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so today we are leaving Tokyo we are a little bit sad because we've really enjoyed
our stay here in Tokyo but we are off to another amazing adventure we are here at Tokyo
Station which is one of the busiest transport hubs in all of Tokyo it's where the uh bullet
trains are it's where the Metro is the buses all stop here and we're here at the station
because we'll be taking the shinkansen which is the Japanese bullet train to go to Nagoya
and then we're hopping on a local bus to take us to Takayama which is a small town uh in the
more mountainous region of Japan so we'll be surrounded by the Japanese Alps this is going
to be our first time taking the bullet train I'm super excited I don't think I've taken a
bullet train before did you uh find out how fast this train is going to be I only know that it's
insanely fast so we have about an hour until we have to board the train so let's go find some
Bento boxes that we can bring on the train to eat for lunch and find out where the train
is
the bento boxes we bought were kind of premium they look really yummy but just right here
if we go to Belmart Kiosk they have like 500-600 Yen bento boxes half the price that look really really
good it's okay now we know look at them good portion size too oh our bento boxes do look
extremely yummy so it's okay we already have our tickets because I used an app to buy our
tickets online um we don't need to pick it up at the station we can go right in with the QR
code
all good
that was easy yeah I think if you were to use your JR pass that you buy
or if you wanted to reserve your seats you have to do it at those offices over
there that has like uh like people lining up to pick up the tickets yeah but because
I downloaded this app and we also didn't buy the JR Rail Pass because we thought
it was a better deal to not use it for our trip I just download the Smart EX app and I
was able to buy my tickets and have all the QR codes directly on the app which is very
convenient
is that our train no our train not yet yet this is so
exciting look at how pointy the
nose is
wow it looks like a spaceship doesn't it it's like a clean looking design
super aerodynamic
I was looking on Google map to get
to Nagoya by car is 9 and 1/2 hours oh really but by Bullet Train is only an hour and a half
it's almost as fast as flying flying is about an hour crazy so it looks like the train just
got here and they're changing like the the driver and also there are people going in to
clean the train before we get to board and we are at the end of the train here we are
car 16 seat 15D and I chose the seat at the end I reserved it because we have these big
bags so we can put the bags right behind our seat cuz if you don't have a reserved
seat and you don't have a space for your bag you actually get fined on the train oh gate is
open you excited you ready yes sorry sorry I'm too
excited wow perfect there's a storage yeah good choice very nice actually the ordinary seats
are very spacious already we didn't go for the first class cuz you know we thought we're going
to spend more money on a premium bento instead isn't it like 4,000 yen more expensive yeah it was um it's
more expensive cuz like together that would be like almost $80 more and this is this is really
nice look at the space we have look at the leg room I can almost stretch my legs all the way
and look there's also a table here lots of space people eating their Bento already a little pocket
here um you can hang something here as well you can pull these ones down oh there's a button here
don't know what the button is don't press it um check out the chair oh pretty far back I wonder
if we can go even further without the bag behind it's perfect oh one more there's a plug down here
too so you can do some work if you wanted to we're moving we're moving bye Tokyo bye Tokyo until
next time off to Nagoya we were told by our friend to book the seat on the right side of the train when you're leaving
Tokyo because then there's a chance you can see Mount Fuji
on a good day it looks beautiful we might be lucky
you hungry I'm hungry let's do it
these look premium alright
that looks amazing
I have um Japanese omelette fried chicken grilled chicken meatballs some
grilled veggies and pickle mine has clams and eel and I'm not sure what
this is maybe mushrooms egg and daikon smells good this is exciting
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so the train we booked is the Nozomi train which is one of the fastest trains um in Japan and how
fast are we going right now right now we're going about 220 km per hour but at one point it hit 275 yeah cuz
this train can go up to 300 km per hour hour and the reason that it can go so fast compared
to some of the other ones is because it makes less stops along the way that that's why it can
reach that speed do you feel motion sickness at all a little bit especially trying to eat
at the same time yeah should of taken a motion sickness pill I find it super smooth like I don't
feel sick at all and it's super quiet even when it turns you can barely feel anything this is pretty neat
we're in Nagoya we have about an hour
to transit so we have to find the bus station that will take us to Takayama
is our bus here not yet not yet 5 minutes this
is our final leg of the trip we're almost there it's about another 2 and
1/2 hours on the bus taking a local bus is significantly cheaper than taking the
bullet train this costing us 3,450 Yen per person which is roughly $23 USD each
let's go it's actually very spacious quite nice nice AC very spacious have a cup holder
everything here in Japan is so nice and efficient and the toilets are all the way in the back this
bag is a puking bag I think it's a puking bag if it's puking bag it wouldn't be
transparent that's gross it would be like paper bag or something cuz in Japan a lot of places
you go to they um tell you to take your trash home so they recommend you bring like a little
trash bag with you because you probably won't find that many garbage cans around the city
we made it we made it welcome to Takayama
how far is the hotel I think it's like a 2 to 3 minute walk
this feels nice it's like a small
city you find it cooler up here I do yeah because we are surrounded by mountains this is so funny
Relax hotel it says here welcome to Relax Hotel Takayama if we are located on the second floor
we apologize for the inconvenience we will help you carry your luggage press the intercom when you
need it that's so cute we can take it up ourselves look at this flight of stairs though it's
long you got it got it you go girl
that was a workout should I press
it check in please we can take it ourselves it's okay
but we're going to go for the welcome sake first
okay we can't miss that yeah that's too good to miss
let's see what we have here so it says like different brewery
and the taste if it's sweet or dry rich or light what should
we go for we should do one shot of each that's a lot is it that's a lot
yeah I think these are um these breweries are based in uh
Takayama oh and we learned something uh a couple days ago that in Japan
sake doesn't mean sake sake just mean alcohol yeah it just means
like a spirit so when you're talking about Japanese sake they call it nihonshu
mhm oh wow that's good oishi oishi it's sweet and smooth that's nice
best seller for 140 years good stuff okay you sure
you don't want a second one maybe let's try this one come on just one
more this one has the longest history yeah it says they've been brewing sake for 380 years 380 years
nice wow this one's stronger gentle though on the palette nice let's go
check out room wow the sake is so strong I'm dizzy already you feel
it too so far I'm okay I'm drunk you're the one who wanted to take two shots
this is a huge room this is beautiful we got a working desk big screen TV we have
a private washroom and a tub kitchen we can even cook they basically have
everything look they have pots and pans and [Music] everything even the Japanese knife
this is really sharp let's go to the supermarket oh nice and get some wagyu
beef oh separate toilet is it a fancy one does it have bum warmer yeah it does it has a bum
warmer and a bidet oh there were a couple things she told me um here we have some
coffee and tea that's included and all the drinks in the fridge are included as well
so this was 12,450 Yen per night which is roughly $84 USD but it includes everything it
is 2 minutes away from the station the bus station and breakfast is included in the
morning I think it's a pretty good deal we're going to go enjoy our night here and tomorrow
we're going to show you more of Takayama and make our way to the beautiful UNESCO heritage
site called Shirakawago as always thank you so much for joining us on this adventure here
to takayama and we will see you in the next one have a Wonderflo day bye that looks so good
wow dinner is served
cheers wow I just poured it all the way
down my shirt