Japan Van Life Ch 27 – Only in Japan 😅 It’s all fun and Squid Games 🦑
You might have heard of the Noto Peninsula sometime during the pandemic without even realising you’d heard of it. The reason for the infamy? A giant fiberglass squid. A 13m-long, 9m-wide, 4m-tall and 5t-heavy fiberglass squid that was paid for with ¥25,000,000 of the coastal town’s ¥800,000,000 emergency pandemic funding and ¥5,000,000 in taxes to be exact. And, well, the reasoning behind its existence apparently worked on us as we were pulled hook, line, and sinker into Noto’s new tourist attraction 🎣🦑.
On the last (of not quite 8) leg(s) of our 4 day 3 night tour of the Noto Peninsula, we’re enjoying an alternative squid game by visiting the giant “Squid King” statue and trying out some of Japan’s best squid ink dishes before making our way to our next Japan van tour location. And while the sourcing of the squid construction costs may be controversial, we did indeed have a kraken day out. Could the giant squid really become Japan’s next best tourist attraction?
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📍LOCATIONS:
Suzunari roadside station (道の駅すずなり)
Mitsukejima/ Gunkanjima & the lover’s sanctuary at Enmusu Beach (見附島 (軍艦島) / 恋人の聖地えんむすびーち)
Ika King (“Squid King”) giant squid statue at Ika no Eki, Tsukumo Bay (“The Squid Station”) (イカの駅つくモール 「イカキング」のモニュメント)
Bessyodake Sky Deck Noto Yume Terrace (別所岳スカイデッキ 「能登ゆめてらす」)
Squid ink burger at Hyokkori onsen, Noto Island (ひょっこり温泉のイカスミバーガー)
Wakura onsen (和倉温泉)
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21 Comments
The fiberglass squid (based on the dimensions you provided) is pretty close to actual Giant Squid size (per Internet). I don't think I'd want to meet a real one underwater.
6:48 gave me a good chuckle
Safety issues aside, I am kind of sad we didn't get to see any of that island up close. It looks really beautiful floating out there in the middle of the beach
Australia has many Big things and it draws in the tourists so Japan should have some Big things as well. Looking forward to your next location.
That squid ink based cuisine looked 🤮. Hope it tasted better than it looked
お二人とも笑顔がとてもすてきだねー🍣🍱🍔🍻🚐🤗
¥30M、ありえない😵と素人の私は思う🤣
能登も含めて、お二人には一度行って気に入った場所に違う季節にも行ってみては？って思います。同じ場所だけど季節が違うと全然、雰囲気が変わる場所日本には沢山ありますからね。日本海なんて夏は湖みたいだけど、冬は一転する様に…。
お二人が行きたい時に行きたい所に行くのがベストなので、初めての場所ばかりでもそれはそれで楽しく動画を拝見出来ますけどね👍😃
ja〜ne🤗
I like the play on words in the title (cracking turned into kraken 🙂). Some reference to the sleeper hit Squid game might also have been apt
イカキングは5トンで3千万、100㌘あたり600円なので高級な和牛とかに比べたら安い‼️
しかも観光に一役買っているので良いのでは😊
I feel like someone is going to accidentally break one of those tentacles someday 🤣
Everytime I watch y'all's videos I start getting hungry 😂
Everything is NOICE
I absolutely love this channel. You two are awesome and the love between you both radiates through your videos. Keep up the epic work 😊🙏
What is the best months in the year for travel in Japan. I suppose now it's getting colder but also in other times there are typhoon season and high humidity seasons?
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Golden babies!! Two suns☼☼!!
Hi guys, what quadcopter are you using from 20:08 to 20:47? Your mum and I (and Alex too, who used to fly a drone) really like these shots – they put a nice perspective onto the vlog. I don't know what the restrictions are re- flying drones over there – they are quite strict in UK though not many people realise – but without going mad, we feel more would really enhance the videos. Anyway, keep it up – we look forward to our evening meals accompanied by your travelogs, and please come to visit as soon as you can. 1, 2, Ja-ne!
3000万のイカ、…イカれてますね
自動車１台３００万を１０台買える
nato peninsula is the best stretch of vid that both of you make.
Caught a beautiful sunset there!