.

    • @Connor_Herman
      @Connor_Herman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s not new but it’s by the Westin/Transit Center in the winter.

    • @aunulimansfield3277
      @aunulimansfield3277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I lived in Denver about a year ago and also didn't know that

    • @cubynerd1397
      @cubynerd1397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I frequent that airport and kinda forgot

    • @jello9079
      @jello9079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They have a lot of things there, I think they had a petting zoo once

    • @orischarf4031
      @orischarf4031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I literally don't live in Newark and did know about the casino @Uphorics

  • @ZetaPyro
    @ZetaPyro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    1:22 That flag has 50 stars but should only have 48 stars since Alaska and Hawaii weren't yet states during WWII. (Sorry for being that guy. I look forward to next year's corrections video.)

    • @dimesonhiseyes9134
      @dimesonhiseyes9134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I mean he had one job count the friggin stars man.

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thekuygerian The more replies to his comment we make, the more likely Sam will see the comment.

    • @timewave02012
      @timewave02012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm usually on the lookout for anachronistic American flags, but I missed this one.

    • @richardcramer1604
      @richardcramer1604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@dimesonhiseyes9134, actually for those in the know you don't have to count the stars to see the difference between the two flags, if the stars are offset in the next row this is a 50 star current USA flag (star rows are 6,5,6,5,6,5,6,5,6 for 9 rows total) whereas the 48 star flag is six horizontal rows of 8 stars each (8,8,8,8,8,8 for 6 rows total) nor are the stars offset but form straight columns of 6 stars each. At a glance if stars offset it's 50 star flag; if not it's the 48 star flag. Sorry for being that guy (LOL).

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      47 because North Dakota

  • @chandrodoysaha4068
    @chandrodoysaha4068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    5:11
    Ah Yes, I hate it when my laptop gets impaled by a stray spear. It sucks man.

  • @fattyacid1901
    @fattyacid1901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Imagine the kind pressure this guy is under from his family to never ever think about a career that isn't farming this tiny piece of land.

  • @jacorp7476
    @jacorp7476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    I bet Sam would pay $1.7 million to live in the middle of an airport lol

    • @davieturner339
      @davieturner339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Jacorp : if I read your comment right, are we starting a crowd funding campaign to build Sam a one of a kind apartment in Newark airports baggage handling area? Complete with suitcase grabbing fishing rod?

    • @sarthsingh3271
      @sarthsingh3271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @campkira
      @campkira 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      japanese airport do stop flying between midnight to 5 am... so if you sleep.. you sleeping around that time..

  • @Andrew-jb2iy
    @Andrew-jb2iy ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Update on this - the government has started evicting him with hundreds of police

  • @kumikoOG
    @kumikoOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    *Five households still live on Narita airport grounds. The son of one of the men who refused to leave still farms his land, assisted by 10 volunteers, some of which were former student protesters. He’s turned down an offer to leave worth over $1.6 million, and finds farming easier now with less air traffic disruptions due to Covid-19.*

    • @pinkmail6841
      @pinkmail6841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sigma male grind

    • @riggs20
      @riggs20 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, you should watch the video.

  • @revmedia8108
    @revmedia8108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Why is this channel called half as interesting when I have learned more here than at school?
    Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

    • @davidrocamora5109
      @davidrocamora5109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      full as interesting

    • @amistrophy
      @amistrophy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because school is a tenth as interesting.

  • @cormacmacsuibhne2867
    @cormacmacsuibhne2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The beginning of this video was like a family guy joke.

  • @TriChaser
    @TriChaser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I still remember the day I first went to narita airport for my flight back home.
    I was on the train to narita airport, when there was an announcement to be careful of terrorist and there was police of sort patrolling about. Alarmed, I went online hoping to find some kind of news, only to find out that the notice is always there due to narita's controversial history.

  • @RufusShinraPower
    @RufusShinraPower 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    At my job, I make thematic world maps. When we classify airports, we have to make sure no agriculture has been classified within its boundaries. It would have been awesome if this video was out when we were mapping Japan, so I could have put agriculture in an airport and been totally justified to do it.

    • @scush
      @scush ปีที่แล้ว +3

      couldn’t you have had a different source for your mapping data than _this video_ … ? i don’t understand your comment; HAI also sourced their information from publicly available records of this airport and its history so why didn’t you guys know about it at your mapping job?

  • @mishyy
    @mishyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Ahh, we’re back to airports where we belong

  • @nolongerusing7430
    @nolongerusing7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The dream of every aviation enthusiast.

    • @flavoursofsound
      @flavoursofsound 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      SG21337 Plot Twist: The Shitos are actually avgeeks who wanted the airport to be built around them

    • @Someone-cd7yi
      @Someone-cd7yi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      to be a farmer?

    • @nolongerusing7430
      @nolongerusing7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Someone-cd7yi to live inside an airport like the farmer did....

    • @Someone-cd7yi
      @Someone-cd7yi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nolongerusing7430 r/wooooosh

    • @nolongerusing7430
      @nolongerusing7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Someone-cd7yi fцск оff with this Reddit stuff

  • @LCIX09
    @LCIX09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Who has live the longest in an Airport?
    Person with delayed flight:I have been here 2 days
    Mehran Karimi Nasseri:Hold my beer
    Takao Shito's Family: *Am i a joke to you?*

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tom Hanks: Teach me, senpai.

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He doesn't live IN the airport. He lives right in the middle of the airfield. When people say "airport", they usually refer to the terminal building, which is not where this farmer lives.

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pulkitmohta8964 he lives surrounded by the airfield

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 yes

    • @LCIX09
      @LCIX09 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks For 100 likes!!

  • @FrostDeino
    @FrostDeino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow that sponsor was just straight to the point
    "Now guess what, it's sponsorship time"
    No plane farm segway thingy

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In fairness the sponsorship did refer to bamboo spears.

  • @advisingbob
    @advisingbob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "....owned by someone named.....this guy."
    Me: "Oh, what an odd name."
    "This is Takao Shito...."

  • @hayden6292
    @hayden6292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    My files are stored on the cloud, and I forgot it.
    Three years later: Thank God I stored it on the cloud.
    What is the password?

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is password managers for that. And browsers can save them too.

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      _This comment is sponsored by LastPass._

  • @tanshernkai7374
    @tanshernkai7374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The slide at Changi Airport Terminal 3 doesn’t actually take you to your gate but it’s more of a recreational slide for fun. It just takes you from level 1 in the public area to basement 3 of the public area and is accessible by the public and is not connected to any gate. :)

  • @BrainsApplied
    @BrainsApplied 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    *I bet that guy has difficulties to get some Uber Eats delivered to his house!*

    • @eskerbth8266
      @eskerbth8266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Dammit I’m in the airport. No, not the terminal. The taxiways.

    • @hunngryento
      @hunngryento 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      What do you mean? He can literally get Uber Eats from any country in the world.

    • @VintageToiletsRock
      @VintageToiletsRock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Uber Eats Express Air can deliver though!

    • @MrJstorm4
      @MrJstorm4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't see the problem it's called a taxiway

    • @jakesnussbuster3565
      @jakesnussbuster3565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thekuygerian they started it a long time ago in nyc

  • @flightboy737
    @flightboy737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    So you’re definitely on Airborne memes for Flight-oriented teens, right?

    • @rebeccafisk4200
      @rebeccafisk4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      omg amfot reppin

    • @hubertblastinoff9001
      @hubertblastinoff9001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rebeccafisk4200 Hi there Becky. Give me mod.

    • @rebeccafisk4200
      @rebeccafisk4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hubert Blastinoff we are opening applications soon, keep an eye out!

  • @owltea2252
    @owltea2252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You ought to have a look at the UK M62 motorway farm. Its a farm that creates an awkward split in the motorway because the farmer wouldn't allow his farm to be demolished, and so the motorway was built around it

  • @YouAreBreathing
    @YouAreBreathing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:15 Also, it's known as one of those places where the white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.

    • @Random3716
      @Random3716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a white zone.

    • @Inspadave
      @Inspadave 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.

  • @tiedough7481
    @tiedough7481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Friend: Where do you live?
    Me: Down through terminal B in one of the biggest international airports in the world. Jump out the gat-
    Friend: I’ll pass......

  • @rscram
    @rscram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have been recieving noise complaints from this farmer guy that lives right in the middle of my airport. I keep ignoring them but when i do that the engines break from having rice inside if them.

  • @potato733
    @potato733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    2:33 who else hears Ozzy man reviews?

    • @ClorindeASMRWhen
      @ClorindeASMRWhen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No? Cause this guy's got nothing near an Aussie accent?

  • @jacobross7443
    @jacobross7443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Summed up in 1 second episode 4:
    Some guy didn’t want to sell his land

  • @Centraldahistoriabr
    @Centraldahistoriabr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:18 Simply PRICELESS, Sam

  • @squeaksquawk4255
    @squeaksquawk4255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Small correction at 4:26 (I hope this gets in a correction video):
    Haneda was only made mostly domestic-only. While most airlines moved to Narita in 1978, Taiwanese airlines (Most notably China Airlines) continues to fly to Haneda. EVA Air (Also Taiwanese) started flying to Haneda in 1999.
    Also, flights to Honolulu Hawaii were not stopped or moved to Narita in 1978.
    It's also worth noting that in 2010, Haneda opened a 3rd terminal dedicated to international flights, and has been becoming more internatonal since 2010.
    Source: Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haneda_Airport#Domestic_era_(1978%E2%80%932010)
    Edit: Grammar, typo

  • @torgeirbrandsnes1916
    @torgeirbrandsnes1916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vlog! This summer I turned 50. The protests against the NRT airport is one of the first things I remember from watching the news.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    *Coronavirus spreads and less people are traveling*
    This farmer: "Finally, I can get some sleep"

  • @neubro1448
    @neubro1448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You forgot that Haneda Airport expanded bringing international flights again. The express train lines to have the shortest trips possible whether to ride the Narita Express or Keisei Skyliner.

  • @harshithsadhana7475
    @harshithsadhana7475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    farmlands are considered as mothers in many cultures, because they give everything that we sow in the land. plus its heritage land so why not protect it for future generations.

  • @AirmetSierra
    @AirmetSierra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Half Moon Bay Airport in California also has a farm in the middle of it, but since it's a very small airport with no control tower they don't have tunnels to get to it. The tractors just drive across the taxiway.

  • @yuvalbirati4537
    @yuvalbirati4537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    0:48 Newark takes another hit from pandemics and Sam

  • @PatrickDavis28
    @PatrickDavis28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You think this is crazy? I've heard of apartments in China where high-speed trains- and even highways- go THROUGH the building.
    That's one way to save space, I guess.

    • @翟义琥
      @翟义琥 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      There is a highway in/near Osaka, Japan that goes through a building. In Chongqing, China, monorail trains go through a building. I’ve never heard of high speed trains doing this though.

    • @danielbishop1863
      @danielbishop1863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I assume you mean the Gate Tower Building. The result of a business refusing to back down from its plans to build a 16-story office building just because the city wanted to put a highway offramp there.

  • @Tinil0
    @Tinil0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The Japanese socialists have had a rough century, so it makes sense they would stick to their guns so hard in this case. After briefly flourishing in the early 20th century, they were cracked down upon by the nationalists in the 20s and 30s, and then the US came by, crushed the Nationalists finally, and before they could finish cheering the war board was like "We don't want any of that commie scum gaining influence!" so they teamed up with a lot of the same nationalists they had just fought to stomp the socialists again, albeit with less murder this time. By the time the US left, the predominant power was the LDP, a center-right party that hated the left and they have maintained power for the vast majority of the time since then, especially up to when this airport was being built.
    The socialists couldn't actually accomplish much, so they fought HARD against this, and even when they lost they were able to convince one farmer to give a giant "fuck you" to the government in a way they could do nothing about.

    • @ArchusKanzaki
      @ArchusKanzaki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LDP really only lost election once but they quickly regained back their seats and it seems they will still continue on. Funnily in these recent 2 decades, Shinzo Abe is kinda the only Japan PM who lasted at least few years before being forced down.

    • @JJAB91
      @JJAB91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have no sympathy for terrorists who tried to bomb airplanes full of people.

    • @markcangila1613
      @markcangila1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JJAB91 bombing planes was after? The bamboo stuff wasn't that

    • @markcangila1613
      @markcangila1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And their dude got assassinated by a weirdo rightwinger

    • @markcangila1613
      @markcangila1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pouty MacPotatohead Nah - socialists support small farms. They don't support government forcing farmers out for an airport

  • @kumatoni5245
    @kumatoni5245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those protests are the reason a Shinkansen extension has never been built to Narita, leaving us with the not-nearly-as-fast Narita Express.

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “Do you hear the farmers sign, singing the song of...”FWWWWOOOOSSHHHH!!!!
    “Darn loud jet engines!”

  • @hamanakohamaneko7028
    @hamanakohamaneko7028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m Japanese and have been using this airport for an average of 2 times a year, but I never knew that, huh.

  • @DiracComb.7585
    @DiracComb.7585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was honestly expecting something closer to the Charles de Gaulle airport infinite loop of bureaucracy

  • @detroitgarage9430
    @detroitgarage9430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Used to fly into Narita a lot and it was always fun to taxi past his plot of land. Love it when someone stands their ground and won't move.:)

  • @yungstallion2201
    @yungstallion2201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I don’t know where Newark is and i’ve based an opinion on their airport

    • @jaquan123ism
      @jaquan123ism 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      its not bad at all i live here and its great and i work at the airport

  • @gulfstream720
    @gulfstream720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    brb gonna farm a bit before boarding my plane lmfao

  • @Hero-to6bv
    @Hero-to6bv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    These farmers are actually disliked by the locals.
    The majority of the locals have accepted the airport as their precious economic resource, while these farmers still fight against what’s been there for 40 years already.
    Their farm is a serious obstacle to development plans of the airport, which slows down the local economy.
    I don’t blame the locals for disliking these guys...

    • @superoriginalhandle
      @superoriginalhandle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but they want *farm*

    • @Hero-to6bv
      @Hero-to6bv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@superoriginalhandle
      Well, the locals think they can farm somewhere else, just not in the middle of the airport haha

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The NRT northern runway only has 2/3's of its planned length usable due to a farmhouse cutting off part of it. Which reduces the amount of aircraft which can use the shorter then planned runway. There are also issues because of the bend in the main taxiway to that runway. Having to go around the farm means the taxiway bends into the safety area of the runway, which slows down traffic on both the runway and taxiway.
      At least they stopped doing ID checks on everyone entering the airport a few years ago... (ID checks trying to prevent the protesters from getting into the terminals)

    • @James-un8io
      @James-un8io 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thekuygerian why do I keep seeing you in new comments?

    • @James-un8io
      @James-un8io 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Joseph Stalin you serious?

  • @oscarclereus5307
    @oscarclereus5307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like your channel because you keep it short and on topic, other big channels drag it out and makes it boring. Also, your humor is the good kind of weird, I love it. Keep it up

  • @lisakimchis
    @lisakimchis ปีที่แล้ว +3

    UPDATE AS OF JULY 2023:
    “The Sanrizuka-Shibayama United Opposition League against Construction of the Airport strongly condemns the violent eviction that destroyed and robbed the farmland and buildings of our member Takao Shito, as well as the tower and signs owned by the League.
    The Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA) and Chiba Prefectural Police’s riot unit have taken away with physical violence Mr. Shito’s habitat and land, which his family has cultivated since his grandparent’s generation for 100 years and yields a bountiful harvest. They have also destroyed the tower and signs that have shown farmers’ unyielding will to fight against the state brutality to construct airport for nearly 60 years. We will never forgive the NAA, the police and Chiba District Court, which legal-washed their criminal act.”

  • @dillongavin_sa
    @dillongavin_sa 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Our Airport in Durban, South Africa (King Shaka International) also has a farm which supplies fruit and vegetables for export, vegetables are farmed, harvested and exported as soon as possible.
    It's called Dube Tradeport.

  • @meifunfoo343
    @meifunfoo343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Yo could you stop saying yo"

  • @thekwoka4707
    @thekwoka4707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One update, Haneda isn't domestic only anymore. But it is only for local region. You won't really find super long distance flights, but some across the ponds to Korea, China and Taiwan are easy enough to find.

    • @tobyharrison4702
      @tobyharrison4702 ปีที่แล้ว

      uhhhh dude I lived in Japan for 6 years and when ever I left the country I left near exclusively from Haneda....which had flights going all the way to Canada....so idk what your talking about there man.

  • @Karstenenglander
    @Karstenenglander 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The line about gambling with your luggage coming intact at Newark airport is 100% accurate

  • @hilowize
    @hilowize 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the airport being far away from the city reminds me of montreal’s second airport. it’s been built and is bigger than the main airport, but it isn’t really used. i’m not sure of the full story, or if it’s actually half as interesting as a normal story

  • @kumatoni5245
    @kumatoni5245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Some heavy Oversimplified vibes on this one.
    And I like it.

    • @James-un8io
      @James-un8io 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thekuygerian why do I keep seeing you in new comments?

  • @WingsOTWorld
    @WingsOTWorld 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Biggest thing now though is that NRT still found a way to expand the stubby runway that's next to Shito-san's property and found land for a 3rd runway. So, that farm is likely to stay there as long as it wants as the airport can finally have room for growth.

  • @Nick-kz6dg
    @Nick-kz6dg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    America: Yo, don't do the monarchy thing
    Japan: Yo, we need this land to do the airport thing
    Varrick: Zhu Li, do the thing!

    • @P3x310
      @P3x310 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, not the thing!

  • @rohithkumarsp
    @rohithkumarsp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    finally something good with actual footages.

  • @crazytigerspy9420
    @crazytigerspy9420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a New Jerseian I can confirm this is true

  • @yesitsmojo24
    @yesitsmojo24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:46 Best Newark airport roast on this channel so far.

  • @cwmd7651
    @cwmd7651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:16 "Known worldwide for being one of those places where the big metal things go nnneeaoowww"

  • @ankithraj259
    @ankithraj259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crop yield is inversely proportional to whether there is a slab of asphalt over your fields! - Sam, 2020
    I am learning something new everyday!

  • @andrewk9267
    @andrewk9267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Idk man, aren't airplane videos that Wendover guy's thing? I'm gonna tell him you're stealing his gimmick

  • @Shishimona
    @Shishimona 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m kinda liking the different way this video was hrmm, presented. The script for it, it’s a like a new style for HAI, loving it. From start to the sponsorship.

  • @Shredder914
    @Shredder914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Keep in mind the Japanese government offered more than 3~4 times the price for their land.
    Now today the opposition is minuscule and a lot of former opposition wants the airport to expand so there's more money flowing into the city of Narita. *eyeroll*

  • @Ynhockey
    @Ynhockey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I tried Backblaze and it wasn't very good. For example there is no ability to turn off C drive backup, which is a huge privacy concern, and it doesn't allow permanent storage of anything, so if it's deleted from your computer you better recover it within 30 days, or the data is gone for good. Also it has trouble with external drives, network drives, etc. - for that you need to pay extra, which makes it much more expensive than competitors. Eventually I went with iDrive instead, and although it has drawbacks, it's light years ahead of Backblaze in the value it gives.

  • @statesecurityserviceoflith4783
    @statesecurityserviceoflith4783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Todler when they say they want to be pilots as grown ups:
    Mioooohwwwwnnnnnn

  • @jonathantao3085
    @jonathantao3085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HAI, Wendover Productions, and Real Life Lore are the type of creators I'd watch on my Xbox at 7:30 pm

  • @jordanmaker6444
    @jordanmaker6444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    inb4 this gets taken down and uploaded to Wendover because he posted this on the wrong channel.

  • @user-df1ek5rc1h
    @user-df1ek5rc1h 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:32 fun fact: the people who settled and farmed in ex-narita airport was not just poor people but were mostly a group known as the 'hikiagesha's, the Japanese settlers expelled from ex-Japanese colonies dirt-poor. Therefore, these people were extra stubborn when the government kicked them out of the land they were goven before

  • @AVeryRandomPerson
    @AVeryRandomPerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tokyo Narita’s biggest accomplishment is not being Newark Airport.

  • @JulianDanzerHAL9001
    @JulianDanzerHAL9001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:15
    so you get normal crop yields if there is a slab of concrete over your field
    and if there isn't you get INFINITE CROP YIELD

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
    ― Mike Tyson

  • @caseyryan1
    @caseyryan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy coincidence that Half as Interesting has appeared in my recommended the past few days just as I'm watching videos of Japan for my study abroad

  • @zakiducky
    @zakiducky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Backblaze sounds like a sexual thing. Like, “oh, he blazed my back out.” XD

  • @silentninja3161
    @silentninja3161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro this video is ur most entertaining one yet. Goddamn i loved and i loved the jokes and setups and humor and its awesome plz keep making more vids like this w the same energy

  • @KSPAtlas
    @KSPAtlas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1st day of saying hai's sponsor: Backblaze

  • @jwhite5008
    @jwhite5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Download it, forget it..." -- NOPE! -- There are 3 kinds of people:
    ones that do not backup
    ones that now do backup
    ones that not only do backups but also now *test backups*
    anyway glad you are cooperating with a backup operator and not a pseudo-VPN or password-stealing-app

    • @hmartim
      @hmartim 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Password stealing app 😂

    • @jwhite5008
      @jwhite5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hmartim Well, to work those apps HAVE to store the passwords on their servers. Most of them store them encrypted, but keep the master password to themselves.
      And they are legally required to forfeit the passwords to NSA or similar organization in most countries. They are also typically legally required to never tell anyone they did that.
      NSA can be (and is) manipulated by the government. USA government is currently run by a person who - if he wasn't the president - would be imprisoned as a legally convicted criminal. Since the government and Republican party support him, both are necessarily corrupt.
      In other words, the passwords in USA-based apps are in the hands of known criminals. Other countries often have similar problems.
      Even if that is not the case for a particular country, you are unable to make sure that your passwords cannot be simply sold by the company that is supposed to store them. I have not heard of any successful security+privacy audits of those companies, and for a good reason.

    • @jwhite5008
      @jwhite5008 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you want a really secure password manager, use a well-known open-source one (not 100% foolproof, but if it has flaws someone would likely notice that eventually), its database should be encrypted with a master-password. You can then synchronize the database using any (non-secure) file-sharing service such as google drive. Master password has to be memorized.
      Most widely-used and stable open-source password-manager is currently KeePass.

  • @DailyFunFactsYt
    @DailyFunFactsYt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Random Fact:
    If a cockroach touches a human, it would run to safety and cleans itself.
    - Daily Fun Factsu

    • @amistrophy
      @amistrophy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apparently the oils you produce on your skin, are major irritants to some insects*.

    • @eshitvaprakash6681
      @eshitvaprakash6681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great, now I realise that even a cockroach is more hygenic than I am. Fml.

    • @Someone-ej7kd
      @Someone-ej7kd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmmm

  • @ReluctantRoboticist
    @ReluctantRoboticist 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun twist on a story that many of us who have been flying out of Narita for decades know well. I remember how all cars and buses into the airport were boarded and inspected for bombs and terrorists. Up until the 1990s, the train platforms didn’t actually terminate directly below the airport... you had to take a bus to the terminal from the airport station because the builders were unable to secure all land rights.

  • @jeffwang6460
    @jeffwang6460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Unpopular opinion: This is the East Asian equivalent to "Get-off-my-land" American conservatives.

  • @ghost307
    @ghost307 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The little airport where I learned to fly had a small farm between the two runways.
    Every year the crop failed from growing next to nonstop airplane exhaust, so the FBO took the failed crop of beans as a tax loss every year.

  • @yoavhofstein3658
    @yoavhofstein3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Of course even farms is connected to airplanes

  • @Dtitilator
    @Dtitilator 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well in Italy back then, the farm owner suddenly would go on a very long "vacation." The locals would simply say that the interested party "made an offer he couldn't refuse."

  • @moistplum3317
    @moistplum3317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this guy kinda sounds like wendover productions

    • @MaxCheng95
      @MaxCheng95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because they are the same person to begin with.

    • @sarthsingh3271
      @sarthsingh3271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RLL, Wendover productions , Half as interesting, what if are all the same.
      CHANGE MY MIND

  • @SeraphimKnight
    @SeraphimKnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going to Narita really sucks. The few times I've been able to go to Haneda instead of Narita was a godsend. The 90min train ride from the airport after a 18+ hour flight has always annoyed me.