Again, thank you for the greetings! 本当にありがとうございました。
Northern Japan certainly isn't as active or complex from a roadgeek's perspective as the Kanto or Kansai areas, but the scenery is great.
Thanks for checking out my videos, that article about the "hidden" routes of Shinjuku was an interesting read for me- I'll have to check them out when I go up to Tokyo.