Japanese YouTube and Variety Recommendations

A lot of people have asked me “I want to watch more Japanese shows, but I don’t know what to watch…?”

So hopefully you can try some of these channels or shows. You can watch almost all of these on YouTube especially if you search in the name in Japanese. (These are just the shows I like. There are a million more out there to be honest though.)

I watch these most of these shows because I like them, NOT specifically for studying. In order to truly understand Japanese conversation imo, you have to make it part of your everyday routine. You have to stop separating the two (like this is my native language time and that is my Japanese time).

YouTube

Japanese Learning
*日本語と旅 / Nihongo to Tabi
*Japanese Ammo with Misa
*日本語の森 / Nihongo no Mori
*Nihongo SWITCH
*Riki Nihongo Dayo (N2)
*KemushiChan
*TokuyuuTV
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Polyglot Language Learning
*Olly Richards
*Lindie Botes

Food
*HOWELL vlog (no talking)
*東京カフェちゃんねる
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Lifestyle Vlog
*Miku / 未来
*Haruka
*kiryeong (Korean office worker living in Tokyo)
*nao (no talking)
*camy vlog (no talking)
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Celebrity / Idol Variety Channels
*SixTONES channel
*ジャニーズJr.チャンネル
*神木隆之介Official
*ヒカル (don’t watch, but he is a huge Japanese influencer)

Variety Shows

Travel
*世界の果てまでイッテQ (ItteQ)

Game / Quiz Show
*VS嵐
*オオカミ少年

Pranks
* モニタリング
*ドッキリGP

I know it’s a lot, but maybe you can have some fun watching these.

I will keep adding to this list!