Cinematic narration
Longer, quieter pieces — a place, a story, and a voice over the top. The ones people send to a friend.
Japan, every week — 日本
We fell in love with Japan.
Now we show people why.
Tanoshi Scout is a Japan-focused content brand. Cinematic narration videos, memes and discoveries about the food, the history, the anime, and the everyday details that make the place work the way it does.
650,000+
views in the last 30 days
Across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook.
Figure as of October 2026.
What we make
Three ways of pointing at something great.
Memes and short-form
The fast, funny side of Japan. Culture shock, vending machines, and the things nobody warns you about.
Discoveries
Places worth the detour — food, neighbourhoods, shrines, arcades, and spots that never make a guidebook.
What we cover
All of it, honestly.
Japan is deep enough to cover for years without repeating yourself. These are the threads we keep pulling on.
Tanoshi Scout Studio
日本のビジネスを、世界へ。
海外のお客様に届く英語コンテンツを制作します。動画、SNS、英語での情報発信まで。 日本の魅力を知っている海外チームが、海外の視点でお手伝いします。
Japanese businesses, reaching an international audience.
We make English-language content for Japanese companies, creators and local businesses who want to be found by international visitors and customers — video, social, and promotion written the way English speakers actually search and share.
English promotion video
英語のプロモーション動画
Short-form and cinematic video introducing your business, product or town to an English-speaking audience.
Social and digital marketing
SNS・デジタルマーケティング
Content built for the platforms international visitors actually use, in the format each one rewards.
Reaching international visitors
海外からの訪問者へ
Guides, listings and written promotion that help people find you before they arrive in Japan.
Who we work with — tourism boards and local government, hotels and ryokan, restaurants and food brands, attractions, creators, and Japanese companies expanding into English-speaking markets. 観光団体・自治体、ホテル・旅館、飲食店、観光施設、クリエイター、海外進出を目指す企業の皆様へ。
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Tell us about your business.
お気軽にご相談ください。日本語でのお問い合わせも歓迎します。
No cost to enquire, and you can write in Japanese or English — whichever is easier.
Who's behind it
Hi, I'm Rick.
I'm a husband and a father of three, and a few years ago Japan got hold of me and never really let go. What started as a trip became a habit — reading about it, cooking it, watching it, planning the next time.
Tanoshi Scout came out of wanting to share that with people who feel the same pull but haven't been yet. So we make videos about it: the history, the anime, the food, the small social details that make the place work the way it does. Not as an expert — as someone genuinely delighted by it, pointing at things and saying look at this.
The studio side grew out of the same thing. Once you spend enough time explaining Japan to an English-speaking audience, you learn what lands and what gets scrolled past — and that turns out to be useful to Japanese businesses trying to be found by people like our viewers.
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