Buying a Jeep in Japan was harder than I thought... 

Now the big question is… what to name her! Any ideas?

I'm no expert by any stretch, but I'd make sure the stock spring load on the Wrangler Sport can handle the added weight of the RTT + fridge + water and all the gear you want to carry. Even if you don't want to lift it, per se - the vehicle could benefit from a more aggressive spring load similarly if you were towing. Love the new ride! Good luck with all the upcoming adventures!

gah im SO EXCITED FOR YOUUUUU! what a sick purchase. it looks SO GOOD! can't wait to see the transformation!

Looking forward to all the new content that will come, as always. It's so exciting having your own vehicle, it feels like it's a next level unlocked. All the best Hannah!

Super stoked for you, and I'm excited to follow along, keep up the great work and thanks for letting me live vicariously through you in Japan

Ahh so awesome to see the vanlife/jeep life community growing here! We’ve been travelling in our van around Japan since autumn last year and it’s amazing how much more freedom it gives you! Excited to see you checking off that chunk up north too 😊. Would love to hang out and swap van life experiences if ever we’re in the same neighbourhood!

I'm so excited for you! Your videos are absolutely gorgeous and your eye for interesting/beautiful places is honestly stellar. I can't wait to see what you get up to next! 💜

Looking forward to watching the new videos, congratulations on the acquisition of the car, it is very beautiful! 😊

Really enjoyed the video Hannah! Great to see you grow and develop and expand your work as a You Tuber! Have enjoyed your work since the very first time I came across your phrases for travelling in Japan that I used so successfully on my first trip!

This video makes me happy and excited. Congrats, Hannah! Looking forward to your upcoming adventures 🚗

Congratulations Hannah! Been watching your videos for a while, big fan, and as a car lover, your channel has just gotten even more exciting! Well specced car, love all the details! Can't wait for your Jeep adventures.

ahhh i am super excited for you!! and all the content you'll be creating :') very cool to see how you've come about this idea, and how wonderful that it's been coming together pretty well :)

So happy to see the evolution of your channel. Looking forward to seeing more of your travels and adventures.

Congrats Hannah and can’t wait to see what’s next! How about naming her Journey for all the journeys you will take with her or alternatively, Addie (meaning adventure) if it’s a he. As a recommendation for someone who are new to car ownership or non-car person, the one thing you should not skimp / save on are tires, no matter how good they looked 2nd hand (ie: plenty of thread pattern left) it’s good practice to buy new because tires have a shelve life of only a few years regardless if they are used or not. Although you can technically checked the year of production, that requires some experience. Consider this, it’s the only tiny four patches that keeps your vehicle grounded that allows you to be in control. Secondly it would have been nice to keep the original tires around so you can get a set of winter tires fitted on them and just switch em out come winter. Hope it’s not too late to get it back. Also in Japan original condition fetch a higher price than modified should you decide to sell in future! On a happy note, enjoy your new wheels and drive safe!

I always find it fascinating how Japan is so similar to Germany in many things, like with all the fees and taxes and mandatory vehicle check you mentioned in this video. No wonder I always enjoy my visits to Japan 🤣 Your new car looks great! Looking forward to seeing what you and Chris do with it 🙂

Always take care Hannah we loved and support you and your travels all of it gives hope and motivations, wish you all the best and you're my fav. Japan vlogger -A 27yr. old Subscriber from The Philippines since 2017 😁🤘

You got a jeep! So happy for you :) it’s cold and gross here in Perth/was the end of a depressing day working in mental health. Thanks for helping me hold onto hope of travelling to Japan again soon.

This is so exciting! Cant wait to see the final product and the new content!

Congrats!! Very excited to watch all of your adventures!

Amazing purchase! Super excited for all the nature you will be able to show us. For me, one of the things I would love to see is round-trips with a car, but not necessarily in the car all the time, riding (30%) + walking cities or/and mountains (70%). Trips between 2-5 days. Also it would be nice that the startpoint/endpoint to be big cities, so we would be able to rent a car while still using the Shinkansen. Happy for you Hannah!🤗

This is SO COOL! I was in Japan back in the '70s and all the American's wondered if there was even a 2nd-hand market - we never saw "used car lots" like one sees in the States. Looking forward to the story of how you got your driver's license!

Congratulations Hannah! It looks so new! Interesting to hear about the car buying process and I loved the editing!

Congrats Hannah. Nice wheels! Definitely feels like Hannah 2.0 is going to be an amazing journey to watch (might miss the little video bits of you on a train, then a bus, then a train...) 👍❤️👍

I am beyond excited, I will live vicariously through your videos to come 🤩

This is awesome, I can't wait to see all the adventures!

Wow I had no idea there were so many hurdles to jump through! Always love the audio cut from one clip to the next, looking forward to more videos! So are there few restrictions to where you can park and sleep in the countryside?

congratulations on purchasing Jeep!!, I can feel your excitement through this video. I look forward to watching more unknown places of Japan. Always thank you for sharing your life.

Congrats on the new wheels! Looks great. Looking forward to seeing all the adventures it will take you on.

Yay new content and welcome to Tokyo Creative. I like the new editing style - finishing your own sentences :D.

This is super exciting! Even just the hiking more, would be awesome as I look forward to seeing more of Japan. But doing youtube fulltime, and also building an overlander! Really looking forward to the build series and what you end up making, picked a cool platform.

I’m really glad that I bumped into your channel. Love your videos and more than that I love Japan 💙. Keep on making videos girl. You’re doing great. 👍🏻

I can myself in your excitement :D When I bought my current car it was so freeing to be able to travel where I want. Sleep in the car und see the world differently. I not quit in the position where you at so no rooftent and mobile kitchen but with time i get there. :) Im excited for future videos.

Congrats Hannah, What cool car, seeing your excitement is just wonderful, looking forward to the content that you can create with this as a tool. Those tyres the BF Goodrich, a great all terrain tyre, and they last for AGES, got over 70,000 Km out of them when I had them, and they are pretty good off road too. Just make sure that you let them down when offroad, like 15PSI, much harder to get bogged then, and then get a small compressor to pump them back up when back on road again. Congrats again.

Nice whip! Looking forward to vids of the adventures the Jeep will take you on. Also, I'm a huge fan of TokiDokiTraveller so I'm super happy to see that you've joined Tokyo Creative and might be working with them! Here's to continued good life moments for you and your partner.

I am so looking forward to your future content! I love my wrangler so much, you're going to have so much fun with your new-to-you jeep!

Now you have to rock it up. I’d just say getting the power system set up first. Having lots of power to charge up and power a 5G router, is amazing. Being able to shoot then dump your data onto a full system is so necessary. Second, getting plenty of water. We use a ton of water. For dogs, washing things and then beach. Have to wash everything. Getting water tanks and a shower system is so useful.

I love the wee jeep! Really excited to see how you go forward with your channel! :)

Congrats on the ride! As for the lift thing, a simple leveling kit would likely help offset the weight of the winch & level out the front rake that Jeeps have. I did that to mine & it looked really good without lifting it up much. One thing to look out for is the front radiator. They’re partially plastic & I cracked mine on day. It was the only thing to go wrong on my Jeep. Although I don’t have Rubi anymore, I LOVED that Jeep. Gas prices forced me trade her in. Have fun with your new ride, can’t wait to see what you do with it!

I am so excited to see your Jeep build in future episodes! 🎉🎉🎉

So stoked, cant wait! On a suggestion maybe get a couple of rear lights to help with any visibility if needed.

So happy for u, Hannah!

Congrats 🎉 on the new car! It looks super nice. May it serve you well and make lots of fun memories with it.

Great choice of rims and tyres. My advice would be to wait a bit before modifying it more, drive it for some trips and you will know what you´re missing if anything. Investing in the winch sounds like a good idea just in case. I would add some extra lights on the roof, and maybe on the back. Also gear like a shovel, first aid kit and good quality rope. Hope you have a lot of fun travelling Hannah.

Wow thanks for sharing all the complexities that come with buying a car in Japan! Very helpful 🙏 Also very happy for you! This car is epic!

Your "I got the jeep" dance is so adorable, I'm so happy for you.

Big congratulations hanna for the new car. Im ur subscriber since the very beginning and watching u come along this far is so amazing. This jeep and the color perfectly suits ur personality. Congratulations again. Waiting to watch ur new adventures.

Happy to hear you're so excited for it!!

I love my FJ Cruiser! We have dreams of putting a rooftop tent on him and going around Australia. He is 10 years old this year and still going strong! Would’ve died if you got one too. Looking forward to following along and dreaming about the next time we can visit Japan. Keep up the amazing work!

Congrats Hannah!! 👏 this is so great!

I'm so sorry for that. Waiting for come back to Japan again! Your videos so far have been great! Take care of yourself!

I’ve always loved Jeeps! They have such a classic look and are so durable, I think you made a great choice ☺️

😭😭😭 I can’t wait to see more of your new content aaaahhh

The new tires look so much better!! Looks so cool! 😍

This is exciting news!! Congrats Hannah!!

You can’t go wrong with BF Goodrich All-Terrains on a Jeep! Great choice. I’ve had them on my Jeeps for years.

Why are you so underrated??? Congratulations Hannah 🎊

wow, the transitions are on point at 11:38 and 7:20

The challenge with RTTs in Japan is that most garages in metropolitan cities in Japan max out at 2.0 or 2.1M in height. If you keep the RTT on all the time it limits where you can park, especially in Osaka for example. Congrats, will follow your build. If you do your own shakken, it can be very inexpensive too.

It's really great to see your progress over the years. Hopefully the new vehicle will provide more great adventures.

Congratulations on the purchase 🎉 Sounds like a lot of fun ahead 😎

Sweet car and exciting times ahead! Looking forward to more adventures...

That's awesome! Good job working hard!!!! So excited!

So excited for you guy's!! When i lowered, put exhaust and big wheels JP pulled me over I had to take my car in for shaken. Failed and had my car impounded. Be careful please.......Have fun!!!!

You’re channel can help people to plan a rental car style holiday to rural Japan, look forward to your practical tips for organising such travel

Congrats!! Enjoy your new ride!!

Congrats! Have fun with your diys!

Amazing the way you explain all details and how excited you are about this topic - cars - many times full mens only talking about that.

Amazing content! Great video!

I love the simple but cool mid-sentence cuts at 7:19 and 11:35. I might use this editing technique in the future in my own videos...

put some cool decals on the jeep ;) also really excited about the new content for the year,! all the best and enjoy your new ride :)

Wow super awesome 🥰 so much fun to watch this one 😍

What a great car for vanlife ! Enjoy ! Looking forward to seeing the new content.

That perfect cut a 11:36 is awesome

You bought a Jeep! Congrats on your new hot purchaes looks sooo good. Looking forward to seeing the transformation to the jeep and for your future travels exploring Japan. Love your channel xxx

Wow! Congrats on the new drive!! FWIW, the shaken for a newly built car is good for 3 years, and then every two years after that. Because of this timing, I would sell my new car at the 3-year point to the dealer where I bought it and used that as my leverage for a higher resale price to buy a new car from the same dealer. In the long run, it was quite affordable to pay shaken only every three years compared to the cost of maintenance (tires, brakes, clutch, etc.) + 2-year shaken. This shaken timing encourages you to save money and just upgrade your car every 3 years. And as long as you stay with the same dealer, it’s so much easier to raise your resale value if your trading it in for a new car. Your right about the Jimny being so small. I want to trade in my Pajero Mini and get the Jimny although a Jeep or AMG G Wagon would be my first choice. The tax and toll fees for the Kei-class cars are so much cheaper for me that I can’t imagine going back to paying the higher taxes, shaken, and toll fees of a larger vehicle unless I had the extra budget. I can’t wait to see future videos on how you add lots of neat stuff to your Jeep! That is one car in particular that offers sooooo many after-market add-on kits to fit almost every imaginable need or desire! Thank you for sharing this journey with us!!

Congratulations on your Wrangler!, I also got one back in November. I love it! It's stock on a lot of things. No special upgrades or anything but it's great 😊. Whoever had your Jeep before you really took care of it. The Japanese really do take care of their things. As much as I do believe the process for having a car is a pain 🤦🏻‍♂️ From America 👋🏻🚙

Congrats!!! Way to go Hannah!! Buying the Jeep is an OG move. Waiting for the JEEP vlogs now 😂

Aha! now THIS is the reveal I was expecting when you announced your fulltime RU-vidrhood! (Because you had been explicitly purposely vague on Instagram, lol). All right, having said that I can now go watch this video. and I hope your Jeep will be the perfect explorer mobile!

Congrats!! Sounds like a perfect choice for you :) Have FUN!!

Super cool! I'm a car person but don't know the ins and outs of Wranglers specifically so for now I'll just send non-specific support! Looking forward to seeing how it goes! You'll be aware that the car scene in Japan is M A S S I V E so there'll be an endless array of workshops/experts/clubs/shows and Japan-based RU-vidrs to find and ask about stuff.

Hi Hannah, first of all congratulations on your new Jeep! I'm a big fan of offroad vehicles. Regarding the shaken, looks like you've paid much which you could simpley avoided by doing "User Shaken" (A process for the owners where you can do the shaken by yourself in a lot cheaper way and it's very easy as well) I did Shaken for my EVO this year and combining the Mandatory Insurance, Shaken, Weight Tax etc, it costs me 67K JPY only which is a one-day process.

congrats on your new car ! looks so niiiiiiiiiice :D can't wait to see your next adventures :D ps: love how you put your face on the tyre at the end lol

Congrats! NOw its time to go watch every video Drew Sims produces!

Hello Hannah, I came back to see this video again after few months. Because I realized what you have been gone through, its very very true buying the car and driving in Japan is not easy :D. I decided in the summer that I will start roaming to the Japan from 2023 spring season. For that I started preparing to get driving license and then a used car. I never drove before and decided to take license in Japan that to without going school. :D Crazy experience, I have failed multiple times and finally got the license and now I am hunting for used car. A lot of informations are floating over the internet about used car and at some point i started realizing that believing on these a bit difficult. I found your video is very helpful and got many good informations. Thanks a lot to you. I have initiated my registration for car auction and wishing to buy a car by the end of this month or so. :D Thanks.. Gyan

Congratulations on your new and first car in Japan ! Enjoy and be safe. I'm also a crazy gajin laying on the floor, also at night, when taking pictures of my toys in random places (middle of the street, traintracks, parks...). People always stop by to make sure I'm okay. Twice they rang the police which came to check on me and my ID. I think I'm known in the neighborhood now. And as I talk about my life, we recently (three weeks ago) also got our first car here. I mean my Wife had a car before, but since we're together, that's our first. It is a tiny 20 years old car that belonged to my in-laws. They gave us for free and we just had to pay for the Shaken (¥100.000). We can go a little further than we used to with trains. But time and money still keep us pretty close to Osaka or the Kansai area. Can't wait for your next adventures !

Very cool, congrats on the purchase. I remember seeing the Japanese car auction process on Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson was very confused. As for ideas with the new car. Make Chris Broad pull it along with you and Chris inside it while shouting abuse/words of encouragement.

Congratulations on your new car! Might be best to remove the D shackles on the bumper when you're not using them. If they swing and chip the paint, it'll rust. (If they don't swing that far then never mind this comment.)

from a life-long Wrangler owner to a new one: CONGRATULATIONS! you're going to have so much fun with it! edit: I work on my own wrangler (soon to be plural!) so I'm always happy to chime in with help if I can. I've been born and raised and lived into my adulthood with Jeeps, so Jeep people might be an understatement on me, haha.

so excited for this! Hope the car has a name

Looking forward to discovery videos out of the beaten paths!!! ✌️

Wow. Years ago i watched your Vietnam Videos. Great to see that you are still active.

I love van life in Japan! Amazing country for it. Although the Jeep is awesome it’s abit more limited on some if the smaller narrow roads around the place

You're looking terrific. Hope you have heaps of fun with the new wheels.

I just bought a jeep and it's a 2019 wrangler rubicon unlimited. It's amazing.

Congratulations, Hannah. So happy and excited for you. She’s gorgeous. All the best from the mountains of Nagano! ⛰

As a car guy, nice to see some nice unexpected car content on this channel haha!

Nice Car, congratulations! Kind of funny to see You speaking about car stuff, same content as I´m used to see from ALBO and SAMMIT ;) Have fun!

Hannah I’m so excited for you. Please do a video review on the roof top tent. Hubby and I are toying with the idea but we are not as young as you 🤭 Also, I’m a real scaredy-cat with heights so I need to know if I will freak out. I will be waiting on your opinion 😆 Sending love from Australia ❤

omg please take it to northern honshu! * fingers crossed* CONGRATS xx

Terrific news ! From your last vlog , it sounded like your future was uncertain. Having a winch is a great idea , but would also consider a pair of quality traction boards. John Laub of #OnlyInJapan vlogged his experience in getting a driver's license - a definite ordeal especially the driving portion. When time permits , practice changing a tire that includes accounting for the needed tools. Having a air compressor / battery jump might be a future consideration. Excited to see the many upcoming vlogs where your new wheels takes you !