Not only is this the best festival in Japan, this is the best KZread channel on Japan. The ONLY in JAPAN * GO channel should have many, many more subscribers!

Thank you for this!!! So much fun and you can really feel the energy!

The nostalgia feels are hitting me so hard right now. I loved this festival!

Look like a cross between a festival and they won a soccer match....lotta fun!

Never i felt so happy,watching this video is so awesome thanks John!

Thank you so very much for sharing!!! Love it! :)

The music and rhythm are mesmerizing! It sticks with you. Thank you yet again for sharing this!

what an amazing sight to see and be part of...

Looks like a lot a fun! :)

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

+77noctiluca the best festival in Japan!

@mojogamer6035

7 жыл бұрын

ONLY in JAPAN * GO u reply to super chats only hahaha money power

Thank you for doing this! Experiencing something like this as it happens (even if I don't get to see it "live") has meant so much to me. You have no idea how much. 😅 Thanks!

The kitty hanging onto it's person automatically wins the best cat thing I've seen on the internet all year

Great festival and atmosphere. Thanks for sharing with us. Your energy level was infectious, we felt the energy too, like we were there physically :)

Super nice to share it John !!! I was feeling the vibe form here and for sure next year I will doing it !!

Woo, I was dancing and singing with you John 🤭 I am thirty now going to the frig to get a cold drink. What a beer John ? 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

this is beautiful

The Taiko Drums are amazing!

Thanks for up!!!!!!!cool cool cool!

You are so cool to be their filming this.

Keep up the good times and thanks for sharing. :)

Now that is how you will celebrate festival with us .... more than an hour and awesome time ... CHEERS dude

We missed you we were there tonight we made it to Japan about three weeks ago. I remember watching your original Nebuta video 2 years ago. Little did I know I'd be seeing it live.

GREAT VIDEO......LOVED IT!!!!!!

I've had the damn rasserah chant in my head for two days now. Thanks John.

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

Arforyon I it works! You won't get attacked by Japanese Oni now!

thank you for the awesome experience!! =O

You’re truly living your best life. Much respect from Michigan ;)

Love the energy and dancing the sound of the flute!!! 👌

Hi John, you made a great job on the festival! I really wanna feel the energy live the next time a come to Japan. Greetings from Granada, Spain.

I missed the live stream but I'm still gonna watch

I love the energy there

I love the energy

You're making me soooo envious! I missed it again!!!!! I turned down Paris just now because I'm waiting to go back to Japan..ASAP!!!!!!

Great Job John!!! thanks for the video!! Edit later! go ride the Karts in Tokyo!

amazing experience .... how i wish to go! :0

Great job John!!!!

Already 2 years since you did the nebuta festival video? wow! time goes really fast!

I went to Aomori Nebuta Matsuri and rented a Haneto too because of watching your previous video!! It was an awesome experience! I didn't know exactly where to go wait so I jumped into a group whose company made one of the Nebuta's. The weather was perfect too! Keep up the great videos!

so festive. I love it

So colorful and fun!

This is John's version of a party, NICE

I like 👍 it and the beat john.And live stream is going super cool

Looks fun I WANT THAT PIKACHU HAT

You are full of energy after a long plane journey. That's the spirit John. Most be Hot after that long cheering. Enjoy. Raseera Raseera!!! 🎇🎆

1 hour 4 mins . Smooth John smooth

Wow!!! How fun!!!

I love how random people waving in the camera :) This festival is full of energy awesome!

hi John..Violeta frpm Denmark, awesome ! Enjoy..full of energy!

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

+Violette C. Hi fro Aomori! Thanks Violette! I am so stoked up right now and I've no idea how I'll get to sleep!!

I like the live stream from San Francisco

I love Japan 😍 and the culture, just amazing 💜

damn we must have missed you! My friend and i came over from Australia because we had seen your video from the previous festival. it was such an amazing experiance .Thanks for the uploads and guidance for things to do in japan . We are currently in Gotemba then heading to Nagoya. We will be back in tokyo in a week. thanks again .

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

Dollar380 awesome!! I had a lot of fun making that other Nebuta video. I love the history and spirit of this area :) would have been so cool to meet up at this fest!!

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

Dollar380 awesome!! I had a lot of fun making that other Nebuta video. I love the history and spirit of this area :) would have been so cool to meet up at this fest!!

@andyj025

7 жыл бұрын

If you are in Tokyo on the 15th we would absolutely love to buy you a beer if that is possible to say thank you for all the effort you put into giving us entertainment before we go home.

Ur very entertaining john!

Keep up the work JArred

i want to go!!! jajaj nice time! xoxo from mex!

Wooooww!!!

rasera rasera rase rase rasera!! i finally know where that chant came from in kanedas theme song akira!!

This is one of the few times I would want to use a 4k 360 cam.

@marktighe-crea3038

7 жыл бұрын

JamieJamez very true but consider how difficult it is to fit 8 different chargers, 16 batteries, 4 cameras, two cellphones, tripod, stabilizer, flash cards, laptop, drone and all your clothing into one medium size carry-on bag. I do it but it's not easy and it wears you out carrying it around as a backpack. So.... you can't bring everything.

Best summer festival in Japan? I'd beg to differ. I much preferred the Tachineputa festival in Goshogawara with their 7 story tall floats - you should check out that one next time. :3 Bit of background for everyone else (i was an exchange student in Hirosaki for a year and got to participate in Hirosaki's Neputa): The neputa festivals were originally a form of *legal protest (since it wasn't illegal to throw a festival) against the oppression of their feudal lords, taking inspiration from the Chinese texts Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The big warriors are inspired from the 108 heros from those tales etc who stood up against government oppression in China. They were originally all the same festival, but after WWII, the Japanese government required each town to register their 'unique' cultural properties. Since there could be no one 'Neputa' they took advantage of regional accents to name them all slightly differently, and took on specific icons/styles. In Aomori, the Nebuta festival is very commercial - companies pay to sponsor floats, which take on the 3D design. In Hirosaki, the Neputa festival is done by local community groups. Every school, many clubs, etc etc where ever there is a collection of people there's probably a group who will make a float together. The locals practice for the entire month leading up to it too. While I enjoyed the event, I very much regret living next to an elementary school while they practiced flutes and Taiko drums all July. Still, it was an awesome atmosphere to have the whole city involved. It was like when people start Christmas in November. As for style, they typically make flat, shell-shaped floats with paintings on their 2D surfaces. On the front is typically a fearsome warrior who goes away to fight, while on the back, there is typically a lonesome and sad looking lady who was left behind. Their chant is "Yaaa ya douuu". In Goshogawara, the Tachineputa is done by the local government. They officially hire craftsmen to make 7-story high floats over the 10 months prior to the festival. They also keep a few of the previous year's floats in a museum that you can visit all year round rather than burning them on the last night like in the other festivals. Their chant is "Yattemare yattemare yattemare yattemare" with a few "sore"'s mixed in. All parade down the streets for about a week, with slightly staggered start dates, so you can go see a different one each night. Though they trains are very crowded even though they have more carriages and and trains than usual.

Those floats and the drum music 🎶 awesome floats. Joined in the live stream a little before the Frenchman in the procession, I could see the energy was gathering momentum and then 1:25 my fave float ! 👍👍 will you be going to the festival every year ?

It's just fantastic. Japanese know how to relax. I do not understand how it is possible so long banging drums ... =)). Feeling how you participate in it. Thank you, great video. Это просто фантастика. Умеют в Японии расслабляться. Не пойму как можно так долго стучать в барабаны ... =)). Чувство как сам в этом участвуешь. Спасибо , отличное видео.

Good video guy.

The chanting reminds me of Kaneda's theme from the movie Akira. I just went to Gion Matsuri last month and I think this looks a lot more cool, I wanted to see the floats at the museum there but I was pressed for time.

Good morning, John!

ah.. i can see the float now.. :D

You're the best

neko-chan at the end! so cute ^_^

I really wanted to see the floats live.😫😫😫😫😫😫

Hi! I will be in japan this august and i want to see the nebuta matsuri. May i know the exact location of the parade?

that is cool. what are the chances

ONLY in JAPAN * GO Episode 67: More Bells, More Power

So, as a tourist you can participate?? Cool!

@LedoylinatorCh69

7 жыл бұрын

Ama Gen like he said you get to immerse yourself in the culture!! Where else could you do something like this? And it's only 30$ to rent the garb! Who says you have to dance the whole time??

I missed live today

you should stream sometime on twitch irl love your streams

Nooooooo if you are there tmr I could've met you!!!

I've always wondered if they would ever embed speakers around the front of the drums to magnify the drums louder. Even at 1:36:16 the cat on that person shoulder. BTW there were some good looking chicks you got on your camera, you should have interviewed some of them when they were over your shoulder waving at the camera.

did you buy the outfit? I like it.

Can you say this is the importantst festival in Japan?

Till what time in the night does the festival go on till ? Looks alot of fun tho 😁

@JSpecGC8

6 жыл бұрын

2100 or 9pm and it every night for almost a week.

this would have been nice if you had used your VR camera to get the full experience.

Those girls behind you an hour in are so pretty. Do people go to festivals to hook up? Everyone is so friendly so I can see it happen. Good thing you left Peter behind, he’s always looking at the beautiful .......”Yuka ta”, lol.

Rasengan, rasengan, rase, rase, rasengan.

Pause at 1:20:10 you'll see something cool

rase ra rase ra

what state are you originally from?

kittttyyyy

i can speak fluent japanese now: raseraserase ra rase ra rase rase ra rase ra

Should ask Peter and Kevin to join in

you language is good. You speak Japanese pretty well.

Where does the parade end ?

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

+Violette C. The Nebuta floats start at different points around the circuit and they end when signaled by a firework! BOOM! Usually it's one loop around which is 2Km

Are you on Facebook?

how many channels do you have?

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

They're listed on the channel page on KZread :)

i live in America and I wish I was there I'm 10 years old I want to work for the Pokemon company there in Tokyo

@crystalscribner6249

7 жыл бұрын

kinichiwa I should have said at the beginning sumimasen

RASSERAAAAAAー‼️

слишком сумасшедшим хихихихи

What is the supper chat all about $$

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

+Dawn Faialaga some viewers super chat or tip to to support the show or to make sure their comment is noticed. The comment feed on the show is fast - I have to focus on my environment and not the screen - there is a lot of trolling anyway but someone who super chats me wouldn't waste money with insults and I should stop and read anything from someone who has supported the show so I always try to answer. It's a nice feature to help my do this job full time. By next year, I'll be doing this full time thanks to super chat / Patreon and fan support.

where is city or what is the name of the city ???

@tonghale163

7 жыл бұрын

Aomori

@alejandrop9272

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha in the title of video say aomori hahaha sorry my english is bad. but thanks you

John Your Boy friend is dancing with you?

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

+WingedBull1 that was Soma-san from the prefecture office. He didn't seem to like being on video but wanted to join me. He's guiding me in Oma now for the maguro episode I'm filming.

a little Jon Travolta

I can see no smoking in flag

why do they keep reaping the same word? i think i'm having enough of it after 5 minutes watching lols

1:37:43 can't stop laughing

I think u have lot of fun, but little tired 😴

@siddarajukb2904

7 жыл бұрын

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