first time in japan 🇯🇵 Your Name stairs, APA hotel and Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden 🌳
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- As I was spending 3 months in Seoul as a digital nomad, I decided to gift myself some holidays: a two-week trip to Japan! My FIRST trip to Japaaaan!! 😍
I will be posting every single day of the trip as daily (silent) vlogs - hope it will help you plan your own trip... or make you feel like you're traveling with me! ☺️
In this week's video: arriving in Tokyo, going from Narita Airport to Shinjuku Station, checkin at APA hotel, getting emotional at the Your Name stairs, walking around Shinjuku and the Gyoen National Garden. Bonus: my first impressions of the city/country!
Instagram: / stories_of_milo
📸 shot on iPhone 14 🗓 in August/September 2023
📍 Places mentioned and their Google maps locations:
04:25 🏢 APA Hotel Shinjuku Gyeommae maps.app.goo.g...
08:09 ✨ Your Name stairs / Suga Jinja Shrine maps.app.goo.g...
10:42 🌳 Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden maps.app.goo.g...
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Disclaimers:
Prices displayed are from Aug/Sept. 2023
Translations (if they exist) are auto-generated by TH-cam
Music:
Nandemonaiya - Radwimps
kimi no nawa ost - date lofi ver.
深い森 · Do As Infinity
Enjoy 🌿☺️ hope it's useful!
about me: 29-yo, born in France 🇫🇷 raised by Portuguese immigrants parents 👨👩👧👧🇵🇹 I never had the chance to travel when I was younger so, as soon as I managed to save up some money, I took off 🛫 At 19yo, I moved to live for a year in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷 At 22, I moved for an internship in Miami, USA 🇺🇸 before getting another opportunity to work and study in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦 At 24, I did my last master degree semester as an exchanged student in São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 Fell in love with the country, got a job, and been based in Rio de Janeiro ever since. After some personal health issues, I realized life is too short not to explore the world more… I’ve always loved documenting my days (journaling, scrapbooking) and knowing the next months would be full of travels, I thought, why not vlog it? I’m sure future-me will be very happy to look back at these videos! Hope you do too ☺️
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Not me crying at the Your Name stairs bit. ;__;
I knowwwww ❤️ 🥲
あなたの動画に癒されます😊
素敵な動画をありがとう😊
優しすぎるよ、本当にありがとう！
もっと見たい場合は、他のビデオもあります! ❤️☺️
I’ll be staying in the same hotel next month. I can’t wait for my Japan vacation.
Enjoy!! The same APA hotel in shinjukiu? Then you HAVE to go to the public bath house! It was awesome ☺
@@storiesofmilo yes, same branch. Cool , I’ll check it out.
@@ChieTords nice! awesome, i subscribed to you, waiting for your vlog now! ☺
@@storiesofmilo I really like APA hotel. I stayed there when I was in Asakusa.
i love their public baths!! @@Pitman33
All of Japan will quench and moisturize your parched soul, and evoke comfortable feelings and deep impression and immeasurable admiration
Oh wow, this sounds like a poem!
@@storiesofmilo
Thankyou
From
A corner of immeasurable profound Tokyo
🍜🍱🍙🗼👘🎏🎋🎎⛩️🎴🎑
Cherry Blossom in full bloom is approaching in All of Japan
🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸🌸🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁
send me pictures of the cherry blossoms on my Instagram if you find some!! ☺️
I went to Shinjuku Gyoen last April and saw all the cherry blossoms. It was amazing! I highly recommend visiting Japan in Spring!
OMG IM SO JEALOUS!!! That must have been so wonderful 🥺 I think my next trip will definitely be in spring... 🌸
I m planning to visit Osaka and Tokyo for 26 days vacation😊
26 days, how wonderful!!!! ❤ @@viniciusvoon8564 you will have the time of your life ☺
As a citizen of Narita, I’m glad you like the view of Japan upon arrival. The Shinjuku Gyoen you visited has another spot used in Makoto Shinkai's works. The movie is called “Garden of Words” and it is about 45 minutes long, so it might be interesting to see it.
Hoping Safe Travel!!
It was soooo beautiful 🥺❤ Thank you for sharing the movie, I realized I had it on my watch list already... I will try to watch it sooner now!! ☺
Don't worry.
Japan will always be your hometown.
You're too kind!!!! 🥺❤
I think this was the first video I watched from your channel. I have subscribed since then to follow your journey to other countries as well but I sometimes come back to the earlier vlogs because they are so relaxing and there are so much valuable information for me (for a future trip to Japan). I love your vlog's calm vibes and the lack of background music because I can then appreciate the sound of nature! Looking forward to re-watching your Japan series (and taking notes as I go along) 🥰
It probably was the first indeed!! ☺️ Lots of new people arrived with that video - and I'm glad! I agree with you, the Japan vlogs were a whole level of relaxing... it's just how it is in Japan!
Very nice first impressions of Tokyo and Japan. I am looking forward to watch also your other videos from this country.
I loved waking up to your comments as you binged my Japan videos!! ❤️☺️
Yey! I missed your vlogs! Your vlog made me miss Japan even more 😊
Thanks for coming back!! 🥺❤️
I miss Japan too 🥲
This is absolutely amazing🎎🎏🎋🗼🎑
I'm glad you enjoyed it!! ☺️
@@storiesofmilo
Thankyou
From
A corner of immeasurable profound Tokyo City
🎴🎎🎏🎑⛩️🇯🇵
Cherry Blossom in full bloom is approaching in Japan
💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮🌸💮💮🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀🎋🎋
Oooooh send me Cherry Blossoms pics on my instagram when it's in full bloom 😍🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
@@storiesofmilo
Thankyou
Someday Please come to Japan
Cherry Blossom in full bloom and immeasurable delicious foods unique to Japan and heartfelt Hospitality wait for you
🍙🥟🍚🍥🍜🍤🍘👘🍇🍓🎴🎎🎏🎑⛩️🇯🇵
You're too kind! ❤️ It's my dream to visit Japan during cherry blossoms season!
if this video was a 3 hours movie, i would watch every second ❤
you're too kind!! 🥺 ❤️
I love your video.. make miss Japan!
Makes me miss Japan to edit them too 🥲❤️ thank you for watching ☺️
welcome to Japan🇯🇵
It is relatively safe for women to travel alone in Japan.👍
No one says anything when I eat alone.🍜
You can easily play alone😊
I also eat what I want when I want to eat it when I'm alone after work💻
Of course, you can also enjoy it with your friends. I'll be waiting for you anytime🤗
温かいお言葉をいただきまして誠にありがとうございます！☺️
I felt so safe in Japan, indeed!! As a solo traveler, it was perfect! 🤗🤗🤗
I really enjoy your video❤
Thank you so much for watching and commenting 🥹❤️
loved this vlog. i just came back and visited everything in this video (minus the stairwell). It makes me want to go back later on this year ASAP
You should go back!! 😂 There's so much to explore 🥺❤
More videos coming this week - i'm curious to know if you've visited what's next 👀
@@storiesofmilo i’ll watch :) but my favorite things were the cat shrine, the gundam statue and meiji jingu/yoyogi park early in the morning bc there wasn’t a lot of people, very peaceful!
@@Big_Sizzle_ omg i was just editing my videos from meiji jingu/yoyogi park at 7am in the morning! 😂 i hope the next video will remind you of good times!! ☺
I didnt get the chance to go see the cat shrine or the gundam statue :,) but hopefully in my next trip!!
@@storiesofmilo yes I loved your vlog, it reminded me of how peaceful tokyo was, even though it’s such a big city, you can find pockets of tranquility wherever.
@@Big_Sizzle_ for real 🥺 i felt so serene myself editing these videos 🌷
I stayed at that exact hotel my first time in Tokyo! Great location and very quiet at night. My second time stayed at an APA Hotel in Kabukicho area which is much busier especially at night. It was during Cherry Blossom Full Bloom and it was so Beautiful especially the Park you were at.
@AlTaJr61 I also stayed at another APA hotel after this one, the one in Shinagawa! ☺️ Soooo luck, you got to see the cherry blossom 😍 hopefully next time i'll visit during this season...❤️
Radwimps gives me chills amazing movie and japan is so beautiful
Same here 🥺 I used to listen to them all the time, just wandering around Tokyo's streets... ✨✨
Thank you for the wonderful video,it was very healing.
You're too kind! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment 🌻
Heh I was there in August I stayed at century southern hotel good hotel recommended price high but the views is something
oooh im curious now, i'll check it out!! ☺ (a new vlog is coming in 4h!)
Tokyo is a beautiful city. I love the food and culture there. Just a quick note, that was a shrine you visited, not a temple. All shrines have torii gates and enshrine different deities in Shinto. Whereas, temples are dedicated to Buddha.
Oh my, thank you so much for telling me!! 🙏 English is not my first language and I honestly didn't even know there was a difference between these two words, I thought they were interchangeable... 🙈 I researched it and now I get it!! 😅 Thank you again ☺️ by the way, I posted a new vlog... in the Meiji SHRINE!! ❤️
Cool! I will check out your Meiji Shrine vlog. I've been there. If you get a chance to visit Asakusa, I highly recommend it. I know a spot where you can get Ramen for 350 yen. Are you still in Tokyo?
@@Pitman33 No Im not in Tokyo anymore 🥺 But I want to go back already!! I had Asakusa planned for my last day of the trip but it just poured crazy rain the whole day 🥲 so this is planned for next time!! 😂 with the 350 yen ramen then!
Omg milo❤ a lovely video as usual but omg you put my fave japanese song at the end by Do as Infinity🥰🥰🥰YAY
I looooove this song too!! 🥺❤ thanks for passing by btw 🥰
Love this. Thanks for showing us around.
Thank you!! ❤ I'm working on the next video already!! ☺
I love your content, looking forward to your next video, btw I love the inuyasha song at the end of it
Thank you so much Natalia ❤️🥺 I'm already working on the next Japan video!! ☺️ Hopefully next week it will be ready!
and THANK YOU for noticing the inuyasha song!!!! 😍
Leaving tomorrow and just learnt suica wouldn't work for Narita express thanks to you
How wonderful!! ☺️ I wish you the best of trips!! ❤️☺️ Send me pics on Instagram! ☺️
@@storiesofmilo Actually the welcome suica worked for Narita express :p
@@minirock8479 oooh good thing!! money saved 😂 more money for ramen!! haha
東京に来てくれてありがとう。リアルな東京はいかがでしたか？いい思い出になりますように。
@NAMEQ-gu1bi それは驚くべきものだった！ 尋ねていただきありがとうございます ❤️ 素晴らしい思い出になりました、将来また訪れるのが待ちきれません ☺️
@@storiesofmilo 良い旅を！
どうもありがとう ☺️
I really enjoyed your vlog, hope you release more Japan content soon :)
I will!! I'm already working on the next video (about my 2nd day in the city! busy day haha) - hopefully i'll post it this saturday ☺
saw your reddit post, watched your video. nice job milo
aaaah thank you so much for passing by!! 😍 I see you're in Tokyo too - I hope you have the best of best times!! ☺️
君の名はの聖地巡礼良いですね！
私も大好きでした！☺️ ❤️
Welcome to Japan!
Thank you so much ☺ ここの人々はとても優しいです！٩(＾◡＾)۶
love that you went str8 for the stairs :D
Yesss!! 😂❤️ I was so happy when I booked my hotel and saw that it was nearby 👀
@@storiesofmiloppl don't always suggest that, but if you are still there visit Herb garden in Kobe and if you visit hakone stay overnight (you are going to need 2 days for sure to checkout everything)
im not there anymore but i am already planning to go back, so i'll write this down now!! ☺️ thank you!
It’s not that suica doesn’t work for narita express, you need two tickets for express trains (including Shinkansen). You need standard fare that’s based on distance, AND express ticket if you ride on express train like narita express or super express ticket for Shinkansen. So from narita to Tokyo that ¥1700 ticket is the express ticket and the regular fare I think is a bit over ¥2000 I believe, so I think it’s about ¥4000 ish total.
Thanks for sharing this info!! 🙏
@@storiesofmilo actually i looked up how much it costs to go one way from Narita to Tokyo, it's a bit less, about 3000-3500 yens depending on where in tokyo you go. the regular fare and express train fare is about the same (1500 yen ish each), so it costs double to take an express train like N'ex, as opposed to a slow local train. if you ride shinkansen the superexpress ticket costs more than the regular fare so it becomes 2.5x more or something like that.
@@alexsakon you're super right! actually, on my way back to the airport, I chose a local train (to make the trip cheaper haha) and the difference is probably just 30min... Not sure it's REALLY worth is to take the Express train 😅 Btw, a new Tokyo vlog is coming in 4h!! Hope you'll like it ☺
Wow so expensive for train ride😮😮😮😮😮😮
Agree!!@@viniciusvoon8564
There are many places in Japan that are called anime sacred places. There are also some in my hometown of Yamagata.
That's so awesome!!! What is the anime sacred place in Yamagata?? ☺
1.Spirited Away
2.Omohideporoporo
3.Girlish number
4.Level E
5.Absolute duo
6.Love Hina
7.SHIROBAKO
Yamagata also has many delicious foods.
@@真季野口 I loooove Spirited Away and Love Hina!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for telling me, I added them to my list!! ❤ Cant wait to visit Yamagata!
The Yamagata Shinkansen （bullet train）vehicles will be renewed mid next month, and there are many hidden tourist spots in Yamagata, so please enjoy a lot!!
I think the Suica card (penguin logo) is the one you can transfer to your ewallet not the Welcome suica card that expires in 28 days.
Good to know!! Makes sense! Thanks for sharing the info 🤗
7:00 Cut it horizontally from the side to open it. You can eat it without getting your hands dirty.
you're right, thank you for the tip!
福岡に住んでる 日本人です。日本旅の映像を観て もっと日本が好きになりました また 日本の紹介をお願いします ありがとうございます
ご丁寧なコメントありがとうございます！ 将来また日本に行く予定で、今回は福岡に行きます！ これからも日本で動画を投稿して、世界にその美しさを伝えていきます！❤️
また日本に来て下さいね😊
すごくまた来たいです！！ もっといろんな県を巡って、桜、雪、紅葉を見たいです…また近いうちに行けたらいいですね！❤️ ☺️
We were both there travelling solo in Japan at the same time!
Maybe we met!! 😅 Maybe you'll appear in the background of one of my vlogs at some points haha ❤️
@@storiesofmilo That would be cool. I hope to go back soon.
Same here! 🥺❤️
Nice report～😻ﾆｬ~
ご覧いただきありがとうございます! 私はすでに次の日本のビデオに取り組んでいます!
If you wandering in Shinjyuku in Tokyo,
you may meet very famous Shinjyuku Shark, very fierce, and stubborn
Ooooh a scary google search hahahaha
@@storiesofmilo
Thankyou
From
A corner of sizzling and the cicadas are buzzing
🎑🎇🍣🍥🍜🍱🐮🍘🐝🐝🍾⛩️🥢🥋🍢🗻🌊🎋🌸💮🎆🍒🍄🏯🍚🐈🎎🎎🥟🗡️🍙👺🎏🎌🇯🇵
These Emoji絵文字are unique to Japan
🎏is koinobori鯉のぼり
👺is Tongue omen
🍙is Onigiri
🗡️Japanese sword
🥟is Gyouza delicious
🎎is Ohinasamaお雛様
🐈is Royal Hachioku忠犬ハチ公
Welcome to Japan🕊️ I recommend APA Hotels for their cleanliness and quality service. I hope you enjoyed your stay in Japan.
Thank you ☺️ ❤️ I had a great stay in Japan and I can't wait to visit again and see more of it!
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omg the MVP!!!!! ❤️
No, you can't move the card on to your phone, only if you're dim enough to have an Iphone
Someone commented that the transfer to the phone is only for the "normal" Suica card indeed, not for the tourist card! :(
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自動販売機がお気に入りですね😊また来てね❤
私もです！ 必ずまた訪れます！❤️☺️
Love ur vlog ❤btw if you still in japan would you like to meet up?
thank you! ☺️ ❤️ unfortunately i havent been in japan since september of last year... 😭😭😭
@@storiesofmilo damn 😭
Curious if Instagram is the best way to reach out to you? Wanted to talk about a solo trip to Japan I have coming up.
Oh yes it is! @stories_of_milo
Thanks for uploading nice video!
Advice for those planning to travel to Japan
Before you eat at a restaurant, say in a low voice, ``Itadakimasu.''
Since ancient times, Japanese people have expressed gratitude to living things.
Because Japanese people think there is life in all meat and vegetables.
It may be a good idea to bow your head a little or put your hands together.
And when eating rice, it is good manners to eat it without leaving a single grain of rice.
Because even a single grain of rice requires a lot of hard work from farmers.
And It is believed that seven gods dwell in rice.
However, it is okay to leave the ramen soup behind.
Because you will be consuming too much salt and calories.
Great advice!! ❤️ And loved the conclusion 😂 "you will be consuming too much salt and calories" hahaha
日本へようこそ！
welcome to Japan!!
どうもありがとうございます！❤️ ここが大好きです ☺️
Ummm.. if you were at Narita airport, how did you get the Welcome Suica? They suspended sales of that one except at Haneda...
Oh, bummer! I was traveling in August/September of 2023 - maybe that changed after? 🤔
@storiesofmilo Darn, I was so hopeful they started offering it again at Narita. Flying into Narita airport next month and that's the IC card I really wanted 😭
@@timrider8846 if you're going next month I'm sure you have time to get one of these delivery services, perhaps? I heard you can get most transportation cards/tickets delivered to you (JR pass for example!) but i have no experience with that, sorry 🥲
I hear they release Suica again
4 IN cameras? This is the first model I've seen
what is 4 IN cameras? ☺️
08:44, 🌻🥹
I love the songs of the movie 🥺 🌻❤️
夏の殺人的な熱い時期に日本へ来られたのですね。夏は日本人でも外で仕事していると死ぬ事があります。夏の日本観光は避暑地をお勧めします。
まさに、それを体験してきました！ でも、行けるのはそれしかなかった…暑さを避けるための戦略がありました。暑すぎない時間帯に（午前6時などに）超早起きして観光地を楽しみ、その後家に帰って軽く昼寝するというものです。 、それでは暑さが落ち着いた16時頃に再度訪問してみようと思います…という組織でした！😅
Don't forget to hit the Salt and Tobacco Museum.
will check it out!! ☺️
Love u❤ subscribe
Thank you!!! 🥺❤️ a new vlog is coming in a few days 🌻
I wish I could marry you
Maybe in another life!! 😂 ❤️
Just joking lol
fair enough haha
The white subtitles on a white background makes it hard to read. Put an outline at least.
I am so sorry for the inconvenience! If you check my next videos, you will see that this issue has been fixed 🙏 Hope you can have a better experience watching the videos ☺️