in this three video series myself jordan
alex and hachi decided to adventure
around kansai we used trains cable cars
and ropeways to discover what secrets
kansai has to offer
tokyo creative play
i'm emma
and i'm jordan we're here to see some
cool things today we're out here in
sunny kansai we are we're in kansai
right now we're gonna be getting on a
train called the blue symphony train oh
i'm so excited it's luxury
i've never been on a luxury train before
i've never been on a train before oh
that's the life
don't lie to the people the blue
symphony train connects uh osaka to
yoshinoyama it's gonna be a 40 minute
journey yeah about that about 40 minutes
pretty fun journey i'm hoping there's
some giant coffee and man can some while
i'm on the train but well let's just go
and check it out yeah luxury time let's
go
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okay so we've come to the cafe section
of the train and it's such a vibe like
it's so
beautiful and luxurious it's it's really
really nice if i wasn't like looking out
the windows and feeling the motion of
the train i wouldn't feel like i'm on a
train yeah i'm just in a stylish cafe
yeah
we're gonna grab some food and some
drinks and see what they have to offer
let's go we have our selection in front
of us we've got a variety of things we
got some uh nihonshu sake you excited
it's actually all from nada yeah so you
can try different types of nihonshu on
the symphony train also these are from
nara as well we've got some uh
food and uh smoked chicken smoked
chicken that's the pairing for the
honcho and then we have some sweets
afterwards we've got like
cake
and some tea as well i'm to go for this
one okay i'll go for the opposite oh
come on kanpai good morning
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oh that's pretty good oh my gosh
there's a lot of flavor that's good
sometimes niwonshi you know you go from
varieties of like it's sweet it's like
this and sometimes it's like it's almost
like drinking water it's like very
smooth this one is so there's a lot of
flavors it's actually quite strong this
one's very smooth easy to drink i think
we'd call this one like
which
yeah i really want to try the uh
gomadofa so uh sesame tofu looks so good
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that um really good
the sauce with it is so flavorful and
then it's like really smooth and creamy
a little bit chewy
that's great that's so good i'm gonna
try a little bit of the chicken too
sorry feel free to go for it as well i'm
looking at the chicken i'm like i'm
gonna try the small chicken
looks good
oh that's very good i also have these
pickles
i'm hit or miss with pickles
that's a hip that's fantastic i really
recommend you try this that's really
good
oh this is nice this middle one
isn't that good
oh good very really good oh my god what
the hell
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we have a little cake here i should just
split it down the middle it's right down
the middle go for it was that a goat
amy
issue i can't cut it down you can do it
i believe in you i'm going to give you
the goal
because you mean a lot to me stop it we
emotionally
a lot of good flavors going on sometimes
i find cake in japan is very like creamy
cake this one's got a lot of different
notes a lot of different flavors with it
now and there's like yeah a chestnut on
top
they use your peel and then
maybe some kind of jam this i can't i
didn't you should try it see if you
could
be more uh maybe sometimes descriptive
oh thank you
it's very good it's like it's like a
moment
i just think it's so special that we get
to eat on a train
like like a fancy like i've always
wanted to do this you know you see in
movies and it's like the luxury
compartment everyone's eating that fancy
meals it's like we can just do this and
it's not actually that expensive to ride
this train cause i've seen it before we
got on the train we're like wow super
fancy beautiful huh this must be a
million bucks
10 million yen to ride this stream
not even it's just where you're going
plus like 500 yen
it's insane okay we're gonna finish up
here and then we're gonna head to the
library and then sadly we have to get
off but then do the rest of our day
let's go so library
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so this mountain and the temple are well
known for shigendo do you know much
about it i don't know a little bit about
shigendo it's like a japanese ancient
mountain religion it incorporates parts
of buddhism and shintoism uh it's one of
like the most famous spots that people
practice it but i don't know much i'm
excited to learn more about shigendon
yeah but i apparently still practiced
here like the priests will practice it
and everything so uh and you can
experience it on a day trip as well if
you want to come here but it's so
beautiful right now the koyo are out
it's really peaceful it's just a really
beautiful area and the view is amazing
no wonder it's a national heritage site
oh yeah
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okay we've come to kim ji zelda
which is a really popular place in
yoshino actually one of the most popular
places in yoshino
it's a beautiful temple but
unfortunately it's under construction
right now uh but you can still go inside
which we're gonna do in a second pretty
excited to go inside i want to check out
uh we're talking about the uh ancient
mountain religion
before so i want to go inside so you can
learn a little bit about shigendo so
that should be
good fun ready to go inside let's go
inside let's check it out
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what are we doing jordan we're going to
have some because mochi where are we
having it uh nakai
it's a store here in the yoshino area
and we're going to have kuzumochi which
is made from kuzu starch we're having
kuzumochi and kuzukiti it's great for
two different things i think the
difference is like texture yeah hardness
like one's a little bit harder the other
one like because which is really
interesting like it has a pretty uh
pretty mild very sweet flavor which
means it's really good with like syrup
or
quinoa yeah soybean flour soybean flour
the shelf life is only 10 minutes so we
actually have to eat it uh pretty
quickly otherwise it's not going to be
at it's at its best as delicious but
yeah um i've been because i've watched
it before
i can't remember i think i had it once
and it was really good but i i think
that it was kuzuki never because of that
so i've only had it once but i know like
this town is really famous because i'm
watching so i'm pretty hyped to actually
give it a try and see what's different
about it it's actually been treated as a
superfood since ancient times because i
think it has high nutritional value but
yeah we're just gonna give it a go let's
try it
you're gonna steamboat
and then i guess yeah yeah
so
foreign
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no way
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zucchini
okay we just got it we have to go fast
like we have 10 minutes there's no time
we've got the kazoo
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we also have uh the soybean flour and
the uh black sugar brown sugar syrup
sugar i'm gonna try it by itself i kinda
wanna do that too first of all
that texture is so nice and it's still
warm it's so fresh okay i really want to
try with that it's like springy yeah
every bite
i love that texture i'm gonna try this
so soft the mushroom is very it's so
good that's excellent
it's it's such a light flavor as well i
feel like you know these sweets i don't
feel like
too full of like kind of gluttonous i'm
just like oh yeah
it's just something sweet it kind of
like melts away like really like wow
flavorful
little sweetness and it's gone you're
like oh
i have one more i have one more than one
lime okay i'm gonna try the kuzukibi
you can tell the difference with the uh
the hardness that's super nice
can you slap them i mean they are
noodles i guess
i realize i'm not eating any with the uh
the syrup i've just been doing so good
this is great come on man ketchup it's
so good
well that syrup is amazing oh my gosh
okay i might know my favorite okay so
your favorite in three two one
they're both amazing prefer the melty
soft
i get that like
i like things of texture and like the
kuzuki you're like
and they're like
fantastic
i've made a mess
by dropping my mochi in my ceiling i'm
just sad that i can't get this
everywhere
yeah that was so good that was amazing
really really delicious more mushy
me too oh man it's just started raining
geez
i guess that's uh that's our cue to
leave we gotta get out of here but this
is so much fun i had a really good time
me too i love the luxury train i love a
little bit of kuzu mochi it's been
excellent shrine was amazing had a good
time there i can't wait to come back for
the construction finish so i can really
get in there and check it out again for
a second yeah that's it thank you so
much for watching guys if you want to
know any more about the places that we
went to go see please check it out in
the links in the description down below
but we're going to get out of this rain
so we'll see you in the next video bye
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yeah i'm hoping for cake because that's
all i ever hoped for that's all i want
for my heart just cake just cake
anything else i'll cry but it has a
crazy shelf life the shelf life is 10
minutes so we have to
we have to eat
we have to eat we have to have to eat
we have to eat cut
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