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My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps

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rambambram · 1790275177 · focus · HN ↗
I had to click this title!
For some months now I do basically the same, but without the clicking in Streetview. There are some channels on Youtube where someone walks through neighborhoods in Tokyo, I found I really enjoy these. The streets are so clean and the houses so beautiful. Indeed, once in a while a Japanese sports car pops up around a corner, just standing there on somebody's driveway.
I also enjoy the walk-throughs of neighborhoods in New York (edit: now that I think about it, this started with following ari@home, a streamer who makes electronic music on the fly while walking and having an open mic). I tried Dallas once, I guess, but it was all way too big and bulky (but it was down town I guess, so that's to be expected of a lot of cities on this planet).
Does anybody have ideas for other nice spots on this beautiful planet!? I think I know Tokyo by now. ;)
1. stevenwoo · 1790281345 · focus · HN ↗
  There’s a show on Japanese television about touring Japan on bicycle which may or may not appeal to you <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/5115002/" rel="nofollow">https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/5115002/
  1. mhast · 1790330061 · focus · HN ↗
    Chris from "Abroad in Japan" has also done a couple of Japan biking trips. He also has quite a few travel logs from less obvious places in Japan. (Including some very obvious ones, like Mt Fuji.)
    They are edited to be a bit more "dramatic" but once you get into the actual day to day stuff they are quite chill.
    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTHXWPeJnNA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTHXWPeJnNA

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