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We need a Tommy acoss America series! Loved seeing his reactions, lol

America is crying for Tommy are the best words to describe everything. I'm overjoyed he got to experience all of this especially with all of your family. It warms my heart and Tommy's stomach ❤

So cool knowing her family can speak japanese to make Tommy feel at home

As a Michigander, THANK YOU for showing Detroit in it's brightest light. Everyone associates Detroit with crime/danger, and I'm sure that keeps a lot of tourists away. It's really a fun town and state and you won't find a better orchard south of the Ohio border.

The hugs are so precious. I know Tommy's not accustomed to them, but it's lovely that he's embraced American hug-culture :)

He is seriously living his best life. He was so excited about everything 😊

"Welcome to Detroit! You're running, why are you running?!" The transition between those two clips in the intro is the perfect way to describe what the typical person thinks when they hear Detroit 💀😂 I've had the opportunity to go to Detroit back in Spring Break 2019 for a robotics world championship and honestly had a blast! Hot dogs and pizza are two things Detroit does right. The crust of a Detroit-style pizza is absolutely perfect, especially a corner piece! Though I'm sure through this Detroit visit, Tommy's realizing he's been taking Japanese trains for granted when noticing how American cities are compared to Japanese ones. And love the fact even your father knows Japanese!

There's a story behind Detroit's Coney dogs (for those who don't know): Despite the name Coney dog being named after Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY, the Coney dog originates from the Midwest. But why? In the early 1900s, many Greeks came to the US through Ellis Island to escape the Balkan Wars. Before moving to the Midwest, they stopped at Coney Island and had Nathan's world-famous hot dogs. They were so impressed that they wanted to spread it wherever they went and came up with their own recipes. In Detroit, there's a tense rivalry between American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island right next door on which one has the better Coney dog. In fact, Lafayette Coney Island was actually founded by the BROTHER of the founder of American Coney Island! Like how Mister Donut became a thing because its founder Harry Winokur chose to no longer work with his brother-in-law, William Rosenberg the founder of Dunkin' Donuts.

I love the Japanese culture and watching videos of Japan but it was awesome seeing Tommy's experience here! I am from Chicago and love Michigan. I am glad he had a good time. It's important to learn and appreciate other cultures!

Hey Alyssa, maybe it’s just me, and that’s ok if it is, but Tommie seemed the most authentically and openly Japanese in this video than any other. I think maybe the excitement of being in America, with you just turned him back into a little boy that couldn’t hold his excitement in at all. It made me happy. ❤

Hello from Sweden! I must say that Tommys reactions to everything seemed so pure. He seems to be a really nice person and you both seem to be a really sweet couple :) I would love to visit both USA and Japan sometime in the future and both have been on my to-visit-wishlist for a long time. My GF has lived in Japan a few years ago and she loved it there and she speaks japanese aswell but she is swedish. Can't wait until the day i can afford to travel to Japan and USA :)

He has a cast iron stomach to eat chili cheese fries and a loaded hot dog! So fun to see America through his eyes. I'm chiming in a year later. Thank you for the post and sharing Tommy's reactions. What fun.

Love watching different cultures and experiences.

watching his reactions to all this makes me feel like a kid again when i saw all this stuff for the first time. i grew up in metro detroit and this video warms my heart. wish you both the best

Being a Michigander and familiar with all the places you visited, this video made me happy. It’s great you were able to share Michigan with your husband. :)

Your husband is adorably cute and he enjoys everything. I want to go to Michigan. Lovely to watch!

This brought back happy memories except I was the 19 year old American that moved to Japan. I was amazingly fascinated, especially when I had to learn to drive the Japanese roads!😊

I can not wait to bring my Filipina gf to America(Michigan) She's been wanting to see and experience the winter and snow.

As a Detroiter, this is pretty cool, just seeing his amazement is pretty fun to watch

As a michigander i'd say you took him to all the right spots! looks like he loved it.

My literal neighbor!!! I would have absolutely been beaming with joy to have seen you guys!! I am so happy that you were able to come home and able to bring your husband with you! Vernors and Frankenmuth are so Michigan it is no joke!!! Thank you so so much for this video, it was such a treat!!! It gave me ear to ear smiles knowing that a fellow Michigander was able to bring her Japanese husband here to experience this beautiful state!!! Thank you for it!!!

I'm a Tommy fan! Great choice in a husband - I've tried 3 and now I'm 63 and single! Wah for me, good for you Oriental Pearl! 😂👍

Your husband is adorable. I'm so glad he had a good time. But take him to a Pistons game next time! Especially when they are playing the New Jersey Nets. They have a Japanese player!

I had the biggest smile on my face watching this! His excitement and awe was so wholesome! It’s so fun watching people experience where you’re from or things you grew up with and enjoy it. 🥰🥰

There is so much of this I want to comment on because I loved every minute of it. From the Michigan welcome basket to Frankenmuth, to Campus Martius Park to Red Wings game to apple and pumpkin pie, it was so wholesome. I am excited for his adventures to continue in the summer. You two are adorable together.

I'm crying cause this is exactly how my aunt, my cousin, and her husband reacted when they visited us in Bay Area, California from Japan! We took them to their first Warriors game, Giants game, Sharks game, 49er game, their first In-n-Out Burger, first legit Mexican food, first legit BBQ in Santa Cruz, first jazz band concert in San Jose, and the obvious iconic tourist places to visit (Facebook, Google, Apple, Golden Gate, Ghirardelli). It was so fun seeing their eyes sparkle at every place we went and all the people we met along the way that were able to make their first visit to America so much more memorable! I'm so happy to see Tommy got the same experience and you can totally see how happy he was!

This video was the best advertisement for America I've ever seen.

Absolutely loved Tommy's appreciation for the US. Broke my heart when he had to leave, even more so seeing him so emotional. Thank you for sharing.

It's so great watching him, I'm in stiches he is adorable. I'm so happy you kept going with your channel. You deserve all the success and happiness. Congratulations again ‼️

You took him to all the best places, exactly where I’d take a foreigner!! Yates is a 10/10 in the fall and Frankenmuth makes me SO excited for Christmas!!!

Just started watching your channel and your husband seems sooo sweet, kind and a wonderful human being. Wish you both good health and endless happiness.

I can relate to the temperature adjustment. I grew up in the TX Gulf Coast. Temperatures rarely even got down to freezing, and when they did for those 1-2 times a year, it was just for a few hours. When my husband brought me to visit his family in Grand Rapids in Jan, I thought it was absurdly cold despite it only being in the upper 30's. His relatives laughed at me. For our next visit we were able to visit in summer, so we could go to the county fair. I thought temps in the upper 70's low 80's were paradise while those same relatives were suffering. I just looked up the high at home on my phone and they couldn't believe that our upper 90's low 100's was our normal.

This was my first time seeing a video of you and your husband together! He seems like such a kind and thoughtful person, it was heart warming seeing his reactions and happiness being there with everyone. I hope Tommy can visit again and make more great memories with you all!

I don't know what to say, but seeing you both embrace each other's culture and just trying everything while being so cute with each other is really wholesome. Thank you for sharing this part of your journey with us! I really do wish you and both of your families the best of luck and a happy future. :) Your editing and music choice is also really good and entertaining!

I admire them both they are amazing! I especially her accomplishments in life, studying foreign languages,, great marriage and her over all love for life🎉

As a person who lives in Livonia, I think you did a great job planning Michigan activities. Hope he comes back in the summer to visit the Great Lakes, maybe go tubing down the Au Sable, visit the sand dunes, watch fireworks (if around 4th of July), visit Mackinac, and take him to one of the "mystery spots". There's one in Irish Hills but there are a couple others too. It was so great to see him light up with each new experience.

There are many videos of people visiting Japan and seeing everything for the first time, but it’s very rare to see it the other way around! Was so excited for him to see everything! Love the videos, enjoy your time back stateside

Tommy's enthusiasm throughout the video was so great! He was so excited, it was adorable!

As a Michigander watching this, he definitely received the most Michigan American perspective ever! Love this so much!

Im excited seeing first time your husband... Very very lucky guy.... His wife very beautiful and bubbly... Love love love ❤❤❤

The noises Tony makes when excited are so cute. ☺️🥰

He is so cute and so excited. Adorable

I didnt realize how much I missed the Detroit area since joining the military. this video really brought me back, seeing his reactions made me realize I've failed to appreciate my hometown when I was a kid. Back then I could only think of leaving, now I feel a longing to return with little or any opportunity to go back. Detroit and Michigan in general has a lot to offer that I took for granted. Thank you both for this video showing the awsome things I remember from my childhood.

"Tommy went to America, and never came back" hahahaha thats so funny. You guys have to be the most wholesome people on youtube, I swear.

OMG....this video had me smiling from ear to ear...you two are soooooo meant for each other!!! Tommy looked so sad to leave, I was sad for him, but I think he really enjoyed himself while in America. I love how you wrap your arm around his neck, he is "your man for life!", and it shows! It's nice that your stepfather knows Japanese also, it makes Tommy feel so much more comfortable. I absolutely adore your videos, I wish you so much joy in your life, you deserve it! 💯❤❤❤

Man this video was so heartwarming. It's awesome that he had an amazing time in America and even wants to visit again in the Summer! Felt super sad when you were seeing him off at the aiport, since I can totally relate doing that with my gf.

I relate to Tommy a fair bit, visited Illinois and Wisconsin to see some friends a few years ago and it was the second time I'd visited the US since I visited Cali as a child and the only time outside of Europe since before I was a teen, and I had the same excitement, even as a Brit it was a culture shock.

Nice couple. I wish you all the best.

Tommy looks like he had a great time in Michigan! Thank you for sharing this experience with us!

I was so excited for this video as a Michigander!! Most of the time when influencers come to America, they go to the big cities or come from the big cities so it's nice to be like, "Oh! I know exactly where they are" Thank you for making this video, Anming

Live in metro Detroit. Was actually genuinely happy seeing how excited he was. Detroit gets a bad rap, outside of downtown can be a bit sketchy, but in the main city, it's safe and actually pretty clean. Love the turn around Detroit has made the past decade

An American taking their Japanese husband to a German restaurant... *Mrs. Worldwide.* Japanese guy at a German restaurant? All we need is an Italian and the gang's all back together! Tommy's reactions to everything are so wholesome. He's realizing how much he's been missing by not traveling to the United States before! Let's be honest, the Red Wings won because they wanted to put on a show for Tommy! Also, he doesn't like 40 degrees Fahrenheit/4 degrees Celsius? Wait until he discovers the existence of winter in Hokkaido 😂

It's so much fun seeing Tommy's mind get blown every other second and being like a kid in a toystore on Christmas. Michigan looks lovely and that pumpkinpie looks sooo good! Happy Hollidays from Sweden!

I love these little glimpses of your life and how optimistic you are in these videos. I am in awe at your intellect and social compatibility in the world. Cheers friend!

I loved his reactions. Must have been a culture shock for him lol But I love how you guys enjoyed your time. 😊

Tommy's excitement of everything being new and different reminds of my numerous tours in Japan (77-78 Okinawa, 82-83, 83-84, 93, 95 and 96-2000 Iwakuni). I had a great time in Japan. I was lucky in that my hobby was long distance running and I had a Japanese friend who shared the same hobby. I and my other running (Marine) friends ran many Japanese running races. Good times. Hope to go back some day for a visit.

Pearl and Tommy, I swear I was just thinking about y'all two earlier today, especially this specific video. I'm so happy for you two. 👫👩‍❤️‍👨 🇺🇸♥️🇯🇵 Thank-you for publishing this video, Pearl. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Edit: I just had this thought: Tommy is now American because he's now married to you, Pearl! 🎉

When we lived in Japan we would visit the USA every 2 years and OMG it was always scary first arriving because everything and everyone was bigger! But after a day of relaxing it would feel good again. Both the USA and Japan have such incredible cultures and places :) its hard to say which is better overall, but I really take the low crime in Japan as probably the best part.

You almost made me cry, I miss Christmas up north, but I lived in the UP.

This is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen all week. I loved how happy he was. It really made me happy too. This video was exceptional!

This was so wholesome!! I was so excited for Tommy! It was like seeing a kid in a candy store falling in love with everything he sees. This is awesome. I love your videos

I'm glad KZfaq recommended this video to me. I'm so glad to see visitors enjoy America, especially during the holidays!

I don't know how I missed the fact that you're from Detroit. My dad and all his relatives are from Detroit. I've been hearing that accent my whole life.

Omg why did he have to leave so soon 😭 i was really enjoying this video. Tommy looks like a little boy when he gets really excited, it was a very heart warming video

It's cool to hear you're from the Detroit area. I grew up in Royal Oak myself! It's awesome that your husband's first experience of America was Detroit, and his reactions to everything were so heartwarming. Bringing him to Michigan in the summertime should be an amazing experience, especially if you could bring him up north. Anywho, I just recently discovered your videos and I love your channel. Keep it up! 💜

This was so good! Best wishes from Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 😊

What a trip, in many ways!!!!! Liked seeing our country thru Tommy’s eyes. Forget what a land of abundance we are. Lots of things are supersized (for better or worse) and I take it for granted. Subbed to your channel after seeing the first video, enjoy it immensely. Thank you for sharing your lives with us.

I loved every minute of this video. Tommy's open mindedness, was incredible. He was so eager to explore everything and experience and soak in all of American and Michigan culture. I think he has fallen in love with the USA. Also, I remember that Coney Island diner was featured in an Anthony Bourdain cultural show several years back. It was pretty moving at the end when Tommy was flying back. I'd like to see him come back to the States very soon.

I'm a Texan and have visited Detroit and Coney Island Restaurant. Loved every minute of it!

Tommy is so wonderful, hope he comes back to America soon 🙏♥️

I can't believe you're at 714k subscribers. I remember when you were barely at 100k.

Japan is a much colder country. Anyhow nice video. I love downtown Detroit. It's thriving, fun and fair affordable and safe

My goodness! Such expressions of wonder from an inner child. Beautiful

Never saw tommy in ur videos,, got to say seeing him so excited to be in America and meet ur family, probably one of the best foreigner visits another country videos ive seen 👍

His reactions are so awesome!!! This dude is just living his best life right now hah Have a great holiday guys!!!

Such an adorable couple! So lovely to see Tommy experiencing Detroit for the first time!

I am from michigan Living in Chongqing , made me miss Michigan .

Two nice surprises here: 1) OP has a cool Japanese husband; and, 2) Detroit is alive and well, & looking like a nice place to visit.

You’ve always had such a knack and talent for creating good and interesting content, Anming. Thank you for this one.

I love seeing you two having such a great time! His excitement is adorable!

Its beautiful that in life two people can have such great experiences, that many other people will never get the chance to experience. Im American and recently moved to Japan, its really interesting to see things from a different cultural perspective. These are definitely life long memories and this video has so much happiness.

I’m from MI too! Detroit airport is my home airport! Been flying since the year 2000. Always wanted to visit Japan!

I really enjoy the overall positive energy of this video. More please!

As a fellow Michigander this makes my heart warm (As a UMich student I feel even happier seeing Tommy with the jersey hahaha) ❤ Happy holidays to you all!

Always so jolly and a welcome relief from grim news you have so much joy!

Anming, I love your videos, you are a pleasure to watch. Tommy visiting your home has to be in my top 3! He is such a delightful person. What a wonderful couple you are- never fail to make me smile ❤️

I live in metro Detroit and it was fun to watch Tommys excitement doing the normal things I do around here! And eating all that brown and white healthy food. 😂

so glad you made it back in time to get cider and donuts, the greatest of Michigan traditions. Also wow you really hit him with every single Michigan tradition huh, at every point I was like "ok but what about X" and then a few seconds later you would do it lol

Me : Being from Michigan watching this 😃😃😃😃😃 Also Me : The weather here is crazy cold right now but I'm happy to see you both had a good time while visiting ☺️☺️☺️☺️

What a nice sampling of Michigan. Yates and Frankenmuth are both great choices.

Such fun vibes, hope you all enjoy and appreciate the time with friends and family!❤

Tommy seemed genuinely excited to see the place where you were born and raised. Too bad he only had a short visit, but you definitely packed a lot into it. When will you return to Japan? I'm looking forward to your next video. As I've said before...Keep them coming. ❤

I live 5 min from downtown detroit, its a great place!!!

I need a sequel to this video: in the summertime, up North. If you get Tommy to visit Petoskey, I'd be over the moon: we camped up there as a family for years every summer, and I have such warm memories of the town.

Finally, Tommy visit the US.. I've been waiting to see this and love his facial expressions taking it all in! He really enjoyed his visit, you can tell he was sad to leave especially with you staying! I'm glad he experienced our Thanksgiving, a very American tradition, especially with your family!!! Can't wait for your next video! I thought I had the notification bell on, but it was not on, now it is!!!

I love this video. I live in Howell Michigan. Having a blended family, my kids are half white half Asian I can relate so much with this video and my life story moving from the Philippines to the US. Thanks for sharing! Hope I can learn how to vlog here in Michigan. I was so inspired with all your pretty cool and amazing videos and your life story. Godbless

You brought him to my hometown. We got our scars but the downtown at night is worth it. I love my city

I’m so glad he liked America……it had to be hard to see him leave while you stayed behind.

His reaction is so pure and joyful! Glad you could travel home and be w your family for Xmas. お帰り。