hi everybody it's your American friend Anning here from the Oriental Pearl
Channel we're in Okinawa Japan today because this channel is dedicated to
talking about living in China living in Japan and traveling all over Asia so if
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so Okinawa is known for its crystal-clear waters fish I flippin hate
fish because I don't like them touching me but one thing you probably didn't
know about Okinawa is it's got beautiful places to hike there's like little
waterfalls tucked in the woods and it's great
if you're not really into hiking you can also see some of the beautiful
architecture but you can't see this anymore because it sadly burnt down like
a month after we saw it don't hold off on your vacations take them now because
you never know tomorrow's not promised you can see some beautiful beaches in
Okinawa as well as breathtaking sunsets I can't believe more Americans don't
come here for vacation thinking about it that's pretty far especially if your
family's coming from Michigan like mine that's really far and there's no direct
flight of course and it's a lot of money but hey look at this it's totally worth
it come on it's nice right we're ready to go snorkeling just in time for the
rain but you know what it's okay we made it we're gonna get wet in the water anyway
it's not hard at all to find snorkeling in Okinawa the problem was more just
being a little expensive it was about a hundred bucks a person considering you
can go to the Philippines or Thailand and do it for less than half that price
it's pretty pricey and I was concerned because my boyfriend doesn't swim he
can't swim and he wanted to go snorkeling apparently you don't need to
know how to swim to go snorkeling you just have to know how to float or just
wear a life vest and you're gonna float and the best thing about it is seeing
all the fish in the water that's the big sell but personally I don't really like
fish so I didn't want to see too much of that I didn't want them to close to me
but they just seemed to swarm wherever I am so here's my fish freak out oh gosh
they're like up in my face they bit me
Now we're at traditional Okinawa izakaiya (bar) we're just drinking today already full Kampai
this is a place called Kokusaidori and pretty much everyone who comes to Naha comes to
this area and I found out you cannot buy a cheap towel every single towel is
about $20 and it's like it's like about this big so that's gonna be a problem to find
a towel in Okinawa I thought this was an island but apparently they don't use
towels that cost less than $20. But we'll find one I'm determined to find a cheap
towel in Okinawa sometime
fried tofu and they give this to you whether you want to pay for it or not
you have to pay for it and have to eat it do you have to eat it you can eat it
or not but you're still gonna pay for it right they give it to you automatically
I thought it was free big surprise all right first night
in Okinawa it's going pretty well stay tuned I'm not trying to rag on
Okinawa because my boyfriend and I really liked it it's nice but after
living in China for so long everything feels so expensive here
and speaking of China here I am in a traditional Okinawa Japanese tatamo no heiya
Tatami room in Chinese clothes does cause that makes sense well if you came
from China it makes sense and if you're here during the Chinese Golden Week it
also makes sense because I can not hear much Japanese I just hear Chinese
Chinese Chinese
That's all I hear in the tourist site today.
for those of you they want to bite my head off for wearing Chinese clothes in
Japan just wait a second this is Okinawa which is very heavily influenced by
China whether it's the clothes or the dance oh the music or the architecture
this place has both Japanese and Chinese elements to it
number three and the last thing on our list of things to do in Okinawa is go
for a hike that's probably not something you would immediately think would be in
Okinawa but if you go to the northern part of the island of hone toe you can
find a really cool waterfall and a nice long trail if you're healthy and in good
shape it should be a breeze for you to get through here and it's really
beautiful totally worth it at the end there's something really charming about
the Japanese countryside though it kind of looks like some of those anime movies
like from Jubilee sutajio Jibulee Like maybe Tonarinototoro so on this trip we're gonna
go look for Totoro we're gonna go find Totoro. He's here somewhere
this looks exactly like where Totoro lives.
this is gonna be a challenge but I think we can do it that's a lot of stairs
it's quite tall but we're in good shape I think yeah we'll see we'll see if we're in good shape.
this is gonna be the test
one minute that's it not bad we didn't even break a sweat
still haven't seen Tonarinototoro I expect that he lives somewhere in here
welcome to Hiji Falls in Okinawa Japan. It was quite a long walk
but this is worth it you should come too!
thanks for watching today's video I hope it was valuable to you for your trip or
maybe it just entertained you by the way we never found Tonarinototoro
apparently he actually lives in Tokyo so we're gonna go back there and look for him
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