Version 2025.03.05 (please watch for changes as this page is subject to updates)Tiny World Tours Japan Travelers Recommended YouTube Channels
Here are our suggested You Tube channels to browse for first timers to Japan, or just to catch up with latest advice, and interesting things to learn about….each has a different style and format, so find your favorite way to learn… We’ve linked a few specific videos that we thought would be especially helpful. If there’s a topic you are especially interested in, use the search bar and there will be plenty of options… just keep refining your search until you find what you like… or learn about something you never knew existed. We can also share our favorite videos with each other once we start up the group WhatsApp…
Kensho Quest Well researched, personal travel tips from a family from Hawaii…
Suggested: Emergency Preparedness; Japan Packing List: One Bag Travel Backpack Essential Tips: Asakusa; How to Use a Suica Card; What to wear in Japan in each season; Must have Japan Travel Apps; GO taxi App tips; Essential FAQs for first time travelers in 2025; How to Pay in Japan by Credit card, IC, Cash, ¥,Japan internet, data plans, SIM,etc; Packing tips, Pro Strategioes, and Traveling with Luggage in Japan; Best Japan Souveniers
Tokyo Cheapo – Basics of Tokyo travel, plus smart, researched niche culture topics, off the beaten path, plus “a healthy dose of the bizarre and wonderful that one only finds in this sprawling metropolis”
Suggested: Japan Travel Basics; When to see Cherry Blossoms in Japan; Tokyo Area Guides (Asakusa; Shibuya; etc.); Haneda Airport Survival Guide ; Best Vegetarian Restaurants
Japan Unravelled—Destinations, tips, commentary by a young Brit
First time mistakes in Japan; 55 Tips to Know BEFORE you go to Japan; Japan Packing Must-Haves; Hidden Kyoto series; Secrets of Train Stationsl Insider Guide to Naoshima;
Japan and More-Travel tips, advice, and insider suggestions from Becki & Shawn
Suggstions: Tips for Riding Trains; Tips for Responsible Travel; Basic Etiquette for Bullet Trains, Best luggatge for Japan, 12 Things Considered Rude in Japan
Japan-Guide.com basic highlight videos focused on places and experiences in Japan
Suggestions: Destination-Specific videos such as Top 5 Tokyo, Kyoto How to Travel in Japan series: Stay in a Ryokan; How to use IC Cards; Sushi: How to eat, history, cost; Ramen; Bathing at a Japanese Hot Spring/Onsen Etiquette; Dining out In Japan ; How to use Trains in Japan.
20 Do’s and Don’ts Table Manners; Tokyo Foods gone Viral!; Japanese Drinking Culture; Taste of Devotion: Japanese Culinary Masters; Japan Taste Makers: Chef Spotlight Series; Slurp’s Up Raman series; Pheebz to Table: explores local producers and their culinary secrets; by.Food Food experiences; ….
Taiji’s Kitchen – authentic, alternative Japanese food experiences, manners, and home cooking videos
Suggested: Japanese Table Manners and how to use chopsticks; Special features of a Japanese Home; Japanese Department Store food Halls; Japanese Convenience Store Food; Japanese Side Dishes…
TabiEats a dynamic duo passionate about foodcentric travel in Japan and elsewhere
Suggested: Top Ramen in Tokyo; Best 25 foods to try at 7 Eleven; Must-try Tokyo Street foods; Tokyo and Kyoto Food and Travel Guides; The Most Beautiful Sushi in the World/Kyoto; How to eat X Japanese Food Tutorials; The Real Tsukiji; Japanese Train Bentos
Inaka Adventure – lots of sensible travel tips and cultural background info…
Suggested: 5 Days in Tokyo; 4 Days in Kyoto; Spring in Japan for Cherry Blossoms; The Truth about Japanese Toilets; Japanese Folklore series; How to stay at a Ryokan; 16 tips-First time in Japan
Mr. Travel has interesting features on shopping, train stations, neighborhoods…
Suggestions: Shops and Markets in Japan section; Vingage and Flea Markets in Kyoto, Tokyo; Traditional Kyoto; Tokyo Guide: Best Cherry Blossoms; Tsukiji Fish Market; Sumo;
Daniel Steiner – chats about maps and history globally, and his Tokyo’s Map Explained will help you get situated…
Craftsmanship Process Suigenkyo
Why Japan is the Land of Artisans; Making Samurai Armor; Kumihimo braided ropes; etc.
Odawara Art Foundation- Enoura Observatory
Hiroshi Sugimoto Interview; Sunrise and Moonrise at the Observatory; Bunraku Performance
Paolo From Tokyo Enthusiastic expat gets under the surface of Japanese daily life, seeing everyday experiences and places in thoughtful, unexpected way…
Suggested: Japanese Sounds Foreigners Don’t Know; Japan Must-visit Food stops in Azabudai Hills and team Lab; Workday in a Japanese Grocery Store; Japan Behind the Counter at famous restaurants; Top 10 things to do in…Shinjuku, Shibuya, etc; Japan Street Food Guides;