this is a house in a neighborhood this
is a neighborhood what is this it's like
magic good morning we're off to eat
breakfast the most beautiful day it was
raining all night it's probably so nice
out we're gonna come back and like clean
up and take photos and then we're gonna
leave and go see some places before we
head back home I like the view here like
it looks like we're like next to a
forest we're actually in front of a
parking lot see there's the parking lot
it's a very nice parking lot though this
whole building is like they've been
adding and expanding so like it feels
really weird like some places are
smaller some ceilings are higher some
hallways are like they feel different I
don't know it's just like everything's
very like uneven in my life I want to
manifest the home that intertwined a
Western and Japanese style
I was always infatuated by the history
of both my own country and Japan
something called me to this place and by
being here I ultimately raised my whole
vibe in hopes that I will be able to
implement the beauty and art of Japan
into my western-style home someday the
breakfast today involved French cutlery
and a choice between Japanese and
western-style foods Yugi got his first
and it was a gorgeous bento box full of
fish fresh vegetables and rice and I
opted for the Western meal although I
had a bit of an allergic reaction to the
eggs it was the best thing I ever tasted
no regrets
breakfast is my favorite meal of the day
it sets the tone for the day and
kick-starts your productivity cycle
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have you ever walked into a room or a
building and felt a particular energy to
it for empaths like me I tend to pick up
on the energies of rooms or people and
this particular building you can really
feel that energy and it was so positive
and happy as if there was growth that
went on within these walls of the people
and the ones that stayed here I love how
the hotel documented all of its history
because oddly enough there's very little
information about this hotel online so
you'll have to stay in order to
understand it all but the fact that they
kept a lot of the antiques related to
this hotel really warmed my heart I feel
like the Japanese are very good at
preserving pretty much anything which is
why I love it here so much they care a
lot about their history and the physical
objects related to the past
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goodbye hotel bye no you cannot we were
on our way to the toe show glue shrine a
world heritage site built before the
1600s this was our first adventure of
the day alright it is day two of Neko
we're going to the tosho-gu shrine I
think it's called temple shrine we're
gonna go to the world heritage site and
spear beautiful day so
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well look at all the money he's rich
yeah this was this little G show jeez oh
she's always really rich MT and a
big bottle of wine
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within the shrine lies Tokugawa Ieyasu
the man who conquered Japan what I love
about this gorgeous shrine is the detail
the carvings paintings and statues
within every crevice of the fifty-five
buildings standing here they tell
stories of the past the video couldn't
even capture the beauty of this shrine
you have to see it for yourself to feel
that wow factor this really ties in to
the iki gaya lifestyle whoever worked on
this shrine and made it so beautiful
yeah had the iki guide to complete it
and make it a work of art the thing
about this shrine is that it fits into
the world of wabi-sabi the beauty of its
old age reminds us of our own mortality
we're constantly surrounded by reminders
of our own mortality and the truth is we
fear aging we try to ward it off at all
costs people are constantly searching
for ways to stay younger but if you
adopt a life according to lobby sabe we
learn to appreciate our imperfections
and find beauty in it just the way we
appreciate the faded beauty of antiques
and these shrines
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whenever I come to some really crazy
historic place there steps or a hill
no wonder Japanese people are so fit
it's like in their genes now look at
these trees they're ancient okay we made
shows huh place is so incredible no
video or photo is ever going to make do
justice to any of this like you have to
be here
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we have an all green tea vending machine
this is so unfunny so funny we are going
down 200 flights or 200 steps
that's lights upstairs
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okay we found the toilet it's right
there look how beautiful it is a
beautiful toilet what a beautiful toilet
you're so handsome
heading to a cafe that we wanted to go
if we're gonna go see the ghost
diesel statues and they wanted to see so
I love this little route nobody here
stones are so old like I wonder if these
were like manmade like that man-made but
like I think they were stacked on top of
each other by people a lot of these like
barriers we retreat are made by people
so like look at this Moss covering it
you can just tell how old it is this is
like a fantasy this is a dream flooring
a little bit such old buildings
someone's house I just love these little
stones like I don't want know why I'm so
obsessed with these stone just like the
neighborhoods of Nikko this is so cool
you guys this is what a neighborhood
looks like look at this like what is
this
this is gorgeous I'm just like so
excited about this I think this is just
so amazing how is this here and they're
pretty spread far apart like between the
trees and there's someone's house of
there there's someone's house look at
all those little stones
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this is where I want to live
guys this is where gonna live oh my god
like huh hey we can buy this land let's
do it someone's house here they're not
very like big houses but oh my god I
feel like I'm in a fantasy
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I have never been in a neighborhood this
beautiful and fantastical and like
nature like bamboo this bamboo look at
the house this is a house in a
neighborhood this is a neighborhood what
is this it's like magic
there's like a freaking temple on a
playground think about Japan is like
whenever I go through these
neighborhoods or like there any forest
or hiking I feel like I'm so small
compared to the trees and the rocks and
the barriers and like everything like in
America everything so small and new and
fresh a lot of this stuff has been here
for centuries and years and before our
time like there must be a river below us
or something
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look at this little house look how cute
this is someone lives here in this
beautiful magical location this is the
CAF a what Oh what is it is this a
restaurant Wow
beef Hamburg steak grilled chicken
breasts beef stew beef tenderloin cutlet
look at this thank you okay and right in
the middle of this beautiful
neighborhood there's a freakin
steakhouse like what is this this is a
neighborhood of Japan
this is the real Japan this is this cafe
was originally a house built in the 8o
period and turned into a small coffee
house where you can sit with nature and
enjoy a cup of joe this menu is so
adorable look at how cute this is this
risotto looks so good cheese and
mushroom risotto with a slice of bacon
and they have Japanese desserts oh my
gosh they have the traditional desserts
orange juice nice much I love tea
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you're at home cafe and I got the
risotto risotto and that's so weird
I've got the cheese risotto with bacon
oh good and make that coffee cafe latte
and regular coffee you Jia Jia's target
he place itself like a retro but like
old-school Japan the house is built in
the edo era so it's like really old i
got a mosquito bite
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there used to be a train at this bridge
that's so crazy look at that look how
cool that would have been cool to see
well I wonder why it's gone now
everything you touch in Japan your wish
comes true basically so do jeez telling
me that if you touch that stone my
wishes can come true okay hold my phone
can you don't wait do I need to put
money in I'm just going to touch it
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better come true okay so we made it to
the bridge it's beautiful and it has a
lot of history this is where you would
summon some kind of God in a video game
that is a twistiest tree ever
that is the best parking skill ever
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get this mysterious key thing about
Japanese neighborhoods is you're always
going uphill and downhill in the rural
areas and everything's so much closer
together there's so many like overgrown
gardens and then no it's just like a mix
of the old and the new and really hard
to see that in the city look at all
these people fishing I bet this is a
great fishing spot that is a tallest
fishing rod I've ever seen in my whole
entire life
that one has a flat head and one has a
square head that has a super tiny head
and that one has like his beanie is
covering his whole entire face all right
so we have to be super careful of the
fairs we're going to come Mong da fuchi
of this and it's like a sort of Gorge
area with like these ghosts at Jizo and
they say if you count the deso the
statues human statues one way and then
you count them that it's a different
number that's why they call it the ghost
of Jizo because if one of them seems to
be disappearing or moving look at these
random rocks
he's on a meadow here japan's khan manga
fuji abyss stands a row of stone Jizo
statues how many nobody knows for sure
because apparently each time you count
them you end up with a different number
because they routinely disappear Jizo
statue use care for travellers and lost
souls they're also the guardians of
children Jizo statues are decorated with
red cloth bibs and crocheted caps
treated as spirits who are very much in
our presence as we walk the abyss he has
no head this one has no this one has a
head you lucky son of us
we'll come back in the pounce again ok
ok 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 25 26 27 okay I
feel like people just lose count 28 9 30
31 32 33 34 some of these don't even
have spaces like this one's number 34
and he has no see buddy being a buddy 25
be 132 I feel like I should just give up
37 I don't know guys you didn't have to
count again oh hello Herman hello Ben
hello Tommy hello Frank the location but
they have another G yeah that really
looks like me I like how they still put
something on him even though he has no
physical body left but this is so cool
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no more bodies for these ones these are
like the older ones
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there's like an old dam here feel like I
have to do something like I'm in a video
game you know like you have to go
through there you have to climb down the
ladder you have to go up here and then
you have to turn something on that
activates some really crazy thing in a
video game
Japan is just one big video game with a
dead deadly ant I gave up on counting
I'm sorry I let you all down but you can
always come here and do it yourself I
got so many rocks in my shoes until this
trip I didn't realize the heaviness I
carried on my shoulders for so long
honestly two days in nature was not
enough our last destination was the
Kanaya cottage in the original kanayo
hotel the hotel was opened in 2016 for
anyone to visit with the small feed and
the house was something of another world
it was originally a samurai house so the
rooms had at least three doorways and
secret rooms for an easy escape if
intruders were to ambush at place it was
small quaint and charming
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there's a lot of hidden doors and
gardens this is the original coming up a
towel so there's lots of cool stuff to
see and just old artifacts and things I
found just have been like an old desk
this is so beautiful
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whoa it's like a hidden door this
cottage was the start of the Kannada
hotel we stayed at earlier so it felt
very special to be able to witness its
birthplace it is the end of our trip I
look horrendous and we're heading home
and we're exhausted can't wait to just
go home so we can start a diet because
you've seen everything I've eaten okay
let's go Nikko will always hold a
special place in my heart and I plan to
come back for a longer stay next time
because we missed a lot if you ever find
yourself in Tokyo Nikko is only a couple
hours away and so worth it especially if
you crave to be closer to nature
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