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good afternoon I'm in southern Japan on
the beautiful island of Shikoku we're
actually right beside an amazing river
called shimanto River and I'm gonna be
doing some watersports today which is
super exciting because I haven't done
any kind of watersports since I moved to
Japan when I was like 19 so it's been
way too long I live on an island in
Canada
so whenever the summer comes around we
do really cool stuff like wakeboarding
and tubing on the back of the boat today
we're gonna be doing sup which is
stand-up paddling it's like surfing but
you're standing and not really surfing
anyways apparently it's really difficult
and I'm probably gonna end up in the
water I'm excited about that it's really
hot today I have a special guest which I
think you're gonna be really happy about
hello we are reunited it's been like a
year since we've seen each other we're
gonna be together for three days and
we're doing so much fun stuff here so
look forward to an amazing adventure
together let's go we need to choose a
helmet cause apparently it's very
dangerous right we're ready to crash
into things
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stand-up paddling I'm really excited for
this actually apparently there's some
areas of the river that are subgraph
it'd be fun there's almost a already you
don't it
touchy us a couple poured it good it
batter name oh it's got some grip it
might not be so bad
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I fill in I decided to go back a second
time down the rapids because there
really was a challenge she went hard a
little too much confidence I can't wait
to see what we do next I'm having so
much fun and we just got here and we
still got two days to spend in kochifos
I wash da Matta kilos we just arrived at
our hotel which is probably the coolest
hotel I've ever stayed at in Japan I'm
gonna wait till the morning then I'm
gonna give you a tour it's it's quite
dark and you can't really appreciate the
beauty of it in the dark but the name of
this place is shimanto no yodel and
highly recommend the price is a lot more
affordable than I assumed it to be so I
will tell you guys more about that
tomorrow but let's go eat I'm starving I
cannot wait to eat this dinner which is
probably going to be absolutely
delicious I I'm always so impressed when
you have dinner out of yokan they put so
much care into each and every dish like
if you look at this one here look at how
they've twisted the konnyaku into a
little braid and they've formed this
vegetable into this curly spiky shape so
it looks awesome
yeah it really is each dish is like
little artistic masterpiece when you
stay at a Japanese hotel a deal con they
give you a
you and tell you specifically what
they've prepared for you they made a
special menu for me today because I
don't eat meat and then they printed out
this personalized menu for me it's so
nice and they usually use local
vegetables for another area and
everything is always so fresh
I love konyaku sashimi I always look
forward to this dish when I come to a
deal con because they seem to prepare it
every time this one came with I think
this is Kabul soup if I'm correct I'm
gonna squeeze some of that on there so
cognac is not kind of like a rubbery
texture quite similar to a fish sashimi
so if you're looking for a veggie
alternative to sashimi koneff is a great
option
Wow
good morning it's 6:30 time to get up
and start day two of our cocoa adventure
I love the beds in yokan they'll either
give you a futon or a western-style bed
like this but the blankets are always so
thick and fluffy so first let me show
you guys around the inside of the room
and then I'll take you out and show you
the outdoor bath need to be a little
quiet because those neighbors upstairs
and they might still be sleeping it's
quite early so you could actually come
here with a few friends or your family
there's two beds there are also a bunch
of futon in here so you could definitely
sleep at least two more people over here
in the wash eats it the tatami area the
cost is only about two hundred dollars a
night it's a very good price for such a
beautiful spacious room so on the bed
they've laid out some yukata to wear and
this is a little coat for going over top
these cute little baskets are to bring
to the own send with you so there's
little towel and then there's a bag it's
just so cute how they prepare everything
for you I love all the detail that goes
into a stay at a do con so if you come
to Japan please do stay at a Japanese
style hotel or do con like this at least
once so there's always a cute little tea
set in a do con and they'll give you
some sweets and some teas so this is
always some kind of traditional Japanese
sweet that you can eat along with the
tea that they give you taste the kettle
over there and that is something to keep
the mosquitoes away you guys when you're
outside chillin in the buff mosquitoes
might buggy it's the only really the
only downside to the
but look at this cute little shower and
bathing area oh thank you
remember those jtv gift cards that we
got at the airport on the way here I
just found out you can actually use them
in the gift shop
I'm gonna do some shopping get some
local souvenirs I really want to find
those sweet potato sticks that we ate up
the river yesterday those are really
good they have a really nice selection
of local goods here's the owl naughty
that we've been eating in every meal
that we've had here so far I kind of
want to get some of this says you can
make tempura with it put it in miso soup
there's lots of different things you can
do with it look at these Michaela
they're me Khan Manju they're so cute
they're so well made they were so real
yeah this is what I want these are some
kind of sweet potato snack they feel
really like soft oh I'm getting a couple
of these for sure for myself and here
the potato snacks for yesterday I'm
gonna get a couple of these I think I
see mozz
that's fun yeah sounds good
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so you head to the own scent early it's
currently 715 am you might get lucky it
might be nobody out there and you'll
have the whole place to yourself
is it MDU yes this is nice three
different box to choose from no tiny
bird oh whoa
it's made with ocean water I've never
seen that before
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yeah I saw the that's crazy I've never
seen that before it's warm that's cool
it's like we're in Okinawa
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breakfast time Wow
yeah because I must even the breakfasts
are amazing it's just like dinner it's
like a second dinner in the morning I'm
actually most excited for the rice this
is local rice from shimanto and it's so
sweet
there's something really different about
the flavor of this race what do you want
it has in it does yours know what or is
the thanks so much for watching guys our
trip is far from over so make sure you
stay tuned for our next video where
Makayla and I continue to explore the
breathtaking area of Kochi Prefecture
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