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All right, we are in Gifo now. Yana Shot

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and she's joining. Hello.

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>> Hello.

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>> Do you like this street?

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>> Yes. Fancy. Nice tree.

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>> Yeah, it's super cool here.

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>> What is it?

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>> Yeah.

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>> I can't read. Aquaj something.

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>> Aquaj something. Ah or the Aqua.

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>> Yeah. So is it

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>> very nice

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>> one of the side street of this Yanaga

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Shot.

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>> Welcome back to Japan Explorer channel.

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>> All right. So we're going to explore

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this uh this is the biggest Shot in Geo

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and it's one of the oldest one also

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maybe over 60 70 thou 70 years.

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60 70 years I think six after World War

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II.

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And then there are a lot of food sauce

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in here.

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You want to try something here?

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over there.

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>> All right, we're going to get I'm going

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to get one shrimp.

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>> So,

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that one's oily. You don't like oily?

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>> Over.

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>> Over. Oily.

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>> Me. Over.

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>> No. Oily stuff.

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>> You want to eat?

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>> Maybe I can try one. Yeah.

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>> Okay. All right. Which one?

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>> The shrimp one.

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Yes. Yeah.

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>> All right. Then we're going to

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So this guy has a lot of shops. Is very

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long and it's only 10 minutes from uh 15

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minutes from GEO station.

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So we're going to explore the whole area

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today. It seems there are some nice cafe

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restaurant and some historical part as

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well. So

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let's eat something here.

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>> It's okay to

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walking eating here.

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So, we're going to walk and eat.

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>> So, we got

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>> How you can

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I'll try. That's dango. Yeah.

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>> I couldn't read the name.

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>> You want to ask?

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>> Han dango.

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>> Hanadango. She She wants to go back and

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check the name. Hane dango.

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Hashima dango.

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>> Specialty of a specialy of

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hashima.

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>> Hashima dango. How is hashima dango?

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>> Oh,

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it's good.

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>> Hashima dango.

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>> I'm like

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>> it's sweet.

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>> So the sauce is soy sauce.

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>> Soy sauce. Sweet. Soy sauce taste.

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>> Oh, okay.

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>> I know. Similar one is

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okay.

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>> It's different.

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>> Oh, this one is different. Yeah.

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>> More

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baking.

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>> Oh, it's baked

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>> baked on the surface.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Is it's hard a little. It's not soft.

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It's soft,

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>> but the taste is more

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>> stronger.

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What is that flour? Actually,

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>> strange flour. Yeah,

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>> I prefer this toango.

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>> It's more delicious.

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>> Oh, okay. I'm going to try this now.

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Very good. M. Crunchy and soft. See?

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you

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>> very good

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>> and it's very soft.

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>> Yeah,

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this sang is so big. Every direction

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there is there are many shop.

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No,

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>> they thrifted

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thrifted shop.

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>> I see many thrifted clothing shops here.

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>> Oh,

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they have

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food as well here. Also beer. 300 yen.

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Sushi.

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was really good.

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>> Only

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110.

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>> 110. Yeah.

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>> 200.

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>> Yeah. Was really good.

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>> Really?

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>> Yeah.

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>> All right. Let's

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walk quicker here.

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There is a main shot. We're going to

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see.

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Oh, sauce.

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Oh, we forgot to eat the to use the

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sauce. But it was good. Just like that.

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>> Oh.

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Oh. Is I think this one? Yeah, we have

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to go. I think it's this one. Oh, what

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is wooden building here? This area.

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I think we go from there. Let me see.

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Yep, it's here.

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>> So, let's check this area. Yeah. Left or

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right? Which one is better? You think?

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Maybe over there is better.

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>> We're going to check everywhere.

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But since we are in the middle

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over there. Yeah.

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>> But our destination is which way?

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>> This this should Yeah.

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So

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it's a big shoda is not crowded like in

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Tokyo

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shopping

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>> heading too.

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>> Also we're going to go and check the

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castle. There is a castle

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in this town. It's amazing. It's on top

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of the mountain. We're going to use rope

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way.

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Yeah. The name of this shopping one

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shopping mall is Yana

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people are nice, kind and very relaxed.

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So that one also

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that area also is cool.

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No.

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>> Oh, here. Let's check this area.

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>> Does Hachino have a certain guy like

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this?

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No.

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>> How you know? It doesn't have

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>> your hometown.

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>> No.

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>> Temporary shops.

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>> Oh, temporary shops. Temporary shops.

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The food is here.

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Van

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I think it happens only weekend.

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>> Oh today is Sunday so this way is

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>> this is like a weekend market stuff

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>> antique stuff. Yeah. Yeah.

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>> Cookie

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>> food.

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>> Oh cookie cake and

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>> free market.

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>> Yeah. Free market.

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>> Oh they have cloud here. It seems they

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have night life here too on the top.

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>> Muffin.

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So all connected.

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This guy is large big and there's a roof

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on top. So even on rainy day you are

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safe.

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Let's go from the other side. Yeah.

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>> Cool.

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Homemade homemade.

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So they make this at home and usually on

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weekend only.

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>> Flour

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rice. Rice flour.

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>> Oh, it's Oh, it's gluten-free. Yeah,

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>> it's gluten-free made of rice.

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>> Ah, rice powder. So,

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>> so it's good. So,

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>> it's You want to eat

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>> YouTube? YouTube YouTube.

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>> Let's try one muffin.

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Okay.

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Glutenfree.

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Oh, they have all type of this one is

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made of wheat, not gluten-free.

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This one is early

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cookie

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cookie.

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What is that one?

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>> Oh, crapo.

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>> Crepe with ice cream. Gelato.

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>> Yeah.

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And all homemade they do it only on

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Sunday.

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What is this one? Pleasure guide.

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Pleasure guide. Why is that one actually

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pleasure guide

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interesting that they it seems they are

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more open compared to Tokyo for

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advertisement.

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Yeah.

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So we came we have to go from here.

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A lot of homemade stuff.

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That's an isakaya over there. I think at

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night also is very lively.

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>> What? What is it?

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Japanese flower.

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>> Oh, you want to check it?

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>> Oh, okay. Okay.

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>> Yeah. I like

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>> arranging flowers.

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>> Oh, flower arrangement.

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>> Flower arrangement. I like So, normally

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I do myself

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>> at my house.

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>> Oh, the old style bicycle.

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>> Is it real?

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>> Can you ride?

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Hey,

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>> yes.

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>> You want You want to try it?

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>> So, she says my leg is small. What can I

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do?

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>> My legs are too short to

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>> Let's see.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Let's see if you can do it.

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>> Wow. It's princess view.

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>> Princess view.

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>> So the princesses 100 years ago this

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bike. Oh, princess. Really?

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>> Can you can you ride? Actually, can you

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move or no?

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>> All right.

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>> Try to move.

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Yeah. Yeah. You should you should move.

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>> Try.

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>> All right.

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>> He drives.

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>> Oh, you can drive.

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>> Oh, really?

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>> Nice photographer.

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>> Wow. Cool photo. Wow. Amazing.

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All right.

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>> Oh, install. Okay.

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>> All right.

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>> So, princesses.

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>> Oh, they have the longest

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That's why it's big,

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>> right?

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>> Wow. The Instagram.

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>> He's an artist. Cool.

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>> Yeah, he

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>> he does this. Uh, okay. Let me show He

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makes this stuff.

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>> Wow. It's made of wood everything.

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>> Wow.

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>> It's good.

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This is

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a boy.

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So

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>> So yeah, you see many muffins

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>> in this town. Yeah.

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So he would his wife actually makes this

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art, the wooden artic.

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>> Wow.

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So cool.

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>> The plates are

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Let's go.

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A lot of wood art here.

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>> Yeah. Very cool.

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> Artist stuff.

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>> Yeah. Me too.

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>> Handmade items.

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>> Yeah.

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This one is leather.

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This is leather. Yeah.

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>> Leather.

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>> Yeah. This one is a kama in Tokyo.

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And here.

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>> Yeah.

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There you go.

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>> Oh, belt.

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That whole scene like

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>> Yeah.

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They have really cool stuff here.

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>> Accessories,

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>> handmade items.

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>> Handmade items.

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>> Yeah.

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>> So,

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very cute.

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He likes wearing glasses.

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>> Very fashionable.

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I've never seen such a very fashionable

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dog

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>> dog.

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>> Oh, they that what is that actually?

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Tea.

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>> Coffee. Coffee.

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>> It's tea. Yeah.

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>> Coffee is coffee.

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>> Coffee. What is your

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coffee?

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Finish raining

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>> coffee.

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>> They're making ice coffee. Oh, okay.

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>> Smells really good.

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>> Okay.

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>> It's really delicious.

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>> Yeah.

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>> All right.

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>> Very humid.

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>> No, it's very humid. Wow. It's 27°, but

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it's very humid.

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>> Very humid now. and the gate of

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>> yeah well designed let's go to the other

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side it's really nice very clean

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>> city go is nice they like go people also

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are soft

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>> and very friendly

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>> very friendly yeah

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and

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>> which uh

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go here

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>> yeah let's Go to that side. Uh, let me

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check the map.

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All right. This is Yana

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Shot.

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a very cool soten with a lot of uh

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unique

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shops, cafe and

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we're going to explore

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this area and then we head to

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uh people castle

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right now.

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to get there.

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We took bus from that shopping street.

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on this ride until the Ju Park Ju

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castle.

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>> Very simple.

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>> Yeah.

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>> And from here we can get to the castle

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>> with a ropeway. Yeah.

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>> Walking. Yeah. Way and walking.

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Just take on this.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Very simple.

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It seems we are there because the

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castle is on top of the mountain.

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>> It's going to be a cool view of the

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whole area.

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All

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right. It seems you have to go on top of

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that mountain.

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>> We have to go on top of that mountain.

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Wow. Looks amazing.

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Let's go.

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Before we go to the top, we have to get

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some drink here. Family Mart.

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>> Oh, there is toilet as well.

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Wow.

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All right. Let's get I'm I like this

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drink. It's a one day full vitamin for

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one day. You can get of vitamins

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and

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it's my recommended

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drink in Japan. It's tasty.

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All right, we got some

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drink here.

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>> Let's go and pay

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us.

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>> Yes, ice. It's It's hot.

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>> It's hot.

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We need ice

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cold

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chicky.

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How many chicky is really good? Very

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tasty.

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All right, let's let's go.

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All right. Now we are in Nagara River in

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GeU and there's a special tradition here

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used to be.

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>> Yeah.

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>> So

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>> that's special traditions boat. Fishing

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boat.

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>> Fishing boat and the river actually is

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really big. Cool. It's really huge

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for mix.

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Mix point.

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>> Yeah. This way. We're going to check it

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out. Want to get check it out. And there

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actually there is a tradition here

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fishing. The way they fish here is that

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>> No, not that one. Maybe

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>> different.

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>> That's a Yeah,

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>> but there is a picture.

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>> So it seems they the way they fish

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actually is different. They use this

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bird like this. So the bird actually

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>> catch catch fish. And then this

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tradition actually is over 1,300 years

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old. But still they do a festival in

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summer. They still use the bird for

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fishing in this area.

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>> I want this coffee animal.

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>> Yeah, it's very cute.

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>> Let's see over there.

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>> Let's see. Let's see. Let's check it

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out.

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>> So it seems that festival is

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interesting. They still do that type of

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fishing as a festival of tradition.

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Yeah. Yeah. This one. Yes. Yeah. So,

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when is it? When is it that the

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festival? It says, what is the name of

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the festival?

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Oh, Oi. Oh, he Japan. Something like

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that. So, it says over 1,300

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years old. Ah, Ukai. Ukai festival. So,

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they use that bird to catch fish. So

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that's the date

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May 11th to October 15th.

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>> Ah the period time the period of the

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festival also

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>> now right now.

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>> Yeah it's now but it they I hear they

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have a festival. Oh this one even at

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night like this. Wow. The boats

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>> with the fire. Wow. This is cool. Let's

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see. Let's see some of the boats.

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Amazing.

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>> Yeah, you can just come here.

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>> Wow.

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>> High time, I think.

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>> Yeah.

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>> And the boats are really cool. I like

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this boat.

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>> Yeah. Okay. This is again explanation.

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So this is the way they use this bird to

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to get the fish to catch fish.

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Yeah. Very good. That's the bird. Ukai.

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Ukai is the name of this fishing

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festival. And we're going to go to that

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castle soon on top of the mountain. All

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right.

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Okay.

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>> Huh?

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The boats are here.

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>> Look how cool.

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I want to ride. Actually, we can

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experience.

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>> Yeah, you can experience

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>> but today maybe. I don't know.

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>> They closed on it.

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>> Or maybe it's God. It was raining. The

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water level I think is high now. But

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it's too many boats. And Wow,

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>> it's so cool.

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>> Good.

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I want to do this.

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>> Maybe you can check it out later.

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>> Yeah.

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>> All right.

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That's Gefu Castle on top of Mount Kika.

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We're going to go with a ropeway later,

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but now we're going to show you a cool

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area. What was the name of the area?

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>> Kawara.

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>> Kawamachi.

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>> Kawara Machi.

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>> Yeah, it's a Edeto town.

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Uh

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it's like Edo village.

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with a lot of restaurant and coffee and

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they are really old woody style just

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riverside.

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>> Yeah. And the river is only 50 m away.

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It's a big river. They used to do uh

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like a special fishing here. Still they

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have that tradition.

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It seems they have it every day.

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>> Yeah. Okay, we're going to find a

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restaurant now.

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, uh, is it a seafood restaurant?

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>> Yes, it's meat restaurant, but we are

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going to see restaurant. Oh,

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>> okay.

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>> Meat.

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>> Oh, this one is meat.

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>> Hiu.

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>> Hidagu. A hidagu is a specialty of gefu.

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>> This is restaurant. The menu is here.

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>> L menu.

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>> Ah. Oh, it's 2,800

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>> and only week days and need a

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reservation in advance.

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>> Oh,

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that's rice bowl. No reservation

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required.

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So,

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>> so that goes to the river side. Let's

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explore this town.

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So it seems that this Kawaramachi this

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street riverside

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it's very old. They had it like 500

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years ago uh during what was the that

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summary

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who made the castle.

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>> So that guy made the castle.

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>> Odano Bunaga. Yeah Bunaga. So

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this

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village still has the same

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>> design. Oh, monkey.

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>> Monkey too. Little monkey.

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>> As you see, it's very cool. But it was

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raining and today is Sunday. Maybe this

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way is not very

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>> crowded.

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But you want to go and check it out.

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What?

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>> Different site.

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Okay.

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How can I get here?

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>> The other side of river.

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>> All right. This one. Yeah.

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>> This kind means

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>> says Okay, let's go in.

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>> Is it open? Oh, it's open. I see

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customers.

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Very quiet.

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This is the restaurant.

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road.

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So it's very beautiful here especially

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it's just riverside it's a big river

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Nagara river

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so but

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>> all the hidden

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>> only yeah only hidden

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>> no signs only hidden so it's little

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tough to find some restaurants

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>> from the street we need to see carefully

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>> yeah

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it's very quiet no one is here Why?

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>> It's Sunday.

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>> Even Sunday in

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it's far from city center from Geo. It

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takes uh 40 minutes to come here. It's

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not very far, but H

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>> Yeah, it's cool.

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>> So cool place.

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>> This is the wedding ceremony hall.

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>> Wedding ceremony hall. So like a private

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you can help the wedding ceremony at the

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private house, private place.

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>> Oh, like this.

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>> So you can rent all of here.

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>> Oh,

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so it's cool here. I think when today is

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cloudy, if the sky is clear, I think

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it's super fun.

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This all

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all building was like a restaurant, cafe

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>> and that's fun.

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>> Yeah. And uh it seems that night is cool

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because of the lighting. So

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>> yeah, it's restaurant.

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>> All right.

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>> Oh, look at this boss.

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It's cool.

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>> Wow.

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>> Hello.

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Wow.

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>> Kawaramachi in GeFo is so beautiful and

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it's very quiet. And look at that bus.

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It's so cool.

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All right, let's see if we can find a

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restaurant or

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I don't know. It's

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also a restaurant.

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Yeah, here people are lying or maybe

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it's a popular restaurant.

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Oh,

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>> backside. Oh,

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>> entrance is backside.

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Let's go check it out.

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These buildings are really nice.

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So, wooden buildings.

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restaurant. Oh,

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>> is a restaurant too?

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>> No sign.

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>> There is no sign.

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>> No sign.

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All right,

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let's see this one.

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It's a restaurant. Looks like a bakery.

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It's a bakery.

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No restaurant or bakery.

38:38

>> Is a restaurant.

38:47

Oh,

38:49

>> so from outside is very

38:52

>> waiting line. Yeah.

39:14

Oh, we have to sign up and wait.

39:18

>> From outside it look very quiet

39:21

>> inside. Yeah,

39:23

>> too many people inside.

39:24

>> It is like last night red light

39:26

district.

39:28

>> Yeah,

39:28

>> from the outside we don't see anything.

39:34

Yeah. From inside

39:37

too many people are waiting.

39:39

>> Brewberry.

39:41

>> Oh, sak.

39:52

>> Yeah. Very stylish.

39:57

>> French restaurant.

40:08

It seems the restaurants are crowded.

40:13

From outside you don't see many people,

40:15

but inside

40:18

people are lining up. So,

40:24

let's check out this one.

40:28

Here

40:42

are some cool shop like this to buy

40:45

traditional crafts.

41:06

What is that?

41:13

>> Flowers.

41:14

>> We put

41:24

>> so beautiful.

41:27

Oh,

41:29

we have in our own house

41:33

>> right

41:33

>> to pray for the family who has passed

41:36

away.

41:37

>> So these flowers for the the decoration.

41:41

>> Ah okay.

41:43

>> It seems there's a restaurant or

41:44

something over here.

41:53

Let's check this out.

42:15

It's cool here.

42:22

>> Wow. There is a super. There is a garden

42:25

there.

42:25

>> Wow. Garden inside

42:27

>> little period garden style. We do.

42:31

>> Yeah.

42:32

>> The water

42:34

and here

42:36

that I so cool. We can see garden.

42:44

>> All right, let's go.

42:53

Oh,

42:55

>> this is awesome.

43:00

>> Oh, we have to take sugar.

43:09

>> Oh, that's another one over there.

43:20

Oh, the friend is sure. We have to be

43:24

careful.

43:26

Oh, we have to go to top floor. This is

43:30

awesome.

43:42

>> Wow.

43:43

>> Awesome.

44:00

So cool.

44:07

So that's another room over there.

44:10

Room.

44:11

>> So good.

44:12

>> Yeah, it's awesome. Surprise,

44:15

>> surprise. Yeah,

44:15

>> surprise.

44:19

>> And then you can see the view of

44:20

outside.

44:28

That tree is cool in the middle.

44:37

>> Cake and water.

44:39

>> Cake moral.

44:40

>> It's a restaurant.

44:57

What is that?

45:06

>> Rice. Omelette rice

45:09

and pizza.

45:14

Dessert set.

45:15

>> Dessert set. Yeah.

45:16

>> And curry. Kim curry. Green curry.

45:21

Curry.

45:23

>> So, which one you go?

45:25

>> So, she's waiting for our order.

45:28

>> Okay.

45:28

>> You have to decide.

45:38

Cut it. Cut it.

46:01

Oh, that is your

46:02

>> food

46:05

rice.

46:09

Butter chicken curry.

46:11

>> Butter chicken curry

46:13

original from this town.

46:16

>> Oh, this is original before. So all

46:18

spicy

46:19

all organic

46:23

>> healthy

46:25

>> salad soups.

46:40

All right,

46:42

that's it.

46:49

Kibish is hungry.

46:53

>> How is that?

46:56

>> How is that?

46:57

>> Good taste.

46:58

>> It's good.

46:59

>> Good taste.

47:04

So it's

47:06

>> uh is it spicy that one?

47:09

>> Not spicy.

47:10

>> Not spicy.

47:13

>> Yeah.

47:14

>> Not spicy.

47:16

>> This one also is not spicy. It's really

47:18

good.

47:22

>> Original curry of geo.

47:26

>> Yeah, it's really good.

47:30

>> Good taste.

47:38

That's GeF Castle over there. We just

47:41

had the launch here. It's amazing view.

47:45

And

47:48

someone is asleeping now already.

47:53

Wake up. You have to go wake up.

47:58

She's asleeping. I think she had all the

48:01

food.

48:08

>> So, the food was really good.

48:11

>> And there's another restaurant here just

48:15

>> So, we were there.

48:16

>> We tried in that restaurant. That room.

48:19

>> So, our room was there.

48:20

>> Yeah.

48:21

>> And it's main hall.

48:23

>> And this is the It's so cool.

48:27

>> It was Kura

48:30

>> warehouse.

48:30

>> Oh, warehouse. Now it's a restaurant.

48:32

>> Yes. Yes. Renovated to the restaurant.

48:35

>> It's so cool. And everything is wooden.

48:37

Amazing. Very relaxing.

48:47

>> All right.

48:54

This tree also is cool here.

49:00

Let's check out inside this one.

49:08

>> Oh, Kim rental.

49:11

>> Yes, sure.

49:14

It's very beautiful. I like this

49:16

umbrella.

49:18

>> Paper umbrella.

49:19

>> Paper umbrella.

49:21

It's called the the clock doesn't work.

49:27

is a kimonorto here.

49:31

There's a map.

49:41

So cool. Here

49:47

the umbrella. So

49:51

there's umbrella case.

50:02

>> Yeah. And inside is a restaurant.

50:06

>> So it's a restaurant also. They're

50:08

connected.

50:12

>> Yeah. So cute. The blue one.

50:16

Oh, and the top also is cool. Look at

50:18

the

50:29

Oh, this is the Nagara River.

50:33

>> We are over there. So, there's a big

50:35

river here in this area.

50:41

>> Yeah.

50:44

Oh, suddenly rain.

50:48

>> We have to

50:52

have to buy a

50:54

>> Yeah.

51:08

Yeah.

51:11

>> Yeah.

51:12

>> While riding on the horse.

51:14

>> Cool. And then that's the castle on the

51:16

top. We got to take that road.

51:18

>> Can you see? Yeah. To the Come here. The

51:21

castle is there.

51:22

>> Ah, that one. We're going to go to the

51:25

top. That's the castle.

51:27

>> All right.

51:29

>> All right. We are just in front of the

51:31

castle on the top and

51:34

this area has a lot of shops.

51:37

>> So last year 2024 opened.

51:40

>> Oh, it's new.

51:41

>> One new building.

51:43

>> And everything is made of wood and

51:45

glass. So cool. And they have

51:46

restaurant, coffee and

51:49

>> toilet.

51:50

>> Toilet and sweet stuff

51:52

>> and information.

51:54

>> Information is very beautiful.

51:56

>> Yeah. All the cover here.

51:58

>> Ice cream.

52:00

Strawberry soft.

52:02

>> Strawberry soft cream.

52:04

>> Strawberry ice cream.

52:05

>> You want to get some dessert after you

52:07

had a lot of food and you you took a nap

52:09

too in the restaurant.

52:21

That one is a restaurant.

52:26

He's

52:37

giving this

52:39

for

52:40

>> only foreigner

52:43

for me it's very usual.

52:46

>> Yeah, this one was

52:50

volunteer. Okay, cute.

52:57

So an L part many many types of sweets

53:00

together here.

53:01

>> Oh okay let's check it out

53:14

>> sweets from Go

53:18

mostly dongo. They have dongo.

53:25

or which

53:27

>> which is good I don't know

53:28

>> the G

53:29

>> Gros

53:31

Ghu

53:33

prefecture they use that

53:35

>> first letter G

53:38

two choices G or heart

53:41

>> Ah G or heart G is maybe better

53:46

flavor flavor got sugar

53:48

>> cinnamon strawberry

53:50

>> sugar cinnamon strawberry

53:58

Sugar strawberry. Sugar. Strawberry.

54:00

Maybe. Not sure. Just straw. Strawberry.

54:25

All right, you got the G.

54:28

>> Try the G.

54:31

>> All right, try it.

54:34

Go,

54:38

>> how is it?

54:39

>> Strawberry taste though.

54:40

>> Strawberry taste. Is it good?

54:43

>> Crunchy and delicious. Crunchy sweet.

54:46

>> Crunchy sweet. Yeah. This area is nice,

54:49

is new, and they have a lot of sweet

54:52

stuff.

54:53

>> Now we are heading to the castle.

55:00

>> It's hot.

55:01

>> Oh, it's hot.

55:04

>> All right, we're going to go to the top

55:08

over there.

55:12

>> We are in the cable car section.

55:14

Yeah. So these people

55:18

uh were lords and princesses in Sangoku

55:22

period.

55:26

The final lord.

55:27

>> The final lord.

55:40

>> So this is his castle. Oh, then we're

55:43

gonna cast meet his meet him at the

55:46

castle today.

55:47

>> Yes.

55:47

>> Are we gonna meet him?

55:48

>> Golden statue.

55:51

>> His statue and

55:58

are top three uh laws.

56:01

>> Oh, okay.

56:04

>> All right. We have to take a this

56:08

ropeway

56:09

to go to the top of the mountain

56:12

and then we're going to see the castle.

56:26

Okay. Call it.

56:29

>> So, we're going to get the ticket. The

56:31

ticket for

56:33

>> round trip is 1,300 for each person

56:39

road. You're going to the

56:43

ropeway roar

56:45

station.

56:53

Oh.

56:57

You have to wait for the car.

57:00

You have to wait for the car to come.

57:05

>> So it says 70 years anniversary of this

57:09

ropeway.

57:10

So that's a long time. Kinka mount.

57:14

We're going to go on top of the mount to

57:16

see the castle.

57:23

Let's go here

57:25

and get a good view here.

57:38

>> You're going to see a nice view of

57:47

Let us

57:59

know.

58:23

We can see the river now.

58:26

with the river that

58:41

it's going to be.

58:43

It's like a 600 m the mountain.

58:48

>> But we can go to the top.

58:50

>> Yeah.

58:52

>> Yeah. Yeah. You can actually

58:55

It's up to you if you want to use the

58:56

cable car or not.

58:59

The line naturally takes I don't know a

59:02

few hours.

59:28

It's similar to one in but this one is

59:30

the

59:32

bigger castle has a bigger

59:36

more important history than the one in

59:40

is a bigger town in

59:53

King Kong

59:56

King.

60:04

Big city.

60:08

So beautiful.

60:12

can see the house.

60:15

>> Yeah, now it's the weather is getting

60:17

better.

60:19

>> It was raining.

60:21

Okay, we are on the top.

60:24

We arrived.

60:38

Let's see the castle.

60:51

Take out.

61:19

So after the ropeway actually we have to

61:22

still climb these stairs

61:27

and the castle.

61:28

>> This one goes to castle.

61:29

>> Yeah.

61:30

>> This one viewpoint

61:34

view. Go.

61:35

>> All right. Let's go to viewpoint first.

61:44

There are some

61:46

restaurant as well on the top.

61:51

You can order food

61:54

and enjoy the view here, right?

61:58

Oh.

62:14

We we tried the G shape. Now they have

62:16

the king. That kanji

62:20

that's a mean king.

62:25

>> This is also golden three.

62:27

>> Oh, golden three. The one at the G1 G

62:32

shape

62:37

shape.

62:38

give me goldies

62:41

for money.

62:46

>> So this is a restaurant

62:49

can order here and go in

62:52

and

62:54

maybe later we can try. Let's go top

62:57

first.

63:00

>> Huh?

63:02

>> Top water model.

63:06

They have all type of food here. Wow.

63:10

>> You can eat food while enjoying the

63:14

food town from top.

63:18

>> Okay.

63:22

>> All right.

63:24

All right.

63:30

We got on top of the mountain now.

63:33

Amazing

63:37

view.

63:43

>> Oh, it's so cool here.

63:50

>> Amazing.

63:53

>> Look at the view.

63:56

>> Where is the castle?

63:58

>> Where is the castle? Is the other side.

64:00

This is the

64:02

>> the viewpoint. The castle is on the

64:04

other side. We're gonna check the

64:05

castle.

64:09

>> Magnificent

64:12

view.

64:14

>> It's wonderful.

64:16

>> Riverside.

64:18

Amazing.

64:20

>> Yeah.

64:23

>> Wow.

64:25

>> This is amazing. Look at the river.

64:28

>> The most beautiful rooftop. I think.

64:30

>> Yeah.

64:32

This is awesome.

64:33

>> So awesome.

64:36

>> Wow.

64:37

>> We actually ate

64:40

lunch the riverside over there.

64:42

>> Mhm.

64:43

>> There's a shooting guy over there in the

64:45

town. And then actually I I flew my

64:48

drone. I'm going to put the drone video

64:50

at the end of this video. Check that one

64:52

out, too.

64:54

>> And let's let's see the other side.

64:56

>> Amazing.

64:58

>> It's so cool. Wow.

65:13

>> So this morning was raining

65:21

is big.

65:23

>> It's a big city.

65:26

>> It's like pool. Yeah, there's water

65:29

here.

65:29

>> No.

65:33

Let's see.

65:37

>> Awesome. Wow.

65:40

>> Oh, that's a castle over there.

65:42

>> Over there.

65:46

>> Yeah, we have to go to castle. We have

65:47

to climb up.

65:49

>> Seems castle is the topest view.

65:53

is the topest part of the mountain.

65:56

>> It sits just on top of the mountain.

65:59

>> So, this castle is originally made about

66:03

500 years ago.

66:05

>> Wow. Wow.

66:06

>> And rebuilt I think about

66:09

>> 100 years ago.

66:10

>> Wow. Wow.

66:15

>> Oh, now it's sunny.

66:18

>> Now is the sun.

66:22

Best of timing.

66:23

>> Yeah,

66:23

>> we were waiting for sunny.

66:35

>> Oh, yeah. It's a bit hot today. The the

66:38

wind feels good.

66:40

>> Nice.

66:41

>> Yeah.

66:42

>> Freezing. Freezing.

66:46

>> Not freezing.

66:48

>> Suzushi is cool.

66:51

And that's Nagara River. It's a big

66:54

river.

66:58

>> All right.

67:01

All right. We got some ice cream

67:05

and the coffee

67:10

with this amazing view.

67:16

>> It's awesome this view. Put it on top.

67:20

>> Chocolate.

67:21

>> You got chocolate ice cream.

67:22

>> Chocolate ice cream

67:24

>> cuz it's hot today.

67:26

>> It's number two.

67:27

>> Number two is number two ice cream

67:30

today.

67:30

>> That's prohibited. Illegal.

67:34

>> Illegal.

67:34

>> That's illegal to have two ice creams in

67:38

a day.

67:39

>> That here is a mountain. We have to

67:40

follow the mountain rule. Mountain rule.

67:43

Now

67:46

a mountain is okay.

67:49

What's a bird?

67:51

>> Mountain road.

67:57

>> Amazing view.

68:02

>> So from the viewpoint, it takes five

68:04

more minutes to reach the castle. Let's

68:07

go. Is that

68:12

a

68:14

There are some windows around the

68:17

square.

68:18

triangle.

68:24

>> This is already the castle wall.

68:32

>> Let me show from here.

68:39

All right, we have to

68:42

go for five more minutes to reach the

68:46

>> castle. monkey.

68:52

What are you singing?

68:56

>> Jubilee.

68:57

>> Oh, Jubilee. Yeah, the root is like a

68:59

jubilee and

69:02

sing.

69:03

>> Is it true root?

69:05

>> Is it true root? It's a false route.

69:09

>> What do you mean?

69:11

>> It's very narrow.

69:17

Oh, there's another root over there.

69:35

All right, there is another gate here.

69:38

We are getting closer. It says 110 m

69:43

to reach the castle.

69:58

>> Another

70:00

Oh, look at the view again here. Very

70:03

cool.

70:06

Castle. We're getting closer to the

70:09

castle now.

70:12

Oh.

70:19

>> Oh, yes. Here we go.

70:22

>> The beautiful castle on top of the

70:25

mountain.

70:36

All right, we are just under the castle.

70:38

Let's go talk.

70:50

castle entrance.

70:55

>> Oh, from here.

71:10

>> 1,200. Yeah.

71:12

>> Okay.

71:24

It's very different.

71:27

This one is concrete.

71:29

It's not like other typical Japanese

71:31

castle made of wood.

71:34

It's concrete.

71:41

First floor.

71:43

And we're going up to the second floor.

71:54

This is the second floor. Yeah.

72:33

Wow. Oh,

72:51

turn the top off.

73:01

Oh, you can see outside from here.

73:10

>> Amazing.

73:48

View of the river on the top.

73:59

What's up?

74:23

Nunaga

74:25

which also turned to turns to

74:27

Christianity over 500 years ago. You can

74:30

see based on the painting as well. So

74:32

>> also

74:34

>> uh under armor

74:35

>> armor the armor

74:38

>> armor design the dying it's a little bit

74:40

like a western

74:42

>> ah yeah

74:43

>> so western style

74:44

>> so he imported like a

74:46

>> included

74:47

>> yeah western culture

74:49

>> he likes western culture

74:53

>> and he likes blue

74:54

>> likes blue or like me

74:57

>> no marist

75:00

color is like Gold

75:03

and black.

75:04

>> Oh, this one is colorful.

75:07

>> Hawaii.

75:09

>> Nice design.

75:12

>> Yeah.

75:12

>> Normally Japanese soldiers never wear

75:16

>> Oh, yeah. So, it's very westernized.

75:19

>> Yeah. Yes.

75:20

>> This guy.

75:22

>> Cool. All right. This was the story of

75:25

Geo Castle.

75:31

So you can actually see a museum about

75:35

the castle

75:37

also. It's just near the castle. This is

75:39

a small museum

75:40

>> and check it out.

75:41

>> So if you bring a receipt of the castle,

75:45

you can visit here too.

75:47

>> All right, let's check the museum out.

75:48

>> Yeah.

75:56

>> Oh, so she know that

76:13

It's him. Is it him or different?

76:19

Oh, they made a drama about him, I

76:21

think.

76:30

So

76:33

even the toilet on top of mountain has a

76:36

cool view.

76:57

The tradition that they use birds to get

77:01

catch fish. They actually they catch

77:03

this type of fish.

77:06

>> Are you

77:07

>> sweet fish?

77:09

>> Yeah.

77:10

>> Yeah. That the salmon is really fun. I

77:13

think using the bear to get fish.

77:20

And this is gift shop of the castle.

77:25

After you

77:29

put

77:30

>> Oh, yeah.

77:38

My favorite drink.

77:42

Get that one.

77:48

Coconut.

78:10

Thank you for this.

78:14

All right.

78:18

us.

78:27

Very beautiful.

78:30

>> Yeah, they have beautiful stuff.

78:31

>> Paper crab.

78:32

>> Paper crab. Oh, that's cool. Actually,

78:34

>> it's so fun.

78:37

>> You need to take it. It's really

78:38

>> You can make it yourself.

78:39

>> Yeah. Yeah, you can make yourself at

78:41

your home.

78:42

>> That's very nice. I think.

78:44

>> Yeah. Yeah.

78:45

>> You can't even make a castle.

78:46

>> I never Greek.

78:48

>> Yeah.

78:50

>> So, we just visited the castle. Gif

78:52

castle on top.

78:53

>> That one.

78:54

>> Yeah. It was amazing. And now the

78:56

weather is so cool. Very beautiful

78:59

>> finally. And look at the sky. Very

79:02

beautiful. Now,

79:04

>> all right, let's walk a little here and

79:06

then go back to the bus station.

79:09

>> It's a big dog.

79:10

>> Yeah, it's a big dog. Wow.

79:13

So beautiful here. Especially now,

79:16

earlier in the morning was raining. Now

79:18

is

79:18

>> a really nice weather.

79:21

>> Beautiful sky.

79:22

>> Beautiful sky. Wow. Look at the sky.

79:28

And these shops and restaurants

79:32

are new. Actually, I think they opened

79:34

it uh last year. Yeah,

79:38

last year. You said

79:41

>> last night. Guard has told us.

79:43

>> Yeah. Yeah. This area was recommended by

79:45

a geog girl during the live stream.

79:48

Yeah.

79:49

>> We made a lot. Oh, this one. It seems

79:51

they have

79:53

>> Japanese socket

79:54

>> is okay.

79:55

>> But is okay.

79:56

>> Pet.

79:57

>> Oh, pet is okay.

79:58

>> So, pet is okay.

80:00

>> Oh,

80:02

yeah. Very beautiful. Look at the castle

80:05

is just behind you.

80:08

>> It's amazing.

80:10

It's really cool.

80:15

>> Gefu is beautiful. Gefu. I like Guu.

80:17

Yeah,

80:18

>> very beautiful town.

80:21

>> I like

80:22

>> Yeah,

80:24

>> you should visit Ge when you come to

80:27

Japan. Gu is really close from Nagagoya.

80:30

Nagagoya is one of the big city in Japan

80:35

and famous for Gibli Park.

80:37

>> Yeah. Yeah. You can come to Naguya,

80:39

visit the Jubilee Park and then come to

80:40

GEU. It's only 35 minutes from Naguya.

80:43

>> Yes, you can come here easily cuz it's

80:47

close from the GU station.

80:49

>> Yeah.

80:52

>> Yeah. Basic

80:54

side.

80:56

>> Yeah.

80:57

>> Let me check the bus stop.

81:12

All right, Ku was really fun. How was

81:15

it? Actually,

81:16

>> I love the town.

81:17

>> Yeah, it's very beautiful. Amazing

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The video explores the city of Gifu, Japan, highlighting its diverse attractions. The journey begins in Yanagase Shotengai, a bustling shopping street with numerous food stalls and shops. The vloggers sample local delicacies like shrimp and hanadango, and explore various unique stores, including thrift shops and those selling handmade crafts. A significant part of the exploration is dedicated to Gifu Castle, perched atop Mount Kinka. The ascent via ropeway offers stunning panoramic views of the city and the Nagara River. The castle itself, a reconstruction with a modern concrete interior, provides historical insights and breathtaking vistas. The video also touches upon the traditional cormorant fishing (Ukai) on the Nagara River, a practice with over 1,300 years of history, and showcases the charming Kawaramachi area, an old Edo-period town with traditional wooden buildings, restaurants, and cafes by the riverside. The experience concludes with a recommendation to visit Gifu for its blend of history, nature, delicious food, and friendly people, noting its convenient proximity to Nagoya.

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