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Tokyo to Takasaki – A Perfect Day Trip Adventure

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Tokyo to Takasaki – A Perfect Day Trip Adventure

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Wow.

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>> Looks really good.

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>> And yours?

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>> And mine is

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from

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the sugar is inside with the

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>> nice packaging.

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>> Wasabi.

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>> Wasabi.

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>> And oh, we see some

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chicken rice.

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>> Chicken chicken rice. All right, let's

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try it.

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>> And mine. No,

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>> yours doesn't.

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>> It's yours.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Important. All right.

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>> So, what was the name of this

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shinkansen? It goes all the way to

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Nigata.

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>> Joinkansen. It goes all the way to

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the destination.

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>> So, on the way this Shinkansen stops

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some point. So, today we are going to

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Guma Prefecture Takasaki. Takasaki.

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Takasaki city.

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>> Yeah, let's explore Takasiki today.

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Takasaki in Kuma

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and very beautiful sunny day today.

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>> It's going.

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>> Okay.

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>> How is it?

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>> Yeah, it's cold because this is bento

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>> lunch box. You have to buy it before the

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you get on the train.

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But it's made to be eaten as cold rice.

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>> Look how delicious.

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Wow.

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All right, let me try this.

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>> Let me try this.

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>> All right, we we arrived at Takasaki

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station now. Takasaki

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and this Shinkansen goes all the way to

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Nigata.

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All right, we are in Takasaki Station,

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Gumma Prefecture.

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>> Yay.

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>> So, have you been to Takasaki before?

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>> No, first time.

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>> First time. Yeah. And it's a very nice

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day. Today, we're going to go and

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explore Takasaki in Unwa. Let's go.

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>> So, first we will stop by the near spot

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where we can enjoy sightseeing of the

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Takasaki city. Just go straight from the

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station west side.

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>> All right.

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>> We're going to see some uh attraction in

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Takasaki.

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>> Just came from uh

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Shinkansen station from Tokyo. It takes

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only less than 1 hour. All right. We are

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at where? Where is this place?

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>> Kakasaki.

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>> Kakasaki Ward office. City office.

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>> City Hall.

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>> Yeah. And then we're going to go on the

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top. And apparently there's a really

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nice view of the city from here. Let's

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go.

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All right. We're going to go to

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21st floor.

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>> Oh, there's a restaurant.

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>> There's a restaurant.

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Yeah, it's just a city office.

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>> Yeah, but they have this observation and

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restaurant on top of it which is unique.

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>> All right, very quick.

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Oh, here

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the restaurant area.

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Oh, you can get the view here.

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>> Oh, very cool.

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>> Wow.

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>> Very nice weather today.

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>> Autumn leaves.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Very beautiful the view of

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>> city.

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There's a nice river over there.

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So, you can get the really nice view of

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the whole city.

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>> Yes. Second free observation deck on top

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of this building.

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>> Don't sleep.

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>> Don't sleep.

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>> So do not sleep here.

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>> Yeah. Do not sleep here.

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>> Wow.

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>> So that place that tree

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>> I took a picture earlier.

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>> Oh, you took there.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Wow. So it's it's really nice. It's very

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cool view and it's free on top of ward

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office. Old gate is over there.

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>> Oh,

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>> old gate for the castle.

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>> Oh, so

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>> the castle castle was here.

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>> There was a castle here. Now that little

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>> gate

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>> that's the only place was castle.

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>> So this building was castle

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>> was castle. Now it's hard.

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Also there is

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some art gallery here, a restaurant here

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and also

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>> Daruma again.

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>> Duma. This correct is

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>> many DA a lot in.

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>> Let's check out the other view as well.

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ruins of Takasaki Castle.

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All right, let's

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see the gate.

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So, this is the only part of the castle

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left.

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>> So, just the first gate remains. Oh.

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Very

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small but beautiful.

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>> Just this part remains. Other parts all

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has gone on.

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>> The castle was made

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>> uh completed in 1598.

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1598 like almost

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>> so

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>> made by

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this.

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>> So

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just we see only this part

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>> we feel like oh we are in the old

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castle. Yeah

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>> in Japan.

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>> It's coyo season in Japan and it's very

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beautiful.

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>> Yes. Especially

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It's good lighting time.

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>> Super beautiful yellow.

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Yeah.

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Very funny.

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>> Funny song.

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>> Oh, the trees are very beautiful.

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>> Yes. Very beautiful street.

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>> They call it

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>> Ohi is the

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>> is the

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>> around the castle.

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>> Yeah, it's very typical in Japan around

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the castle. They make this to protect

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the castle

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in

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>> Japanese word.

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>> Wow. This is also super beautiful.

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Very

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nice. Seems at night also there will be

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illumination.

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>> All right. Where we are now?

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>> In front of the gate of Takasaki Chu

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Ginsa Street.

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Takasaki Cho Ginsa. See the Shot guy.

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Very old Shot guy.

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>> Yeah, it looks like so.

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>> Yeah. And this very long, but

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let's go and check it out. It looks

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empty

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>> because this is street opens from the

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night.

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>> Oh, so it's a night life area.

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>> Yeah.

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But the music sounds really old.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Like over 100 years ago. No copyright

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song.

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>> So the shops actually are opening at

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night.

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>> We can see a lot of coach flowers.

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>> That's celebration for the night night

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shops.

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>> Night shops. Okay. Because they need a

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lot of flowers.

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>> So these flowers were used [music] for

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that,

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>> right?

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>> So

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Wow, it's a big shooting.

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>> So, Takasaki, the population is over

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like a 350,000 people. It's not that

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big, but the city actually is really

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big, but the population is low.

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>> I can't wait to see the night view of

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this street cuz it's super quiet right

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now.

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>> Yeah,

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>> but I it might be changed a lot at night

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cuz there are many many shops.

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>> Yeah. night life shops.

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>> So yeah, we're going to do a live stream

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here. You guys, when you watch this

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video, you can check the live stream on

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the archive section of the

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live streams.

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>> But it's the design is cool, the roof

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part.

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So actually we have explored a lot of

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places in Tokyo. There are many shot

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usually is like a daytime thing. They

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open until like a 5 6 p.m. But this one

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it seems is a different is night life.

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>> Very different.

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>> Maybe night life shops.

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>> Yeah. A lot of clubs.

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>> The number of shops are a lot a lot of

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> shops gather here.

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So now it's really quiet.

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>> Yeah, [snorts] we're going to compare

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this quietness with the night version.

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Let's see.

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All right, that's the Shot guy over

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there. Now we came to a side the street

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and it seems there are many shops in

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here.

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So nighttime we're going to check this

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area now. It's very quiet. Let's see.

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>> And it looks like ghost town now.

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>> That was ghost town at night.

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>> Actually, many shops gather in this

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street

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>> especially bars.

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>> Oh, girls.

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>> Yeah.

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They usually open at after 7 p.m.

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>> Wow. Really old movie theater.

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>> Old movie theater.

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>> What is that?

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>> Not the actual person. [laughter]

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>> Actual person. No.

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>> So what does it mean? This means

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>> older generation

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area.

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>> Yeah.

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[laughter]

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>> What type of movie they have?

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I don't know.

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Old movie theater.

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>> It looks like so

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>> they have old movies.

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Wow.

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>> Yeah, you can see some movies.

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>> The ticket is 1,500.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Okay, maybe they have some nostalgic

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movies.

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>> So, here is a narrow street.

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So, there are many type of bars, girls

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bar and strange shops in here.

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>> Bubble.

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>> What's that?

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>> Babble. Babble.

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>> Oh, babble.

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>> Pub.

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>> Pub.

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We're going to Yeah, like I said, we're

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going to check this one night time and

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at night

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>> time

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is very

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somehow

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this is empty now. But my time

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we hear is wild. Let's see.

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What

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is

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his name?

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All right.

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>> All right.

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>> This is the special food of Takasaki.

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>> The special food of this restaurant.

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>> So,

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>> so the shape of the noodle is unique. As

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you can see, it's wider.

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>> Wider.

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>> Wider. Yeah.

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>> Yeah. It's so thick. So I will explain

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how to enjoy this

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only

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specialt

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enjoy the taste of soba.

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It's good.

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>> It's good.

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Yeah, first time seeing this type of

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soba is soy sauce and wasabi.

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>> Good.

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>> Oh, okay.

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>> Too much

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chopstick.

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Deliciousness of soba,

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>> right?

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>> Comes clearly

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>> if you eat this way.

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Soup.

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>> This is not soup. This is so okay.

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>> I can't imagine the taste.

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Pork.

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>> Pork baste.

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>> Pork and sesame.

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>> All right.

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>> Roasted. Really deep. And yeah. Super

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delicious soup.

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Soy

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>> pork.

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Very

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[snorts]

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different soas.

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>> First time I'm trying soba.

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>> It's really good.

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Very tasty.

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All right, guys. That's it for this

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video and we're going to just get ready

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for the live stream tonight in Takasaki.

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And yeah, by the time we edit this

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video, I think the live stream is

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archived on my channel. You can see the

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live stream version of this Takasaki.

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What is that one?

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Yeah, we just checked the daytime

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version of Takasaki.

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>> Elephant.

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>> What is that? Elephant.

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>> Elephant

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>> is a my enemies.

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>> Oh, this one.

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>> See you soon.

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>> All right. See you soon. We have to get

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ready for the live stream. Yeah. when we

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edit this video. I think the live stream

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is already archived on my channel. You

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can check it out. Uh GMA Prefecture live

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stream. All right, see you guys. Smash

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the like button, guys. See you next

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time.

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The video showcases a trip to Takasaki city in Gumma Prefecture, Japan. The journey begins on a Shinkansen, where the travelers enjoy bento boxes. Upon arrival, they explore the city, starting with a visit to the City Hall, which offers a free observation deck with panoramic views of the city and surrounding autumn foliage. They also visit the ruins of Takasaki Castle, noting that only the first gate remains. The exploration continues to the Takasaki Cho Ginsa Street, a shopping street that is quiet during the day but known for its nightlife. The video also highlights a unique local dish: a wide, thick soba noodle served with a special pork-based dipping sauce. The travelers express their enjoyment of the city and its food, and mention plans for a live stream later that evening.

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