Life in Tokyo #68: The Fast and the Superfluous

[strawberry505643]

i love hearing you speak japanese it makes it feel like ur really in japan instead of some weird world with people who cosplay and have penis parades lol

[TheBlackbutlerLover]

the guy looks like a older JET LEE

[pinglauwa]

Lol @ the tags.

[280zKali]

How the hell did those pass Shakien?

[LoCo55]

just thought i'd let everyone know the style of tuning seen here is called BOSO style or BIPPU style

[eltoro13]

Rice Rice Baby

lol at the double spoiler.

[666ToyotaSupra]

Those cars give tuners a bad name i would take a fully stock mustang before id own one of them and that is saying something the spoiler and roof scoop on that one car was just horrible

[hteb1992]

rice rockets lmao cute name

[Solison]

I love everything japan,,, except these cars, i prefer the american muscle, but that's just me lol

[boy4everjoy]

manga and anime FTW !!! colecting gundam figurines = Fail lol

[TUNERJDM]

interesting stuff, you should do more car vlogs

[irit8r]

@TUNERJDM If you like car vlogs check my channel, im gonna be doing as much car festival coverage in japan as i can :)

[TUNERJDM]

@irit8r cool thx

[drakonis8]

some of those could pass as floats in a parade

[snipedsniper18]

BOZO!!!

[DarkKnghtZ]

Take 1 semester of Japanese and your he will be jealous of YOUR pronunciation.

[MurdocLC]

Oooh! Yeah first time we hear a full convo in japanese with u! Im sooo juelous! (damn i cant spell that)

[lilstu20]

Made This A Fav Just Coz You (Coonie) Actually Converse In Japanese, I Might Learn Something From This Vid.

[alna1287]

@lilstu20 Why Do You Capitalize Every Word?

[mrmillsap]

those make riceburners in america look cool ;P

[chronicleone]

3:21 mexican-japanese hoopty ride?

[Slappy240]

Its called Bosozoku, and Bruce lee is Chinese, not Japanese.

[nerdcoreGH420]

lol. Ya... wasn't he Cantonese?

[7ShinL]

This is the first time I've seen you do a full Japanese conversation and it makes me realize that i still have a lot to study in order to hold casual ones, especially since I barely understood half of what you two were talking about without referring to the subs.

[chicawazzzzzzza]

shitbox 3000

[dirtchew]

BWAH! @ 1:58

Rev! Rev! REV!.......lug..lug...

[capitalsho]

FANTA!

[Chupacabras84]

When you started to talk bout how wasteful and weird is spending all the dough on manga figures i think you could hurt this old men.

I mean I bet he have like hundredths of figures like this XD

[virusghost101]

my ears are bleeding...you should check out the real cars that are in japan and make a vid about that,check out spoon or mines.would love to see some skylines...^^

[jsdhesmith5]

the japs thrive on being wierd, just the way they are.

[na6drifter]

lol out of all the nice cars in tokyo he had 2 run into those lol

[adankseason]

Haha those cars where so gay! I have a fully built Civic with a b18c1 swap. Those cars where the silliest shit I've ever seen lmao!

[oinkinstein]

i know right?! what the fuck were those things they are so ugly and sound horrible ha.

[Sirrom0206]

I lived in japan and no american has a japanese car as cool as one in japan. Son #1 runs a S2000, son #2 has a Eclipse and I have an accord. All junk compared to those that run in japan. The spec's are different from those that ship here. I.E a 2009 Mits may ship with 3 types of race engines and 1 normal engine within the same year.

[atlantarock87]

The fact that you would brag about that makes you the gayest.

[Choice777]

wowo. you speak japanese. i really want ot learn japanese at soem point. i mean it's like suge a huge barier. well after i learn it i'll have no problems anywhere on earh :D cause i can talk english, frensh, german, and a whole bunch of other languages that i can do some small talk , italian,spanish(and similar ones like brazilian, mexican) If i learn japanese then i'm liek the happyest person ever. just think about all the cultural thing i could learn. Japan is awesome. how did u learn it ?

[latinobepsfan]

ummmmmmm

you can speak brazilian and mexican???

AHAHAHA no wayyy pretty cool!!!

lol wow..stupidest thing ive ever read

lol thanks for the laugh!!!

[megamanxu]

maybe he meant something like spanish compare to mexican ACCENT of spanish. such of an event is like speaking french in FRANCE and speaking french in QUEBEC. but if i'm wrong then he's a dumb*** lol

[VTEC4LYFEGunny]

my exhaust sounds better than all them its has a deeper tone to it

[alkaro]

you can speak japanese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[cbass5511]

Were you carrying a laptop?

[smokingbandit67]

lol i never get sick of the opening theme. all your vlogs should be financed into a tv show.

[cbass5511]

Id watch it

[randomthingsisay]

|Do you ask them if you can film them or do you just go ahead and do it??

[shawn1077052]

Here in Indiana we have cars that sound like weedeater engines. Everytime I hear them I think my ears bleed a little.

[StringsCrusader]

LOL those cars sound SO powerful...

Sounds like a flag made of newspaper on a windy day.

[FatesWishes]

Its funny how you had your laptop and not your camera LOL.

that must have been a pain in the ass :)

[SakatsuinJapan]

Wow roaming around a parking lot videotaping cars and being a bit creepy (mind you, in a good mind of way) would land you being stopped by police back home, I think. I found the conversation you had more interesting than the cars although the Fanta Orange car is irresistible! <3~ Looking forward to future videos from you!

[dwell38]

i love your posts. always awesome.

[Allrec]

japan is a car country.

[Peekingduck]

Those are some very red-neck style pimped cars...

[birdie92k]

I hope you were being sarcastic about this video since this has been around wayyy longer than the whole JDM North American scene. This goes wayyy back in Japan. It a different way of modding cars and I guess if you can't respect that then hey, to each their own.

[IinoSama]

ahahah! those are amazing cars! kind of need an upgrade on the reality of modern cars though? I mean... those cars looked like they were from the 70's or something. This definitely shows the difference between North American and Japanese aesthetic tastes though. Kinda cool to see how culture can affect our artistic choices.

[AndrewzProduction896]

damn, being an half-japanese and looking at my people makes me really sad sometimes...

[btbamfan20]

Oh my hahaha too funny

[jimmybrite]

LOL. They have the over the top manga-cartoon like bodykits on cars fad, I think it's called "bosozoku style" It's nothing like real performance cars, and WHEN they drift, they do it on the touge (to-gei) Mountain roads.Performance Modding over there has declined dramatically since 2000 ish...

[innpressTV]

Yeah speak Japanese !!!

[innpressTV]

sc0ttGu

stop leaving stupid comments..

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

You are the only one leaving stupid comments, If he only spoke japanese then how would people who dont speak japanese and plan to go to japan understand?

The whole point of what he does is to help NON japanese people.

[smittens888]

I wish you would film more of your Japanese conversations! They're very interesting.

And I think, also very informative. I'm learning Japanese, and I love hearing "actual" polite conversations...as opposed to the slang you usually find in animes haha..

[JonMikelQ]

this is nothing like Fast and the Furious tokyo Drift

lol

[Carlyle118]

lol, that guy looks like an old Jet Li....3:45

[MasterCorruptor]

they sound like they got a busted muffler.. lol... and they where proper hillbilly mobiles =)

[quintus87]

what blind moron decorated those car.

[vondielstrum]

You speak so fluently...respect

[foodnoodle]

yes, more japanese conversation lol

i like the car at 1:44 and the blue one at 1:38 the rest are too outrageous

[graceoverall]

Jap is a very derogatory term from WWII and shouldn't be used. Use JP if you want to shorten it please. Many people take offense at that word and consider it racist.

That being said, really cool video. I enjoyed the Japanese conversation too. I've been studying the language and culture for awhile and find it all very interesting. I hope to go there someday. Cheers!

[dragonballzgtgohan]

the jap conversation was awsome o.o lol

[freakmrhyde]

Those are the ugliest cars I ever seen !!!

[Nashyboyo]

u getting paid to display that advert on your video's now? u should

[EiriYuki92]

Is it just I who hear the music to Tokyo Drift to this? :o

[PattyDFFS]

within the past 24 hours I have watch every one of these videos.

These are the best videos on youtube! seriously. I love japan enough as it is but this guy makes it so much better. I am making one of my number 1 things to do in japan, meeting this guy.

[asliceobread]

Aah your videos are so entertaining so watch.

You must have the most fun time in Japan.

[pianist231]

"i'll edit that last part out" LOL sure you did.

[Ryokeen]

Hey cooney;

I'm working on coming over to Japan for a short time, to visit, get the feel, and see a potential or not potential future in Japan. If and when I do pop up, perhaps you'll have to show me some sweet coffee places, and some nice parks...

Also, next video soon?

If you don't hurry, you're gonna get voer run by cool hip college kids, like Tokyoswan again.

Dun dun...daa....

[keltoi3000]

I know you've done similar things but can you do a vlog on Tokyo night life please?

[elitechrstn]

Keltoi3000 Go to Life in Tokyo 13 or got there yourself

[ruynline]

besozoku!!!!! I was craving for a post like this ! I thought It was about shopping! Cooney is the best! It would be awsome if he could focous on JDM scene too!

[scasey1223]

LOL, I waste all my money on beer and food too!!!!

[abz998]

Did you really walk about filming all this with a laptop webcam?

[Mipolin]

OMG. I think I saw him in a coffeshop in Sinjyuku today!

オーマイゴッド。多分今日新宿のコーヒーショップで彼を見ました 。

[tokyocooney]

That was indeed me. Why didn't you say hello!

[Fonzi79]

Hey do you plan on living there forever?

[Ryushinji]

wow its really cool the hear you speak japanese like that ^_^

[blackberrybunny]

LOL, it's a pimp mobile parade! LOL Check out that spoiler! What, no furry dashboards? ROFLMAO What was that yellow pipe thing coming out of the hood of that one car?

[nekomeow85]

I like the way you spoke your japanese, Cooney. I hope to one day be able to speak it or AT LEAST, understand japanese myself. If I ever get the classes? cuz practicing it by yourself is a killer. You have no one to practice it with and its hard to even use japanese here in the US when everyone mostly talks English?? O_o lol I do practice the letters, though, now and then.

[pp9000]

does it fell like zombeis are attacking you for your new video... lol

[DavePerry2012]

It's nearly the end of the work day in Japan so I bet it will be up soon. I just hope he eats meatloaf ice cream or does something equally spectacular to make up for the wait time. :p

[tokyocooney]

Unfortunately had a few problems uploading it, but Im working on it. Should be up soon I hope. Damn technical problems!!!

[DavePerry2012]

I'm getting all tingly. XD

[SenseiTedderz]

Oh and by the way, does anyone ever say 涼しい (Suzushii) for cool anymore?

[SenseiTedderz]

lol ya thats always a pain, what kind of video editing do you use? I know vegas pro is always nice, but also a pretty penny to buy -_-

[tokyocooney]

its rendering in the editing software and taking forever... ugh

[lazypuddycat]

The worst part is I can see this on BBC's top gear. I think I can imagine what they'll say :P

[claureno]

KC- what does ko-kui mean? You said it a bunch.

[tokyocooney]

"Kakkoi" loosely translates to "cool." Im still not sure if I was being sarcastic or not in the many times I used it.

[Tontto]

hahaha :D

I thought you were being sarcastic :P

[SenseiTedderz]

Sugoi kuruma desu ne? Can't wait for a new video ^_^

[FlyingZolo]

3:45 kindda looks like jet li

[DavePerry2012]

It's true, being cool is really inconvenient.

[DavePerry2012]

Hear that, tc? There's an angry mob gathering. :-)

[krezzz3]

some of those are classic cars

[pp9000]

when are you coming out with a new video?

[DavePerry2012]

Look below you.

[DavePerry2012]

Withdrawals creeping in. New vid soon?

[tokyocooney]

Sorry, not till after the weekend. But it should be up on monday or tuesday.

[DavePerry2012]

UNacceptable.

The monkey idol will visit you in your sleep tonight, Cooney. Beware his wrath!!!

Heh, JK. Hope you've been having fun otherwise. I've been busy witnessing the Boxxy fiasco.

[limestarinc]

You could start another series: Japanese conversations.

For this idea, Bunlap requires 1 Ringgit.

[tokyocooney]

Damn it bunlap you are bleeding me dry.

[malekamoves]

have a question Kev, does people around you ever look at you strangely, I mean when you are talking into a camera by yourself? It does not look that way on your vids I guess that there are so many people in Japan everywhere that thats nothing to them, they would in my tiny city dough:(

[enyajustice]

I guess what could be considered wasteful is subjective. My first thought was pouring massive amounts of money into either anime or a car is wasteful. However, I spend a lot of money on music equipment, and to some that could be seen as wasteful.

So whatever, do what makes you happy (unless killing things is involved).

[Joskun]

Dude, you seriously carried you're laptop, lol.

great video like always. You're partly the reason I want to visit Japan. So keep those videos coming!!!

[tommytaro]

whoa, were you carrying your laptop's built in camera? i could tell your arm was getting tired towards the end of that conversation with the japanese guy, haha.

[spickandspammer3404]

Watch movies that are still in theaters at greatmovies[DOT]tk

[const011]

I just saw tokyocooney on the travel channel! Talking to Anthony Bourdain... through vlog of course. crazy!

[Chauvinisticzero]

lol kevin

[simonthelimon]

Happy new year and congratulations on the youtube award,you are the best,keep up the good work.Best regards from Portugal ;)

[fluergirl1]

Dude !!!! i just saw you on no reservations!!!!!!!

[RadicalNoran]

one word to every american reading

WEEABOO !!!!

[MacDarkStar]

how dare you say those horrible thing about anime, manga, and figures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thoses cars are ugly and sound stupid!!!!!!!!!!! tthose are the real losers!!!!!!!!!!!

[watashijoe2]

4:00 noisy engine. :)

[brycebt1991]

morevideos dududuududude, movie theater? schoools, like public? do they have cars like in fst and the furious tokyo drift? also, can you go to a capsule hotel, youd make some great jokes about those, and Japanese television?

congrats on the 08 youtube award

YOUR AWESOME

[skyblast]

Gundams and anime are much cooler than some noisy, fugly car. :P

[Kirbymcbadass]

Genius! Subscribed*

[RoninDave]

it's hard to cross the streets in this town with all the Tokyo Drifting going on just like in the movie and it's japanese spin/rip off.

[kansaiPJ]

Isn't drifting mostly for guys who have too much money and no skill at getting girls naturally?!?

[Woohoopanda]

are you going to Mount Midoriyama for Sasuke?

[maneneko]

They're the ones with funky cars and you're the one getting the strange looks! lol

[king2fan]

珍DVD　その2

search for the above youtube clip

[pp9000]

how long did it take you to learn japanese?

[IzumiBrisingr]

rice rockets.. ahahah

[thew43]

those cars were ugly...there are some really nice pimped out cars in tokyo and there is a place they race in the city

[Kirthal]

you're quite a bit better than me at japanese, but your accent is way worse. how does that work?

japanese people speak like they just woke up, if that helps at all. your jaw muscles are too tense.

[baioslaio]

What do you work with?

[bastain123]

oh wow i didnt think cooney had suucch good japanese i thought he was straight out gaijin but he knows us people

[HIEDGNER]

I think in his earlier videos he said he's lived there for 5,6,7 years.. I dunno something around that

[darkages772008]

still a very good effort for a laptop webcam!

[zombievsrobot]

You're living the dream. I love the bosozoku scene!

[enbejey]

I like the Nihongo there.

Cool stuff.

[KaylaEllen84]

ahh I still prefer the cars in death race 2000 lol

[escapefrmla]

That was the best video yet !!!!! To see you just simply converse with that man was awesome. So natural like you were born there. Really a true talent I envy you. All the best

[Fellshadow]

yeah, thats "cool" in Japanese

[blulaguna18]

omg you just hold a whole conversation with that driver and it was awesome. Its amazing to see you talk japanese. hmm. so cool.

[kenbo1992]

thats right

[segatasanshir0]

wow those cars where extremely laim. but wow your japanese is getting really good!

[MitsukoKitano]

i don't know what kind of work you do, but it seems pretty awesome-tastic. you should make more videos of you speaking japanese. =)

[herz501]

What an amazing car sound at 5:00

[shaolintiger1]

yes it is kakoii

[Zpik3]

I'm guessing the camera couldn't pick up the sound of the cars correctly.. But to me those cars just sound fucking broken. ^^

[NumbFaction]

haha

$20,000 makes more sense to spend on cars because they get you laid. I don't think there has ever been a situation wear $20k worth of anime toys has had the same result.

[forbiddenhill]

we finally get to hear your talent in the japanese language..hope i can be like that one day..i know how to put sentences together and stuff, just need to work on more vocab..kool video by the way

[PrincesCrocodile]

Great vid, I love the title

[linkinpain]

no offense to those guys but those cars were so ugly looking, i thought they were going to look like the ones in Tokyo drift.

[romeoteknik]

Great job as always, regular chit chat with the folks in Japanese was fantastic, you should do it more often. I'd love to see some Wangan/C1/Shutoku Highway System scenes/races, ever rode thru that yet?

[lilangel8932]

your right though I was just in Tokyo and I didn't see any drifting going on. I saw some tricked out rides, but as far as some action, nothing.

[ishaan55]

Nice S-Class 2:22

[mameeebobs]

im sure thats not the best modified cars japan can offer but still.... pretty funny. nice vid

[michelelisa]

meh. I just dont get it. must be a boy thing.

But I do like the done up vans. Those are just cool. Just dont see them in Tokyo. Heaps in Sendai!

[tokyocooney]

I think you are right.

[SatoNiji]

Great fun! ^_^ Beer and food. Lovely, lol.

[flipinz]

that white one was my fav 1:46

[RagingReaper101]

God. Those cars at the beginning sound worse than 1950's lawnmowers.

[fireraider747]

Yay...

[rainbowpencil27]

Marry me, Kevin.

Aha, Nice videooo.

:)

[ratboycom]

Diggin the Boso cars

[GuitarSlingerPK]

I just don't understand that whole scene. I'd rather spend 30$ or 40$ on a DVD set of an anime or movies, rather than the 20,000$ tricking out a car. Now that is a waste of you consider it, because these folks are dropping enormous sums of money on these cars. Unless you are talking about the freaks that have hundreds of figures and stuff like that. Guess it all comes down to what brings you joy right?

[tokyocooney]

Exactly, I mean people who spend $20,000 on figurines. And trust me, people do. If I had to compare the two purchases the car makes more sense to me.