Join us as we explore the vibrant celebrations of the Spring Festival in Kobe Nankinmachi Chinatown. I started live from Motomachi station and walked towards China town. This historic district comes alive with colorful lanterns, traditional performances, and mouthwatering street food during this auspicious time.
Japan boasts three major Chinatowns, each with its unique charm: Nagasaki, Kobe, and Yokohama. In Kobe, the festivities are particularly lively, drawing locals and tourists alike to immerse themselves in the rich cultural heritage of the Chinese community.
Capture the festive spirit, sample delectable dumplings, and witness mesmerizing lion dances as we document this joyful occasion. Donāt forget to hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more exciting vlogs from Japan!
Actually, we had to leave halfway through the festival due to too many people and security guards, but the Chinese New Year Festival will continue until February 12, so if you are in Kobe, why not visit?
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Iām in front of the station Iām heading to the chinat town today because today is the first day of the Chinese New Year okay in Japan we donāt celebrate Chinese year as a nation but uh you know we have the chinat toown in KOB so we have the
Kind of ceremony and the events over there so let me check it out there are three uh China Town in Japan the major China Town in Japan the Nagasaki K and Yokohama so uh yuk is the largest one but Nagasaki has the longest history yokoh KOB and Yokohama has over
150 years history of the China Town in Japan and Nagasaki over uh over 400 years so itās quite long hi do you know in Japan I made a video short video about Coan long long time ago there about 14,000 um Coan in Japan itās Coan is a local police stations
Police police station station or just a very small the police officer station over there and if you have any question you see the people just drop by maybe they ask for the directions so you can use as you know if you get lost uh wherever in
Japan uh you can ask to the police also you know Lost Property like forgot lost the um war or whatever valuable items then ask the aan thean system is quite good so many countries itās originated in Japan but uh itās uh kind of uh imitated by other
Country as well I mean learn from Japan about 8Ā° C actually Iām hot now so I was running late so I donāt need this about 48Ā° F right now a little bit noisy because itās the in front of the big load so over there Sania station and actually
Itās a walk distance about less than 10 minutes you can reach to um next station here is motoi but the Sania and motoi is a quite large station of course theom is largest in K but the here uh Moto also very popular place uh for shopping Iām heading to the
CH actually I went there last last evening uh they are preparing for their dance L on dance so I I posted on the stories the short video front of station Iām walking towards the sea area seide I CH town so that is s Cy so actually
From the Sania to motoi is a uh the shopping Arcade Street quite long but only about 10 minutes plus so is a chain coffee shop and Pharmacy they also sell the snacks as well sweets and snack as well so thatās also franchise uh 71 of course and uh they have the small um
The green small itās not worm itās itās um micro worms not worm iā say itās very valuable for us um they generates the um y make make it use the sunlight and make it Power um for the that I use any anyway sorry forgot anyway thatās shop changing a lot
So this is a very popular um department store called daaru also in Tokyo as well but I think daaru is uh from K I think so itās a m Crossing so here is a M the group tour so many people out today itās been under construction for many years not many years but few years then now itās a broader pedestrian walk itās nice I see the so itās a group tour guess K entrances this is an entrance for the China Town so in Japanese
Called itās a spring season Festival so that is a Chinese New Year as I said that we donāt celebrate Chinese year as a nation in Japan but because uh we have a china town here in KOB so I just came here and they have the some festival and very Lively
So I canāt hear the sound of the drum so that is a so many sui means pine pine tree P the Poland season so if you have allery please be careful it seems that going to have the um that Poland season for the uh pine tree so if you have Al please be
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Here is A itās just nice size I like it itās very nice size and has a longest history over 400 years but over 150 years and Y I never expected This [Laughter] For I only show the clouds of people thatās I could even couldnāt reach to There Seei ice cream Fortune from 12 p.m. the the shops Chang I never seen this before so such a and I think itās a lottery and if you win then you can get good deals but here is that kind of Sor you couldnāt win so you I give you uh this item small item for sorry that means sorry I give you
This small little thing for you because you donāt win so that is means regret Regret the is a very popular Nik uh the power the the Pok to uh shops uh just in front of the that the space area uh for the event so you always uh queuing up people are queuing up so Iām going back to because thereās so
Many people and Only One Direction so I donāt think I can go back on but actually I walked already halfway in the crowds so itās is CH is not that so big only two blocks um very Nice thank you for tuning tuning in and thank you for supporting for the patre as always this is you can have Cofe inside yeah itās kind of some nice uh gift for the life crackers a moving season uh people you know uh in Japan usually the April is a
Start of starting months of the year for the schools and the companies so uh people moving coming in and out uh in February March around that a vending machine only 100 yen one water 80 Yen the ship yes Iām sweating just before was 8Ā° C which is 48 Fahrenheit but now itās too
Hot itās a good weather today I just came back to the street uh straight street from the uh motoi station so yeah hi if you go straight and you can reach to the American Park in the seaside itās very nice breeze and nice view and the
Next is the uh H land that is a popular to most popular uh destination the tourist destination in in k hi the school season and moving season September they starting the school September right uh so itās the school ends uh July uh I remember when I was in the
US what the temperature I just say 8 de I think more than that I guess eight or nine or 10 around that um uh uh uh Celsius for the fit is about 48 de fit yesterday as well I think theyāre going to have the ch my my pretty not
Puppy my H Tommy the Poo at home right now Iām missing the comments of course uh thereās some cheap uh shop uh cheap drinking PR as well but uh um they renovated just uh in front of the Sania station so itās uh rather nice and uh uh relatively a b expensive area but
Itās itās very nice nice view yeah a lot of varieties I just came from here I think thatās letās walk to the Alle this is a main street I think I saw the map I just want to show Here too many people are here so I couldnāt move so I came back and I walk back to here so I walked halfway so thatās it so only two blocks well itās just nice size and letās walk to the other side way thatās also very interesting as well
So yeah this is a Chinese New Year and as I say this is my third time to say okay Japan we donāt celebrate Chinese New Year as a nation but uh uh whever you have the China Town uh we have this kind of Festival there are many Chinese I mean I mean originally
Chinese people who grown up in Japan or course uh many many like here uh theyāre running the Chinese uh restaurant and uh many I donāt know how many but there are many Chinese living in Japan so uh this uh we have the China have China letās looks so delicious custard pudding Cheesecake does anyone loves I love It change the shop to the S par um jewelry shop so Iām walking the side alleys of chinat toown because the main street is so many people hi Al you know what we donāt celebrate ch but itās um you know whatever is uh events and Happy Looks happy event Festival we just come and enjoy time here is a eel shop a e restaurant I love the E so e is like this in the summer we eat e because we
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Only is 1,000 yen for once nice we call it selling the Japanese know then we just uh sew it and then make this kimono so only this length is a maximum uh so uh for Japanese uh kind of people slim people so can make it but if itās a
Bigger size then itās quite difficult to make it because this size is limited I think I make theyāll make it somehow for the bigger size there are so many Beef restaurant in in I came here before M I think around 10 10 n years ago I came
Here I mean that the uh SE show there are many co SE show and donāt donāt make a mistake we Japanese donāt eat uh K beef or uh the sushi every day because they are expensive as well expensive so but itās tast different if you never
Tried your Co you must try because itās totally different and melt in your mouth so because too many people I think People nice to have a nice weather day going out I love it itās a Chinese Restaurant itās a beef noodle beef noodle we can try out the uh drinking the soup ah they have the K beef uh bones and hakak the Anis and some Chinese uh Arabs to make that soup of this uh noodle itās a beef nood I couldnāt show you too many
People maybe I try one more time then I finish if you have any question just let me [Applause] Know I wonder if you can go with C Shing are inside New York New York City hey thatās where I was born hey ala grown up in New York and you are in New York right now as when Donāt say Sor just thatās my um wrong habit what the correct way I was a Japanese teacher Did you see letās go back and itās like a s chimi and B looks delicious letās go Back does anyone try the GZA uh GZA has the different U method of cooking Yaki is a g Mushi steamed and fried GZA the deep fried G which do you like the most I love the GL Yaki Chinese there so many Chinese restaur in the chinat but here is the franchise
Chinese restaurant in Japan the most popular one is this Gana oo this is I come this Gano also often because there are many and in Sania as well o very delicious hi a china town and um motomachi shopping um Street and this are a uh other places nearby uh this a a cat
Cafe there many animal CA itās a chicken restaurant I just I want to show you that um uh the sign board of the uh Cat Cafe Cafe the do do Cafe but especially the small size the Sha do we call M sha Cafe and or Cafe
Orane itās very old um over 10 years I think over 10 15 yeah over 10 to 15 15 years been here for many years 15 years when I went to the last time I was working in the market and shopping street itās near the um area there are so many animal cafes
Cafe in Japanese my I went to the CFE to thefe then maybe next time you try the Dog Cafe I went to the do Cafe I think I did the live over there and show some and also made vide if you search like uh do Cafe in Shinjuku or in my Facebook page that you can find it okay do you have any question so Iām came back to the Moto
Station hi if you just tuned in uh I did the live for more actually more than 30 minutes so far I guess uh so youāre missing the passport is very important so please um rewind this live streaming and check it out that is a very popular chain um Lon
Shop as well um that originally from uh kyotto and very very thick uh thick soup of the lon and a lot of beef uh say meat I used to work for the uh itās a chain Lam store when of thei student Showtime I did so many different kinds of the parttime Job I thinket kotel this is a hotel I first time I stayed in KOB when I um came here to to uh take the examination uh for the University thank you please watch I talk about police station um police box because itās small size and itās a
Neighborhood police box that is a a Coran itās more than 14,000 uh Coran in Japan so itās keeping our uh you know our city safe so itās contribute here keep the our safe R so I really appreciate it so much for watching and I hope you
Enjoyed and see you again and if you like please join my patreon that will be really helpful uh for me and also I provide more video on the uh live streaming on there so again thank you so much have a great weekend bye-bye
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Wow, so crowded there at the Kobe Chinatown, yet such a festive atmosphere! I especially like hearing your insights. Learned a lot about Japan's oldest Chinatown through your video. š