Grind Chaos. Slow-mo-Kabukicho. First Sakura of the season.

Work has been hell, and as a result, this is late. Sorry.
It takes a lot to edit anything of my own after wrecking myself editing client work.

Music:
 - Shadows of the Mind
 - Waltz of the Undertaker
 - The Arcade
All tracks from: MachinimaSound.com
 - https://machinimasound.com/



Camera:
 - Sony a7S
 - Sony fs5 (rental)

Car: Nissan Silvia S14 Q's

Social:
 - https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
 - https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

Passion:
 - http://darc.jp
 - http://bit.ly/darcjp666
 - https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
 - https://twitter.com/darcjp666


work:
 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYQOcu6MwS-z_gNvYa67Aw

Tokyo, Tokyo and more Tokyo.

The reason why peeps love Tokyo completely evades me. It may possibly be a better city than any other city in any other country on Earth, but it is by far the single worst place in Japan. Do yourself a favor when you visit Japan. Have the balls to skip Tokyo. You'll see and experience much more real Japan for it.

Follow me on Periscope:
https://www.periscope.tv/DarcNoodles


Music:
* Jens Kiilsofte - Dance of the Pixies
 - MachinimaSound.com
 - https://machinimasound.com/?s=dance+of+the+pixies#

* Manny Marx - That's far enough.
 - MannyMarx.com
 - https://mannymarx.bandcamp.com/track/thats-far-enough

* Jens Kiilsofte - Ecstatic Wave
 - MachinimaSound.com
 - https://machinimasound.com/?s=ecstatic+wave#


Camera:
 - Sony a7S
 - Sony a7RII (rental)

Social:
 - https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
 - https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

Passion:
 - http://darc.jp
 - http://bit.ly/darcjp666
 - https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
 - https://twitter.com/darcjp666

S14 VLOG

I've been half-assedly making vlogs about my car now that I've returned to carlife. As one should expect from anything with the word "VLOG" in it, the quality is appropriately terrible. Definatley nowhere near my usual standards... But that's the point. They're meant to be VLOGs hence not quality. Anyway. Enough preface. If you like cars or VLOGs, check out my new(ish) car-vlog.

My big bro, #tokyostreets , Grind Chaos & more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-06-19)

The night shots are some of the best looking shots I've taken to date... even if I say so myself.

Music:

"Night Creeps" - Sounds like an earful creative commons pack

http://soundslikeanearful.com/community/goodies/

"Cut the Check" - Spitfya X Desembra (NCS release)

https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds/spitfya-x-desembra-cut-the-check-ncs-release 

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More of my stuff here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:

web: http://darc.jp

YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Kitamoto nights, Ikebukuro trips, Shibuya ollies & more... #7Days 7Minutes (2016-06-06)

This one has a fair bit of travel in it.
Kitamoto (Saitama) Ikebukuro, Sugamo & Shibuya (Tokyo) and Shibukawa (Gunma)

Music:
DNA Activation by Jon Andre Lundal
Spontaneous Combustion by iawkwardlobster

Watch: Japan How It Is - Getting a Haircut:
https://youtu.be/swFVUlyTgWw


More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Tokyo Nightscape - New Transit Yurikamome (新交通ゆりかもめ) #RandomJapan

I personally rate this as one of my favourite videos on my Channel, but I tend to see things quite a bit differently to most peeps. Check it out, let me know what you think.

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Riding the Yurikamome at night yields a unique, and rather appealing, view of Tokyo.

music: Wounded by Avius & Kyoot

from Creative Comons on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/creativecommonsmusicfree/avius-kyoot-wounded-creative-commons

original:
https://soundcloud.com/dubstep/wounded-by-avius-kyoot

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Cyberpunk Cityscapes, late sakura, Iron Maiden and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-04-11)

I was lazy, so here's 7, minute-long clips. No cuts, only colour grading. And of course, some music.

music:
Warped by Harbinger (via Argofox
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/harbinger-warped

Twilight by MannyMarx
http://mannymarx.com

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

SerpentZA, Culture Shock, sakura petals and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-04-04)

One of my oldest and best friends, Winston (SerpentZA), finally made it over to Japan. It was the first time we'd met since we he left SA 10 years ago.


Music:
taken from the Sounds like an Earful "freebies" creative commons pack and the YouTube creators' library.

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Gaijin drinking on a train, halaal churches and a Gundam #7Days7Minutes (2016-03-21) DarcNoodles

Shenanigans with good mates and some decent outings. Car spotting, Okubo, Odaiba and a bunch of other interesting bits and bobs.

Music:
Avius & Kyoot - Wounded https://soundcloud.com/creativecommon...

licenced under a creative commons licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

http://youtube.com/OfficialAvius
http://youtube.com/kyootmusic


Street Performer:
香純 -Kasumi-
http://kasmi.net/
https://twitter.com/ika0820

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9L6...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Slices of Tokyo in 4k (UHD) #7Days7Minutes (2013-03-14)

Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Jimbocho, Nakano and Akihabara in 4k. With a Darc twist, as always.

Shot on a JVC GY-LS300

Music by MannyMarx ( http://mannymarx.com)
Buy his new album "Diaspora" http://mannymarx.bandcamp.com/album/d...

More of my stuff here:
Instagram
Twitter

More from the Japanese Underground:
web
Youtube
Instagram
Twitter

6Days8Minutes, Gratitude, a cover band and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-03-07)

Another week, another late upload. Thanks for dealing with my constant lateness.  I wish I was only making videos here but quality content doesn't pay the bills (and I'd jump in front of a train before reducing myself to stupid 'top10 list bullshit assertion' vids) unless it's quality content for other people. Sadly, when I get any time away from work, I tend to want to avoid looking at any other videos, so things here start to go downhill.

Unfortunately, there is no way for me to change that, unless a magical trust fund appears, or I return to teaching (which I can't do right now because I shot that gig in the foot).

Here's to hoping I can find an escape before the stress kills me. Though right now... I'll take either outcome.

music:
EDM by MilesM
https://soundcloud.com/russellcrossfire/edm

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9L6...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Kinshicho, Tokyo. 錦糸町 #RandomJapan

I'm liking the Shitamachi side of Tokyo a lot more these days. It's a lot more real than the Yamanote side.

Music: The Lying Crow by The Living.
The Living is no more, but out of it's ashes, Bulla Fey has arisen. Check them out at http://bullafey.com

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9L6...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

CP+ rant, Miso Ramen, plum blossoms and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-02-22)

It's been a while since I've vented frustrations on this vlog, but what's a vlog, if not a place to vent. I make up for it with scenic shots of places no other J-vlogger will show, and some bonus CP+ fanservice to make up for it though.

music:

Good Shit (Kurorak) http://kurorak.bandcamp.com 
licenced under creative commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Anguish (YouTube creator's library)

60p, a murder in Yoyogi Park, Jiyugaoka and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-02-08)

#7Days7Minutes is all I have time for these days, and sadly I'm not going anywhere, or doing anything all that interesting either.

Yet things are still behind here because of work.

I'm wading through a crap project which is the culmination of a long line of crappy deals, but unlike all the others, there is an actual paycheque (albeit a tiny one), rather than the mere promise 'exposure', so like a victim of domestic abuse, I keep crawling back for more punishment, and this channel and my physical/mental health suffers for it.

But I grind on, and while they are late, I'll keep pumping out some sort of content here and on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/), till I eventually have that aneurysm.

Music:
Famipop from Amacha Music

Taking the piss #7Days7Minutes (2016-02-01)

The first minute sets the tone, and it goes downhill from there.

Music:
"No Idea" by Manny Marx
http://mannymarx.com

"Wataru Lights" by morgantj
licensed under a Creative Commons license.

"Linguistic" by Miles M with Ray O
https://soundcloud.com/russellcrossfire

Mt. Fuji, Akihabara and a few camera tests #7Days7Minutes (2016-01-25)

This is one of my more abstract 7D7M videos.
Bits and pieces from my last job mixed in with a visit to Akiba.

I am a bit busy these days so this is going to be the norm for a while.

Music:
Kurorak - Good Shit
https://soundcloud.com/kurorak/good-shit

Wontolla - Shape in the Snow
https://soundcloud.com/iamwontolla/shape-in-the-snow

both tracks licensed under creative commons.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sweet sweets and cheap grog (赤羽 Akabane, Tokyo part 2) | Japan How It Is - ft. The Germanator.

Music by MANNY MARX. http://manymarx.com

After the epic Oden, The Germanator and I went crawling around Akabane in search of whatever we happened to find.

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Hail Oden! Maruken Suisan 丸健水産 (赤羽 Akabane, Tokyo part 1) | It's Not Sushi ft. The Germanator

Music by MANNY MARX. http://manymarx.com

The Germanator and I went out one last time before he headed back. We hit up Maruken Suisan, thus far, the best oden shop I've been to in Japan.

LOCATION

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Pagan metal, Cyberjapan dancers and slices of Tokyo #7Days7Minutes (2016-1-18)

This one turned out pretty well for a 7 Days 7 Minutes. It makes Tokyo look way better than it should though :p

as always. Big ups to MannyMarx for letting me at his tunes. commission him to make sounds for you here: http://mannymarx.com

Tokyo Autosalon 2016 (wide wheels & high heels) 東京オートサロン 2016 #RandomJapan

2016 is here and like last year, my first big video of of the year is from the 2016 Tokyo Autosalon. I hope you guys enjoy drooling over the rides and ladies from this year as much as I did at the show.

As always, If you like it, I'd appreciate it if you share it with your peeps.
いつも通りこの動画好きだったらシェアしてください。

Music:
"Preoccupied in Thoughts" (RewindTheWeekend Remix)” by DJ DeadSheakerz feat. HunterSynth

https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1196502/dj-deadsheakerz-feat.-huntersynth-preoccupied-in-thoughts-rewindtheweekend-remix