48 Hours in Northern Japan - Akita Prefecture (Japanese Business Trip)

join me for 2 days where I'm going to be headed to north Japan and exploring an area called Akita prefecture this is actually my first time traveling here and this is only a short trip because we're there to film four reels get in get out and so this is literally starting at Tokyo Station where I am about to get on a shin kanen which is the Japanese bullet train so I usually buy myself a hot drink from Starbucks as well as a vending machine water get to the platform where I actually saw kissing shinkansen this is quite rare and a bunch of people taking photos and now it's time to board the train wonder where my seat is today I should really get to know where the best seats are but it looks like I'm at the front of the bullet train today which I didn't like the seat because my feet didn't have enough room to stretch out so don't recommend it but anyhow for the train ride I just played on my switch looked out the window did my makeup on the train as usual and we arrived at kakuno station we're at our first location which is to eat some local food it's called Kitty tle and I've never had it before it's like apparently mchy in like a hot nub pretty excited cuz I didn't eat anything really this is perfect this is the menu for the restaurant there's tons of stuff but I'm going for the kitty thumb fall which is their kind of like main dish starting with some sake it is early in the day but this is like one of the first things I'm having it's like a local one it's called hi Yoshi and apparently like the summer I used to drink it according to Dai so if that's wrong I probably shouldn't drink too much of this cuz I'm going to get drunk this is basically based around like this rice that's like pounded into these mchy shaped I don't know what they meant to be shaped they kind of look like slices of Nei and this is like the perfect dish to warm up in the winter so I can imagine like outside there's snow and you're just sitting inside with this really nice pot if you're wondering what's inside the mochi rice as well as chicken Nei so like a green onion some sort of like green veggie just added in the udon noodles which are really thin I think they're a specialty of this restaurant and area I like that it gives you a little bit more to eat at the very end that's very Japanese style to add the noodles at the end I love noodles so I always want them to be first right now we've come to a summer day Street which is where the summer I used to like live and work and now just a preserved area and there's like gure the guys who run with the carriage you can do that here and it's really nice it's very quiet and it's very spacious not narrow at all look how beautiful these Momiji leaves are and they're going to turn red really soon here in akid I love this street so much absolutely gorgeous the green and the black design from the buildings just compliments each other ACTA is famous for this breed of dog it's called ACTA literally named after the prefecture if you come to the prefecture you can actually meet these beautiful dogs and this is my first time actually meeting an AO and it's so big I wonder how many kilograms this is book at M so if you come to this omaga shop so svenia shop you can actually meet him and play with him they're very similar to shibba Inu but different in size Hawai oh my gosh his ear is so soft hello say hello one did the gacha gacha and it was for AKO and I got the original color the brown one only [Music] 200 night night we're basically done for today this is the shortest shoot I've ever had in my life two reals one day but just a little travel time and now we're going to go back to the hotel just finished check in at the hotel I want to give you a bit of a room tour so let's go as usual take off your shoes when you're inside mirror but then this bed is quite different to usual like this kind of design and the pillow is very traditional like look at this it's quite small but it's perfect for one person although I guess this is a double bed what could The View be oh no conr ction because I woke up at 6:30 today I am pretty tired and it's a luxury to be checking in at 3:00 p.m. I was almost unheard of for most of my business trips I'm so tired oh this is cute it's like a little basket for when I go to take a shower at the onand because this place has an onand guys yeah it costs extra which is a little unfortunate 650 which is like you know five bucks to take a shower maybe I'll do it I have a lot of time and I do love it on but I'm going tomorrow so we'll see tour continues with the bathroom this is a unit Bath so the toilet's there and the showers there and it's not great because all the water overflows and it's yeah it's a mess but this is very typical for business trips which is why I prefer to use the Onan when it's an option we got some basic shampoo I've see this brand like everywhere in Japan and they always give you like cleansing products which I never use I'd prefer to use my own what I into my hotel if it's still quite early in the day I like to see what's around because I'm the kind of person who can't sit still and would love to go explore because I'm only in arel very rarely so I'm very tempted to just like go out but I actually just went out and saw the street nearby so that's part of the job right doing touristy spots so we'll see we'll see where I end up I only got like an hour left of you know daylight so got to figure it out quick I'm outside so you know what that means going to do some s see I looked on Google Maps and there was a samurai House nearby and we didn't have permission to go film there so I'm like I'm going to go check it out of my private time especially since it's only a 4-minute walk from My Lovely Hotel while we're driving earlier I spotted this AKA pudding shop and I really love Japanese puddings so I was already in my mind like have to come back here and it's on the way to the Su house so I'm stopping here and getting an ice cream which might be a little crazy because of the weather but any yet those okay that is pretty similar to pudding flavor the ones in the bottle wow it's got that caramel sauce on it as well it's so soft and creamy definitely a really creamy ice cream I'm a big fan of this I like the waffle too I'm really excited to show you guys because this is the samurai District of kakoa town and it's almost been unchanged apparently for 400 years which is crazy to imagine that suai with were just you know working and living here and it's so well preserved that you can actually go inside some of the houses some of them cost money some are free and it's just a really unique kind of atmosphere I love that about Japan that they preserve these Castle towns the leaves are also changing color so it looks magnificent I'm exploring the samurai houses in the area and this is called karada Samurai house and it's one of the ones that you actually have to pay to go inside it's only 500 yen and I've actually not really been to Samurai houses before except for one in kazawa but this is beautiful there's a lot of tatami rooms and they have a garden can kind of imagine what it was like back then be cold here in the winter I think the summer I were very strong cuz it's already a little chilly and it's still only October they've done a great job preserving it it looks amazing and there's still people working on it I saw them with ladders and everything wanted to visit one more samai house which is probably the most famous one and well preserved and big one here in the area it's called Al yagi suai Museum and I've heard it's quite impressive so let's go take a look shall we so beautiful even the outside they've got this Like Straw roof and you can see there's like moss growing on it honestly looks like it's out of a movie I'm lost our words I'm just so excited to be here I didn't realize how amazing this area was going to be it's so Serene as well I could imagine in the middle of the night it would be pitch black and not a all around this is how the samurai used to live well let's go in behind me are all the samurai uniforms and outfits that they wore during their sights and you can see just how well they've kept it and it's behind glass but there are some that aren't behind glass and there's also the katana the swords they used to fight with they look so sharp I love looking at this history of the Sumer recently I'm SE into Su I guess I've just been to a few Sumer spots lately apparently this is a blanket that was used for sleeping this looks like a katana where you can try and lift it let's see how I do oh this is actually quite [Music] heavy this tatami room I'm in is my favorite I've been sitting here for about 10 minutes just enjoying the view I was overhearing someone's conversation saying that the positioning of the seat that I happen to be in is actually the best because you can enjoy the view from out the garden as well as the pond and it's just so peaceful very ominous toy gate behind me it's getting dark now and no one's here everyone's left I'm the last one still another 22 minutes till the actual Museum closes but getting a little scary at Night at the Museum they have a place where you can try it on it's actually so heavy oh my gosh this is metal this is my first time wearing a Samurai um helmet it's so uncomfortable wow ow it's like digging into my forehead no wonder they use this cuz this would definitely protect you so heavy round two oh this one's a lot more comfortable it doesn't feel as secure but comfort in summary this Samurai house was totally worth it 500 yen that's great value I love this it's definitely my favorite out of the two I visited was feeling quite exhausted so I just went to a local restaurant had some pizza for dinner and then went straight to bed good morning this is my second comini run of the day I'm getting another coffee because I'm very sleepy and my coffee cup today has a judici Ken character on it so that is very cool I didn't know family m is doing that I love this about Japan awesome enjoy my coffee we've come up into the mountains of AA to sud noyu which is this onson and it is absolutely stunning oh my goodness this is like a Yan Hotel where you can sleep inside this kind of thatched roof house right here and you're surrounded by the mountains and there's an Onsen here and this onon is super famous because it's really milky and I'm going to go in there for a video and shoot but I am so excited this has been on my bucket list for years so freaking hyped I really want to come back here in the winter and stay in one of these places if you stay this is the kind of room you get to sleep in and there's an e o in the room I like the green out the window wow this is awesome it honestly feels like I've stepped into a jibli movie or an anime scene or a traditional movie this is stunning there's also some like steam coming off of the building I guess it's from the onsin and the heat I love this kind of place and you can already smell the sporic like onand it's like eggs smelly eggs but I know it's not eggs so I can enjoy the smell [Music] wow [Music] so this is what the onsan looks like look at that color it is beautiful it's blue white milky and this is the open air one with no one inside right now this here is the female bath where you can sit outside in the Milky blue wow it's so stunning it smells so strong now that I'm here this would be unimaginable in the snow because usually this place is decked with like white snow it's probably going to snow in like a month or so so a little early but I'm kind of enjoying not having to be freezing cold as well I personally like outdoor Onan more than indoor ones because you can enjoy the fresh air as well as nature and there's a bit of a view cuz inside it's a bit hot but anyway I got to get changed and go jump [Music] in [Music] so I'm inside the Onan and it is the perfect temperature I love this so much and the sun because it's still early in the morning it's just breaking now and coming through the leaves and it's like Ki the sun filtering through the leaves so [Music] beautiful got out of the Onan put my makeup on on and waiting to have lunch that was a really fun experience this is one of the best onset I've ever been to in Japan for sure hands down in the snow would be even more amazing I am definitely coming back here hopefully in the future very soon because I would love to just stay here and just stay overnight and just take my time in the onson especially in the snow this is an omaga I got it's some onsan packs that you can put at home and it's from all the onand in this area you can go to all of these in AA cuz they're part of the new Onan and here's a map and these are some stickers I got I thought they were so cute like look at that and for 200 yen or 260 I got five I've got a lot whenever I travel I also like to buy postcards so I've got this one with the Autumn this is I suppose summer or late summer another Autumn one this was my favorite like look at those colors whenever I come to places like like this I love to grab a postcard because it is a visual memory as well as like an affordable one it's only like 100 to 200 yen most of the time and I also love sending them to my family and friends [Music] overseas [Music] check out where we're going to be eating our lunch this is an IDI so it's the old traditional way they used to have hot food and they'll put it on top of this like chain here and you'll dying around it so we're going to have Nu which is hot pot and I think it's just going to sit right here on top of the fire such a cool experience and we're going to sit here like this it's my first time honestly it's always just used as like decoration in hotels and like restaurants these days so this is super rare and I'm surprised how warm it is like the fire itself looks so small because it's not like Flames or anything it's just like the wood is heated but I can feel the heat all the way up to my face [Music] [Music] just finished shooting the SC where I eat the nuet and it was so delicious and I absolutely adore this e or style of eating it's just so heartwarming and it's the perfect winter food it's kind of like the kitty Thumper from yesterday now we're all eating it together it was apparently featured in a Korean show where these two came and visited but it looks really old very full and satisfied had an awesome time at s and I'm so sad to say goodbye I could stay here for like a week and just do a digital tea because there's no Wi-fi out here or internet connection they do have Wi-Fi at the hotel I'm so sad to leave goodbye also have a tea house where I guess you can get coffee and light snacks this looks really cool I wish we could have gone here onto our last spot here in Akita which will be a train ride through the countryside I Love Trains let's go this is the train it's really cute it's going to be very local and it's totally AKO themed because even the seats have like a design of the AKO there's like AKO posters everywhere there's even like a little shop selling stuff not really a shop but like a stand and there's little p prints on the map it's so cute one of my favorite things in Japan is riding these local trains so I'm ready paying me to sit on the train I've made it in [Music] life you can actually buy snacks on the train so I've got this butter Moi never heard of butter Mochi before so I'm really curious what it is it's all from AKA as well as an apple juice very fresh I love these trains where you can just eat and they sell it on board and you can just look out the window it's like those Scenic trains I took one in nager earlier this year it was also the same [Music] style this tastes amazing okay it's so soft and chewy like Moi normally is but the inside has this like buttery flavor to it but it's not overpowering is so good can they sell this everywhere the window so far they've been like tumble which are rice fields and just a lot of like Japanese Countryside Vibes which I'm a big fan of I could just sit here for like the next 3 hours I don't know how long I'm sitting on this tram pole maybe 2 hours just relaxing this shoot back there has been awesome got to do all these awesome things go in Onan ride a train that's what I do on my own private time anyway we just got off the train at basically the middle of nowhere we're in the middle of nowhere right now and we're going to head to a hostel just to chat with some people and meet the locals really beautiful out here it's stunning it's like a jibli movie literally the country side of Japan is jibli Vibes the fresh air is great the sun on my like face all feels really good I still feel like I smell like that Onan like the egg I don't know if I'm going crazy it must be like on my skin and my clothes but we filmed at one more location but it was quite brief and headed back to the station we started at which was just over 24 hours ago and I'm headed back on about a 5 to 6 hour train journey home so see you guys in my next business video bye

Channel: seerasan

Views: 143,353

Keywords: japan life, japanese business trip, akita, onsen, hot springs, japan, japanese countryside, japanese trains

Id: VbpLox5He9s

Length: 20min 21sec (1221 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 12 2023