I Saved $7000 While Homeless in Japan

Brief Summary

The video is a celebration of reaching $7,000 USD in savings for a van and the one-year anniversary of the Nomad Push channel. The creator expresses immense gratitude to the viewers for their support through merch purchases, super chats, and video views. While the savings goal is met, the van purchase is on hold pending further research and exploration of van life and IKEA options. The creator also shares experiences from Toyama, including meeting a fellow content creator and enjoying local cuisine, and reflects on the challenges of maintaining a YouTube channel beyond the first year.

  • Reached $7,000 USD savings goal for a van, thanks to viewer support.
  • Celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Nomad Push channel.
  • Discussed plans for further research into van life and IKEA options before making a purchase.
  • Shared experiences from Toyama, including meeting another creator and enjoying local food.
  • Reflected on the challenges of maintaining a YouTube channel in its second year.

Gratitude for Reaching Savings Goal

The creator starts by expressing overwhelming gratitude to the viewers ("Noomasans") for helping him reach his $7,000 USD savings goal for a van. He notes that he achieved this goal much faster than anticipated, originally planning to reach it by the end of September but hitting it in May. The money was accumulated through merch sales, super chats, and video views.

Van Life Plans and Considerations

Despite reaching the savings goal, the creator explains that he will not immediately buy a van. He still needs to complete his moped challenge (47 prefectures in a year by the end of September) and wants to conduct more research, including renting different vans to gain experience. He is also considering IKEA options and is weighing the pros and cons of both van life and IKEA living, potentially combining them in the future. He acknowledges comments suggesting he do both, but not simultaneously. Saving more money will allow for a wider range of choices, including a larger van or funding for a future IKEA home.

Experiences in Toyama

The creator shares his recent experiences in Toyama Prefecture, following his visit to Ishikawa Prefecture. He recounts meeting Mr. Junken, a well-known Japanese content creator, and spending an evening drinking with him. He jokingly accuses Mr. Junken of being an alcoholic due to the amount he drank. The creator also visited a Loft store near Toyama Station and purchased a sticker for his moped challenge box.

Moped Challenge Update

The creator provides an update on his moped challenge, stating that he has now completed 27 prefectures, with 20 more to go. He expresses a growing determination to complete the challenge, which was originally conceived by his childhood friend Hero. He appreciates the collection of stickers he has gathered along the way.

One-Year Channel Anniversary Celebration

The creator celebrates the one-year anniversary of his YouTube channel, which officially occurred on April 1st, 2025. He acknowledges the Japanese saying "Ishi no ue ni mo san nen" (three years on a stone), which suggests that perseverance requires at least three years. He is grateful for reaching the one-year mark, especially considering the channel's monetisation and the support from Alisa of Orientto Pearl, without which he might have quit. To celebrate both the $7,000 savings and the channel anniversary, he decides to go out for a celebratory meal.

Exploring Toyama Station and Local Cuisine

The creator expresses his fondness for Toyama Station, praising its spaciousness, simplicity, and cleanliness. He notes the presence of a Starbucks with a potentially world-class view. He then finds a skewer restaurant and enjoys a variety of yakitori (grilled chicken skewers), including chicken neck, oyster (though disappointed by the small size), kimchi cucumber, pork harami, and minced chicken. He also orders rice with barbecue sauce.

Dessert and Reflections on the Future

After the meal, the creator enjoys coffee and a custard cream puff ("shoe cream" in Japanese). He reflects on the challenges of maintaining a YouTube channel beyond the first year, noting that the second year is often more difficult due to audience fatigue and the constant influx of new content on various platforms. He hopes to continue entertaining his viewers and start new challenges, emphasising the importance of pushing forward. He ends the video by thanking his viewers and promising to release a video with his friend who is skating across Japan.

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0:07 boop. for life. No mas. Yes. $7,000 USD. Yes. Van life money. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. It's all because of Noomasant. Seriously, it's all because of you guys.

0:54 Thank you. Yes, that was so fast. Seriously, that was crazy fast. I mean, my plan was to save by uh end of this year, September, but now it's what? It's May. We still got five more months. That's crazy. Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you everybody. I I am I am happy. Yeah. Crazy. Uh by the way, I'm at uh Toyama Station. I did a live stream yesterday. Oh, I I got to do the special I got to do the special special movement. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Crazy. Seriously.

1:42 7,000 USD. My saving plan was meet my goal by end of September, like a little bit less than a year. It's really you guys. It's all because of NMA Sons. You guys help me by buying gifts. I mean, not gifts, buying uh merch and giving me super chat. Um and even even watching my videos totally helped. Yeah, I was able to reach 7,000 USD. But this doesn't mean that I'm going to buy the van now. It's uh I got the moped challenge, you know, um complete 47 prefecture within a year with mopedan and that due date is end of September. So I still got time. I want to do more research. I want to learn more. I want to rent you know different uh van I can experience before

2:30 I buy. And you know recently seeing couple IKEA just makes me think you know IKEA is really nice but even that like same with car you know I got to like keep looking. Yeah, I got to see more. But I'm feeling like van life more still, you know, like maybe 70% van life, 30 30% IKEA. But, you know, doing both, right? I got those comments doing both. Not at the same time like that's too much, but do van life first and then I can go for IKEA next. I never know life what's going to happen. Just keep studying more about van and IKEA. So, um, that means I got more time to save, which is good. All the money I save doesn't have to go all to the van. Maybe that can go to my future IKEA. I'm not

3:17 sure. And of course, van, right? You know, I get a lot of comments about getting the biggest one like hias. Yeah, if that's the case, then I need more money. So, yeah, saving more is definitely good. I have like more wider choice. But anyways, yeah, just just thank you to you guys. I can't stop saying thank you to you guys. Yeah, honestly today is like, you know, very recent from the day that this video is uploaded. This is only like one day before. I I filmed couple stuff before this and that's going to be on the next video. I thought it's more important to give you guys update on this uh savings. I know a lot of you guys were excited about it. So yeah, I wanted to give you the most fresh updated info to you guys.

4:05 Yeah. So now it's reached. I'm going to try to say more until end of September. And so right now I'm in Toyama. So that that elers video was Ishkawa Prefecture which is before this prefecture Toyama. And um yeah, so there's a lot of thing happened. I want to just uh share you what happened like in Toyama first. I met the Mr. Junken Japanese biggest dick. Yeah. He came down all the way to Toyama because we had like a friend like a mutual friend and we wanted to like hang out together and drink and Yeah. We've been saying this ever since like two years ago maybe. Yeah. We finally was able to

4:51 do that. Yeah. Yeah. It was crazy. Yeah, he was crazy. Never mind everybody. I think this guy is a alcoholic. Ah. Omg. Yeah. Don't tell no. Yeah. Liar. Oh. Ah. Alcoholic son. Seriously, alcohol. Yes. So, he drank one in the convenience

5:37 store and then he drank three, man. Okay, I'm sorry. I think I said, "Hey, Kamopisan's not alcoholic. He's just drinking a lot today." But I think he's alcoholic, man. Kamisan, I'm not going to smile no more. This this is serious problem. Very serious. Alcoholic. Hey mama. Go. Omg, you are alcoholic for sure.

6:26 One, two, three. Let's go again. Let's go again. Oh my god. This is our garlic. Maybe. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Bumble bomb book. Crazy son, right? Yeah. Mr. Jungan. Yeah. Maybe that one was a alcoholic level

7:15 already. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it was fun. It was a fun night. I'm glad that they met. I know that he had fun. I know. And the sticker sign. Yeah. So, right next to the station there was loft and I check and Yeah.

8:18 Yes, I got it. Yeah. So, now it's uh 27 prefecture completed. 20 more left. Wow. More that I complete, you know, my my will becomes stronger. I'm like, I have to complete this, you know. It's like no way I'm going to skip this, you know, even though it's a it's a challenge that I made. It's actually a hero. You know, my friend Hero. Yeah. My childhood friend Hero. Yeah. He always come up with this random, difficult, mean challenge. But I'm really glad that I did this. It's so cool. That box with all that stickers. That is so cool. Today is a big day. Special day. you know, I think I have to celebrate and I

9:03 want to celebrate the the one year one year celebration of this channel. Yeah, you already it's already like a month pass. Um it it was on the April 1st, 2025 and it's officially one year. Yeah, that's crazy. You know, continuing something long time is always hard in Japanese. Like there's this saying called uh isino. It just means that when you're trying to continue something, you want to do it for at least 3 years. Yeah. With that saying, I'm still beginner. But still, I'm happy. I'm really happy that I was able to do one year because if this channel didn't go monetized and get to where it is right now with the

9:48 help, you know, of Alisa from Orientto Pearl and could have quit any time, right? because if I cannot make enough money to do entertainment, then I have to quit. Yeah. Thank you to everybody. So, yeah, I'm so happy. So, I want to celebrate um the 7K USD and the one year celebration. So, let's go eat something. Let's go eat something. It's like 900 p.m. right now. Yeah. I don't know if there's like a good restaurant open, but it's We're in the main train station, so I'm guessing I can find something. But let's go eat something good. You know, I actually really like Toyama station. Yeah, it's like very spacious, simple, clean. Yeah, I really

10:35 like it. Yeah. And there's not that many people. It's not crazy crowded. There's like a nice big park on that side. And there's like a Starbucks there. And I'm not really sure, but something like world's nicest view like with the Starbucks like I think there's picture Yeah. Isn't it nice? Yeah. It's clean

11:21 and simple and spacious. Yeah. Which I really like. It's enough what do you call this? It's not it's enough building and service store restaurants that you don't feel like you're in a rural area. The famous thing about Toyama, what I know is uh there's like a very nice mountain range and a lot of people come here to do mountain climbing and yeah, the view is nice and there's like a there's like this famous like crazy wall of snow. They try to make like a road for the bus and literally it's like a crazy straight wall of like snow. Yeah. Like you can check you can check that online for sure. So yeah, I found a

12:07 skewer uh I found a skewer place in there. Let's just go there. Yeah, I love skewer. It's mostly chicken and pork. Yeah, let's go check. Let's go. Jack, I'm hungry. That's what we do.

13:05 All right. So, this is a chicken neck. Yeah, I really like this. It's so soft, tender. Yeah. So this thing is called yaktori skewer barbecue. Yeah. So good. This is a sad oyster. So small. This is sad. This is a very sad oyster. Taste is good. Taste is good but the size is very sad. So this is a is a kimchi

13:51 cucumber. This is good. And this is pork. I don't know which part of pork is this harami. But I really like harami. Yeah. M. Super tender with this Japanese style barbecue sauce. Like more like a skewer sauce. Yeah. It's really good. Super good. Yeah. This is called tukun. How do I say say this? It's like minced chicken with like, you know, ingredients and they put it on the skewer with a barbecue sauce. It's like a sweet soy sauce. Let's try.

14:38 M. So good. Yes, this is it. So, this is the yaki tori chicken thigh. I think you can get the barbecue sauce one or just salt. Yeah, both is good. Yeah, both is good. Thank you. Super good. I wish every day is anniversary. So I can always eat this every day. Yes, I got rice. Yeah, if you're drinking beer,

15:26 most people don't really eat much like don't really get carbs, but yeah, I just drink coke sand. So I want rice. Yeah. They just like put like a soy sauce, barbecue sauce on the rice and and then they they kind of barbecue it. Yeah. I ate a lot. Oh, I'm full. This is it. So good. So good. I'm

16:13 happy. I'm happy. Okay, that was a good food. Seriously, that was really good. So, I got some coffee and uh what do you call this? Custard cream puff. That's the first time I learned the real English name for it. Yeah, in Japanese we say shoe cream. Let's eat it. Yeah, this is a small one though. Yes. Check this out. Dessert. Dessert time. Oh. Oh, wait. The trash. So

17:00 good. Yeah. I'm really loving this size coffee. Oh, yeah. It's about 100 yen. I really like the size. M. Final bite. Oh, I mean like after one year it feels like this is where the real challenges, you know, because the first year you got the boost and you know I had help from Alisa and Nomad Sans are excited to see this new channel. So it was good. But second year, you know, that's that's the challenge. People get tired of content. They get used to it really easy because

17:46 that's how it is right now, right? So many new content all the time everywhere. Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube, and there's those live stream um like kicks or Twitch like so many things. Having everyone watching my channel for a year is already crazy. But yeah, second year is the real challenge. Hopefully I can still be entertaining for you guys and start a new challenge again. Keep pushing. I think that's the most important thing to be entertaining. I got to keep pushing. Push, push, push. Nomad push, son. Yes. Yeah. All right. I'll just end the video here. I wanted to do this video first before putting out the the video

18:32 with my friend who's skating across Japan right now. Thank you so much. I had a good day. I'm happy that I was able to share this happy moment with you guys. Nasans. So, see you in the next video, son. See you. Good night, son. Yes. I love you guys.

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