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Japan Vacations: Expert advice from David McElhinney, author of the new "Frommer's Japan" guidebook · The Frommer's Travel Show

• 0:20
  Welcome
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  to
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  the
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  Fromer
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  Travel
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  Show.
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  I'm
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  your
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  host,
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  Pauline
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  Fromer,
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  and
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  we
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  are
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  celebrating
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  today
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  because
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  for
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  the
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  first
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  time
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  in
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  over
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  a
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  decade,
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  we
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  have
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  a
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  new
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  Fromer's
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  Japan
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  book
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  out.
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  In
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  the
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  interim,
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  we
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  had
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  done
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  a
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  book
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  just
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  on
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  Western
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  Honshu,
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  which
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  is
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  the
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  part
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  of
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  Japan
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  that
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  most
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  visitors
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  go
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  to
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  Tokyo,
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  Kyoto
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  and
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  the
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  like.
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  But
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  we
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  realized
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  that
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  the
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  entire
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  nation
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  deserved
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  better
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  coverage,
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  and
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  so
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  we
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  went
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  on
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  a
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  big
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  search
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  to
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  find
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  the
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  best
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  author
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  for
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  that
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  job.
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  We
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  found
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  him.
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  He
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  is
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  on
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  the
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  phone
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  right
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  now.
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  His
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  name
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  is
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  David
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  McElhenney.
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  Did
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  I
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  pronounce
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  your
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  name
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  right?
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  Almost,
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  but
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  I
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  wouldn't
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  worry
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  about.
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  Everyone
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  butchers
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  it.
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  It's
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  McElhenny.
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  McElhenny.
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  I've
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  mostly
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  talked
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  to
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  you
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  and
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  said
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  just
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  David.
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  So,
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  yeah,
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  most
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  people
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  do.
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  They
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  say
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  the
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  name
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  and
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  they
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  avoid
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  it.
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  Right.
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  And
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  I
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  think
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  probably
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  people
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  can
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  hear
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  from
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  your
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  accent
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  that
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  you
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  are
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  not
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  a
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  Japanese
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  native,
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  that
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  you
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  come
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  from
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  Northern
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  Ireland.
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  Correct?
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  Yes.
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  Yeah.
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  If
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  the
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  name
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  didn't
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  give
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  it
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  away,
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  I'm
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  sure
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  the
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  accent
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  will.
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  Yeah.
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  From
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  Belfast,
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  originally.
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  So
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  how
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  did
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  you
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  come
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  to
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  be
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  what
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  I
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  consider
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  finest
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  Japan
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  experts
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  I've
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  ever
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  encountered?
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  Thank
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  you
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  very
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  much.
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  That's
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  making
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  me
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  blush.
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  Well,
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  it
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  was
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  sort
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  of
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  a
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  spontaneous
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  decision.
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  I
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  was
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  traveling
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  a
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  lot
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  in
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  Southeast
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  Asia,
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  really,
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  like
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  that
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  part
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  of
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  the
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  world.
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  I
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  lived
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  in
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  China
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  for
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  six
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  months
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  as
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  a
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  teacher.
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  I'm
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  using
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  inverted
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  commas
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  there
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  because
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  I
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  didn't
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  do
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  an
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  awful
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  lot
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  of
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  teaching,
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  but
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  that
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  was
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  my
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  official,
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  official
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  role.
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  And
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  then
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  I
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  lived
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  in
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  Australia
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  for
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  a
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  year,
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  which
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  was
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  fine,
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  but
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  I
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  was
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  just
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  kind
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  of
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  doing
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  odd
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  jobs
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  on,
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  like,
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  building
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  sites,
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  worked
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  in
• 2:16
  call
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  centers,
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  things
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  like
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  that.
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  But
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  I
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  kind
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  of
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  felt
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  drawn
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  back
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  to
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  Asia,
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  and
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  I'd
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  never
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  been
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  to
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  Japan,
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  but
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  it
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  was
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  always
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  somewhere
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  culturally.
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  They
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  kind
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  of
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  fascinated
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  me.
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  So
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  I
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  decided
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  I
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  would
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  move
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  there
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  for
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  a
• 2:29
  year
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  in
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  principle
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  to
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  teach
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  English,
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  and
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  that
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  turned
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  into
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  two,
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  which
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  turned
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  into
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  three,
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  and
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  so
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  on.
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  I
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  just
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  kind
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  of
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  fell
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  in
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  love
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  with
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  the
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  place
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  as
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  I
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  thought
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  I
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  might.
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  So,
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  yeah,
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  that's
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  the
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  very
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  contracted
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  version.
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  Yeah.
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  And
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  it's
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  been
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  seven
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  years
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  now
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  that
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  you've
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  been
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  in
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  and
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  around
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  Japan.
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  Seven
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  years,
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  yeah,
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  Seven
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  years,
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  yeah.
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  And
• 2:50
  writing
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  about
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  it
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  extensively.
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  And
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  as
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  a
• 2:53
  writer,
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  I
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  don't
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  think
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  this
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  will
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  come
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  as
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  a
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  surprise
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  to
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  anybody.
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  You
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  do
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  not
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  have
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  funding
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  that
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  is
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  unlimited.
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  Right.
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  And
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  Japan
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  can
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  be
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  a
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  very,
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  very
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  expensive
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  country.
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  Well,
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  it's
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  less
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  expensive
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  now
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  because
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  the
• 3:09
  Japanese
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  yen
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  is
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  much
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  weaker
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  against
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  many
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  world
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  currencies,
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  including
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  the
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  US
• 3:16
  dollar.
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  But
• 3:17
  still,
• 3:18
  it
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  is
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  an
• 3:19
  overall
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  Expensive
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  place.
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  So
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  what
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  are
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  some
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  of
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  the
• 3:23
  ways
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  that
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  you,
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  in
• 3:25
  the
• 3:25
  book
• 3:25
  and
• 3:26
  in
• 3:26
  your
• 3:27
  daily
• 3:27
  life,
• 3:27
  talking
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  with
• 3:28
  pals,
• 3:29
  tell
• 3:29
  people
• 3:29
  they
• 3:30
  can
• 3:30
  save
• 3:30
  money
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  in
• 3:31
  Japan?
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  Yeah,
• 3:33
  I
• 3:33
  think
• 3:33
  you
• 3:33
  kind
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  of
• 3:33
  touched
• 3:34
  on
• 3:34
  there.
• 3:34
  It's
• 3:34
  like
• 3:34
  expensive
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  is
• 3:35
  a
• 3:35
  relative
• 3:35
  term.
• 3:36
  I
• 3:36
  mean,
• 3:36
  Japan
• 3:36
  certainly
• 3:37
  was
• 3:37
  more
• 3:37
  expensive
• 3:38
  than
• 3:38
  it
• 3:38
  is
• 3:38
  now.
• 3:38
  But
• 3:39
  I
• 3:40
  think
• 3:40
  people
• 3:40
  always
• 3:40
  want
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  to
• 3:41
  try
• 3:41
  and
• 3:41
  save
• 3:41
  money
• 3:41
  where
• 3:42
  they
• 3:42
  can.
• 3:42
  And
• 3:42
  there
• 3:43
  are
• 3:43
  certain
• 3:43
  things
• 3:43
  in
• 3:43
  the
• 3:43
  country
• 3:44
  which,
• 3:44
  which
• 3:44
  are
• 3:44
  still
• 3:44
  quite
• 3:45
  pricey.
• 3:45
  Like
• 3:46
  I
• 3:46
  would
• 3:46
  say
• 3:46
  the
• 3:47
  number
• 3:47
  one
• 3:48
  biggest
• 3:48
  expense.
• 3:49
  Well,
• 3:49
  the
• 3:49
  two
• 3:49
  biggest
• 3:50
  expenses
• 3:50
  are
• 3:51
  accommodation
• 3:52
  and
• 3:52
  transport.
• 3:53
  It's
• 3:53
  perhaps
• 3:53
  not
• 3:54
  unique
• 3:54
  to
• 3:54
  Japan,
• 3:54
  but
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  with
• 3:55
  transport
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  specifically,
• 3:57
  what's
• 3:57
  expensive
• 3:57
  are
• 3:57
  the
• 3:57
  bullet
• 3:58
  trains
• 3:59
  which
• 3:59
  people
• 3:59
  will
• 3:59
  obviously
• 4:00
  use
• 4:00
  to
• 4:00
  get
• 4:00
  around
• 4:00
  the
• 4:01
  country
• 4:01
  because
• 4:01
  it's
• 4:01
  more
• 4:01
  convenient
• 4:02
  than
• 4:02
  flying.
• 4:02
  It
• 4:03
  is
• 4:03
  more
• 4:03
  expensive
• 4:03
  than
• 4:04
  flying,
• 4:04
  but
• 4:04
  it's
• 4:05
  more
• 4:05
  convenient.
• 4:05
  And
• 4:05
  I
• 4:05
  think
• 4:06
  people
• 4:06
  see
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  bullet
• 4:06
  train
• 4:07
  as
• 4:07
  like
• 4:08
  a
• 4:08
  travel
• 4:08
  experience
• 4:09
  in
• 4:09
  and
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  itself,
• 4:10
  you
• 4:10
  know,
• 4:10
  so.
• 4:11
  Well,
• 4:11
  I
• 4:11
  felt
• 4:11
  that
• 4:11
  way
• 4:12
  when
• 4:12
  I
• 4:12
  did
• 4:12
  it.
• 4:12
  I
• 4:13
  mean
• 4:13
  there
• 4:13
  is
• 4:14
  that
• 4:14
  moment
• 4:14
  where
• 4:15
  it
• 4:15
  just
• 4:15
  zooms
• 4:16
  out
• 4:16
  of
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  station.
• 4:17
  I've
• 4:18
  always
• 4:18
  heard
• 4:18
  about
• 4:18
  the
• 4:19
  Concorde
• 4:19
  when
• 4:19
  that
• 4:20
  was
• 4:20
  flying.
• 4:20
  And
• 4:20
  there
• 4:20
  was
• 4:21
  this
• 4:21
  moment
• 4:21
  where
• 4:21
  you
• 4:21
  were
• 4:22
  pressed
• 4:22
  back
• 4:22
  into
• 4:23
  your
• 4:23
  seat
• 4:24
  and
• 4:24
  then
• 4:24
  you
• 4:24
  suddenly
• 4:25
  rocketed
• 4:26
  forward
• 4:26
  and
• 4:27
  the
• 4:27
  bullet
• 4:27
  train
• 4:27
  almost
• 4:28
  felt
• 4:28
  like
• 4:29
  that.
• 4:29
  I
• 4:29
  mean
• 4:29
  the
• 4:29
  speed
• 4:30
  was,
• 4:30
  was.
• 4:31
  I
• 4:31
  could
• 4:31
  feel
• 4:31
  it.
• 4:32
  Yeah.
• 4:32
  Now
• 4:32
  that
• 4:33
  you
• 4:33
  mention
• 4:33
  it,
• 4:34
  you
• 4:34
  do
• 4:34
  get
• 4:34
  that
• 4:35
  sensation
• 4:36
  the
• 4:36
  first
• 4:36
  time
• 4:36
  you
• 4:36
  take
• 4:36
  the
• 4:36
  bullet
• 4:37
  train.
• 4:37
  But
• 4:37
  it's
• 4:37
  weird,
• 4:38
  you
• 4:38
  know,
• 4:38
  like
• 4:38
  anything,
• 4:38
  when
• 4:39
  you
• 4:39
  start
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  do
• 4:39
  it
• 4:39
  quite
• 4:39
  regularly,
• 4:40
  you
• 4:40
  sort
• 4:40
  of
• 4:40
  forget
• 4:40
  about
• 4:41
  that.
• 4:42
  Yeah,
• 4:42
  it's
• 4:42
  an
• 4:42
  experience
• 4:42
  in
• 4:42
  and
• 4:43
  of
• 4:43
  itself.
• 4:43
  So
• 4:43
  people
• 4:43
  will
• 4:44
  almost
• 4:44
  certainly
• 4:44
  use
• 4:44
  the
• 4:45
  bullet
• 4:45
  train
• 4:45
  as
• 4:45
  their
• 4:45
  primary
• 4:47
  method
• 4:47
  for
• 4:47
  getting
• 4:47
  around
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  country.
• 4:48
  A
• 4:49
  good
• 4:49
  way
• 4:49
  to
• 4:49
  save
• 4:49
  money
• 4:50
  on
• 4:50
  that
• 4:50
  is
• 4:50
  through
• 4:51
  the
• 4:51
  JR
• 4:51
  pass,
• 4:52
  the
• 4:52
  Japan
• 4:52
  Rail
• 4:53
  Pass,
• 4:53
  which
• 4:53
  you
• 4:53
  have
• 4:54
  to
• 4:54
  get
• 4:54
  before
• 4:54
  you
• 4:55
  come
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  the
• 4:55
  country.
• 4:56
  It
• 4:56
  basically
• 4:57
  gives
• 4:57
  you
• 4:57
  like
• 4:58
  a
• 4:59
  one
• 4:59
  use
• 4:59
  ticket
• 5:00
  that
• 5:00
  you
• 5:00
  can
• 5:01
  or
• 5:01
  one
• 5:02
  all
• 5:02
  encompassing
• 5:02
  ticket
• 5:03
  that
• 5:03
  you
• 5:03
  can
• 5:03
  use
• 5:03
  on
• 5:03
  all
• 5:04
  of
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  different
• 5:04
  bullet
• 5:04
  trains
• 5:04
  that
• 5:05
  you'll
• 5:05
  use
• 5:05
  and
• 5:06
  local
• 5:06
  trains
• 5:06
  provided
• 5:07
  they're
• 5:07
  operated
• 5:08
  by
• 5:08
  Japan
• 5:09
  Rail.
• 5:09
  Now
• 5:09
  it
• 5:10
  gets
• 5:10
  a
• 5:10
  little
• 5:10
  bit
• 5:10
  confusing
• 5:10
  in
• 5:10
  the
• 5:11
  cities
• 5:11
  because
• 5:11
  sometimes
• 5:12
  they're.
• 5:12
  A
• 5:12
  train
• 5:12
  might
• 5:13
  be
• 5:13
  run
• 5:13
  by
• 5:13
  a
• 5:13
  private
• 5:14
  operator
• 5:15
  or
• 5:15
  you
• 5:15
  know,
• 5:15
  might
• 5:15
  be
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  metro
• 5:16
  line,
• 5:16
  which
• 5:16
  I
• 5:16
  think
• 5:16
  is
• 5:17
  sort
• 5:17
  of
• 5:17
  run
• 5:17
  by
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  city.
• 5:17
  But
• 5:18
  in
• 5:18
  general
• 5:18
  it
• 5:19
  means
• 5:19
  that
• 5:19
  you
• 5:19
  have
• 5:19
  one
• 5:19
  ticket
• 5:20
  that
• 5:20
  you
• 5:20
  can
• 5:20
  use
• 5:20
  on
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  majority
• 5:21
  of
• 5:21
  trains
• 5:22
  that
• 5:22
  you're
• 5:22
  going
• 5:22
  to
• 5:22
  get
• 5:23
  in
• 5:23
  the
• 5:23
  country.
• 5:24
  Rather
• 5:24
  than
• 5:25
  like
• 5:25
  kind
• 5:25
  of
• 5:25
  going
• 5:25
  into
• 5:26
  the
• 5:26
  specifics
• 5:26
  of
• 5:26
  pricing,
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  would
• 5:27
  say
• 5:28
  the,
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  best
• 5:29
  way
• 5:29
  to
• 5:30
  think
• 5:30
  about
• 5:30
  it
• 5:30
  is
• 5:30
  like
• 5:30
  you.
• 5:31
  You
• 5:31
  can
• 5:31
  go
• 5:32
  online
• 5:32
  to
• 5:32
  the
• 5:33
  Japan
• 5:33
  Rail
• 5:33
  Pass
• 5:33
  fare
• 5:34
  calculator,
• 5:35
  kind
• 5:35
  of
• 5:35
  taught
• 5:35
  up
• 5:35
  the
• 5:36
  journeys
• 5:36
  you
• 5:36
  think
• 5:36
  you're
• 5:37
  probably
• 5:37
  going
• 5:37
  to
• 5:37
  do
• 5:38
  see
• 5:38
  how
• 5:38
  much
• 5:39
  that's
• 5:39
  going
• 5:39
  to
• 5:39
  cost
• 5:39
  and
• 5:39
  then
• 5:39
  just
• 5:40
  cross
• 5:40
  reference
• 5:40
  that
• 5:41
  with
• 5:41
  the
• 5:41
  price
• 5:42
  of
• 5:42
  the
• 5:42
  7,
• 5:42
  14
• 5:43
  or
• 5:43
  21
• 5:43
  day
• 5:44
  ticket.
• 5:44
  Sometimes,
• 5:45
  you
• 5:45
  know,
• 5:45
  the
• 5:46
  7
• 5:46
  day
• 5:46
  ticket
• 5:47
  might
• 5:47
  be
• 5:47
  a
• 5:47
  little
• 5:47
  bit
• 5:47
  more
• 5:48
  expensive
• 5:48
  than
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  amount
• 5:49
  of
• 5:49
  trains
• 5:49
  you
• 5:49
  want
• 5:49
  to
• 5:49
  get
• 5:50
  in
• 5:50
  a
• 5:50
  seven
• 5:50
  day
• 5:50
  period.
• 5:51
  But
• 5:51
  you
• 5:52
  also
• 5:52
  might
• 5:52
  say,
• 5:52
  well,
• 5:53
  it's
• 5:53
  only
• 5:53
  a
• 5:53
  2,3000
• 5:54
  yen
• 5:54
  difference
• 5:54
  and
• 5:54
  that's
• 5:55
  negligible
• 5:55
  given
• 5:55
  that
• 5:56
  I
• 5:56
  don't
• 5:56
  have
• 5:56
  to
• 5:56
  go
• 5:56
  through
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  stress
• 5:57
  of
• 5:57
  getting
• 5:57
  a
• 5:57
  ticket
• 5:58
  for
• 5:58
  each
• 5:58
  train
• 5:59
  I'm
• 5:59
  getting.
• 6:00
  I
• 6:00
  mean,
• 6:01
  people
• 6:01
  who
• 6:01
  are
• 6:01
  thinking
• 6:02
  about
• 6:02
  going
• 6:02
  to
• 6:02
  Japan
• 6:02
  might
• 6:03
  have
• 6:03
  read
• 6:03
  that
• 6:03
  there
• 6:03
  was
• 6:03
  a
• 6:04
  big
• 6:04
  price
• 6:04
  hike
• 6:05
  in
• 6:05
  the
• 6:05
  JR
• 6:05
  Pass
• 6:06
  recently.
• 6:06
  It
• 6:06
  was
• 6:07
  a
• 6:07
  69%
• 6:07
  price
• 6:08
  hike,
• 6:08
  which
• 6:08
  is
• 6:09
  yikes.
• 6:10
  Yeah,
• 6:10
  it
• 6:10
  is
• 6:10
  pretty
• 6:11
  yikes.
• 6:11
  But
• 6:12
  to
• 6:12
  put
• 6:12
  that
• 6:13
  into
• 6:13
  perspective,
• 6:14
  it
• 6:14
  was
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  first
• 6:15
  time
• 6:15
  they
• 6:15
  had
• 6:15
  increased
• 6:15
  the
• 6:16
  price
• 6:16
  since
• 6:16
  like
• 6:16
  the
• 6:16
  80s
• 6:17
  or
• 6:17
  something.
• 6:18
  So.
• 6:18
  And
• 6:19
  I
• 6:19
  think
• 6:19
  it
• 6:19
  was
• 6:19
  also
• 6:20
  kind
• 6:20
  of
• 6:20
  in
• 6:20
  line
• 6:20
  with
• 6:20
  the
• 6:21
  fact
• 6:21
  that
• 6:21
  the
• 6:22
  yen
• 6:22
  had
• 6:22
  already
• 6:22
  weakened
• 6:23
  by
• 6:23
  that
• 6:23
  stage
• 6:23
  and
• 6:23
  they
• 6:23
  were
• 6:24
  trying
• 6:24
  to
• 6:24
  capitalize
• 6:25
  on
• 6:25
  tourists
• 6:26
  increased
• 6:26
  purchasing
• 6:26
  power.
• 6:27
  So
• 6:27
  I
• 6:27
  would
• 6:27
  say
• 6:27
  from
• 6:28
  a
• 6:28
  tourist
• 6:28
  perspective,
• 6:30
  I
• 6:30
  still
• 6:30
  think
• 6:30
  it's
• 6:31
  like
• 6:31
  a
• 6:31
  good
• 6:31
  value
• 6:31
  pass,
• 6:31
  but
• 6:32
  you
• 6:32
  can
• 6:32
  obviously
• 6:32
  arbitrate
• 6:33
  on
• 6:33
  that
• 6:33
  yourself
• 6:33
  depending
• 6:34
  on
• 6:34
  where
• 6:35
  you
• 6:35
  plan
• 6:35
  on
• 6:35
  going.
• 6:35
  Right.
• 6:36
  And
• 6:36
  it's,
• 6:36
  and
• 6:36
  it's
• 6:37
  a
• 6:38
  price
• 6:38
  we
• 6:38
  should
• 6:39
  note
• 6:39
  that
• 6:39
  the
• 6:40
  Japanese
• 6:40
  themselves
• 6:41
  do
• 6:41
  not
• 6:41
  have
• 6:42
  access
• 6:42
  to.
• 6:43
  This
• 6:43
  pass
• 6:44
  is
• 6:44
  only
• 6:44
  for
• 6:45
  tourists,
• 6:45
  which,
• 6:46
  you
• 6:46
  know,
• 6:46
  is
• 6:46
  an
• 6:47
  interesting
• 6:47
  thing.
• 6:48
  Usually
• 6:48
  there's
• 6:49
  something
• 6:49
  that
• 6:49
  we
• 6:50
  think
• 6:50
  of
• 6:50
  as
• 6:50
  the
• 6:50
  tourist
• 6:51
  tax
• 6:52
  where
• 6:52
  tourists
• 6:53
  are
• 6:53
  charged
• 6:54
  more.
• 6:54
  This
• 6:55
  has
• 6:55
  always
• 6:55
  been
• 6:55
  a
• 6:55
  very
• 6:56
  generous
• 6:56
  program,
• 6:57
  I
• 6:57
  thought,
• 6:58
  on
• 6:59
  behalf
• 6:59
  of
• 6:59
  the
• 6:59
  railroad.
• 7:00
  Yeah,
• 7:00
  that's
• 7:00
  true.
• 7:01
  I
• 7:01
  mean
• 7:01
  I've,
• 7:01
  I've
• 7:02
  always,
• 7:03
  I
• 7:03
  mean
• 7:03
  recently
• 7:04
  actually
• 7:04
  I
• 7:04
  lost
• 7:04
  my
• 7:05
  visa
• 7:05
  for
• 7:05
  the
• 7:06
  first
• 7:06
  time.
• 7:06
  So
• 7:06
  the
• 7:06
  next
• 7:06
  time
• 7:07
  I
• 7:07
  go
• 7:07
  back
• 7:07
  to
• 7:07
  Japan,
• 7:07
  I
• 7:07
  will
• 7:08
  be
• 7:08
  there
• 7:08
  as
• 7:08
  a
• 7:08
  tourist.
• 7:08
  But
• 7:10
  it
• 7:10
  means
• 7:10
  that
• 7:10
  I've
• 7:10
  never
• 7:10
  had
• 7:11
  access
• 7:11
  to
• 7:11
  this
• 7:11
  past
• 7:12
  myself.
• 7:12
  And
• 7:12
  I've
• 7:12
  always,
• 7:13
  always
• 7:13
  been
• 7:13
  jealous
• 7:14
  when
• 7:14
  people
• 7:14
  come
• 7:14
  to
• 7:14
  visit
• 7:15
  and
• 7:15
  they're
• 7:15
  doing
• 7:15
  these,
• 7:15
  you
• 7:16
  know,
• 7:16
  kind
• 7:16
  of
• 7:17
  wild,
• 7:17
  you
• 7:18
  know,
• 7:18
  trips
• 7:18
  all
• 7:18
  around
• 7:18
  the
• 7:19
  country
• 7:19
  and
• 7:19
  any
• 7:19
  time
• 7:20
  I
• 7:20
  join
• 7:20
  them
• 7:20
  I
• 7:20
  have
• 7:21
  to.
• 7:21
  Yeah,
• 7:21
  pay
• 7:22
  the,
• 7:22
  pay
• 7:22
  the
• 7:22
  standard
• 7:23
  fare.
• 7:23
  So
• 7:23
  yeah,
• 7:24
  it
• 7:24
  is,
• 7:24
  it's
• 7:24
  great.
• 7:25
  I
• 7:25
  mean
• 7:25
  there
• 7:25
  are,
• 7:26
  I
• 7:26
  would
• 7:26
  say
• 7:26
  tourists
• 7:27
  are
• 7:27
  taxed
• 7:27
  in
• 7:28
  other
• 7:28
  ways,
• 7:28
  but
• 7:28
  when
• 7:29
  it
• 7:29
  comes
• 7:29
  to
• 7:30
  riding
• 7:31
  the
• 7:31
  bullet
• 7:31
  train.
• 7:32
  Yeah,
• 7:32
  they,
• 7:33
  they
• 7:33
  certainly
• 7:33
  get
• 7:33
  a
• 7:34
  good
• 7:34
  deal.
• 7:34
  Well,
• 7:35
  before
• 7:35
  I
• 7:35
  let
• 7:35
  you
• 7:35
  go
• 7:36
  on
• 7:36
  that,
• 7:36
  how
• 7:36
  are,
• 7:37
  how
• 7:37
  are
• 7:37
  tourists
• 7:37
  taxed
• 7:38
  in
• 7:38
  other
• 7:38
  ways,
• 7:39
  would
• 7:39
  you
• 7:39
  say?
• 7:40
  There's
• 7:41
  been
• 7:41
  quite
• 7:42
  a
• 7:42
  lot
• 7:42
  in
• 7:42
  the
• 7:42
  news
• 7:43
  over
• 7:43
  the
• 7:43
  past
• 7:44
  couple
• 7:44
  years
• 7:45
  about
• 7:46
  over
• 7:46
  tourism
• 7:47
  in
• 7:47
  Japan
• 7:47
  and
• 7:49
  particular,
• 7:49
  I
• 7:49
  guess
• 7:50
  what
• 7:50
  one
• 7:50
  good
• 7:50
  example
• 7:51
  to
• 7:51
  use
• 7:51
  is
• 7:51
  himeji
• 7:52
  Castle,
• 7:53
  which
• 7:54
  is
• 7:54
  probably
• 7:55
  the
• 7:55
  most
• 7:55
  beautiful
• 7:56
  castle
• 7:56
  in
• 7:57
  Japan.
• 7:57
  It's
• 7:57
  largely
• 7:58
  viewed
• 7:58
  as
• 7:58
  that.
• 7:58
  Like,
• 7:58
  it's
• 7:59
  just
• 7:59
  really
• 7:59
  stunning.
• 7:59
  It's
• 8:00
  in
• 8:00
  this
• 8:00
  city
• 8:00
  that's
• 8:01
  between
• 8:01
  Kobe
• 8:02
  and
• 8:02
  Hiroshima.
• 8:03
  A
• 8:03
  lot
• 8:03
  of
• 8:03
  people
• 8:04
  go
• 8:04
  to
• 8:04
  Himeji
• 8:05
  just
• 8:05
  to
• 8:05
  see
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  castle.
• 8:06
  You
• 8:06
  know,
• 8:06
  the.
• 8:07
  I
• 8:07
  think
• 8:07
  it
• 8:07
  was
• 8:08
  the
• 8:08
  city
• 8:08
  mayor
• 8:09
  I'm
• 8:09
  trying
• 8:09
  to
• 8:09
  remember
• 8:09
  now,
• 8:10
  but
• 8:10
  someone
• 8:10
  from
• 8:11
  officialdom
• 8:11
  was
• 8:12
  basically
• 8:12
  trying
• 8:12
  to
• 8:13
  make
• 8:14
  tourists
• 8:14
  pay
• 8:15
  five
• 8:15
  times
• 8:15
  the
• 8:16
  amount
• 8:16
  that
• 8:16
  locals
• 8:16
  would
• 8:17
  pay.
• 8:17
  Wow.
• 8:18
  Which
• 8:19
  in
• 8:19
  some
• 8:19
  respects
• 8:20
  it's
• 8:20
  like,
• 8:20
  well,
• 8:20
  that
• 8:20
  seems
• 8:21
  like
• 8:21
  a
• 8:21
  huge
• 8:21
  hike.
• 8:22
  But
• 8:22
  at
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  same
• 8:23
  time,
• 8:23
  if
• 8:24
  I
• 8:24
  think
• 8:24
  if
• 8:24
  the
• 8:25
  purpose
• 8:25
  of
• 8:25
  it
• 8:25
  is
• 8:25
  to
• 8:26
  only
• 8:27
  entice
• 8:28
  people
• 8:28
  who
• 8:28
  really
• 8:28
  want
• 8:28
  to
• 8:29
  go
• 8:29
  and
• 8:29
  see
• 8:29
  the
• 8:29
  castle,
• 8:30
  rather
• 8:30
  than
• 8:30
  people
• 8:30
  who
• 8:30
  are
• 8:30
  walking
• 8:31
  past
• 8:31
  going,
• 8:31
  I'll
• 8:31
  go
• 8:31
  in,
• 8:32
  because
• 8:32
  it's
• 8:32
  only
• 8:32
  whatever,
• 8:33
  500,
• 8:33
  1,000
• 8:33
  yen
• 8:34
  to
• 8:34
  see
• 8:34
  it.
• 8:34
  I
• 8:35
  think
• 8:35
  if
• 8:35
  it's
• 8:35
  used
• 8:35
  in
• 8:35
  that
• 8:36
  way,
• 8:36
  and
• 8:36
  therefore
• 8:37
  it
• 8:37
  does
• 8:37
  manage
• 8:38
  the
• 8:38
  crowds
• 8:38
  a
• 8:38
  little
• 8:38
  bit,
• 8:39
  I
• 8:39
  don't
• 8:40
  have
• 8:40
  much
• 8:40
  of
• 8:40
  a
• 8:40
  problem
• 8:40
  with
• 8:41
  it.
• 8:41
  But
• 8:41
  at
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  same
• 8:41
  time,
• 8:42
  you
• 8:42
  know,
• 8:42
  there
• 8:43
  is
• 8:43
  the
• 8:43
  moral
• 8:43
  aspect
• 8:44
  of,
• 8:44
  well,
• 8:44
  if
• 8:44
  we
• 8:44
  start
• 8:44
  levying
• 8:45
  that
• 8:45
  everywhere
• 8:45
  and
• 8:45
  tourists
• 8:46
  have
• 8:46
  to
• 8:46
  pay
• 8:46
  crazy
• 8:46
  money
• 8:47
  for
• 8:47
  everything,
• 8:47
  you
• 8:47
  know,
• 8:48
  that's
• 8:48
  its
• 8:48
  own
• 8:48
  issue.
• 8:48
  But
• 8:49
  that's
• 8:49
  just
• 8:49
  one
• 8:50
  example.
• 8:50
  And
• 8:50
  I
• 8:50
  think
• 8:51
  some
• 8:51
  restaurants
• 8:52
  were
• 8:52
  floating.
• 8:53
  In
• 8:53
  fact,
• 8:53
  I
• 8:53
  think
• 8:53
  some
• 8:54
  restaurants
• 8:54
  actually
• 8:54
  did
• 8:54
  implement
• 8:55
  that,
• 8:55
  but
• 8:56
  different
• 8:56
  prices
• 8:57
  on.
• 8:57
  The
• 8:57
  English
• 8:58
  language
• 8:58
  menu
• 8:59
  or
• 8:59
  how
• 8:59
  did
• 8:59
  it
• 8:59
  work?
• 9:00
  Well,
• 9:01
  some
• 9:01
  of
• 9:01
  them
• 9:01
  were
• 9:01
  caught
• 9:02
  sneakily
• 9:02
  doing
• 9:02
  that,
• 9:03
  unfortunately.
• 9:03
  But
• 9:04
  I
• 9:05
  think
• 9:05
  there
• 9:06
  were
• 9:06
  some
• 9:06
  restaurants
• 9:07
  in
• 9:07
  smaller
• 9:08
  towns
• 9:08
  and
• 9:08
  stuff
• 9:09
  that
• 9:09
  basically
• 9:09
  said
• 9:09
  locals
• 9:10
  will
• 9:10
  only
• 9:10
  pay
• 9:11
  this
• 9:11
  price
• 9:11
  and
• 9:12
  non
• 9:12
  locals
• 9:13
  will
• 9:13
  pay
• 9:13
  a
• 9:13
  bit
• 9:13
  more.
• 9:14
  It
• 9:14
  certainly
• 9:14
  hasn't
• 9:15
  caught
• 9:15
  fire
• 9:15
  and
• 9:16
  spread
• 9:16
  all
• 9:16
  around
• 9:16
  the
• 9:17
  country,
• 9:17
  but
• 9:17
  there
• 9:18
  are
• 9:18
  little
• 9:18
  stories
• 9:19
  like
• 9:19
  that.
• 9:19
  And
• 9:20
  as
• 9:20
  there
• 9:20
  is
• 9:21
  some
• 9:22
  growing
• 9:22
  kind
• 9:23
  of
• 9:23
  unrest
• 9:23
  in
• 9:23
  certain
• 9:24
  corners
• 9:24
  of
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  country
• 9:24
  about
• 9:25
  the
• 9:25
  amount
• 9:25
  of
• 9:25
  foreigners
• 9:26
  coming
• 9:26
  in
• 9:28
  on
• 9:28
  a
• 9:28
  yearly
• 9:29
  basis
• 9:29
  and
• 9:29
  the
• 9:29
  numbers
• 9:29
  increasing
• 9:30
  each
• 9:30
  year,
• 9:30
  then
• 9:31
  stories
• 9:32
  like
• 9:32
  that
• 9:32
  will
• 9:32
  be
• 9:32
  in
• 9:32
  the
• 9:32
  news.
• 9:33
  But
• 9:33
  I
• 9:34
  don't.
• 9:34
  I
• 9:34
  don't
• 9:34
  expect
• 9:35
  that
• 9:35
  to
• 9:35
  be
• 9:35
  implemented
• 9:36
  on
• 9:36
  a.
• 9:36
  On
• 9:36
  a
• 9:36
  broad
• 9:37
  scale
• 9:37
  anytime
• 9:37
  soon.
• 9:38
  Interesting.
• 9:39
  All
• 9:39
  right,
• 9:39
  we'll
• 9:39
  go
• 9:39
  back
• 9:39
  to
• 9:40
  saving
• 9:40
  money.
• 9:40
  So
• 9:40
  you
• 9:41
  save
• 9:41
  money
• 9:42
  by
• 9:42
  getting
• 9:42
  the
• 9:43
  bullet
• 9:43
  train
• 9:43
  pass
• 9:44
  or
• 9:44
  the
• 9:45
  train
• 9:45
  pass,
• 9:45
  which
• 9:46
  covers
• 9:46
  a
• 9:47
  lot
• 9:47
  of
• 9:47
  different
• 9:47
  trains.
• 9:48
  You
• 9:48
  also
• 9:49
  need
• 9:49
  to
• 9:49
  save
• 9:49
  money
• 9:50
  on
• 9:51
  accommodations,
• 9:53
  but
• 9:53
  there
• 9:53
  are
• 9:54
  hotels
• 9:55
  or
• 9:56
  hotel
• 9:56
  types
• 9:57
  that
• 9:57
  don't
• 9:58
  exist.
• 9:59
  Other
• 9:59
  places
• 10:00
  like
• 10:00
  capsule
• 10:01
  hotels,
• 10:02
  do
• 10:02
  you
• 10:02
  recommend
• 10:03
  those
• 10:03
  for
• 10:04
  visitors
• 10:05
  and
• 10:05
  can
• 10:05
  you
• 10:05
  give
• 10:05
  a
• 10:06
  definition
• 10:06
  of
• 10:06
  what
• 10:06
  those
• 10:07
  are,
• 10:07
  or
• 10:07
  is
• 10:07
  that
• 10:08
  really
• 10:08
  just
• 10:08
  for
• 10:08
  Japanese
• 10:09
  businessmen?
• 10:10
  Well,
• 10:10
  that's
• 10:10
  how
• 10:11
  they
• 10:11
  started.
• 10:11
  They
• 10:11
  were
• 10:12
  kind
• 10:12
  of
• 10:13
  advertised
• 10:14
  as
• 10:14
  these.
• 10:15
  Yeah,
• 10:16
  kind
• 10:16
  of
• 10:16
  stopover
• 10:17
  places
• 10:17
  for
• 10:17
  Japanese
• 10:18
  businessmen.
• 10:18
  Like
• 10:19
  if
• 10:19
  you
• 10:19
  go
• 10:19
  to
• 10:19
  some
• 10:20
  of
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  old
• 10:20
  ones,
• 10:21
  they
• 10:21
  still
• 10:21
  have,
• 10:22
  like
• 10:22
  corded
• 10:22
  telephones
• 10:23
  and
• 10:23
  you
• 10:23
  know,
• 10:24
  stuff
• 10:24
  that
• 10:24
  a
• 10:24
  businessman
• 10:25
  might
• 10:25
  need,
• 10:25
  you
• 10:25
  know,
• 10:26
  when
• 10:26
  he's
• 10:26
  overnighting.
• 10:27
  They're
• 10:27
  still
• 10:28
  used
• 10:28
  by
• 10:29
  younger
• 10:30
  tourists,
• 10:30
  I
• 10:30
  would
• 10:30
  say.
• 10:31
  I
• 10:31
  don't
• 10:32
  mind
• 10:32
  them
• 10:32
  on
• 10:33
  occasion
• 10:33
  as
• 10:33
  like
• 10:34
  maybe
• 10:35
  to
• 10:35
  like
• 10:35
  show
• 10:35
  someone.
• 10:36
  Like
• 10:36
  I
• 10:36
  see
• 10:36
  it
• 10:36
  as
• 10:37
  more
• 10:37
  of
• 10:37
  a
• 10:37
  novelty
• 10:37
  thing.
• 10:38
  Like
• 10:38
  I,
• 10:38
  personally,
• 10:39
  I
• 10:39
  wouldn't
• 10:40
  book
• 10:40
  one
• 10:40
  myself
• 10:41
  typically
• 10:41
  if
• 10:41
  I
• 10:42
  was
• 10:42
  going
• 10:42
  somewhere.
• 10:42
  But
• 10:43
  it's
• 10:43
  worth
• 10:44
  seeing.
• 10:44
  I
• 10:44
  mean
• 10:45
  we
• 10:45
  should
• 10:45
  define
• 10:46
  what
• 10:46
  these
• 10:46
  are
• 10:46
  before
• 10:46
  we
• 10:47
  go
• 10:47
  further.
• 10:48
  Can,
• 10:48
  can
• 10:48
  you
• 10:48
  give
• 10:48
  a,
• 10:49
  a
• 10:49
  description?
• 10:50
  Yeah,
• 10:51
  I
• 10:51
  mean,
• 10:51
  I
• 10:51
  guess
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  best
• 10:52
  visual
• 10:53
  aid
• 10:53
  I
• 10:53
  can
• 10:53
  give
• 10:54
  is
• 10:54
  like,
• 10:54
  you
• 10:54
  know,
• 10:54
  imagine
• 10:55
  like
• 10:55
  a
• 10:55
  morgue
• 10:55
  was
• 10:55
  a
• 10:56
  hotel.
• 10:56
  It's
• 10:56
  got
• 10:57
  these
• 10:57
  kind
• 10:57
  of
• 10:57
  like
• 10:58
  lines
• 10:59
  rather
• 10:59
  than
• 10:59
  pull
• 11:00
  out
• 11:00
  drawers.
• 11:00
  They're
• 11:01
  just
• 11:01
  sort
• 11:01
  of
• 11:01
  like
• 11:01
  little
• 11:02
  kind
• 11:02
  of
• 11:02
  cubby
• 11:03
  holes
• 11:03
  that
• 11:03
  you
• 11:03
  enter
• 11:04
  into
• 11:04
  and
• 11:05
  you
• 11:05
  have
• 11:06
  the
• 11:06
  entire
• 11:06
  space
• 11:07
  is,
• 11:07
  is
• 11:07
  just
• 11:08
  a
• 11:08
  bed
• 11:09
  with
• 11:09
  maybe
• 11:10
  like
• 11:10
  a
• 11:10
  side
• 11:10
  shelf.
• 11:11
  No,
• 11:11
  you
• 11:11
  can't
• 11:12
  stand
• 11:12
  up.
• 11:12
  Maybe
• 11:13
  there's
• 11:13
  like
• 11:13
  a
• 11:13
  side
• 11:13
  shelf
• 11:14
  and
• 11:15
  there'll
• 11:15
  be
• 11:15
  a
• 11:16
  charging
• 11:16
  station
• 11:16
  or
• 11:16
  whatever.
• 11:17
  And
• 11:18
  down
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  hall
• 11:18
  somewhere
• 11:19
  will
• 11:19
  be
• 11:19
  the
• 11:20
  locker
• 11:20
  area
• 11:21
  where
• 11:21
  you
• 11:21
  can
• 11:22
  put
• 11:22
  your
• 11:22
  bag
• 11:22
  and
• 11:22
  all
• 11:22
  that
• 11:22
  kind
• 11:23
  of
• 11:23
  stuff.
• 11:23
  So
• 11:24
  is
• 11:24
  there,
• 11:24
  is
• 11:24
  it
• 11:25
  curtained
• 11:25
  off
• 11:25
  or
• 11:26
  is
• 11:26
  there
• 11:26
  more
• 11:27
  of
• 11:27
  a
• 11:27
  solid
• 11:27
  door
• 11:28
  to
• 11:28
  your
• 11:29
  cubby?
• 11:29
  It
• 11:30
  depends.
• 11:30
  A
• 11:30
  lot
• 11:30
  of
• 11:30
  them
• 11:31
  would
• 11:31
  have
• 11:32
  kind
• 11:32
  of
• 11:32
  like,
• 11:32
  you
• 11:32
  know,
• 11:32
  pull
• 11:33
  down
• 11:33
  blinds
• 11:34
  which
• 11:35
  you
• 11:35
  sort
• 11:35
  of
• 11:35
  hook
• 11:36
  at
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  bottom.
• 11:36
  I
• 11:37
  mean
• 11:37
  they
• 11:37
  are
• 11:37
  quite.
• 11:38
  They're
• 11:38
  private
• 11:38
  in
• 11:39
  a
• 11:39
  sense.
• 11:39
  It's
• 11:40
  sort
• 11:40
  of
• 11:40
  like
• 11:40
  a
• 11:40
  hostel
• 11:41
  room,
• 11:41
  but
• 11:41
  a
• 11:41
  bit
• 11:42
  more
• 11:42
  private.
• 11:42
  That
• 11:43
  also
• 11:43
  means
• 11:43
  it
• 11:43
  has
• 11:44
  the
• 11:44
  attended
• 11:45
  noise
• 11:45
  that
• 11:46
  you
• 11:46
  get
• 11:46
  in
• 11:46
  a
• 11:46
  hostel
• 11:46
  room
• 11:47
  but
• 11:48
  times
• 11:48
  by
• 11:48
  perhaps,
• 11:49
  you
• 11:49
  know,
• 11:49
  a
• 11:50
  factor
• 11:50
  of
• 11:50
  10
• 11:50
  because
• 11:50
  maybe
• 11:51
  there's
• 11:51
  40
• 11:51
  people
• 11:51
  sleeping
• 11:52
  in
• 11:52
  the
• 11:52
  area.
• 11:53
  So
• 11:54
  you
• 11:54
  hear
• 11:54
  every,
• 11:55
  you
• 11:55
  know,
• 11:55
  snore
• 11:56
  and
• 11:56
  fart
• 11:56
  and
• 11:56
  burp
• 11:57
  and
• 11:57
  you
• 11:57
  know,
• 11:58
  rustling
• 11:58
  pillow
• 11:59
  and
• 11:59
  all
• 11:59
  the
• 11:59
  rest
• 11:59
  of
• 12:00
  it.
• 12:00
  But
• 12:01
  yeah,
• 12:01
  I
• 12:01
  mean,
• 12:01
  I
• 12:01
  guess
• 12:02
  it's
• 12:02
  kind
• 12:02
  of
• 12:02
  like
• 12:02
  an
• 12:03
  interesting
• 12:03
  thing
• 12:03
  to
• 12:04
  maybe
• 12:04
  stay
• 12:04
  in.
• 12:05
  They're
• 12:05
  cheap,
• 12:06
  like
• 12:06
  certainly
• 12:06
  cheaper
• 12:07
  than
• 12:07
  most
• 12:07
  other
• 12:07
  accommodation
• 12:08
  options.
• 12:09
  If
• 12:09
  you've
• 12:09
  got
• 12:10
  one
• 12:10
  night
• 12:10
  in
• 12:10
  a
• 12:11
  place
• 12:11
  like
• 12:11
  I
• 12:11
  think,
• 12:11
  you
• 12:12
  know
• 12:12
  and
• 12:12
  you
• 12:12
  want
• 12:12
  to
• 12:12
  check
• 12:12
  it
• 12:12
  out,
• 12:13
  why
• 12:13
  not
• 12:13
  give
• 12:13
  it
• 12:13
  a
• 12:13
  go,
• 12:14
  right?
• 12:14
  You
• 12:15
  know,
• 12:15
  what's
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  worst
• 12:15
  that
• 12:15
  could
• 12:15
  happen
• 12:16
  kind
• 12:16
  of
• 12:16
  thing.
• 12:16
  If
• 12:17
  you
• 12:17
  are
• 12:17
  claustrophobic
• 12:18
  or
• 12:18
  you
• 12:18
  really
• 12:18
  like,
• 12:19
  you
• 12:19
  know,
• 12:19
  home
• 12:20
  comforts
• 12:20
  and
• 12:20
  things
• 12:21
  like
• 12:21
  that,
• 12:21
  maybe
• 12:22
  give
• 12:22
  them
• 12:22
  a
• 12:22
  miss.
• 12:23
  Another
• 12:23
  thing
• 12:23
  actually
• 12:24
  is
• 12:24
  a
• 12:24
  lot
• 12:24
  of
• 12:24
  them
• 12:24
  have
• 12:25
  like,
• 12:25
  they're
• 12:26
  basically
• 12:26
  designed
• 12:26
  for
• 12:27
  one
• 12:27
  night
• 12:27
  stays
• 12:27
  so
• 12:28
  that
• 12:28
  if
• 12:28
  you're
• 12:29
  between
• 12:30
  the
• 12:30
  usual
• 12:30
  checkout
• 12:31
  and
• 12:31
  check
• 12:31
  in
• 12:31
  time,
• 12:31
  you
• 12:32
  would
• 12:32
  have
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  take
• 12:32
  all
• 12:32
  of
• 12:32
  your
• 12:32
  stuff
• 12:33
  out
• 12:33
  of
• 12:33
  it
• 12:33
  and
• 12:33
  back
• 12:33
  in
• 12:33
  again.
• 12:34
  Oh
• 12:34
  wow.
• 12:35
  Which
• 12:35
  is
• 12:35
  super
• 12:35
  inconvenient.
• 12:36
  That
• 12:36
  kind
• 12:36
  of
• 12:36
  defeats
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  purpose
• 12:37
  of
• 12:37
  staying
• 12:37
  in
• 12:38
  a
• 12:38
  hotel
• 12:38
  to
• 12:38
  begin
• 12:38
  with.
• 12:39
  Right,
• 12:39
  right.
• 12:39
  So,
• 12:40
  yeah,
• 12:41
  yeah.
• 12:41
  I
• 12:41
  mean,
• 12:41
  I.
• 12:42
  I
• 12:42
  see
• 12:42
  them
• 12:42
  more
• 12:42
  as,
• 12:43
  like,
• 12:43
  kind
• 12:43
  of,
• 12:43
  you
• 12:43
  know,
• 12:43
  curiosities
• 12:44
  than
• 12:45
  something
• 12:45
  I'd
• 12:46
  like
• 12:46
  to
• 12:46
  stay
• 12:46
  in
• 12:46
  with
• 12:46
  any
• 12:47
  regularity.
• 12:47
  But,
• 12:47
  you
• 12:48
  know,
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  each
• 12:48
  their
• 12:48
  own.
• 12:49
  Yeah.
• 12:50
  One
• 12:50
  of
• 12:50
  the
• 12:50
  things
• 12:50
  that
• 12:51
  surprisingly,
• 12:51
  isn't
• 12:52
  expensive
• 12:52
  in
• 12:53
  Japan,
• 12:53
  I
• 12:53
  found
• 12:54
  when
• 12:54
  I've
• 12:54
  been
• 12:54
  there,
• 12:54
  I've
• 12:55
  been
• 12:55
  there
• 12:55
  a
• 12:55
  couple
• 12:55
  of
• 12:55
  times,
• 12:56
  is
• 12:57
  food.
• 12:58
  You
• 12:58
  can
• 12:58
  get
• 12:59
  very
• 12:59
  decent
• 13:00
  food
• 13:00
  in
• 13:01
  convenience
• 13:02
  stores.
• 13:02
  You
• 13:03
  can
• 13:03
  get
• 13:03
  a
• 13:03
  wonderful
• 13:04
  meal
• 13:05
  for
• 13:06
  less
• 13:06
  than
• 13:06
  the
• 13:07
  equivalent
• 13:07
  of
• 13:08
  $10
• 13:08
  at
• 13:09
  a
• 13:09
  noodle
• 13:09
  place.
• 13:10
  That,
• 13:10
  to
• 13:10
  me,
• 13:11
  is
• 13:11
  not
• 13:11
  one
• 13:12
  of
• 13:12
  the
• 13:13
  major
• 13:13
  expenses.
• 13:14
  Were
• 13:14
  you
• 13:14
  going
• 13:15
  to
• 13:15
  give
• 13:15
  another
• 13:15
  tip
• 13:16
  for
• 13:16
  saving
• 13:16
  money?
• 13:17
  Did
• 13:17
  I
• 13:17
  cut
• 13:17
  you
• 13:17
  off
• 13:18
  with
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  capsule
• 13:19
  hotels?
• 13:20
  No,
• 13:20
  I
• 13:20
  mean,
• 13:20
  I
• 13:21
  guess
• 13:21
  just
• 13:21
  to
• 13:21
  finish
• 13:22
  off
• 13:22
  on
• 13:22
  the
• 13:22
  accommodation
• 13:23
  point.
• 13:23
  It's
• 13:23
  like
• 13:23
  a
• 13:23
  very
• 13:24
  sort
• 13:24
  of
• 13:24
  brief
• 13:24
  point.
• 13:24
  But
• 13:25
  there
• 13:25
  are
• 13:25
  some
• 13:26
  really
• 13:26
  nice
• 13:27
  chain
• 13:27
  hotels
• 13:28
  you
• 13:28
  can
• 13:28
  stay
• 13:28
  in.
• 13:29
  Like,
• 13:29
  one
• 13:29
  of
• 13:29
  the
• 13:29
  most
• 13:30
  famous
• 13:30
  ones
• 13:30
  is
• 13:30
  Apa
• 13:31
  or
• 13:31
  Apa,
• 13:33
  another
• 13:33
  one
• 13:33
  called
• 13:34
  My
• 13:34
  Stays.
• 13:35
  And
• 13:35
  they're
• 13:35
  like
• 13:36
  just
• 13:36
  basic,
• 13:37
  you
• 13:37
  know,
• 13:37
  chain
• 13:37
  hotels,
• 13:38
  but
• 13:38
  done
• 13:38
  well.
• 13:39
  You
• 13:39
  know,
• 13:39
  I
• 13:39
  would
• 13:39
  say
• 13:40
  they're.
• 13:40
  They're
• 13:40
  pretty
• 13:40
  comfortable.
• 13:40
  The
• 13:41
  amenities
• 13:41
  are
• 13:41
  quite
• 13:41
  good,
• 13:42
  and
• 13:42
  it's
• 13:42
  often
• 13:42
  a
• 13:42
  good
• 13:42
  way
• 13:43
  to
• 13:43
  cut
• 13:43
  costs
• 13:43
  rather
• 13:43
  than
• 13:44
  staying
• 13:44
  in
• 13:44
  maybe
• 13:44
  a
• 13:44
  nice
• 13:45
  kind
• 13:45
  of
• 13:45
  boutique
• 13:45
  accommodation
• 13:46
  or
• 13:46
  something
• 13:47
  that's
• 13:47
  a
• 13:47
  bit
• 13:47
  fancier
• 13:48
  in
• 13:48
  one
• 13:49
  of
• 13:49
  the
• 13:50
  more
• 13:50
  popular
• 13:50
  areas.
• 13:51
  But,
• 13:51
  yeah,
• 13:51
  on.
• 13:51
  On
• 13:52
  food.
• 13:52
  Yeah,
• 13:52
  I
• 13:52
  mean,
• 13:53
  I
• 13:53
  completely
• 13:53
  agree.
• 13:53
  I
• 13:53
  think
• 13:54
  Japanese
• 13:54
  food
• 13:54
  is,
• 13:55
  for
• 13:55
  me,
• 13:56
  it's.
• 13:56
  It's
• 13:56
  probably
• 13:56
  the
• 13:57
  greatest
• 13:57
  food
• 13:57
  culture
• 13:58
  on
• 13:58
  earth.
• 13:58
  There
• 13:58
  are
• 13:58
  certainly
• 13:59
  a
• 13:59
  couple
• 13:59
  that
• 13:59
  could
• 13:59
  give
• 13:59
  it
• 14:00
  a
• 14:00
  run
• 14:00
  for
• 14:00
  its
• 14:00
  money.
• 14:00
  And
• 14:01
  I'm
• 14:01
  probably
• 14:01
  biased
• 14:02
  given
• 14:02
  the
• 14:02
  amount
• 14:02
  of
• 14:02
  time
• 14:03
  I've
• 14:03
  spent
• 14:03
  there.
• 14:03
  But
• 14:04
  part
• 14:04
  of
• 14:04
  what
• 14:04
  impressed
• 14:05
  me
• 14:05
  about
• 14:05
  it
• 14:05
  is
• 14:05
  the,
• 14:06
  you
• 14:06
  know,
• 14:06
  when
• 14:06
  I
• 14:07
  moved
• 14:07
  there,
• 14:07
  I
• 14:07
  thought
• 14:07
  it
• 14:07
  was
• 14:07
  like
• 14:08
  sushi
• 14:08
  and
• 14:08
  ramen.
• 14:08
  I
• 14:09
  didn't
• 14:09
  really
• 14:09
  know
• 14:09
  that
• 14:10
  was
• 14:10
  kind
• 14:10
  of
• 14:10
  like
• 14:10
  the
• 14:10
  extent
• 14:11
  of
• 14:11
  my
• 14:11
  Japanese
• 14:12
  culinary
• 14:12
  knowledge.
• 14:13
  But
• 14:13
  there's
• 14:13
  amazing
• 14:14
  depth
• 14:14
  and
• 14:14
  complexity.
• 14:15
  And
• 14:15
  like,
• 14:16
  every
• 14:16
  region
• 14:16
  will
• 14:17
  have
• 14:17
  a
• 14:17
  mei
• 14:17
  butsu,
• 14:18
  which
• 14:18
  is
• 14:18
  sort
• 14:19
  of
• 14:19
  like
• 14:19
  a
• 14:19
  regional
• 14:20
  specialty.
• 14:21
  Usually
• 14:21
  it's
• 14:22
  some
• 14:22
  kind
• 14:22
  of
• 14:22
  food.
• 14:22
  It
• 14:23
  might
• 14:23
  just
• 14:23
  be
• 14:23
  like
• 14:23
  noodles
• 14:24
  made
• 14:24
  a
• 14:24
  certain
• 14:24
  way
• 14:25
  or
• 14:25
  a
• 14:25
  certain
• 14:26
  type
• 14:26
  of,
• 14:26
  you
• 14:26
  know,
• 14:27
  pounded
• 14:28
  rice
• 14:28
  cake,
• 14:29
  or
• 14:29
  maybe
• 14:30
  it's
• 14:30
  like
• 14:30
  a
• 14:30
  certain
• 14:31
  fish
• 14:31
  or,
• 14:31
  you
• 14:31
  know,
• 14:32
  beef
• 14:32
  that
• 14:32
  they
• 14:32
  do
• 14:32
  a
• 14:33
  certain
• 14:33
  way.
• 14:33
  Often
• 14:33
  they'll
• 14:34
  have
• 14:34
  multiple,
• 14:34
  you
• 14:34
  know,
• 14:35
  specialities.
• 14:36
  So
• 14:37
  that
• 14:37
  aspect
• 14:37
  of
• 14:37
  it,
• 14:38
  really,
• 14:38
  of
• 14:38
  it
• 14:38
  is
• 14:39
  really
• 14:39
  cool,
• 14:39
  as
• 14:39
  is
• 14:40
  the
• 14:40
  fact
• 14:40
  that
• 14:40
  you
• 14:40
  can
• 14:40
  get
• 14:41
  good
• 14:41
  food
• 14:41
  at
• 14:42
  every
• 14:42
  price
• 14:43
  range.
• 14:43
  So
• 14:43
  like
• 14:44
  you
• 14:44
  said,
• 14:44
  you
• 14:44
  can
• 14:44
  go
• 14:44
  to,
• 14:45
  you
• 14:45
  know,
• 14:45
  some
• 14:45
  of
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  best
• 14:46
  ramen
• 14:46
  shops
• 14:47
  you'll
• 14:47
  ever
• 14:47
  eat
• 14:47
  in
• 14:47
  in
• 14:47
  your
• 14:47
  life,
• 14:48
  and
• 14:48
  you're
• 14:48
  paying
• 14:48
  10
• 14:49
  bucks,
• 14:49
  maybe
• 14:50
  current
• 14:50
  exchange
• 14:51
  probably
• 14:51
  less
• 14:51
  for
• 14:51
  a
• 14:51
  bowl
• 14:52
  of
• 14:52
  ramen.
• 14:52
  That's
• 14:53
  a
• 14:53
  big,
• 14:53
  hearty
• 14:53
  plate
• 14:53
  of
• 14:54
  food,
• 14:54
  you
• 14:54
  know,
• 14:54
  that's
• 14:54
  been
• 14:55
  simmering
• 14:55
  for
• 14:56
  14
• 14:56
  hours
• 14:57
  or
• 14:57
  something
• 14:57
  like
• 14:57
  that.
• 14:57
  You
• 14:58
  know,
• 14:58
  it's
• 14:58
  like,
• 14:59
  it's
• 14:59
  incredible
• 14:59
  really,
• 15:00
  what
• 15:00
  you
• 15:00
  can
• 15:00
  get
• 15:00
  for
• 15:01
  very
• 15:01
  little
• 15:02
  money.
• 15:02
  Then,
• 15:02
  of
• 15:02
  course,
• 15:02
  you've
• 15:03
  got
• 15:03
  the
• 15:03
  super
• 15:03
  expensive
• 15:04
  sushi
• 15:04
  restaurants,
• 15:05
  you've
• 15:05
  got,
• 15:05
  you
• 15:05
  know,
• 15:07
  all
• 15:07
  that
• 15:07
  kind
• 15:08
  of
• 15:08
  stuff.
• 15:08
  Yeah.
• 15:08
  And
• 15:09
  in
• 15:09
  Tokyo
• 15:09
  alone,
• 15:09
  you
• 15:10
  know,
• 15:10
  there's
• 15:10
  like
• 15:10
  300
• 15:10
  plus
• 15:11
  Michelin
• 15:11
  stars
• 15:12
  across
• 15:12
  however
• 15:12
  many
• 15:12
  restaurants.
• 15:13
  Might
• 15:13
  even
• 15:13
  be
• 15:14
  more
• 15:14
  than
• 15:14
  that.
• 15:14
  Might
• 15:15
  even
• 15:15
  be
• 15:15
  500
• 15:15
  across
• 15:16
  300
• 15:16
  restaurants.
• 15:17
  I
• 15:17
  can't
• 15:17
  remember
• 15:17
  exactly,
• 15:18
  but
• 15:18
  it's
• 15:18
  a
• 15:18
  lot.
• 15:18
  It's
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  most
• 15:19
  in
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  world
• 15:19
  anyway.
• 15:20
  So
• 15:20
  you've
• 15:21
  got
• 15:21
  a
• 15:21
  lot
• 15:21
  of
• 15:21
  stuff
• 15:21
  at
• 15:21
  that
• 15:22
  end
• 15:22
  of
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  spectrum.
• 15:23
  And
• 15:23
  like
• 15:23
  you
• 15:23
  mentioned,
• 15:23
  even
• 15:24
  the
• 15:24
  convenience
• 15:24
  store
• 15:25
  foods,
• 15:25
  like
• 15:25
  in,
• 15:26
  in
• 15:26
  the
• 15:26
  UK
• 15:26
  and
• 15:27
  from
• 15:27
  my
• 15:27
  experience
• 15:27
  in
• 15:28
  America,
• 15:28
  you
• 15:28
  know,
• 15:28
  if
• 15:28
  you
• 15:29
  went
• 15:29
  to
• 15:29
  711
• 15:29
  or
• 15:30
  something
• 15:30
  like
• 15:30
  that,
• 15:30
  if
• 15:31
  they
• 15:31
  have
• 15:31
  a
• 15:31
  hot,
• 15:31
  hot
• 15:31
  food
• 15:32
  counter,
• 15:32
  the
• 15:32
  food's
• 15:33
  usually
• 15:33
  pretty
• 15:33
  bad.
• 15:34
  Oh,
• 15:34
  terrible.
• 15:35
  Being
• 15:35
  charitable.
• 15:36
  Yeah,
• 15:36
  yeah.
• 15:37
  Get
• 15:37
  you
• 15:37
  sick
• 15:38
  bad.
• 15:38
  Yeah,
• 15:38
  yeah.
• 15:39
  Whereas
• 15:39
  in
• 15:39
  Japan,
• 15:40
  that
• 15:40
  food
• 15:41
  is
• 15:41
  obviously,
• 15:41
  it's
• 15:42
  very
• 15:42
  cheap,
• 15:42
  you
• 15:42
  know,
• 15:43
  because
• 15:43
  of
• 15:43
  the,
• 15:44
  the
• 15:44
  type
• 15:44
  of
• 15:44
  food
• 15:45
  that
• 15:45
  is.
• 15:45
  But
• 15:45
  like
• 15:45
  the
• 15:45
  hot
• 15:45
  chicken,
• 15:46
  actually
• 15:47
  really
• 15:47
  good.
• 15:47
  Yeah.
• 15:48
  The
• 15:48
  sandwiches
• 15:48
  are
• 15:49
  nice.
• 15:49
  They
• 15:49
  might
• 15:50
  be
• 15:50
  filled
• 15:50
  with
• 15:50
  msg,
• 15:51
  but,
• 15:51
  you
• 15:51
  know,
• 15:51
  you're
• 15:51
  never
• 15:51
  going
• 15:52
  to
• 15:52
  get
• 15:52
  the
• 15:52
  healthiest
• 15:52
  food
• 15:53
  in
• 15:53
  a,
• 15:53
  in
• 15:53
  a
• 15:53
  convenience
• 15:54
  store
• 15:54
  to
• 15:54
  begin
• 15:54
  with.
• 15:55
  But,
• 15:55
  Right.
• 15:56
  Like
• 15:56
  they're
• 15:56
  famous
• 15:57
  to
• 15:57
  the
• 15:57
  point
• 15:57
  that
• 15:58
  there's
• 15:58
  loads
• 15:58
  of
• 15:58
  YouTube
• 15:59
  vlogs
• 16:00
  and
• 16:00
  stuff
• 16:00
  that
• 16:00
  cover
• 16:01
  the
• 16:01
  kind
• 16:01
  of
• 16:01
  subculture
• 16:02
  of
• 16:02
  Japanese
• 16:03
  convenience
• 16:03
  store
• 16:04
  food.
• 16:04
  So
• 16:05
  if
• 16:05
  you're
• 16:05
  interested,
• 16:05
  it's
• 16:06
  worth
• 16:06
  going
• 16:06
  to
• 16:06
  check
• 16:06
  some
• 16:07
  of
• 16:07
  them
• 16:07
  out.
• 16:07
  You
• 16:07
  know,
• 16:07
  it's
• 16:08
  like
• 16:08
  they
• 16:08
  do
• 16:09
  fruit
• 16:09
  sandwiches
• 16:10
  and
• 16:10
  all
• 16:11
  these,
• 16:11
  you
• 16:11
  know,
• 16:11
  strange
• 16:12
  flavors
• 16:12
  of
• 16:12
  Kit
• 16:13
  Kats
• 16:13
  and
• 16:13
  things
• 16:13
  like
• 16:14
  that.
• 16:14
  And
• 16:14
  yeah,
• 16:15
  like.
• 16:15
  And
• 16:16
  they're
• 16:16
  all
• 16:16
  open
• 16:16
  24
• 16:17
  7,
• 16:17
  so
• 16:17
  a
• 16:17
  great
• 16:17
  place
• 16:17
  to
• 16:18
  stop
• 16:18
  late
• 16:18
  at
• 16:18
  night,
• 16:18
  you
• 16:19
  know,
• 16:19
  if
• 16:19
  you
• 16:19
  need
• 16:19
  a.
• 16:19
  Need
• 16:19
  a
• 16:20
  bite
• 16:20
  to
• 16:20
  eat
• 16:20
  before
• 16:20
  you
• 16:20
  go
• 16:20
  to
• 16:20
  bed
• 16:21
  or
• 16:21
  whatever.
• 16:21
  Now,
• 16:22
  in
• 16:22
  terms
• 16:22
  of
• 16:22
  regional
• 16:23
  specialties,
• 16:24
  going
• 16:24
  back
• 16:24
  to
• 16:25
  that
• 16:25
  briefly,
• 16:25
  is
• 16:26
  there
• 16:26
  a
• 16:26
  region
• 16:26
  you
• 16:27
  think
• 16:27
  that
• 16:27
  has
• 16:27
  the
• 16:27
  best
• 16:28
  food
• 16:28
  in
• 16:28
  Japan
• 16:29
  or
• 16:29
  the
• 16:29
  most
• 16:29
  interesting?
• 16:30
  Wow.
• 16:31
  Yeah,
• 16:31
  that's
• 16:32
  a
• 16:32
  good
• 16:32
  question.
• 16:33
  I
• 16:33
  mean,
• 16:33
  the
• 16:33
  boring
• 16:34
  answer
• 16:34
  is
• 16:34
  probably
• 16:35
  Tokyo.
• 16:36
  Just
• 16:36
  because
• 16:36
  it's
• 16:36
  got,
• 16:37
  I
• 16:37
  think,
• 16:37
  the
• 16:38
  greatest,
• 16:39
  it's
• 16:39
  got
• 16:39
  the
• 16:40
  most
• 16:40
  innovation
• 16:40
  in
• 16:40
  food.
• 16:41
  Like,
• 16:41
  Japan
• 16:42
  is
• 16:43
  quite
• 16:43
  steadfastly
• 16:44
  against
• 16:44
  change
• 16:44
  when
• 16:45
  it
• 16:45
  comes
• 16:45
  to
• 16:45
  cultural
• 16:45
  traditions.
• 16:46
  Whereas
• 16:46
  if
• 16:47
  you
• 16:47
  look
• 16:47
  at
• 16:47
  like
• 16:47
  the
• 16:47
  ramen
• 16:48
  space
• 16:48
  in
• 16:48
  Tokyo,
• 16:48
  there's
• 16:48
  lots
• 16:49
  of
• 16:49
  really
• 16:49
  innovative
• 16:49
  things
• 16:50
  going
• 16:50
  on.
• 16:51
  Lots
• 16:51
  of
• 16:51
  the
• 16:52
  kind
• 16:52
  of
• 16:52
  best
• 16:52
  modern
• 16:53
  fine
• 16:53
  dining
• 16:53
  restaurants
• 16:54
  there
• 16:54
  are
• 16:54
  not
• 16:55
  these
• 16:55
  sort
• 16:56
  of
• 16:56
  super
• 16:56
  serious,
• 16:57
  you
• 16:57
  know,
• 16:57
  have
• 16:58
  no
• 16:58
  fun,
• 16:58
  eat
• 16:58
  the
• 16:59
  food,
• 16:59
  buy
• 17:00
  say
• 17:00
  thank
• 17:00
  you
• 17:00
  and
• 17:00
  then
• 17:00
  get
• 17:01
  the
• 17:01
  hell
• 17:01
  out
• 17:01
  of
• 17:01
  here
• 17:01
  type
• 17:01
  places
• 17:02
  which
• 17:02
  used
• 17:02
  to
• 17:03
  be
• 17:03
  like
• 17:03
  the
• 17:03
  entire
• 17:04
  kind
• 17:04
  of
• 17:04
  upper
• 17:04
  end
• 17:05
  of
• 17:05
  the,
• 17:05
  the
• 17:05
  dining
• 17:05
  market
• 17:06
  in
• 17:06
  Japan.
• 17:06
  In
• 17:07
  Tokyo
• 17:07
  there's
• 17:07
  a
• 17:07
  lot
• 17:07
  more
• 17:07
  kind
• 17:08
  of
• 17:08
  like
• 17:08
  very
• 17:08
  homely
• 17:09
  places
• 17:09
  that
• 17:10
  are
• 17:10
  still
• 17:10
  serving
• 17:10
  food
• 17:11
  that's
• 17:11
  like
• 17:11
  1,
• 17:11
  2
• 17:11
  Michelin
• 17:12
  star
• 17:12
  quality,
• 17:13
  you
• 17:13
  know.
• 17:14
  So
• 17:14
  that's
• 17:14
  the
• 17:14
  kind
• 17:14
  of
• 17:14
  boring
• 17:15
  answer
• 17:15
  I'm
• 17:15
  trying
• 17:15
  to
• 17:15
  think
• 17:15
  of,
• 17:16
  you
• 17:16
  know,
• 17:16
  something
• 17:16
  that's
• 17:16
  maybe
• 17:17
  a
• 17:17
  bit
• 17:17
  more
• 17:17
  interesting.
• 17:18
  Oh,
• 17:19
  Kyotango
• 17:20
  is
• 17:20
  a
• 17:21
  cool
• 17:21
  area.
• 17:22
  It's,
• 17:22
  it's
• 17:23
  part
• 17:23
  of
• 17:23
  Kyoto
• 17:23
  prefecture,
• 17:24
  but
• 17:25
  if
• 17:25
  you
• 17:25
  go
• 17:25
  to
• 17:25
  the
• 17:25
  kind
• 17:26
  of
• 17:26
  the
• 17:26
  coastal
• 17:27
  area,
• 17:28
  so
• 17:28
  I'm
• 17:28
  just
• 17:28
  called
• 17:28
  Kyoto
• 17:29
  by
• 17:29
  the
• 17:29
  sea
• 17:29
  actually.
• 17:30
  And
• 17:31
  they
• 17:32
  produce
• 17:32
  a
• 17:32
  lot
• 17:32
  of
• 17:32
  foods
• 17:33
  there
• 17:33
  with
• 17:34
  koji,
• 17:34
  which
• 17:35
  is
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  fungal
• 17:36
  mold
• 17:36
  that,
• 17:37
  that's
• 17:37
  used
• 17:37
  in
• 17:37
  like
• 17:37
  sake
• 17:38
  production
• 17:39
  and
• 17:39
  stuff.
• 17:39
  And
• 17:39
  it
• 17:39
  has
• 17:40
  I
• 17:40
  think
• 17:40
  more
• 17:40
  than
• 17:40
  100
• 17:41
  enzymes
• 17:42
  that
• 17:42
  facilitate
• 17:43
  digestion.
• 17:44
  So
• 17:44
  there's
• 17:45
  lots
• 17:45
  of
• 17:45
  really
• 17:45
  good,
• 17:45
  like
• 17:45
  miso,
• 17:46
  soy
• 17:47
  sauce,
• 17:48
  rice
• 17:48
  wine
• 17:49
  vinegar.
• 17:49
  They
• 17:50
  produce
• 17:50
  a
• 17:50
  lot
• 17:50
  of
• 17:50
  that
• 17:51
  stuff
• 17:51
  there.
• 17:51
  And
• 17:51
  then
• 17:51
  obviously
• 17:51
  they
• 17:52
  serve
• 17:52
  it
• 17:52
  with
• 17:52
  the
• 17:52
  different
• 17:52
  rice
• 17:53
  noodle,
• 17:53
  you
• 17:53
  know,
• 17:53
  dishes,
• 17:54
  etc.
• 17:54
  Fish
• 17:55
  that
• 17:55
  they
• 17:55
  make
• 17:56
  in
• 17:56
  the
• 17:56
  region.
• 17:56
  But
• 17:57
  that
• 17:57
  fungal
• 17:58
  mokouji
• 17:59
  is
• 17:59
  supposedly
• 18:00
  really
• 18:00
  beneficial
• 18:00
  to
• 18:01
  longevity.
• 18:02
  So
• 18:03
  Okinawa
• 18:03
  is
• 18:03
  usually
• 18:04
  the
• 18:04
  most
• 18:04
  famous
• 18:04
  place
• 18:05
  for
• 18:05
  centenarians
• 18:06
  or
• 18:06
  people
• 18:06
  that
• 18:07
  live
• 18:07
  beyond
• 18:07
  100
• 18:08
  in
• 18:08
  Japan.
• 18:08
  But
• 18:08
  there
• 18:09
  was
• 18:09
  a
• 18:09
  study
• 18:10
  in
• 18:10
  2019,
• 18:11
  albeit
• 18:11
  I
• 18:11
  think
• 18:11
  with
• 18:11
  a
• 18:12
  smaller
• 18:12
  sample
• 18:12
  size,
• 18:13
  that
• 18:13
  found
• 18:13
  that
• 18:13
  in
• 18:13
  Kil
• 18:14
  Tango
• 18:14
  they
• 18:14
  have
• 18:14
  almost
• 18:15
  three
• 18:15
  times
• 18:15
  as
• 18:16
  many
• 18:16
  centenarians
• 18:18
  as
• 18:18
  the
• 18:18
  national
• 18:19
  average.
• 18:20
  And
• 18:20
  the
• 18:21
  oldest
• 18:21
  guy
• 18:21
  that
• 18:21
  ever
• 18:22
  lived
• 18:22
  actually
• 18:23
  lived
• 18:23
  there
• 18:24
  as
• 18:24
  well.
• 18:24
  He
• 18:24
  was
• 18:24
  116
• 18:25
  when
• 18:25
  he
• 18:25
  died.
• 18:26
  Born.
• 18:26
  Oh
• 18:26
  my
• 18:27
  goodness.
• 18:27
  Yeah,
• 18:27
  he
• 18:27
  lived
• 18:28
  through
• 18:28
  three
• 18:28
  centuries.
• 18:29
  Yeah,
• 18:29
  born
• 18:29
  in
• 18:29
  1897,
• 18:31
  died
• 18:31
  in
• 18:31
  2013.
• 18:32
  Kind
• 18:32
  of
• 18:32
  amazing,
• 18:33
  right?
• 18:34
  Yeah.
• 18:34
  So
• 18:35
  yeah,
• 18:35
  a
• 18:35
  lot
• 18:35
  of
• 18:35
  the
• 18:35
  locals,
• 18:35
  if
• 18:36
  you
• 18:36
  speak
• 18:36
  to
• 18:36
  like,
• 18:36
  you
• 18:36
  know,
• 18:36
  local
• 18:37
  producers
• 18:37
  and
• 18:38
  stuff
• 18:38
  down
• 18:38
  there,
• 18:38
  like
• 18:39
  food
• 18:39
  producers,
• 18:40
  they'll
• 18:40
  always
• 18:41
  credit
• 18:41
  koji
• 18:42
  as
• 18:42
  like
• 18:42
  the
• 18:43
  kind
• 18:43
  of
• 18:43
  the,
• 18:43
  I
• 18:44
  don't
• 18:44
  know,
• 18:44
  the,
• 18:44
  the
• 18:45
  elixir
• 18:45
  of,
• 18:45
  you
• 18:45
  know,
• 18:46
  long
• 18:46
  life
• 18:46
  or
• 18:46
  whatever.
• 18:47
  Right.
• 18:48
  And
• 18:48
  just
• 18:48
  as
• 18:49
  an
• 18:49
  aside,
• 18:49
  if
• 18:49
  anyone
• 18:49
  wants
• 18:50
  to
• 18:50
  visit
• 18:50
  that
• 18:51
  region,
• 18:51
  there's
• 18:51
  a
• 18:51
  woman
• 18:51
  called
• 18:52
  Junko
• 18:52
  Hamilton
• 18:53
  who's
• 18:54
  Japanese,
• 18:55
  grew
• 18:55
  up
• 18:55
  in
• 18:55
  the
• 18:55
  Kyoto
• 18:56
  area,
• 18:56
  but
• 18:56
  she
• 18:56
  lived
• 18:57
  in
• 18:57
  Ireland
• 18:57
  for
• 18:57
  10
• 18:57
  years
• 18:58
  and
• 18:58
  she
• 18:58
  runs
• 18:59
  cooking
• 19:00
  classes
• 19:00
  and
• 19:00
  can
• 19:00
  kind
• 19:01
  of
• 19:01
  explain
• 19:01
  all
• 19:01
  this
• 19:01
  stuff
• 19:02
  to
• 19:02
  you
• 19:02
  and
• 19:02
  fluent
• 19:02
  English
• 19:03
  and
• 19:03
  yeah,
• 19:04
  you'll
• 19:04
  get
• 19:04
  to
• 19:04
  cook
• 19:05
  foods
• 19:05
  with
• 19:06
  koji
• 19:06
  and
• 19:06
  try
• 19:07
  different
• 19:07
  koji
• 19:08
  made
• 19:08
  products.
• 19:09
  The
• 19:09
  restaurant
• 19:10
  called
• 19:10
  Table.
• 19:11
  Table.
• 19:11
  Table
• 19:12
  is
• 19:12
  the
• 19:12
  name
• 19:12
  of
• 19:12
  the
• 19:12
  restaurant,
• 19:13
  but
• 19:13
  I
• 19:13
  think
• 19:13
  it's
• 19:13
  T
• 19:14
  A
• 19:14
  B
• 19:14
  L
• 19:15
  E
• 19:15
  T
• 19:15
  A
• 19:15
  B
• 19:16
  E
• 19:16
  L
• 19:16
  or
• 19:16
  that's
• 19:17
  the
• 19:17
  other
• 19:17
  way
• 19:17
  around.
• 19:17
  I
• 19:18
  can't
• 19:18
  remember,
• 19:18
  but
• 19:19
  it's
• 19:19
  in
• 19:19
  the
• 19:19
  book.
• 19:19
  If
• 19:19
  you
• 19:19
  buy,
• 19:20
  if
• 19:20
  you
• 19:20
  buy
• 19:20
  the
• 19:20
  book,
• 19:20
  you'll
• 19:20
  find
• 19:20
  it.
• 19:21
  Get
• 19:21
  the
• 19:21
  book.
• 19:21
  Get
• 19:22
  the
• 19:22
  book.
• 19:23
  That's
• 19:23
  what
• 19:23
  we're
• 19:23
  here
• 19:23
  to
• 19:24
  say.
• 19:24
  Now,
• 19:24
  you
• 19:25
  were
• 19:25
  talking
• 19:25
  a
• 19:25
  Moment
• 19:26
  ago
• 19:26
  about
• 19:26
  YouTube,
• 19:27
  YouTubers
• 19:29
  doing
• 19:29
  convenience
• 19:30
  store
• 19:31
  food
• 19:32
  videos,
• 19:33
  which
• 19:33
  brings
• 19:33
  us
• 19:33
  to
• 19:34
  the
• 19:34
  pop
• 19:35
  culture
• 19:35
  side
• 19:36
  of
• 19:36
  Japan.
• 19:37
  You
• 19:37
  have
• 19:37
  a
• 19:37
  beautiful
• 19:38
  phrase
• 19:38
  in
• 19:38
  the
• 19:39
  book.
• 19:39
  You
• 19:39
  say
• 19:39
  it's
• 19:39
  their
• 19:40
  soft
• 19:40
  power
• 19:41
  basically
• 19:42
  that
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  whole
• 19:42
  world
• 19:42
  has
• 19:43
  been
• 19:43
  taken
• 19:43
  over
• 19:43
  by
• 19:44
  anime
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  manga
• 19:45
  and
• 19:46
  other
• 19:47
  Japanese
• 19:48
  incredibly
• 19:49
  creative
• 19:49
  ways
• 19:50
  of
• 19:50
  seeing
• 19:50
  the
• 19:50
  world.
• 19:51
  It
• 19:51
  used
• 19:52
  to
• 19:52
  be
• 19:52
  that
• 19:52
  people
• 19:52
  went
• 19:53
  to
• 19:53
  Japan
• 19:54
  strictly
• 19:54
  to
• 19:54
  visit
• 19:55
  temples
• 19:55
  and
• 19:56
  have
• 19:56
  kaiseki
• 19:57
  meals
• 19:57
  and
• 19:58
  indulge
• 19:58
  in
• 19:59
  traditional
• 19:59
  Japanese
• 20:00
  culture.
• 20:00
  But
• 20:01
  now
• 20:01
  a
• 20:01
  lot
• 20:01
  of
• 20:01
  people
• 20:02
  go
• 20:02
  there
• 20:03
  to
• 20:03
  see
• 20:03
  what's
• 20:03
  happening
• 20:04
  on
• 20:04
  the
• 20:04
  cutting
• 20:04
  edge,
• 20:05
  what's
• 20:05
  happening
• 20:05
  in
• 20:06
  youth
• 20:06
  culture,
• 20:06
  what's
• 20:07
  happening
• 20:07
  in
• 20:08
  these
• 20:08
  new
• 20:09
  artistic
• 20:10
  expressions.
• 20:11
  So
• 20:11
  if
• 20:11
  people
• 20:12
  are
• 20:12
  interested
• 20:13
  in
• 20:13
  that
• 20:14
  side
• 20:14
  of
• 20:14
  Japan,
• 20:15
  where
• 20:15
  do
• 20:16
  they
• 20:16
  go?
• 20:16
  What
• 20:16
  do
• 20:16
  they
• 20:16
  do?
• 20:17
  Yeah,
• 20:19
  it's
• 20:19
  an
• 20:19
  interesting
• 20:19
  trend,
• 20:20
  isn't
• 20:20
  it?
• 20:20
  I
• 20:20
  mean,
• 20:20
  I'm
• 20:20
  kind
• 20:20
  of
• 20:21
  of
• 20:21
  that
• 20:21
  generation,
• 20:21
  you
• 20:21
  know,
• 20:22
  I'm
• 20:22
  31,
• 20:22
  so
• 20:23
  I'm
• 20:24
  that
• 20:24
  generation
• 20:24
  that
• 20:25
  grew
• 20:25
  up
• 20:25
  playing
• 20:26
  Pokemon,
• 20:27
  you
• 20:27
  know,
• 20:27
  getting
• 20:27
  Pokemon
• 20:28
  cards
• 20:28
  in
• 20:28
  Yu
• 20:28
  Gi.
• 20:28
  Oh,
• 20:29
  all
• 20:29
  that
• 20:29
  kind
• 20:29
  of
• 20:29
  stuff.
• 20:29
  So
• 20:30
  I
• 20:30
  was
• 20:30
  certainly
• 20:31
  influenced
• 20:31
  that
• 20:32
  by
• 20:32
  that
• 20:32
  stuff
• 20:33
  myself.
• 20:34
  So
• 20:34
  I
• 20:34
  get,
• 20:34
  I
• 20:34
  do
• 20:34
  get
• 20:35
  the,
• 20:35
  the
• 20:36
  incentive
• 20:36
  to
• 20:37
  travel
• 20:37
  to
• 20:37
  Japan
• 20:37
  to
• 20:37
  kind
• 20:38
  of
• 20:38
  see
• 20:38
  that
• 20:38
  side
• 20:38
  of
• 20:38
  it.
• 20:39
  Like
• 20:39
  a
• 20:39
  lot
• 20:39
  of
• 20:39
  things,
• 20:39
  Tokyo
• 20:40
  is
• 20:40
  sort
• 20:40
  of
• 20:40
  the
• 20:40
  beating
• 20:41
  heart
• 20:41
  of
• 20:41
  that,
• 20:42
  particularly
• 20:42
  an
• 20:42
  area
• 20:43
  called
• 20:43
  Akihabara,
• 20:44
  which
• 20:44
  to
• 20:45
  anyone
• 20:45
  who
• 20:46
  has
• 20:46
  done
• 20:46
  any
• 20:47
  research
• 20:47
  about
• 20:47
  like
• 20:47
  pop
• 20:48
  culture
• 20:48
  Japan
• 20:48
  will
• 20:49
  have
• 20:49
  come
• 20:49
  across
• 20:49
  that
• 20:49
  place.
• 20:50
  It's,
• 20:50
  it's
• 20:50
  the
• 20:50
  Mecca,
• 20:51
  you
• 20:51
  know,
• 20:52
  and
• 20:52
  it's
• 20:52
  just
• 20:52
  a
• 20:52
  cool
• 20:53
  area
• 20:53
  in
• 20:53
  general.
• 20:54
  You
• 20:54
  know,
• 20:54
  it's
• 20:54
  like
• 20:54
  a
• 20:54
  big
• 20:54
  thoroughfare,
• 20:56
  just
• 20:56
  neon
• 20:57
  lights,
• 20:57
  you
• 20:57
  know,
• 20:57
  on
• 20:57
  either
• 20:57
  side
• 20:58
  and
• 20:58
  filled
• 20:59
  with
• 20:59
  arcades
• 20:59
  and
• 21:00
  retro,
• 21:00
  retro
• 21:01
  game
• 21:01
  stores,
• 21:02
  all
• 21:02
  that
• 21:02
  kind
• 21:03
  of
• 21:03
  stuff.
• 21:03
  Another
• 21:04
  area
• 21:04
  of
• 21:04
  Tokyo
• 21:04
  that's
• 21:05
  quite
• 21:05
  famous,
• 21:06
  particularly
• 21:06
  for
• 21:07
  women
• 21:07
  is
• 21:07
  called
• 21:07
  Otome
• 21:08
  Road,
• 21:09
  which
• 21:09
  literally
• 21:09
  means
• 21:10
  maiden
• 21:10
  Road.
• 21:11
  And
• 21:11
  it's
• 21:11
  in
• 21:12
  Ikebukuro,
• 21:13
  which
• 21:13
  is
• 21:13
  sort
• 21:13
  of
• 21:13
  north
• 21:14
  west
• 21:14
  ish
• 21:15
  of
• 21:15
  the
• 21:16
  city.
• 21:16
  And
• 21:16
  it's
• 21:17
  particularly
• 21:18
  famous
• 21:18
  for
• 21:18
  doujinshi,
• 21:19
  which
• 21:19
  are
• 21:20
  like
• 21:20
  basically
• 21:21
  fanzines.
• 21:22
  So
• 21:23
  the
• 21:23
  sort
• 21:23
  of
• 21:23
  thing
• 21:23
  that
• 21:24
  if
• 21:24
  it
• 21:24
  was,
• 21:25
  if
• 21:25
  it
• 21:25
  was
• 21:25
  in
• 21:26
  America
• 21:26
  or
• 21:27
  the
• 21:27
  uk,
• 21:28
  it
• 21:28
  would,
• 21:29
  these
• 21:29
  things
• 21:30
  would
• 21:30
  fall
• 21:30
  out
• 21:30
  of
• 21:30
  every
• 21:31
  copyright
• 21:32
  law
• 21:32
  of
• 21:32
  the
• 21:32
  legislature.
• 21:33
  Like
• 21:33
  they're,
• 21:34
  they're,
• 21:34
  they're
• 21:34
  completely
• 21:35
  illegal.
• 21:35
  But
• 21:36
  loads
• 21:36
  of
• 21:36
  doujinshi
• 21:37
  artists
• 21:37
  are
• 21:37
  really
• 21:37
  talented,
• 21:38
  so
• 21:39
  the
• 21:39
  industry
• 21:39
  just
• 21:39
  kind
• 21:40
  of
• 21:40
  lets
• 21:40
  it
• 21:40
  pass.
• 21:41
  And
• 21:41
  then
• 21:41
  sometimes
• 21:42
  they
• 21:42
  co
• 21:42
  opt
• 21:42
  those.
• 21:43
  Before
• 21:44
  we
• 21:44
  go
• 21:44
  further,
• 21:44
  fan
• 21:45
  zines.
• 21:46
  So
• 21:47
  these
• 21:47
  are
• 21:47
  magazines
• 21:48
  made
• 21:48
  by
• 21:49
  fans
• 21:50
  in
• 21:50
  the
• 21:50
  style
• 21:51
  of
• 21:51
  more
• 21:51
  Famous
• 21:52
  artists.
• 21:53
  Is
• 21:53
  that
• 21:53
  the
• 21:53
  way
• 21:54
  to
• 21:54
  put
• 21:54
  it?
• 21:54
  Yeah,
• 21:55
  I
• 21:55
  think
• 21:55
  so.
• 21:55
  I
• 21:56
  guess
• 21:56
  the.
• 21:56
  Yeah,
• 21:57
  I
• 21:57
  guess
• 21:57
  that's
• 21:57
  how
• 21:57
  I
• 21:57
  would
• 21:57
  put
• 21:58
  it.
• 21:58
  Yeah.
• 21:58
  And
• 21:58
  often
• 21:59
  you
• 21:59
  might
• 21:59
  get,
• 21:59
  for
• 22:00
  example,
• 22:01
  a
• 22:01
  character
• 22:01
  from
• 22:02
  one
• 22:02
  famous
• 22:03
  series
• 22:03
  and
• 22:04
  a
• 22:04
  character
• 22:04
  for
• 22:04
  another
• 22:04
  famous
• 22:05
  series,
• 22:06
  and
• 22:06
  the
• 22:06
  fanzine
• 22:07
  will
• 22:07
  be
• 22:07
  those
• 22:07
  two
• 22:08
  characters
• 22:08
  in
• 22:08
  some
• 22:09
  kind
• 22:09
  of
• 22:09
  romantic
• 22:09
  relationship
• 22:10
  or
• 22:10
  whatever.
• 22:11
  I
• 22:11
  see.
• 22:12
  So
• 22:12
  this
• 22:12
  is
• 22:12
  the
• 22:12
  area
• 22:13
  where
• 22:13
  they're
• 22:13
  produced.
• 22:14
  But
• 22:14
  why
• 22:14
  would
• 22:15
  a
• 22:15
  visitor
• 22:15
  go
• 22:16
  there?
• 22:16
  Would
• 22:16
  they
• 22:17
  experience
• 22:18
  any
• 22:18
  of
• 22:18
  this
• 22:18
  culture
• 22:19
  there?
• 22:20
  So
• 22:20
  this
• 22:20
  is
• 22:20
  the
• 22:21
  area
• 22:21
  where
• 22:21
  the.
• 22:21
  Yeah,
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  shops
• 22:22
  are
• 22:22
  that
• 22:23
  sell
• 22:23
  those.
• 22:23
  Oh,
• 22:24
  I
• 22:25
  see.
• 22:25
  I
• 22:25
  see.
• 22:26
  Yeah.
• 22:26
  So
• 22:26
  it's
• 22:26
  famous
• 22:27
  for.
• 22:27
  For
• 22:27
  that,
• 22:27
  actually,
• 22:28
  and
• 22:28
  also
• 22:28
  for
• 22:28
  cosplay.
• 22:29
  So,
• 22:29
  you
• 22:30
  know,
• 22:30
  lots
• 22:30
  of
• 22:30
  women
• 22:31
  especially,
• 22:31
  again,
• 22:31
  would
• 22:31
  go
• 22:32
  and
• 22:32
  buy
• 22:32
  costumes
• 22:33
  of
• 22:33
  their
• 22:33
  favorite
• 22:34
  anime
• 22:34
  and
• 22:35
  manga
• 22:35
  heroines.
• 22:36
  And
• 22:36
  then
• 22:37
  in
• 22:38
  that
• 22:38
  same
• 22:38
  area
• 22:38
  in
• 22:38
  Ikebukuro,
• 22:39
  there's
• 22:39
  a
• 22:39
  Halloween
• 22:40
  cosplay
• 22:40
  festival.
• 22:41
  So
• 22:42
  if
• 22:42
  you're
• 22:42
  there
• 22:42
  that
• 22:43
  time
• 22:43
  of
• 22:43
  year
• 22:43
  and
• 22:43
  you're
• 22:43
  into
• 22:43
  cosplay,
• 22:44
  that's
• 22:44
  the
• 22:44
  place
• 22:45
  to
• 22:45
  go
• 22:45
  to
• 22:45
  both
• 22:45
  get
• 22:46
  your.
• 22:47
  Get
• 22:47
  your
• 22:47
  gear
• 22:47
  on
• 22:47
  to
• 22:48
  flaunt
• 22:48
  it
• 22:48
  on
• 22:48
  the
• 22:49
  street,
• 22:49
  I
• 22:49
  guess.
• 22:50
  Wow.
• 22:50
  So
• 22:51
  thousands
• 22:51
  of
• 22:51
  people
• 22:52
  in
• 22:53
  crazy
• 22:53
  costumes
• 22:54
  all
• 22:54
  over
• 22:55
  the
• 22:55
  place.
• 22:55
  Yeah,
• 22:58
  so,
• 22:58
  yeah.
• 22:59
  Yeah,
• 23:00
  it
• 23:00
  is.
• 23:01
  You
• 23:01
  know,
• 23:01
  it's
• 23:02
  like
• 23:02
  there's
• 23:02
  obviously
• 23:02
  huge
• 23:03
  songs.
• 23:03
  I
• 23:03
  mean,
• 23:03
  even
• 23:03
  the
• 23:03
  word
• 23:04
  cosplay,
• 23:04
  like,
• 23:04
  we
• 23:04
  kind
• 23:05
  of
• 23:05
  think
• 23:05
  of
• 23:05
  it
• 23:05
  as
• 23:05
  like
• 23:05
  an
• 23:06
  English
• 23:06
  word,
• 23:06
  but
• 23:07
  it
• 23:07
  was
• 23:07
  actually
• 23:08
  a
• 23:08
  Japanese
• 23:09
  portmanteau
• 23:10
  of
• 23:10
  two
• 23:10
  English
• 23:10
  words,
• 23:10
  like
• 23:11
  kosuple,
• 23:11
  you
• 23:12
  know.
• 23:13
  Yeah.
• 23:14
  Which
• 23:14
  I
• 23:14
  already
• 23:14
  discovered
• 23:15
  that
• 23:15
  not
• 23:15
  that
• 23:15
  long
• 23:15
  ago.
• 23:16
  And
• 23:16
  I
• 23:16
  was.
• 23:16
  What
• 23:16
  does
• 23:16
  cost
• 23:17
  mean,
• 23:17
  though?
• 23:18
  I'm
• 23:18
  not
• 23:18
  sure.
• 23:19
  They've
• 23:19
  taken
• 23:19
  the
• 23:19
  English
• 23:20
  words
• 23:20
  costume
• 23:21
  and
• 23:21
  play
• 23:21
  and
• 23:21
  just
• 23:22
  squeeze
• 23:22
  them
• 23:22
  together
• 23:22
  into
• 23:23
  their
• 23:23
  own
• 23:23
  words.
• 23:23
  Yeah.
• 23:24
  Oh,
• 23:25
  wow.
• 23:26
  I
• 23:26
  didn't
• 23:26
  know
• 23:26
  that.
• 23:27
  I
• 23:27
  just
• 23:27
  thought
• 23:28
  it
• 23:28
  meant,
• 23:29
  like,
• 23:29
  duo
• 23:29
  play,
• 23:30
  like
• 23:30
  co
• 23:31
  play.
• 23:31
  But
• 23:31
  no,
• 23:32
  it's
• 23:32
  costume
• 23:33
  play.
• 23:33
  Oh,
• 23:33
  yeah.
• 23:34
  That's
• 23:34
  an
• 23:34
  interesting
• 23:34
  way
• 23:35
  to
• 23:35
  think
• 23:35
  of
• 23:35
  it
• 23:36
  etymologically,
• 23:36
  actually.
• 23:37
  Yeah.
• 23:37
  I
• 23:37
  guess
• 23:38
  I
• 23:38
  hadn't.
• 23:38
  I
• 23:38
  just
• 23:38
  hadn't
• 23:39
  questioned
• 23:39
  it.
• 23:39
  It's
• 23:39
  like,
• 23:39
  you
• 23:39
  know,
• 23:39
  when
• 23:40
  you
• 23:40
  hear
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  see
• 23:40
  a
• 23:41
  word
• 23:41
  enough,
• 23:41
  you
• 23:41
  just.
• 23:42
  It
• 23:42
  just
• 23:43
  is
• 23:43
  that
• 23:43
  word.
• 23:43
  It
• 23:43
  was
• 23:43
  only
• 23:44
  probably
• 23:44
  about
• 23:45
  a
• 23:45
  year
• 23:45
  or
• 23:45
  so
• 23:45
  ago
• 23:46
  myself
• 23:46
  that
• 23:46
  I
• 23:46
  realized
• 23:47
  it
• 23:47
  was
• 23:47
  of
• 23:48
  Japanese
• 23:48
  origin.
• 23:49
  Japanese
• 23:49
  English
• 23:49
  origin,
• 23:50
  if
• 23:50
  that
• 23:50
  makes
• 23:50
  sense.
• 23:51
  Yeah,
• 23:52
  Very
• 23:52
  interesting.
• 23:53
  And
• 23:53
  I
• 23:53
  have
• 23:54
  a
• 23:54
  dear
• 23:54
  friend,
• 23:54
  Mike
• 23:55
  Foster,
• 23:56
  who
• 23:56
  is
• 23:56
  a
• 23:57
  professor
• 23:57
  of
• 23:58
  Japanese
• 23:58
  mythology,
• 24:00
  and
• 24:01
  he's
• 24:01
  written
• 24:01
  a
• 24:01
  whole
• 24:02
  bunch
• 24:02
  of
• 24:02
  books
• 24:02
  on
• 24:03
  the
• 24:03
  fact
• 24:03
  that
• 24:04
  we
• 24:04
  are
• 24:05
  seeing
• 24:05
  mythology
• 24:06
  being
• 24:06
  created
• 24:07
  in
• 24:07
  real
• 24:07
  time
• 24:08
  in
• 24:08
  Japan.
• 24:09
  You
• 24:09
  know,
• 24:09
  we
• 24:09
  think
• 24:09
  of
• 24:09
  mythology
• 24:10
  as
• 24:10
  being
• 24:11
  something
• 24:11
  that
• 24:11
  maybe
• 24:12
  was
• 24:12
  part
• 24:12
  of
• 24:12
  religion
• 24:13
  eons
• 24:14
  ago
• 24:14
  and
• 24:15
  is
• 24:15
  something
• 24:15
  in
• 24:16
  the
• 24:16
  past.
• 24:17
  And
• 24:17
  in
• 24:17
  Japan,
• 24:18
  he
• 24:18
  feels
• 24:19
  that
• 24:19
  what's
• 24:19
  going
• 24:20
  on
• 24:20
  with
• 24:20
  this
• 24:21
  very
• 24:21
  intense
• 24:22
  Culture
• 24:23
  around
• 24:25
  what
• 24:25
  we'd
• 24:25
  call
• 24:25
  cartoons
• 24:27
  is
• 24:27
  actually
• 24:28
  a
• 24:28
  rejiggering
• 24:29
  of
• 24:30
  the
• 24:30
  mythological
• 24:32
  hierarchies
• 24:33
  of
• 24:34
  the
• 24:34
  Japanese
• 24:36
  mind.
• 24:37
  Yeah,
• 24:37
  that's.
• 24:38
  Yeah,
• 24:38
  that's
• 24:38
  interesting.
• 24:38
  I
• 24:38
  mean,
• 24:39
  a
• 24:39
  lot
• 24:39
  of
• 24:39
  these
• 24:39
  places,
• 24:40
  you
• 24:40
  know,
• 24:40
  in
• 24:40
  the
• 24:40
  same
• 24:41
  vein,
• 24:41
  they
• 24:41
  do
• 24:41
  feel
• 24:41
  like
• 24:42
  temples
• 24:42
  to
• 24:43
  Japanese
• 24:44
  pop
• 24:44
  culture
• 24:45
  to
• 24:45
  different
• 24:45
  series.
• 24:46
  I
• 24:46
  mean,
• 24:46
  a
• 24:46
  good
• 24:46
  example
• 24:47
  actually
• 24:47
  to
• 24:47
  throw
• 24:48
  in
• 24:48
  another
• 24:48
  one
• 24:48
  is
• 24:49
  Kyoto.
• 24:50
  Just
• 24:50
  outside
• 24:50
  Kyoto,
• 24:51
  they
• 24:51
  recently
• 24:52
  opened
• 24:53
  the
• 24:53
  Nintendo
• 24:54
  Museum.
• 24:55
  It's
• 24:55
  just
• 24:55
  the
• 24:55
  first
• 24:55
  sort
• 24:56
  of
• 24:56
  museum
• 24:56
  of
• 24:56
  its
• 24:56
  kind.
• 24:57
  And
• 24:57
  it
• 24:57
  really
• 24:57
  does
• 24:57
  feel
• 24:57
  like
• 24:58
  a.
• 24:59
  Almost
• 24:59
  like
• 24:59
  a
• 24:59
  religious,
• 25:00
  you
• 25:00
  know,
• 25:01
  ode
• 25:02
  to
• 25:02
  this
• 25:03
  very
• 25:03
  storied
• 25:04
  Japanese
• 25:05
  video
• 25:05
  game
• 25:06
  maker,
• 25:06
  console,
• 25:07
  developer.
• 25:07
  And
• 25:08
  it's
• 25:08
  a
• 25:08
  really
• 25:08
  cool
• 25:08
  experience
• 25:09
  that
• 25:09
  getting
• 25:10
  a
• 25:10
  ticket
• 25:10
  for
• 25:10
  it
• 25:10
  is
• 25:11
  a
• 25:11
  nightmare.
• 25:11
  You've
• 25:11
  got
• 25:11
  to
• 25:12
  go
• 25:12
  through
• 25:12
  this
• 25:12
  sort
• 25:12
  of
• 25:12
  convoluted
• 25:13
  lottery
• 25:14
  system
• 25:14
  and
• 25:15
  then
• 25:15
  call
• 25:15
  a
• 25:15
  Japanese
• 25:16
  number
• 25:17
  and
• 25:18
  then
• 25:18
  you
• 25:19
  get
• 25:19
  your
• 25:19
  ticket
• 25:19
  sent
• 25:20
  by
• 25:20
  QR
• 25:20
  code.
• 25:21
  Oh
• 25:22
  my
• 25:22
  goodness.
• 25:22
  A
• 25:22
  couple
• 25:22
  days
• 25:23
  before.
• 25:23
  Yeah,
• 25:23
  it's,
• 25:23
  it's
• 25:24
  a
• 25:24
  pain.
• 25:24
  But
• 25:24
  the,
• 25:24
  the
• 25:25
  one
• 25:25
  advantage
• 25:25
  of
• 25:26
  that
• 25:26
  is
• 25:26
  that
• 25:28
  they
• 25:28
  have
• 25:28
  very
• 25:29
  controlled
• 25:29
  numbers
• 25:30
  that
• 25:30
  can
• 25:30
  be
• 25:30
  in
• 25:30
  the
• 25:31
  museum
• 25:31
  at
• 25:31
  any
• 25:31
  one
• 25:31
  time,
• 25:32
  which
• 25:32
  obviously
• 25:32
  benefits
• 25:33
  the
• 25:33
  user
• 25:34
  experience.
• 25:34
  And
• 25:35
  also
• 25:35
  in
• 25:35
  the,
• 25:35
  the
• 25:36
  main
• 25:36
  top
• 25:36
  floor,
• 25:37
  which
• 25:37
  is
• 25:38
  kind
• 25:38
  of
• 25:38
  all
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  archives
• 25:39
  of
• 25:39
  all
• 25:39
  the
• 25:39
  old
• 25:40
  games
• 25:40
  and
• 25:41
  peripherals
• 25:41
  and
• 25:42
  box
• 25:42
  arts
• 25:43
  and
• 25:43
  destruction
• 25:43
  manuals,
• 25:43
  all
• 25:44
  that
• 25:44
  kind
• 25:44
  of
• 25:44
  stuff.
• 25:44
  You
• 25:45
  can't
• 25:45
  take
• 25:45
  any
• 25:45
  photos
• 25:46
  in
• 25:46
  there,
• 25:46
  which
• 25:46
  I
• 25:46
  think
• 25:47
  is
• 25:47
  great
• 25:47
  because
• 25:48
  otherwise
• 25:48
  it
• 25:48
  would
• 25:48
  just
• 25:49
  be
• 25:49
  selfie
• 25:49
  sticks
• 25:50
  everywhere
• 25:50
  and
• 25:50
  influencers
• 25:51
  blocking
• 25:52
  all
• 25:52
  of
• 25:52
  the
• 25:52
  displays
• 25:52
  and
• 25:52
  all
• 25:52
  that
• 25:53
  kind
• 25:53
  of
• 25:53
  stuff.
• 25:53
  That's
• 25:53
  not
• 25:53
  to
• 25:54
  be
• 25:54
  sports
• 25:54
  influencers,
• 25:55
  but,
• 25:55
  you
• 25:55
  know.
• 25:56
  Yeah,
• 25:56
  I've
• 25:56
  experienced
• 25:57
  that
• 25:57
  enough
• 25:57
  times
• 25:57
  in
• 25:57
  places
• 25:58
  like
• 25:58
  that
• 25:58
  that
• 25:58
  I
• 25:58
  think
• 25:58
  that's
• 25:58
  what
• 25:59
  would
• 25:59
  have,
• 25:59
  that's
• 25:59
  what
• 25:59
  would
• 26:00
  have
• 26:00
  happened.
• 26:00
  So
• 26:01
  before
• 26:01
  you
• 26:01
  go
• 26:01
  on
• 26:01
  from
• 26:02
  that,
• 26:02
  so
• 26:02
  it
• 26:03
  sounds
• 26:03
  like
• 26:03
  a
• 26:03
  really
• 26:04
  difficult
• 26:05
  process.
• 26:05
  Is
• 26:05
  it
• 26:06
  all
• 26:06
  in
• 26:06
  Japanese
• 26:07
  or
• 26:07
  can
• 26:07
  Americans.
• 26:08
  Can
• 26:08
  non
• 26:09
  Japanese
• 26:09
  speakers
• 26:10
  go
• 26:11
  to
• 26:11
  this
• 26:11
  museum?
• 26:12
  Yeah,
• 26:12
  yeah,
• 26:13
  it's
• 26:13
  an,
• 26:13
  it's
• 26:13
  an
• 26:14
  English.
• 26:14
  Like,
• 26:15
  I
• 26:15
  think
• 26:15
  it's
• 26:16
  kind
• 26:16
  of
• 26:17
  created
• 26:18
  as
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  experience
• 26:19
  for
• 26:20
  the
• 26:20
  wider
• 26:21
  J
• 26:21
  tourism
• 26:21
  market,
• 26:22
  I
• 26:22
  would
• 26:22
  say
• 26:22
  as
• 26:22
  a
• 26:22
  lot
• 26:23
  of
• 26:23
  modern
• 26:24
  museums
• 26:25
  and
• 26:25
  things
• 26:25
  are
• 26:25
  built
• 26:25
  with
• 26:25
  that
• 26:26
  in
• 26:26
  mind.
• 26:28
  So,
• 26:28
  yeah,
• 26:28
  very,
• 26:28
  very
• 26:29
  approachable
• 26:29
  for
• 26:30
  English
• 26:30
  speakers.
• 26:31
  And
• 26:31
  as
• 26:31
  is
• 26:31
  the,
• 26:32
  the
• 26:32
  ticketing
• 26:32
  system
• 26:33
  is
• 26:33
  all
• 26:33
  in
• 26:33
  English
• 26:34
  as
• 26:34
  well.
• 26:34
  It's,
• 26:34
  it's
• 26:35
  convoluted
• 26:35
  more
• 26:36
  from
• 26:36
  like
• 26:36
  a
• 26:37
  design
• 26:37
  perspective
• 26:38
  rather
• 26:38
  than
• 26:38
  a
• 26:38
  language
• 26:39
  perspective.
• 26:40
  If,
• 26:40
  I
• 26:40
  mean
• 26:40
  for
• 26:40
  anyone
• 26:41
  listening
• 26:41
  who's
• 26:41
  got
• 26:42
  any
• 26:42
  affiliation
• 26:42
  for
• 26:43
  Nintendo,
• 26:43
  I
• 26:43
  do
• 26:44
  recommend
• 26:44
  going
• 26:44
  because
• 26:44
  it's
• 26:45
  a,
• 26:45
  it's
• 26:45
  a
• 26:45
  cool
• 26:45
  experience.
• 26:46
  Cool.
• 26:47
  Okay,
• 26:48
  now
• 26:48
  at
• 26:49
  the
• 26:49
  very
• 26:49
  beginning
• 26:49
  of
• 26:49
  our
• 26:50
  talk,
• 26:50
  you
• 26:51
  brought
• 26:51
  up
• 26:52
  the
• 26:52
  fact
• 26:52
  that
• 26:53
  Japan
• 26:53
  is
• 26:54
  getting
• 26:54
  over
• 26:54
  touristed,
• 26:55
  that
• 26:55
  there
• 26:55
  are
• 26:56
  certain
• 26:56
  areas
• 26:57
  that
• 26:57
  are
• 26:57
  just
• 26:58
  too
• 26:58
  Damn
• 26:59
  crowded
• 27:00
  to
• 27:00
  be
• 27:01
  as
• 27:01
  enjoyable
• 27:02
  as
• 27:02
  they
• 27:02
  used
• 27:02
  to
• 27:02
  be.
• 27:03
  And
• 27:03
  I
• 27:03
  know
• 27:03
  you
• 27:03
  took
• 27:03
  it
• 27:04
  very
• 27:04
  seriously,
• 27:05
  wanting
• 27:06
  as
• 27:06
  a
• 27:06
  guidebook
• 27:07
  writer,
• 27:07
  to
• 27:08
  show
• 27:08
  that
• 27:08
  other
• 27:09
  parts
• 27:09
  of
• 27:09
  the
• 27:09
  country
• 27:10
  that
• 27:10
  people
• 27:11
  don't
• 27:11
  think
• 27:11
  of
• 27:11
  going
• 27:12
  to
• 27:12
  are
• 27:13
  as
• 27:14
  intriguing,
• 27:14
  as
• 27:15
  rewarding
• 27:16
  to
• 27:16
  go
• 27:16
  to.
• 27:17
  So
• 27:18
  let's
• 27:18
  talk
• 27:18
  about
• 27:18
  some
• 27:19
  of
• 27:19
  the
• 27:19
  places
• 27:19
  that
• 27:20
  people
• 27:20
  don't
• 27:20
  think
• 27:20
  of
• 27:21
  going
• 27:21
  to,
• 27:21
  but
• 27:21
  really
• 27:21
  should.
• 27:22
  Sure,
• 27:23
  yeah.
• 27:23
  I
• 27:23
  think
• 27:24
  you've
• 27:24
  got
• 27:24
  to
• 27:24
  strike
• 27:24
  that
• 27:25
  balance,
• 27:25
  don't
• 27:25
  you?
• 27:25
  You
• 27:25
  know,
• 27:26
  if
• 27:26
  lots
• 27:27
  of
• 27:27
  people,
• 27:27
  especially
• 27:27
  if
• 27:28
  they're
• 27:28
  going
• 27:28
  to
• 27:28
  Japan
• 27:29
  for
• 27:29
  the
• 27:29
  first
• 27:29
  time,
• 27:29
  they're
• 27:30
  going
• 27:30
  to
• 27:30
  want
• 27:30
  to
• 27:30
  go
• 27:30
  to
• 27:30
  Tokyo,
• 27:31
  Kyoto,
• 27:32
  probably
• 27:32
  Osaka,
• 27:33
  maybe
• 27:34
  Hiroshima,
• 27:34
  maybe
• 27:35
  Hakone,
• 27:35
  something
• 27:36
  like
• 27:36
  that.
• 27:36
  So
• 27:37
  you've
• 27:37
  absolutely
• 27:37
  got
• 27:38
  to
• 27:38
  cater
• 27:38
  to
• 27:38
  that.
• 27:38
  But
• 27:39
  I
• 27:40
  think
• 27:40
  also
• 27:40
  there's
• 27:40
  some
• 27:40
  responsibility
• 27:41
  to
• 27:41
  kind
• 27:41
  of
• 27:42
  show
• 27:42
  people
• 27:43
  that
• 27:43
  Japan
• 27:43
  is
• 27:43
  actually
• 27:44
  a
• 27:44
  much
• 27:44
  bigger
• 27:44
  country
• 27:45
  than
• 27:45
  that
• 27:45
  golden
• 27:46
  route
• 27:46
  as
• 27:46
  it's
• 27:46
  known.
• 27:47
  And
• 27:48
  furthermore,
• 27:49
  lots
• 27:49
  of
• 27:49
  the
• 27:49
  places,
• 27:50
  especially
• 27:50
  smaller
• 27:51
  places
• 27:51
  in
• 27:51
  Japan,
• 27:52
  are
• 27:52
  suffering
• 27:52
  from
• 27:53
  depopulation
• 27:54
  and
• 27:54
  economic
• 27:55
  malaise
• 27:55
  and
• 27:56
  all
• 27:56
  that
• 27:56
  kind
• 27:56
  of
• 27:56
  stuff.
• 27:56
  So
• 27:57
  if
• 27:57
  you
• 27:57
  go
• 27:57
  and
• 27:57
  visit
• 27:58
  some
• 27:59
  of
• 27:59
  the
• 27:59
  smaller
• 27:59
  towns
• 28:00
  around
• 28:00
  the
• 28:00
  country,
• 28:01
  every
• 28:02
  dollar
• 28:03
  yen
• 28:03
  you
• 28:03
  spend
• 28:03
  there
• 28:04
  actually
• 28:04
  has
• 28:04
  a
• 28:04
  bit
• 28:04
  of
• 28:04
  an
• 28:04
  impact.
• 28:05
  So
• 28:06
  from
• 28:06
  an
• 28:06
  ethical
• 28:07
  standpoint
• 28:07
  as
• 28:07
  well,
• 28:08
  I
• 28:08
  think
• 28:08
  it's
• 28:08
  good
• 28:08
  to
• 28:08
  try
• 28:09
  and
• 28:09
  vary
• 28:10
  things
• 28:10
  a
• 28:10
  little
• 28:10
  bit
• 28:10
  when
• 28:10
  you
• 28:11
  travel,
• 28:11
  but,
• 28:11
  I
• 28:11
  mean,
• 28:12
  it's
• 28:12
  up
• 28:12
  to
• 28:12
  the
• 28:12
  traveler
• 28:12
  in
• 28:13
  question.
• 28:13
  My
• 28:13
  job
• 28:13
  is
• 28:14
  not
• 28:14
  to
• 28:14
  tell
• 28:14
  anybody
• 28:14
  what
• 28:15
  to
• 28:15
  do.
• 28:15
  Sure.
• 28:16
  From
• 28:16
  an
• 28:16
  ethical
• 28:17
  standpoint.
• 28:17
  And
• 28:18
  would
• 28:18
  it
• 28:18
  also
• 28:18
  be
• 28:19
  fair
• 28:19
  to
• 28:19
  say,
• 28:20
  from
• 28:20
  a
• 28:20
  welcoming
• 28:21
  standpoint,
• 28:22
  are
• 28:22
  they
• 28:23
  excited
• 28:23
  to
• 28:23
  see
• 28:24
  tourists
• 28:24
  in
• 28:25
  a
• 28:25
  way
• 28:25
  that
• 28:25
  maybe
• 28:26
  folks
• 28:26
  in
• 28:26
  Kyoto
• 28:27
  and
• 28:27
  Tokyo
• 28:28
  won't
• 28:28
  be?
• 28:29
  Yeah,
• 28:29
  for
• 28:29
  sure.
• 28:30
  Just
• 28:30
  to
• 28:31
  take
• 28:31
  an
• 28:31
  example,
• 28:31
  from
• 28:31
  Niyodo
• 28:32
  in
• 28:32
  the
• 28:32
  center
• 28:32
  of
• 28:32
  Kochi
• 28:33
  Prefecture
• 28:33
  on
• 28:34
  Shikoku
• 28:34
  island,
• 28:35
  they
• 28:35
  kind
• 28:35
  of
• 28:35
  do
• 28:36
  need
• 28:36
  you.
• 28:36
  You
• 28:36
  know,
• 28:37
  like
• 28:37
  every
• 28:38
  penny
• 28:38
  you
• 28:38
  spend
• 28:39
  there
• 28:39
  is,
• 28:39
  like,
• 28:39
  actually
• 28:40
  beneficial
• 28:40
  to
• 28:40
  the
• 28:40
  town
• 28:41
  in
• 28:41
  a
• 28:41
  way
• 28:41
  that,
• 28:42
  you
• 28:42
  know,
• 28:42
  tour
• 28:42
  buses
• 28:43
  coming
• 28:43
  into
• 28:43
  certain
• 28:43
  places
• 28:44
  and
• 28:44
  just,
• 28:44
  you
• 28:44
  know,
• 28:45
  buying
• 28:45
  food
• 28:45
  from
• 28:45
  a
• 28:45
  convenience
• 28:46
  store
• 28:46
  and
• 28:46
  drinks
• 28:46
  from
• 28:46
  a
• 28:46
  vending
• 28:47
  machine.
• 28:47
  And
• 28:48
  the.
• 28:48
  The
• 28:48
  money
• 28:49
  kind
• 28:49
  of
• 28:49
  doesn't
• 28:49
  really
• 28:50
  go
• 28:50
  to
• 28:50
  any,
• 28:50
  like,
• 28:50
  independent
• 28:51
  people
• 28:51
  living
• 28:52
  in
• 28:52
  certain
• 28:52
  areas,
• 28:52
  if
• 28:53
  that's
• 28:53
  kind
• 28:53
  of
• 28:53
  the
• 28:53
  method
• 28:53
  by
• 28:54
  which
• 28:54
  you
• 28:54
  travel.
• 28:55
  And
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  come
• 28:55
  back
• 28:56
  to
• 28:56
  that,
• 28:56
  that
• 28:56
  place
• 28:56
  in
• 28:57
  the
• 28:57
  Odo,
• 28:57
  just
• 28:57
  to
• 28:57
  give
• 28:57
  a
• 28:58
  bit
• 28:58
  more.
• 28:58
  Yeah.
• 28:59
  Tell
• 28:59
  us
• 28:59
  about
• 28:59
  context
• 29:00
  as
• 29:00
  to
• 29:00
  what
• 29:00
  it's
• 29:00
  like.
• 29:01
  So
• 29:01
  it's
• 29:01
  right
• 29:02
  up
• 29:02
  in
• 29:02
  the.
• 29:02
  The
• 29:02
  heart
• 29:03
  of
• 29:03
  the
• 29:03
  Kochi
• 29:04
  Prefecture
• 29:06
  in
• 29:06
  the
• 29:06
  mountains.
• 29:07
  It's
• 29:07
  this
• 29:08
  sort
• 29:08
  of
• 29:08
  thundering
• 29:09
  gorge.
• 29:10
  And
• 29:10
  on
• 29:11
  this
• 29:11
  little
• 29:11
  precipice
• 29:12
  in
• 29:12
  the
• 29:12
  gorge,
• 29:12
  there's
• 29:12
  a
• 29:13
  guy
• 29:13
  called
• 29:13
  Ken
• 29:14
  Mukai.
• 29:14
  He's
• 29:15
  got
• 29:15
  a
• 29:15
  Japanese
• 29:15
  name,
• 29:15
  but
• 29:16
  he's
• 29:16
  actually
• 29:16
  from
• 29:16
  California.
• 29:17
  I'm
• 29:18
  not
• 29:18
  sure
• 29:18
  what
• 29:18
  his
• 29:19
  ancestry
• 29:19
  is,
• 29:19
  but
• 29:19
  he
• 29:20
  grew
• 29:20
  up
• 29:20
  as
• 29:20
  a.
• 29:21
  Grew
• 29:21
  up
• 29:21
  in
• 29:21
  California.
• 29:22
  He
• 29:22
  taught
• 29:22
  as
• 29:23
  a
• 29:23
  science
• 29:23
  teacher
• 29:23
  in
• 29:24
  the
• 29:24
  public
• 29:24
  school
• 29:24
  system
• 29:25
  there,
• 29:25
  and
• 29:25
  then
• 29:25
  decided
• 29:26
  to
• 29:26
  move
• 29:27
  to
• 29:27
  one
• 29:28
  of
• 29:28
  the
• 29:28
  most
• 29:28
  rural
• 29:28
  places
• 29:29
  you
• 29:29
  could
• 29:29
  find
• 29:29
  in
• 29:29
  Japan
• 29:30
  to
• 29:30
  brew
• 29:30
  beer.
• 29:31
  So
• 29:31
  he's
• 29:31
  got
• 29:31
  this
• 29:32
  little
• 29:32
  tiny
• 29:32
  microbrewery
• 29:33
  and
• 29:33
  tap
• 29:34
  room
• 29:35
  literally
• 29:35
  perched
• 29:36
  right
• 29:36
  over
• 29:36
  this
• 29:36
  gorge.
• 29:37
  And
• 29:37
  the
• 29:37
  water
• 29:38
  in
• 29:38
  the
• 29:38
  gorge
• 29:38
  itself
• 29:39
  is
• 29:39
  called
• 29:40
  Neodo
• 29:40
  Blue,
• 29:41
  which
• 29:41
  is.
• 29:42
  It's
• 29:42
  kind
• 29:42
  of
• 29:42
  like
• 29:42
  known
• 29:43
  as
• 29:43
  that
• 29:43
  because
• 29:43
  it's
• 29:44
  got
• 29:44
  this,
• 29:44
  like,
• 29:44
  very
• 29:44
  clear,
• 29:46
  very
• 29:46
  clean
• 29:46
  water.
• 29:47
  Like
• 29:47
  the
• 29:47
  artesian
• 29:47
  springs,
• 29:48
  I
• 29:48
  think,
• 29:48
  are,
• 29:48
  like,
• 29:48
  neutral.
• 29:49
  So
• 29:50
  basically
• 29:50
  gives
• 29:50
  him
• 29:50
  a
• 29:50
  canvas
• 29:51
  to
• 29:51
  create
• 29:51
  any
• 29:51
  beer
• 29:52
  he
• 29:52
  wants
• 29:52
  from
• 29:52
  it.
• 29:53
  When
• 29:53
  I
• 29:53
  visited
• 29:53
  him,
• 29:54
  he
• 29:54
  was
• 29:54
  telling
• 29:54
  me
• 29:54
  they
• 29:54
  have
• 29:54
  like
• 29:55
  a
• 29:56
  residence
• 29:56
  magazine.
• 29:57
  They
• 29:57
  get
• 29:57
  sent
• 29:57
  out.
• 29:58
  And
• 29:58
  since
• 29:58
  he
• 29:59
  moved
• 29:59
  there,
• 30:00
  which
• 30:00
  was
• 30:00
  like
• 30:01
  2020
• 30:01
  or
• 30:02
  something,
• 30:02
  not
• 30:02
  an
• 30:03
  auspicious
• 30:03
  time
• 30:03
  to
• 30:04
  move
• 30:04
  anywhere
• 30:05
  and
• 30:05
  start
• 30:05
  a
• 30:05
  new
• 30:05
  business.
• 30:05
  But
• 30:06
  since
• 30:06
  he's
• 30:07
  moved
• 30:07
  there,
• 30:08
  the
• 30:09
  number
• 30:09
  of
• 30:09
  residents
• 30:10
  per
• 30:10
  kilometer
• 30:11
  squared
• 30:11
  has
• 30:12
  dropped
• 30:12
  by
• 30:12
  like
• 30:12
  four,
• 30:13
  I
• 30:13
  think,
• 30:13
  from
• 30:14
  like
• 30:14
  17
• 30:14
  to
• 30:14
  13,
• 30:15
  something
• 30:15
  like
• 30:15
  that.
• 30:15
  Because
• 30:16
  they
• 30:16
  get
• 30:16
  these
• 30:16
  figures
• 30:16
  in
• 30:16
  the
• 30:17
  residence
• 30:18
  magazine
• 30:18
  I
• 30:18
  mentioned,
• 30:19
  and
• 30:19
  he's
• 30:21
  named
• 30:21
  one
• 30:21
  of
• 30:21
  his
• 30:21
  beers
• 30:22
  18,
• 30:22
  the
• 30:22
  number
• 30:23
  18
• 30:23
  because
• 30:23
  he's
• 30:23
  trying
• 30:24
  to
• 30:24
  get
• 30:24
  the
• 30:24
  population
• 30:25
  per
• 30:25
  square
• 30:26
  kilometer
• 30:26
  back
• 30:26
  up
• 30:26
  to
• 30:26
  that
• 30:27
  number.
• 30:28
  So,
• 30:28
  yeah,
• 30:29
  going
• 30:29
  somewhere
• 30:29
  like
• 30:30
  that,
• 30:30
  you
• 30:30
  know,
• 30:30
  visiting
• 30:30
  these
• 30:31
  places,
• 30:31
  speaking
• 30:31
  to
• 30:31
  these
• 30:32
  people.
• 30:32
  There's
• 30:32
  an
• 30:32
  end
• 30:33
  just
• 30:33
  across
• 30:33
  the
• 30:33
  bridge,
• 30:34
  which
• 30:34
  is
• 30:34
  at
• 30:34
  a
• 30:34
  former
• 30:35
  elementary
• 30:35
  school
• 30:36
  run
• 30:36
  by
• 30:37
  the
• 30:37
  former
• 30:38
  students.
• 30:39
  And
• 30:39
  you
• 30:39
  kind
• 30:39
  of
• 30:40
  get
• 30:40
  a
• 30:40
  sense
• 30:40
  that,
• 30:40
  like,
• 30:41
  oh,
• 30:41
  yeah,
• 30:42
  me
• 30:42
  being
• 30:42
  a
• 30:42
  tourist
• 30:43
  here
• 30:43
  is
• 30:43
  actually
• 30:44
  having
• 30:44
  a
• 30:44
  positive
• 30:44
  impact
• 30:45
  rather
• 30:45
  than
• 30:46
  a
• 30:46
  negative
• 30:47
  one.
• 30:47
  Sure,
• 30:47
  yeah.
• 30:48
  Or
• 30:48
  just
• 30:48
  kind
• 30:48
  of
• 30:48
  a
• 30:48
  scourge.
• 30:49
  You
• 30:49
  go
• 30:49
  there
• 30:49
  through
• 30:49
  the
• 30:50
  brewery.
• 30:50
  You
• 30:51
  go
• 30:51
  there
• 30:51
  to
• 30:51
  see
• 30:52
  the
• 30:52
  incredible,
• 30:52
  gorgeous.
• 30:54
  But
• 30:54
  I
• 30:54
  mean,
• 30:55
  maybe
• 30:56
  I'm
• 30:56
  a
• 30:56
  selfish
• 30:56
  person.
• 30:57
  I
• 30:57
  think
• 30:57
  that
• 30:58
  most
• 30:58
  people
• 30:58
  won't
• 30:59
  travel
• 30:59
  just
• 31:00
  to
• 31:00
  be
• 31:00
  good.
• 31:00
  You
• 31:01
  know,
• 31:01
  it's
• 31:01
  their
• 31:01
  time
• 31:01
  off.
• 31:02
  So
• 31:02
  why
• 31:02
  else
• 31:03
  do
• 31:03
  you
• 31:03
  go
• 31:03
  there?
• 31:04
  What
• 31:04
  are
• 31:04
  the
• 31:05
  other
• 31:05
  attractions?
• 31:05
  What
• 31:06
  do
• 31:06
  you
• 31:06
  see
• 31:06
  there
• 31:07
  and
• 31:07
  do
• 31:07
  there
• 31:08
  that
• 31:08
  you
• 31:08
  won't
• 31:09
  find
• 31:09
  elsewhere?
• 31:10
  Yeah,
• 31:10
  no,
• 31:10
  that's.
• 31:11
  That's
• 31:11
  a
• 31:11
  good
• 31:11
  question.
• 31:11
  A
• 31:12
  lot
• 31:12
  of
• 31:12
  people
• 31:12
  would
• 31:12
  sort
• 31:12
  of
• 31:12
  raise
• 31:13
  their
• 31:13
  eyebrows
• 31:13
  at
• 31:13
  that,
• 31:13
  I
• 31:14
  guess.
• 31:14
  I
• 31:15
  mean,
• 31:15
  first
• 31:15
  of
• 31:15
  all,
• 31:16
  it's
• 31:16
  a
• 31:16
  stunning
• 31:16
  area
• 31:17
  to
• 31:17
  drive
• 31:17
  through.
• 31:17
  So
• 31:18
  if
• 31:18
  you're
• 31:18
  able
• 31:18
  to
• 31:18
  rent
• 31:19
  a
• 31:19
  car.
• 31:19
  Granted,
• 31:20
  not
• 31:20
  everyone
• 31:20
  is,
• 31:20
  but
• 31:21
  if
• 31:21
  you're
• 31:21
  able
• 31:22
  to
• 31:22
  rent
• 31:22
  a
• 31:22
  car,
• 31:22
  it's
• 31:23
  really
• 31:23
  nice
• 31:23
  driving
• 31:24
  through
• 31:24
  that
• 31:24
  area.
• 31:25
  There's
• 31:25
  lots
• 31:25
  of,
• 31:26
  like,
• 31:27
  canyoning
• 31:28
  activities,
• 31:29
  rafting,
• 31:30
  lots
• 31:30
  of
• 31:30
  outdoor
• 31:31
  stuff.
• 31:31
  You
• 31:31
  can
• 31:31
  hike
• 31:31
  around
• 31:32
  there.
• 31:33
  There
• 31:33
  are
• 31:33
  onsen
• 31:34
  hot
• 31:34
  springs,
• 31:35
  so
• 31:35
  you
• 31:35
  can
• 31:36
  go
• 31:36
  and,
• 31:36
  you
• 31:36
  know,
• 31:36
  relax
• 31:37
  in
• 31:37
  a.
• 31:37
  In
• 31:37
  an
• 31:37
  outdoor
• 31:38
  hot
• 31:38
  spring.
• 31:38
  So
• 31:39
  it's
• 31:39
  more
• 31:39
  of
• 31:39
  a.
• 31:40
  An
• 31:40
  outdoors
• 31:41
  person's
• 31:42
  Kind
• 31:42
  of
• 31:42
  a
• 31:42
  destination.
• 31:43
  But
• 31:44
  if
• 31:44
  that
• 31:44
  appeals
• 31:44
  to
• 31:45
  you,
• 31:45
  or
• 31:45
  if
• 31:45
  you
• 31:45
  feel
• 31:45
  like
• 31:45
  I'm
• 31:46
  traveling
• 31:46
  quite
• 31:47
  a
• 31:47
  lot
• 31:47
  in
• 31:47
  the
• 31:47
  cities,
• 31:47
  I
• 31:47
  wouldn't
• 31:48
  mind
• 31:48
  taking
• 31:48
  like
• 31:48
  4
• 31:49
  days
• 31:49
  to
• 31:49
  just
• 31:49
  go
• 31:50
  and
• 31:50
  get
• 31:50
  completely
• 31:50
  off
• 31:50
  GR.
• 31:51
  I
• 31:51
  recommend
• 31:52
  somewhere
• 31:52
  like
• 31:52
  that.
• 31:53
  And
• 31:53
  as
• 31:53
  I
• 31:53
  said,
• 31:54
  that's
• 31:54
  just
• 31:54
  one
• 31:54
  of
• 31:54
  the
• 31:55
  examples.
• 31:55
  There
• 31:55
  are
• 31:55
  other
• 31:56
  slightly
• 31:57
  closer
• 31:57
  to
• 31:57
  civilization
• 31:58
  examples
• 31:58
  of
• 31:58
  places
• 31:59
  where
• 31:59
  your
• 31:59
  tourism
• 32:00
  dollars
• 32:00
  can
• 32:00
  have
• 32:01
  more
• 32:01
  of
• 32:01
  a
• 32:01
  positive
• 32:01
  impact,
• 32:01
  I
• 32:02
  would
• 32:02
  say,
• 32:02
  on
• 32:02
  the
• 32:02
  local
• 32:02
  communities.
• 32:03
  I
• 32:04
  know
• 32:04
  also,
• 32:04
  you
• 32:05
  know,
• 32:05
  the
• 32:06
  Camino
• 32:06
  de
• 32:06
  Santiago
• 32:07
  in
• 32:07
  Spain
• 32:08
  has
• 32:09
  become
• 32:09
  very,
• 32:09
  very
• 32:10
  popular.
• 32:10
  It's
• 32:11
  a
• 32:11
  walking
• 32:11
  pilgrimage,
• 32:12
  basically.
• 32:13
  I've
• 32:14
  heard
• 32:14
  there's
• 32:14
  a
• 32:14
  temple
• 32:15
  to
• 32:15
  temple
• 32:16
  pilgrimage
• 32:17
  in
• 32:17
  Japan
• 32:18
  now
• 32:18
  that
• 32:18
  a
• 32:18
  lot
• 32:19
  of
• 32:19
  people
• 32:19
  are
• 32:19
  doing.
• 32:20
  Do
• 32:20
  you
• 32:20
  know
• 32:20
  about
• 32:20
  that?
• 32:21
  Yeah.
• 32:22
  Well,
• 32:22
  it's
• 32:22
  interesting
• 32:23
  you
• 32:23
  mentioned
• 32:23
  the,
• 32:24
  the
• 32:24
  Camino
• 32:25
  because
• 32:26
  it
• 32:26
  actually
• 32:26
  has
• 32:26
  a
• 32:27
  sister
• 32:27
  trail
• 32:28
  in
• 32:28
  Japan
• 32:28
  of
• 32:28
  Wakayama,
• 32:30
  which
• 32:30
  is
• 32:30
  not
• 32:31
  the
• 32:31
  one
• 32:31
  you're
• 32:31
  referring
• 32:32
  to,
• 32:32
  but
• 32:32
  I'll
• 32:32
  come
• 32:32
  to
• 32:32
  that
• 32:32
  in
• 32:32
  a
• 32:32
  second.
• 32:33
  So
• 32:33
  the
• 32:33
  one
• 32:33
  in
• 32:34
  Wakayama
• 32:34
  is,
• 32:35
  I
• 32:36
  guess
• 32:36
  the
• 32:36
  kind
• 32:36
  of
• 32:37
  brief
• 32:38
  version
• 32:38
  of
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  story
• 32:39
  is
• 32:39
  that
• 32:39
  it's.
• 32:40
  It
• 32:40
  tells
• 32:41
  the
• 32:41
  tale
• 32:41
  of
• 32:42
  Japan's
• 32:42
  first
• 32:43
  emperor
• 32:44
  who
• 32:44
  got
• 32:44
  lost
• 32:44
  in
• 32:45
  these
• 32:45
  mountains.
• 32:46
  And
• 32:46
  then
• 32:47
  a
• 32:47
  three
• 32:47
  legged
• 32:48
  crow
• 32:48
  lands
• 32:49
  on
• 32:49
  a
• 32:49
  branch.
• 32:50
  He
• 32:50
  follows
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  crow
• 32:52
  through
• 32:52
  these
• 32:52
  mountains
• 32:53
  and
• 32:53
  then
• 32:53
  attacks
• 32:54
  his
• 32:54
  enemy
• 32:55
  with
• 32:55
  the
• 32:56
  rising
• 32:56
  sun
• 32:56
  at
• 32:56
  his
• 32:57
  back.
• 32:57
  Wins
• 32:58
  and
• 32:58
  finds
• 32:59
  Japan,
• 33:00
  basically
• 33:00
  is
• 33:00
  what
• 33:00
  happens.
• 33:01
  So
• 33:01
  his
• 33:02
  former
• 33:03
  route
• 33:03
  essentially
• 33:04
  is
• 33:05
  charted
• 33:05
  by
• 33:06
  the
• 33:06
  sister
• 33:06
  trail
• 33:07
  which
• 33:07
  is
• 33:07
  called
• 33:07
  the
• 33:07
  Kumano
• 33:08
  Koro,
• 33:08
  which
• 33:08
  is
• 33:09
  in
• 33:09
  Wakayama,
• 33:09
  quite
• 33:10
  close
• 33:10
  to
• 33:10
  Osaka.
• 33:10
  That's
• 33:11
  actually
• 33:11
  like
• 33:11
  a
• 33:11
  cool
• 33:11
  one
• 33:12
  today,
• 33:12
  which
• 33:12
  is
• 33:13
  it
• 33:13
  doesn't
• 33:13
  require
• 33:13
  too
• 33:13
  much
• 33:14
  travel
• 33:14
  away
• 33:15
  from
• 33:15
  kind
• 33:15
  of
• 33:15
  the
• 33:15
  main
• 33:17
  tourism
• 33:17
  route.
• 33:18
  And
• 33:19
  the
• 33:19
  one
• 33:19
  you're
• 33:20
  referring
• 33:20
  to
• 33:20
  is
• 33:20
  the
• 33:20
  Shikoku
• 33:21
  pilgrimage,
• 33:21
  which.
• 33:22
  But
• 33:22
  before
• 33:23
  we
• 33:23
  leave
• 33:23
  this
• 33:23
  one,
• 33:24
  you
• 33:25
  mentioned
• 33:25
  the
• 33:25
  rising
• 33:26
  sun.
• 33:27
  Was
• 33:27
  this
• 33:28
  the
• 33:28
  inspiration
• 33:29
  for
• 33:29
  the
• 33:30
  flag?
• 33:31
  Yeah,
• 33:31
  yeah,
• 33:32
  basically.
• 33:32
  So
• 33:34
  the
• 33:34
  rising
• 33:34
  sun
• 33:36
  is
• 33:36
  a
• 33:36
  sun
• 33:37
  goddess
• 33:37
  called
• 33:37
  Amaterasu,
• 33:38
  who's
• 33:39
  one
• 33:39
  of
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  main
• 33:40
  deities
• 33:40
  in
• 33:40
  Shinto
• 33:41
  mythology,
• 33:42
  Shinto
• 33:42
  being
• 33:43
  the
• 33:43
  sort
• 33:43
  of
• 33:43
  predominant
• 33:45
  national
• 33:45
  religion
• 33:46
  there.
• 33:47
  Ah,
• 33:47
  okay.
• 33:48
  All
• 33:48
  right.
• 33:48
  Sorry.
• 33:49
  Sorry
• 33:49
  to
• 33:49
  interrupt
• 33:49
  you.
• 33:50
  No,
• 33:50
  no,
• 33:51
  you
• 33:51
  were
• 33:52
  talking
• 33:52
  about
• 33:52
  the
• 33:52
  other
• 33:52
  route.
• 33:53
  Yeah,
• 33:53
  the
• 33:54
  Shikoku
• 33:54
  pilgrimage.
• 33:55
  So
• 33:55
  that
• 33:56
  basically
• 33:56
  follows
• 33:57
  the
• 33:57
  idea.
• 33:58
  It's
• 33:59
  kind
• 33:59
  of
• 33:59
  a
• 33:59
  loose
• 33:59
  idea,
• 34:00
  but
• 34:00
  the
• 34:00
  idea
• 34:00
  is
• 34:00
  that
• 34:00
  Shikoku
• 34:01
  island
• 34:01
  is
• 34:01
  a
• 34:02
  mandala.
• 34:02
  So
• 34:03
  like
• 34:03
  a
• 34:03
  Buddhist
• 34:04
  diagram
• 34:04
  of
• 34:05
  eternal
• 34:05
  spiritual
• 34:06
  truths
• 34:06
  or
• 34:06
  something
• 34:07
  like
• 34:07
  that.
• 34:07
  And
• 34:08
  there's
• 34:09
  88
• 34:09
  temples
• 34:10
  that
• 34:11
  kind
• 34:11
  of
• 34:11
  go
• 34:11
  around
• 34:12
  the
• 34:12
  island
• 34:12
  sort
• 34:12
  of
• 34:12
  in
• 34:13
  a
• 34:13
  circle,
• 34:13
  a
• 34:13
  little
• 34:13
  bit
• 34:13
  into
• 34:14
  the
• 34:14
  middle
• 34:14
  and
• 34:14
  then
• 34:14
  back,
• 34:15
  back
• 34:15
  out
• 34:15
  around
• 34:16
  to
• 34:16
  where
• 34:16
  they
• 34:16
  started.
• 34:17
  And
• 34:17
  they're
• 34:18
  in
• 34:18
  honor
• 34:19
  of
• 34:19
  a
• 34:20
  monk
• 34:20
  known
• 34:20
  as
• 34:20
  Kukai
• 34:21
  or
• 34:21
  Kobo
• 34:22
  Daishi.
• 34:22
  And
• 34:24
  he
• 34:24
  didn't
• 34:24
  actually
• 34:26
  establish
• 34:26
  or
• 34:26
  build
• 34:27
  all
• 34:27
  of
• 34:27
  those
• 34:27
  temples.
• 34:28
  I
• 34:28
  think
• 34:28
  he
• 34:28
  maybe
• 34:28
  established
• 34:29
  some
• 34:29
  of
• 34:29
  them,
• 34:29
  and
• 34:29
  then
• 34:30
  this
• 34:30
  route
• 34:30
  sort
• 34:31
  of
• 34:31
  formed
• 34:31
  an
• 34:31
  honor
• 34:32
  to
• 34:32
  him.
• 34:32
  So
• 34:33
  lots
• 34:33
  of
• 34:33
  people
• 34:33
  do
• 34:34
  that,
• 34:34
  not
• 34:34
  necessarily
• 34:35
  because
• 34:35
  they
• 34:35
  have
• 34:36
  any
• 34:36
  affiliation
• 34:37
  to.
• 34:38
  I
• 34:38
  think
• 34:38
  it's
• 34:38
  Shingon
• 34:39
  Buddhism,
• 34:40
  which
• 34:40
  is
• 34:40
  quite
• 34:40
  an
• 34:40
  esoteric
• 34:41
  sect
• 34:41
  of
• 34:42
  the
• 34:42
  religion,
• 34:42
  but
• 34:43
  just
• 34:43
  because
• 34:44
  it's
• 34:44
  kind
• 34:44
  of
• 34:44
  a
• 34:45
  cool
• 34:45
  thing
• 34:45
  to
• 34:45
  do,
• 34:45
  you
• 34:46
  know,
• 34:46
  it's
• 34:46
  a
• 34:46
  good
• 34:46
  way
• 34:46
  to
• 34:46
  disconnect.
• 34:47
  Takes
• 34:48
  about
• 34:48
  six
• 34:48
  to
• 34:48
  eight
• 34:48
  weeks,
• 34:49
  which,
• 34:49
  granted,
• 34:50
  is
• 34:50
  longer
• 34:50
  than
• 34:51
  the
• 34:51
  average
• 34:52
  traveler
• 34:53
  is
• 34:53
  going
• 34:53
  to
• 34:53
  have
• 34:53
  in
• 34:54
  Japan.
• 34:54
  Right.
• 34:54
  But
• 34:55
  like
• 34:55
  the
• 34:55
  Camino,
• 34:56
  I
• 34:56
  guess,
• 34:56
  you
• 34:56
  know,
• 34:56
  you
• 34:56
  can
• 34:56
  come
• 34:57
  and
• 34:57
  do
• 34:58
  a
• 34:58
  week
• 34:58
  here,
• 34:59
  two
• 34:59
  weeks
• 34:59
  there,
• 34:59
  you
• 35:00
  know,
• 35:00
  split
• 35:00
  it
• 35:00
  up
• 35:00
  whatever
• 35:01
  way
• 35:01
  you
• 35:01
  want.
• 35:01
  Maybe
• 35:02
  you
• 35:02
  can
• 35:02
  just
• 35:02
  pick,
• 35:03
  like,
• 35:04
  oh,
• 35:04
  here's
• 35:04
  four
• 35:04
  temples
• 35:05
  that
• 35:05
  are
• 35:05
  a
• 35:06
  decent
• 35:06
  enough
• 35:06
  distance
• 35:07
  away
• 35:07
  from
• 35:07
  each
• 35:07
  other.
• 35:07
  Why
• 35:08
  don't
• 35:08
  I
• 35:08
  just
• 35:08
  follow
• 35:08
  that
• 35:09
  route?
• 35:09
  You
• 35:09
  know,
• 35:09
  there's
• 35:10
  no.
• 35:10
  There
• 35:10
  is
• 35:11
  a
• 35:11
  prescribed
• 35:11
  route
• 35:11
  you
• 35:11
  can
• 35:12
  follow,
• 35:12
  but,
• 35:12
  you
• 35:12
  know,
• 35:12
  of
• 35:12
  course
• 35:13
  you
• 35:13
  can
• 35:13
  do
• 35:13
  it
• 35:13
  whichever
• 35:14
  way
• 35:14
  you
• 35:14
  please.
• 35:15
  Like,
• 35:15
  there
• 35:15
  are
• 35:15
  lots
• 35:15
  of
• 35:16
  different
• 35:16
  access
• 35:17
  points
• 35:17
  in
• 35:17
  terms
• 35:17
  of
• 35:18
  airports
• 35:18
  and
• 35:19
  ferry
• 35:19
  ports
• 35:20
  and
• 35:20
  train
• 35:21
  stations
• 35:21
  and
• 35:21
  things
• 35:22
  like
• 35:22
  that.
• 35:22
  So
• 35:22
  you're
• 35:22
  not.
• 35:23
  You
• 35:23
  don't
• 35:23
  have
• 35:24
  to
• 35:24
  Start
• 35:24
  at
• 35:25
  Temple
• 35:25
  1
• 35:26
  or
• 35:26
  Temple
• 35:26
  88,
• 35:27
  if
• 35:27
  that
• 35:27
  makes
• 35:28
  sense.
• 35:28
  And,
• 35:29
  like,
• 35:29
  the
• 35:29
  Camino,
• 35:30
  do
• 35:30
  you
• 35:30
  have
• 35:30
  people
• 35:30
  from
• 35:30
  all
• 35:31
  over
• 35:31
  the
• 35:31
  world
• 35:31
  doing
• 35:31
  this?
• 35:32
  So
• 35:32
  it's
• 35:32
  a
• 35:32
  very
• 35:32
  social
• 35:33
  activity?
• 35:34
  Yeah,
• 35:35
  very
• 35:35
  much
• 35:35
  so.
• 35:35
  I've
• 35:35
  never
• 35:36
  actually
• 35:36
  walked
• 35:36
  it
• 35:36
  myself,
• 35:37
  but
• 35:37
  I've.
• 35:37
  The
• 35:38
  last
• 35:38
  time
• 35:38
  I
• 35:38
  was
• 35:38
  in
• 35:38
  Shikoku,
• 35:39
  I
• 35:39
  made
• 35:39
  a
• 35:39
  point
• 35:39
  of
• 35:40
  driving
• 35:40
  to
• 35:40
  as
• 35:40
  much
• 35:41
  of
• 35:41
  it
• 35:41
  as
• 35:41
  I
• 35:41
  could,
• 35:41
  as
• 35:42
  I
• 35:42
  could
• 35:42
  fit
• 35:42
  in.
• 35:43
  And
• 35:43
  I.
• 35:43
  I
• 35:44
  would
• 35:44
  stop
• 35:44
  off
• 35:44
  at
• 35:45
  various
• 35:45
  temples
• 35:45
  and
• 35:46
  go
• 35:46
  and
• 35:46
  sort
• 35:46
  of
• 35:47
  accost
• 35:47
  people
• 35:47
  and
• 35:48
  try
• 35:48
  and
• 35:48
  ask
• 35:48
  them
• 35:48
  questions
• 35:49
  about
• 35:49
  why
• 35:49
  they
• 35:49
  were
• 35:50
  doing
• 35:50
  it.
• 35:50
  And,
• 35:51
  yeah,
• 35:51
  you
• 35:51
  do.
• 35:51
  You
• 35:51
  get
• 35:51
  people
• 35:52
  from
• 35:52
  all
• 35:52
  over
• 35:52
  the
• 35:52
  place.
• 35:52
  Like,
• 35:53
  you
• 35:53
  know,
• 35:53
  I
• 35:53
  met
• 35:53
  an
• 35:53
  American
• 35:54
  guy
• 35:54
  who
• 35:54
  was.
• 35:55
  He'd
• 35:56
  worked
• 35:56
  in,
• 35:56
  like,
• 35:56
  tech
• 35:57
  for
• 35:57
  quite
• 35:57
  a
• 35:57
  few
• 35:57
  years
• 35:58
  and
• 35:58
  just
• 35:58
  decided
• 35:59
  that
• 35:59
  he
• 35:59
  wanted
• 35:59
  to
• 36:00
  kind
• 36:00
  of
• 36:01
  disconnect,
• 36:01
  I
• 36:01
  guess,
• 36:02
  from
• 36:02
  the
• 36:02
  world
• 36:02
  for
• 36:02
  a
• 36:02
  little
• 36:03
  while.
• 36:03
  So
• 36:04
  he
• 36:04
  was
• 36:04
  doing
• 36:04
  the
• 36:04
  full
• 36:04
  thing.
• 36:05
  I
• 36:05
  budgeted
• 36:06
  about
• 36:06
  eight
• 36:06
  weeks
• 36:06
  for
• 36:07
  it.
• 36:07
  And
• 36:08
  he
• 36:08
  said,
• 36:08
  it's
• 36:09
  amazing,
• 36:09
  you
• 36:09
  know,
• 36:09
  you.
• 36:10
  You
• 36:10
  walk
• 36:10
  along
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  road
• 36:12
  and.
• 36:12
  Because
• 36:13
  pilgrims
• 36:14
  often
• 36:14
  wear
• 36:14
  the
• 36:15
  same
• 36:15
  clothes.
• 36:15
  They
• 36:15
  wear
• 36:17
  conical
• 36:17
  straw
• 36:18
  hats
• 36:18
  and
• 36:18
  these
• 36:18
  white
• 36:19
  kind
• 36:19
  of
• 36:20
  garments
• 36:20
  and
• 36:20
  have
• 36:20
  a
• 36:20
  stick
• 36:21
  that
• 36:21
  people
• 36:22
  will
• 36:22
  just
• 36:22
  stop
• 36:22
  and
• 36:23
  maybe
• 36:23
  give
• 36:23
  you
• 36:23
  some
• 36:24
  money,
• 36:24
  like,
• 36:25
  just
• 36:25
  like
• 36:25
  a
• 36:25
  couple
• 36:25
  hundred
• 36:26
  yen
• 36:26
  to
• 36:26
  get
• 36:26
  a
• 36:26
  drink
• 36:27
  at
• 36:27
  the
• 36:27
  next
• 36:27
  vending
• 36:27
  machine
• 36:28
  or
• 36:28
  something,
• 36:28
  or
• 36:29
  maybe
• 36:29
  they'll
• 36:29
  give
• 36:29
  you
• 36:30
  some
• 36:30
  fresh
• 36:31
  produce
• 36:31
  from
• 36:31
  their
• 36:32
  farm.
• 36:32
  But
• 36:32
  he
• 36:33
  said
• 36:33
  that
• 36:34
  the
• 36:35
  generosity
• 36:36
  you
• 36:36
  see
• 36:36
  from
• 36:37
  strangers
• 36:37
  when
• 36:37
  you're
• 36:37
  a
• 36:38
  pilgrim
• 36:38
  on
• 36:38
  that
• 36:38
  trail
• 36:39
  is,
• 36:40
  yeah,
• 36:40
  kind
• 36:40
  of
• 36:40
  amazing.
• 36:41
  So
• 36:41
  that's
• 36:42
  a
• 36:42
  cool
• 36:42
  aspect
• 36:42
  of
• 36:43
  it.
• 36:43
  You
• 36:43
  know,
• 36:43
  Japanese
• 36:43
  people
• 36:44
  are
• 36:44
  known
• 36:44
  for
• 36:44
  being
• 36:45
  generous
• 36:45
  and
• 36:46
  friendly,
• 36:46
  and
• 36:46
  I
• 36:47
  think
• 36:47
  they.
• 36:47
  They
• 36:47
  really
• 36:48
  respect.
• 36:49
  On
• 36:49
  that
• 36:49
  island,
• 36:50
  they.
• 36:50
  They
• 36:50
  respect
• 36:50
  the
• 36:51
  tradition
• 36:51
  of
• 36:51
  the
• 36:51
  Shikoku
• 36:52
  pilgrimage.
• 36:52
  So
• 36:53
  they'll
• 36:53
  always
• 36:53
  help
• 36:54
  people
• 36:54
  out.
• 36:54
  And
• 36:54
  there
• 36:54
  are
• 36:54
  inns,
• 36:55
  you
• 36:55
  know,
• 36:55
  and
• 36:57
  campsites
• 36:57
  and
• 36:57
  things.
• 36:57
  You
• 36:58
  can
• 36:58
  stay
• 36:58
  out.
• 36:58
  There
• 36:58
  are
• 36:59
  some
• 36:59
  rest
• 37:00
  stops.
• 37:00
  I
• 37:00
  think
• 37:00
  you
• 37:01
  can
• 37:01
  stay
• 37:01
  in
• 37:01
  for
• 37:01
  free.
• 37:02
  There
• 37:02
  are
• 37:02
  temples
• 37:03
  that
• 37:03
  will
• 37:03
  also
• 37:03
  give
• 37:03
  free
• 37:04
  accommodation.
• 37:05
  Interesting.
• 37:07
  So
• 37:07
  it's
• 37:07
  a
• 37:07
  whole
• 37:08
  ecosystem
• 37:09
  created
• 37:09
  for
• 37:09
  the
• 37:10
  pilgrimage.
• 37:10
  Yeah.
• 37:11
  And
• 37:11
  it's
• 37:11
  still.
• 37:12
  It's
• 37:12
  still
• 37:12
  not
• 37:12
  super
• 37:13
  popular,
• 37:13
  but
• 37:14
  it's,
• 37:14
  I
• 37:14
  think,
• 37:14
  becoming
• 37:15
  popular
• 37:15
  enough
• 37:16
  that
• 37:17
  it's,
• 37:17
  I
• 37:18
  guess
• 37:18
  it's
• 37:18
  becoming
• 37:18
  more
• 37:19
  approachable
• 37:19
  for
• 37:19
  non
• 37:20
  Japanese.
• 37:22
  Right.
• 37:22
  Tourists
• 37:22
  to
• 37:23
  do.
• 37:23
  Interesting.
• 37:24
  Well,
• 37:25
  as
• 37:25
  you
• 37:25
  can
• 37:25
  see,
• 37:26
  David
• 37:26
  is
• 37:26
  a
• 37:26
  wealth
• 37:27
  of
• 37:27
  information
• 37:28
  and
• 37:28
  he
• 37:28
  poured
• 37:28
  it
• 37:29
  all
• 37:29
  into
• 37:29
  Fromer's
• 37:30
  Japan.
• 37:31
  We
• 37:31
  are
• 37:31
  so
• 37:31
  thrilled
• 37:32
  with
• 37:32
  the
• 37:32
  job
• 37:32
  you
• 37:33
  did,
• 37:33
  David.
• 37:33
  Thank
• 37:34
  you
• 37:34
  so,
• 37:34
  so
• 37:34
  much
• 37:35
  for
• 37:35
  doing
• 37:35
  this
• 37:36
  great
• 37:36
  book
• 37:36
  and
• 37:36
  also
• 37:37
  for
• 37:37
  appearing
• 37:37
  on
• 37:37
  the
• 37:38
  Frommer
• 37:38
  Travel
• 37:38
  Show.
• 37:39
  That
• 37:39
  was
• 37:39
  great.
• 37:40
  Thank
• 37:40
  you
• 37:40
  very
• 37:40
  much.
• 37:40
  And
• 37:41
  you
• 37:41
  know,
• 37:41
  I
• 37:41
  hope.
• 37:41
  Well,
• 37:42
  I
• 37:42
  hope
• 37:42
  people
• 37:42
  buy
• 37:42
  it,
• 37:42
  of
• 37:43
  course,
• 37:43
  but
• 37:43
  I
• 37:43
  hope
• 37:43
  if
• 37:43
  they
• 37:44
  do
• 37:44
  that
• 37:44
  they
• 37:45
  find
• 37:45
  a
• 37:45
  lot
• 37:45
  of
• 37:45
  value
• 37:46
  in
• 37:46
  it.
• 37:46
  You
• 37:46
  know,
• 37:46
  it's.
• 37:47
  Writing
• 37:47
  a
• 37:47
  guidebook
• 37:48
  is.
• 37:49
  Is
• 37:49
  difficult,
• 37:49
  but
• 37:51
  it's
• 37:51
  a
• 37:51
  labor
• 37:52
  of
• 37:52
  love,
• 37:52
  you
• 37:52
  know,
• 37:52
  in
• 37:52
  a
• 37:53
  lot
• 37:53
  of
• 37:53
  ways.
• 37:53
  You
• 37:53
  know,
• 37:53
  you
• 37:53
  gotta
• 37:54
  enjoy
• 37:54
  doing
• 37:54
  it.
• 37:54
  But
• 37:55
  I
• 37:55
  think
• 37:55
  it's
• 37:55
  turned
• 37:56
  out
• 37:56
  well,
• 37:56
  so
• 37:56
  I
• 37:56
  hope
• 37:56
  people
• 37:57
  agree.
• 37:57
  I
• 37:58
  know
• 37:58
  it
• 37:58
  has
• 37:59
  your
• 38:00
  editor,
• 38:00
  Holly,
• 38:01
  felt.
• 38:01
  It's
• 38:02
  one
• 38:02
  of
• 38:02
  the
• 38:02
  best
• 38:02
  books
• 38:03
  we
• 38:03
  have
• 38:03
  in
• 38:03
  our
• 38:03
  series.
• 38:04
  Oh,
• 38:04
  that's
• 38:04
  great.
• 38:05
  Many
• 38:05
  thanks
• 38:06
  to
• 38:06
  Holly
• 38:06
  as
• 38:06
  well.
• 38:07
  Yeah.
• 38:07
  All
• 38:08
  right,
• 38:08
  that's
• 38:08
  it
• 38:08
  for
• 38:08
  today's
• 38:09
  show.
• 38:09
  I
• 38:09
  thank
• 38:10
  you
• 38:10
  so
• 38:10
  much
• 38:10
  for
• 38:10
  listening.
• 38:11
  If
• 38:11
  you
• 38:12
  like
• 38:12
  the
• 38:12
  show,
• 38:12
  be
• 38:13
  sure
• 38:13
  to
• 38:13
  give
• 38:13
  us
• 38:13
  a
• 38:13
  nice
• 38:14
  5
• 38:14
  star
• 38:14
  rating.
• 38:15
  To
• 38:15
  those
• 38:16
  who
• 38:16
  are
• 38:16
  traveling,
• 38:17
  may
• 38:17
  I
• 38:17
  wish
• 38:17
  you
• 38:18
  a
• 38:18
  hearty
• 38:19
  bon
• 38:19
  voyage.
• 38:32
  Sour
• 38:32
  candy
• 38:33
  on
• 38:34
  the
• 38:34
  table.
• 38:37
  Lazy
• 38:37
  afternoons
• 38:39
  in
• 38:39
  your
• 38:39
  sweatpants
• 38:40
  Watching
• 38:41
  table.
• 38:43
  Well,
• 38:43
  it
• 38:43
  feels
• 38:44
  so
• 38:44
  far
• 38:45
  away.
• 38:48
  All
• 38:48
  the
• 38:48
  channels
• 38:50
  seem
• 38:50
  the
• 38:50
  same.
• 38:53
  Trying
• 38:53
  to
• 38:54
  remember
• 38:55
  all
• 38:55
  the
• 38:56
  songs
• 38:56
  we
• 38:56
  like
• 38:57
  to
• 38:57
  play.
• 38:58
  Cause
• 38:58
  those
• 38:58
  lazy
• 38:59
  afternoons
• 39:00
  don't
• 39:00
  come
• 39:01
  so
• 39:01
  frequently
• 39:02
  these
• 39:02
  days
• 39:07
  long
• 39:08
  And
• 39:08
  I
• 39:09
  cannot
• 39:09
  help
• 39:10
  but
• 39:10
  wonder
• 39:11
  Are
• 39:11
  you
• 39:12
  ever
• 39:12
  coming
• 39:13
  home?
• 39:14
  I
• 39:14
  like
• 39:14
  you
• 39:15
  with
• 39:15
  your
• 39:15
  sour
• 39:16
  candy
• 39:16
  in
• 39:17
  the
• 39:17
  boat
• 39:17
  house
• 39:18
  on
• 39:18
  the
• 39:18
  lake
• 39:19
  oh,
• 39:19
  but
• 39:20
  I
• 39:20
  hate,
• 39:20
  I
• 39:21
  hate,
• 39:21
  I
• 39:21
  hate,
• 39:21
  I
• 39:22
  hate,
• 39:22
  I
• 39:22
  hate,
• 39:23
  I
• 39:24
  hate
• 39:24
  the
• 39:24
  way
• 39:25
  it
• 39:25
  tastes.
• 39:37
  I
• 39:37
  can't
• 39:37
  get
• 39:37
  you
• 39:38
  off
• 39:38
  of
• 39:38
  my.
• 39:39
  Mind.
• 39:41
  Looking
• 39:42
  out
• 39:42
  the
• 39:43
  window
• 39:43
  where
• 39:44
  we
• 39:44
  spend
• 39:44
  so
• 39:45
  much
• 39:45
  of
• 39:45
  our
• 39:45
  time.
• 39:47
  Cause
• 39:48
  I
• 39:48
  miss
• 39:48
  the
• 39:49
  way
• 39:49
  it
• 39:49
  bel.
• 39:52
  But
• 39:52
  I
• 39:52
  guess
• 39:52
  you
• 39:53
  can't
• 39:53
  control
• 39:54
  those
• 39:54
  damn
• 39:55
  cards.
• 39:58
  Babe,
• 39:58
  I
• 39:58
  know
• 39:59
  the
• 39:59
  both
• 39:59
  of
• 39:59
  us
• 40:00
  are
• 40:00
  happy
• 40:01
  when
• 40:01
  we're
• 40:01
  free.
• 40:03
  But
• 40:03
  would
• 40:03
  it
• 40:04
  be
• 40:04
  so
• 40:04
  hard
• 40:05
  to
• 40:05
  find
• 40:05
  your
• 40:06
  freedom
• 40:06
  here?
• 40:07
  With
• 40:07
  me.