Do you ever want to know

what it's like to film a youtube video?

Well, check it out

Alright, so first things first

It's a pretty hot day, about 30°Celsius

Which in fahrenheit...

I don't know what that is

It's hot.

And... the kids, well...

*Imitating a voice of a kid* I'm thristy, I'm hot, I need something to drink

So we had them a drink

And of course they couldn't just get something from the vending machine

They needed a premium drink, so I made them share.

Then Shin sneezed on his hands.

Aiko: Wash your hands, they have snot on them...

Dad: Aiko said Shin's hands were snot covered

so we had to buy clean wipes

Shin: Cherry, and peach, and lemon...

It tastes like strawberry a little bit.

Dad: On the bright side, the drink really was premium in taste.

And here we're filming with Angela, from Internationally Me

You should really check out Angela's version of the day

Angela: Are you peeling the skin... (to camera) Oh... in Japan you peel the skin off

Dad: And Shin is just taking advantage of all the free peanuts

I don't peel the peanuts, I just eat them whole

These treats are made fresh, you can see the deep fryer behind

The owners were kind enough to let us film in here

And actually, Angela organized five different shops for us to film at

As you can see, she does all her filming with an iPhone

Pretty impressive.

And because the owners were nice enough to let us film, I felt I had to buy something

*Speaking Japanese*

So here's the shopkeeper saying

"Hey, you can get a bigger bag of the same treats for the same amount of money"

But the kids were like

"No it's daddy's money

why would we want to do that? this bag is cuter"

Now check out the packaging here

The treats are already packaged nicely

yet they going a cute paper bag

Yep, and after that what do you do?

You put it into a plastic bag

And here is Angela trying to catch up with the kids, filming them

The next stop was a well-known Taiyaki shop

It's a fish-shaped crispy kind of pancake

with red bean paste inside called Anko

I don't normally like Anko,

But surprisingly

this was my favorite treat of the day

Not long after the kids had their premium drink

they were soon going to die

(or so I was told)

And we had to pick up more drinks

It was hot though

so they did need to drink

Dad, to Shin: That was the worst I've ever seen

Here is Shin, anytime he gets a chance

He's doing parkour

So when you are filming kids you just have to kind of capture whatever happens

Shin: I can't do this one

Dad: Why?

Shin: Because it's too long and it's too squishy

*Speaking Japanese*

So, there's the big sister mode

Or the I-just-want-to-do-it-myself mode

You get a bit of both with Aiko

And this is good, Shin shouldn't be playing with that money

so that's good that she stops him

But then she starts playing with money herself

So...

Angela: What'd you get, Shin?

Shin: Custard cream.

Angela: Custard cream, all three?

Shin: Yeah, all three

All three custard cream?

Dad: I think Angela was think there'd be some variety but no,

We all ordered the custard cream

I didn't wanna try the cheese one though.

Poor guy...

How annoying would it be to have people film him all the time?

Shin: I found the custard cream... ahh so delicious.

See, with kids when you're trying to film them you only get one take sometimes,

and whatever you get is whatever you get.

Dad: flip, flip flip!

It's almost like takoyaki

I know there are some kids that are... professionals with video and they do stuff on command

That's not my kids

And... I really don't want them to be

I don't think people think of bread when they think of Japan

But they have some killer bakeries

It's cafeteria styled, where you can pick and choose what you like

Since i'm a bread lover

I'm like a kid in a toy shop

I've heard many stories about people losing weight when moving to Japan

well... I gained a few kilograms.

And to end our shopping day,

the kids visited a...

toy shop!

Such, tough work.

These are all the old-school japanese toys

Shin: This is so easy

Just put it in your eyes

So beautiful

Dad: Okay, what about these ones?

Shin: You want to look at it?

Dad: Oh, I can't see it with the camera...

Oh wait, I can!

If you ever visit Japan

And you're taking back gifts for kids

I recommend them, they're quite affordable and unique

Yeah, we dropped that box like 3 times

Dad: Shin, how do you use that?

Shin: Hold it like this and then like

*dat dat dat dat*

Shin's a huge Yokai-Watch fan, so of course

He had to get a Yokai watch medal

Shin: Can I open it?

Can't wait, I'll gonna open it

Dad: Just w-wa-wait, no, you have to open it right where we can see it... just wait

Shin: Pack, and then I'll open it

Dad: Not right now Shin

Shin: But I want to open it

Dad: I think my hands are too sweaty for this thing

Angela: It'll be funny if I hit the guy

*everybody laughs*

Now I know why you guys think it's difficult

Shin: I'm better than Aiko, look

Dad: Well, let's see, I don't think you really are

I think it was the wrong way

Angela: Shin, come

Dad (voiceover): So folks,

there's a lot of hard work that goes on behind the scenes

You get hot,

Your hands get dirty,

Your siblings bug you,

You have to go pee,

You can't open your toy right away

You're not good at playing with your toy

It's a hard life, I know

In the end though,

It's all about making a sweet and fun video for you

Now,

Where's my wallet?

Because the kids are tired from playing and they're hungry again

Angela: It's actually hard

How does this work? So, you gotta push it

Because my ones keep coming back at me

Dad: That way, yeah, I think

That was... not good

Angela: I literally just do what I can

It's really hard

Dad: I think it's just all of the spin, you don't have to get i--

Angela: --ow!

You, you dropped it last

So you will be punched

Shin: Well you did, you, you failed too

Aiko: Ow, stop that

Angela: Punch him, Aiko

Dad: Okay, now open it

Shin: Who I got? Who I got?

I got Hanahojin!

Dad: You can get it for cheaper if you buy it from Gacha Gacha (toy vending machine), Shin

Shin: I know but it's so-

Dad: -I didn't know it was metal

Shin: I hate, I hate hanahojin

Angela: Okay... go!

*counting number of times they consecutively hit the ball*