Hey you guys Phoebe here from Little Grey Box now Matt and I are in Asahikawa
here in Hokkaido as you can see it's snowing and it's very cold now we
arrived yesterday where we collected our hire car and we figured out how to
navigate the streets of Asahikawa on our own for the very first time
Alright this is our little whip look at it! so cute little Suzuki
so when we were looking for a car rental place we looked at a few different places and we went
with what was located where we wanted to be but also most importantly what was
cheapest and for us that was these guys Times Car Rental, the next challenge is
obviously figuring out how to drive on pure ice it's frozen solid what could go wrong?
this has got a GPS but you guys I'm really into this app called maps.me
let me see if I can show you that.. what are you... what are you doing?
You can use it offline you just download the maps it's free and it's really really
reliable so I just, well when I have Wi-Fi I star places that I want to go and
from there it's really easy so we're just gonna maps.me to our
hotel Sora E Hotel in Asahikawa this is it you guys we are turning left onto
the main street first time driving in Japan on this kind of ice
We've not crashed yet
Look how high that is outside the car window
Now today we are getting ready to shred it bro we're about to head up
to Kamui Ski Links where we're about to go skiing and snowboarding my levels are
down here I turn left and right sometimes I stop Matt can actually shred it
so this is gonna be fun we are going there because one it is close by it's
about 45-50 minutes drive from where we're staying. Two, it's meant to be cheap
so that's great and three it's not supposed to be crowded so tick tick tick
I don't know how good the different runs are but we're gonna figure that out as
we go and tomorrow we might check out somewhere else so let's get in the car
and get going and
shred it man! shred life!
shred it!
I have one question for you are you ready to shred it?
yeah I'm ready to shred it
I can see your breath inside the.. Oh my god!
sick man!
(music)
all right so we have made a mistake we found out that Kamui Ski Links opens
at 9am so we assumed if we left by 8am that that would be plenty of time
because it's about an hour's drive a couple of things we got wrong we didn't
leave a 8am we theft at about 8:30am and then I wouldn't call it heavy
traffic but I mean you do have to drive slow there are a lot of traffic lights
in the Asahikawa and it's a very very stop start drive and obviously you can't
just fang it you have to be so so careful on these roads we'll just figure
it out we're just gonna keep heading that way and whatever time we get there
we'll just figure it out
It's an adventure
Did you just contribute to the vlog update?
That was my little bit
strap yourselves in internet
It took me 5 minutes to work up the courage to say that
and what you came up with in that 5 minutes was it's an adventure
anyway, back in my box
Are you putting your hood up?
Dude, where's my car?
I don't know dude... where's your car?
this is amazing!
look there's barely any line look at it moving!
I'm moonwalking in that's the kind of day I'm having
Alright so let me just quickly talk you through the prices so for an adult per person
one day full pass was Y3,100 five hours was Y2,900
and three hours, hold on...
was Y2,600 so we've shown up about an hour after opening we were trying to decide
should we just do five hours but the difference between five hours and full day was
Y200 so I mean... pow is on... full day pass absolutely essential
we got that sorted you also have to pay a 500 yen deposit per person for
your card, your lift pass card you get that money back at the end when you
return it now we're sorting out some gear hire
alright, so it has taken us all of maybe 10-15 minutes
to organize our ski passes and organize our gear hire
the gear hire was five thousand dollars no Y5,000 per person mine was
skis, boots and poles. Matt's obviously was board and boots
pretty affordable I think I've paid so much more in places like New Zealand and stuff like that
So I mean look behind me there's not that many people it was really easy to get
sorted, our Japanese isn't that good but we've had no problems
everyone's understood us, everything has been so easy this is just amazing
Unlike other places we've visited it is just so chill
like getting on the Gondy there's no que there's no rush just get
on take your time it's such a peaceful ski experience
which I've never had before, usually it's mania
(music)
Little shredders
bye!
Shred it man!
Shred it!
I've made some friends They're children
We've got a call going out shred it
I yell shred it, they yell shred it
Shred it man! Shred it!
Woooo! Shred it!
Yeah! Shred... Arigatou gozaimasu Shred it!
see!
When shredding it's important to keep your energy levels up I packed a
nutritious snack of Choco Baby
Choco Baby!
They know what's up
(music)
So we are all done that was an incredible day at Kamui Ski Links
I would absolutely recommend
no lines, no lines for food, great food
cheap food, cheap lift prices
it's unheard of
It's ridiculous
quick gear rental
incredible snow
just great, lovely people too yeah the people are hilarious
everyone was so nice everyone was so nice to us it felt like people looking out for us
in fact Matt's coming back tomorrow yeah I'm gonna come back.. he was gonna go
Furano but... no this is great
look at this....oh my god that light... wow
so guys now today's the day that we're doing our
YouTube live actually tonight so by the time you guys watch this the live will
have already happened but for us it's happening tonight so what we're going to
do now is drive back to where we're staying I do want to show you I was
staying because it's awesome but first we're going to go to the supermarket and stock up on some local
food that we can try on camera for you guys.. ah yeah then we're gonna...
that's just pointed at my mouth
and then we're gonna get all set up for our YouTube live!
we have to do something about the way we look like because it's out of control
alright so we want to show you guys where we were staying here in the
Asahikawa because before we booked this we were having a really rough time
all the hotels were way too expensive and the Airbnb's honestly looked a bit
depressing this place is called Sora E that's SORA and then the letter E Hotel
Asahikawa and it is the best I highly recommend so this place is huge and
spacious which if you've been to Japan know that that is very unusual so we've
got our beds the twin bed situation it's just part of Japan culture we've got a
huge wardrobe we've got this lounging area so you're not just confined to the
bed put your feet up we've got a heater we've got a TV there's no English
channels so we haven't watched it but we've just been watching stuff online anyway
we've got a little breakfast bar here where you can sit to eat
we've got this huge kitchen, little bathroom it's not little by Japanese standards
we've got a washing machines so we've been able to do all our laundry we've got
our basin and all of this there's a bath tub perfect for soaking after a big day
of skiing or snowboarding separate shower which is incredible and the toilet is
out there this place is huge it is amazing the Wi-Fi has been a little bit
patchy but we've gotten there in the end I highly recommend it is worth getting
out of town to stay here
so we did our YouTube live and I think it went really
really well, we were both a little bit nervous but yeah you guys watched it and
you asked lots of questions and it felt really natural and I just think it went
really well, so we might do some more of those from
different destinations as we travel
but now I am so tired after all that skiing
and then talking on the internet I just have to go to sleep I am just exhausted
Good morning you guys Matt and I are having it separate days today this is
something we do from time to time when we travel because we don't always like
the same stuff, so Matt likes to do really like physically strenuous
activities like climbing mountains and I'm just not up for it
My day started by sitting down with some coffee and some toast to write my weekly blog
post The Week That Was or TW as we call it now I am walking to the train station
because I am going horse riding
I'm so excited to do this
I am NOT going to lie
the station is not what I expected I was expecting something a lot bigger than that
Oh No the train is coming but it's coming from that direction that can't be
right oh my god why is it beeping do i panic
and get on it
I was picked up by a lovely lovely lady down at the train station I just signed
my phone's given the information had a quick brush up on how to get in the
saddle I didn't really need it it's just a humble brag day about you I think it's
important to follow all safety instructions and now we're just gonna
have a warm-up in the round pin here it's a little bit hot solo vlogging all
of this I'm going to do my best but I'm really sorry if their kind of jumps in
what's happening Oh oh my gosh I'm so happy this is like my
happy place it's just because the guides take the camera off you which is safety
first that is a good decision the snow is like touching the bottom of
your feet that's how high it is and it was just so peaceful out there and lucky
for me I think my guides are introverts - they just respect the peace and quiet
we had the nicest time you are coming out here I highly recommend how was your
day yeah
we were really craving pizza we being crabby Pisa for a couple of days we
either look Beach at home so we decide we treat ourselves to a trip to Pizza
Hut and we got there and it was around $38
from 38 per pizza I can't pay $40 for one pizza so he said we're coming to you
alright guys so just like that at time and the Sony Kawa has come to an end we
got a really good night's sleep last night after you obey look at that oh my
goodness we gotta see this Suns coming through here what wow if this place is
absolutely beautiful and not only is it beautiful there is great food there's
great skiing this great snowboarding great outdoor activities it is stunning
in the winter it's just incredible and that the people here are so lovely
we feel like we've really connected with the people of Japan we have so many good
experiences all right because that is it from us I hope you've enjoyed this video
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below have a great weekend and I will talk to you next week
love you
you