One VERY Confusing Food Ordering Ticket Machine | James May: Our Man In Japan | Prime Video
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- Who knew it would be this confusing to order a bowl of noodles? Was the ticket really that necessary?
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James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He’ll see the sights, meet the locals, and eat the noodles in a bid to truly understand the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Please , can you tell me the name of the music and 2:45 ? Please
"orange things are hot"
*points at 'chocolate ice cream' button*
😂😂is that what it says?
@@ratanakuddamchea1365 チョコソフト, choco-soft(cream), you're absolutely spot-on🤣
(tho the red buttons also do coffee that did not stating hot or cold, as well as curry bun, which doesn't make sense if served ice-cold😂
is it really what he did, can you read the symbols? Cause if so it will be twice as funny!!!!!
@@georgemuriuki7285
top pinks are rice, 6 is normal, 1 is XL size
top blues are Ramen ラーメン or char-siu (ramen) チャーシュー
greens are Soba noodles そば
yellows are curry rices or normal rice
the bottom blues are specials of this restaurant, which includes ramen and rice
reds are confections, like coffee, ice cream, croquettes
@@georgemuriuki7285 He's basically using drinks vending machine logic; red for hot drinks and blue for chilled, and assuming it applies here.
When I used this machine for the first time in Tokyo train station I selected extra everything I can for the one bowl of ramen I ordered. Which actually cost more than buying another bowl of the same ramen itself. I was curious to see how these things would fit in one bowl. However everything came in separate small bowls including the extra noodles. I was hungry after almost 12 hours of flight and train travel so I quickly finished everything and still want another bowl. The owner asked me if I enjoyed the noodles. I said yes, that's why I still want to buy another one. He said he figured it out when he saw the tickets I ordered, he want to welcome me to Tokyo and thank me for enjoying his food, so he gave me the next bowl of ramen i want to buy for free😃
That's so wholesome of that owner
Japan really is on another level of civility.
“And now everything is ok because I have a bowl of noodles.” - James May, 2020
He is right though...
That's so true
"And now everything is ok because I have a bowl of noodles" - Me, whenever I have a bowl of noodles
Great news
That's an _entire mood_
I STILL want to see that full 6 minutes of how they figured it out
I must say, that is quick. It took him an hour to work out how to start a tractor, and that's as far as he got there.
It'd be something like he asked them and they used broken English and or pointing at pictures and then he probably said the word "ramen" because that's what he wanted and then they gestured to where the ramen buttons are and then he picked one at random and got what he got, but it was tasty anyway. That's always been my experience there 😂
You can see in the fast forward footage that some girl that was waiting behind him gave them instructions
James is like the only person on earth I would like to watch work that out for 6 minutes 😂
@@jcgabriel1569 What episode was this ?
Hey Bim, guess what.
Bim
MMMM MMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Noodle eating gets me excited!
HAHAHAHA this will be engraved on his headstone.... ive come across it on every james may related video
Looool!!!
"You used a note that's too large."
"The beans and sausages of the orient" profound words there James.
Profound yet out of touch and politically incorrect in the 21st century.
In 2021, the word "Orient" for Japan is ignorant and reductive.
@@iaf010 No it is not. Saying "orient" is basically just like saying "the north" or "arabia".
@@varisware "orient" literally means "east" doesn't it?
I hope James does more travel shows. This one was perfect!
james may in russia
@@artski09He could break Putin's house, as far as I'm concerned.
The google translate app is amazing. You point your camera at the words and they magically change into English on your screen.
Most of the time!
Exactly
@dangerous at any speed most of the time. If the text is really small, is quite pixelated (especially on older/small LCD screens) or is sloppily handwritten, the app will generally flake out.
Though at the very least you still have the handwritten input fallback, however slow it may be
@@xureality Most of the time is still better than none of the time.
@@thelastdadonearth yep, i use it a lot hence why i know its limitations. was replying to another comment above who says it works all the time, because it doesn't.
James is the best host for non-car stuffs among the three
That doesn’t say much but I agree.
0:09 one of the most beautiful shots I've ever seen....
With the machine, it saves them from hiring a waiter & a cashier. And the machine prints double like a movie ticket so half for the merchant copy as a food order, and half for the customer as a receipt.
Looking at what James ate, now I missed that one divine tomato cheese ramen I ate at a tiny bar in Tokyo last winter. :(
Exactly. Can't believe he was complaining about it, when it makes it easier for any staff to know what you've paid for.
@@Ruylopez778 The thing is there is still a guy who takes the ticket and redirects you to another counter
@@romainsavioz5466 Depends where you go. In a small restaurant, you give it to the people who are making and serving the food. They don't have to deal with money.
@@Ruylopez778 yeah I know but there is a guy which is a bit useless
Delusional
May is so interesting, genuinely. I wish he were featured in more programs like this!! I'd love to see more.
It deserves a second season.
Been roaming Japan for 10 years, it never gets old... love to visit the place.
“Welcome to Hokkaido, May. Your target is one Yuki Yamuzaki and one Erich Soders...”
"You should learn Japanese. Very easy." - Hattori Hanzo
Nice Kill Bill reference
The language isn't hard - but the writing system IS.
@@qwadratix I'm just making a joke from a movie. Chill out.
@@diobrando482 I'm just making a comment about the language. Don't be so defensive.
@@qwadratix the written language isnt hard, but the grammar is
But Google Translate with the camera makes it work. I paused 0:46 and it figured out words like "bento" "beef" "pork"
I love playing with those machines when i was studying in Japan. All of my classmates that i met there will only go to shops with that machines coz it was fascinating to operate with and the price was much more reasonable. And now some machines are more digitize but operates almost the same way.
James May - the most interesting boring guy ever...
He is literally the most interesting boring guy ever. Like, he seems boring but if you sit down and listen to him, you actually get drawn in lol.
I do love May, though. He is like a really chill, intelligent Uncle that comes over with war stories and how it's made stories.
Hello Jeremy Clarkson
Asia has a lot of brilliant implementations.
In this case, the ticket machine does a lot of things. It prevents any potential shady employees from being able to pocket or steal the money. Also, it is more hygienic as money is VERY dirty and full of germs. This means none of the staff need to touch the money. And the ticket doubles up as a receipt which you then use to collect your order.
Another example is how South Korean restaurants have these buzzers that allow you to call for the waiter. It's amazing that it's not become a standard feature in all restaurants around the world. Once you know it exists, it's completely bonkers why it's only prevalent in Korea
If the machine can message the chefs directly what you ordered and the staff can deliver the ramen to the table without all the middle bits then it would be perfect.
Also the newer ones have touch screens and english language options. Though it's probably quite rare to find the english option outside tourist/buisness areas.
"it's more hygienic to have everyone touch the same machine" ok weeb
East Asia seems designed for introverts
More jobless people incoming
It might look weird when just one person in the queue but when bus loads stop there or you are at a ski resort restaurant at lunchtime its actually fast and super efficient.
This is such a great series. I hope he does more of these in other countries.
I'm watching the series and it's lovely
Excellent series, I loved my time in Japan
Why do I love to watch everything that James makes?
I actually see where he's coming from... a little exaggerated but I found those machines to be highly convenient... and the symbols matches what's on the menu... it's like solving a puzzle.
So wholesome.
2:34 lovely food
Best bit of tv for a long time... more
We need more of james may travelling
Honestly wish we had stuff like this in North America. Sometimes you want a nice meal from a restaurant by yourself but you don't wanna deal with servers. Its either do the song and dance at a restaurant or go get fast food. Why cant we have both?
Agreed
Plenty of places (like Panera) have it so you pick up your own food at a counter, or are given one of those buzzer things so you know when to go get the food.
Or you could just deal with your anti-social personality
I remember I put a 10,000 yen note into a machine at a Ramen shop in Tokyo and it didn't register as 10,000 but as 100 yen. Lucky the staff helped me get my money back and gave me some of the best Ramen. In my instance there was pictures of the food you were ordering.
Once you get used to it, the ticket machine is actually pretty easy to use
Sometimes technology makes itself redundant and this is a classic example. The best reasoning for having it I’ve found is not to hire a cashier/ and waiter. Which makes no sense because you still talk directly to the chef, and stand infront of the food being prepped with contact with those prepping and literally serving it to you, the only thing the Machine does is give you back your change quicker, which of course is a null achievement when you’ve a 5 step situation just to order, when no matter how you try to explain why it’s better you simply cannot say it’s easier than verbally ordering. It doesn’t save time. It’s overly complicated, it’s region specific and you won’t find one locally for all the right reasons
You're forgetting that all the machines also automatically process transactions for the business. In the long run, it just IS feasible for companies to not have to train/hire cashiers. Moreover, most local customers, by that point, would have already be familiarized with the system, so lines probably go by quicker than verbal ordering.
It absolutely saves time when there's lots of customers, especially if they aren't foreigners followed by a camera crew that either cleared the place or went during a lull. It's designed to be faster at scale, and no it is not region specific, places all over the world are already trying out stuff like this. Japan just happens to be ahead of the rest of us.
His narration on the ticket and the man..................hillarious!!!!!!
Don't know what James was complaining about. Order at a machine, go to one person who confirms the order, next person/window pick up the order when its ready. Isn't that the same as a McDonald's drive thru?
there’s a language barrier
He wasn't complaining. james just points out the obvious to the viewers. the way he explains it is comedic
James sir u had done so many travel shows,this is the so Nice
that bowl of ramen looks heavenly
The menu item numbers do indeed match and so do the prices, I think he just mixed and matched item number with price somehow.
I can share the same issues when i was in tokyo, they didn’t have photos so we just randomly pressed whatever we saw
It was great
Playing food roulette is indeed fun.
this reminds me of that ron white coupins stand up bit.
I love the Toyota prado you're driving even though we only get as 8 years Olds here in kenya.
the translate app from google helped me here haha.. i like how small their "receipts" are
japan is renowned for making simple things complicated
I speak Japanese and it takes me more than 6 min to decide what to eat... because everything is delicious!
"It is all written in kanji"
*proceeds to show a menu where most items are in hiragana and katakana*
James isn't a linguist. How is he supposed to know?
Weeb
@@SoufianeSaidi Oh no, they have some knowledge of a foreign language.
@@imperialspy3457 Weeb
weeb
I can watch anything with Jamed May in it
Now I want to go to japan
Food vending machines fascinated me in Japan. One stands out, a plastic sachet of baby squid, so fresh, they were still moving...
😂😂😂been there ... done that !
i know how to make okonomiyaki its like pancake but with noodles cabbege and panko breadcrumbs and spring onions and for topping Worcester source and mayo
Do Italy next!
..."In face shattering, freezing Hokkaido"...😂🤣😂
I was curious to see how well google translate (lens app) would work on this even capturing from a still video at 0:55, the first yellow button (top left) translates as "curry rice".
Let me help you James:
1. kakudaijou (I think): great serving . 2 miso Ramen . 3 Shoyu (Soy sauce) Ramen . 4 Shio (Salt) Ramen
6. Raisu (Rice) . 7 Miso Chashu . 8 Shoyu Chashu . 9 Salt Chashu
12 Kake Soba(basic soup I believe) . 13 kaki something soba (sorry, really can't see the Kanji well) . 14 Sansai (Wild plant) Soba . 15 Katsu (meat croquette) curry
16 Curry Rice . 17 Ebifurai (fried prawns) curry . 18 Katsu Set . 19 Katsu Don (Don is a small bowl filled with rice and the croquette on top). 20 Mini Katsu Curry
21 Omuhayashi Rice (I suspect it's bamboo, hayashi means grove or small forest) . 22 Fatty Cow Don . 23 Grilled Cow Don . 24 Pork Don . 25 Mini Katsu Bentou (takeout meal)
26 Vinegar Chicken Don . 27 Bottohiri (I expect that essentially means "Super") Spicy (Red or White) Ramen . 30 Mini Ramen
For the rest, I'm gonna need an 4K TV, and better glasses.
21. “Hayashi rice” is a corrupted version of Hashed rice, referring to hashed beef rice. Basically replace beef stroganoff with demi-glauce and tomato sauce and add onions.
Mr Bim, it's all straight forward. You order your dish from the machine, it gives you a ticket, the man took half of the ticket and the other half is like your receipt with your food order number on it. All you had to do after the man handed back half of your ticket is to wait for your number to be called. Simple.
i was waiting for him to comment something about the new land cruiser prado. :(
店員さん日本語容赦なくて好き😂
whats up with the background erhu music playing in japan lmao
I like this system. Employees don't have to handle money. Customers don't have to deal with an annoying waiter or anything. Just buy your ticket. get your food. simple.
i liked this one!
Had this exact experience in Japan haha
Once, the Chef came up to me to the maschine and could only say spicy and egg, so I took a spicy Ramen with egg.
"The numbers don't match up!"
Yeah I'm pretty sure those are the prices.
E. Andrews ye he was trying to see if the pictures were products on the other thing
no he meant the numbers like "27" and "33", which I can guarantee aren't prices in yen unless it's the cheapest restaurant in the known universe.
Actually, the number on the board and picture does match with the machine.
This is the best Series fucking ever!
Nice
That machine is introverts dream
This series needs to be brought back, May in another location
James May: Our Man In Bhutan
Ah yes the ticket machines...
Ate at a curry restaurant (one of those fast food sort of type) in Osaka and was lucky they had a card sticking next to the machine with English translation. The card was however translated by google...
Another time we went into a similar shop with ramen and they had pictures on it with numbers. So all around lucky I never got to see the text only type of thing.
Name of this show?
It’s interesting that the “too big” more was ¥5,000, which is actually not a very common note to see. ¥1,000 and ¥10,000 are far more common.
But, as you can see on the machine, the largest it took was 2000.
Maybe things have changed in the last 3 years but 5000 notes aren't at all uncommon, especially if you're paying with 10,000s at cash reigsters... You'd probably get an odd look if you're tried paying with a 100 dollar note for something worth $20 in the US, but they don't bat an eye in Japan paying with the largest denomination.
thats a self-driving car?! 3:01
Tesla wants to know your location
@Amazon prime video what is the name of the music in this scene
That bowl of noodles looks just the ticket.
is it only me that think jame may is very wholesom
"the orange things are hot" *points to chocolate ice cream* X-D
The machine is so they don't need to have a cashier to handle people ordering, or at least offload that work. You give the ticket to the counter and wait for them to call you up and give the other half of the ticket to them as proof that you were that one that ordered it.
"you cant read any of it because its written in kanji"
*camera proceeds to show signs that are just japanese and not just kanji*
Oh gee
I came here to make the same comment and checked it anyone else had already done so!
To be fair, the machine did state 1000 and 2000 yen bills and 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen coins to the left of the bill slot but James stuffed a 5000 yen bill in it. I remember the first time I used one of those machines, my biggest concern was to make sure that I wasn't causing a queue to form behind me while I figured it out but I did like the challenge. 26 years later and I still can't read 98% of what's there but I still do like the challenge.
Anyone know what the song at 0:29 is?
James comparing ramen with beans and sausages...🤣🤣🤣🤣
Use the camera function of google translate.
Every time I see people having difficult to read, I was shouting at the screen USE GOOGLE TRNASLATE FOR GODSAKE!
But I realize it’s a tv show. They have proper translator at the back but it would spoil the story.
I'm still waiting for someone to come close to Bill Murray in the hospital waiting area, but this was cute.
Comparing a complicated, layered dish like ramen with beans and sausages feels like comparing a Toyota Century with a Reliant Robin.
0:30 Interesting...many Brits and Germans come to Spain and I wonder if their heads are hollow.
Speaking for most, we have no idea what you are talking about. The parking?
Are these series as good as these clips? Or are they highligts of an episode?
For those who want to know, James ordered Miso Ramen.
Well, sitting on my sofa I just paused the video and used Google lens on my Android phone to completely translate the whole menu. Travelling to completely new places has never been so easy
Used google lens to read the signs....didnt even make sense XD
Most of the upper limit that can be used at vending machines is 1000 yen
It is convenient to exchange 1000 yen bills for travel to Japan
Holy fuck I was in Hokito in March, near Obihiro
That's a mighty bowl of ramen
Google image scanner! Lol...it translates images as your camera is on. Easy peasy! That plus you can have Google translator speak for you, as well.
His old man hair looks like throw momma from the train. Ha ha ha ha
I just watched ep 1
Why he didnt use google translate app? Or is it forbidden for Amazon workers to use it?
*Kanji, Hiragana & Katakana* Katakana is easier because when you convert them into letters, it will sound out a similar foreign word such as: (in romaji after converting) メール (meeru) email spoken like mairu or mail
Funny, for some reason I find hiragana easier to read. Maybe it's because it's more curvy and appealing.
@@ocarinajourney5374 Yeah I find some Katakana a little too similar to each other sometimes like シ and ツ looking super similar in certain fonts. Hiragana looks more distinctive so I remember them better.
I would of watched 10 minutes of James silently eating a bowl of ramen
I know exactly how he feels, you can eat cheaply from those machines........if you know what you're doing!