hey guys so a quick recap I'm currently
visiting Kochi Prefecture on the island
of Shikoku the smallest of Japan's four
main islands this is gonna be my first
time in Kochi Prefecture and I'm so
excited that's not all I get through
this trip with one of my favorite
youtubers for this trip Sharla and I
took advantage of cochise tourism
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Sharla and I are going to take a trip
around Kochi and show you some of the
cool things you can do as we explore
this naturally beautiful and relatively
unknown gem of a Prefecture so after
arriving at Kochi Airport we're now
heading out to shimanto city and we're
going to have some lunch and then we're
gonna get out on the water and do some
watersports and I'm so excited
do you have you done a lot of
watersports I've done wakeboarding
little good old Canadian yeah that's
about it
oh I haven't done what's it called soda
so dad that paddle sir no I haven't what
I'm excited for the oh my god we have to
do that but it's gonna be a major
challenge I'm assuming if it requires
the same balance oh yeah
state boy nice no word I'm really
excited to you're watching fall actually
I'll probably fall to now because karma
from the airport it's a two-hour drive
into the mountains to reach this remote
location along the shimanto River where
you can rent a kayak or paddleboard and
explore Kochi by water the rental
company is called with River and in
spite of their remote location they're
surprisingly English friendly you should
probably bring your own swimsuit but you
can also rent t-shirts and shorts here
if you don't want to get your own
clothes wet
all right so we are here at with River
we're about to get in the canoe do some
canoeing we're gonna do some something
stand up pedals another thing have you
done it before yes
okay I've done a new only one that's
gonna fail I'm so excited to get on the
river
I like your GoPro thank you very nice
GoPro please give me your GoPro that was
really easy Japanese people are so kind
never yeah Japanese people this is
Japanese only a multinational
take it back to Canada no no no I
ragazzo gozaimasu goodbye Michael roll
we started off by kayaking around the
shallow shoreline of the shimanto River
this is a great introduction to
watersports and a fairly easy activity
even for beginners gliding along the
pristine and emerald green River on a
sunny day feels magical
next we hopped on paddle boards and rode
the strong River current traveling a
kilometre downstream while taking in the
gorgeous scenery
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I feel like I tend a little I don't want
it fun it was actually a really fun um
Charlotte did really well so did you
we can clearly see you did better really
nice and relaxing and it's nice to like
like like Charlotte is saying it's
really surprising that you have
beautiful rivers like this if you don't
see any people I live near a river like
this I would swim good morning we're
just getting ready for our day to trip
here of Cochise but this sentence does
not make any dramatic sense
the weather has turned on us it was
supposed to be sunny and we had plans to
go cycling but I don't think that that's
gonna happen today
unfortunately so the plans have changed
suddenly
but I'm looking forward to seeing what
we can get up to on a rainy day in Kochi
as well we have come deep into the
mountains to this little warehouse to
join a metalsmith workshop more Jubran
they meet there so you shall call the
hunters got what I got
Corinne you know Dimas listen up city
sanada-san y'all got it couldn't quit on
us one is getting a magnet to this
acquittal money he needs keeping a watch
there
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ah Amata yet although so we've come all
the way out into the mountains to this
metal workshop people can come join this
workshop and learn how to make knives
and feel from sand on the beach like you
start and you go and you collect the
sand and you turn it into materials for
foraging and that's actually incredible
the my turn yeah how is it you expect me
feel doing yourself
you see did you it really hurt you need
to like you need to be confident I'm not
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she's got hidden biceps show me your
arms show me your arms oh yeah okay
that's why it's fun I like it Charlotte
and I worked together to forge a knife
and it was a lot of hard work thankfully
our teacher mr. Hayashi was patient with
us as he showed us his tricks of the
trade mr. Hayashi speaks English and
actually welcomes visitors from all over
Japan and the world some grievance stay
for several days at his facility while
learning the art of Japanese metal
foraging pretty cool right we did it we
did it together and that's the most
important thing like I've injured like I
injured
I like it it might get me cute
sorry no sorry that's beautiful that's
enough that's great
hopefully they're thick even on air you
cannot fall on each other then go take
it out from one of the Kaliyuga and see
well not that any people know that it's
nice you've got a segmented smoked toy
thanks to our top it's got an it's good
it's good hmm thank you I think he has a
good figure that's a boy hi any other
level I believe us thank you very much
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at the end of the trip we were blessed
with better weather and can continue our
original plan to explore coach if I see
this included a boat tour along the
coast of ashes Ooty with the possibility
of spotting a few whales we were lucky
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thank you enough when I think we're
gonna go
spiracle I'm too excited on the water
unfortunately although the weather was
clear the ocean was still a bit too
rough to go well spotting but the ride
around the coast was a great way to see
the island from a different perspective
and it felt nice to feel the wind in our
hair I even got to do some fishing on
the back of the boat apparently has
caught some fish and he wants me to reel
it in it's gonna come out
pretty nano second honest car I could it
be huh he's a big boy he's a big boy so
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we're at the airport hey it's been a
long day they're not crazy we are so dry
over there yeah it's been we've been in
the mountains we went oh my god we've
yeah actually I think we've like crossed
all of Kochi today anyway so we're at
the airport now and just before I'll
even go to Fukuoka I want to actually
use my so the very beginning of my trip
I got JCB gift cards $100 worth of JCB
gift cards at the front desk just for
coming to Kochi and since I'm about to
leave and go back to Fukuoka and I don't
know when I'm gonna visit Kochi again I
want to use these gift cards to buy some
Oh Miyagi all these are cute like really
cute yeah yeah apparently these these
cookies are only sold here in Kochi
Prefecture they're like Ritz crackers
but sweeter
this was Sharla's favorite charla was
like really into the IOT outside more
tea
okay Alison already soup it's instant
soup using the out Senora seaweed that
they get from the shimanto river oh
that's so cool
I don't think I need to be eating any
more fish anytime soon
so I'm gonna skip this section cut civil
person all drop OH
Munich IG they taste like milk yeah
was it probably good I like the
character they've just like created that
Oh cut some Union no young-soon they've
created a character called cuts
loeningen and he's a human but he's also
a console fish a bonito fish hi oh I
asked that earlier it's a type of citrus
here oh look at these cookies there they
are
okay Sharla got these and I regretted
not buying them earlier so I'm gonna get
some now we had these on our canoe trip
and they were like these sweet potato
chips and they're really crunchy and
delicious uses really really popular
here they grow a lot of citruses and
Shikoku so I'm gonna pick up some yuzu
sake
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I gotta go I'm gonna miss my plate so
that was our quick trip to coach a
Prefecture
don't let the remoteness of Shikoku
intimidate you there's a lot of charm on
this island and plenty of friendly
people eager to welcome tourists check
out Sharla's videos on her channel too
for another perspective from the trip if
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much talk to you soon bye