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Check Out That Vending Machine! - The history of YouTube and J-vlogging in Japan.

Today we are going to look into the brief history of Western video creators in Japan, The formation of the Japan Vlog community or Jvlog community and most importantly what does the future hold for content creators in Japan. J-vlogs, or Japan Vlogs, started to appear on YouTube in 2006 and were primarily used by expats to share their experiences in Japan with people back home. This video will cover everything from the Youtube Tokyo hanami up until now. In fact, by 2016 between google advertising, patreon and paypal donations some Japan youtubers were making more at their “hobby” than they were making at their day job. Subscribe here ---- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfmAKKyZuFQrAKDpNjhlV9Q?sub_confirmation=1 Buy me coffee here --- http://www.patreon.com/spotgoes Big THANK YOU to the following people who let a stranger interview them (in order of appearance): Kurt Bell --- https://www.youtube.com/c/softypapa Kevin Cooney --- https://www.youtube.com/c/tokyocooney John Daub --- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDJ_LbyfNiutATmIIJ48HCQ Kyde and Eric - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8d5J4MxwHtbGINFyJgAJzA Josie and Kazu - https://www.youtube.com/c/JOSIEKAZU The Paper Pat - https://www.tiktok.com/@thepaperpat