The plant at 9:13 is sold as Philodendron sp. 'Papua New Guinea', ADA produces it in tissue culture under their jungle plants line but I'm not sure if its available outside of Japan. Ive also heard that its actually an Epipremnum. It's hard to find English language videos of the ADA Lab stuff, so thanks for the tour!
looks very similar to epipremnum amplissum without silver streaking. Makes sense to use it in an aquarium because Pothos grow great anywhere with enough nutrients, light, and structural support. If you can’t get philodendron New Guinea, amplissum would be a good alternative. I have one and it’s super easy to care for and grows like a weed. Really does like to climb though.
Hi! Benji, I am so happy that you introduce Japanese plants shop and our love of nature. I came from Japan to LA, who is struggling with growing some of the trees and plants naturally grown in Japan. My dream is to successfully decorate my house with these plants and see you to introduce them ! With lots of love !
I love all of your content but for me, what takes the cake are your travel vlogs. There’s something so extra comforting about them and how you film and edit when doing these types of videos that is sooo enjoyable to watch. I actually still watch your vietnam vlogs all the time 😅 can’t wait for whatever you decide to share with us nexttt🤍
I hope you had a good time and got some nice inspirations in Japan. I am a Japanese and always enjoy your videos very much. I was glad you visited the ACTUS shop in Kyoto that I recommended. I felt a little weired you were in the shop where I used to be though. Thank you for sharing your experience in Japan.
This is incredible, I can't believe how awesome these stores are. The ones I see here all feel so quaint in comparison and they barely have ¼ as many types of plants.
Such beautiful plant shops . I love their concept of plants as art. I’ve often dreamed of having a boutique shop that had beautifully designed plant arrangements and a little coffee shop inside as well. We have one breakfast place that has an inner courtyard filled with plants all around , and it’s very nice to have a table there but it still doesn’t come close to the botanical artistry that you showed us in Japan . Now I know what to research . I would like to create something as stunning as that tree growing in a moss ball on a rock!
Love the video, I visited ADA Lab recently and was mindblown on how clean it was. The plant at 9:13 is called Philodendron sp. Papua New Guinea by ADA, but more accurately it’s called Epipremnum amplissimum.
So cool to visit plant stores in Japan! I'm looking over at my ficus Audrey and thinking, "I can bend you?" Wow..those look so beautiful that way. And I was completely hypnotized by that ADA lab place.
Thank you for the very special tour! I loved seeing each one of the stores you picked! The aesthetic is minimalist modern and in my mind very Japanese in its elegant simplicity! I also live in Brazil and we do have some influence from Japanese design here! ❤
I started with succulents and cacti many years ago and fell into tropicals in 2019 and just totally got obsessed during Covid, and recently have been getting really pulled back into succulents and cacti. The aesthetic of the gymocalycium in the ceramics in some of these shops is just soo good. Thanks for sharing!
Hello from Paris, France. Thought I was a plant lover but after seeing this vid, I can tell I"m just an amateur. Those ponds with plant are just like absolutely fantastic, as if they were just took off a primitive forest in Africa or Colombia. Thanks so much for the tour. Suscribded to your channel and can't wait to see others of your vids. So inspiring! Thanks so much
i started watching your channel last summer and i've revisited this summer, and i will every summer. your videos make me feel calm even though i have so much going on. thank you benji thank you chris
Thanks for showing the stores Benji… amazing! The aesthetic and trend is definitely still modern, minimalist and organic. The restraint and collection are so cohesive. Very quiet luxury indeed.
OMG I got super excited when I saw you did a ADA lab tour! So beautiful! I really want to visit Tokyo to go to Sumida Aquarium as well because of Takisha Amano’s Nature Aquascape tanks .. would be amazing!
You can find the "lids" for the round tall glass jars by buying petri dishes and turning them upside down. The dishes can be bought in many different sizes.
I loved the staghorn on the shield which I think would look awesome in my house. You have made me really appreciate their beauty so that may have to have Looks so nice Hope chris is feeling better
*adds plant shops in Kyoto to list of places to go* My great grandmother is from Kyoto. She and my grandmother came to America when my grandmother was 5. I plan on taking a trip there with my sister nxt year.
Please come visit Japan again! I think it would be fun to take a trip around Kyoto's temples and karesansui (dry landscape garden) and slowly savor the plants.
Thank you for all the beautifull inspiration i would not have access to otherwise without your video ^-^ I am planning on starting my very first terrarium in a few months so i am just amazed with how many possibilities there are, i would even say it's a bit overwhelming. Your vlogs are great
Everything is beautiful there!!! My husband had friends there, and stayed for 2 months to Surf🏄♂️those stores totally have your vibe!!! Unique styles🤗🌱💚Omg the Aquariums are unbelievable 🤗😍
im always eating up everything you put out cause it’s such a breath of fresh air in comparison to so much of this fast paced, attention grabbing content that’s literally everywhere rn. your calmness really helps my anxiety when i just need 2 relax or fall asleep so i can’t thank u enough ,, p.s i saw in another video you commented that ur a ucsc alumni & no wonder, it’s so beautiful !!! go banana slugs
Loved your video as always! And yes as some viewers say longer videos please and perhaps more often? That would be AWESOME! Thankyou! Love you guys!! ❤😁🐾🌿 3:12
Thank you for this amazing tour. I will be going to Japan soon and tempted to visit these plant shops but it would be torture not to be able to take any plants home!
9:50 the small beads in the water sprayers is Deionization resin. Also sometimes called ion-exchange resin or water softening resin. It's pretty easily obtained. Great video!! I particularly liked the ADA gallery but they were all spectacular.
I love these videos that you shoot when you travel. Such interesting places. I love the peaceful music in these shops. Not like here in US where they blast nerve wracking music at you in every store. Makes me tense. Anyhoo. Sorry Chris is sick. Hope he feels better soon. Have a good week. 🌱💚🌱
It must be the places where you shop. There are places with loud music being blasted, but there are also many shops where the volume is restrained and what's heard is calm/complimentary to the place. Perhaps seek more boutiques and locally owned establishments. :)
The ADA tour is inspiring me to set up, my own store. I've become too impatient and ambitious to just buy parts and plants, operating a store seems more lucrative.
You’re right about SoCal, our climate being slightly too dry for kokedama… true, but it depends what you put in it. If it’s something thirsty, like a begonia, fern, or something tropical, they likely can’t be hanging as a kokedama, too much evaporation… instead, you have to maybe display them strategically on a tray of pebbles w water, elevated slightly, almost “semi hydro” in a sense; the moss wicks up the moisture… But anyway, my most successful Kokedama, depending on the species, have been in indirect bright light or partial shade - the species I’ve had thrive in it have been Peperomia, smaller bromeliads (Neoregelia, Guzmania), Phaelanopsis & Oncidium orchids, Rhipsalis, Schlumbergera (Xmas cactus), Hatiora (bottle cactus), Disocactus (hanging rat tail) & generally most types of jungle cacti. The environment, the drainage and water retention is great for them. Not to forget, hanging type succulents are a great kokedama choice for SoCal, or anywhere….I’ve done them all in kokedama 😎 Crassula perforata and its many hybrids are good, Sedums, donkey tail, surprisingly, most succulents don’t want hot sun either, and can burn 😝
The carnivorous plant display was so fantastic! You could easily grow some Butterworts (Pinguiculas) and Sundews (Drosera) in California. The butterworts catch the really tiny gnats and flies on their plump sticky leaves. Drosera, especially ones with red coloration, display beautifully in sunlight. Except for needing to water with distilled water or rainwater and using sphagnum moss these carnivorous plants are not too difficult to maintain even in Southern California.
I lived in Kumamoto Japan for 7 years. I only moved back to the US in September of last year. I didn’t start getting into plants until recently. I wish I had been able to explore different nurseries in Japan too 😩
what you said about cacti and succulents being exotic to japan reminded me of when i first got my monsters and i showed my friends and one of my friends who lives in panama was like “? that’s a weed”
Very nice Video! I also want to go to Japan someday especially because of ADA :) The plant at the aquarium at 9:12 should be a Philodendron papua new guinea. Greetings from austria
Wow, wow, wow! I will be wanting to try to make some pots that look like rocks but hold water so I can use them for wicking water to some of my thirsty planted kokadama moss balls.
Im pretty sure the beads inside the spray bottle are deionizing resin from a RO/DI water filter system. you can find those anywhere they sell reverse osmosis systems.
The plant at 9:13 is sold as Philodendron sp. 'Papua New Guinea', ADA produces it in tissue culture under their jungle plants line but I'm not sure if its available outside of Japan. Ive also heard that its actually an Epipremnum.
It's hard to find English language videos of the ADA Lab stuff, so thanks for the tour!
To me it looks like a green epipremnum amplissimum or falcifolium
Been trying to find it in the US, I don't think it's showed up here yet.
looks very similar to epipremnum amplissum without silver streaking. Makes sense to use it in an aquarium because Pothos grow great anywhere with enough nutrients, light, and structural support. If you can’t get philodendron New Guinea, amplissum would be a good alternative. I have one and it’s super easy to care for and grows like a weed. Really does like to climb though.
It’s really cool to see young people wonder around appreciating plants instead of obsessing over tech gadgets. Keep it up, this is very much needed.
Yes indeed
I would love longer videos. Like imagine an hour long video of just benji walking around doing plant stuff and talking, would love!!!
Me too!
Am from India. At least lot of Plants I have. But the way of presentation is unique
Hi! Benji, I am so happy that you introduce Japanese plants shop and our love of nature. I came from Japan to LA, who is struggling with growing some of the trees and plants naturally grown in Japan. My dream is to successfully decorate my house with these plants and see you to introduce them ! With lots of love !
I love all of your content but for me, what takes the cake are your travel vlogs. There’s something so extra comforting about them and how you film and edit when doing these types of videos that is sooo enjoyable to watch. I actually still watch your vietnam vlogs all the time 😅 can’t wait for whatever you decide to share with us nexttt🤍
I adore all your videos and you are both adorable. Just watching them makes me feel relaxed and at peace. Thank you!
Ugh the display plant and pot choices in Toky is just absolute genius.. SO GOOD.
I hope you had a good time and got some nice inspirations in Japan. I am a Japanese and always enjoy your videos very much. I was glad you visited the ACTUS shop in Kyoto that I recommended. I felt a little weired you were in the shop where I used to be though. Thank you for sharing your experience in Japan.
This is incredible, I can't believe how awesome these stores are. The ones I see here all feel so quaint in comparison and they barely have ¼ as many types of plants.
very beautiful living decor...I am salivating! Not to gross anyone out! Very beautiful stores, thank you for the tour!
Such beautiful plant shops . I love their concept of plants as art. I’ve often dreamed of having a boutique shop that had beautifully designed plant arrangements and a little coffee shop inside as well. We have one breakfast place that has an inner courtyard filled with plants all around , and it’s very nice to have a table there but it still doesn’t come close to the botanical artistry that you showed us in Japan .
Now I know what to research . I would like to create something as stunning as that tree growing in a moss ball on a rock!
Welcome to Japan. I'm glad that you are here! I didn't know that we have nice shops in Kyoto and Tokyo. Thank you for sharing!
I absolutely love this video. Japan displays their plants so beautifully. Thank you for sharing
Love the video, I visited ADA Lab recently and was mindblown on how clean it was. The plant at 9:13 is called Philodendron sp. Papua New Guinea by ADA, but more accurately it’s called Epipremnum amplissimum.
11:16 That's SO cool, such a good idea to make it look like a lab, with even sellers dressed like scientists, that's genius !
So inspiring! I have loads of house plants here in the UK. But I'm also a ceramist... I'd so love to go to Japan and see all the amazing pots
I would really like more videos like this. please film as much as you can. Your style is very motivating and pleasing.
I watch your videos all the time.
Please come visit Japan again.
So cool to visit plant stores in Japan! I'm looking over at my ficus Audrey and thinking, "I can bend you?" Wow..those look so beautiful that way. And I was completely hypnotized by that ADA lab place.
Thank you for the very special tour! I loved seeing each one of the stores you picked! The aesthetic is minimalist modern and in my mind very Japanese in its elegant simplicity! I also live in Brazil and we do have some influence from Japanese design here! ❤
I started with succulents and cacti many years ago and fell into tropicals in 2019 and just totally got obsessed during Covid, and recently have been getting really pulled back into succulents and cacti. The aesthetic of the gymocalycium in the ceramics in some of these shops is just soo good. Thanks for sharing!
Hello from Paris, France. Thought I was a plant lover but after seeing this vid, I can tell I"m just an amateur. Those ponds with plant are just like absolutely fantastic, as if they were just took off a primitive forest in Africa or Colombia. Thanks so much for the tour. Suscribded to your channel and can't wait to see others of your vids. So inspiring! Thanks so much
i started watching your channel last summer and i've revisited this summer, and i will every summer. your videos make me feel calm even though i have so much going on. thank you benji thank you chris
Everything in Japan is so perfect, even the plant jobs. What a beautiful culture i wish i can revisit in the near future. What a beautiful shop.
japan and bossa nova is an unbeaten combo
Gorgeous! Would love to see your haul from Japan!!
What a great video. Thank you for taking us into these beautiful Japanese plant shops. I love the thoughtful way everything is displayed!
Thank you so much for bringing japanese esthetics. Amazing! I'm getting inspired already. Thank you and please send us more videos like this
OMG Benji! What a dreamland! Looking forward to visit these places too soon. Thanks for this relaxing vlog. ❤
Thanks for showing the stores Benji… amazing! The aesthetic and trend is definitely still modern, minimalist and organic. The restraint and collection are so cohesive. Very quiet luxury indeed.
all the stores/exhibits were so relaxing, i love how each of them are designed it's incredible
I believe the plant at at 7:10 is a Bird's Nest fern called Cobra, rare to find and gorgeous! Love your videos Benji
We have lot of cobra fern here in the Philippines,
OMG I got super excited when I saw you did a ADA lab tour! So beautiful! I really want to visit Tokyo to go to Sumida Aquarium as well because of Takisha Amano’s Nature Aquascape tanks .. would be amazing!
Auspiciously cool shops indeed and inspirational ❤
dreaming of all of the beautiful ceramics and wonky plant shapes 🌿🎶😊
You can find the "lids" for the round tall glass jars by buying petri dishes and turning them upside down. The dishes can be bought in many different sizes.
I loved the staghorn on the shield which I think would look awesome in my house. You have made me really appreciate their beauty so that may have to have
Looks so nice
Hope chris is feeling better
So happy to see such amazing plant content! I wish I could go to Japan and buy it all :0
*adds plant shops in Kyoto to list of places to go* My great grandmother is from Kyoto. She and my grandmother came to America when my grandmother was 5. I plan on taking a trip there with my sister nxt year.
Hi 👋 Benji. I agree the first plant store was really nice. And well organized. I was surprised to know they sell furniture too.
Please come visit Japan again!
I think it would be fun to take a trip around Kyoto's temples and karesansui (dry landscape garden) and slowly savor the plants.
Thank you for all the beautifull inspiration i would not have access to otherwise without your video ^-^ I am planning on starting my very first terrarium in a few months so i am just amazed with how many possibilities there are, i would even say it's a bit overwhelming. Your vlogs are great
ty 4 recommending those lovely plant stores 💛will drop by this fall 🪴
I love all the stores! The variety of planting types. Please do more of these when you travel if you can!
Everything is beautiful there!!! My husband had friends there, and stayed for 2 months to Surf🏄♂️those stores totally have your vibe!!! Unique styles🤗🌱💚Omg the Aquariums are unbelievable 🤗😍
These places are gorgeous! Casa is also one of my favourite houseware/lifestyle magazine:)
im always eating up everything you put out cause it’s such a breath of fresh air in comparison to so much of this fast paced, attention grabbing content that’s literally everywhere rn. your calmness really helps my anxiety when i just need 2 relax or fall asleep so i can’t thank u enough ,, p.s i saw in another video you commented that ur a ucsc alumni & no wonder, it’s so beautiful !!! go banana slugs
Loved your video as always! And yes as some viewers say longer videos please and perhaps more often? That would be AWESOME! Thankyou!
Love you guys!!
❤😁🐾🌿 3:12
Thank you for this amazing tour. I will be going to Japan soon and tempted to visit these plant shops but it would be torture not to be able to take any plants home!
Amazing video. Thanks for taking us on tour with your. You have inspired me with my plants.
9:50 the small beads in the water sprayers is Deionization resin. Also sometimes called ion-exchange resin or water softening resin. It's pretty easily obtained.
Great video!! I particularly liked the ADA gallery but they were all spectacular.
Me, a Japanese living Japan, watching this video and wanting to go to Japan. 💀
japan and bossa nova is an unbeaten combo
omg the size of the begonia maculata at 6:56 is sooo beautiful
I love these videos that you shoot when you travel. Such interesting places. I love the peaceful music in these shops. Not like here in US where they blast nerve wracking music at you in every store. Makes me tense. Anyhoo. Sorry Chris is sick. Hope he feels better soon. Have a good week. 🌱💚🌱
It must be the places where you shop. There are places with loud music being blasted, but there are also many shops where the volume is restrained and what's heard is calm/complimentary to the place. Perhaps seek more boutiques and locally owned establishments. :)
Such a beautiful shop,and very unique plants and pots!keep enjoying !
💚🌱🌵☘️💚
I love watching your videos, they are very calm and pleasant to watch. Could you share a playlist of music that you use in videos ?
Nice plant shop
youre plant knowledge amazes me. how were you able to learn all of them? your videos have such a nice relaxing vibe.. I'm in awe
The ADA tour is inspiring me to set up, my own store. I've become too impatient and ambitious to just buy parts and plants, operating a store seems more lucrative.
I like your videos. you always make good videos👍
Welcome to Japan!! ようこそ〜！
First time seeing young men like you and your friend, so interested in plants..it was very pleasant and impressive to watch. Thank you🙏
I'm so jealous watching this video. JiaHao and benji just visiting all these shops, so beautiful ❤️
You’re right about SoCal, our climate being slightly too dry for kokedama… true, but it depends what you put in it. If it’s something thirsty, like a begonia, fern, or something tropical, they likely can’t be hanging as a kokedama, too much evaporation… instead, you have to maybe display them strategically on a tray of pebbles w water, elevated slightly, almost “semi hydro” in a sense; the moss wicks up the moisture…
But anyway, my most successful Kokedama, depending on the species, have been in indirect bright light or partial shade - the species I’ve had thrive in it have been Peperomia, smaller bromeliads (Neoregelia, Guzmania), Phaelanopsis & Oncidium orchids, Rhipsalis, Schlumbergera (Xmas cactus), Hatiora (bottle cactus), Disocactus (hanging rat tail) & generally most types of jungle cacti. The environment, the drainage and water retention is great for them. Not to forget, hanging type succulents are a great kokedama choice for SoCal, or anywhere….I’ve done them all in kokedama 😎 Crassula perforata and its many hybrids are good, Sedums, donkey tail, surprisingly, most succulents don’t want hot
sun either, and can burn 😝
What an excellent presentation thank you I loved the Japanese shops.
i have rewatched this vid like 4-5 times now. I rly wanna go and visit these store myself. Great vid Benji!
The carnivorous plant display was so fantastic! You could easily grow some Butterworts (Pinguiculas) and Sundews (Drosera) in California. The butterworts catch the really tiny gnats and flies on their plump sticky leaves. Drosera, especially ones with red coloration, display beautifully in sunlight. Except for needing to water with distilled water or rainwater and using sphagnum moss these carnivorous plants are not too difficult to maintain even in Southern California.
I lived in Kumamoto Japan for 7 years. I only moved back to the US in September of last year. I didn’t start getting into plants until recently. I wish I had been able to explore different nurseries in Japan too 😩
Thank you so much for this video, Benji. I love it so much! It was nice to hear your excitement :') Glad to see you had a nice trip.
what you said about cacti and succulents being exotic to japan reminded me of when i first got my monsters and i showed my friends and one of my friends who lives in panama was like “? that’s a weed”
Loved loved!! So many unique plants just wow!!
I love all the cool ferns!! I live in Colorado and they don’t do well here. Great video 💚
I loooved this video! Love the clean Japandi aesthetic and all the art with plants! Thanks for the tour!
Very nice Video! I also want to go to Japan someday especially because of ADA :)
The plant at the aquarium at 9:12 should be a Philodendron papua new guinea.
Greetings from austria
Nice Tokyo shops💚
Thanks for sharing. I started to have indoor plants 2 years ago.❤ your videos about plants.
Can you please share how to make a DIY Greenhouse like what your friend have using IKEA glass cabinet,thanks.
i am a fan of your channel. Thank you for coming to Japan!
So cool those trees i love when the trunk is kinda wavy giving a unique look. I would love to have a few in my home as statement pieces.
The ADA Lab was the best part of this vlog @benjiplant
Hi edagdwg God blessed you I enjoy watching you shop enjoy your home plants miss seeing you a forever. Fan Linda j. Peace
Stunning...would love to see this in person...thank you
Wow, wow, wow! I will be wanting to try to make some pots that look like rocks but hold water so I can use them for wicking water to some of my thirsty planted kokadama moss balls.
loved this
at 17:02 the camera shots and colors were so pretty my jaw dropped
Beautiful plants and displays, thanks for sharing 👍
Wow! Paradise!
I love those moss balls! So beautiful! But if you can‘t keep them going in LA, I’m guessing Palm Springs is a hard ‘no’ …
Love ❤ from South Africa
this is definitely giving me ~feelings~, im moving into a new space and desperately needed this inspo!
You make me feel like life is worth living
Im pretty sure the beads inside the spray bottle are deionizing resin from a RO/DI water filter system. you can find those anywhere they sell reverse osmosis systems.
Fantastic ! Thank you so much. So comprehensive.
*rewinds to watch ADA Labs again*, everything there is just soooo good.
JiaHao is looking finnne, like damn!
Also love these shops. They look much nicer than most in Germany, for sure :D
Thank you so much my friend ❤ 💕 ❤
Benji love your videos yaa..!! It's calm and lots of love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵.
Take care..!!
I now need a mature pothos like that, time to get a moos pole ready👍
❤️ gave me so many ideas
Very cool and inspirational, thanks for sharing! Greetings from Germany!👍😊🙏