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Morning.

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>> Good morning.

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>> Now we are in

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Fuku and we it's rainy day today and we

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are heading to GEU.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Next destination. But first we have to

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go to Fuku station. Take a Shinkansen to

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GEU which is like 3 hours.

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>> Let me check.

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>> 2 hours and 40 minutes.

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Good.

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>> You have a very long way.

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>> Yeah,

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>> it wasn't good to film

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>> this one.

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>> But the onen was good.

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>> No more.

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>> Nothing special.

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>> All right.

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So, the next shinkansen is coming.

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We have to transfer one more time before

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reaching

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GEU.

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>> All right, let's

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Sad.

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Okay.

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All right, we arrived at GEU now.

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>> Gefu Prefecture. We are nearby GEU

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station. Now we came with Shinkansen.

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And now GEO is for famous for what?

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>> Still I'm not sure.

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>> Hidabe. Hidabe. Hidabe.

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>> Hidu.

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It's some it's some sort of Wagyu

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specialty of Gefu

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Prefecture. So we're going to find that

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Hida beef.

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There are many restaurant and is in this

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town.

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>> It's very cold.

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>> It's very cold. It's raining today.

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>> So I I walk I'm I was wearing t-shirt.

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I walked outside for this long.

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>> Oh,

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>> yeah. You were wearing you were

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>> wearing only t-shirt. Is this one?

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All right, let's

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Oh, this one.

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All right, we're going to try.

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Yeah,

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this beef.

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It's a cool area here. I think is going

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to be very lively at night.

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All right, let's go in.

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>> Oh, so

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We're going to try this.

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>> Okay, let's go.

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>> Oh, nice.

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I'm going to sit here.

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>> That's the

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>> kg

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is egg. This raw egg on top of rice.

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My favorite food.

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literally.

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Foreign speech. Foreign speech. Foreign

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speech.

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That's

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>> ginger.

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So this is

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>> so this is a recommended

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>> drink in geo.

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This is what what is this?

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>> Grapefruit.

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>> Oh grapefruit. That one is a

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>> and it's original ginger ale.

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>> Original ginger.

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>> So they

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>> they make it here.

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>> They make it here. This

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>> recipe

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homemade original of this

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>> original. Yeah. Yeah.

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>> It's really good even.

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>> We have to mix it.

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Yeah, because the bottom of the drink is

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>> Yeah, it's very good

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with the lemon

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with some sweetener.

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>> It's very fresh. How is that one? I see.

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>> So this is the sauce you have to use.

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>> Yeah. So many types.

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>> So many type of sauce.

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>> Yeah. So that one

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>> six types. Six type of sauce.

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>> Sauce.

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>> Sauce. Which one?

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>> Miso.

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>> Miso.

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>> Oh,

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and that one.

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>> Onion sauce.

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>> Onion sauce.

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>> And that was

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shio.

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>> Wasabi and shio. Okay.

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Okay. We have to wait for the hamburger.

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>> I'm so excited. I love sauce.

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>> Yeah,

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>> I love the ingredients.

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>> Yeah. And now actually it's raining

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outside.

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>> It's heavy rain as you see.

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>> Oh, this is

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>> getting stronger.

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> The rain.

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>> The rain getting stronger.

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So it's actually

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upside down.

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You do it.

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This area actually is night life of GO.

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At night it's going to be very lively.

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>> Wow.

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Yeah, of course it's

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>> it's very rainy season.

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>> Yeah.

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>> The name of this restaurant is

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so that one is

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cheese.

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Oh, she's got a cheese.

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>> Yeah, they sell the

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There's a color.

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So it seems

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right. So, she asked if they are

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actually playing Pokemon game because a

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lot of people are standing and under the

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rain.

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They're playing Pokemon.

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>> So, we guess we playing Pokemon.

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>> Pokemon game. Yeah.

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>> Interesting. Even though it's heavy

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rain,

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>> rice is

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>> rice is coming. We have to wait for the

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rice.

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>> It smells really good.

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It's cooking now. And I have to use that

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sauce

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also. That one

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there.

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So this one is

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we have to we have to put the egg on top

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of the rice, right?

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Yes. If you want if you don't like I

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>> Okay.

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>> Cuz I love

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>> love it.

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>> That's so sweet for you.

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>> Used with the egg with the top of the

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rice.

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All right. Try it.

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That's the

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soup.

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>> It's cold today.

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>> Try the piece of soup.

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This is really good. Very delicious.

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There are many type of different

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>> Oh, like that.

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>> So cute.

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>> Very juicy. Juicy

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>> and very deep

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>> I love this

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>> for

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The finishing taste.

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>> Put the sauce on top of this.

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So there are six types of sausage.

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>> I want to make

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juicy sauce and there's a this sauce.

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I don't know how to explain it

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with the

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W.

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>> Very cold.

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>> It was really good. And we made a mess

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here. We made a mess.

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>> You didn't eat it.

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>> What?

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Oh, that one. Yeah.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Why did you eat it?

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>> Huh?

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>> Why didn't you eat it?

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>> Why? Why didn't you eat it? Yeah.

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>> You I mean you could eat this one too.

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>> No, I'm full.

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>> I I won't but I'm

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>> very much

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>> And it still is raining.

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Still raining.

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>> Forever raining.

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>> Yeah, it's going to be raining the whole

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day.

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All right. This area is uh full of

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restaurant and isakaya in geo.

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This one is geo yoko.

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It's lunch time but is not is not very

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lively that. Huh.

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>> Many restaurants gathered here. Yeah,

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there are many restaurants just like

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>> Yeah, we just had lunch, so we're going

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to come back and check here at night.

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Order it.

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They're very little. They can be eaten.

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Actually,

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it's a nice

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I think they are.

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>> Oh, this also is cool. Oh, it's so cool.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. Here is so good. Yeah.

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>> You're going to come back at night.

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>> Yeah.

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>> I want to come here.

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>> It's so cool tonight.

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>> Odin. Yeah. Odin. And also they have

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drink as well. Yeah.

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>> And it's very cold today.

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>> It's nice.

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>> Yeah. We're going to have

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many. I can see many of them.

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>> Yeah.

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All right. Let's check this area.

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So,

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all right. We're walking around the

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station area in Guru.

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So,

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what was the guy that he made a castle

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here?

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>> Oda Noaga.

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>> Lord Oda Noaga. Lord Oda Nobunaga. We're

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going to go see his statue. He's just

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here.

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>> By the way, GeoU is uh bigger than like

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a uh Fukui.

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>> This town is uh 400,000 people actually

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the population of this town.

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>> Yunjim Yunjim.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Big city.

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>> So it's a bigger city compared to Tokyo.

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>> And it's compared to sorry Fukuy

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>> capital.

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>> Yeah. It's a it's the capital of Gefu

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Prefecture. Yeah. So there are also

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many Shenan guy all the style

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uh shops. Also there is a famous castle.

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We're going to check it out later.

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>> Yeah.

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Today is raining so

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it's not good to

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see the castle for today.

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It's a little

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>> So this guy is very important in Guo.

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>> Why is that?

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>> Lord

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>> and made a castle this town.

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>> Oh, the castle. He made a castle.

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>> Then he named this place.

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>> Geo

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>> from Inuni.

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>> He changed the name.

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>> Okay. So he's the guy that made the

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castle is from Geo.

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>> Hiro. Can you see him?

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>> So,

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>> okay.

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>> He lives 16th century.

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>> 16th century like 500 years ago. Okay.

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>> Yes. And then but already that time he

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imported western things.

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>> Oh, so he imported western culture.

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>> Yeah. So he supported

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he wants to get more

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uh new culture from

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>> other countries.

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>> So even he turned Christianity.

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>> Yes. And then he spreaded the Christian

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in Japan.

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>> Oh okay. So in 16th century so that time

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first time Christian came to Japan

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>> and so he built a castle here as well

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and we're going to take the castle

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later.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. And around Ghu Castle there

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are some Christian church and schools.

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>> Oh okay. Gosh is

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>> famous. He's a hero. He's a Japanese

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hero. He opened Japan

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like uh he imported a lot of foreigner

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stuff here.

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>> Yeah. So he's wearing a mount.

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>> Oh.

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>> So that's also from western country and

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he's holding a helmet.

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>> All right.

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>> So that's also not Japan's thing.

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>> Okay.

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>> Imported thing.

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>> Import thing.

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>> Okay.

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>> All right. It's raining. Let's let's

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move.

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All right.

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We are in Gif now. It's It's night and

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we're going to get some food.

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>> Yeah.

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>> And it's heavy rain, but it's very

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lively. Look at this type of

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>> food.

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>> What is it? Is it

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>> a small door?

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>> The door is very small. You have to you

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have to squat to go in.

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>> Italian restaurant. Okay. And there are

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actually very nice shops in this area.

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It seems there are many isakayas.

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So cool.

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Let's find something.

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>> So, we are hungry now.

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>> We are hungry.

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>> Find a restaurant.

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>> Yeah, we're going to find a cooler

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restaurant.

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Keep night

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is different.

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>> Is it seafood?

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Wow.

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>> Seafood

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>> Oh, there's a Yoko.

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>> I would like to check inside.

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>> Okay, let's

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let's check.

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And it's a Saturday night here and even

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though it's heavy rain, but it's lively.

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What's that? What's that?

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This is a soden guy.

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Oh, this is a standing bar.

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Stand bar.

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What is this one?

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Oh.

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Oh, this is the patrol.

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It's cool here.

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It's a yoko. It's like a but different

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version.

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So this is the Yokoto.

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>> Oh there there there are six floors all

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Yokoto.

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It's really cool.

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Geo is a big town is the center of GEO

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prefecture. I think I mentioned earlier

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over 400,000 population.

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Oh,

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this one. Yeah.

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All right. Go here.

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Put the texture in.

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So

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>> So it's closed this one.

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>> Same same

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>> they have over there. Okay.

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>> All right. Let's

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>> Okay. Let's Let's have a look here.

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Wow, this is cool.

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Huh?

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View.

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You want to go here?

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live certific

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Oh,

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okay.

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All right.

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Beef.

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>> Beef.

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>> Very lively here.

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So, we're going to try food here.

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>> Try different food. You can order from

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the tablet.

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And it's so nice that the design

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of the restaurant

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>> is unique.

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Got and

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this is auto

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is a table charge in you get it for

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free. It's not free.

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>> It's not free.

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>> Of course it's table charge.

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>> It's table charge. But it's good. Okay.

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It's good.

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>> Carrot.

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>> Carrot.

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It's really good.

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>> Oh, this

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Japanese sake. This one is like What is

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this one? You know, you know all of

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them.

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>> Tomato.

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>> Oh, tomato oil. Tomato with whiskey. Oh,

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tomato. This one is

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>> so

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type of Japanese drink.

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They have second floor.

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Second floor.

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Second floor.

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All right. We got

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This is beef with cheese.

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>> It's hot here.

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How is it?

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>> The cheese inside is really good.

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Super tasty.

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So rather taste

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is really good. Japan they have so many

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type of kog and some this is kogu

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style

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style

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>> because it is kufu.

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>> Yeah. Try how it's

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hot.

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>> I can hear the crunchiness when you eat

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it.

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Very crunchy.

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So you have to

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really

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Okay, try that one.

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>> Try it. Let me know how it tastes.

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>> Is it good?

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>> It looks like bever.

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Yeah. All right. Oh,

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>> ramen. Your favorite. How is it?

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>> What type of What type of ramen is this?

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Actually,

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>> ramen.

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>> It's different.

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>> I don't know. But made of

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>> Oh, okay.

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>> Chicken.

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>> Chicken. Oh, it's chicken. Yeah.

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Not

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>> chicken or pork or beef?

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>> Okay.

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Chicken, pork, or beef. Or maybe a mix

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of all of them.

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>> Maybe.

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>> Maybe.

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As usual, you have to make that that

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voice. When you eat ramen, you have to

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make that voice.

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>> It's not voice. Sound.

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>> Sound. Sorry. You have to make that

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sound. Yeah.

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The video follows a journey to Gifu, Japan, starting with travel from Fukui via Shinkansen. Upon arrival in Gifu Prefecture, the focus shifts to exploring the local specialty, Hida beef. The travelers experience the cold, rainy weather while searching for a restaurant. They eventually dine at a place that offers various sauces and Hida beef dishes, including one with raw egg on rice. The video also touches upon Gifu's reputation for nightlife and its historical significance, particularly the connection to Lord Oda Nobunaga, who built a castle there and introduced Western culture. The latter part of the video shows the travelers enjoying dinner at a lively, albeit rainy, Gifu nightlife spot, trying different dishes like beef with cheese and ramen. The video concludes with an emphasis on the unique dining experiences and the lively atmosphere of Gifu, even amidst heavy rain.

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