Whoa!
Wow
Nooooooooo
Uuuuh.
In our last Japan travel episode we took you to some wonderful places
in Wakayama. And lot of fun memories were made.
Our journey through Wakayama continues today, so sit back
while we take you to some other must-do and must-try things here in Wakayama.
Right next to the harbor is our Hina no Yu Ryokan.
Ryokan is a Japanese traditional guesthouse and "Hina"
is like the Hina dolls themed on the Japanese dolls that
he put up around March for girls
Hina no yu is great if you love staying in a traditional Japanese guest house atmosphere
There are many Japanese Hina dolls as charming decorations
and the guest house is right next to the sea.
Their hot spring Onsen is on top of the roof.
So you can soak in the hot water and look at the beautiful sea.
There are many hina dolls here... and look at the view!
oh that's wonderful! You can look right on to the sea!
There's a shrine right in front near the ryokan too.
That is a great place, just look at the view.
Awesome view to wake up to.
Especially because other guests aren't currently here
because other guests aren't there,
we can have an exclusive look into their onsen area
which you usually can't do. We're in for a treat.
Let's have a look and see what the ladies onsen looks like.
So here we are these are the ladies rooms you can see the makeup mirrors
it's not set up yet because obviously it's very early in the morning and the
guests aren't here yet... oh this is where you get changed
This is where the actual ofuro area is... Wow
That is wonderful
Wow
It's in the shape of a ship outside.
Oh I can feel the breeze from the sea.
Let's have a look to the other area there's one inside too
- Oh check it out
so this is where you actually wash yourself properly and make sure you're
completely clean before you go into the inside or the outside Onsen.
Everything's steamed up now... oh dear can you still see?
So yeah that's the inside onsen. Again you have a view of the sea over here...
Don't forget especially if you're new to Japan, you need to make sure
you completely clean, wash everything first before you go into
any of the onsen. That's very important
This feels great.
There are also some English descriptions on how to use an onsen.
Don't bring swim wear. You generally bathe naked in Japan.
Afterwards there are some amenities to help you get ready.
And you can do some ear cleaning... WAIT!
Ear cleaning?!
Right now we are in the "ESTE club" of the Hina onsen and spa
and guess what Bonita Bonito is here ...
Hello! Here I am again. Thank you for coming again.
You have lots of ear spa branches don't you?
We are located in many places.
Bonita Bonito also has a branch inside this onsen and hotel.
Oh yes, can you introduce youself?
I'm the dirty ear man Matt.
You finished work and then...
Go up there and use the onsen clean them out.
Every day?
- Except for the past three days because the onsen is closed
He hasn't cleaned his ears for 3 days.
That's good. I am looking forward to it.
You're actually a chef downstairs in the kitchen here.
If you're curious about that video, we put that in the links.
So you can check out how he introduces the food to us but we totally took him away
from his workplace just now, brought him upstairs to the 3rd floor
to get his ears looked at. You're ready for this?
Yeah... no... I was kind of set up.
Looking forward to your honest direction of seeing your ears for the very 1st time.
I am not looking forward to it. - What do you think it will look like?
Terrible molten lava
Molten lava, let's go...
Oh no...
Nooooooo
Uuuuuh....
Urgh it's terrible.
Even if you clean it every day it can get like this...
Let's have a look at the other side, that's the one you don't hear well on.
Gross!
It looks different from my ears. The color and it's kind of flakey.
Well, yes. It's dry ears.
Looks like your ears are dry. Oh what's that!?
You damaged your ear by cleaning it.
You cleaned it so much that you made your ears bleed.
Does this mean he cleans it too much? - It's proof that he overdid it.
Looks terrible. Remember how it looks now cause we are gonna make it pretty...
Well she's gonna make it look pretty.
We are gotta find out. Looking forward to your reactions.
Uh that's a LOT.
So gooey.
OMG
This is terrible...
Gooey Gooey...
This is so gross...
I can see you're clenching your toes.
Have a look. This is your finished result.
Look how clean your ears are now.
Wow!
Feels good.
Feels nice.
Oh... she said OH!!!
It's like a job and a half there.
It's caked on...
I wouldn't.... Please please don't ruin cake for me
don't associate that with the word cake!
Does it hurt? - No it doesn't hurt.
You know this is kind of the thing wher somebody says like ...
"Oh by the way we're gonna clean your ears tomorrow"
it's kind of a thing like "oh I better clean up the day before"
or like the morning of.
That's good. This is like the ear mug that you¥ accumulate in three days
Yeah so gross.
I mean like... urgh...
And so much hair!
Beautiful beautiful...
They're pretty now.
I cleansed them for you now.
Beautiful.... - Beautiful?
Beautiful ears now.
Let's have a look what was in your ear...
AAAAAAHHH
Do you need this?
Thank you, I certainly don't need that.
MMmmh...
Okay let's ask his opinion.
How was it very first ... was this the first time you went to a spa?
It's very unique! - How does it feel?
It feels good especially the massage part
but the... just seeing it in the camera it's kind of like feeling AAAAAAAAH
Feeling relaxed? - Yes
How do your ears feel? - They feel good, nice. Clean.
Fantastic. Thank you so much for taking part in this.
Now we let you back to you profession which is actually doing food
Had a very relaxing day
Thank you so much.
Okay as a special we are allowed into the
kitchen that's usually a no-go, but we're allowed to show you guys so let's
have a look
This is REAL shark skin? - Yes - WHAT?
After finishing eating, your heart will feel satisfied.
And the taste will of course have satisfied you too.
And that will make me happy too.