Get ready for a road trip to the Kansai region, with it’s bustling metropolis of Osaka,
beautiful spaces of Nara where you can feed the deer,
or the ancient city of Kyoto that’s full of history —
it’s all in this epic episode of Life in Japan!
Hi guys
It's really warm today. I have a short-sleeved shirt on.
And you have the guys? That's good. Hi camera!
Everyone buckle in please.
We're going to go somewhere. It's six hours away.
We're going to go for three nights and stay in a hotel.
Right now? Yes!
Yeah!!!!!
We're going to Osaka.
Yeah! We've never been there before.
So wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha we hardly have any stuff!
I packed it all for you.
Why didn't you tell us?! I wanted it to be a surprise!
Did you guys see Mount Fuji over here?
Yeah. I found it.
You found it? It's not hard to find, is it?
There's a car going up on that one — do you see it? Oh yeah.
Today we're driving down the Shin Tomei, the new Tomei highway, and it's just beautiful.
It's a lot of bridges and tunnels and these amazing new rest areas.
All these little shops and things — very cool.
The bathroom is so huge!
So huge?
The bathroom is. Huge.
I want the bathroom to be in our home.
I think our whole home could fit in the bathroom.
I think so too.
Hey, hey! Camera!
Camera?
I think that's Nagoya. Do you see that big city over there?
Is it rain? Is it snow? Is it fog? Is it smoke?
I need my sunglasses and my windshield wipers at the same time.
Hello Osaka!
Here comes our first ETC toll in 6 hours? Is it?
Just about!
Oh, yep.
Oh! There it is — did you see that?
Ichi man, i sen, ryoku jyu (11,610) or something. Yeah.
We're at 8, we're at 9, we're at 10
Eleven! Ping-pong!
Wow!
(Gasps)
Wow! Oh the kitchen, Mommy!
Let's move here!
I wish this could be our home forever.
This is like bigger... this is like bigger than our house.
This is so nice!
There's a closet. There's two sinks. Three sinks in here.
OK, you girls, you guys are all going to sleep in here.
Joshua too. Joshua's going to sleep with Sarah.
Joshua! You know who I'm going to sleep with? With you!
You found another bathroom?
Tada!
Oh wow, you're right!
This is fun!
Eleven floors up — look at that.
This is going to be a really fun home for the next couple of days.
Alright guys
It's our first night here, we're going to go out and find something to eat and and then plan the rest of our time here.
Everybody's got dinner on the brain.
Ooo, it's by the Super-Home Super-Depot, Super —
Super Awesome!
Hi camera.
OK, well we're going to go inside here, let's go.
I want ketchup, Ok? Ok
And then there's regular, there's chicken strips in here.
Oh, and Daddy's looks so Oh!
I am so ready to eat this!
Ok let's go back to the car. Do you know where our car is?
Are you girls ready to find some deer?
I'm ready to not... I'm ready to not get hit!
Not get hit? By a deer!
Say "Hi Mr Deer."
Hi! Careful.
It's alright. Ok there's some more, look.
Stop! "Stop," he says!
Don't be scared though. Go right up to him. He won't bite your hand. He's going to take just the food.
He doesn't want to eat your hand, he wants to eat the food.
Ohh! That scared me! It just licked me!
Ok let's go over there.
(Everyone talking)
Mommy, save me!
They want it, Joshua. Ok, hold it out.
There you go — good job!
Oh that's a baby!
It is a little baby one, huh? Mommy can you give me some more food?
I don't have anymore.
She's pooping! Is she?
Yep I'm going to touch one!
This is a baby!!
He thinks I have food — I don't have food!
This is fun!
He wants to kiss you!
Ok stay there — everyone stay right there with the deer.
Look at Mommy!
Ok
Mommy! Go sit by An-Becca, go sit by Becca!
It's too sunny! Ok, just look at the deer then.
He's just smelling you. He doesn't know what you smell like and you smell so clean.
It's like all of the deer are waiting for 10 o'clock when the cafe opens.
And then we can... and then the deer are going to go in?
I don't know, it kind of looks like it, huh?
Like the deer's saying "I want to eat right now."
Oh, it's green, here we go.
It's following me.
There you go.
What did you get Momma-chan?
I got a magnet to put on our fridge!
Oh, the fridge that Anna just cleaned in the last episode of Life in Japan?
Life in Japan.
This is a massive, massive gate.
Big horns on the temple.
Did we do so much walking so far?
Are we taking a little break, guys?
There's a deer right next to you — right on the other side of you.
I do?! There's a deer here?
How many deer have you guys pet so far?
Like a hundred. Like a hundred?
I didn't pet... You didn't do even a single one yet, Sarah?
I pet some.
How about you? How many deer did you pet?
Seven! Seven? That's pretty good!
Let's head back to the car — we can go eat...
We can go on to the next adventure.
That's a fast dude.
We are back downtown, and we're going to go see how close we can get to Osaka castle.
You can't go in it, because it's closed right now.
But we can go up and see how close we can get.
That's not the castle, it's like a castle...
It's like a turret.
Look, there's some birds on there.
Don don.
Hi birds! Hi birds!
Look who I found here — it's a beautiful girlfriend!
Huffin' and puffin'...
And I blow the camera away!
Bowser's Castle!
Bowser's castle.
Only look out, don't get up there. You know why?
Because it is a long ways down!
Let's go see the castle!
So we're on the outer ring, which is hard to get up.
And then the inner ring, where the castle is, is even harder to get to.
Oh, there's the castle right where we walk in. Yea.
Ok, look at mommy. Oh that's cool, look at that.
Whoa, look there it is.
Ok come Joshua, stand right here by mommy.
Right here. Right there.
3, 2, 1
Wait! Push it!
There you go.
I wasn't looking. Oh no! Mommy wasn't looking.
You guys want to go to the playground?
You going to go check out the playground? Yes!
Our kids could care less about historic sites — but they sure love the playgrounds!
Ruth and I use it as motivation for the kids, and the whole family stays happy.
The Reutter bobsled team.
Glico guy. He's unique to...
That guy right there? Unique to Osaka.
That man on that poster? Yeah.
We stayed near the canal-side entertainment district of dotonbori, a thriving shopping and eating center in Osaka.
Should we go find something to eat guys?
Everybody's having their food.
Sarah's waiting for her's still!
So Anna, how was dinner?
Yummy.
Let's see if we can do a boat ride tonight.
Whoa!
Does the boat sink sometimes?
No.
Are there sharks in this water?
No!
See those pods? You can go in those pods
This is fun.
Hey Joshua give him the ticket!
Hai, ireshyaimase! (Welcome!) Arigatou Gozaimasu (Thank You)
Let's go, Let's go Anna! Ikimashyou. Are you cold?
Dotonbory River
We're on a cruise, on the river.
Anna, is this so fun? Yep!
Look how low this bridge is!
Whoa, look! Oh man, it's right there.
It's so close! It's so close, the blue light!
We have a different way to say "thank you." E?
Does anyone know? (Gasps) Ookini?
Whoa! You knew it!
We just read it.
I read it! You took my joke!
Ah, gomen, gomen, gomen (sorry)
From 1935, that ad was built.
So we can stand up and get a picture if we want, Ok?
Thank you Daddy! That was a lot of fun, Daddy.
We only had two full days in Osaka, so we decided to see as much as we could.
It wasn’t a relaxing vacation, but quite an active one, walking and driving everywhere.
(Singing) warm warm warm them up, warm those leggies up!
Very cool, huh?
Ooo, it's cold right here.
Look at the pottery here, do you see that?
It's old pottery. Look at that.
Alright, let's go guys.
See?
Did you see it Joshua?
Oh! My goodness! Look at that.
Wouldn't you know it?
Do you want something?
Chocolate?
Where's my coffee? It's coming out right over here.
Oh you get it over here? Um hum.
Oh omoshiroi (interesting)
This is really awesome
Here we go, up the steps
Ah, let's go in here. Take off your shoes!
This might be the only Starbucks where you take off your shoes.
But we need to (take off our shoes)
I have a sakura donut.
Daddy, you can sit by me.
We spent our last full day in the ancient city of Kyoto, famous for its historic Japanese atmosphere and streets.
We walked like never before, but the kids did great.
What did you find there, Becca?
My shoe!
Your shoe, ah hontou ne?! (For real!)
It's almost like Becca's shoes but the ties are kind of...
Is kind of like flowers on it.
Holy guacamole, I'm starting to sweat.
How much stairs did we walk up? How many stairs! We're going to do a lot more.
Daddy! Becca keeps taking pictures of me!
Oh, good! No! Not good!
You're pretty! Pretty person to take pictures of.
Um, those are pretty. Those are pretty.
Alright, we've got our tickets to go in.
Oh, take a picture of, look, of them over there.
Look at Becca.
3, 2, 1
It's a great view from right here! I bet.
That's pretty good.
Ok, come right here.
Come, Mommy hold you.
Sarah, are we becoming a hiking family?
No.
Yes!
Totally!
It's called a pagoda.
Pagoda...
This one's name is the "Easy Child Birth Pagoda"
Didn't work for me!
That is an intense wooden structure right there.
Well I can't sit. No, you don't sit, you just stand right there and look really cute.
One, two, three, look!
Do you want one of these and one of those?
Nate, I'm not sure what you want, please tell me.
A cheese and a chicken.
Hold that, please.
Yea, let's eat it. Arigatou Goziamasu.
I want some chicken on those, Mommy. I'm going to give you one.
Good Anna? Mommy, I want to eat something.
Hold it.
Pickled Cucumber Lemon.
That's good.
Getting some cotton candy here.
Ours is a 4.
You waiting for your cotton candy?
We're watching. Yea, it's so cool.
Boy, that' neat. That's really cool.
Go get it, girls.
Don't drop it.
Ok. All of you at the same time so Daddy can get a video.
Ok, ready, set, go!
I want to hold it.
It's like vultures on a carcass.
We're going up the Path of the Bamboo.
Ok. Ok, let's keep going?
It's the nice way.
It's nice for Becca, but what about Anna?
Not for me.
Not for you? But I want to get a back ride so I do it for her.
If Anna gives me a back ride, I'm going to give her a back ride.
I see, ok. That's how it works.
I'm tired again. I need another break.
You need another break? Me too.
The sun's coming out. Whoa.
Look at this.
Run up there and hug Joshua.
Look at all these ladies getting their pictures in their kimonos.
Simon says, turn off the camera now!
What did we get? Look.
Ah, kawaii (cute).
Whoa, those are good!
Ok, we're going to go walk up to an observation point where we can see everything. Yeah!
Oh, look at those rocks there.
I see them. There's a lot of rocks out there, huh? Yeah.
Let's do an interview with Ruth.
So Ruth... I'm hungry.
You're hungry? Me too. Let's go find something to eat? Sounds good.
We've had a great time. Everyone's getting a little worn out and tired though.
But we're going to go hop in the car, go drive to a waterfall
And then head back downtown Osaka to our hotel
Just to relax some tonight, and that will be nice.
Oh my goodness, monkeys!
See look, that guy's feeding him.
It's called Minoh Falls.
Minoh Falls, ok?
She's going to get a picture and we're going to go check it out.
Hey Big J! Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!
Wow!
Hey guys, come over here and we'll get a picture of you on the bridge.
Sugoi, ne? (That's awesome, isn't it?)
We found a spot along the road down with a lookout place over Osaka.
This is like...
I love... oh ooo!
Oh my goodness!
Guess what guys?
We're going to take an exit, but this exit goes through a building!
Here we go!
3, 2, 1
Here we go! We're going through the building!
What did you think, guys? Cool!!
Ok, we're getting all ready to go.
All ready to be checked out, huh girls?
You look all pretty for the car ride?
Will you check if our room is checked?
You room is checked?
Oh, I see somebody's jacket on the floor!
We had perfect weather the whole time here and the day we go it starts to rain.
Saying bye bye to our hotel.
Ookini Hotels.
A "thank you" in Osaka.
This hotel has been wonderful.
From Osaka to Tokyo, 5 1/2 hours, 480 km.
But that's 30 minutes faster than coming.
Yea!
You guys ready?
Yes!
For individuals and small families, public transportation is the best way to get around in Japan.
But when your family is big like our, you have to multiply to cost of tickets by 6, and that makes traveling by car the way to go.
Since we got a super cheap deal on a hotel, our biggest expensive was transportation — the parking, tolls and gas.
All in all, our short time in the Kansai area left us wanting more, because there is so much more to see
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Coming back, almost home and... a bunch of snow. Snow!
Well guys, we're home! We made it! What an epic adventure.
So fun! So fun.