Osaka, Hiroshima, Okayama in Japan and Cherry Blossoms, spring of 2025
[Music] we did three days uh starting in Osaka then going to Kuroshiki Hiroshima Itsukama and Okyama We spent our first day exploring Heameji Castle and then checking out Kuroshiki village Got off the shinkan on our way to Medi Castle and we uh indoors After a quick walk from the subway we got to Magic Castle and from the exteriors is quite amazing You go over this bridge to get there Uh the interior u preserved woodwork that you see here once again was amazing Uh it was a little crowded Uh but it was worth the 1 hour plus up and down the steps to take a look at the inside Amazing how empty this place is You would think it would be crowded Oh Whoa Wait a minute Here they are There’s the view from the top Hide back in here [Music] Leaving me castle charge of flying Look at that Perfect There’s the castle after an hour tour All the way up to the top there According to the diagram there’s the outside [Music] our free concert in the park this Saturday Nice castle castle entrance here [Music] [Music] Subways Notice how clean and sparkling clean everything is down here Quite amazing Mues all underground cities here We made our way to the Umida building which has a very unique architecture and went up to the top and saw some good views of the city and at dusk Y [Music] sky building from the bottom all the way up to the top there all the way back down this side and west tower Say yes [Music] Saturday night Saturday night
Saturday Is it Friday or Saturday
i think it’s Saturday Is it Saturday we’re on to great dancer [Applause] I am working by go through man right there [Music] [Music] Gory 2025 Yeah there’s all the signs Crazy signs The clown Once again there’s the Book of Man over there Okay there’s the Book of Man We’re going down here [Music] [Music] There’s the boat cruise found Here we are [Music] There we are Almost missed it Nice Little train [Music] We’re going for a boat ride We got all the umbrellas It’s my mandatory to wear a cat snatch there doing a boat ride Here’s the village I don’t know I think it’s one of the old British original British uh funerals Here we are at take out ice cream drinks I’m going in for my steam bun noodles
Udan noodles Lots of people cut their noodles You know it’s fresh
You know it’s
whatever the name of this place was but pretty cool Very nice All right here we are at the park Have a one tree blooming over there Looks like they had a party over here Sunday All food trucks out and full food stalls All right here we are in Okyama one of the main parks Some big carp in there This is place All right it’s feeding time at the lake in Okyama and they’re hungry [Music] Okay here’s the points for the park It’s the season right now It’s too early Old park sunset [Music] The Hiroshima bombings of course are part of history So we had to go to all the memorials uh which actually were well done Not really putting the blame on anyone just basically factual of the effects of the bombs on the cities All [Music] right here is the river and there is the factory that survived the blast They reserved that’s basic basically what’s left of it This side we got some cherry blossoms And here’s some morals down here [Music] Here’s Peace Memorial Park Eternal Flame and the building that would the A bomb right there Here’s the exhibit Stop taking the bomb Drop the bomb These are the buildings that lasted Oh there’s the clock there 8:15 when the Italian bomb dropped 8:15 a.m Here’s the victim’s thing And then each of these tiles 140,000 That’s the neighborhood So lower is the closer neighborhoods and the higher is the farther neighborhoods And then the fountain in the middle is a clock I think 8:15 Is that what it is 8:15 Stuck at 8:15 The same thing with
We then took a quick trolley and a furry ride over to Miaima Island Uh there we walked through itsukushima shrine and saw the floating tour gate along with the pier Some people tour gates over there beach area on way to shrine There is lotus here [Music] There is 48 All [Music] right I don’t know if Jim took a picture of this so we’ll take a picture anyway There is over there is where well the mainland is and the ferry’s coming over We have the gate right there And we just did the da da temple Yeah I’ll show fire little guys with the hats All right just got out of the temple and there was um something that you put in your hands and smell smelt kind of strange and lots of gods like tons of them like a hundred I’m not sure if they were the same different gods I mean they look like different gods to me right Jim Yeah But I’m not um Yeah that’s like a lot And there’s some people that were praying and you know bowing to the gods and but Yeah And then that funky smell and stuff that you’re supposed to rub in your hands I don’t know what that was for either They just showed you a picture of doing it but they didn’t say like what it meant [Music] He was [Music] [Music] Here’s more with the little red hats go all the way up the steps and they went all the way around the boulder And I would love to know the uh whole thing behind the little red hat I mean I know red is a good color and that yellow I know is lucky color in Vietnamese Yep Light Why is that hard [Music] just put it like his dish My dish your dish always belly Mhm
So cheers All right This way [Music] This is a big fantine [Music] path It was a cold spring here in Japan
but luckily the weather turned warm enough that we were able to see these cherry blossoms along the Moro River There’s the one view So far the weather’s been extremely lucky Today is a bad day It’s raining Got the umbrella Walking through Ginsa Find a ramen noodle place There’s market [Music] Another quick subway ride And we were at the Tujiki Fish Market We walked all along there Uh you got to bring your hunger game because it’s more than just fish They have fish meat desserts everything Good one [Music] One beer Two beers [Music] just took that at night Right now we’re going for some again [Music] It’s crazy how big it is [Music] We made our way over to the Metropolitan Government Building at dusk and got some good views of the city and then finished the night with going to Tokyo Tower Here’s our immaculate subway station was crazy All right take tower [Music] Our last morning in Tokyo we made our way to the restaurant district and checked out all the shops and specifically picked out knives And of course we bought one as a souvenir Osaka Hiroshima and Yokyama were all great destinations Uh Osaka had the vibrant city life Dton Bori and so forth and all the delicious food Hiroshima uh had the historic peace park and Miaima Island It also had the Itsukushima shrine on it And then of course Okyoma was home to the Kurushiki Ban historical quarter uh with with the picturesque canals and traditional architecture [Music]
This video showcases some of the highlights from the cities of Osaka, Hiroshima, and Okayama in Japan in the spring of 2025. We also saw cherry blossoms!
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