I Traveled to the SNOWIEST CITY in the WORLD

Deep in the heart of Japan lies a city buried alive. A place where 30 feet of snowfall isn't an anomaly. It's a daily reality. To survive this frozen world, they've engineered a totally different way of life. Built entirely around massive specialized snow vehicles. I'm traveling across the world to see what it takes to survive the snowiest city on the planet. Well, we made it through security, no problem. And I need to check the time. I think a few minutes before boarding starts. Hopefully I'll have time to grab some food or something like that. We'll see. Made it to the foot outside, guys. They have huge dump trucks going. Flight attendants, please proceed for departure. It literally looks like a car garage out there, guys. Huge dump trucks, excavators, a bunch of dirt. That looks like so much fun. The first leg of this journey is a 3,000 mile flight across the entire country to a beautiful city. I just got to a new city. I want you guys to try to guess which one it is. I'm going to give you a few clues. Ferris wheel right there. Water, mountains, beautiful sunset. Absolutely stunning. If you guys know, let me know. And the city is Seattle. Shout out if you could guess it. I'm only here for 12 hours before my next 6,000 mile flight to Tokyo, Japan. Now it's time for me to travel all the way to the other side of the world. And trust me, you guys don't want to miss seeing what it is like. So here in Japan, apparently one of the things that it's like a sight to see is this crazy intersection where everyone crosses the road at once. This is the Shibuya Scramble. It's a crazy intersection in the middle of Tokyo where thousands of people cross the road all at once from different directions. People literally travel around the world to come visit this very intersection. If you're brave enough to cross it, you have to hurry because you only have about 15 seconds. There's literally hundreds of people crossing in every single direction. This is wild. And then it clears up again and the cars start flowing. I barely made it in time. Ah, that was sweet. And a green Lambo. First Lambo of the trip with a special license plate. Wow. Love the color. So in Tokyo, you could do Mario Kart in real life and I'm seeing Mario Kart in real life. These guys are dressed up in outfits. Yeah. Here in Japan, there are so many crazy things that I have never seen in America before. Like this little spa where you have real goldfish swimming around by your feet. It is so crazy. So one of the touristy things to do out here in Japan is to go to a street called Godzilla Street. And you guys might be able to understand why they call it that because behind me at the top of the building is literally a life-size Godzilla head. Check that out, guys. It's huge. Just peering above all of these streets here. Super cool tourist attraction. Fun streets from beyond. I think a lot of people come here and take photos. So I had to come see it for myself and it's definitely pretty cool. Makes me want to build something like this in New York. I think New York needs a giant King Kong hanging into one of the buildings just like that. And it turns out every day at two o'clock, Godzilla comes alive and attacks the city. Just kidding. So awesome. So I had to try something from 7-Eleven. Matt texted me because he was here a couple weeks ago to try this ice cream. There's like basically no English at all in here. Oh, shoot. It looks like a waffle. This is not at all how I expected it to look. Oh, there's the fall damage right there. Okay, this is really interesting. This is not what I thought it was going to be like. Whoa. Oh, my gosh. This is really good. It's squishier than I thought. There's a lot of ice cream and it's like crunchy, thin shell. A little bit of chocolate on the inside. This is surprisingly really good. If you ever go to Japan, you got to get one of these guys. Really good. Really perfect ratio of a thin, crunchy shell. I mean, you can hold it too. It's like a cone. That's cool. You can walk around. It's like a shell. You don't get ice cream on your hands. Really good. 10 out of 10. So out of all of the Japanese food I want to try while I'm here in Japan, there's one place that really stands out on my list and that is McDonald's. I got one behind me. It's the middle of the night. It's one of the only things that are still open. I'm really curious to see if McDonald's is any good here to see if it's any different. I've heard a lot of interesting things about it. I'm going to go find out if the ingredients are the same or if it's any good. Okay, well, pulling up, I can already tell you that the sandwiches are square. That is not like America at all. And just like that, guys, I got pretty much my same order I got in America. Let's see how it compares to Japan. This looks pretty good. I have always wanted to try McDonald's in a foreign country. So I'm starting with the french fries and surprisingly, they weren't very salty. Next up, I got a classic Sprite and surprisingly, it tasted a little flat. Now we get to try the burger and I got a quad stack. Each of the patties were surprisingly small. And this thing was delicious. The cheese was definitely different. It almost tasted like a Swiss cheese and overall felt like it didn't have as much flavor as America. Lastly, I broke out an apple pie and this thing ripped. It was super crunchy, super delicious and was the best one I've ever had. So to start out, the meal only cost me seven bucks, which I think is super cheap and much cheaper than I would normally get the same meal in America for. Japan is literally busted. What the heck? Oh my goodness gracious. That is crazy. I thought I heard something like crawling over in the alleyway there and I looked over to see a thousand mice or rats. That is crazy. Even in New York, I know they're infested. I haven't seen that yet. Oh, there's another one right there. They are everywhere. Oh my gosh. It must be trash night or something. That is really crazy. The journey to the snowiest city continues. So time to head to the airport. The thing is literally just driving itself. That is so cool. That is all the time we spent in Tokyo. And now it is time to head over to the snowiest city in the world, Sapporo. So guys, this city gets so much snow. It's the most in the world that you can guys see how much snow is just piled up on either side. That's a joy pod right there. And it's literally taller. It's almost six feet tall of snow just piled everywhere. It's part of why they built so many snow sculptures because they just have so much snow. The sidewalks are completely covered in ice. It's making it really hard to walk. And here's an interesting thing. They have a store that looks like 7-Eleven, but it is in fact a little bit different. It's called Seven and I Holdings. I don't know what that means. It looks like 7-Eleven. I'll have to go in there and check it out and see what is exactly different between that and what we have in America. The sidewalk is literally carved out. There it is, guys. Up close, this thing is like five stories tall. It's really big. I'm not exactly sure what it is. It's like a line with a person next to it or something. Huge. This city gets so much snow every year. They literally have something called the Ice Festival. That being said, this city does not get as much snow as the next city that I'm about to travel to next. This one is really cool, guys. Check this out. It's the size and shape of like a real house. It's huge. It's like a big mansion. Literally a real structure all made of snow. Tons of these things literally just everywhere. These ones over here look like Pokemon or something or a Hello Kitty or Pokemon, guys. I'm not sure what that is. Comment down below if you guys can recognize what that is. So now we have, I think, is the grand finale. It's a huge, very intricate, or neat Japanese house structure. Not sure what the official name of this thing is, but it is spectacular. It's all made of snow. We got this guy trying to come out. I don't know what he's doing. This is truly insane. There's literally a pig right there. Baby pig wrapped up. I think they were pushing it around in a stroller. And a bunch of little Joy Pop vans everywhere. Wow, guys. Check out all this steam. Dude, that looks delicious. Let me know what that is. But it all looks so good. And there is a huge snow structure right there. We're about to go check that out. So this is another part of the city, guys. And I swear it looks just like the Japanese version of Times Square in New York City. We have all of these billboards, all these amazing lights. It's a lot more snow. Tiny trucks. Wow, this is so cool. Next, we're going to go find some food and we're going to hit a really good spot. So let's go check it out. Wow, it seems like on every street they have something frozen. It's an amazing frozen art. These ones are made of clear ice. Wow, this is just like Times Square. I don't know what they're saying because nothing's in English. But look at all these ads. Crazy sculptures of ice now with frozen seafood in it. And the ice just continues on, guys. The whole way down the street there is just tons of these sculptures. This city is really cool and I had no idea what to expect. Look at this, guys. This is a super tiny micro restaurant. We barely fit in. It's like 10 people. And we got some amazing ramen. After traveling thousands of miles, it is now time to try some traditional Japanese ramen. And this food was delicious. Sitting next to me is my best friend, Camden. And he's going to be joining me on this crazy adventure to the snowiest city on the planet. I just boarded the last train 200 miles to Niseko. And it's part of Japanese culture to be super quiet on public transportation. Listen to how quiet this is. Finally, after traveling 10,000 miles, we have finally made it to the snowiest city on the planet. Good morning, guys. It is the next day. I just woke up. And as you guys can see, it is still snowing. It has not stopped snowing since we got here. So this area gets so much snow. This is what the sides of the roads look like. It's stacked up taller than my head. And to get to the front door, you have to carve it out. Because it's 10 feet of snow on either side to get to the front door. That's how tall the snow is. They get about 30 feet of snow out here every year. This is like 10, 12 feet behind me right now. This town literally reminds me of one of the levels from Super Mario 64. One of the snow levels where there's like a snowman just sitting out in the middle. Just crazy. It's so cool. It's crazy just to see the amount of snow just carved out in every parking lot. So this is downtown Niseko. We are just walking distance from the mountain, which is this way. But because it is constantly snowing, even though there's a huge mountain just up ahead, it's complete whiteout. In the month of January alone, they were averaging 10 inches of snow a day for the entire month. So we are now at the top of the mountain, guys. Look at the view behind me. I think it's a volcano, but I have no idea. We're going to be skiing all over this mountain. And it goes way up higher. But look at that. It doesn't even look real. I am now riding a single person chairlift. It's definitely a bit sketchy, but I'm having a blast. And we're going way to the tip top of this thing. The sun is gone. It's getting freezing. I got to put my glove back on because my fingers are about to fall off. The snow is really coming down, guys. And it's coming at a great time because it's starting to get extra heavy. Heavier than it's been all day. Tomorrow, we're going to be riding up in a cat, which is like a big tank, basically, up the backside of a mountain where lifts aren't. So there's going to be nobody there. It's going to be all fresh powder, extremely deep. I'm going to have to look at the forecast to see how much snow we're expecting tonight. So I'm trying to get dialed into my bindings and all my rental gear because tomorrow we're doing some super advanced stuff. And I don't think I'm that advanced. I'm a little nervous. But it's supposed to be the best possible skiing there is in the entire world. Backcountry cat skiing with all this fresh powder coming down. It should be awesome. But I'm starting to feel a little bit better. I'm not advanced. I'm going to be beginner. I might be holding up the whole group tomorrow. It could be a disaster. Definitely nervous about it. And it's so cold out here, guys. My water bottle is forming ice crystals in a matter of minutes. I took a sip out of it and was confused. But it's literally freezing. Let's get a little run in for tomorrow. But I can't see really well. The lighting is super soft. Everything is super white right now. But overall, I'm actually starting to feel decent. I'm going to be getting a few runs in today. This was the same view behind me that I took on the first day. Wow, the snow is really just coming down like crazy. Not even a few minutes later, guys, and my drink is literally frozen ice. Look at that. If I don't drink this right now, it's going to be solid. Barely can drink it now. Oh, it's so cold. Oh my gosh. Guys, this is like the same size joy pop that I had. It's converted into a food truck. There's two people in the back working on it. Completely buried in the snow too. Everything here is so tiny. Like efficiently packed is amazing. And covered in snow. And they even have a tiny school bus. Guys, this is the smallest school bus I've ever seen. Oh my gosh, look how much snow is on the roof of this house. You can't even get to the front door of this house. You have to walk over a literal mountain of snow. This has got to be the coolest restaurant ever. I guess if you live in the city, you really got to make sure you plow your car when it snows. Because if you don't and you wait just a few days, this is how much snow they can get in like just a couple of days. And sometimes overnight, you can get completely buried. You have to wait till spring or summer for it to come out. Look at all this snow, guys. I actually found an igloo. Let's go in and check this out. This is crazy. I don't know if this thing is safe. But they do have some structure support right here at the glass. Literally inside an igloo. Some skylight. This is really cool. Check this out. No way. People probably come and like chill and eat their food inside the igloo. This is how much snow that there's on every side of every road, everywhere you go. It's like 10 feet deep. If you just dig it out, it becomes an igloo. That's how they made this. They just bored right into it. I hope that doesn't collapse on me. Oh my gosh. Now that is not definitely getting out of there. That's even more buried than the last one. And to move all this snow, they literally have dedicated machines. Normally in America, we would use this for dirt. They use it out here for snow. And these machines are all over every parking lot. Snowblowers and everything. And they're literally just for scooping and loading that snow into trucks. So they can haul it out of here and go dump it somewhere else. Maybe we should hit some of these food trucks and just sample a bunch of stuff. So we went to one of the food trucks behind us here. And we got an amazing dish. I'm about to test it out and see how it is. It looks like ramen, but it's actually called udon. Let's do a first bite. First impressions. Eating noodles in the snowiest city on the planet. Very good. And of course, in Japan, I had to try some of their raw sushi fish. And it was incredible. Now, I know you guys are wondering, does Japan have ice cream? And yes, they have ice cream. And they have premium ice cream behind us. And we are about to try it. I'm super excited. It looks amazing. Guys, look at this. It looks amazing. Tons of amazing flavors. And it's premium. Thank you. Check it out. Japanese premium ice cream. Wow, I can't even describe it. But it actually really does taste like premium. Should I give you guys a better look up close and personal? But this is definitely the best way to end the night here in Japan. It's very refreshing. It's not overly sweet. It's creamy and has some kind of like Japanese flavor to it. A Japanese dessert would have over a traditional American ice cream. But this has a very unique experience. I haven't even tried the cone yet. Oh no, guys. I dropped my premium ice cream on the ground and it's shattered. I'm gonna have to just go order another one, I think. Oh, that is not good. It's literally the walk of shame to go order another one. Hey. Hi. Could I do the chocolate powder? The sidewalks are literally non-existent. They are entirely snow. So they are so slippery. I need to make sure I don't slip a second time and drop this because I need to enjoy it. It's so delicious. Definitely can't end up like that, poor guy. Okay, this has to be setting new records. The snow wall behind me has got to be three times the height of me walking. It's absolutely huge. There's so much snow out here. Slipping and sliding everywhere. But look at how much snow. That's what we just saw there. But it's a mountain up there of snow. And if you compare this to the building, it's almost the top three stories. So four stories tall. Everything is blocked in. You can see all the lights from night skiing up there. That's a huge mountain up in the sky. That looks crazy from a distance. The snow is really coming down right in time for our backcountry skiing, which I'm super hyped about. It's probably going to be at this point like a couple of feet that we've gotten over the past 24 hours. We're not waiting for the shuttle. So we're going to walk back. It's a few minute walk to the resort in the middle of the snow. Gosh, look how much snow there is. Oh, it's coming down. So today we are out riding snow bikes. I got picked up this morning in a random little tiny Japanese van. Kind of like the joint pop that I had. We drove out to the backcountry. We got on these snow bikes. And now we're out here on the side of the mountain. All right, pick your weapon. I'm so excited. This looks like so much fun. I am literally riding a dirt bike that is perfectly designed for riding in the snow. We were so deep in the mountains of Japan. The best spot for lunch was under a tree and it was really cold. So we made a fire and it was amazing. That's the best fire so far this season. Look at that build. I'm pretty impressed by that. So we've ridden for a few hours now and we are deep in the mountains in the north side of the island of Sapporo off of Japan. Riding these snow bikes has been an incredible blast. Crashed a few times, but we are standing on about 6 to 15 feet of snowpack underneath us, which means when the snow melts in the summer, I would be 15 feet in the air. That is how much snow there is on the ground. In different areas and fields that we're riding, it looks like they're completely bare, but there's actually trees underneath. They're completely buried in these saplings about six feet tall that would be completely covered. And as we ride, we'll see little bits of them sticking up. They look like twigs or bushes, but they're the tops of trees. It's not easy to capture footage out here in the mountains of Sapporo and I didn't even bring a GoPro. It just completely wiped out. I just saw this bike go flying in the air. Alright, so our tour guide is going to probably step up coming this way. I gotta watch out and make sure no one is going to get down. So we'll see how this goes. If we get some speed, turn around and hit this huge step up right here. That was sick. Took a turn a little bit too tight. I'm starting to get the feel of really carving in deep. I think when you go down, you want to drop the bike in, but keep your body like a little bit more up, because the times where I lean my whole body in, that's when it tends to slide out. You kind of stay vertical on it. Thank you, appreciate it. It's a lot harder to stand this thing upright in the snow, plus all the track weight and all the snow that's caked in there. But it's so much fun out here. You have all the space to just ride wherever you want. Up that deep mountain face and this huge empty field right here. It's like jet skiing. Oh, in deep. Yeah. Guys, this is such an incredible experience. It's like riding a surf bike, but it's also a bit like jet skiing. That was great. Really great fun. That was pretty good. Pretty nice. Yeah. So this hill is so steep, it's cleaning everybody. I just climbed it. So that was me going up, and then you guys tried right after. They're not taking my line that I found that's really fast, so they're not getting enough speed. And they're literally stuck. And the bike, that one's upside down. Really tough to climb out of there. You don't make it all the way up. And you're vertical. I mean, you can see he's standing straight up. It's insane. We got four guys up there. There's one up there. Guys, this is crazy. I have never seen so much snow before in my life. And I'm starting to get a little nervous about the skiing that we have planned for the next day. So today we're going backcountry cat skiing. And the first things first is safety. So this is an avalanche beacon. So if you get buried under the snow, which is very possible, this will transpond and allow everyone to help search and find you if you're buried underneath the snow. So everyone is required to wear one of these, which is pretty crazy. I've never seen one of these before in my life. Hope I don't get buried in an avalanche. So to get up the backside of the mountain, we got to drive these cat machines. They're basically little tanks that are going to carry us and our skis up the side of the mountain. You guys, these are the coolest things ever. The treads on them. Like, these things are so deep to catch the deep powder. As you go down, we're about to hop up. Oh, look how you drive it, guys. There's like skid steer controls. These are early 90s machines, which is so sick. Back to the similar year. It's a little red joy pop Japanese car that I have. Going around at the same time as these snow cats. Wow. We get dropped off on the top of the mountain. And then we go fresh powder all the way down the hillside. And I get picked up by the cat again. Really wish I had an action cam so I could film on the way down because there's no way I'm risking dropping my phone. So deep. You can see Camden all the way up there somewhere. Oh, did you just fall? Camden just fell and his ski just got buried. So we got to go back up the hill, up the mountain, and help look for it because the powder is so deep. I mean, you can see my board is completely under. So here comes rescue for Camden. I think he fell, but I think he's all right. I think what happened is his ski fell off and it went deep under this deep powder. We're sitting on, like, close to 10 feet of snowpack. Obviously, it'd be pretty challenging to find if you don't have eyes on it. Oh, no, guys. They are digging deep right now, poking and searching for that ski. Well, I do think the case is that it is buried. They've been searching for, like, 10 to 15 minutes already. Still no luck. I don't know what you do if you can't find a ski. The view cleared up just enough to see the other side of the mountain so you guys can get an idea of exactly where we are. Middle of nowhere. Not accessible by car or anything. Only snowcat. Oh, it looks like they might have found a set of skis. Yes, he found it. Oh, the view is really clearing up now. All right, funnel me up into the air. This is so wild. I've never snowboarded in so much deep, fluffy snow before. If you make one wrong move, you can get completely buried in this snow. It is so deep. There he is. Come on, Camden. Yeah, I was not expecting that. Oh, I don't know about that. There goes Camden. We had a great day cat skiing and it hasn't stopped snowing all day. This is how much snow we got while we were out skiing. About a foot, it looks like. When I say it hasn't stopped snowing since we got here, it hasn't. And we had just a foot today while we were skiing and a foot last night. Everything just piles up everywhere you look. I mean, this is another van just buried in there. This little joy pop is completely covered. So much snow. We were finally able to get all the snow off the vehicle and get moving again. This is wild. There are cars stuck everywhere because it has not stopped snowing in days. It's our last night in the snowiest city on earth, guys. And they got fireworks going off right now. What a way to end such a snowy trip in the snowiest place I've ever visited. One of the snowiest places in the entire world. And surprisingly, it's the very first time it stopped snowing for us the entire show. What are the chances of that? When in Japan, you gotta try the Wagyu beef. This was like $10 for one skewer. It's unbelievably delicious. So good. Guys, this trip was crazy. From all the crazy snow sculptures and interesting foods to skiing down a mountain covered in 20 feet of snow. This has been such a fun experience and I hope you guys enjoyed it. 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