I finished my Bamboo Bike Journey in Europe!! Quick wisdom and future goals:)
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2023
- Finally, I have reached the goal of my bamboo bike journey across Europe!
Yay! This is what I want to share with you and my outlook for the future.
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“Happiness is all around you” Such a beautiful message.
OMG! I got so excited when you said about writing a book. My family has been watching your videos for months now and we really appreciate your positive and honest wisdom/values. We hope you success and more love.
Every day is made of a series of little miracles - and sometimes a big one. Recognizing them, makes me grateful. ❤️
AWESOME SAMURAI MATCHA!!!
Yeah!!!
More than 2000km on a loaded fixie during summer. You're a madman in the best possible sense.
Actually, you already created the book title. Minimalism is about appreciating the value and beauty of practical, useful things and their simplicity, and making it a strong principle in your lifestyle. So, "Happiness is all around you" is a perfect title. We are all surrounded by simple objects that can make us happy 100% of the time, but there are so many shiny objects (TV, marketing, tech) around that obstruct it. If you want it to be more evident, "Happiness lives in simplicity" would be a good title."
Love that! Thank you for your advice:)
The road and the electric bike was a great example. The road started out as your enemy making you go up hill and ended as your partner
There's beauty in simplicity and you have done a great job in exemplifying that life style. ❤ Thanks for inspiring us and I look forward to order Samurai matcha tea!! 😃
Hi aki!! I’m a 21y female. You are the only channel I’ve watched EVERY single video of. & even more than once!🤣
I’ve been trying to have a minimalist lifestyle but when I see other videos of “minimalist kitchen, minimalist room etc.” they only show that the surfaces are minimal and that the drawers are organised, but they don’t actually own little- they hide big amounts of stuff & organise it. But I want less stuff!! So far I’ve been getting rid of things I don’t need. I’ve managed to decrease my room down to my bed, one bedside table, a wardrobe & a mini fridge! Then for extras I just have a collapsible laundry basket & a side stool. (I have a mini fridge because I live in a flat & my food gets eaten in the big fridge). The only thing I haven’t been able to fully embrace minimalism is my wardrobe!! I’m working on it with the one in one out rule. Thank you so much for inspiring me. I love your lifestyle & mind!! Cant wait till u start posting more vids again❣️
Amazing Aki!!!It was very fun to watch your journey!!
For a book:
-how to do a tea ceremony, maybe make it a brand: like you make it a type of meditation that companies start doing and kids can also learn.
-ikigai for modern young people who have so much electronic medias
-aesthetics of japanese minimalism
-and staying happy when things get difficult.
thanks: I think you can make a very nice book. I live in Amsterdam and I think there is not very much matcha that is authentic. I was thinking how I would like to learn and then make tea ceremonies for people in my studio. 🍵...also,maybe you can show us how to pick good matcha and also how its made.
😌...also can you show how to wear kimono for a woman. if they have different things they have to wear.
These are really great ideas and I would read about these. Also would be good to know how to wear a kimono for women. 😁
Aki I have been following you for a year. You are the person who made minimalism stick after years of my husband trying to talk me into it. I love watching your inspiration for all things. I love to travel but funds are low you have given me hope that I can travel in the future. I am rooting for you to meet your next goals. Please bring us on those journeys too.
You're a beautiful soul Aki, thank you for being an inspiration to me 😊
Yay! You made it and made it back! And most definitely on the matcha. I would most definitely purchase especially if it is organic matcha. Looking forward to to seeing more videos from you soon.
Yes! Thank you!
So excited for your matcha ! You are so encouraging. I am a 67 year old women who lives alone. Yo7 have helped me to find happiness again.
Aki me and my soon to be 8 year old ( who watches you more than I do) Are so proud of you. You are such an inspiration to us both.🎉congratulations on reaching your goal!🎉
I'd certainly buy your book, if you do write it. I'm thinking it would include your stories, the minimalistic lifestyle as you in particular live it as a Japanese man, how to prep matcha of course! And so on. Probably your own brand of Matcha tea will only be available in my country (Aotearoa/NZ) via expensive shipping but I will keep an eye out in case it is affordable here. All the best in these new projects
I would love it if you wrote a book one day! Your energy and mindset is one of my favorites across all of UA-cam, and I enjoy it in each video.
But what I like about books is you're able to reach people who might not find you on UA-cam, and a way of keeping that in one place even offline. Depending on what kind of book you write it might be possible to link back to your channel or website as well.
Aki chan,
It was nice to meet you!!! Can't wait to meet you again!!! You are a wonderful person!!!!!!! It will be a pleasure to support you, keep us updated on your matcha tea brand! And it would be a pleasure to read a book written by you.... I would do one edition in English and one in Japanese... So when I'm able to read in Japanese, I can read your book in the original language.... Have a nice rest! You deserved it!!! A big hug from Claudia (Amsterdam)
Congrats Aki-san. I look forward to your matcha and book. Glad you enjoyed your journey and made it back safe.
I would like to know if you can write about " how to be calm and not stressful in a big city?"
"How to stay look for a meaningful life yet a simple one?" And more importantly, "how not to feel lost in a very superficial life guided by consumerism?" 😔
I'm so happy to see that you reached your goal of your trip. Have a wonderful day. 😊
Dude you made me cry with joy. You are awesome!
Bravo!!! 😃
Thank you!!
You are inspiring and have a beautiful humility. I am happy that you are experiencing life in such an open and meaningful way. Everything here reminds me that being a genuine human being is all that matters and it’s very uplifting. I look forward to more from you. Thank you for all that you share.
this guy is such a breath of fresh air. your parents did a good job raising you, I'll be watching and hope you come to Toronto sometime! :)
oh, and you dont want to cheat with an electric bike!! 😊
Thanks for sharing the raw feelings and the wisdom of living from your real experience. Many thanks🙏🏻.
Thank you for sharing your travels and all the beauty along the way. I'm excited about the new matcha you will be making and also a future book.
It is always great to See you, i lobe your videos What a great trip. Kind regards from Germany
Your own matcha brand, what a dream for us as your fans!
Definitely would be a customer of you.
Hope your book will be for Kindle too!
Oooooo matcha and a book? Yes please!! Congratulations on your great accomplishment. I enjoyed watching your videos and really if I was having what I thought was a difficult day, then seeing your biking journey was a reality check for me. My little challenges were just that, little. 😊❤
So nice to hear from you again! I sometimes thought while biking, where you might bike at that moment. Your video came at the perfect time, when I almost forgot agin that happiness is to see the small things surrounding me! Congratulations on your plans! Great ideas! Really inspiring me right now with my own youtube channel which is frightening but your plans are bigger though. I have no doubt that you will make it. I am looking forward to that and your new videos!
すごい！ Aki, so happy to know you had life experience and fun. I hope next time I can show you Oxford Libraries inside! Thank you so much for sharing what you learn. Thanks to you I am learning too. ありがとうございます。
Hurray! Well Done! May you always be happy! Thank you for sharing!!
Bravo for achieving your wonderful adventure! I am looking forwards for your next projects, as much as tasting your matcha!
Many congratulations to you and it feels wonderful to see you growing from your first video, where you humbly said "I am teacher in a small village in Japan" to "I want to create my own Match brand." This is a one good positive story. I will share this with my daughters. I hope you keep growing yet keeping your genuine smile and honesty in your heart. ❤
Hi Aki
I'm very glad and proud of you for making it your journey.
I hope that many more will follow in north and east Europe, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, South America and Canada too.
Also can't wait for your own matcha brand! I know you are a credible person, therefore I know it's will be quality guaranteed 💫
Also I think it's an awesome idea to you write a book.
My question will be a moral one. You said traditional Japanese culture.
I simultaneously watch different UA-camrs about your country. Caught my attention to Takahashi from Japan video interviews, when he is asking foreigners who're living in Japan, and Japanese youngsters from each other. Both say that Japan is a very closed and homogenic country, and integration (even if one of your parents from there, or if you are speaking fluently the language) is impossible.
So my Q1 would be : when Japan will be open for mixing other nations as drastically aging, and record low the child birth rate
Q2: you as a minimalist, what do you think about families with kids?
I JUST love your energy Aki!
That reminds me I haven't drink any tea lately... Time to change it!😊I'm cheering for your book to be, because it'll definitely end up on my shelf❤
Congrats, and thanks for sharing! Practicing gratitude for everything is a very useful skill. I feel that it's harder for people to do that in the modern world, because the people responsible for our comforts are harder and harder to see.
For example, it's easy for me not to be thankful for the chair I'm sitting on, because it was probably constructed by a machine rather than a human. In order for that to happen, however, many people were involved in the process. Many people were involved in designing the chair. Many people were involved in designing and building the machinery used to make it. Many people were involved in designing, building, and running the factory that the machines were in. All of those people had to be educated, which required teachers, professors, and countless other staff members.
If you reflect on this, you begin to be thankful for everything you see and touch in your life. You realize that you couldn't possibly be living the life you're living without the hard work of thousands, if not millions, of people.
Wow Aki, you are tops!!! So happy for you and proud of you. I think sometimes electric bikes are good for some people but a real bike is for heroes like you!! So awesome!! You must be feeling so good. You are my inspiration!! Thank you!!! Love you!!
Welcome back from your fun trip. Can't wait for the next adventure video; book and matcha!!! Best wishes from Canada.
You are very sweet & I am gloriously impressed by your newly acquired command of the English language - music to my ears! Good Luck with everything, your Matcha will, I am sure, be a tremendous success!
How colorful, liked that.
You put so much love in your videos, it's always a delight to watch them! Please, don't worry about making many at once… seeing you taking time & putting love in them matters most! Your videos aren't granted, you 100% take time to make them, & that makes me immensely happy!
So glad you made it through your journey. I look forward to your matcha tea brand and book. I hope you write a book about Japanese philosophy. It would be fascinating. All the best and thanks for sharing your journey with us.
What a legend!!! Congratulations on your successful trip!!! We were rooting for you all the way!!!
You look so tanned and refreshed! Next time, come to Greece too!!
Sounds good to build your own matcha brand. I definitely want to be your costumer 🍵🍵🍵
This video made me Happy! Looking forward to your future videos on your trip and book and matcha 😊🙏🏼
So happy for you and thank you for sharing your inspiring journey!!
Glad you are safely and happily home. I look forward to the next video.
Happiness is all around you! That’s so true. And every evening I watched your posts how and where are you in your trip, that made me also very happy.
Aki-san, omedeto gozaimasu. Hontou ni yokatta desu ne!!!
I'm looking forward to hearing about all your experiences and discoveries on the way!
Really looking forward to it🙏💛💚💙💜🍵💮🏵️🌼
お帰りなさい！お疲れ様でした♪先生の動画で違った面からの茶道の勉強がいろいろ出来ました。毎日2杯のお茶が主人と共にルーティンになった事は言うまでもありません😄
I can't believe how fast you completed this journey! We can't wait to hear more from your journey. Stay safe Aki and have a wonderful day 😃
Congratulations, Aki 🥳 ! You are strong and wise, this very inspiring ! I had a really good time meeting you in Zürich 😃I can't wait to see your futur projects come to life !
Hey Aki, hope you are doing fine back in Japan!! I feel so touched by this small video with an amazing message! I love how always your videos are uplifting. I read a manga not so long ago called "little forest" by Daisuke Igarashi and in a way it made me think of you! I hope to be able to make my trip to Japan in 2024, I hope to find a beautiful itinerary.
Have a wonderful day Aki and Stay Well
You really should write your own book about your lifestyle because you are the perfect pearson: none is as minimalist and original as you. You have an unique personality and lifestyle!
The roadside blossoms were your cheering squad...
Happiness is within you💖
I love this journey- it’s an amazing example of perseverance in obtaining goals. Lots of things these days don’t include that struggle. Too often kids grow up thinking it just happens.
Wow such an amazing adventure! It was so fun to follow your travels and a book and matcha sound great! Thank you!
Waiting for your book and matcha. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🙏happy to see you happy. Thank you for all Aki san
Looking forward for it all, Aki-san!
honestly, both the ideas are a great. I would love to buy your matcha and your book!
Yes! We need a high quality matcha brand that we can trust. Can't wait for you to create it!
Congratulations, sir!!! 😮
Happiness is all around you!
Looking forward to your next video
I would definitely buy your book. You have so many things to share with the world around you.
Start with the first page! It doesn't matter if it's bad. Just keep going!
Hi Aki! Congrats for your trip and I love your way of turning hard situations into happy ones. I fully agree about happiness around us: we just have to decide to look at it 😊
Another suggestion from me: I would be very interested in hearing your views/ideas/inspirational tips on digital minimalism. Beside trying to live a concrete minimalist lifestyle, we need guidance about how to live a simple digital lifestyle: there are so many apps, possibilities with platforms, websites, digital services etc. And this can fill up our mind so much that I think that we need to be able to make choices, take distance from the web and stay disconnected from digital devices in a balanced way. If you feel the same, please post some videos about this topic. 🙏😉🤗
Congratulations! That’s a long ride. I can’t wa8t see the next video. You did an outstanding job.
AKI you are an inspiration! You should be a motivation speaker.
I am so happy for you and thank you for sharing your experience and travel with us. I would like too much trink your matcha😊
I don't know if you will read this but thank you so much for your videos. We have a Japanese store here - I'm from Germany - and I noticed that the matcha isn't that of a high quality how it should be. That's why I would totally support your idea with the matcha brand since you are some kind of master in it.
About the book I think it's interesting to know how you developed your happy style. I know you say it very often that we should be grateful but for example you lost your "dream" when the kazuya guy demolished the building. But here you are happy or even happier. I think you should include a big section about happiness, finding your Ikigai and something like this. Since the rise of social media the people feel more and more depressed and something like that is really important for them to read.
I know you are the kind of guy who is honest. So maybe mentioning some mistakes you have made and what you learned from it?
I'm looking forward to you and your channel. Totally gonna support your matcha brand and your book!
Since you were in Germany I don't know what kind of connection you already have but if you want to know something about Germany, business in Germany, society or you need some translations, just email me :D I have a business email in my UA-cam account linked.
Thank you so much for all of your videos, because you are very inspiring and you changed my life to the better.
I would definitely buy your book and also you Matcha 🤗
Excellent 👌🏼 👌🏼 Congratulations 🎊 👏🏼
Very happy for you! Very proud of you!
Lovely. Your own matcha brand is most welcome and I'll be buying your book whatever it's about. Looking forward to it! If I have any ideas, I will comment again.
I’m so happy you enjoyed your journey 🎉🎉🎉🙏🏼 looking forward to all the videos and all your future projects 😉🙏🏼
Omg…..❤❤❤…thanks for sharing! Take care of yourself.
Congratulations on the success of your adventure. I'm sure it has filled you with many wonderful memories. I look forward to videos about it. If you do write your book, I hope you fill it with the joys of simplicity that so many would could use help with learning.
I always enjoy watching your videos. I wanted to tell you that your English has gotten amazing 😊.
The journey sounds amazing! My son and I were just in Japan and South Korea. I miss all of the good tea I had including matcha! Be well and thank you.
Congratulations! That's amazing. It seems like it was a great experience and I am glad you had so many people you were able to meet. There is so much kindness still in the world, and you have experienced it!
Hope you are able to continue to achieve your goals.
I definitely would buy and read your book. I'd like to know about goals you have made and reached and what your mindset was during that time.
So looking forward to drinking Your own healthful matcha! Make sure California USA will be on your “Sell” list.
(Hugggs from the North Bay)
Congratulations 🎉 I look forward to watching your videos and coming along on your new endeavors. Also, I love your macha colored hat!
Thank you for your positivity and wisdom! お疲れ様でした.
Congratulations on your accomplishments during your trip! Impressive!
It's great news that you want to write a book!
As for a suggestion, I would love to read about your thoughts on raising a humble person, but not with very low self-esteem. Because, sadly, they usually go hand in hand 😢😢
Have a lovely week!❤🇯🇵
Congrats Aki Sensei!!! Omg I can't believe it, I'm SO excited for your matcha brand! I will buy it! 😍🍵🌿 And thank you for your advice it was simple but 100% true! "When you are going through a hard time, that's the time to look at what you have right now" 💖
Oh also Aki, don't feel too much pressure to post alot, even just once a week is perfect! 🙏 (I personally find that when the UA-camrs I watch post every day I get overwhelmed & can't keep up) so no worries!
Welcome back. Kept checking to see if I had missed any videos. Glad to see you enjoyed your road trip and meeting new friends. Yes, please do make more videos on simple lifestyle. It helps with motivation to keep simplifying my life. Also, I'm looking forward to video on longevity in Japan.
Great to see you back, looking forward to more videos. I'd love it if you brought out a book!
I will definetely buy your book!❤
For your book, I'd like to learn more about the spiritual aspects of a minimal/simple lifestyle. In the West, the essence of Eastern lifestyles (spirituality) is often stripped away (e.g. yoga is predominantly physical, not spiritual, and animism is taboo).
I'm very happy I discovered your amazing channel! Every video I have seen has inspired me and made me feel good and motivated ❤ Thank you and best wishes for your next goals 🙏
It's a really nice that somehow the fate brought me into this wholesome and amazing channel. Aki, those thing you wanted to do, especially the second and third point, is really suprising for me, I instantly have a thought like "Woah, This man is really good at deciding goals".
The fact that you wanted to write a book, I really looking forward for it. You are truly an inspirational person. Too bad I can't find your channel earlier because I'm now too busy on my college life.
I really hope, maybe you can also make a video about how to keep being on a healthy lifestyle while on the busiest moment of your life.
Thank you so matcha:)
Yes book !!!!!!!!🎉 love the Japanese simple style.
so amazed at your journey and progress. very inspiring. you look so healthy and tanned. excited to see footage of your adventures!
Great idea to write a book!
If simplicity and minimalism would be the topic I would love to know more about what you think IS minimalism from your point of view and also about your mindset (this is the point when being a minimalist!) and also your wisdom, so that everyone can see where to start.
Because you said "Simple life in Japan" and you like to exchange with others you can also ask other people in Japan what their way of a simple life is. Maybe there are similarities or differences? And also how easy or difficult it is to live a simple life, not only in Japan but in general.
Maybe also a little about your experience concerning this topic during your journeys.
I like your mindset and you are really good in words and bring the things to the point (sorry for bad english here 😂) so a book like this would be great!
If you have a more precise idea for your book, I think people here are great to help to get some more ideas!
Best wishes, looking forward to the next videos 🙂
Hi Aki, I will totally buy your book and matcha!
What an accomplishment. The happiness that you experienced is radiating from you whole being!
You did a great Job 👍
I'm was so interested of each Post from you during your Journey.
And I'm Happy to See that you found a lot of helpfull kindly people.
I'm looking forward to the video
Simple daily tips would be great incorporating Zen principles. I don’t really know anything. Your culture fascinates me, and you are inspirational. Well done.