Exciting New Hobby Growing In Japan

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Moss viewing is picking up steam in Japan, where individuals get together to view…moss. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. Why do you think moss viewing is taking off? What does this say about the differences between Japanese and American culture? Let us know in the comments below. Read more here: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/27/national/moss-viewing-trips-catching-on-among-women/#.VbfYVxNVhBd "One day in June, a group of 17 people, mostly women wearing colorful outfits, got together at a scenic lakeside area at the foot of Mount Kita-Yatsugatake in Nagano Prefecture. Instead of using binoculars to look at the panorama around them, these people were gazing downward with the aid of a loupe, sometimes crawling around on their hands and knees. They were captivated by the colonies of moss growing in the area, known as a “green carpet.” *** Get The Young Turks Mobile App Today! Download the iOS version here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-young-turks/id412793195?ls=1&mt=8 Download the Android version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tyt Go to https://www.naturebox.com/tyt for a free trial and help us out while snacking out!

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Cenk, as a journalist you should bother to examine shintoism via cursory visit to wikipedia.

I think this have to do with the extremely hectic lives people live in Japan and that this moss watching is another way to wind down.

well moss can be really pretty

I actually like moss and plants :3 Maybe that makes me weird! :D

Is it just me, or does the background-image looks like a HD minecraft villager between the "E" and the "A"?!? xD

Japan is soooooo tiny and all concrete they have to find something-anything to entertain themselves!

Don't knock it if you haven't tried it

If you think Baseball is slow, then you haven't seen 5 day test match Cricket.

Americans work alot more on average than the japanese. .

Just another video showing the ignorance and arrogance of Americans than reflecting something interesting about a foreign culture. Happens virtually every time TYT talks about an Asian country. Uggghhhhh...

Moss is fascinating and beautiful, I don`t get what is so funny or weird about people excited about life and biology

Good for them. Better than driving around with a Go-Pro filming the police because there are no problems with the police in Japan. Who has the more civilized society?

Moss is actually a great plant if you are ever in need of water it holds a bit of it and can make a poor-man's filter to purify some more. Are you not amazed now ?!

In all seriousness it sounds more like it is an excuse to meet up for most of them, and then there is that guy who probably took a detour by the magic mushrooms.

There is a great appreciation of nature in Japan. Nearly EVERY weekend will find middle sized to large groups taking walks to explore the local plants and other living things. It would be nice if the U.S. would adopt this practice.

I hope one of my old friends, Dr. Moss, would enjoy my moss garden and this video.

We have a moss covered forest of our own in teh North Cascades National Park. Moss may grow slow, but it makes me appreciate it more when it gets here.

i guarantee you that the mass majority of japanese people dont care about moss viewing or havent even heard of moss viewing

More like "get back to your rhizoids."

It's as funny as a atheist in the US using money that says "In God We Trust"

cenk, you fucking jack ass, they're not watching moss GROW. they're touring a NATIONAL PARK! we have parks in florida where people go see a SWAMP, or national forests to look at TREES, or geysers, or stone arches, or a big canyon, or sea shores, or manatees, or whales spouting!! so fuck you cenk!