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IrelandMonet McMichael begins her Japan series with a leap of faith
Riffie joins the ten-day trip, whose opening episode takes them from Los Angeles to a nighttime Tokyo check-in.
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JAPAN VLOG 🍡✨♡⭐️🍵 (exploring Tokyo, trying the BEST food, shopping in harajuku, geisha glam!!+ pt.1)
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- 0:27Monet opens with reflections on self-discovery and introduces the project as a leap of faith.
- 1:25A trip-preview montage includes Nara's deer, a kimono, city streets and drift cars.
- 4:23Monet and Riffie get food in Los Angeles before taking their luggage to LAX.
- 10:48Final boarding calls send the pair rushing through the terminal for their Tokyo flight.
- 14:39Kyle welcomes them to 1 Hotel Tokyo before Monet reveals the nighttime view and orders room service.
- 18:49Kyle returns with their luggage and tells Monet he recognizes her videos.
Monet McMichael packs five suitcases and two backpacks with Riffie for Japan, but the baggage isn't the real introduction. Before the airport comes an introspective opening about travel and self-discovery. "This new project is my leap of faith," she says.
Her only upload this week launches a travel series with a montage of kimono dressing, Nara's deer and drift cars, then rewinds to the journey itself. There is lounge time, a last-call rush to board and, eventually, room service above Tokyo. At the hotel, staff member Kyle recognizes Monet from Instagram, giving the arrival a small, personal connection far from home.
The opening sequence is a recurring topic in the comments: viewers pick out the editing and music, discuss watching the new format on a television and suggest names for the series. Others return to Kyle's recognition moment or ask for more of Riffie.
The Japan vlog has reached roughly 76,000 views and accounts for about half the channel's daily viewing right now. The previous home vlog, with a bestie sleepover and newly delivered living-room furniture, is the next most active upload. It's a neat change of scenery: from finally having somewhere to sit at home to settling into a hotel across the world.
Subscribers held steady, while daily views are running below Monet's usual pace. Among similarly sized vlog channels, Amber Alexander and Kenzie Bree had much larger viewing weeks; Brooke Miccio had a smaller weekly total, though her daily viewing is above her usual level. For Monet, the week's new chapter is unmistakably the travel series, introduced before she even reaches the departure gate.
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Girl... that 4-minute intro was absolutely beautiful. The editing, the creativity- this is why I have and will continue to root for you, as you deserve everything you have worked towards. You are soaring!
@ivanka.santiagoSee it on YouTubeOh … issa whole different format. Lemme prompt this upppppp on the TV !!! Cinema !!! ❤
@AngieSmiles123See it on YouTubeThat intro….INSANEEEEE
From the song choice to the editing, it was everything. So fun, so creative… I’m SAT for this series!@kassidyhamptonSee it on YouTube
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Wait but what if you name this series something like An Ahnest World or Living Ahnesti. A play on honest and honestly 🫣
@skylarolinger1990See it on YouTubeThat intro gave me full body chills THIS IS ART and so vulnerable.
@Msdeanna.angelaSee it on YouTubeMonet seriously. You have created such a beautiful vlog that is so different then what everyone else is doing. I love YouTube so much this is so refreshing! I loved it so much
@alexiadiego4858See it on YouTubeMONET THIS IS REAL CINEMA!!! IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS NEW CHAPTER. LOVE YOU GIRL!
@naturallyles5972See it on YouTubeThe way that the intro made me so emotional 😭 you have & always will be my favorite influencer. you live such a beautiful life & i thank you for the gentle remember that i also do too. 💐
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- Monet McMichael
- Subscribers
- 453,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 122,905
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 76,098
- Views on its first day
- 31,161
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Who accompanies Monet on the Japan trip?
Riffie travels with Monet from Los Angeles to Tokyo in the opening episode.