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today we're heading to Nikko and OTT
Prefecture so I can show you 10 awesome
things to do in this area it's only two
hours away from Tokyo making it a
perfect weekend getaway destination oh
yeah thanks and eco city for the invite
alright so you just got off the train
left less oxide and heading to keen
Ogawa right now so I'm just a little bit
worried because the forecast says that
there's a typhoon coming it was actually
sunny yesterday but now you can see like
outside it's starting to sprinkle a
little bit I don't know we're just gonna
have to see whether or not we're gonna
be able to film everything
all right next up Tina GaN station I've
been a Nico several times it has a
special place in my heart since it's one
of the first places I visited outside of
Tokyo number one uh she right outside of
the station I recommend checking out the
uh she aka foot hot spring oh and did I
mention it's free check this out right
by the back station and ICU which is
like a constant for your feet it feels
so nice it's pretty warm like my feet
are almost like a tingling burning
sensation I'm not like too hot really
nice and it's great number two at a
wonderland this is definitely one of my
favorite parts of Nico no.1 one is
smaller Disneyland like theme park and
basin depends at up period the park
Hector's address in various outfits and
act the part I always feel like I'm a
part of an old Kurosawa movie when I'm
here and when you enter the park they
give you the option to change into one
of the many adult costumes look at this
this is truly an amazing experience I'm
wearing a traditional adult attire and
what's nice is you can come here and you
can wear all the different outfits you
can just choose from all the different
types of they have which is pretty
pretty cool
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because I'm dressed as the Lord today
that's a costume I chose this is
actually a more expensive outfit but
then you get more of a premium service
when you're walking around it's pretty
fun look you can see behind me that
they're binding her up in a rope that's
so funny
so earlier we were just in a spot where
it's kind of like where the commoners
were living but here behind me you can
see that the buildings are a lot bigger
this is where all of the samurai lived
the park offers ninja and Samurai
experiences and crazy mazes but I tend
to simply enjoy taking all the various
city and building architecture oh I also
recommend checking out the ninja sure
and geisha show and at the end of the
shows you can even feel a paper tip like
this number three eat neko specialties
so this place is right by the station
and it's awesome it's known for its
pumpkin and it also has all natural
ingredients all from Neko let's get some
vodkas I'm super hungry Kiku is known
for its creamy Yuba juicy pork maitake
mushrooms eggs rice and chicken and you
can enjoy all of these at Hachiya as a
cut to lover myself I had to throw down
in the pork loin Coty's in micro order
to the server with their giant maitake
tempura I always do that I always like
school stuff check that out alright
let's take the first bite
that's so delicious the meat is super
juicy and it has a super nice crunch
meeting ready Nico port rather you but
there's also made for Miko so if you
guys don't know you but it's like a bean
curd skin but it's like really really
thin and you just wrap it around and
around mm-hmm the sauce itself isn't
very mild not too strong it's not
overpowering it's perfectly combination
of the Yuba besides Hachiya camille cafe
is another recommended lunch spot their
roasted beef freshwa is delicious and
it's called neko don't get it
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one of Niko's hidden secrets is it's
canyoning and water activities along Kim
you got a river I had an incredible
experience on the challenging course but
they also offer children's course filled
with natural water slides so the whole
family can enjoy
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wow that was so much fun all right time
to take a shower and the fact is I'm not
even that cold number five
onsen hotel so the keno girl area always
ranks as one of the most popular owns
and destinations in the Kanto area and
is one of the reasons why I've been to
kinugasa several times now most of the
hotels in this area have their own
public onsen
the hotel were staying at is keen Ogawa
Plaza and it offers rooms with private
onsen baths as well as reserved on sand
baths good news for you guys with
tattoos so this room is pretty dope look
at this this is like a pretty nice and
Japanese room and it just overlooks the
river so I mean just looking outside
right now the view even weather in it's
pretty spectacular so because of the
rain we had all this stuff planned for
tomorrow but the typhoon is gonna hit
pretty hard tomorrow we'll see but we've
had to like reorganize a lot of this
stuff so let's just actually explore
this place go to the own sand grab some
dinner and call it a night so I'm
walking to the onsen right now it's
about 300 meters away from the hotel I'm
supposed to be wearing the robe and
going to this on Zen thing but I'm so
freaking tired right now that I'm just
going with like my regular clothes and
then I'm just going to change there I
know wishes on something was in the
hotel but it better be pretty dope and
guess what
it was dumb wow this is actually pretty
nice I feel like I'm entering a secret
garden it's amazing wow there's a pond
just right here and the secret garden
continues into your own private reserved
onsen room
Wow this is amazing
these are actual private rooms that you
can rent out and have your own private
onsen no worries about having tattoos
anyone seeing naked if that's what you
really care about and you can come here
and you're by yourself or you can come
here as a couple and it's all to
yourself now if you're looking for a
hotel by Nikko station
I recommend the Nikko Station Hotel they
don't have private onsens but they do
have an a-class buffet oh and they have
public onsens like this by the way I had
to wake up at 5:00 a.m. to get this
footage just to be able to show you guys
hope you like it so right by the station
at day 2 and it's supposed to be like
typhoon time right now but in fact it's
not it's it's kind of a little bit
raining it's sprinkling right now but
it's a lot better than I expected and
now we're gonna do something super extra
cool and fun but since we're at the toe
blue Neko station let's check out their
famous algee yuba Manju
number 6 Nikko sweets I'll get you by
Manju and shaved ice by the way all gay
means fried in Japanese every time I see
ok I know I'm gonna like it oh it's cool
it's like it's tempura but it's argument
aside you can even see like the salt
crystals all along this thing it's
raining outside so I got to do this
quickly guys it's still warm
look at that bean paste you know I'm not
that much of a fan
uncle but I love fried food so it's like
give or take I'm gonna love this let's
see
oh damn that is a tasty treat this one
is super crunchy on the outside
definitely you can taste the saltiness
up to it but then it has its sweet and
century uncle the uncle itself it's not
super sweet this one it's like a mashed
up my paste pipe but bad it's so good
and if you're looking for an awesome
Japanese shaved ice pot check out cashew
ax they offer a superlight shaved ice
treat made from Miko is natural Mountain
water number seven sake tasting at what
- nah base ah hey all right now if you
guys are looking to do something like I
like to do we are gonna go do some sake
testing I've been so excited for this
all day so if you guys don't know what
sake is it's a Japanese rice wine I'm
not much of a sake fan for saying cuz
I'm more of a beer person but we're
gonna go test it out I'm gonna tell you
guys which one is my favorite so when
you guys come here you guys won't know
anything
let's go since 1842 wantanabe Asahi is
shortened has been making sake with
clear mineral water from Nikko mountains
English tours are available so make sure
to let them know when you reserve after
learning their history and process of
making sake we were led to the sake
tasting room filled with let's say happy
people what's actually pretty nice here
is it has it written down in English and
it says the percentage of the alcohol so
you guys know which one you're actually
drinking I was actually a bit
overwhelmed because I thought this was
all sake that you're gonna test it but
in fact they just have five different
kinds that you can taste which is nice
they're not gonna get super super light
oh it's my first drink and this is
already one of my favorites so this one
is supposed to be the best quality and I
think there's a snack at the end too so
overall this one was my favorite I
thought it was like the best tasting the
easiest the cleanest to drink so what
you guys really need to know is when
you're having sake it really depends on
the maker so when you guys are in Japan
what I suggest is to try to find a maker
that they like and if you like that you
can go to restaurants and then half the
restaurant for that particular maker
I recommend like this place this place
is really good like I think I've liked
all of them the just the stronger
percentages were a little bit too much
for me like visually but overall it was
a clean and easy taste and if you like
the suck it you can buy it straight from
their store number eight tosho-gu shrine
I wish I could have shown tosho-gu
better on a sunny day but oh well blame
it on the gods all right we're into
Shoku right now it's still a bit raining
luckily there's been a little break so I
don't have to use an umbrella I'm just
so excited let's go inside so I can show
you around
Eko has multiple World Heritage joints
and temples and toshogu is the most
well-known one since it enshrines
Tokugawa Ieyasu
at first Shogun of the Edo Bukka foo
there is so much to see from the
breathtaking architecture to the
detailed carvings but don't forget to
check out the three monkeys that protect
the gods horse stable sleeping cat and
the roaring dragon
Wow look at today it's actually sunny
the typhoon passed last night it was
just a crazy crazy storm but today it's
super sunny on her last day I'm so
excited to start this day look at this
it's fresh water you're gonna drink it
straight out this is going to be a great
day I was really happy that it was gonna
be sunny today but now that we're
walking it's super hot today but it's
okay
excited to show you guys at the next
event we're heading towards toshogu
shrine and the street runs directly from
Nikko station to the shrine it has
numerous shops and cafes to check out
all along the way
worth stopping by if you have time it
says one dream a thousand yen number
nine kimono enriched shock
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it's nice that they help you style the
kimono and as an extra they can even
style your hair as well alright so
Michael and I just changed I want to
show you our outfits but we came to this
awesome bridge is called Shimbashi and
let me show you what it's like right now
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this is actually pretty cool we're in
the dojo booth is so much better than
yesterday when it was raining but we're
riding in the middle of the forest and
it's pretty sweet and he's just taking
us around to all these different places
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so during the ride the driver will take
you to various landmarks and explain the
history a story of not sight
ah that's so nice this is like the best
way to experience Nikko and number 10
cycling tour all right so this is gonna
be another adventure though we're gonna
go ride some bikes right now just put on
your helmet get some explanations from
the pro back there let's go check out
Nico onto bikes this is pretty dope look
at all this nature behind us we just
went through the river Michael is just
chilling right now man it's just a so
beautiful riding through here so he'll
is coming right now so I'm gonna have to
put away the camera alright so that
concludes 10 awesome things to do in
Nico man I'm so glad that the weather
turned out so beautiful today it started
off kind of rocky but we finally made it
and look at this beautiful place anyways
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