American Family's First Time in Tokyo! Mario Kart, Shibuya, Asakusa, Tokyo Skytree + Kimono Rentals

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2 ай бұрын

My American family has NEVER been to Japan up until now!! They are in for a treat! In this video, we hit the ground running with them and have a blast spending the first few days in Tokyo. :) We experience and learn more about the Japanese traditional dress & cultures, experience amazing views of Tokyo during the sunset, and have a blast riding around Shibuya square on Mario Karts! It's a freaking blast!
Not only that but they are amazing grandparents and wanted to see our girls in DisneySea and Disneyland! We definitely ate our way through the park and had a blast doing it with family!
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@sakutaro3musik486 2 ай бұрын

i was twice in japan and love it there, wasn´t in tokyo yet but that will be my next vocation place :D

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

It’s fun to hear that you have travelled to Japan but not in Tokyo! That’s rare because most people make a stop in Tokyo! Where did you go the other times? :)

@connycatlady7429 2 ай бұрын

Hey. Nice to see your family again. You're all beautiful in your kimonos 😅. Disney looks like a lot of fun for all of you. Yes, I would prefer to go into nature. Can't wait vor the next one. Greetings from Germany.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

It was fun to have our family come out and to share some of that time with you all!

@RustyDust101 2 ай бұрын

Greetings (or good morning to you guys) from Germany. How is this possible? You have two absolutely adorably cute kids who can charm the socks off anyone. One, yeah, but two?!? 😍 Great to see your whole family together, visiting you guys. Have the best of times.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

You are so kind! We feel like we got lucky because they're personalities are the best!! It was wonderful to have family come visit, so it's great you can see that! :) thank you!

@ginster458 2 ай бұрын

So much delicious food! Thank god I was eating breakfast while watching (Good Morning from Germany!). Tokyo Disney looks amazing! Also, Noah is showing so much character already, she's so cheeky! You can see how she's really engaged with everything and even tries to pull little pranks. I recently rewatched the first Germany videos while deep cleaning the house, and Noah grabbing for every piece of food she can get really shows she is Willa's sister 😂 Also I wrote under one of the first videos you made in Japan how I can already see you in my mind wearing kimonos and that was spot on, so naturally now I will be changing my career path to professional medium🔮

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

She is so cheeky! We can't tell you how many times we have thought to ourselves: "Oh, we are in for it with her personality" of course, we love that she has so much personality at this age and we're excited to see how she grows up. These two love each other so much already and they also get into fights nearly every day lol. Yes, go for it! lol

@arnikakiani8014 2 ай бұрын

So great to see your parents and sister enjoying themselves - so many fun activities!!!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! They had a blast and we loved it with them too! :)

@jjivy6310 2 ай бұрын

Oh my! So many people!! Looks like everyone had a God time. Love watching and seeing everyone's faces. The kimonos were so beautiful and looked like fun for sure. Keep on adventuring and sharing ❤. Big smiles all around!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It was so good for us having family come visit! :)

@berndgaal7689 2 ай бұрын

Wow!!! Asakusa was my home for 7 yrs. Memories....:-)

@themrgumbatron 2 ай бұрын

nice to see a family focused travel vlog in tokyo.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We agree!

@ProCorona 2 ай бұрын

It is so much fun and a great joy watching you guys exploring this new country I always found that Japan 🇯🇵 is worth exploring … have fun 🤩! All the best wishes from Germany 🇩🇪 😉😃✌🏻

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We're loving it! Japan is much larger than I think we both initially imagined, so we're happy there is so much to explore. Thanks for the wishes :)

@ProCorona 2 ай бұрын

@@OurStorytoTell you are welcome Guys 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🙂🙂🙂

@Opa_Andre 2 ай бұрын

That was alot of fun to watch. Just had to rewind the video to 12:54 for some times as I thought to hear the sound to Mary Poppins song of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Would be also interesting to know more about that Mario Kart ride in the public streets of Tokyo. How is this organized? Do you need to have a valid drivers license to go on? As someone without knowing the "street rules" and signs you could cause severe issues... Anyway, just loved it and you guys obviously had a lot of fun yourself which is most important.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

The Mario Kart driving is limited to those with an international driver's license. There are several companies who offer the rentals, and when you show up on the day of the tour/rental, you get instructions, and then have a leader sho drives in front to show you which way to go and such. Thank you! We had a blast while they were here!

@Opa_Andre 2 ай бұрын

@@OurStorytoTell Makes totally sense. Thank you very much for your additional explanation. Greetings from Germany 👋

@mummamarsh1180 2 ай бұрын

Loving your Japanese journey. Thank you

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kgspollux6998 2 ай бұрын

Hello again ! Next time when you visit Asakusa, don't forget to make a rickshaw-ride through downtown streets . . . .😊

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We saw a lot of those during our visit!

@user-ue2vt7pd5x 2 ай бұрын

うわあー！お子ちゃま達可愛いらしい！❤❤

@isana788 2 ай бұрын

Grafenwöhr is actually the same as Tokyo...just without all that stuff. I don't understand why there wasn't Mario Kart racing there. By the way: You look great in the kimonos

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Exaclty, nearly identifcal lol! Thank you, it was a fun experience for us.

@melocitysolo9574 2 ай бұрын

Wow, everyone looks great in kimono. It is so beautiful and cute.👘 Daddy's kimono looks like a samurai, so it's really cool! 🏯

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Oh wow that is so nice! Thank you!! 🫶

@DariaThomasNr1 2 ай бұрын

Willa looked so cute! 🌸

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

She’s getting so big!

@rabbit07236 2 ай бұрын

welcome back to us! and enjoy Tokyo where it is larger than many guess!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

It is so huge!

@PVTKR 2 ай бұрын

The most adorable family!😊

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

awww thank you!!

@maryanngibbs6963 2 ай бұрын

This video was a lot of fun! Noa is getting so big and has a big personality like her sister hehe. I would love to do the go carts that looked so much fun but a little scary being on the main roads with big cars.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Isn't she though? We can hardly believe it sometimes.

@user-gg9mw3wh8s 2 ай бұрын

OMG. The Mario Karts look so much fun!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

They were so much fun!

@KamenRider_Stronger 14 күн бұрын

It's annoying!

@christinehorsley 2 ай бұрын

Willa is getting so big so fast. And little Noa is ever cuter. Nice Kimonos you chose. Do you feel that Japanese natives might resent foreigners and tourists wearing kimonos? Go-cart riding right on the regular streets sharing the space with cars seems quite frightening to me 😧

@Herzschreiber 2 ай бұрын

quote "Do you feel that Japanese natives might resent foreigners and tourists wearing kimonos?" Same question came into my mind. But I guess in case they do, they would never ever show that. Due to what they consider as polite. But I may be wrong....

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

I'm sure there are locals who view it from both sides, but as a general perception when we were walking around, getting ready and such, that it is not looked down upon. That said, Japanese can be reserved and soft spoken at times, so they might be thinking something different. We like to think that most have positive thoughts about foreigners wearing kimono :)

@Mwoods2272 2 ай бұрын

@@Herzschreiber Most Japanese see it as appreciation than appropriation.

@Herzschreiber 2 ай бұрын

@@Mwoods2272 Thanks for answering. I have seen it in western Arfrica that people see it as an appreciation and it makes them proud, but since there are big differences in cultural mind sets, I did not want to transfer that assumption to other countries.

@Mwoods2272 2 ай бұрын

@@Herzschreiber It's the US that has a problem, not the rest of the world.

@cs3473 2 ай бұрын

The Mario Karts looked pretty cool, though that White BMW SUV looked like it was having none of it.

@KamenRider_Stronger 14 күн бұрын

They take advantage of loopholes in the law to do business with foreigners. Japanese people think it's a nuisance. Japanese people think that foreigners who are happy without knowing such things are irrational idiots. If you are different, please don't do the same thing when you come to Japan.

@leepomoka Ай бұрын

Lovely family♡　日本に来てくれてありがとう♫

@OurStorytoTell Ай бұрын

Awww thank you!!

@KamenRider_Stronger 14 күн бұрын

日本が侵略され日本が無くなろうとしているのに日本人の代表ヅラすんな

@user-pq2zj7ok9l Ай бұрын

日本へようこそ、良い滞在を

@user-pq2zj7ok9l 2 ай бұрын

USJにも行くのかな？日本を楽しんで下さい笑

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We hope to visit it someday!! :)

@zunairbirds3984 2 ай бұрын

MashAllah beautiful sharing ❤❤❤❤❤

@Meddten 2 ай бұрын

On what age was your sister adpoted?

@user-tv2uf6zp3y 2 ай бұрын

素晴らしい着物姿最高に似合ってました。❤

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@martinkasper197 2 ай бұрын

Funny to see these electronic toilets and on the other those literally holes in the ground.. Like you can still find it in Turkey or Greece...🤔

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

I know Japan has the nicest toilets we've ever seen, but then occasionally we are humbled with the squatty pottys lol!

@riekoide4121 19 күн бұрын

Welcome to Sumida-ku and Asakusa!! Asakusa is oldest play city from long long ago.And Hnayashiki is oldest Playland in Japan, Asakusa-Ueno line was oldest metro in Japan. But did you watch 「Hotaru no haka」Giburi 「Grave of the fireflies」, After WW2 all was burning, Sumida River was full of Dead people, my grandfather did ofter all cleaning work in militaly, and viel of children were living inside here Ueno Metro, and viel children dead like Seita. anknowlege dead human oil shadow rests yet on Bridge of Asakusa. There is Yose too in Asakusa. in Edo time Yose sistemated like a language school, many people carried lot of diaretto in Edo, aber Rakugo and Koudan of Yose was language theathr teacher of Japanese normale with 😂. When you will come in Sumida-ku in next time, please come Kokughikan and carry up by Sumo Rikishi. That will for children fortune. P.S When i was student, I sang marriage ceremony Disney see hotel milacosta😂.

@crossfire2204 2 ай бұрын

In Japan it always seems like just a vacation. Not like a real home for you. It's a shame that you didn't stay in Germany. But maybe again sometime. It would certainly be better for your children in Germany too. So we hope you will move back to Germany soon. You are always welcome.

@NEWYORKBOSTON-jq3ew 2 ай бұрын

enjoy japan and find new orient

@JapanCustomTours 2 ай бұрын

All the locals hate Mario kart. The accident rate is very high.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Interesting to hear! And a bummer as well that it has high accident rates!

@user-xo2pw3cl9w Ай бұрын

I know you are not to blamed but I'd like you to know that the cart service is nearly illegal and many Japanese people, including me, dislike it. I hope you never recommend it.

@marimarihosp3035 2 ай бұрын

Japanese police should ban the karts for safety reasons. And it's an eyesore.

@user-lf9ur9cv5t 2 ай бұрын

このマリオカートって迷惑だよね。なんでこんなの許されてるの？

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We could see that being something locals hate! As a foreigner we thought it was fun, but we could see where you’re coming from!

@TT-yk3dt 2 ай бұрын

マリオカート最悪！！！！最悪止めてくれ！！！！！！！

@gwynethglas-brown9171 27 күн бұрын

Aww your patents & Sister were having a lot of fun , it’s lovely they got a cross to visit you all 🫶. ( just catching up with your videos. Had some internet issues ). Have a good weekend 🥰

@OurStorytoTell 26 күн бұрын

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