Our Japan Travels | Tokyo – Kyoto – Hiroshima
[Music] just Just got off the plane. 10 hours. Didn’t sleep, but we’re in Japan. [Music] 2 hours in customs. We made it through Tokyo. Here we come. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Tokyo. 4 hours after landing, we finally made it to the street. Two train rides, customs. We’re in Tokyo. Yep. Tired. Let’s go. [Music] So good. Perfect. I love it. Good morning. Morning. It’s 100 p.m. back in Calgary. I’ve been up since 3:30 a.m. Japan time. Not the best sleep, but we’re adjusting. Off we go. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hello Tokyo. [Music] Just finished breakfast. We’re now on our way to Sky Train. Second tallest tower in the world. [Music] This is what 30,000 yen looks like. [Music] Okay, we’re underneath the sky tree. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] We made it to Sakara Point. Sakara Sakara Point. 600 m. 634. [Music] That’s enough. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Good si temple done feeling spiritual. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Oh yeah, it looks like there’s so many people. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Music] team planets. Super awesome. Very interactive. We went like three times over and over. Super fun. Just wrapping up another day. Made it back to our Airbnb. It was a long one. A hot one. Very hot. But success. We made it. See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. Well, we just left for day two. Going around Shabuya. Going to go check out the crossing. Famous crazy busy crossing. And going to see the government building. Try and stay a little cooler today. See if that works or not. Here we go. [Music] I found the misters. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] We’re about to attempt the Shabuya scram. Rumble across. [Music] [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I’m not [Music] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] building. We just came from Kura Sushi. Conveyor belt sushi. We didn’t talk to a soul the whole time. Selfcheck in conveyor belt and then selfch checkout. No people. Great. [Music] [Music] It’s packed. I think it’s rush hour. Heat. Heat. Heat up [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] New day in Tokyo. Just as hot. 8:00 a.m. We survived an earthquake last night. It was weird. We ate and slept through it, though. I totally knew what happened. Tony thought I was just shaking the bed at 1:30 in the morning. Really? No. Earthquake. We survived. [Music] [Music] Me and Lexi are giving the directions to Tokyo Station. [Music] We made it to Kyoto after an afternoon on the bullet train. Now we’re just chilling at the crib at Airbnb. We’re about to go out for dinner right away. See? A successful dinner with a robot server in the restaurant. Going to bed now. Travel day is done. Back to the adventures tomorrow. See you tomorrow. All right, just leaving our Airbnb for the morning. Great Airbnb. We got new little neck ice freezer things yesterday for today, so shouldn’t be too hot out for us. On our way to explore the sights of Kyoto. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Walking the streets of Kyoto. 36° going up to 38 39. At that point, it doesn’t matter. We’re melting. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Monkey sanctuary. Didn’t know it was going to be a hike. Uphill. Uphill all the way. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Applause] [Music] up [Music] here. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Just finished Monkey Mountain. Definitely a highlight of the trip. There were monkeys everywhere. I I loved it. It was amazing. They jumped into the water, which was the coolest thing. There was little babies. Super fun. Awesome. It was a pretty high mountain and a pretty cool monkey. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] It’s 100° outside. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Sigano scenic train ride found it out of the It’s great. Yeah. Scenic. [Music] We are out late on a nice late night walk to get our supper and bring it back home. Late supper. Walking the streets of Kyoto. [Applause] Morning. Another day in Kyoto, but this time we’re on our way to Osaka for Universal Studios. Oh, yeah. It’s 40° outside, though. Supposed to be 40 later. It’s already hot. It’s 9:00 a.m. We’ll see how long we last. Oh, yeah. [Music] Welcome to Osaka people. Osaka. Very fun. Heat [Music] up [Music] here. [Music] [Music] 100 minute wait for Harry Potter rides. Not happening. All right, we just got off our first ride, the Jaws boat ride. It was all in Japanese. We couldn’t take any pictures or photos. We understood that part. But otherwise, I didn’t understand a lick of Japanese. Wow. How was it? Flat and terrifying. I was on the edge. It was really fun. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Nobody [Music] Yeah. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Leaving Universal Studios. It is hot. We survived 4 hours. It was very fun trip and I loved all that. Me too. Flying dinosaur was pretty speedy. Kind of crazy ride actually, but pretty awful. [Laughter] [Music] Chill day today. Just at the crib relaxing, doing laundry, playing cards. So far. So far. Had a lazy morning this morning. Hanging around, watching some old videos of family trips. Now we’re heading out for some lunch. Go see what we can see. Off we go. Yeah. [Music] very good lunch. Delicious. Udon. Udon noodle house. 1 minute from our place. There. Back on the road again. That’s a song. I took a big nap. It was nice. Pretty chill day. We’re actually heading out and it’s sunset right now. Maybe a little bit cooler once the sun goes down. Welcome to Kishui Inari. [Music] Heat. Heat. me. [Music] What do you mean? [Music] A nighttime hike or stair climbing. [Music] Looks like we’re walking up to the mountain top. It’s hot. Everybody’s pretty wet and sweaty. I think we’re going to make it. Very cool hike. Good thing we did nothing all day cuz there’s a lot of steps. We’ve probably done over a thousand steps. Yeah. It’s crazy. We’re looking for the top. We’re getting close. Very tiring. Very long. It’s not that bad. And it’s high. It’s not that bad. Fortunately, it’s dark out. They got lights up everywhere, but it’s dark out, so we might not get a great view. It’s pretty scary. Let’s see. me. Meas me [Music] away. [Music] This isn’t the top, but it’s the best view. Um, like the only blue view. View. It’s a lot darker than when we came up. Kyoto is an awesome place. Yep. We all made it. None of us passed out. Oh, we’re all very sweaty. Every piece of clothing is wet from sweat. And 1, 700 66 steps on the way down and a little bit of a loop on the way up. A lot of steps. Still crazy hot even at night. Just finished eating at that tuka restaurant that ka restaurant. It was really good. It was amazing. Very good. Good morning. And today we’re off to Hiroshima. [Music] Just got off the bullet train. We’re in here looking for a place to eat for our bike tour. [Music] Got on the bus. It’s a little rainy outside, but we’re going to be doing the bike ride today. We hope we will stop right now. [Music] We’re in Hiroshima. It’s the first time since I got to Japan that I’m outside walking and I’m not sweating. It just rained. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Yep. [Music] They’re [Music] setting up for a memorial on August 6th that they do every year where they add names to this list that you’re going to see in this coffin-like box where they add people that have died in the Hiroshima bombing onto this list every year. [Music] Sunny and hot again. It was a great bike tour though. Learning lots. Everybody’s learning. [Music] [Music] It only took 3 days for the trams to get back up and running, which gave hope to people after the bombing. And the originals of the trams was 651, 652, and 653. And by miracle during our ebike tour, we saw 651 parked and 652 in action. Pretty cool. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Just finished our bike ride in Hiroshima. I learned a lot. I thought it was great. What did you guys think? I agreed. There was a ton of stuff I didn’t know that I totally learned. And she was really good. Her name was Kana. It was very interesting. Very nice. I loved it. Lots of jewelry stuff. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] This is what we had for dinner. Okonomi Magaki, my favorite restaurant in June. So far is Hiroshima soy food. Delicious. They’ve gone a little [Applause] just on our way back to the Airbnb. Came back from Hiroshima on the bullet train. Oh. That’s all for today. A good night. Travel day today. We’re heading back to Tokyo. Yeah. [Music] [Music] Our last Airbnb in Tokyo. of Japan. of Japan. [Music] Imperial Palace. Not the main entrance. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] I didn’t know that upstairs. [Music] It’s our first cab ride. [Music] All right, we just finished eating at that Japanese restaurant we found in the background there. It’s pretty good. Nobody spoke English, but we managed to point at some pictures and eat some food. Very good. Now we’re on our way home. Tomorrow fish market and sushi cooking class. [Music] Back in Tokyo. This is Manado City. Final full day of Japan. Here we go. [Music] Look at the sky. [Music] [Music] We just finished at the outer market and now we’re on our way to Studio Sushi. Of [Music] course. Next stop, Studio Sushi. Let’s go learn how to make it. [Music] [Music] You got any fingers? He just washed his hands and then before he grabbed the rice, he dipped his fingers in the tu and then that makes his hands nice and moist for the process. [Music] Right. [Music] Second day. [Music] Just finished the sushi cooking experience at Sushi. studio. I thought it was fantastic. My favorite part was making the ngiri. I really liked it. My favorite part was probably having a contest. My favorite part was also having a contest and the sushi was delicious. It was amazing. The entertainment, they were funny. It was fun. We had competitions. I got a 9 out of 10. Won the competition. Super fun. [Music] Last adventure of the day. We spent a few hours chilling at the Airbnb. Now we’re back out for some supper. Quiet night before our travel day tomorrow. [Music] Tokyo. Now we head back to the Airbnb. Last day in Tokyo. We’re heading to Team Lab with Cordless. Just finished breakfast at this 7-Eleven. My last 7-Eleven breakfast for a long time. Off we go. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] We just finished Team Lab Borderless. That’s cool. Pretty neat. Weird. Lots of lights as all wrap up [Music] 23. [Music] [Applause] We just finished the morning with a plane ride home. 9 hours to go. Great trip. Japan was awesome. Till next time. That’s all for now.
Here are some of our highlights from our trip to Japan. We loved it and can’t wait to go back!
00:00 Travel day to Tokyo
01:27 Skytree, Temple, Teamlab Planets
08:34 Gov’t building, Shibuya Crossing, Harry Zoo Cafe, sushi, Shinjuku
15:18 Travel day to Kyoto
16:57 Kyoto, Arashiyama Monkey Park, Temple, Bamboo forest, Scenic train
25:04 Osaka, Universal Studios,
29:20 Fushimi Inari Taisha
34:45 Hiroshima, bike tour, Okonomi Yaki
42:10 Travel day to Tokyo, Imperial Palace, Tokyo Tower
45:32 Outer Fish Market, Sushi making class
49:32 Teamlab Borderless, Travel home
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