hey everyone it's me Alex and we're here
today at the cauchy Fujian wisteria
garden over at the Jie ohonta station
we're about to head to their car to
Fujian Gardens we're gonna get a taxi
there's a couple of ways that you can
get there but we're running a little bit
late so we're getting a taxi so it's
probably gonna cost it to like $30 or
something accessing the garden isn't
straightforward it's on the bottom
Island so it's at least five hours from
Tokyo on a bullet train I recommend you
stay overnight because otherwise that's
one hell of a day trip I'll put the
instructions below to help you out the
main thing to remember is that it's best
to get to the garden from the junior yah
Hutta station during the peak season
which this year was April 21st to May
8th a shuttle bus runs between your
hyper station and the garden when you
come out of the exit of the station just
turn left and you'll spot these signs so
you have to pay an admission fee so we
had to walk because it's like the high
season that just books you a guaranteed
spot in the line but then depending on
the bloom of the flowers if they're in
full bloom or partial bloom they charge
a different fee to enter so it looks
like is it 1,500 yen each at the moment
so they're probably in full bloom they
probably look amazing but apparently if
they're not blooming so well on that day
it'll be less maybe like 500 yen so you
have to pay twice it's a bit pricey but
it's worth it I know that sounds a
little bit confusing but basically you
have to buy the tickets in advance so
you can buy them online these will get
you a guaranteed spot in the queue but
then you still have to prepare the
entrance and the fee is different every
day depending on the bloom of the
flowers so it might be an extra 10 or 15
dollars it's amazing there it is
the garden opens at 8 a.m. in the
morning and closes at 6 o'clock at night
during the wisteria season so the
wisteria season runs from mid-april to
mid-may and I can't stress to you enough
you cannot buy tickets at the entrance
during the peak season if it's outside
of peak season then you can but just
check online before you visit you'll
have to pick up the tickets before you
go you can buy them online from a couple
of different terrors and websites and
you can also pick them up at 7-eleven or
Family Mart but the way that you buy
them there is actually through a ticket
machine but it's all written in Japanese
and it's very very hard to read so just
book your tickets before you even visit
Japan just buy them in advance a couple
of weeks out from an english-speaking
website this is the most beautiful place
I've ever seen the gardens most famous
feature is the - roughly 100 meter long
tunnels made of wisteria trees but aside
from the two tunnels there's also a huge
collection of wisteria trees that form
an enormous canopy of drooping flowers
there's a lot of different varieties of
wisteria growing in this canopy so some
sections will create a gradient fade
from pink to purple this just in
instagramers around the world are
quaking I'm not kidding
that was honestly one of the most
beautiful things I have ever seen this
dude here represents my constant mood
that's me when I'm tired of being
screamed up by Aki all day if you can
pull yourself away from the aesthetic
backdrop of the wisteria garden down
below there's a really really nice
lookout up here you can't really see the
wisteria but you can see the top of them
and it's really beautiful there's also a
bamboo grove down there - that's very
famous as well so this is a really nice
place to stop and have a picnic behind
me is the top of that amazing canopy
that just stretches on and on and on
there's a hundreds of people down there
but you can't see it just looks like you
could walk on top of it it's so amazing
it's so dense like I said before the
garden opens at 8:00 a.m. so if you can
get out of bed early if you're not like
me and you don't sleep in until 1:00
p.m. if you if you get there early
then you can appreciate this place in
all its glory and there wouldn't be very
many tourists around yet because a lot
of the tourists have a long way to
travel
so stay nearby get there early so we've
caught up to the very top of the garden
if you follow the maple trees there's a
pathway that brings you up here there's
not that many people up here but it's
really nice spot to have a picnic dan
and I did a bit of shopping at
supermarket before we came and we got
some salad and some lollies and drinks
so we're going to set up here in the
sunlight for a little while anyone
remember this little bag from oh Japan
Hall hard to believe it was only a
dollar
ladies get yourself a man that isn't
afraid to carry a My Melody shopping bag
around in public so for our little
picnic we picked up some grapes all the
way from Australia you know so we can
enjoy a little bit of home with a side
of pesticides we picked up this blonde
chocolate Pocky which wasn't just
delicious but also very practical you
will find out why in a minute we also
picked up peach Suntory which is like
alcoholic Bizzy peach juice this stuff
goes for a dollar can we also got some
soft-boiled eggs because eggs taste very
good that I'm obsessed with corn salad i
buy it everywhere I go in Japan
unfortunately I forgot to bring
chopsticks with me though we also picked
up some cheese because what else should
two lactose-intolerant inc will be
devouring while they're on holidays
smash that like button if you also
ignore your allergies and we also picked
up an apple because a balanced diet is a
piece of fruit in one hand and a box of
Pocky in the other Alex is trying to do
a thing
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MacGyver your fingers getting sticky
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this place is honestly something
straight out of a Ghibli film I feel
like dr. could come waltzing out of
those trees any second now followed by
the cat bus
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there's a lot of photo opportunities
here despite the huge crowds I just
placed my camera on one of the handrails
and I was able to use the Wi-Fi feature
to shoot remotely I can do a tutorial
about how I take my self-portraits if
you like there's a lot you can do with
the cheap camera and a self timer it
also helps if you have a patient
boyfriend as well
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don't forget to hang around until the
end of the video to see a bunch of
photos that I took while we're at the
garden it's the most beautiful place
it's honestly a photographer's paradise
and even if you're not a photographer
you can probably get some good selfies
too
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this is the greatest place in the world
so that was a really really fun
experience the Kawachi Fujian garden was
amazing we went just before Golden Week
and if you don't know what Golden Week
II is it is a very very long public
holiday where everyone in Japan goes on
holidays and today crowd all the tourist
destinations and you can't even move an
inch so we went a couple of days before
Golden Week and it was still busy but it
wasn't too busy we were able to get
around we couldn't get any photos with
like a clear shot of the wisteria tunnel
because there was too many people
walking but at least we could walk
because apparently if you go in Golden
Week it's so packed you're just packed
in like sardines and you can't even move
so I would definitely recommend not to
go during Golden Week but trying to just
on the outside of it because that's when
the mysterious in full bloom the way
that we got there we got a train to what
was it called yeah hot tub the day are
you're hunter station and then we got a
taxi we could have got a shuttle bus but
it goes once an hour and we missed it
both there and back so we got a taxi and
despite the taxi costing about $30 each
way I think it was totally worth it
because that was one of the most
beautiful experiences that I've ever had
I've never seen someone so beautiful
and it smelled incredible and the view
was perfect and I I'll never forget it
so I think it's worth every cent but if
you are tied on your budget you can
definitely get the free shuttle bus it
goes to an onsen nearby and then you can
just walk so I would also recommend
doing that as well definitely add that
one till list if you're visiting Japan
it's totally worth the trip down to
accuse you so Kyushu is this bottom
island so Tokyo is a palm tree which is
the main island the top island where
people go skiing
that's Hokkaido
the one of the bottom islands this is
Kyushu bezel search for food which is
down even further south it's funny
everywhere we go people look at us and
smile and like give us thumbs up in a
way but us in stuff because I don't
think that many foreigners make it down
here or at least to foreigners with red
hair
that dress in pastel I don't think that
they make it down here very often
because the amount of times that I've
gotten on a train and there's been girls
and they've been like oh come ye o
kawaii I'm like waving and here stuff so
it makes me feel very special I like it
down here I like this island a lot
anyway guys thank you so much for
watching I hope you enjoyed that little
tour of the kwacha Fujian got it and
we'll see you next time
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