Tokyo Freelancer - Part 1

[pplarzza]

nice sideburn

[nico5179]

Hey Freelancer, cool video, i enjoyed it really alot.

By the way how did you turned out to be an english teacher, would like to do the same....

Thanks again and take care!!

[davec432]

Great video, very informative. Thanks for posting it.

[TokyoNerd]

"...sometime you just gotta take a dump..."

I know exactly what you mean.

[willchu1942]

Got it! Traveling around the world to look for good deeds. That's like killing two birds with one stone. However, please be careful while you are travelling through those places, as you might not know what you will come across... In general, have fun!

[ToLokyo]

Yeah - I'll be safe.  Thanks for your concern!

Thanks for watching~~

[MageThief]

Your best video so far, loads of great information and many cool views.

[ToLokyo]

Thanks a lot!

I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

[Shinobiloveapples]

lol youre such an ass xD, its such a hard life.. of course ^^ stop mocking us. and congratulations for your lifestyle + nice videos

[ToLokyo]

Haha

Notice the sarcasm in the "hard knock life" speech. :P

Thanks for watching! ^_^/

[AFireInsideHIM]

How much japanese should you be able to speak to work over there?

[ToLokyo]

Hmmm...language ability isn't really an issue if you're gonna teach English.

But If you wanna work in a company, I think you should probably have at least JLPT level 2.

[willchu1942]

That's hilarious when you were so serious about using clean public toilets :-D

You won't be in Japan for the summer? Where will you be? Will you ever going back to Japan later?

[ToLokyo]

Check out my Caught Doin' Good Promo vid. That'll explain a bit. I'm going on a trip around the world!

Not sure if/when I'll be back...

[killerflame2]

dont goooo

[illuminatix08]

soo cool!!

and funny you are the best!!!

<3

[bloodyrage]

DUDE! AWESOME vid!! Thx for, man. Really cool

[ToLokyo]

Glad it's still being watched and appreciated.  ^__^

Thanks a lot for watching~

[bloodyrage]

ur gonna do part 2, right??????

[ToLokyo]

Yes!

[bloodyrage]

@ToLokyo YOSH!

[SouthFacedWindows]

DO you like Moss Burger?

[ToLokyo]

Sure ^^

At first I thought it was too small, but my stomach has kinda shrunk since I've lived here, so it's just about right now.

[xaveryx]

Hey Philip! Very good video again! I'm wiating part 2 !!!!

Sugoiiiii!!!

[ToLokyo]

Ahhh - I have to get part 2 together.

Thanks for reminding me! ^_^

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks always for the support!

[illuminatix08]

still waiting too!

[yoruninoru]

as soon as you said the part about taking a dump i 5 star'd this video, epic lol.

[ToLokyo]

Someone really needs to make an I'm on a Boat parody called I'm on a throne.

Who doesn't like potty humor? :P

Sometimes you just gotta do your thang~~

[rootberry]

mac store = victory

[ToLokyo]

It's funny 'cause a few days after I made this video I went there and tried to ask some questions, but they were mad-rude to me. Maybe they saw the vid and were ticked that I shared their secrets? :P

[rootberry]

@ToLokyo My wife had to call mac tech support for here iphone this week, she got one guy on the phone. I said, "well I guess your phone is jacked up." But then she got another guy on the line and he was really cool, and fixed all her issues.

[novafreezer]

面白い　ビデオ　です。

Nice sarcasm at the " I HATE MY LIFE " part, subbed :D.

[ToLokyo]

ありがとう！

When life rocks so much, there's nothing much to say other than....I hate my life! :P

[Gimmeaflakeman]

Good vid, man. Much more interesting than the title initially led me to believe.

Soc'd it too!

[ToLokyo]

Thanks V!

I appreciate the Soc. :D

Yeah...I'm still not really good with titles... Maybe you can give me some pointers sometime. I'll be happy to learn from the king. ^^

[Gimmeaflakeman]

It's a good honest title. Just not initially appealing to ME cuz I've done what you do now: freelance. Been there, done that. BUT I enjoyed this.

As for a better title.... hmmm....

Not sure I can say anything for sure.

[TkyoSam]

Your vids kick ass man^^

[ToLokyo]

Let's catch up again soon man!

I'm thinking of a get-together on the 27th during the day to support BusanKevin in the Tokyo marathon. I'll let you know if anything materializes.

[troubledwings33]

Wut a cutie :p

[ToLokyo]

You're too kind~ ^_^

Thanks for watching!

[bronko0824]

if you could can you do a vid at a coco's curry shop i lived in japan for 6 years and miss that place very much that and tokyo mars

[ToLokyo]

I think I remember you mentioning that before, didn't you?

Actually I've never eaten at CoCo's...I'm a GoGo Curry man. But if I ever eat there and have my camera with me, I'll be sure to shoot it for you! ^_^

[ToLokyo]

Hope you can enjoy it again someday soon~

[BusanKevin]

Great vid man. Neat to see what it is like to do what you do. A very different world of teaching than the one I know.

Very cool.

You using Final Cut Xpress or Studio?

[ToLokyo]

Thanks Kevin!

This is most definitely a different world than where I came from. It's not maintainable for any long period of time, but at a place in life where I'm at right now, it's perfect. :D

On this video, I used mostly iMovie along with Apple Motion (part of Final Cut Studio).

[hmjgriffon]

Ｅｎｊｏｙ　ｎｏ　ｆｌａｓｈ　ｏｎ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｉｐｈｏｎｅ，　ａｎｄ　Ｉ don't believe they just give you free shit without a hassle, people would rip them off like crazy. Also don't believe you can barter. Video or I call bullshit.

[hmjgriffon]

Ｄｏ　ｙｏｕ　ｌｉｖｅ　ｐａｙｃｈｅｃｋ　ｔｏ　ｐａｙｃｈｅｃｋ？

[axcrit]

@hmjgriffon Do you even have a job?

[kittykattykoo]

oh i miss japan already. I pay 1 euro to go to the toilet here and it's nowhere near the cleanliness and fanciness the japanese toilets have.

[ToLokyo]

Ahhhh - clean toilets! The most telling sign that a civilization has their priorities in order...

[rainbowpencil27]

Thank you~

[ToLokyo]

こちらこそ〜

[FrankzTerz]

another awesome vid 5/5 :3

[ToLokyo]

Thanks always!

[212rocky212]

Awesome Vid!!, was really looking forward to a vid like this :)

[ToLokyo]

Thanks a lot!

I'm really happy with this one too...it's one of those where you put a lot of work into it, and then you sit back and think, "Oooo - this is kinda nice!" ^__^

[thatjapanesegirl]

Wow!! Awesome editing!!

[ToLokyo]

Thanks TJG - I put a lot of work into it.

[akira117]

Videos like this get me so excited about japan. See you in 4 months japan :)

[ToLokyo]

Come on! (said in a Ken Tanaka voice. ^^)

[Nyko119]

Did you see that ninja pass by behind you in front of the apple store. lol i think he was on his way to work as well :P

 nice video anyways :3

[ToLokyo]

WOW~!! Good eye. O_o

Even after editing it, I still had to watch it a couple times to figure out who you were talking about.

10 stars to Nyko119 for super-powers of observation!

[Nyko119]

LOL :3

you gotta watch out for them ninjas tolokyo. dangerous sometimes :P

[ToLokyo]

Will do - btw, keep your eyes out for a kinda contest I'm thinking about starting in the future. I think you'd be perfect for it.

[Onikukki]

That queche (not sure if I spelled it right) looked really good, haha, sorry for being so random. Your videos are really interesting and the places you go to are really beautiful.. but is it strange I really liked your review of the public toilet? What is wrong with me..

P.S. Masturbation eggs! :D

[ToLokyo]

Yeah - I love the bread at Vie de France. It's one of the few cafes in Tokyo I go to because the food/drink tastes good. Usually you're just renting real estate.

Hmmm...well, I guess I should say I'm glad you liked being in the toilet with me? ^^;;

:P

[Ido013]

Wow awesome video! You really lead a hard life lol that looks like an awesome one to me! Cool I know where to go take my dumps thanks to you!

I'll have to go there on that walkway on my trip! The sakura are gonna be blooming! By the way how tall are you? I'm asking because I'd like to know how high I'll be into that branch when I'll be there! （^ω^）

Oh right you're going off to do your awesome project! While you do that, will you still be looking for good places to take a dump?

[ToLokyo]

I'm around 5'10" - 178cm maybe? That really is one of my favorite branches in Tokyo. You'll have to say hi to him for me when you go. ;)

I will be forever and always looking for a good place to take a dump! ^^

[Ido013]

Great I'll have my head into that branch like crazy lol, since I'm like 6'4", 194 cm!

I'll sure have to tell him hi!

Happy to see that you'll keep this really awesome and unique subject that is to know where to take a good dump （^ω^）

[SamHandwiches]

Amazing. I need to check this place out.

[ToLokyo]

Definitely do~

[zerosonico]

Cool transitions Mr Tolokyo XD

[ToLokyo]

Try to keep it fun. ^^

[kmah88]

i like you. you're funny~

[ToLokyo]

Aww - that's sweet of you to say. ^^

[hoosierhana]

very awesome video! looking forward to more like that in the future!

[ToLokyo]

Glad to have you!

[Seelenhueter]

nice vid! now im hungry :/

someday i want to travel to tokio, but its so expensive :/

[ToLokyo]

Oooo...now I'm hungry too, just 'cause you said that.  :(

[Mrguyvideos]

man you gotta a lot of free time...

but thanks for showing us all the crap in Japan

[ToLokyo]

I try to make use of my free time as best I can. ^^

[Mrguyvideos]

Some of your videos are good to see and informative...keep it all up...looks like you're having fun, too...I used to be in your shoes 6 years ago...now I am back in North America...you're not missing much here...over there is way better if you're single, not married with kids.

[tagatautube]

good video - looks like its going to be a great series.

[ToLokyo]

Thanks for watching~~ ^_^/

[klynik]

Very cool video, man.

[ToLokyo]

Thanks!

[hpeterswald]

besides the kami of fourteen class A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni the museum of the history of Japan called the Yūshūkan in the grounds presents a revisionist interpretation of World War II depicting Japan as an Asian liberator who the U.S choked of incoming of raw materials to the resource-poor nation :((

[ToLokyo]

Yeah...I didn't want to go out of my way to build up the controversy. But yeah...the museum is kinda weird to walk through. I spent a good afternoon in there once just trying to wrap my head around it. Can't believe they have the locomotive from River Kwai.... :(

[swemda]

One of your best videos. Thanks.

[ToLokyo]

I'm pretty happy about this one too. Thanks for watching~

[jubexx0]

i luv ur vids thank you!

[ToLokyo]

Thanks for watching~!!

[jax12007]

Very cool to see different parts of the city.

[ToLokyo]

I love it. Every day I get to see all different parts of this awesome city - best thing about my job!

[Cruzinaround9]

What a looong day! And on top of that you managed to find time to put together a 14 minute video.... すごい!!! You are loco! :D

[ToLokyo]

Yeah - all of that on 3 hours of sleep too.  It was a tough day, but felt good to be productive. :D

[AjikanPanda]

I missed your vids!

I have been off YouTube for a while so happy to see all my favorite J-vloggers agian! :D

[ToLokyo]

Welcome back!

We're still here making vids that are just waiting for you to watch. ^_^/

[codygreaver92]

so, whast your main job? Just teaching english?

[ToLokyo]

Yeah...most of the time my main job is teaching English. It depends on the week though...

[delbertmon]

6:17 great shot.

[ToLokyo]

Thanks!

[Pooobaihr23]

WOW.. Nice video.. It does seem like its pretty easy, though I bet its not.. . but its good to have people like you that like doing what they do.. Sux that youre leaving Tokyo.. but You'll probably go back one day huh ?

[ToLokyo]

Well, this is all the parts in between the actual work. :P

Who knows about coming back - Japan is definitely part of me now though! I'd love to take a motorcycle trip across Japan someday...

[getoutofmyband]

I really enjoyed this video! Looking forward to the next one! So is it going to be a new serie? I hope so!

[ToLokyo]

Well - not so much of a series really, but this video itself is 2 parts (way too long to upload at once). But I want to move into making more videos like this in general. I might choose days that lend themselves well to shooting and make a similar video again.

[Rocketmaus]

@ToLokyo I will definitely because Japan is one location I want visit one day.

[MisterNES]

I personally think that freelancing is the way to go. You're not so committed to one body of people. Your soul is far too valuable to sell.

[ToLokyo]

Yeah - I agree. It takes much more effort, but the payoff is uncountable.  :D

[starsandsea]

It might be weird to talk so long about bathrooms, but it's true -- knowing where nice, clean bathrooms are around your area is good thing to know!!

[ToLokyo]

Hehe - I was a bit hesitant to put that in 'cause it is kinda weird...but it really is an important matter.

Tolokyo's throne must be a king's throne!

[Rocketmaus]

Wow, I wish I could go to Tokyo only for a weekend. I really envy you, but I also enjoy your videos. Keep it coming!

[ToLokyo]

Well - like I said, I live vicariously through some other vloggers. You're welcome to enjoy it vicariously through me.  ^^

Glad you liked it~

[Degenskonto]

Yet another Tolokyo video!!

You must have spent alot of time making this video, especially editing, it was superb!

ლ(╹◡╹ლ)

[ToLokyo]

Cool emoticon :P

That's the first time I've seen that one.

I put a lot of effort into it and had some great advice from a good friend - I'm glad you liked it!

Part 2 should be on the way in the next few days.

[Degenskonto]

Awesome, the world needs more awesome videos!!

[dorkykaya]

For some reason, I like watching you eat.

[ToLokyo]

Haha - believe it or not, I shot the whole meal. I was considering putting it up on my RAW channel as a tribute to Andy Warhol.

[dorkykaya]

Do it! I swear I could watch it over and over again.

[brokenchopstickz]

that was a great vid!

[ToLokyo]

Thanks!

[TokyoZeplin]

Very cool video man!

Damn the girl on the right in the beginning is a cutey!

[ToLokyo]

Thanks for watching~

I was up to my neck in Korean soju at that point, so I'm just glad I could hold the camera kinda steady. :P

[betamaxdc]

hey do you get a visa through doing freelance or one main company? very cool vid.

[ToLokyo]

It's a bit complicated there... I got my visa originally through an agency that got me my job at the girl's high school. That job has lessened in hours gradually over the last 4 years, and the agency that originally hired me went bankrupt, but my visa is still sponsored there for now.

[APOKALYPSE34]

man your a busy guy. we need to find a way to chill.

[ToLokyo]

Yeah - that was a particularly long day. But I'm sure we'll find time to hang. Looking forward to it. ^^

[Numer0b]

Thank you very much for this video. The walk through the park was just amazing. Really beautiful. Are you leaving Japan this Summer? Why?

[ToLokyo]

Thank you very much for watching. ^^

Yes...I will be leaving in July to go on a big adventure around the world.

You can find out more at:

cdg2010 (dot) org

[MasakiHikaru]

I love your editing and the way you presented everything, watching a lot of videos here in the past week and messing with stuff has really inspired some creativity. Thank you! ^_^

[ToLokyo]

Glad you could be inspired!

Keep making videos and putting yourself out there man.

[ElevenColors]

Hmmm. Freelance English teacher? Got a friend who does the same. Cathy, woman who sings for aozoa who I'm just about to go see in Ikebukuro.

Can't be easy. Best of luck.

[MisterNES]

Better than selling your soul to some boss who doesn't care about you. Done that before.

[ToLokyo]

Yeah - I do freelance English teaching as well as a lot of other kinds of work that come my way. I agree...in Asia there are a lot of English language companies that specialize in stealing teacher's souls. I'm happy to be out of that, despite all the self-motivation it requires. It keeps me on my toes. ^^

Tell Cathy I wish her luck~~ ^_^/