Last Day in Tokyo Japan + Everything We Packed for 5 Weeks of Travel With a Baby!
Summary
TLDRIn this travel vlog, the narrator recounts their final day in Tokyo, Japan, with a mix of excitement and sadness as their trip comes to an end. They explore Shinjuku, visit a shrine to hang a wishing plaque, and enjoy local treats like mango and strawberry. The journey includes a last train ride, packing challenges, and a successful attempt to travel for five weeks with only carry-on luggage. The video concludes with their return to Phoenix, Arizona, and a reflection on their 35-day adventure around the world, showcasing the contents of their well-packed bags and the souvenirs they collected along the way.
Takeaways
- 🎥 The video is a travel vlog documenting the final hours of a trip to Tokyo, Japan.
- 🍜 The travelers express sadness as their trip comes to an end and plan to make the most of their remaining time in Tokyo.
- 🚶♂️ They decide to explore Shinjuku, a district they haven't visited yet, with intentions to have lunch and shop for souvenirs.
- 🧳 The challenge of packing their last suitcase is highlighted, especially considering the additional items they've bought in Tokyo.
- 🍜 A promise is made to make ramen at home, indicating a fondness for the Japanese dish experienced during the trip.
- 🏯 They visit a Japanese Shrine to hang a wishing plaque, a cultural activity showcasing their engagement with local customs.
- 🥭 A snack break with mango is mentioned, showing the travelers' efforts to try local foods despite language barriers.
- 🚇 The busy Tokyo subway system is noted, emphasizing the hustle and bustle of the city.
- 🛍️ The group manages to shop for souvenirs and experiences like Tang Hulu, indicating a successful day of exploration.
- 👶 The video includes packing tips for traveling with a baby, suggesting the travelers are parents with a child.
- 🛫 The travelers reflect on their successful journey around the world with no lost luggage, highlighting their strategy of using carry-on bags for convenience.
- 📦 The video concludes with the unpacking of their carry-on bags, revealing the extensive packing strategy that allowed them to travel for 5 weeks with minimal luggage.
Q & A
What is the video transcript about?
-The video transcript is about a traveler's final day in Tokyo, Japan, and their journey back home after a 5-week trip around the world with their baby.
What was the first activity mentioned in Tokyo?
-The first activity mentioned was going to have Ramen, a popular Japanese dish.
Why did they choose to explore Shinjuku?
-They chose to explore Shinjuku because they had been to Shibuya a lot but had never visited Shinjuku before.
What souvenirs did they plan to buy in Tokyo?
-They planned to buy souvenirs such as chopsticks and a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser.
How did they manage their luggage for the trip?
-They managed their luggage by using carry-on bags for the entire 5-week trip, ensuring they always had their belongings and for convenience.
What was the struggle they faced with their luggage?
-The struggle they faced was trying to fit all their purchases from Tokyo into their already packed carry-on bags.
What was the significance of the wishing plaque at the shrine?
-The wishing plaque was significant as it allowed them to write a wish and hang it at the shrine, which is a traditional practice in Japan.
What was the traveler's strategy for packing clothes?
-The traveler's strategy for packing clothes involved using packing cubes to compress items and rolling clothes tightly to maximize space in the carry-on bags.
How did they handle packing for their baby?
-They packed strategically for their baby by bringing a limited amount of clothing and buying essentials like diapers and wipes at each location.
What was the total duration of their flight back home?
-The total duration of their flight back home was initially 10 hours, but it was reduced to 9 hours and 30 minutes.
How did they feel about completing their 5-week trip around the world?
-They felt exhausted but excited to be home and were already looking forward to their next adventure.
Outlines
🍜 Last Day in Tokyo: Exploring Shinjuku and Ramen Farewell
The video script begins with the narrator expressing sadness as their trip to Tokyo is coming to an end. With only six hours left, they plan to maximize their time by exploring Shinjuku, a district they haven't visited much, unlike Shibuya. The narrator mentions their intention to have lunch, shop for souvenirs, and face the challenge of packing their suitcases, which is expected to be difficult due to the limited space. They also reminisce about their love for ramen, with a playful promise to recreate it back home, earning the nickname 'Ramen Knight.' The script captures the bittersweet emotions of a memorable journey nearing its conclusion.
🎉 Travel Home: Reflections on a World Tour and Packing Triumphs
In this paragraph, the narrator discusses their journey back home after an extensive world tour. They mention the comfort of having good legroom on a flight and the pleasant surprise of a shorter flight time than anticipated. The excitement of completing a 5-week trip around the world is palpable, as they reflect on their experiences and look forward to returning home. The narrator also shares their strategy of traveling with carry-on luggage only, citing the benefits of always having their belongings and the convenience it offers. They express disbelief at having completed their trip without losing a single bag and invite viewers to guess whose bag was heavier, revealing the weights of their bags and showcasing the impressive packing job that allowed them to travel light for an extended period.
👗 Packing Strategies and Baby Travel Essentials
The final paragraph delves into the specifics of packing for a long trip, especially with a baby. The narrator shares their strategy of buying essentials like diapers and wipes at each location rather than carrying them for the entire trip. They detail the clothing items packed for their child, emphasizing the use of packing cubes to maximize space. The narrator also discusses the souvenirs they collected, such as chopsticks and a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser from Japan, and the importance of having a well-organized diaper bag with all necessary items for the baby. Additionally, they mention a special birthday dress for their child from a company called Dolores Petunia, expressing excitement for their child's upcoming first birthday.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Ramen
💡Shinjuku
💡Shrine
💡Tang Hulu
💡Carry-on
💡Packing cubes
💡Laundry
💡Diapers
💡Formula
💡Pez
💡Diaper bag
Highlights
Exploring Shinjuku for the first time and planning to have lunch and shop for souvenirs.
The challenge of packing a suitcase with limited space after a shopping spree in Tokyo.
Visiting a Japanese Shrine and hanging a wishing plaque with personal wishes.
Enjoying a snack break with mango, a hard-to-find treat due to language barriers.
Navigating the busy Tokyo subway system while being mindful of height due to low ceilings.
The bittersweet feeling of the last train ride in Japan and the task of buying tickets for the journey home.
Struggling with packing carry-on bags for the final leg of the trip with newly acquired items.
Arriving back home after a 35-day trip around the world without checking a single bag.
The excitement of being close to friends and the comfort of home after a long journey.
The surprise of a shorter flight time, shaving off 30 minutes from the expected duration.
Story's fascination with the airplane's safety video, especially when it's done live.
Landing in Phoenix Arizona, marking the end of a 5-week global travel adventure.
The accomplishment of traveling with only carry-on luggage for the entire trip.
Sharing the packing strategy for a baby, emphasizing the importance of strategic packing and buying necessities on location.
Unpacking and revealing the extensive list of items packed in a carry-on for a 5-week trip.
Receiving Story's custom-made birthday dress, adding an emotional touch to the travel experience.
Transcripts
first stop you already know
Ramen I'm kind of sad it's been so
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fun we have 6 hours left in Tokyo so
we're going to make the most of it and
go
explore I totally froze I want to say
let's
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go it's really sad to see this trip come
to a close like it's it feels really sad
so we're going to make the most of today
we're going to explore what's it called
Shinjuku Shinjuku we've been going to
shabuya a lot but we've never gone to
Shinjuku so we're going to explore there
maybe get some lunch shop around a
little bit get our last souvenirs
whatever we think we can fit in our
suitcase which is not a lot it's going
to be the struggle it's going to be
quite the struggle today to pack but
it's the last challenge of this trip is
packing this last
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suitcase first stop you already know
Ramen
story loves guo hey want some more
promise me you'll make ramen when we get
home oh I will absolutely I'm going to
miss the ramen here in Japan i b top for
a reason baby all right py promise I'm
holding you to it Ramen Knight coming
right
up we officially have 5 hours until we
head to the airport we're making the
most of it next stop we're going to like
a little Japanese
Shrine I just got a wishing plaque this
is my wishing plaque and on the back you
write your wish and then you hang it
over there so we're going to do that
right
now they're going to hang this one
yeah yeah are there it is good job high
five
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we just stopped for a little smack break
stories eating some mango it's like hard
to find things at the store cuz I can't
read any of the labels but I saw mango I
was like I know she'll like that now
we're going down to the subway with
these signs coming up I'm so close to
hitting my head you're so tall
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trains are busy here they're busy lots
of people the reason we came all the way
here one last
time it so good you got to learn how to
make these two when we go home I will
story I can't wait till one day I can
bring you back and you can experience
the Tang Hulu but for now story just
gets the fresh strawberry this is our
last train ride in Japan and Bella wants
to be the one that buys the tickets and
get home safely so let's see how she
does so many coins just realiz this is
the last time we're going to be on the
train I'm kind of sad it's been so fun
how is it already over already she's
going to take a nap she's chatty happy
she's going to take a
nap every time we get in the elevator it
echoes and so we she just finds her
voice and she lets everyone know it rest
of the day is pack up our bags oh my
gosh it's GNA be very daunting because
still in carons we're still in carry on
we have not bought any suitcases it is
our last day and we bought stuff in
Tokyo so I don't know how we're going to
fit it all in Korea I didn't think it
would fit and now I have more stuff in
Tokyo I don't know if it really is going
to fit this time wish us
luck come on story we need all the help
we can get we need your help story oh
she said I'm out of here she says no
we are in our last Uber it feels like
we're going to a new location but we're
going home we're going home this is
insane we have literally made a trip
around the whole world arriving
back clap clap clap clap clap it's your
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birthday this is going to be our seats
for the next 10 hours then we have a
layover and then have one last flight to
Phoenix we've got this feeling pretty
good about it there's actually really
good leg room I'm feeling pretty good
about the leg room I feel good to you
the best feeling in the world is when
you think you have a 10hour flight
intercom and they say it's 9 hours 30
minutes we just shaved off 30 minutes
from my mind now I feel Unstoppable 9
hours 30
minutes that's
easy of evacuation it's so funny CU
story loves watching the safet video
it's like her favorite part of the whole
thing it's even better when they do it
live she just she loves when they do it
live with like the seat belt and the the
life
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w
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we made it 10 hours down one more flight
to go we just landed in Phoenix Arizona
we made it home I cannot believe we just
completed 5 weeks of traveling around
the world how do you feel D I'm
exhausted d looks exhausted that all
nighter that Redeye
home got me I just think I'm so excited
to like see my friends and to get home
and shower and be in comfy jammies that
was a wild adventure why am I already
ready for the next WoW we went around
the world in 35 days and didn't check
one single bag that is insane to me what
a journey we made it home from five
weeks of travel and this is everything
that we brought we each had our
carry-ons and then I had story's diaper
bag and then we had her car seat bag
what's funny is I've seen comments that
people don't believe us we want to show
you everything that we packed for a 5e
trip I think the big reason why we
wanted to do carry-ons is because you're
guaranteed to always have your stuff the
airlines are not going to lose your
stuff number two convenience you don't
have to show up super early to the
airport afterwards you don't have to
wait for the bags to come you just get
to leave we need to do a little
compilation first of us trying to zip
the bags on our trip because that was
the biggest struggle every single
location they just got heavier and
heavier and heavier
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all right so also real quick before I
show you the weight I want you guys to
comment down below whose bag weighed the
most either mine or Bella's and then how
much it weighs I'm going to guess yours
is heavier I think mine's heavier I
really do the official weight of Bella
Lambert's bag okay the official weight
is 36 lb
36 oh wow I'm nervous why am I nervous
38.3 I'm 2 lbs heavier than you wow
that's crazy I think now we should
unpack our bags and you can see the
amount of stuff that we were able to fit
in those tiny little bags for 5 weeks
keep in mind we did have our laundry
done one time halfway through and then
we also right before our flight we ended
up getting our laundry just for our
airplane clothes the night before Moment
of
Truth when I travel a little tip I like
I like to put my stuff in packing cubes
cuz it helps like kind of Squish
everything down look I have Bella's
clothes and I was desperate okay I was
desperate we're just going to start
separating and then we'll get back to
you on how much was in
there 11 dresses so far 11 wow that's
pretty
wild six
swimsuits 10 different pairs of bottoms
shorts and jeans that's crazy one pair
of pajamas 12 shirts actually 13 sorry I
was wrong 14 14 shirts 6 7 eight wait
actually 16 shirts I was wrong I had 16
shirts in there I had 15 shirts two tank
tops one two swimsuits 7 8 9 10 shorts I
had six workout outfits five pairs of
pants 14 socks and that is everything I
fit in a carry-on my suitcase has so
much sand on the bottom from the MDES
where did we buy this dress from we got
that in Thailand for story this has to
come home with us I've never seen a
cuter little girl's dress ever and for
some souvenir items I did get Chopsticks
in Japan I thought this would be a cool
thing to get and then I also got this
cute little Hello Kitty Pez I thought
that would be like a cute little thing
to just have cuz I love Hello Kitty and
Japan's covered in Hello Kitty things
let's also talk about how many pairs of
shoes we brought I started out with a
pair of Birkin stocks and two pairs of
tennis shoes and I ended up coming home
with four pairs of tennis shoes and my
pair of birin sock this is the shoe bag
kind of like the miscellaneous bag I
just brought two pairs of shoes my
everyday shoes and then some workout
shoes let's talk about packing for a
baby because I was very strategic on how
I packed for a baby I feel like babies
you don't need that much A lot of the
things that you need you can buy it's
very convenient in every location so
like diapers and wipes we would buy in
every single location because I just
wanted to bring just enough in her
diaper bag to get through the flight and
just to have a couple for the first
night and then the next day we just went
to a grocery store and we bought diapers
and W this is all that I brought for
story for the entire 5 weeks is one
packing Cube worth of clothing that I
put in my carry-on bag on top of my
suitcase I brought her two swimsuits the
other swimsuits in my carry-on still and
then she has 1 2 3 4 5 six seven
different rompers and dresses that she
would would cycle through five different
matching sets that she could wear she
actually had eight pairs of pajamas I
made sure to bring extra but the other
ones are in the diaper bag cuz I bring
extras for the flight big tip with her
clothes what I would do when I would
pack it up for every location is I would
roll it as tight as possible and then
you can get a lot of things in there and
shove them in and then when you close
this it helps like compress it down so I
was able to fit so much you can bring a
diaper bag so in her diaper bag I had
her formula I had her bottles I had CIS
I actually brought a little like first
aid kit just to make sure I have
everything that I need for story if she
were to get sick or like any items like
extra pacies and like a thermometer and
things like that I just made sure to
bring in that bag just cuz I wanted to
make sure I always have like her special
item or formula this is the formula that
story uses she's always used the Bobby
formula I brought two cans of the
formula and then I actually emptied a
couple of the other cans into gallon
bags and I made sure they were like
airtight sealed so we technically had
like five cans of her formula and she
goes through about almost a full can
every week it was perfect for us it
worked out great it it was like the best
thing to do and then we brought three
bottles just to have extra bottles
getting a package right now and if it's
what I think it is I'm going to be so
excited what is
that I don't know thank you what is
it this is it we got it this is story's
birthday dress I'm so excited for her
first birthday and I've just waited for
this moment for so long the company's
called Dolores petunia they make custom
kids wear and I am going to cry I'm so
excited right now no
way
oh my goodness
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