Hello, I'm Andrew Marston and welcome to another episode of Tour Japan
the show where I slowly brainwash you into seeing all the places in Japan.
Today we're headed to one of my favorite towns to visit during the summer, Gujo Hachiman.
This often overlooked riverside town is known for a number of things.
First is the Gujo Odori traditional dance festival
which has been held for 31 nights each summer for the past 400 years!
Next are the town's picturesque waterways
that are so clean in some places you can wash rice and vegetables and even drink from them.
Also Gujo Hachiman is the national leader in...
You guessed it...food replicas!
There are food replica workshops in museums around town and for a small fee
you can create your own plastic mini pastry to take home and pull pranks on your friends with.
Andrew: Go ahead, have a bite.
Jun: Ummm, I don't think so...
Andrew: No, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead!
Jun: ...But that's plastic!
And last but not least, make sure to visit the Hachiman Castle
which has been around since the 16th century.
So without further ado, let's head to one of my favorite towns in Japan, Gujo Hachiman.
So now that you've seen it, on a scale of one to ten, how interested are you in seeing Gujo Hachiman?
And a huge thank you to my friend Jun for helping out with this episode.
If you have any interest at all in anything to do with Japan,
I strongly suggest going and subscribing to the channel that he and his wife Rachel run called "Rachel and Jun".
And tell them I sent you.
Thanks for watching and also sharing this series with anyone you know who might be planning a trip to Japan.
I'm Andrew Marston. See you next time.
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And then we goyi...goyear... hahahaha
Andrew: I don't know I'm not an actor as you can tell.
Jun: Me either
(both laughing)