Proof that Japan is living in the future
scared yet well lucky for you we're actually in the year 2024 so you have about 36 years until some of these things come true so for now let's see how futuristic Japan is in present [Music] day imagine a place where everything seems to work just as it's supposed to where people go out of their way in small but meaningful ways not just on occasion but every single day like sticking to one side of the escalator or running after a stranger to return a lost wallet or picturing a city where the trains are so punctual that the conductor will publicly apologize if they're even just one minute late or how about a place where robots can be found living amongst us in our daily lives welcome to [Music] Japan. Japan's technological status in the world can be traced back to a mix of influences like historical cultural and economic factors there is a laser focus on education in science technology engineering and Mathematics which has propelled Japan's Workforce to be known as nothing short of brilliant and on the commercial side the corporate culture in Japan is known for the characteristics of long-term planning and continuous Improvement fueling this Tech Drive mix that with the cultural love for precision and craftsmanship and you've got the recipe for technological advancements at a much faster pace than other countries at surface level Japan is nothing sort of impressive so we are going to spend the next few days exploring various types of technological advancements that make Japan seem like they're living in the future and determine whether or not these advancements are as effective as one might [Applause] [Music] imagine first things first I need to get myself a hotel and luckily I was able to search and find this one because I have unlimited data on on my Holly eim card for the entire duration I am in Japan so make sure to download the app and use my code for a special discount and you'll be prepared for your next trip to over 200 destinations that Holly offers data let's go check out this hotel which is said to be ran by robots welcome to the henna Hotel kich you respond no hello hello [__] she looks a little bit but that's about it all right checking method name all right let's see if it finds it there it is scan the passport to be honest I was expecting more interaction with the robots because in reality the check-in experience is just a computer kiosk which is like an automated check-in process along with a couple programmed mannequins to be able to say some greetings so I cannot say the robot side of it was very effective active but the efficiency of the check-in was quite seamless when it came to making my payment via the terminal which I was able to make in cash as well and then retrieve my room key and oh and it even gives change if you pay in cash so that it's pretty awesome a super easy checking process says everything we need here Wi-Fi breakfast time tea time cocktail time but once again still a little bit misleading because these robots have no response besides a little wave it's more of just a kiosk but this room was only $55 per night so you cannot expect stateof theart robots at this price because for Tokyo standard $55 a night for a private hotel room is very [Music] cheap all right so we just arrived to room 703 we will see if the room makes up for the kind of somewhat misleading robot experience all right so this is it for 13,000 Yen we get to stay here where it looks like this is a wardrobe or a it looks like a fridge at first glance but it's not a fridge it's made with the same fridge material but pants crease easy ironing system I wonder how that works but yeah here we go we have all the information right there while there's nothing impressive in the room what you'll find everywhere in Japan are the toilets that nobody understands when they arrive to Japan yet everybody misses them the second they depart here you've got the shower which yes that's literally for your back door for men and women you got your bedet which it has the female figure so it gets their front door and then you have the spray strength so you can turn it up and down and then you have the flush button so it is easily the most sanitary procedure I have ever seen for going number two when you think about you know places that have the uh squat toilets and then you compare it to the sit down toilet with the uh back door sprayer that is about as different as it gets from the sanitary process of cleaning yourself then just using like in America just a piece of like you know not that great toilet paper these are number one to be honest it is a complete shock to me that the rest of the world has not adopted these toilet because if I'm being honest you are a lot cleaner after using one of these so that's what it does it basically goes back and forth and it'll spray your back door get it nice and clean and it's on a sensor that's why I noticed to go away I got to wash my hands cuz that was toilet water overall the robot hotel's concept is really unique but it still has a long way to go in terms of its actual robot functionalities as there are staff who are still doing most of the hotel management tasks making it only just a little bit [Music] [Applause] robotic Tokyo seemingly checks all of the boxes that you could want for a city it is clean efficient to get around with many different Transportation networks and the layout is beautiful with hundreds of skyscrapers around the city however there are seemingly almost no public trash cans anywhere so as a first-time visitor this can be frustrating now on the flip side I couldn't help but notice that as the garbage trucks drove by there was no smell personally I've never been anywhere where a garbage truck driving by doesn't smell and on top of that the speed in which they were moving through the Tokyo streets was impressive the garbage was sitting there right underneath a blue net which held probably things from either getting Spilled Out or animals going into them really clean dump trucks and they have no smell going back vending machines and more vending machines there are roughly 3 to four million of them in the country and these vending machines have nearly every possible thing you can imagine from snacks to currency exchangers to electronics to Portable charging stations to remote workspaces to room key dispensers and so much more anywhere in the city where there is a little unused real estate whether it is next to someone's home or inside of a skyscraper you will never go thirsty in Tokyo alone there are over 160 skyscrapers creating a massive Skyline and Japan being an earthquake prone country based on where it geographically sits skyscrapers must be built with specific standards to heavily reduce the impact of earthquakes making the build time of them around 1 to 2 years for a 30 to 40 story building right now we're going to be heading into one of Tokyo's most unique pieces of architecture which happens to be the tallest building in Japan and that is the sky tree right here which we're going to be visiting and it sits at a whopping height of roughly 2,080 ft or 634 M it is a very unique structure as you can see because it's quite wide from the appearance but when you look a little closer only a small amount of it is actually occupied with something other than let's say the support system to hold it down all the way at the top you can see there's a huge area to hang out but down here there's just a bunch of structures leading to the bottom mall area here so we're going to head inside this place see if we can go up to the top of it and check this side of Tokyo out [Music] all right we have just made it 350 m in the air in one of Tokyo's most beautiful towers as you can see we have views all over the city look at this makes Tokyo look pretty small and let me tell you there are skycrapers all over this city but when you're up here everything just looks like small little flat buildings as you can see the sky tower was pretty busy but that's for obvious reasons because of how much you could see of Tokyo from up here we've got the river running through there all the different types of bridges here we've got like a train bridge there traffic Bridge walking bridge looks like walking and car traffic bridge I just love how they have a bit of everything mixed into this city there was even a terrifyingly beautiful transparent glass floor you could walk over and see hundreds of feet below this is probably going to be one of the highlights we've got a glass floor right here it's about 345 M down at this point while I was impressed I was not fully convinced that Japan was living in the future so I decided to find the next robot who was awaiting me at the Avatar robot Cafe [Music] all right we're going to be going to the Avatar robot Cafe and that's right they're actually robots hello welcome to robot Cafe deration today no reservation sure how we only accept cash rest payments is that okay with you no problem thank you so much uh at the moment only the area with robot service is in operation he said okay I think that works out perfect for me thank you so much please to the saying on your life our St will as I was anticipating the cafe was not fully ran by robots as the humans were filling in some of the gaps hello hello is it possible to make a reservation actually no today's all the tables for if you don't have a reservation you can enjoy a a robo service but you need to pay the price okay yeah no problem is it okay yeah okay you're on the champ CL on drink so please walk from here all right let's go with can I please have a iced cafe latte iced latte uh latte is full of ex surprises happen is it okay okay no problem once I sat down I was greeted by a friendly robot who kind of just hung out and chatted with me while I sat alone hello ponich ponich all right so are you a robot or a real person yes real person ah real person from where I live in city oh very nice yes it is south of Japan south of Japan yes it us about hours by airplane from too oh so no bullet train there yes not the very nice my first time at the robot Cafe arato in Japan robots are increasingly being integrated into service Industries to enhance efficiency and provide unique experiences the robot Cafe is a prime example of this trend but here's why I really appreciate the Avatar Cafe the robot is actually controlled by a person on the other side and the robot acts more as a communication device and the person on the other side was actually employed by Avatar Cafe as their purpose was to provide jobs for people who have difficulty going out of their homes for various reasons so this position enables them to remotely work and operate the Avatar [Music] robots so that's pretty cool so far the only real robotic experience was the greeting when I walked in and then now when my coffee was being delivered hi kich uh my name is Oham nice to meet you nice to meet you is this coffee for me oh nice to meet you H I brought your drink uh could you you please help me uh yep thank you very much extra delicious thank you ah yes oh perfect and what is this right here this H Sugar Sugar oh okay perfect have a good time thank you okay thank you very much goodbye thank you I love the concept of the Avatar Cafe to provide jobs to people in need and it added a Twist to my usual coffee shop stop thank you very much all right so that was the experience over here at the robot Cafe cool to see but uh yeah a lot less automated than I had imagined it to be but still cool nonetheless so that right here is the Avatar robot Cafe in Tokyo [Music] Japan this next place we are heading might convince you that Japan is living in the future but first we're going to take one of these shared ebikes over to meet up with the squad this is team lab's borderless which will make you reconsider what you define as a museum inside this place is seemingly an endless Maze of rooms with each one having different virtual and interactive experiences making you wonder what planet you're on [Music] it's hard to explain the feeling what it is like when you're almost inside of the Art [Music] Exhibit you get lost in a maze of rooms with a sensory overload every step you take [Music] see you in Osaka team [Music] Labs the following morning it was time to head over to our next hotel so guys today is a special day because I am going to be staying in a very exotic place I've got all my lugg here and we've got the 9 hours Hotel the capsule hotel which is right here as you can see it is a modern place that extends all the way up there so we're going to take you inside for a tour of it let's go up on the second floor is the locker and Luggage room where there are private lockers to keep your belongings and it is great for people who are packing light but for me with a huge suitcase I had to put my suitcase underneath my locker and pretty much just take out all of my valuables and lock those in the locker they don't have enough room so you have to leave your suitcase out uh but other than that if you pack lightly you won't have that issue and on the other side of the locker room is the bathroom area which is also built in an efficient way modern but it is shared with other guests and they give you a little bag of all the stuff you need a pair of sleep wear pants shirt as well as slippers and towels so it's your whole starter pack to get cleaned up so time to hit the shower the hotel is split between men and women for the sleeping areas and the locker rooms which are actually separated via different elevators now let's head up to the Pod my pod is up on the eighth floor and when you make it up it feels like you are entering some futuristic place where you're about to be frozen for like 20 years on your space shuttle route to another planet so I'm going to be staying right over here in this one number 809 and as you can see it is just a capsule so if your class phobic you might not like it but this one has it looks like a vent or air conditioner some USB plugs a pillow and a blanket so it is the true definition of minimalist living and you can see how many they're able to fit in here we've got four on this side four on the four on the top four on the bottom that's eight of them and then this whole stretch of them right there and this is how many more people you're able to fit in a small space like this so let's hop right in this thing and see what it's like you get a little privacy you can pull that thing down and it latches just like that and here we are I guess this is where we sleep good night shockingly it doesn't end here up on the 10th floor is a lounge and co-working space with views of Tokyo which was a surprise that someone can sleep shower and work for only $31 a day in the middle of Tokyo [Music] last but not least is my personal favorite technological advancement the Shen conin bullet train as someone who is absolutely obsessed with trains we are going to be riding in a train that operates at speeds of up to 320 km or 200 mph the bullet trains have over 1,000 trains operating every single day with some of the largest and busiest Trains being 16 cars in length and the capacity to carry up to 1300 passengers the network of trains makes the lengthy distances in between Japanese cities feels so small all [ __ ] the Kyo Express Bri Guy what's good morning you ready to hit toyoto oh yeah oh yeah today's the day Harry Ali until next time boys we're be taking the train from Tokyo down to kotoo Koto let's go bro what's up you ready for the uh bullet train experience I'm ready to get to Kyoto and we're going to see Mount Fiji on this side too ready for that oh you got that little uh what are those boxes called uh well this isn't a Bento Box this is like a shashimi box oh little shashimi box good stuff right there I don't know what this is called like a bow bun that's that's about the crazy part is that it will take us only 2 hours and 20 minutes via train which when you compare that to driving it will take 5 to 6 hours and flying with additional travel to the airports and wait times will be roughly 4 hours making the bullet train the most efficient way to get between Tokyo and Kyoto [Music] as I've traveled all around Japan over the last couple weeks I've come across many different moments where I've experienced amazing technology especially like this bullet train we're on right now despite how great the technology is sometimes I still run into some connectivity issues like right now I haven't been able to connect to the Wi-Fi and so I'm pretty happy because I've already set up my hly esip card which gives me unlimited data for the entire time that I'm here in Japan and I was able able to Hotpot my laptop and get back to what I was working on the reason why I love Hol ofly also is because I cannot get rid of my number from back in the US even though I'm always traveling so the nice part is I can still use my Holly eim while I have my normal physical SIM card inside of my phone it is also really easy to set up so make sure to download the app and use my code for a special discount and you'll be prepared for your next trip to over 200 destinations that Holly offers data make sure to check out the link in the description below and we'll get you guys connected right away if you love trains check out my full video on the shansen train from Tokyo to Hiroshima as we go way deeper into what the bullet train experience is like all the way tootoo that's a theme song right there that's kotoo [Music] after spending some time in Japan I can see why many say this place is living in the future putting aside some of the challenges like the low birth rates and aging population Japan is Miles Ahead of most of the world when it comes to building infrastructure and technology and implementing it into the daily lives of citizens and visitors between the bullet trains robotic toilets scentless garbage trucks and vending machines for just about anything literally everywhere they have made the task of living seemingly a lot easier than in most other cities around the world
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