OVERNIGHT IN A JAPANESE KARAOKE BAR..

Liv Swearingen (LIV)
20 Apr 202412:48

Summary

TLDRIn this engaging video script, the narrator shares their unique experience of spending a night in a Japanese karaoke bar in Tokyo. Starting with the reluctance to leave their luxurious hotel room, the journey takes them through the challenges of packing essentials, navigating a foreign city, and attempting to communicate in a language they don't understand. The narrator humorously documents their quest for survival items like a sleeping bag, food, and entertainment for the 24-hour stay. The adventure is filled with cultural discoveries, including trying local snacks, dealing with an automatic toilet, and the trials of sleeping in a small karaoke room. Despite the language barrier and the tight space, the experience is a memorable one, highlighting the fun and unexpected aspects of solo travel and cultural immersion.

Takeaways

  • 🏨 The narrator is staying in a beautiful hotel room in Tokyo, Japan, which they are reluctant to leave due to its comfort and view.
  • 🎤 They decide to challenge themselves by spending a night in a Japanese karaoke bar, packing essentials like jammies, deodorant, toothpaste, and a charger.
  • 🛍️ Upon realizing they might need more items for survival, they explore the city to find a sleeping bag and other necessities, encountering language barriers and currency conversion challenges.
  • 🍢 The narrator finds a convenience store and picks up items like snacks, water, and an anime magazine to pass the time, highlighting the cultural experience.
  • 🎶 They successfully navigate the karaoke bar's booking process and settle into their small room, equipped with slippers, pillows, and blankets.
  • 📺 The karaoke room is equipped with a TV, sound system, and microphones, but the menus and instructions are in Japanese, leading to some confusion.
  • 🍳 The narrator orders food through an iPad, trying local dishes and rating them based on their experience.
  • 🎵 After several hours of singing, the narrator expresses boredom and explores other uses for the microphone, such as pretending to be a race car commentator.
  • 📚 To diversify the entertainment, they read a Japanese comic magazine, despite not understanding the language.
  • 🛀 The bathroom in the karaoke room is very small, causing some inconvenience and leading to a humorous incident with an automatic sink.
  • 🍰 For dinner, the narrator opts for dessert instead of a full meal, trying a purple dessert that they enjoy.
  • 🌙 They prepare for bed early, using a Japanese face mask and watching TV connected to their phone before falling asleep.

Q & A

  • Where is the narrator currently located at the beginning of the script?

    -The narrator is currently in Tokyo, Japan.

  • What does the narrator decide to do instead of staying in their hotel room?

    -The narrator decides to challenge themselves by spending the night in a Japanese karaoke bar.

  • What are some of the essentials the narrator packs for their stay at the karaoke bar?

    -The narrator packs pajamas, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush, face wash, a charger, and a purse.

  • What does the narrator find challenging about the karaoke bar?

    -The narrator finds it challenging to navigate the karaoke bar's sound system and menus, which are all in Japanese.

  • How much does the narrator spend on a sleeping bag at a store?

    -The narrator spends about 7,000 yen, which is approximately $46 USD, on a sleeping bag.

  • What does the narrator do to pass the time when they get bored of singing?

    -The narrator tries reading a Japanese comic magazine, watches a movie on their phone connected to the TV, and uses a Japanese face mask.

  • What food does the narrator order for breakfast at the karaoke bar?

    -The narrator orders Okawa gapo rice with Spam for breakfast.

  • What was the narrator's rating for the octopus wieners they tried for lunch?

    -The narrator rated the octopus wieners a 2 out of 10 and found them to be very disgusting.

  • How does the narrator describe the size of the bathroom in the karaoke bar room?

    -The narrator describes the bathroom as being extremely small, one of the smallest they have ever been in.

  • What does the narrator do to try and sleep better in the karaoke bar room?

    -The narrator decides to use the provided blanket and pillow instead of their sleeping bag, and plans to watch YouTube or Netflix on the TV until they get tired.

  • How does the narrator's sleep get disrupted during their stay at the karaoke bar?

    -The narrator's sleep is disrupted by loud neighbors due to the popularity of karaoke on Friday nights.

Outlines

00:00

🎤 Karaoke Bar Overnight Challenge in Tokyo

The video begins with the narrator in Tokyo, Japan, contemplating leaving their luxurious hotel room to spend the night in a local karaoke bar. They decide to challenge themselves and pack essentials for survival, including pajamas, deodorant, toothpaste, and a charger. Upon arrival at the karaoke bar, they purchase a sleeping bag and gather food and entertainment for the 24-hour stay. The narrator explores the room's amenities, such as slippers, pillows, and blankets, and attempts to navigate the karaoke system despite the language barrier. They also order food and share their experience with the viewer.

05:04

🎶 24 Hours of Singing and Unexpected Adventures

The narrator shares their experience of spending 24 hours in a karaoke room, singing various songs, and trying to order food via an iPad. They describe the food, rate it, and discuss their boredom after singing for an extended period. The video also captures their attempt to try new local foods, such as octopus wieners, and their reactions to the taste. The narrator also explores alternative activities in the karaoke room, such as reading a Japanese comic magazine and watching a movie on their phone connected to the TV. They express their struggle with the small bathroom and the challenges of sleeping in the confined space.

10:06

😴 A Night's Sleep and Morning After in the Karaoke Room

The video concludes with the narrator's attempt to sleep in the karaoke room, dealing with a wet pajama incident due to an automatic sink and the challenges of sleeping in a small space. They wake up to the sounds of neighboring karaoke enthusiasts and share their morning routine, including changing out of their wet pajamas and packing up. The narrator reflects on the experience, considering the possibility of repeating the challenge with a friend, and signs off with a positive note, inviting viewers to suggest other challenges.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Tokyo

Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and a global center for culture, fashion, and technology. In the video, it serves as the exciting backdrop for the vlogger's adventure, highlighting the unique experience of staying overnight in a karaoke bar in this bustling metropolis.

💡Karaoke Bar

A karaoke bar is an entertainment venue where people sing along to pre-recorded music tracks. The vlogger's decision to spend a night in a Japanese karaoke bar is central to the video's theme, showcasing a distinctive cultural experience that is part of Japan's nightlife.

💡Survival Essentials

Survival essentials refer to the basic items one needs to sustain life and maintain comfort. In the context of the video, the vlogger humorously lists items like jammies, deodorant, toothpaste, and a charger as necessities for surviving a 24-hour stay in the karaoke bar.

💡Cultural Immersion

Cultural immersion involves engaging deeply with a foreign culture, often by experiencing local customs and lifestyle. The vlogger's overnight karaoke experience is an example of cultural immersion, as she navigates language barriers and explores Japanese convenience stores to prepare for her stay.

💡Sleeping Bag

A sleeping bag is an outdoor gear item designed to provide warmth and comfort for sleeping in non-traditional settings. The vlogger's purchase of a sleeping bag exemplifies her preparation for an unconventional overnight stay and highlights the practical aspects of her adventure.

💡Language Barrier

A language barrier occurs when there is a lack of common language between people, which can hinder communication. The vlogger's experience in a store with no English signs and her struggle to order food on a non-English menu illustrate the challenges and humor of dealing with language barriers when traveling.

💡Microphone

A microphone is a device used to convert sound into an electrical signal. In the video, the microphone is a key element of the karaoke experience, allowing the vlogger to sing and experiment with the audio settings, which becomes a central activity during her stay.

💡Food Exploration

Food exploration involves trying new and different types of food as a way to experience a culture. The vlogger's attempt at ordering and tasting local dishes like 'Okawa gapo rice with Spam' and 'octopus wieners' is an example of food exploration, adding to the theme of cultural discovery.

💡Hydration

Hydration refers to the replenishment of water to prevent dehydration, which is crucial for maintaining vocal health, especially for a karaoke singer. The vlogger's mention of needing water to keep her 'vocal cords hydrated' underscores the importance of hydration in her singing marathon.

💡Japanese Convenience Store

Japanese convenience stores, like the 711 mentioned in the video, are known for their wide range of products and services. They represent a quintessential part of daily life in Japan and serve as a practical and cultural touchpoint for the vlogger as she gathers supplies for her karaoke stay.

💡Overnight Stay

An overnight stay typically refers to staying in a place outside one's home for a night. The vlogger's challenge to stay overnight in a karaoke bar deviates from the norm, providing a unique perspective on adapting to unfamiliar and confined sleeping conditions, which is a central theme of her video.

Highlights

Traveler decides to challenge themselves by spending a night in a Japanese karaoke bar instead of their luxurious hotel room.

Packing essentials for the karaoke bar stay includes pajamas, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush, face wash, and a phone charger.

The decision to leave the hotel room is partly due to the traveler's snoring, as indicated by their roommate, Pearson.

Navigating the unfamiliar streets of Tokyo to find a store to purchase a sleeping bag and other necessities.

A humorous moment where the traveler considers whether 'boba' counts as a survival item.

Successfully purchasing a sleeping bag for 7,000 yen, which is about $46 USD.

Finding a 711 convenience store to gather additional items like snacks, water, and a face mask for the night.

The traveler's excitement about the karaoke bar's amenities, including a TV, microphones, and a sound system.

Challenge of operating the karaoke system and TV, which are in Japanese, without understanding the language.

Creative use of the microphone for other purposes besides singing, such as pretending to be a race car commentator.

Ordering food through a language barrier by using an iPad, leading to a breakfast of rice, an egg, and spam.

The traveler's attempt to try local food, such as octopus wieners, which they find unpalatable.

Reading a Japanese comic magazine despite not understanding the language, highlighting the cultural experience.

The traveler's voice becomes tired after hours of singing, indicating the physical challenge of their 24-hour stay.

A humorous incident in the small bathroom involving an automatic sink and a wardrobe malfunction.

The discovery that the karaoke bar provided a blanket and pillow, making the traveler's sleeping bag unnecessary.

Watching YouTube and Netflix on the TV connected to the traveler's phone as part of their nighttime routine.

The traveler wakes up to the sounds of neighboring karaoke rooms, reflecting the popularity of karaoke on Friday nights in Tokyo.

Concluding the challenge with thoughts on whether they would repeat the experience with a friend and an invitation for other challenge suggestions.

Transcripts

00:00

I am currently in Tokyo Japan I've never

00:03

been here this is insane and I'm going

00:05

to leave my beautiful hotel room to stay

00:08

overnight in a Japanese karaoke bar

00:10

first of all I don't want to leave this

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beautiful room look at what I'm giving

00:13

up like look at this view oh my God this

00:16

is insane I can't believe I'm here but

00:18

I'm going to challenge myself we need

00:20

Essentials we need things for survival I

00:22

don't know what they have at this

00:23

karaoke bar but I'm assuming not

00:25

blankets and pillows and necessary

00:27

things to live in it for 24 hours but

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that's that's what I'm going to do so

00:30

let's pack all right backpack we got

00:33

jammies deodorant your girl needs that

00:36

toothpaste toothbrush face wash charger

00:40

purse why do I already feel like I'm

00:42

forgetting something what else do I need

00:45

I say we hit the town and we find some

00:47

other Essentials that I might need it

00:49

might get boring by myself we we might

00:51

need entertainment I need something like

00:52

a oh look who's here oh I'm leaving

00:57

where are you going I'm going to head

00:59

out um I'm not sleeping here tonight

01:02

wait why yeah so uh me and Pearson are

01:04

sharing this hotel room I'm I'm going to

01:06

go spend the night at a karaoke bar

01:08

weirdo we have a perfectly good bed here

01:10

I know I don't want to leave this view

01:12

but is it because I snore yes okay we're

01:15

in the taxi on our way to the karaoke

01:18

bar I'm exploring a foreign country by

01:20

myself staying overnight in a karaoke

01:22

bar like what's what the worst that

01:25

could

01:25

happen right okay we made it um look

01:29

look how crazy this is this is oh my

01:34

gosh I'm in

01:36

Tokyo like what I don't know where I am

01:39

I can't read anything let's go find a

01:41

random store and get what we need wait

01:44

does Boba count for survival I need Boba

01:49

right no okay I found a store that seems

01:52

to have sleeping bags but nothing is in

01:56

English obviously and it's

01:58

$62,000 just kidding 62,000 Yen but I

02:02

don't know what that is in USD so I got

02:04

to figure this out okay I think we may

02:06

have found something this guy it has

02:08

English on it sleeping P that's what we

02:11

need and this one is about 7,000 yen

02:14

which is which is about

02:16

$46 let's take it got the sleeping bag

02:19

I'm not sure where else to look for

02:21

stuff wait what they have a 711 here I

02:24

feel like we can probably find a few

02:26

things let's let's go check it out you

02:28

know I might get bored of singing for 24

02:30

hours so I've never read anime but let's

02:34

just let's just get it oh my gosh they

02:36

have face masks wait this would be kind

02:39

of fun tonight can't forget water we

02:41

have to keep those vocal cords hydrated

02:43

I'm pretty sure they have food there but

02:46

we can get a snack they've got pizza

02:48

chips I don't know what this is but this

02:50

little guy's cute they have seated

02:52

pickled plums ooh squid and seaweed

02:55

chips yummy you know what I say we tried

02:58

the pizza chips okay I think we're

03:00

prepared and there it is karaoke baby hi

03:05

there um when people Reserve how long do

03:09

they usually reserve the rooms

03:12

for for 2 2 hours could I get 24 hours

03:17

can I get uh yes

03:20

great okay so they have slippers which

03:24

is amazing these might come in handy I'm

03:26

room 77 oh my gosh they also have

03:30

pillows and blankets wait this is

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amazing I think this is the room oh my

03:37

gosh it's so small it's tiny what am I

03:42

doing okay well let's let's get

03:45

comfortable shall we let's do a little

03:47

tour going to just make myself at home

03:49

here cuz this is home for the next 24

03:52

hours Okay so we've got our TV we've got

03:55

microphones of course this is the sound

03:58

system and it's all in

04:00

Japanese how is this going to work can't

04:02

read anything and we got menus that I

04:05

also can't read I think this explains

04:07

how to get the music working uh that

04:10

might be a problem okay they gave me a

04:12

little hand towel which is nice they

04:14

gave me a ton of silverware they

04:17

probably were thinking a lot of people

04:19

were going to come but no it's just me

04:21

so I say we try to figure out how to

04:23

make this work Sing a little something

04:25

and it's 10:00 a.m. so we can order some

04:27

breakfast if they have it okay so I

04:30

found the remote and I don't really know

04:32

what I did what does that say what um no

04:35

okay got the TV back on we're good I

04:37

didn't break anything I think one of

04:39

these knobs is the

04:41

[Music]

04:46

volume I found the plug for the phone so

04:49

look it just goes right on the TV see

04:51

here's my channel and we're at 2.7 so

04:53

help me get to three you know what I'm

04:55

saying if you want last step is the

04:57

microphone hopefully this works hello

04:59

hello

05:04

hello this is going to be fun we can

05:06

make it echoey

05:07

hello or we can make it not echoey CH

05:11

che che che the real question is what

05:13

song are we going to do Adele perhaps

05:16

but I said

05:18

fire to the r we could have had

05:24

it oh we could do some arand Grande

05:28

[Music]

05:34

what's

05:35

happening I'm just trying to S tomorrow

05:37

ground

05:41

[Music]

05:48

day okay we've been singing for a while

05:51

I'm hungry for breakfast so the lady

05:54

said to order on this iPad but um

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how oh I'm just oh wo whoo wait what I'm

06:01

just going to press random buttons and

06:03

see what happens oh oh my gosh uh what

06:06

no I thought this was the food menu how

06:09

do I get

06:11

food got it this one has an egg I guess

06:14

that's breakfasty can I place a food

06:17

order through the phone okay great can I

06:20

get the uh

06:22

Okawa gapo rice with Spam okay perfect

06:25

awesome thank you we could just put it

06:27

here put it on your

06:30

oh nice thank

06:32

you thank you got our breakfast looks

06:35

like it's rice and an egg and spam I

06:39

don't know if I'm going to like

06:43

spam okay not bad I think there's a

06:46

little chicken in here M okay I rate

06:49

this a solid eight out of 10 okay I

06:52

crushed that whole thing that was pretty

06:53

good I'm going to be honest I'm kind of

06:55

bored of singing 24 hours is a long time

06:58

so what else can we use this microphone

06:59

for

07:01

for wow what it looks like we got 72

07:04

mcru racing down at full speed and he

07:06

shoots and

07:09

score yes Johnny the weather here in

07:11

Tokyo is absolutely beautiful although I

07:13

can't see it because I'm trapped in this

07:15

karaoke room but I'm pretty sure it's

07:17

65° and sunny back to you and in other

07:20

news lunch is Ser I don't know why I got

07:24

this I wanted to try something new cuz

07:25

I'm in Tokyo it's octopus wieners why

07:30

did I do that E I don't want this it's

07:35

dripping but we got to try new things

07:37

let's try

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it oh God no no no no no no no no no I

07:44

will not be having you I can't get over

07:46

that that was so disgusting gosh this

07:48

taste is still in my mouth that

07:51

is good thing I bought this water okay

07:53

not going to lie I rate that lunch like

07:55

a 2 out of 10 I feel like that kind of

07:56

ruined my appetite for the rest of the

07:58

day you know just because we're in a

08:00

karaoke room for 24 hours doesn't mean

08:02

we have to sing for 24 hours let's read

08:05

a little Japanese book comic magazine um

08:10

I don't really know what's going on I I

08:12

have no clue what h i mean back to

08:14

singing I

08:15

[Music]

08:23

guess you want think of my moms I got 20

08:27

but who cares

08:30

no big

08:36

deal I want

08:41

more I don't want

08:45

to

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you okay my voice is actually getting

08:53

tired I think I'm done I've been singing

08:55

for hours I'm not going to put every

08:56

song in this video but I've been here a

08:58

long time it is now 6:00 p.m. I can't

09:02

believe I've been in here for 8 hours

09:03

but like I said that food just didn't

09:05

sit well with me I'm going to skip

09:06

dinner and go straight to dessert I

09:09

ordered something I mean come on it's

09:12

purple I don't even know what it is but

09:14

it looks really good like look at that

09:16

what is that oh it's like wet and we got

09:18

some jelly jam on spongy bread M oh wow

09:22

my mother would be so disappointed in me

09:24

if she found out I was eating dessert

09:26

for dinner but please don't tell her I

09:27

don't want to get in trouble okay let's

09:29

try this little snowflake

09:31

guy oh

09:34

oh oh my I don't know if this is

09:36

alcoholic but we'll find

09:38

out yeah I have no idea well we'll find

09:41

out with how I feel in 5 minutes all

09:43

right guys but this has been fun so

09:44

let's go to the bathroom and start to

09:46

get ready for bed okay I found the

09:48

bathroom oh man oh man it's so

09:54

small oh no no no no no no you guys I

09:58

just tried to set this down for a second

10:00

and I just got my whole PJs wet dang it

10:04

oh what am I going to do I didn't know

10:05

that the sink was automatic all right

10:07

hold on I'm going to go pee I don't

10:08

really know how to flush cuz what does

10:11

this mean where's the flush button and

10:14

why are there so many buttons this

10:18

one

10:19

oh we're

10:21

good okay here's my pgs only part of it

10:25

got wet so I'm just going to have to

10:27

deal with it I also grabbed makeup wife

10:29

thank God I remember that it is so small

10:32

in here honestly I wish that they had a

10:35

shower that would be great like I have

10:38

no idea how I'm going to sleep tonight I

10:40

feel like I'm not going to sleep very

10:41

good let's try this Japanese face

10:50

mask oh my God I'm literally going to

10:53

give myself

10:56

nightmar that is terrifying okay you

10:59

know what but no that that's enough of

11:01

that we're done this is literally one of

11:03

the smallest bathrooms I've ever been in

11:05

but we will make it

11:07

work okay we did our night routine kind

11:11

of early it's only 700 now but I kind of

11:14

want this time to go by so I'm

11:16

definitely going to go to bed early but

11:18

you know what I don't even need my

11:19

sleeping bag anymore I had no idea they

11:22

were going to have a blanket and a

11:23

pillow so I mean that works so here's my

11:26

little bed see it's kind of convenient

11:29

that my phone hooks up to the TV I can

11:31

watch YouTube watch a little Netflix or

11:33

something so I think I'm going just do

11:35

that for a bit until I'm tired and then

11:37

fall asleep in a few

11:40

[Music]

11:44

hours I got it to

11:46

[Music]

11:46

[Applause]

11:49

work so I think I'm just going to watch

11:51

this movie and head to bed see you in

11:54

the

11:56

morning good morning kind of it's the

11:59

middle of the night I just woke up

12:01

because it's a Friday Night karaoke is

12:03

really popular here so my neighbors next

12:05

to me are being so loud and I don't

12:08

think that they think someone's sleeping

12:10

next door so that's my update I'm going

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back to

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bed good morning I woke up so confused

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on where I was good

12:20

morning uh I'm I'm packing up now yeah

12:24

thank you okay that was the call I slept

12:26

way past my alarm so I'm going to change

12:28

out of these PJs and get the heck out of

12:30

here I'd maybe do this again if like

12:32

Pearson came with me that'd be kind of

12:33

fun or comment some other challenge

12:35

you'd want to see me do peace out love

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you see you later

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