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[Buntaro]

A capsule hotel 'room' in Tokyo for only 13 US dollars a night!

Here is another YouTube video from Yuka. Just like her other video that I posted earlier in this thread, this video is excellent listening practice for intermediate students and above, because we can hear what she says, see the Japanese subtitles of what she says, and the English subtitles of what she says.

For those of you bringing a suitcase, there is no elevator!

And she does say it's rather noisy (probably from people staying in other capsules).

 

[Buntaro]

Here us a listening video made for (lower) intermediate level beginners of Japanese.

 

[Buntaro]

Have you heard of Bunny Island in Japan? I hadn't heard of it until I saw this video.

 

[Lothor]

I discovered an interesting YouTube poster today - a British (I assume from the accent) YouTuber called Professor Nam Japan. This is a good video on Weeaboos and the harm of their one-sided views of Japan.

 

[salyavin]

Stages of Living in Japan.

 

[salyavin]

best not to jump straight to citizenship at excited early stage

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

This is about population demographics in general, but he references Japan a lot, so I thought I'd share this interesting video.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

The Japan-related part doesn't start until about 23:09. This is an interesting video about Oliver, the strangely human-like chimpanzee. Perhaps some of the more seasoned members, like @Grandpa Frank will remember him, as he we briefly quite famous in the 1970s.



And here is a wiki article in Japanese, which talks about Oliver's visit to Japan.

オリバー君 - Wikipedia

ja.wikipedia.org

I was really hoping to find on Youtube clips from the show that aired on Japanese TV called 木曜スペシャル 謎の怪奇人間オリバー! but unfortunately, I couldn't find any.

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I remember at the time , I wondered if it was my missing half-brother who had disappeared off the family radar. He looked a bit like me.

 

[salyavin]

 

[thomas]

Excellent @salyavin! We get at least two emails per week with the same question.

 

[salyavin]

different view of sanseito

 

[Buntaro]

I want to show everyone how to enable English subtitles on Japanese-language YouTube videos.

For this example, I will use this video of the children's story Issun Boshi (Japanese "Tom Thumb") as an example:

Title of the video:

INCH BOY (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

URL for the video:

h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-v-pQsaX0

(I have placed a space in the URL address between the initial h and t, in order to allow you to see the URL without the video popping up. Remove the space and use the URL. The intact URL is also used at the end of this post to bring up the video.)

I have chosen this video because this YouTuber was kind enough to embed Japanese subtitles into the video. When you, the viewer, manually enable English subtitles, you will be able to hear the voices speaking, read the Japanese subtitles, and read the English subtitles.

Steps:

Hover your mouse over the video itself. You will see a line of icons pop up in the bottom right corner of the screen. One of the icons is a cog wheel icon, next to the CC icon. Click on the cog wheel icon.

Several choices pop up. The second one says Subtitles. To the right, it may say English, Japanese, another language, or it may say Off. If it says Off or Japanese, click on that word

Another screen of choices pops up. You should see English as one of the choices. Click on English. This should cause English subtitles to automatically appear on the screen.

You can select another language besides English. Let's use French as an example. Follow the aforementioned steps:

Hover your mouse on the screen > Click on the cog wheel > Click on Subtitles.

The last choice is Auto-trranslate. Click on Auto-trranslate. This brings up a long list of languages. Scan down to where you see French. Click on French. French subtitles should now appear.

Changing it back to English

Hover your mouse on the screen > Click on the cog wheel > Click on Subtitles. English should be one of the choices on your screen. Click on it to bring up English subtitles.

Subtitles can be turned off. Hover your mouse on the screen > Click on the cog wheel > Click on Subtitles. Click on Off. The subtitles will disappear.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy these guys. This is an amazing collaboration.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

 

[Buntaro]

Yuka san (the rickshaw driver) has just posted a video of a summer festival with huge illuminated floats.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

"How Japanese Masters Turn Sand Into Swords"

 

[Buntaro]

Here is another fun summer matsuri video. Even a bunch of old men have their own group. And marching Shamisen players! (Well, actually, walking, not marching.)

 

[Buntaro]

And now for something entirely different...

A samba carnival festival parade in Tokyo. (Dancing outhouses...?)

 

[Buntaro]

Another rickshaw video.

This one is interesting because the driver gives the passenger more than just a trip around the block. He gives her a long tour of the area. And at one point, he even builds up quite a bit of speed.

 

[Buntaro]

Here is something quite unique.

This is a song about the Sakura flower, written and sung in Hawaiian, by a group that seem to be people in Hawaii of Japanese ancestry.

This is the first time I have ever heard a koto being played in a Hawaiian song!


Kaulana ′ia kou nani, e ku'u pua sakula
Your beauty is well known, oh my cherry blossom flower

Mai ka ′āina ho'opuka la, he 'āina ha′aheo
From this land of pride

Ha′aheo wale kou nani, pili i ku'u poli
Your beauty clings to my bosom with pride

Wilia me ka lei pīkake, he nani launa'ole
Adorned with the unforgettable beauty of a pīkake lei

Pau′ole ho′i kou nani, no na kau a kau
Your beauty is timeless, for generations to come

He hō'ailona a ke aloha, no kakou a pau
A symbol of love for all of us

Ha′ina 'ia mai ana, ka puana la
The story is told

No ka pua mae ′ole, ku'u pua sakula
Of the flower that never fades, my cherry blossom flower

Ha′ina 'ia mai ana, ka puana la
The story is told

No ka pua mae 'ole, ku′u pua sakula
Of the flower that never fades, my cherry blossom flower

Ku′u pua sakula
My cherry blossom flower

Ku'u Pua Sakura by Hoku Zuttermeister

Find the lyrics and meaning of any song, and watch its music video.

sonichits.com

 

[Buntaro]

There is a place in Japan that has a red London double-decker bus which has been converted into a hotel room. The check in counter is a London-style telephone booth!

 

[Buntaro]

A Japanese-Canadian young lady does stand-up comedy.

She has more stand-up comedy YouTube videos, should anyone be interested.

 

[Buntaro]

Atsuko Okatsuka is an up and coming stand-up comedian in America. She has some funny stories, like how she got married in America, never filed the paperwork, so she had to get married again years later, just so she could file the proper paperwork and make it legal!

 

[Buntaro]

Misa-san (a co-worker of Yuka-san the rickshaw driver) takes a walking tour of a beautiful temple in Japan. She has to climb 300 steps to get up to the temple! This video gives a great feeling of what it is like to visit a huge temple out in the country.

(This video can be watched with a computer voice speaking the sub-title words in English, or you can watch the video while listening in Japanese and seeing English sub-titles on the screen. Feel free to ask for help on how to do these things.)