Japan fully re-opened to tourists on October 11, 2022 and on October 14, 2022, we hopped on a plan to begin our visit to this bucket-list destination. In this video, we document our journey there, what to expect when traveling to Japan, and some of our first impressions after landing in Osaka.
This video is the first in our Japan series, though weβll be finishing up our Korea series in the coming weeks before fully jumping into our travels in Japan! Be sure to subscribe to stay tuned, and follow us on Instagram for real-time, daily updates: @awaywithhays
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Can you believe weβre finally going to Japan?!
01:02 So, whatβs going on?
02:27 What documents do you need?
03:38 The flight
04:27 Touch down, Osaka! (Customs and immigration process)
06:35 Getting a SIM card
07:06 Tackling the trains
08:06 Is it our first time?
08:55 Reunited with Lawson
09:16 Ok, back to the trains
11:20 What NOT to do on the train
12:30 First glimpses of Osaka
13:40 Our Airbnb
15:41 Conveyor belt sushi!
20:29 Night caps
21:01 Why does this grocery look like a casino?)
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Hello from Japan! π―π΅βThis is a sneak peek of what's to come in our Japan series, but we're posting videos a couple of weeks behind here on YouTube. For real-time, daily updates (and to DM us recommendations, please!), give us a follow over on Instagram: @awaywithhays
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Do you go to Umeda, Tennoji, or Universal Studios in Osaka? In addition to Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, and Nara are also recommended.
Huh, I'm surprised you guys didn't visit Korea or Japan while living in Shanghai for 2 years.
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YouTube fact: Once you have relations with Korea, every time you upload Japan-related content, the comments are flooded with hatred, cynicism, comparisons, jealousy and criticism by Korean people lol Enjoy your trip!
welcome to Japan!!!!
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Have a great time in Japan!
Yay!! Great video! Weβre heading to Tokyo in about 10 days! Been waiting for over 2 years for this day π
Did the SOS app remain yellow for the one of you that had Hays on their app?
I have all three girls on mine and itβs yellow. But Lindsayβs is Blue.
Thanks for the great info!
After a few days, she will definitely say that she likes Japan best.
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If the time is enough, I wish to see Tokyo to Okinawa and other small towns of Japan. Also, their dessert culture is amazing. How about some sweet themed mukbang contents? π Cause that was what I wanted to try when I visit Japan. Ahh If I finish my shop interior and as soon as my business starts to work smoothly, I will run to Tokyo from Seoul!!!!! Gotta spend all my KWD for μ€μμΈ of Japan. I dunno how to write Japanese but they use sweets to call pastries and desserts so on. Envy you guys. I wish to have a partner who can travel whole world with me and adorable baby π
Have you heard about Wasabi terrorism(feat. Sushi)?
Wasabi, the green spicy condiment widely consumed in Japan especially with sushi and sashimi, is at the center of a new controversy between Korea and Japan.
Some Korean visitors to an outlet of the sushi restaurant chain,
Ichibazushi, in central Osaka accused the restaurant of serving them an excessive amount of wasabi on their raw fish "to make fun of them."
The restaurant has been popular among Korean tourists recently.
Some people who visited the Osaka outlet said on an online travel community that the restaurant served sushi with too much wasabi on it to foreign visitors who don't speak Japanese. They said they saw the restaurant's staff giggling at them while their eyes were watering because of too much wasabi. Others wrote the restaurant serves Korean customers poor-quality fish, and the excessive use of the condiment was a way to cover it up.
They claimed it was an ill-intended act against them, calling it "wasabi terror."
"I thought it was just me," one wrote on the website. Another wrote, "It's not new for Ichibazushi to discriminate against Korean customers. I knew about it."
As the controversy grew and some even called for a boycott against the restaurant. The restaurant operator, Fujii Shokuhin, apologized in a statement, Sunday.
"We apologize for causing trouble on the internet about our service to customers," it said on its website. But it denied the accusation of ill intention. "We have not confirmed any discriminatory intent involved here. But we'll intensify training and education to staff for more customer satisfaction."
It added the chefs put extra wasabi without asking the customers because foreign customers often requested more wasabi.
Its website is currently down.
The issue has gained attention from media outlets in Japan and other countries as well.
In a report by the Japan Times, readers posted a wide range of comments.
"This doesn't surprise me a bit. So the moral of the story is that Japanese businesses in Japan employ many such tactics to tell foreigners that they're not welcome in their shops," one wrote.
Some defended the restaurant. "I have a lot of Chinese friends here (Hong Kong) and whenever I eat sushi or sashimi with them, they'll definitely ask for extra wasabi," according to another.
This article from The Korea Times
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I am glad you are enjoying your trip. But why continue to talk on the train after reading and acknowledging the sign? Just rubbed me the wrong way
So happy u guys finally able to visit our fav holiday place beside Korea! This reminds me the first time we go there with my oldest when he's same age as Hayes (he's a teen now) and make him obsessed with Japan until now.
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I'm eagerly waiting for your next Japan vlog. Japan has so much to offer to tourists and their convenience store bento is sooo good yet cheap. Hope you have a great time and be safe.^^
oh guys, be careful traveling japan because of nuclear waste. i,ve seen about that on TV on the street there were lots of big plastic bags like be pilled up small a mountain high. just before typhoons made that waste fluttered over japan. especially foods from rice of Fukusima have nuclear arsenic component that can be harm damage.
especially to children.
Be careful. Fukushima… nuclear…
I am a Japanese from Osaka. When I visited Tokyo, I was amazed by its sophisticated streets and futuristic buildings. And it is cleaner than Osaka.
Also the size and vastness of Tokyo. The good thing about Osaka is that Nara and Kyoto are nearby.
Too many masks
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