Drinking Snake Booze in Japanese Paradise 🇯🇵

Drinking Snake Booze in Japanese Paradise 🇯🇵

Now, Japan is of course known for its usual things, right? Huge cities, advanced technology, high-speed trains. However, what if we showed you a different side of Japan? One you probably haven’t seen before. What if I told you that this was Japan? Well, it is. We have just arrived in Okinawa in the south of the country, and it’s time to begin a little adventure. Let’s do this. Katina, welcome to paradise. You ready? Yes. More than ready. Let’s go. So, we arrived here yesterday to Okinawa and things are different here. It sort of feels like we ain’t in Japan anymore. Is that right? Yes, it is. I agree. The people are different, the food is different, and the whole atmosphere just has this like different vibe to mainland Japan where we’ve just spent the last month or so. And we’re not the only ones to say this. Even the Japanese locals from Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, all these places that come here all say the same thing. It’s like coming to a new country. So, in the next couple videos, we’re going to explore Ireland and see why it’s so different. Let’s find out. Butter my burnt British ass. This is incredible. This is Japan. So this is Naha, the capital, the capital of Okinawa. Very vibrant city here, but totally different to what we’ve been seeing from Tokyo, Osaka, you name it. So much different, isn’t it? Yeah, it is. It looks like I’m in Miami. Miami mixed with like Philippines mixed with Bangkok mixed with many other places. America. So, yeah. Welcome to Naha. Let’s have a little walk around. Look at this. There’s snake in this. Is that wine or sake? I have no idea. Look at that. That is two dead snakes in a jar. I did see something about this online. They drink like snake spirits here. Not sure why, but we’ll have a little walk in a minute and try to find one. Look at that. Oh god. That is a snake in a jar in alcohol, I’m assuming. We’re going to go that way in a minute and try find some more of it. So, I’m going to drink this beer and then we’ll go that way. All right. Can I get a beer, please? Yeah. One beer. Is this the snake? Is this sake? This is sake. Snakes are dead. Is this poisonous? Actually, but it’s dead. It’s dead. The dead snake is dead. Yeah, already dead. So, and you can drink this? Yeah. Can I try it? Yeah, of course. Be one beer and one. Yes, please. Was it a real snake? Oh, can I see? You can see the face. Oh, there’s two snakes inside. Two snakes. Yeah. Bloody hell. Oh, I read about this online. Why do you drink this? Why do they drink this in Okinawa? Uh because this is like a medicine. A medicine. Yes. And what does it do? Uh you know is a haboo is a very uh strong how can you say energy? Give it energy. Oh there it is though. Habu sake. 500 yen for a shot. And you don’t get sick from drinking this. No. No. So there’s the beer. Yes. How do you say cheers in um Okinawa? It’s different, right? It’s not campai. Kari. Yes. Means uh congratulations or celebrate. Okay. Curry. Oh wow. Yeah. It’s almost like urin. Yes. Yohi has given us some snake sake. Yes. Hopefully I don’t get poisoned. Cam. Not kai. No kai. Ki. Ki. Here we go. Ki. I wish you alive after you drunk. Still alive. Oh my god. Give me that beer. I can taste a jungle though. You’re right. Like a jungle taste. Yes. Yeah. Very earthy. Yeah. Very herby. Herby. Earthy. Muddy. Actually uh we put herbs in a pot to erase the smell. Ah otherwise it will smell bad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like a dead snake smell. Yes. Very bad. There’s a guy on this screen. I’m not joking. He is my spitting image. Wait for it. Is after this. No, not them. Wait for it. Not these two ladies. This me. That is me. Yes. That’s weird. Yeah. Pretty similar. That’s freaking me out. We got to wait again. Oh my days. That is me. Uncanny. I will never get bored of that noise here in Japan. It’s a bit different. It’s a bit different here in Okinawa. The little It’s not quite birdie, but there you go. Anyway, that was our little mince around Naha, the cop, the capital here. I keep saying copper. I’m a bit drunk or I’ve been poisoned by that snake. Tomorrow we begin a little road trip for the next few days around the island. So yeah, it’s going to be a good one. Catch you in the morning. Look at the little beast we’ve got for the week. We’ve rented well for the next 5 days the Japanese endbox. Here we go. Let me climb in and explain the plan. But this is it. Look, this is the Japanese classic car which you see all around the country, the N1. Let me get in. So, this is the plan, guys. This is the island of Okinawa, as you can see. And we’re here, the blue dot. Now, the plan, as always, we don’t have a plan. We’re just going to wing it. We’re going to drive all the way up to the northernmost point of the coast called Cape Ho, and we’re going to circle around and go all the way back down to where we started this morning in Naha, where we’re going to end the video. So, that’s the plan. We’re going to circle the whole island of Okinawa and yeah, let the road trip begin. Now, Okinawa is of course home to the Americans, not just the Japanese live here. 80,000 Americans, believe it or not, call this place home. 30,000 are in the military and the rest all the family members. There’s American bases all over Okinawa. They’ve been here since World War II, of course. You constantly see fighter jets flying over the island. Army trucks are everywhere. It’s crazy. So, our first stop on that note is just up here. Let me show you. So guys, welcome to American Village here in Okinawa. And it’s basically a little tourist place they built, I’m guessing, to keep the Americans happy to give them a little place where it sort of feels like home, right? And here we go. It looks like we’re downtown Miami or something. Look at this place. You got burger joints, firehouse department over there with the red fire extinguisher things. Then you’ve got Bollywood Dreams. And yeah, look at it. It’s like downtown LA, Miami vibes. Something from GTA. Oh, sorry. Got the palm trees. And yeah, this is American Village. Got a bagel shop over here. There’s pizza places everywhere. So, it is like America here. So, for all you Americans watching, this is for you guys. Let’s have a little mince around here. I’ll show you around and then we’ll get some food. Look at this place. San Francisco signs up there as well. Oh, San Francisco Cafe. [Music] Karina, seeing as though we’re in American Village, do you want some American cuisine? What do they eat? Cheeseburgers and bacon burgers and chips, or as they say, French fries. America. [ __ ] yeah. Look, they even chugged in a potato smiley face. This is a British thing there. These are banging. Ah, it’s boiling. Shout out to all the Americans who watch these videos. There’s about 30% of you. This is for you guys. Look at this. Look at the size of that. Look at that bacon chunk in the middle. It’s like a pork chop. And you got the burger there, the lettuce, tomato. America. I’m going to put this in my mouth. You’ve done it before. You can do it again. The size of the bacon. Bacon is raw. All right, cat. Let’s get out of American village and get back to Japan. Okay, enough of America. Hope you subscribers are happy. Showed you a little bit of home, but that’s enough. Let’s push on. So long, America. Maybe see you next year. Oh, another day in tropical Japanese paradise. Look at it. Incredible. And what I’ve noticed as well here in Okinawa, there’s a lot of churches alongside the beach. I don’t know if you can see that one. That’s probably like the 10th one we’ve seen in a space of like 50 km and like six or seven beaches. So yeah, there’s a lot of churches here. There’s also a lot of deadly jellyfish and sharks apparently in these waters, hence the barrier. Every beach has these barriers around it. So, let’s go have a swim and yeah, push on to the north. Okay, 3 2 1 breach. I’ve got my sunglasses on. So sadly, this is actually going to be our final video here in Japan after spending nearly two months. Close enough. Two months we’ve been in Japan. Yeah, it’s been quite the adventure and we’ve made about six videos, whatever it is. And yeah, have you enjoyed it? I did. I really did enjoy it. I needed this. You did. After a brutal long trip, we’ve been enjoying our time here in Japan. It’s my third time here and it still remains my favorite country. What about you? Yeah. Favorite? Yeah, there you go. Cat’s favorite as well. So, we’re going to end things on a high here in Okinawa. Now, in terms of content, as you’ve seen in the last few videos, it’s almost impossible to get like interactions here in Japan. So, the countries after this we’re going to be going all speak English. So, there’s going to be a lot of interesting characters and crazy characters we’re going to meet in those countries. But for now, let’s enjoy our last few days here in Japan on this paradise island, Okinawa. I mean, look at this place. It looks like Hawaii or something. completely different to where we’ve been going in Japan. But Katarina wants to go this way where he can go onto Cesco Island. And we’re going to cycle around the island, cross the bridge. Then we’re going to come back and we’re going to go to Orimi Village. Karina, tell the people what Orami Village is all about. It’s all about people that the life expectancy is over 100. Wow. Over 100 is the average life. Well, maybe not the average, but a lot of people are over a hundred apparently there because of their healthy diet and lifestyle. So, we’re going to check that out and then we’re going to drive up the coast all the way to the north to the very highest point to Cape Ho, the most northern point of Okinawa Island. From there, we’re not too sure what’s going to happen. The sun is still out. The skies are still blue. We’re now crossing the bridge onto this unreal looking island. Look at this. Shall we now go find some 100year-old locals? Yeah. And have some lunch with them? Good plan. Let’s go find out why these locals live to over 100 years old. We’ve been told they got the healthiest diet on the planet and her lifestyle is extremely healthy. There’s not a chance in hell I’m making it to 100. It’d be a miracle if I make it to 40. All these train journeys and bus journeys, alcohol, shocking diet. Telling you that’ be a miracle. This is it guys. This is Oraini village. Origini quiet little village this. Not many people out on the streets. There was a man painting a fence back there, but other than that, this is it. Few homes, old wooden homes. Let’s head down this way and try to find a local cafe. It appears that most people are in their homes. It’s a very hot day today. It’s like 37°. So that probably explains why it’s really quiet. But yeah, don’t forget a lot of these people that were in their 80s, 90s, and even 100 were living here during World War II. So they were here during the battle of Okinawa. Oh, this is the cafe [Music] too. Oh, look at the food cat. That does look extremely healthy. Oh, what’s this? Some sort of tea. Oo. So, this is what myself and Cat have ordered for lunch. It’s called the long jivet tea meal. We got all these dishes. Look, all harvested fresh. Our long jib tea lunch has arrived. Cat, look at this. Got ourselves some rice, fish. Don’t know what this is. Some sort of yogurt with fruit inside. Some more fruit here. And then you’ve got I think that’s seaweed. And then you’ve got these vegetables with I think egg. I’m not too sure on that one. And then more vegetables here. Cat, let’s live longer. Let’s tuck in. Well, I can certainly see why people live over 100 here. That’s perhaps the most healthy meal I’ve ever eat in my life. My body’s already trying to reject it. I’m getting stomach cramps. It’s not used to that much nutrition. But yeah, it was all right meal. quite bitter, like bitter vegetables and like flavors I’ve never really tried before. What about you, Kad? You enjoyed the meal? I did actually. I really felt the richness in the veg. Well said. Well, there you go. That’s one of the secrets why the locals live for so long here in Okinawa. They eat healthy, they stay active, and yeah, they live a very, it seems, peaceful life. As you seen in that village we just walked through, there’s not much going on. on. I was hoping I talk to some locals or something, but yeah, it’s a very quiet place. Anyway, let’s now push on to the most northern point of the island, Cape Ho. It’s about another hour. We need to pull over, guys. I’m going to run to a family m. I need to get something to balance out this meal. My body’s going into like a state of shock cuz of all that healthy food. I need to run into family m and get some fried chicken or something. Quick, I need something greasy and horrible to balance out this meal. So, if you know, you know. Listen. Family Mart fried chicken. I’ve eaten probably close to 300 pieces of this in the last 6 weeks. It’s incredible. Like, I’ve not filmed it, but Family Mart fried chicken, if you know, you know. It’s better than KFC. It’s better than anything you could think of chicken related. And it’s like 50p. M. All right, Cat. We did it. We survived. My um heart palpitations are going down. So, let’s smash the rest of this chicken and push on to Cape Hedo. Cape Ho. Look at that car. Bloody hell. Look at that. Got a map here of Okinow to show you where we are. All right. Oh, and look, it even says all right. Look at that cat. Surely that’s not I don’t know. Who knows? But there you go. That’s where we are. Cape Ho, the northernmost cape of Okinawa Island. Right there. And this is where we started our journey in Naha City. And we have drove all the way up along the coast to Cape Verde. Cape Verde? I mean, um, Cape Pedo. Cape Verde is a country, isn’t it? Of course it is. Yeah. I went there a few years ago. Right. Let’s go to the point. Now, I don’t know why, but I was researching the island before. Now, if you get a boat and go about 6 hours that way, you come to an island called, wait for it, China. There’s an island in a different prefecture in Japan called China. Now, I wanted to go there. I was going to do a video saying get a boat to China. I don’t know. But you have to go from a different town and it takes too long. So yeah, China. Very random. Just thought I’d let you know. It’s pretty cool place, isn’t it? It is, actually. We’ve also spotted something very weird in the distance all the way across the water deep in the jungle. We’ll zoom in now with Cat’s iPhone. It looks like a 80ft or 100 ft duck. So, I think we’re going to go there now and see what that’s all about. Could be some abandoned hotel. Could be a love hotel. A duck. Yeah, you know what they’re like. They’re love hotels in Japan. I mean, yeah, they got strange themes. So, fingers crossed that’s a love hotel. We’ll definitely sleep in it. Let’s go check it out. You think up here? I don’t think so. I reckon up here through the jungle. There’s the main road, but I think we got to offroad it a little bit. Um, maybe not. Yeah, let’s not damage the rental car. This is the weirdest and most random place we’ve been so far on Okinawa. And it could get a lot more weird. So, you got an abandoned hotel here. Look. Or old home. This looks abandoned up here as well. It’s like some trailer park or something. And look at this guys. A western toilet. What? Where? Here. Bloody hell. There’s a toilet on the floor. A western one. And loads of fridges and stuff. Oh, this is the Jwick of Japan. We have found a Jwick. You’re telling me there’s a giant duck at the end of this? Yeah. What the hell is that thing? There’s another one there. Cat, are we about to be killed? The duck, according to Cat, it’s up these stairs. Can you imagine if this is a love hotel? Well, Cat, you’ll be pleased to know it’s not a love hotel. Thank God for that. I don’t know what it is, but there’s the duck’s ass. And here you have a little room that leads up to it. Is it open? The hell is this place? There’s people here. Hello. Hello. There’s locals here as well enjoying the duck. I thought surely no one’s going to be up here, but there is. Anyway, let’s go to the top and get one last final view. We are now at the top of the duck. We are in the duck’s mouth. And yeah, unfortunately, not a love hotel. As much as I would love it to have been, it wasn’t to be. Cat, I think we should go find a different hotel. Let’s go. Let’s go. I’ll give you one last view of Cape Ho. But now, we need to find a hotel for the night. Now, Okinawa is very, you know, up and down with prices cuz all the Americans come here and bring their families over. Hotels are extortionate and we’re budget backpackers, okay? We keep it cheap on these journeys. So, let the hotel hunt begin. So, we’re currently here. Look, next to the coast, the closest hotels, you got 180. Definitely don’t want to spend that. I mean, you got 461. Not a bloody chance. You got one here for 55. What’s that like? Milk your woman only guest house. Milk your woman. Beg your pardon? Milk your woman only. What does it even mean? It’s got good reviews. I bet it has. As you can see, it’s a bit of a struggle to find a hotel here in Okinawa. So, tonight could be a very interesting night depending on where we stay. So, give us 10 minutes. We’re going to have a little look on our phones and yeah, we’ll continue filming in a minute. Okay, great news. We’ve booked ourselves a Japanese style room. No more American things. Okay. 76 quid. Bit pricey, but Okinawa is an expensive island. So, let’s get there and see what it gets you. Okay. Forgotten the name already, but here it is. Our home for the evening. Let’s get in there and see what it’s like. The information. Okay. About the Wi-Fi, the bus. Oh, nice. And then the hotel. Boom. Oh, and there it is. Look, our Japanese styled futon room. Got a view of the little town we’re spending a night in. Look at that. Not bad. Let’s see what the bathroom’s like, shall we? Little bathroom inspection, as we always do on a channel. And there it is. A small Japanese toilet. Let’s get the light on. Perfect shape. And a little bathtub as you see in every single bloody I got sunburn. Okay, I got sunburn on my face. [ __ ] hell. And on my neck. We put cream on. I’m still bloody burnt. Is bloody brainish. Well guys, I’m going to end things here before the heat stroke kicks in. And yeah, I’ll catch you in the morning of our trip here to Okinawa. Good night. See you tomorrow. Morning all. Sleep right? I did. It hurts a little bit on my hips. This one. It’s a little bit hard on the hips, but I don’t know what it is, but sleeping on the floor, there’s something about it. It’s like just feels so natural. Cozy. Cozy. Yeah. So, you can’t beat sleeping on the floor. If you ever come to Japan, do it Japanese style. Okay. Well, then, let’s get ready. Let’s go. Let’s go. For the third time here in Japan, a guy just walked in here whilst I was bollock naked. Honestly, why is this always happening in Japan? Cat’s dressed. I was stood here bollock naked. I had a towel around my waist, but they just they just walk in. I don’t know why. They just walk in. They don’t knock. That’s the third time here in Japan. It’s never happened in any other country. Only in Japan. They just barge in that door. And three times in Japan. Once with that guy. The Chinese one. It was Chinese. It wasn’t Japanese. That one was the worst. And then the lady that walked in, I knew naked. Yeah, but she walked in and closed straight away. Well, same here. He bar through that door and he was like, “Oh, oh, I’m silly.” Like, “You’re right, mate.” Bloody hell. Three times in Japan. Maybe there’s someone that knows the answer to this. Is it culture not to knock the door in Japan? Like, it’s just happening constantly. People barging in when we’re bollock naked. Well, bollock and boob naked stood in the hotel room. So, yeah, maybe it’s part of the culture not to knock the door. Who knows? Okay, parked up and creamed up. Let’s head down to our crystal blue water and jump in. How is it? Lovely. Well, we’re certainly roughing it tonight compared to other nights here in Japan. Welcome. Welcome to our 30 pound hostel. Cat, where are you sleeping tonight? Here. That’s her quilt. And that’s her bean bag pillow. Here’s my bed down here. So that’s the towel they give you. It’s a blanket. It’s literally a towel. Look. And then this is the pillow. A bean bag. Looks more like a bag of rice. A bag of rice for a pillow. Also, more bad news. Cat, show my back. Look, sunburn. It’s agony. It’s going to be a long, painful night. Look at that. Here. I missed here. It’s not my fault that you were whitey. It’s going to be a long night, guys. Catch you in the morning. That was the bed for you. No, rice bags. Rice. The rice bag’s nice. The rice bag is not nice. Oh, thank God. I think we can say it was nice, cuz it’s bloody not. Look at that. There she is. The one that booked this place. Guilty. Let’s get out of here. I have nothing to say. Let me quickly show you the hostel. Follow me. So, this is of course where we slept last night. My bed. Cat’s bed. Wooden bed. And that is what £30 I get to here in Okinawa. C. We’ve been eating a lot of nice Japanese food, haven’t we? Ramen, sushi, pork cutlet. You name it, we’ve been eating it. Do you know what they eat here in Okinawa? One of their main dishes. No. Spam. What is that? Spam. You don’t know what spam is? No. Well, you can thank the Americans for this. It’s like processed ham like compressed in like Yeah. Spam. Let’s wait and see. Okay, here we go. Look, spam honies. We’ve got ourselves as well a spam on a giri and a spam stick deep fried. Now, of course, spam has been around Okinawa since cat. Let’s go. Yeah. up this way. This is World War II cuz obviously the Americans came here and they brought their spam with them for a World War II meal. That’s our spam. That’s our spam. That’s our snack. You’ve never tried spam before? No. Never seen this in my life. No, it’s not really a Portuguese dish. No, we have real foods, not processed foods. Well, there it is. That is the spam cat. That’s a bit weird. Yeah, it’s like a sponge. Fatty sponge in the middle. Why do Americans always do everything like XXL size? I can’t bite it. Very greasy. Greasy. It’s average. That’s banging that. Honestly, I love processed unhealthy food. You can beat it. I’m a bit full after my spam sandwich. Cat wants some more food. So, where are we going to go? Where are you going to go? I’ll go for a beer. Ramen. How do they do it? So, was it bow? They go in. It’s an introvert restaurant. It’s our dream. Okay. You go in, you uh make your order, and then when they bring it to you, they bow and then they close the shutter and you eat peacefully. Cat’s going to take the camera and go in. I’ll see you in a minute. I’m going to wait out of hub. [Music] It’s an introvert place. It’s where you meant to go on your own. Yeah, I know. I’ll go to I can’t go in there if I’m not eating. They won’t they won’t be happy about it. So, I’ll um I’ll go around the corner. I’m going to contact you. I have no internet. Aren’t we sponsored by sailing? What’s going on here? Sort your s out quickly. [Music] my egg. My egg is ready and I’m just waiting for my ramen. [Music] My ramen is rising with my eggs. And now we eat. Well guys, we’re back where it all started here in Naha, the capital of Okinawa. And after driving around for a few days, our time in Japan has finally come to an end. We’ve been here like 2 months. We love it so much. Yeah, we seen a lot of the country. Tomorrow morning we’re leaving, heading to a new country. Well, they say it’s not a country anymore, but we’re going to find out what it’s like there. It’s going to be our first time. So, yeah, should be interesting. But for now, thanks for watching, guys. I’ll see you on the next journey. Take care.

It was our final day in Japan and after spending nearly 2 months here we came to relax in tropical paradise, Okinawa! However on this channel things don’t always go smoothly as planned, there will always be a few issues… and in this video you will see it all from drinking snake sake, bad hotels and dodgy food. Let’s go!

Support us on Patreon – https://tinyurl.com/3kx7k8bf
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/backpacker.ben/
Contact me 📧 – benryanfrier@gmail.com