Japanese SPEED WRAPPING Gift Experience ★ ONLY in JAPAN

Before the season of giving comes the season of wrapping and in Japan, they do it fast! Speed wrapping is part of the culture when shopping but what might surprise you the most is how Japanese UNWRAP! In this episodes we'll visit Ginza's Mitsukoshi to see how they do it. Before that, we visit the fastest mochi shop in Osaka and maybe the world, Kiyasu Sohonten where they can wrap a gift in 13 seconds with ribbon.
Before Japan used wrapping paper, they used cloth called Furoshiki. To make gifts special, they still use Furoshiki today and we'll visit Karakasaya in Nigyocho. Finally, we'll head to Yoku Moku in Omotesando, Tokyo for some Speed Wrapping training and techniques from professional gift wrappers.

Thank you to Minori Maeda, CEO of Yuibito for her expertise in wrapping and her amazing attention to detail. We learned so much from her.

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⚠️ Filming without a mask at Mitsukoshi Ginza was done before opening hours and with a permit for this episode. Shoppers need to wear a mask when visiting Mitsukoshi. Thank you for understanding :)

00:00 Start
01:00 Speed Wrapping in Osaka
02:06 Serve Customers Fast
03:09 Ginza Shopping Street
04:01 Mitsukoshi Wrapping Techniques
05:48 History of Wrapping in Japan
06:13 Furoshika, Cloth Wrapping
07:53 How Japanese Wrap Gifts
09:58 Barrier Free Wrapping
11:01 Cookie Shop Wrapping
12:04 Speed Wrapping Challenge
13:50 Unwrapping: Japanese Don't Rip Paper!

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[halfey]

Speed is one thing but doing it with such precision and accuracy is really impressive.

[Der_Kleine_Mann]

I once ordered a gaming controller from Japan. When the package arrived, I was blown away by the level of skill and perfectionism by which the package was wrapped, and all the stickers were put on so nice and clean. I kept it, because it's so beautiful. Never seen anything like it before.

[saba-mizuni]

非常にクオリティの高い映像です 内容、映像、編集、どれをとっても素晴らしいです。

[resting_mantis]

This is one country which generates love and respect through even small things it does. Love everything Japanese !

[alanfarrugia]

It all revolves around respect. The wrapping is an expression of thankfulness towards the customer, and value is added to the gift through the effort in wrapping meticulously. I experienced this when I bought a tie, which was the last one available and donned to a manequine. It was meticulously steam pressed, folded and wrapped to perfection, that I felt almost guilty when I came to wear it. Not to mention that I got into the shop close to the closing time, and still the salesman took his time to attend. Then the final straw which blew my expectations off was when he escorted me on my way out of the shop while holding the bag, and then handing over to me at the door, all inclusive with the typical cordial bow!

[muji-rushi]

Finally, the Japanese Department store got a spotlight!! It looks like a museum, right? I used to work there. So much work and knowledge for selling products. Should be proud of the World which this culture still exist! Thank you for taking nice way! Most Japanese workers are really putting hearts into their work!

[patriciaromero]

I remember my mother brought me a gift from her trip to japan, it was so beautifully wrapped that i went very slowly to maintain its shape, took the gift out and put back together the wrapping paper, used it as a decoration in my home for a long time.

[cococho]

YES!!! PAPER IS PART OF GIFT, IN EUROPE WE ALSO KEEP OUR GIFT PAPER AND OPEN IT WITH RESPECT. I WAS SHOCKED IN NORTH AMERICA HOW THEY HAVE NO MANNERS FOR SO MANY THINGS, including gift wrapping, unwrapping, availability of supply for this industry etc. Thank you for wonderful video, I learned about left side for funeral gifts.

[KaligarPrimus]

Thank you for this. You actually showed where I bought my first chopsticks as a child, when I was 8yrs old in the 60. I fell in love with Japan as a child and it has never left my heart. Again thank you for this video.

[DRC]

I never would have thought that a video about gift wrapping would be so interesting.

[mattiemathis]

I really like that it’s more about the sentiment than monetary value. That’s pretty cool.

[kimberlypatton]

This is how I have always wrapped gifts since I was a teen and started doing Origami. It is a sense of pride in the precision you develop in what you are doing that compels your perfection . It is sort a a personal challenge to do small jobs with excellence that leads gradually and gently to doing things that you thought you could not… a sense of orderliness in controlling and manifesting the best you can.

[dean]

I think the Japanese people took their job seriously. No matter the job, from janitor to ceo, their job is basically their life. From the Day in. A Life Series, you can totally see rhw discipline of the Japanese people. So it's no wonder that gift wrapping job are a thing in Japan.

[TheWanderingWife]

I LOVE Mitsukoshi! I try to go every time I’m in Japan, and the customer service there is amazing!

[rikiamaru]

I think japanese has talent to make art out of everything, amazing

[jackraglin]

I’ve been to Japan six times and I have never appreciated the significance of wrapping until now. This was a real eye-opener for me and the next time I had a fortune to be in Japan I will pay much closer attention and give more appreciation to the importance of wrapping.

[charleshoy]

I am retired from a Japanese Auto maker in Ohio. (Wink wink). In 2014 I had the honor of a quick trip to Japan for (10) days. From Utsunomiya, to Suzuka with a side trip to Kyoto. I had worked with this company for 35 years and was always fascinated with the Japen culture. I was so impressed with the cleanliness of all areas in Japan and how courteous all of the people are. I never felt unsafe in my travels and was thoroughly impressed with Kyoto and the age and architecture of the temples. Yosh!

[dawnyofthelight]

Not only is it quite impressive but every package is become so beautiful

[traceycrawford]

The Japanese people have much to teach the world. Especially about hard work and RESPECT.

[BROUBoomer]

My mother and her sister took gift wrapping to a whole new level back in the 1960's when I was a child. Seeing this reminds me of them. I was also taught to carefully open presents to save the paper to reuse it. Mother loved expensive paper, and reusing it was important, we couldn't afford it otherwise. We're Americans of English decent, but now I'm wondering if there's a Japanese person somewhere in our ancient ancestors that taught our family the importance of giftwrapping and reusing the paper. I was raised by my divorced mother alone, there wasn't expensive gifts under the tree, but you'd never know it by how beautiful the presents were wrapped. Mother always gave me a pair of scissors to carefully cut the tape to save the paper. I swear I think that one piece of silver gift wrap she had been reusing since the 60's, through the 80's. And that's one of the things I love about my mother. 👵✌️🖖