Welcome to the day that we're leaving Hiroshima.
We do not normally do travel videos, but today is special.
We are taking a fast train between Hiroshima and Osaka, but not the train behind me.
We're riding Hello Kitty!!
Yes, we are really excited about this.
Even I'm excited to go on the Hello Kitty train.
Hello Kitty takes longer between Hiroshima and Osaka
We heard about this train a few years ago, and
we were really excited to have the opportunity to take it now.
Then in Osaka, we're going to get our first ekiben before traveling by probably a faster
train up to Tokyo.
This is a long day of trains, but we're ready.
Like this train, let's get going.
Like this train, we better get going.
Come on, train. Cooperate!
Like this train, we better get going!
I could geek out on all the technical and engineering stuff.
I'll spare you the details.
We kind of expected this car to be pink, because that's what the photos that we saw were, but
this one's blue.
Ah, so boring!
We should go in search of maybe some special themed cars.
Let's go!
This is the cutest wash basin I've ever seen on a train.
It's not a functional pay phone anymore, but it still is cute.
What is ufufu? She's cute.
Hiroshima is the maple leaf cookie we had.
I've got to go to Hyogo.
I like bread.
So many cute little photographs here!
Drawings?
Illustrations?
Illustrations.
It's Hello Kitty's favorite stuff from all over Japan.
I love that. This is actually a great summary of our trip so far.
We've been to Kyoto and we saw these.
We've been to Osaka and we definitely saw that.
We did not go to Nara, but we saw deer when we were in Miyajima.
We stayed in Okayama in order to visit Kurashiki.
In Hiroshima, we definitely enjoyed the Hiroshima style okonomiyaki, and then Yamaguchi.
We went to Iwakuni, which is where this bridge is.
The others will have to wait for our next trip.
Okayama, and Hiroshima with cookies.
I'm kind of tempted by them.
They have a thing here that translates to a lottery, where you pay 500 yen and then
put your hand in a box and something magical comes out.
I think we're going to play it.
All right, here goes!
Postcards! I love them. They're so cute.
Where's that one from?
I'm such a kid.
Now this is the cutest train.
We don't normally call trains cute, but this one's cute.
It's also not the fastest way to get from Hiroshima to Osaka.
Hello Kitty takes a lot longer than other Shinkansens along the same route, because
she has to wave to all of her friends and let them come on board.
At least, that's what we're telling ourselves.
I didn't realize that by reserving a seat on this train,
we actually end up with more comfortable seats.
They're wider and there's a bit of space in between two seats,
and drink holders on each side.
If it's a non-reserved seat, they're much closer together.
I didn't realize that and our reserved seats with our regional passes were free.
We are now at Shin-Osaka. It is really loud here.
Our next mission for the day is to try to find some ekiben, which one of our viewers
told us we had to get when we came through here.
Mystery viewer, whoever said that, that's what we're off to do.
Then we'll be taking a train from here to Tokyo, and it's going to go a lot faster than
what we did this morning.
Which one are you going to get?
There's so many kinds.
All right, we got our ekiben.
We have one more stop to make before we find our way to a train...but I'm not going to
tell you what it is.
You guys! This is an ice cream vending machine!
What??
Fancy.
With only two dimensions on the video, it's really difficult to represent how long these
noses are.
They're maybe 25 feet, and they move so quickly that they go by so quickly.
It's really hard to tell how big they are.
That's a soy glaze. It's really good.
Are you going to eat Hello Kitty?
What is this?
Is it good? I don't know. And hot dog.
This is definitely a kid's meal but we had to stick with the Hello Kitty theme.
Oh it's pretty good.
And for her final act
Oh, that is really good.
I have no idea what that is.
It's delightful.
It's squishy and delicious.
It's also really good. A fruit or a candy? [shrugs]
It's a little bit better when it's fresh out of the oven and warm,
but this is still delicious.
This was a good call.
Well, it turns out that we were sitting in a row with somebody immediately next to us.
Out of consideration for him, we did not narrate our food, but the ekiben was really good.
Did you know what you ate, Bill?
I knew some of the things and some of the things I'd tried, but maybe half of it
was completely new to me, which is actually what we've learned with Japanese food.
There's just so much variety and it's all good.
We did share both meals, for the record.
It was really good.
Then we polished off half a cheesecake, which we do not regret,
because it was so good the first time.
I'm doing it! This is happening.
Thank you, viewer who told us about that cheesecake.
It was incredible.
It's amazing stuff.
Next time we'll know to carry a fork with us.
This time we were prepared.
We did not have to eat it with only our mouths.
It was delicious. We brought our sporks.
We were ready.
Wow, that second train was so much faster than the first one, and it banks on the curves,
and the countryside was beautiful.
We got here to Tokyo so fast.
The sensation of speed is really hard to describe, but it's completely different, the Shinkansen
versus the regular train.
Japan is so lucky to have this as a travel method.
I wish that we had this in the United States.
What a great day, starting with Hello Kitty and finishing with such a fast train.
This was amazing. For us, it's a novelty.
For everyone else on the train that's Japanese, this is just a train trip.
It's just normal. It's bizarre to us.
If you enjoy trains, we actually have a video that we did in Belgium that features a fantastic
Train Museum.
We're going to link to that right up here, so if you want to learn more about trains
in Belgium, give that one a try.
Otherwise, we'll be back with more Japan in the next video.
See you next time!
Bye!
thank you