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Somewhat related:

One of my favorite Youtube channels is Rambalac. It's just videos of walking through various places in Japan, from crowded streets to peaceful natural areas. No voiceover or explanations - almost every video is as if a video camera were moving around on its own and recording everything it saw (occasionally he interacts with things). Super relaxing to have on in the background, and really cool to watch to get a glimpse of everyday life there.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Rambalac

Here's some of the videos, there's a huge variety:

Shibuya at night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qGiXY1SB68

Shinjuku evening walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHr4qSQ-5XU

Kyoto's Kiyomizudera in the morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAeN7TdGq4o

Cat island (Tashirojima): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnfzALzLNgY

Playing with deer at Nara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu4GJwCpX2w

Shibuya Halloween: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkm522cTpzE

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I live in Tokyo and wish I could see it through the eyes of someone new here again. I can see it in these videos, but when I walk through the city I'm too used to it and my brain drowns out all of these things.

So a technique I've found useful to solve this issue aside from hanging out with someone visiting is to dedicate 1 day to doing nothing but picking a place that you're very familiar with and intentionally thinking about whether you've been down that street or the next one, looking at places that I wouldn't usually look like at the corners of the roof of buildings and then just taking a moment to sit down and watch. This has worked for me in each of the cities I've ever become too familiar with. You just tend to relax and get to where you want to go, there's no nervous energy of not knowing where you are or where you're going. Nowadays I tebd to just pop on my headphones and go to where I need and go back home again and not take in a thing unless I have a bit of a "reset"

I live here too and I get where you're coming from but I find that I can often remind myself of the things I like so much about Tokyo. Though I worry they are disappearing.

For a different feel, check out this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/lylehsaxon

He’s been recording “walkabouts” in Tokyo since 1990, to present day. Very raw footage, but interesting to see candid Japan street life from the last 28 years

Two YT channels with walking tours (in other countries):

https://www.youtube.com/user/keeezi/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-JKqNo_T0yoeDZff1y7Kw/vid...

I recommend this one in Kiev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGIJYWFmcw

Do you have any other favorite youtubers with content that's good to have on in the background?

I've been desperately looking for stuff like this :) will surely be watching Rambalac from now on

It will be interesting to see if TPTB allow Shibuya Halloween next year. This year a truck was turned over by the crowd and there was a fire.

This is a really interesting channel, thanks for sharing it!

By any chance, do you know what kind of camera Rambalac uses?

It says "Filmed in UltraHD 4K with Lumix GH4 camera, 7-14 f4 lene and Beholder DS-1 stabilizer." in the video description.

That's some old video, now I use GH5 and Mavic 2 Pro

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