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New Video By Our Friends in Germany

by john | Post #56 | August 18, 2025 | Osaka | 0 Comments

Just prior to our visit to the Osaka Expo 2025, we received an email from Finn-Bo Loresnzen of the Germany based indie pop band "Roast Apple" informing us they would be performing at the Germany Pavilion during the Expo. As it turns out, we were there the same days...

Reached 5,000 Subscribers!

by john | Post #55 | June 25, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The other day we celebrated one year on Youtube, and today we reached another milestone. We now have 5,000 subscribers to our Youtube channel. Hard to imagine that on June 8, 2024, we started with zero. I'm told most new channels don't make it to one year or never...

We’re One Year Old!

by john | Post #54 | June 23, 2025 | Cities | 0 Comments

On June 8th of last year, we published our first video on our visit to Takayama. With no experience in video production or editing, and having never uploaded anything to YouTube, we took the plunge and launched Uncharted Japan on YouTube. Its been quite the...

Meiji Mura, A Step Back In Time

Post #2 | May 13, 2024 | Nagoya, Uncategorized

About 50 minutes outside Nagoya is one incredible outdoor museum. Situated on more than 200 acres of beautifully landscaped rolling hills overlooking a large lake is the Meiji Mura or “village”. This property features more than 70 structures from the Meiji Era which...

The MAGLEV Museum

Post #1 | May 13, 2024 | Nagano

Japan is well known as home to Toyota, Honda, Mazda and other car manufacturers. However, within the country, it seems as though the rail system is what rules the landscape. I don’t believe any country on Earth has a rail system so well developed and operated as...