S: We woke up at 5 A.M. today, yes—5 A.M. after going to sleep at 1 A.M.—
—yes! 1 A.M., and today we are going with Suga and his friends
to Gifu!
It is now 6:40 A.M.
What am I doing awake this early?
Nobody knows!
This is illegal.
*groans*
The first stop we do in the morning is at a sake factory.
All of us have empty stomachs and we're trying five different kinds of sakes.
You might notice some...spit cups behind us but we don't play that way, alright?
Those are decorative.
When we drink our sake in the morning, we swallow it.
(Everyone in the line says kanpai: cheers in Japanese!)
So we are here at Gifu,
in the best Parma restaurant in Japan.
We just had prosciutto—
you might have remembered from our Suga video
in which we had the prosciutto and it was amazing,
we're sitting here with the guy that makes it!
It's so good!
I need to go on these trips every month!
Why have I not come here every month?
S: It's amazing... M: 'Cuz we—have, like, pets to—
S: Yes, 'cuz we—'cuz we have responsibilities. M: Yeah, all that.
M: This Parma is so good,
there's literally a fanclub of people watching
the Parma being sliced.
When was the last time you saw people
gathering around to look at meat being sliced?
This is some serious stuff, guys.
S: Let's see how it tastes.
M: Whoaaa, so soft!
S: This is yours? Parma man: Yes.
S: You're such a good guy.
Oh! *Parma man and Martina laugh*
S: This is really good!
[Sexy food porn music]
M: You wouldn't expect to come to Japan
for amazing Italian food,
but that meal was unbelievable!
Freshly made pasta right in front of our eyes,
and incredible Parma from a chef who trained in Italy
for over ten years,
what?!?!
No!
S: Is somebody doing opera here?
(opera)
*Applause* S: Woo-hoo!
M: And that's why you come to Japan!
What!!!
Na na na na na na na na~!
Guys.
It is so beautiful here.
The restaurant is resting
on a river bank, glass windows so you can see everything,
and we're gonna be eating sweet river fish
that the fishermen catch
fresh.
This is just an unreal experience;
the waterfall,
there's, like, a bamboo forest surrounding us,
wow! Gifu...wow!
S: So we're heading out tonight
for something really special.
It's really rare now in Japan,
while it used to be very calm,
and now we're doing some cormorant fishing.
Which—is a difficult concept for me to understand,
but from what I've been told,
they have a whole bunch of birds that they tie ropes around,
and then the birds catch the fish,
and then you take the fish out their mouths.
There's a lot more subtlety to it,
but I think this is gonna be really cool.
M: It is currently 7:35 A.M.,
and we have checked into our
a onsen hotel.
We checked in last night at 10,
and we were so exhausted, we were like:
VSSSH.
And I gotta tell you guys,
surprisingly comfortable with all the foaminess.
We have a full day ahead of us today,
we're going to visit some pig farms,
some pumpkin farms.
Um—there's my ducky!!!
S: *slaps butt to mood music*
M: There he is, touchin' his butt.
Ooh~I like it when you touch your butt.
~If you want my body~
M: ~and you think I'm sexy~ S: We going back to bed? M: Yep!
M: There's something really cool—
uh, this used to be a rice patty over here.
And you can actually see the rice patty at the bottom down here,
but it's basically mountain water coming down to water everything.
S: I want you right now to name a clothing designer.
Anyone. One or two clothing designers right now,
you probably could very easily do it.
Now I want you to name one farmer.
Any one farmer!
Can you do it?
Probably not.
And that's kind of what I'm starting to learn here on these trips.
I want to get a better appreciation
of where our food comes from. Because why do we know so much about our clothes?
I know friends that know how many stitches go into a Louis Vuitton bag,
but they don't know where their pumpkins come from.
So I feel a much deeper appreciation for the things
that I'm putting in my body now,
and I think that these trips are really—
enlightening for me.
S: I'm a dirty hippie now! M: I agree with you, together!
M: We're about to check out, uh, a special type of pork
in Gifu. We may not show you guys the inside.
We are totally in, like, sanitization [gear].
S: Alright, girl, clean your feet!
I'm gonna try the buono pork.
Aww, this looks good!
This is really good!
Off-camera: Buono? (Good?) S: Muy buono. (Very good.)
M: Whoaaa! S: Chestnuts!
S: Meemers!!!
M: Meemers! Both: And Spudgy!!
S: My boys! M: Hi!
S: My two boys! M: Hi, sweet boys, we're home!
S: Come here, my fat boy!!!
M: He's always scared of luggage. S: Aww, yeah...
M: Hi, my baby boy! S: Hey, Meemers...Hey, my sweet boy....
M: We miss you too!
So I hope you guys enjoyed our crazy adventures in Gifu,
we didn't actually end up staying for the third day of the trip.
I had a major, major pain flare-up,
and it was impossible for me to keep going, so we left the next day to head back to Tokyo,
and although I couldn't finish the trip,
I still made some incredible memories which are helping me to solidify and build my ladder.
And I could've just stayed at home and sat on the couch and had the same
amount of pain without any, you know, memory to keep me going.
I still think I wanna go on another adventure, don't you, ducky?
S: We're—definitely—next one, let's do it!
M: Maybe we'll rent a car, and I'll line it in cushions.
S: That might be better.
M: Let us know what your favorite part of the adventure was in the comments section below,
and...Take care, everyone.
I don't know how to sign off because I'm too hungry.
Goodbye~~~
Farewellll~~
Meemers is hungry too~~~
It's become awkward for youuuu....
*Chuckles* :)