hello and welcome to episode 7 of the anime expedition we are currently in
ryokan Yamazaki on the outskirts of Kyoto although not a traditional ryokan
it's still a beautiful place to stay especially if you're on a budget to kick
off our Kyoto adventure we've woken up bright and early and are about to head
to the world-famous Demachiyanagi shopping Street which is what the
Usagiyama shopping arcade from from Tamako market was based off of after a quick
nap on the bus I was feeling refreshed and ready to expedition-ize expedite expede
I was ready to weeb it up but as we were getting off the bus we spotted
something that looked familiar so he pulled up a clip from Tamako love story
on ari's phone we were just going away to the market from tamako market when
we stumbled across the bridge with the rocks where Mochizo does his little
confession
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a few of the shots seem to be from out in the middle of the river but I didn't
exactly feel like going for a swim luckily the river was quite low so there
was a little island sticking out that I could make it onto without getting wet
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this area is called the Kojin-bashi Bridge and it's definitely a cool place
to hang out on a nice day especially since the tamako market shopping arcade
is only a 15 minute walk away and word on the street is to make some pretty
good mochi
turning the corner into the shopping street the first thing we noticed was
although not an exact replica like the aquarium from snafu or the cafe from
your name this place still felt like we were walking through the Usagiyama
shopping arcade there were several of the same shops like this florist and yes
eventually we did manage to find the giant fish
Tamako's house turned out to be real
and it was actually even a mochi shop
after indulging in some fresh-made mochi we hit up some tourist destinations and
grab some sushi before beginning the next leg of our expedition one of my
favorite anime of all time is a slice of life romance called Tsuki ga Kirei although
mainly set in Kawagoe city near Tokyo which we actually end up visiting
later on in the expedition the characters do take a field trip to Kyoto so our goal
for the rest of the day was to follow in their footsteps and visit the same
tourist destinations that they did
I'm guessing this is the place
This is where he asks her to spend time with him on the field trip.
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now to find Ari
I know it looks nice out but this is probably the strongest and coldest wind
I've ever had the honor of being- one of the first locations that the
Tsuki ga Kirei characters visit is another shopping street called Nishiki
market which is located in downtown kyoto and features over a hundred shops
and restaurants the problem with it being so busy is one it's impossible for
me to get the shots and two I constantly lose track of Ari I have no clue where he
went from here the students make their way to a cluster of shrines on the east
side of Kyoto the show features a ton of beautiful establishing shots of the city
that although were not on our itinerary I couldn't help the recreate a few
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before I knew it the Sun was setting and I had only scratched the surface for
shots I plan to get today so I said sayonara to Ari and broke out into a jog
towards the nearest shrine
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recognising the gate I headed inside after exploring for a little while
without recognizing any locations I came to the conclusion that I don't think
this is it I'm at the wrong place extremely disappointed that I had wasted
even more precious daylight I lost sight of the fact that even though things
weren't going according to plan I was still walking through an
unbelievably beautiful and historic shrine in a city that I've always
dreamed of visiting rather than enjoying the moment I made a b-line for
Matsubara-dori Street which was the real Tsuki ga Kirei location I had intended to
film the journey was almost entirely uphill and took around a half hour so by
the time I started to recognize the area my legs were killing me I was out of
breath and the light was almost completely gone the area from Tsuki ga Kirei
was already closed for the night so I had no choice but to accept defeat with
my tail between my legs I met back up with Ari and walked around the shrines
Oh a dog barked at me a dog barked ar you a big one Wow you went on an
adventure by the time we reached the peak I had completely forgotten about
the expedition and was rendered speechless by the awe-inspiring view of
the city below me despite everything it had turned out to be one of my favorite
nights in Japan thank you so much for watching if you enjoyed please don't
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expedition rather than being based on specific shows it will be several
miscellaneous locations we found as well as footage from our time in Osaka and at
the Studio Ghibli Museum so you definitely won't want to miss that if
you'd like to see the comparison shots from this video in more detail I've
uploaded two separate compilations for each show links to those as well as the
patreon for anime expedition season 2 will be in the description below