In today’s Japan Vlog, we meet up with some friends who show us around their home town of Iwakuni. We also declare winners in a decades-long ice cream rivalry, and try our FIRST conveyor belt sushi restaurant!
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Recorded 25-Oct
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Iwakuni is an amazing little town. We start the day at its star attraction, a very unique bridge called Kintaikyo Bridge. It’s much steeper in person, and the woodwork is beautiful. We probably spent more time there than we should have! Then we unexpectedly encounter cherry blossoms, in OCTOBER?! How unusual! After heading up the Iwakuni Ropeway to the top of the mountain, we slowly stroll to Iwakuni Castle. Though this castle is less impressive than others we’ve seen, we almost have it to ourselves and it has a stunning view overlooking Iwakuni (plus Bill was able to fly our drone!). After looking around the grounds, we head to our friends’ favorite sushi train restaurant, since they heard we hadn’t been ton one before! This was an amazing day full of new things and blessed with friends.
00:00 Iwakuni
00:40 Kintaikyo Bridge
03:27 Iwakuni Cherry Blossoms
03:49 Ice Cream Rivalry!
06:01 Iwakunijo Ropeway
07:35 Iwakuni Castle
09:56 First Conveyor Belt Sushi!
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Sakura with Kintai Bridge photos by Kazuko & John
Some video was also provided by Kazuko & John
For more about life in the Iwakuni and nearby area check out their new YouTube channel: @TheJapanStop
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Music (in order of appearance):
Come 2gether – Ooyy
Away – AGST
Turn Down – Ruzer
Oregano – Vendla
Talk of the Town (Instrumental Version) – Adelyn Paik
Nordic Shine – Savvun
**Unknown clocktower music
Day Trip – Raymond Grouse
—-Music supplied by Epidemic Sound except **
23 Comments
Love checking the bush for vipers. Naw they won't jump out at you. 🤣😂
Please come again in spring. 🌸
Hi Bill & Heather 😊What a wonderful technique ! Kintai Bridge is very beautiful. Thank you for discovering a fascinating city of Japan🥰💞Merry Christmas🎄✨
tata means…
"See you" in Australia.
Automobile company in India.
"Dear" in Spain.
"Boobs" in US.
Hey guys very nice video. Thanks for the shout out. We hope to see you back here again in the future.
Thank you for coming to my hometown! We really had a good time. Come back again in cherry blossom time!!
Just woke in Australia this morning to see your blog. Iwakuni! Yes it’s on my list and yes we are booked to go for spring yay cherry blossoms! I was going to spend a morning there (taking off from Hiroshima) am I allowing enough time? I was going to take a train along the coast back to Hiroshima. Did you use Shinkansen or local train to get there? We seem to like the same places!
AIの日本語訳がよくわかりません
I’ve been to this bridge once , it was in winter , I still remember how beautiful the place and the bridge was, hope to go there again , glad to find your video , and you have the same feeling ❤🤝
まむしThe snake is poisonous and will die if bitten, but most of them bite their legs. Bitten. In the unlikely event that you are bitten, tighten the bitten part with a rope as thin as possible to prevent the poison from circulating, then call 119 for an ambulance and get a serum injection at the hospital. This poisonous snake can be found in damp places, riverbeds, and mountain paths in summer.
Did you a White snake ？
私の故郷、山口県へようこそ！ Kazuko さんに感謝🎵
日本の木造建築物は、長く後世へ残す為に、修復を考慮して設計されています。
世界最古の木造建築物の数々は日本にあり、1400年前からずっと、地震や災害をしなやかに乗り越えて建っています。覇権争いの勝者が敗者を排除する時、生活に密接に存在していた寺社仏閣やインフラを、破壊しない民族性・精神性に、日本人の気質を感じます🌱🌱
この後、あなた方の旅がどれくらい、何処へ行くのか、楽しみです！
わたしの田舎、山口県、その岩国市へきていただきありがとう(*´ω｀*)✨
岩国や佐世保や横須賀は三沢には
米軍基地があるから
日米融合しています🎉
Hello, nice to meet a friend who lives in Japan. I've been really looking forward to your videos recently. I feel very lonely when I think that I will soon leave Japan and go to another country. If possible, I would like you to stay longer.
そして米兵は沖縄で少女を強姦する
Mamushi snake is the most dangerous snake in main land of Japan. In Okinawa there lives Habu snake. It is more dangerous poison snake than mamshi.
とても綺麗な橋ですね😊たしかに桜の時期は綺麗でしょうね🌸
10:32
これは大学いも（daigaku imo）かな？
さつまいも🍠に砂糖やハチミツをコーティングしたスイーツです。
東京の浅草にある「大学いも 千葉屋（daigaku imo chiba ya）というお店は美味しいです🍠
錦帯橋の姿は芸術的な美しさです。周りの古い街並みも落ち着いていてgoodです。
今年の春も桜🌸が素晴らしかったです。桜の季節に、ぜひまたお越しください。
マムシは毒蛇で、噛まれると命が危なくなります。
驚かせると飛びかかって来るので大変危険です。
The viper is a poisonous snake and its bite can be fatal.
It is very dangerous because it will jump at you if you startle it.
Hi, I'm new here. I really love your video very much. Have you been to Malaysia? I just came back from Genting Highland. It is really an amazing place.
岩国 すばらしい町です。
Glad you were able to make it to the bridge. The river is not always that low – I once saw 3 vendor vans get washed away after heavy rains raised the river faster than they could get packed up. My former in-laws have an okonomiyaki restaurant just down the road from the bridge, so I’ve been there in every season. Like someone else said, it’s a top spot for cherry blossom viewing.