Why foreigners leave Japan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2GtYnQzi2w

Why we are leaving Japan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ6Ay6EttQs

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I’ve actually been waiting a while to share this news for a while, but there were a lot of things I needed to finalize before publicizing this information (visa change, drivers license application, etc..).

Everything is finally in order and good to go, so here is my official announcement. I’ll be working for a Japanese bicycle parts distributor which is also the sole distributor for BMC Switzerland bikes in Japan. My main job will be working as the BMC Japan brand manager, but I will also be working with various other brands.

For more details, be sure to check out the video on my YouTube channel. I’m really excited for this new chapter in my life and also excited to share my experiences with you through the channel and this blog.

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Let’s reflect a little bit on some of the highlights of 2018 together and talk a little bit about some of our goals moving forward into 2019.

Thank you to everyone who has helped support our channel this past year! Be it comments, liking videos, or financial support on Patreon, every little bit helps and it means a lot to both of us!

Happy New Year to all! We’ll be doing our best to improving this channel as much as we can in 2019 🙂

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What do you think of our new Taiyaki design for the knee warmers?

I’m in love with the design, and actually these were made as a test to see how well this current design would print on the cycling clothing materials. They are not for sale yet, but I am thinking about making a custom Taiyaki jersey next year.. Let me know what you guys think!

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I’ve been wanting to build a custom website for this blog for ages, and just kept procrastinating doing anything about it using the excuse that I was busy with my job and making videos with whatever free time I had. Well I’m happy to announce that I was finally able to escape that procrastination mode and make the new version of this website, which is more inline with where I want this blog / channel to go in the future.

In addition to an updated design, many pages have been re-done, and there are some new pages as well. One big addition is our shop page, where you can find information on our new custom T-shirts and cycling kits for sale.

I hope you like the new website! Let me know what you think about it in the comments 😉

New TWC T-Shirt Merch Store

Link – shop.spreadshirt.com/twowheelcruise/

New TWC TWC Cycling Kit

Link – https://twowheelcruise.com/cycling-kit/

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Spreadshirt Shop

Link – shop.spreadshirt.com/twowheelcruise/

We decided to open up our shirt through Spreadshirt, which is a POD (print on demand) company, which allows design customization from the customer end, as well as supports international shipping with no minimum order amount 🙂

TWC & Taiyaki T-Shirt

We have a couple different varieties of shirts/colors available. Check out our store for more info.

More information about the shirts and the shop is in our video (at top of page).

Let us know what you think about the designs and if you have any ideas for new designs you’d like to see 😉

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Fortunately, it was moving season in Japan and there were a ton of available options and Thuong (my wife) and I were able to find an apartment nearby our old apartment and complete all of the paperwork to move in within the month! 🙂

Before beginning our search, I was a bit worried because I had heard stories of discrimination against foreigners, but I fortunately did not experience any of that. One annoying thing was having to pay extra money for a “guarantor”, but that was about it. It probably helps that I have a semi-long term visa (5 years), and also was able to speak Japanese to everyone throughout the whole process.

In any case, minus the stress that comes with moving all of your possessions, it felt amazing to move into our giant new apartment (about 55 square meters) after living in a tiny single apartment for the last 3 years.

Here’s a few videos I took documenting the experience.

Saying Goodbye to My Tiny Japanese Apartment of 3 years

Our New Japanese Apartment Tour!

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We actually have been engaged for quite a few months now, but wanted to keep things within our close friend circle until we were able to sort out various things like her Japanese visa and the paperwork we needed to get legally married here in Japan.

Since you are now reading this, you can safely assume that things have gone smoothly and we were able to successfully immigrate Thuong back into Japan from Vietnam and we were able to get married at our local city center here in Japan.

As to be expected of us, we rode our bikes to the city center on our way to get married.

If you’re interested in how to get married in Japan as a foreigner, I also made a video about that here.

We had a big (small by Vietnamese standards apparently) party at Thuong’s hometown in Vietnam. Here’s one of the photos from that evening. We originally were thinking to also do a wedding ceremony in Japan, but have since decided against it to try and save some money. We will also be doing a ceremony in America one day when we are able to secure her visa to go there.

Many good things to look forward to in our looong life together! 🙂

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We also have some really exciting news to announce, our YouTube channel has passed 1,000 subscribers! After starting this channel about a year ago, this is a very exciting goalpost to finally reach!

In this video, we talk a little bit about this news as we explore some of the attractions in the historic town in Hanoi.

If you haven’t seen any of our Vietnam Travel VLOGs yet, here is the playlist from our trip.

Vietnam Travel VLOG Playlist

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I started my YouTube channel really with my Taiwan Cycling Trip from last year around this time about 1 year ago and thought it was fitting to film this video here. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it past the airport into the city this time, but I’m hoping to come back to visit Taiwan later this year.

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Rest assured that this is not the last time you will see Thuong on this channel. I will be heading to Vietnam at the end of December and Thuong and I will be travelling around together and filming new videos while she shows me around her country.

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