good morning guys excuse my voice if
it's a little raspy today we had a very
exciting night of karaoke last night I'm
gonna give you guys a quick tour of my
room and after that we're gonna head to
a castle and then we're gonna do some
martial arts
so today's pretty fun I can't wait but
yeah I'm gonna give you a little tour of
my yokan room here
this was my futon from last night while
I was having dinner they came in and
they set it up for me so this is for one
person but if you have more people
staying in your room there are tons of
futons over here in the closet so it's
probably enough for at least four people
in here so you can use more if you like
if you'd like to make a bigger bed over
here in the closet we've got some yukata
and some overcoats here it's pretty
chilly so I used one of these yesterday
it's really nice just something simple
to keep you a little warmer when you're
wearing your yukata a safe down on the
floor there this part is always my
favorite see what kind of snacks they
got going on it looks like they have
some black sesame go bowl which is a
root vegetable English's burdock root
I'm not sure if you guys are familiar
with what that is I never knew about it
until I came to Japan but it's a really
yummy like kind of tough vegetable
similar to a carrot but it doesn't taste
like a carrot but you know what I mean
some gobo tea some tea made out of that
same vegetable these ones here scared
the heck out of me they say not though
on them sweet not though and I was like
oh god why why not doh but then I opened
it up and there's really good beans like
to sweet beans they don't taste like
natto at all look hipbone a huge -
really huge beans you know they taste
like they taste similar
uncle if you've ever had the sweet bean
paste they're really good I promise I
don't touch like not though so let me
scared if you see these over here we've
got a nice view of outside pretty high
up I'm on the sixth floor
this little area down here has a fridge
some glasses hot water pot for making
tea and the little tea set there's a TV
but who wants to watch TV when you're at
a joke on as so many other cool things
to do in here there is a shower room and
a washroom in here then a little area
for getting ready in the morning with
like the usual hairdryer awesome face
wash face toner stuff like that alright
let's go get some breakfast
cool so they've got a buffer here with
soup rice and pickles
okay.you rice porridge here's our menu
for this morning yes more eggplant bonus
some mushrooms it looks like what's this
one and it gets dye : perhaps some more
roasted mushrooms with a sauce some
veggies gasps oh gosh taco some pickles
what do we have going on in here all
that looks really good
another tofu soup like last night
hideki mas
let's start with Anessa because it's
always my favorite got some fresh grated
ginger with it
all the vegetables here have been so
fresh and delicious like I honestly
didn't know vegetables could taste this
amazing and I love vegetables but these
are so good they made me a miso soup
with mushroom dashi she thought yet she
took it as she seriously guys as I'm
looking over this footage to edit it I'm
just drooling this was some of the best
food I've had in Japan so far it was so
kind of the hotel to prepare a special
vegan menu for me their staff was just
amazing so kind and so accommodating
this was easily the best hotel
experience I've had in Japan so far I'm
gonna grab my luggage we're gonna go
downstairs and we're gonna head to the
crustle now we've arrived at sudo Godot
judoka castle you can see it in the
background there this castle is the
symbol of the Isak area I was just
reading a little history on it and
apparently this castle withstood a
1-month attack and finally they were
defeated but they lasted one month so it
sounds like it's a pretty epic castle
I'm going to show you guys some of the
detailing along the walls so it was a
part where they show how the summer I
climbed the walls during an attack I
thought that was really cool and then
we're going to go inside however I can't
show you guys the inside they don't
allow any filming in there unfortunately
but you guys are going to have to come
here and see it for yourselves which I
totally recommend because this area is
absolutely gorgeous
this whole icy area is amazing I love it
this is my second time here and I
definitely want to come back look at it
it's so beautiful
so quiet up here so these are the
different Lords that ruled this area
during these time periods do you guys
recognize any of these common family
crests the only one that I know is
Tokugawa I'm not sure of the others but
you can look them up if you're really
interested in samurai the common are
really cool
so these stairs here were used by the
samurai to climb the walls during an
attack
they're called Musha blushy d alright we
just climbed the castle we're at the top
floor now and we have a gorgeous view of
the entire area all of these trees are
socrata so if you came here in the
spring it would just be like a sea of
cherry blossoms that would be so pretty
the grave site of the daimyo lords from
the Edo period is also located nearby if
you're interested in visiting that next
we headed into this building to learn
some epic samurai battle skills using
the naginata
our naginata practice is all over that
was so fun the last time I was in a dojo
like actually practicing was when I was
doing country back in Canada it was
really nice to get back in there and it
makes me want to start something again
that was great exercise and I just love
practicing kata they taught us the first
couple cut the sequences I think I got
it down okay I did pretty good for the
first time the teachers were lovely and
one of them made us snacks to take home
with us
really great people up here I just love
this place we're gonna take you guys
somewhere really cool next we didn't
think we'd be able to make it there on
time but it looks like we can so I think
you're gonna love this next place guess
what we're at this station for I'll give
you one guess
oh look at the huh
the sky reminds me of motto this is
busted and this is Dabu and we're gonna
meet Dabu basu was the original station
master he passed away and Babu took his
position and he's here today so let's go
guys
Oishi no macchione send a key echo
guitar Akua key so the station master
cat is on duty from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. so
if you would like to see and make sure
you arrive here during that time this is
the switch on the station master he's
such a good boy I believe
oh boy hey ray Oh having fun outside
he's the most well-behaved cat ever
spoke about oh I'm going to catch the
dragonfly you can attach the dragonfly
you
and that is the end of our vacation I
really hope you guys enjoyed these vlogs
I really fell in love with the icy area
when I went there for the first time in
the spring and I was telling myself that
I would love to go back during a
different season to see what it's like
and I'm super happy that I got to do it
in the fall because it was just a
perfect time to go the weather was not
too cold not too hot it was a great
temperature to walk around and explore
the area so much to see and it's just
such a beautiful area that you really
want to like get out there and walk
around so if you do make a trip up to
the eysie area I recommend going in
either the spring or the fall
however the little village that we
visited I saw some scenes from there in
the winter when it's just like stacked
with snow and it looked really epic so
winter would probably be really fun up
there as well either way I really
recommend that you go and visit this
area it was calm and beautiful not
crowded at all really friendly people
delicious food and it's just such like a
welcoming atmosphere it's a great place
to go and relax if you're looking for
like a get away from the busy city like
Tokyo make sure you go on over to simon
on martinez channel now there's a couple
of videos over there they covered stuff
that i didn't cover in my vlogs and you
guys definitely don't want to miss it
some of the amazing food that we had and
simon did a really adorable interview
with the cat stationmaster it was really
cute you guys definitely want to watch
that so go check those out and I'll see
you guys soon thanks for watching hi
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