I asked you guys the Patreon Patrons which country you wanted to see for filler week and this was your choice. It was difficult but I finally got all 47. Yeesh. Thanks guys. ENJOY!

-Which island do you live in? *"Hokkaido"* -Which region is it? *"Hokkaido"* -Which prefecture? *"Hokkaido"* -Alright-

It's called a filler week, but almost seems to need the same amount of research as a normal episode.

Tottori: Sand dunes, least populated, pink food. Lithuania: We should hang out sometimes.

Region timestamps: 1:16 Hokkaidō 1:43 Tōhoku 3:58 Kantō 6:38: Chūbu 10:43 Kinki 14:06 Chūgoku 16:10 Shikoku 17:45 Kyūshū

5:15 - Grape-kun passed away over three years ago though, Internet legends even claim he has since reunited with his waifu (seen above him on the photo) in the afterlife.

Country: has small, tropical islands Barbs: it's the Hawaii of (Country)

5:18 RIP Grape-Kun, he was the penguin of culture.

I’ve lived in Japan several years and visited over half of the prefectures. This is surprisingly accurate. Probably the most glaring omissions: Shizuoka is famous for WASABI. Hōkkaido, Kanazawa, and Fukui have the best crab. Miyagi is famous for the best Rice and has the oldest whisky distillery. Yamanashi is mostly known for wine. Aomori and Nagano also have strong regional dialects, actually most remote areas have a local dialect different from standard Edo/Tōkyō dialect. Kansai is particularly proud of their dialect, as the Capital region people from Ōsaka and Kyōto often use their dialect, including when performing on TV. Most Japanese know some Kansaiben.

The prefectures of Japan have some unique, minimalist and modern looking flags. =D

First Four Pokémon Regions are based of Japanese Regions. Gen 1 (Red & Blue): Kanto Of course it is based on the region with the capital Tokyo being Kanto. Celedon City & Saffron City are based of Tokyo. Game Freak & Nintendo must have patriotism to base off the 1st region of the region their capital is in. Gen 2 (Gold & Silver): Johto This is based of Kansai. Ecruteak City is based on Kyoto. Gen 3 (Ruby & Sapphire): Hoenn Based on Kyushu. Patalbury City is based of Fukuoka. Gen 4 (Diamond & Pearl): Sinnoh Based on Hokkaido. Jubillife City is based of Sapporo. From Gen 5 to the current Gen which is Gen 8 all the regions have been based of European Countries (I.e. 6 Kalos/France (technically just the northern part of France) & 8 Galar/UK (technically the land is just England upside down but the culture is a mix of all 4 sub-countries of the UK)) & USA's States (I.e 5 Unova/New York (technically just Manhattan not the full state) & 7 Alola/Hawaii (technically just the 4 main islands not all 8)).

1:17 Hokkaido 1:44 Aomori 2:10 Iwate 2:32 Miyagi 2:55 Akita 3:14 Yamagata 3:36 Fukushima 4:00 Ibaraki 4:16 Tochigi 4:36 Gunma 4:57 Saitama 5:23 Chiba 5:43 Tokyo 6:09 Kanagawa 6:41 Niigata 7:02 Toyama 7:27 Ishikawa 7:52 Fukui 8:16 Yamanashi 8:39 Nagano 9:11 Gifu 9:39 Shizuoka 10:12 Aichi 10:47 Mie 11:23 Shiga 12:01 Kyoto 12:21 Osaka 12:42 Hyogo 13:05 Nara 13:33 Wakayama 14:10 Tottori 14:30 Shimane 14:53 Okayama 15:18 Hiroshima 15:45 Yamaguchi 16:15 Tokushima 16:35 Kagawa 17:04 Ehime 17:22 Kochi

Japan people: 20% watching Foreigners: 80% While I'm watching my own country vid My people:60% Foreigners: 40%

Barbs: Kanto! Pokemon fans: *Whomst has summoned the almighty one*

Kanto region: exists Pokémon developers: I can milk you

When a Filler-Week on Japan's prefectures is longer than the actual GN-Video on Japan. Progress

1:16 Hokkaido 北海道地方 1:43 Tohoku 東北地方 3:58 Kanto 関東地方 6:38 Chubu 中部地方 10:43 Kinki 近畿地方 14:06 Chugoku 中国地方 16:10 Shikoku 四国地方 17:45 Kyushu 九州地方 20:32 Okinawa 沖縄

0:56 I like that "Not Japan" mark. It feels like it's the way japanese people sees the world "There is Japan and NOT Japan".

I've always liked the flags of Japan's prefectures. I actually like them more than Japan's own flag.

15:46 Yamaguchi's capital ❌Tottori ⭕️Yamaguchi

14:11 Actually the largest sand dune in Japan is not this one. The largest one is on Aomori Prefecture, however, entire area is under the administration of the Ministry of Defense so Tottori's one is the largest sand dune in Japan where normal citizen can enter.

Hey Barbs, good video! Great seeing you cover this topic. Just want to point out one thing about Fukushima - only a very small part of the prefecture is actually still under the zone of exclusion, and recently many of the areas which were formerly off-limits have since been made habitable again. The vast majority of the prefecture is completely safe to live and travel in. Sadly, the name of the power plant - Fukushima Daiichi - means that the nuclear disaster is forever associated with this entire prefecture (Japan's third-largest, many parts of which were never directly effected) which has resulted in some real stigma being attached to the land and the people, which is honestly undeserved. It's an amazing place, and the people there deserve to be known for more than one of the worst things that ever happened to them.

Barbs: "Everybody knows..." Also Barbs: Tells me something I don't know

I first set foot on Japan in 2015 during my transit flight from Singapore to Los Angeles, the transit airport was Tokyo Narita which I found out only last year that wasn't part of Tokyo prefecture, but is part of Greater Tokyo. I never actually "visited" during 2015 because I didn't go through immigration during the transit and was in the international zone all the time. The first time I actually visited Japan was last December, I flew from Beijing Capital to Osaka Kansai then visited Kyoto, got myself exposed to Japanese culture. My hotel was opposite Kyoto Station so it was really convenient to tour around freely. Man, Kyoto Station is big. So is the entire city of Kyoto. Kilometers away from the city center are mountains and woods, it's like the nature simply surrounds the modern city and I was in awe of this place. Next, I went to Osaka and set on a one-day tour to Nara, the poorest prefecture in Japan. They had lots of deers and it was fun feeding them until my dad's map got torn by a deer... lol. Visiting Kyoto and Nara were mainly trying local food and immersing myself in the local culture, and history. Back in Osaka, I went to Kaiyukan (the Aquarium) and saw a living narwhal for the first time in my life... basically these are some highlights of Osaka. Last, I went to Tokyo on the Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka and got a hotel near Shinjuku. It was a really busy complex of roads and I almost got my family lost trying to find the hotel, lol. Tokyo was a blast. Because my sister is a huge weeb, we went to the more modern areas in the city and while she browsed for anime, I got interested by the things in electronics and computer shops... yeah, weird me. The most memorable thing from my Japan trip was probably the trains. Metro, Shinkansen, etc... they're all different systems that look chaotic but are very organized and neat when you decide to ride them. And the flags of the prefectures are dope, too.

1:15-1:42 Hokkaido (Region, Island and Prefecture) 1:43-3:55 Tohoku (Aomori, Iwat,e Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, and Fukushima) 3:57-6:36 Kanto (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, and Kanagawa) 6:38-10:42 Chubu (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, and Aichi) 10:44-14:06 Kansai (Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara and Wakayama) 14:08-16:10 Chugoku (Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi) 16:11-17:44 Shikoku (Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi) 17:45-21:06 Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa)

This video pushes you to visit every single 48 prefecture 😂 each one is unique and worth a visit!

I found it really nice how you introduced Fukui. It's often overlooked being next to Kyoto for example, but I really loved it there not just because of the dinosaurs, but they are great of course..! :)

This was fantastic! My favourite episode! Well done!

Real japanese when they hear saitama:the city Rest of the world:ONNNE PUUUUUCH!!!

"Suicide Forest where logan paul made that video *tst* yea" - Geography Now but very... Disturbing

Love the video you made! Thanks for giving a shoutout to the prefectures! I especially love the one you made about Aomori, you gave all the highlights thanks! XD

Lots of scenic views, food, festivals and shrines. Love it

When do we do the provinces of bandiaterra?

My suggestion: Administrative Divisions of China. (Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Special Autonomous Regions, Municipalities)

I'm studying Japanese Language and Literature in Ankara University. This guy just summarized our whole spring term Japanese Culture lesson in 20 minutes in funny way. Amazing job, respect !

Anyway I really loved the depth of coverage you put into this video! I'm a current Japan resident and avid traveller of Japan, have lived in Okinawa and am now currently living in Ibaraki, and I've visited 34 out of 47 of these prefectures. Every one of them is special in their own way and I'm really happy you managed to showcase the uniqueness of each one.

Fun fact: Hokkaido was the inspiration for the Sinnoh region in Pokemon platinum, diamond and pearl

It's the Shibuya crossing. Not Shinjuku . Or the Shibuya scramble intersection to be more precise. Source: I live here.

5:52 There's not shinjuku crossing it's sibuya

Nice video! I'd like to see you revisit these prefectures in longer videos to get more in-depth information. I've lived in Kochi for about 5 years now and there's so much more information you can say about it.

I’m from Osaka in Japan. Don’t be afraid,I’m not Yakuza lol I learned much from this video even Japanese me! Thank you for posting and we are waiting for you in Japan after this situation!

Barbs, You should do Indonesian Provinces next. Really interesting and diverse cultures from every Provinces. Put it up on the next poll man! Love your vids, From an Indonesian Geograpeep

Fun and informative thank you.

Best video on KZfaq about this, thanks you so much

I love how every prefecture is so unique, and each of them specialize in some kind of industry. Now, thats what I would call harmonious geography. And btw, Japanese prefectures have the best flags everrr.

Fun Fact: Some of the prefecture flags are stylized versions of their Japanese names! Btw 大阪は最高！ P.S. 山城 meaning “Mountain Castle”

Great video thanks Barby!

Visited 40 of the 47. Should have been 42 by now, but guess what happened to the trip I planned last year.... I like that every single prefecture very much prides itself on their unique culture, history and obviously food. I think that is one of the main reasons why I just keep visiting Japan over and over again (16 times by now), there's always something new to discover (or to eat...). It just never gets boring. It's hard to pick favorites, but I'd say Hokkaido and the Tohoku region are just that bit more special to me because of their many great matsuri and the best food of Japan. And yes, that gyutan (beef tongue) from Miyagi is the single best dish Japan has to offer.

"Carbie Barbie" that will go to the history books

FILLER WEEK SUGGESTION: ASEAN EXPLAINED

Great overview!

Super late, but I've been living in Tokushima for several years now, and, while Awa Odori is definitely what we're most known for, Kazurabashi in Iya is a notable landmark! 3 ancient vine suspension bridges, but I could only stomach crossing one. Highly recommend if you want to feel like Indiana Jones. Also kinda sad you didn't mention regional ramen. I did learn some things, though!

Geography Now is the most entertaining channel on KZfaq! Case closed

5:51 I think the famous crossing is in shibuya, not shinjuku

Great channel, man!

Good video, thanks for that

I've heard people call both Saitama and Chiba "the New Jersey of Japan".

"I'm carby barby"

🔥🐉 love it

Thanks for doing this as I am leaving Japan tomorrow and it is always nice to see you explain all the prefectures which even I have not known much about so thank you

2:10 Correction: Iwate is the least densely populated prefecture on Honshu, but nationally is second to Hokkaido.

0:49 did he just _throw_ the mug?

I love this so much information more prefectures.

This video gave me a lot of nostalgia from when I lived in Japan. I lived in Hyogo Prefecture (Nishinomiya). Another famous thing from Hyogo is the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female theater troupe. I loved going to their performances.

You forgot Suzuka International Racing Course in Mie, home of the Japanese Grand Prix in F1 🙂🙂🙂

Speaking as a Finn, here: Funny that the SHITake mushrooms should originate in Beppu, as ”Peppu” means ”butt” or ”bum” in Finnish. It’s like that Djibouti CRACK, all over again. 😆

Needed this video bro 👍

Man when you brought up momotaro you brought back so many childhood memories. Amazing video!

Japan is one of my biggest dreams to visit. I can’t wait till the day I can visit it 😄

The prefectures have amazing flags

Just wow! Every state is so beautiful 😍😍😍

Thank you so much , as always I love your videos ❤

11:44 it’s called a Tanuki and they’re adorable

I’m from japan ibaraki and loved this video ! Well done !! I cannot wait to go and travel around my own country of japan and share my experiences !!! ❤️🇯🇵🔥

I lucked upon your video, I enjoyed it, and learned a little more about Japan! Greetings from Orlando,Florida USA☺

Ty for this

Fun fact: -The Shikoku island is known to have an 88 temple pilgrimage where you walk around the island clockwise visiting 88 Buddhist temples associated with the founder of the Shingon Buddhist sect, Kuki (Kobo Daishi). -Ehime Prefecture is home to the Dogo Onsen, which is the inspiration to Yubaba's bathhouse in "Spirited Away". -Kamakura is also known for their Buddha statue which became iconic in artworks and poems.

The Japanese prefectures have such beautiful flags. I love their simplicity.

I love this. I’ve always wanted to go to Japan but now I’m glad I haven’t yet bc then I wouldn’t have any idea where to go to, so thank you for this, Barbs! I’m gonna watch this again and take some notes.

Do one about Argentina!!! We were one of the first when episodes where really short!!! One about the 5 regions and climates

"Grape-kun, I love that little guy" who... who's gonna tell him?

Tottori prefecture: *exists* Anakin Skywalker:

Great Video Barbs! I'd love to see you explain the provinces of Argentina in a future video. Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina🇦🇷

Those pictures from the Abare festival look awesome.

Fun fact: The Dutch had enjoyed nearly two hundred years of exclusive trade with Japan, through Nagasaki. All other european powers were expelled during this time.

Barbs: Osaka is famous for comedy Me: Recalling Joji(Filthy frank) is also from Osaka

I would love if you would be able to do more geography go! I love those episodes

Thank you very much for posting this video. I’ve loved visiting Japan (it has been many years ago now). I flew into Tōkyō, then Ōsaka, then visited Nara, Hiroshima, and many places in between. Lovely two weeks. I appreciated the friendliness of the Japanese people, ease of riding the trains and taking cabs, cleanliness of the country, and just the stunning beauty of many of the temples and gardens.

"You buy one, you get one free" Cheers from the UK

This is hands down one of my favourite videos. So much interesting places to visit in Japan! I've only been to Tokyo, and after that trip, I wanted to go back.

OHHH MANNNN I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO

good one!

Yamaguchi Capital: Tottori Oh, Barby. Tokushima's Naruto waters have whirlpools. Tokushima also has Mount Tsurugi - just to pad it out some more. Kagawa has islands famous for art, especially Shodoshima. Kochi has a large yosakoi festival (the first in Japan). Tottori also has Mount Daisen. Fukuoka has a reputation for the Yakuza, especially the north, Kokura. Shimane also has horse archery (yabusame) in a town famous for its shrine. Of course, there's much more. The awadori festival in Tokushima is really cool. Overall, well done though! There is, as you said, a lot to cover.

8:44 I had no idea the alps reached this far. You learn something everyday.

4:58 「ださいたま」のジョークが外国にまで知れ渡っているとは驚きです。

I really want to visit Japan!! :) thank you for the rundown 👏

This is so cool man, it's crazy to see how diverse the different regions and prefectures are both culturally and geographically. I love Japanese culture, but I don't know that much about it, so I loved this video

Kanto Region: **exists** Genwunners: *I love you*

The trip I took to Japan for my 30th birthday was the most impactful one. Incredible country. Many things are strange, either for good or bad reasons, but a lot is amazing nonetheless. Kyoto was by far the place I liked most. Perhaps you could've mentioned a whisky distillery or two along the way. Japan is becoming a really important player in that game.

I'm Japanese but this also includes some info I didn't know. I have a deep respect for you to be quite familiar with a lot of Japanese things. Thank you for sharing anyway!