Japan Tour Part 5, Odawara
[Music] Hi, good morning everyone. Hello. Yes, today is day five of our Japan Japan tour and we are vacating uh Tokyo and heading to Udawara in a bullet train. So we are waiting. This is our fifth day. So our fifth day file [Music] So we are on a bullet train to what is one. [Music] So this train is not going to hit the maximum speed because our journey is only 28 to 30 minutes. But uh you can see the countryside Japan. Yeah, it’s town today. It’s bit little bit drizzle in Tokyo. So you can see the housing. Okay. This one [Music] [Music] Whatever. Uh we already came few hours before but it looks like it’s raining raining raining. So we couldn’t go explore anywhere. So yes, just having a lunch and chill out a little bit till the rain. It’s going to ease at around 2:00. And then we saw this one. This water is a very a very very small town center. And this is the local Chinese [Music] savory shop. Yes. Yes. All our mob is having a look at the Japanese girls eating. [Music] Samurai. [Music] Wow. Uh, we got to read this one. What it says? [Music] We’ll read it later. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Ah, [Music] [Music] Hey, [Music] [Music] Nice. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] We had fun in wearing samurai dress. Now we go to the main main castle. [Music] [Music] 100. 18. [Music] Oh. Oh, yeah. [Music] [Music] just had a afternoon nap and thought I’ll go for a walk and see how is Pawara. I walk 800 m and there you go. I ended up in the beach. So I’m going to walk in the beach in Wawara. It’s um is a small town, very very small town. And it looks like instead of walking into the city, I thought I’ll walk on a beach. This all for some reason I don’t know the beach sand is black. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] It’s great. And they got a wall here. There’s a beach. And this is Japan. And you know why it’s a wall? There is a wall. Yeah. I’ll go a few kilometers and see what all I can see. There you go. There is a man-made tunnel and that’s a walking track actually. Let’s see. It’s ferocious. Let’s see. I’ll keep going. There are few people up on the rocks there. I see. It is ferocious and it’s 17°. It’s not that warm. It’s not sunny either. It’s very gloomy day. It has been raining the whole afternoon. Let’s see if you visit us there. I’ll be keep going. Looks like it’s a popular spot. I want to keep going. I walked around 2 km in the beach and you can see an eyeway going and that’s a sea. Doesn’t matter what it is. So it’s going to be sea. So I thought I’ll explore some inland go into deep into a small town called water which is uh up there. I’ll go and explore the local how how the buildings how the things works out and everything. So, I’m exiting to the street and moving away from the beach. If I find anything interesting, I’ll get back. As I said, I’ll get back if I find anything interesting. When I was go searching the Google map, I found few temples around here. There’s not quite a few of them like this. So I thought okay let’s uh visit one of them. I’m not sure the protocol for this temple. I want to come one with one of the locals so that they can so but I see no one here and but it is a temple. It says uh temple in the Google Google map and it is look it looks like a shrine. [Music] Oh, and got no one here to explain or tell me what it is. But I see a couple of maybe a priest accommodation, maybe something like that, a traditional Japanese house. I can’t go and knock her because a stranger but I’ll just look from outside and move on. There’s few quite a few temples around here. I counted four of them. And what’s the significance? It belongs to warlords. Uh once upon a time like when we went to the castle we saw so many stories. So could be one of the warriors memorial or could be anything. I’m not sure. I don’t want to predict. I don’t want to tell anything unknown. Okay. It looks nice. The surrounding is in all the temples. This is a this is the symbol they putting. They put this one and it’s got a name. I can’t even pronounce that name. Okay, I’ll keep moving and find looks like there is another temple or a cemetery. I’m not sure what it is. Anyway, nothing wrong in exploring and uh still not sure if I can walk with I’m pretty sure is Buddha [Music] It’s closed. Yeah. Could be another one of them [Music] here. the supposed tree. [Music] Keep exploring. Keep looking for the local stuff. Okay, keep going. [Applause] If you can remember, I showed you a wall. There was a wall in the ocean. There you go. There’s a board that says just walking, moving along, walking. There is another board. It says Sinco G temple. Okay. Explore another temple. This one’s got a name. It says Sinko Gi Temple. Look at the Japanese garden. I’ll explore a little bit about the Japanese home. And I see a traditional one which is here onto my right. I’ll explain. [Music] It is a temple [Music] because the board clearly says Sinoji Temple. [Music] M people come here to pay the respect and they have tied something a red cloth. Someone can explain why [Music] probably they are the dietes they are protecting their elders at the back. What is this one? The flower walls. Looks like a flower walls. Oh, this is the one they carry the water and water them. Ah, now I got it. Okay. They take the water from here from the bucket. They take a bowl and probably they feed the water to the elders. I just imagining myself. Okay, there you go. That’s the entrance. That’s a typical Japanese cemetery and it’s in a Japanese suburb. Yeah. [Music] That’s a difficult Japanese home. [Music] Pretty sure they are bears. I’m pretty sure they are bears. [Music] Look at him. He’s playing out on the beach. [Music] Thank you, Sinuo Gi. Okay, I’ll keep moving. There you go again. The tsunami wall starts from here. [Music] I’m done. 5 km so far. And I’m going to head west from here to see some very very very inner Japan which will be the other side. Okay, catch you later. I was walking and I saw there is a river flowing here. It’s called Sakawa River. It’s a river that’s about to join the ocean. Okay. You’ll see the river, Japanese river joining the ocean. on the other side of the bridge. You see the lock the waves hitting the ocean and that’s the Sakawa River. Okay, we’re going to head west anyway. So, I see a walking track there. I’m not sure if I can explore it. I’ll try if I can get access to that walking track. Should be there somewhere. Okay, I found the track. I found the track. I’m supposed to come here but anyway I found the track and which is I don’t think so anyone would have walked this one [Music] and see how far I can go or far this track takes me. Okay. Still I’m walking along the Sakura River. [Music] I would have never imagined in the wildest of my dream to walk in the remotest part in Tokyo or in Vavara which is uh another prefecture. We were on the way to go to Hiroshima. We had a break for a day. We want to stay here and explore a little bit, but it’s a small town. There’s not much to explore. So, I took this track. And I thought I’ll put an hour walk and see what I can see. And this is where I am. There is mountains the top can’t see Mount Fiji which is at the back there which is cloudy on a good day. Yes, we can see the Mount Fiji but 90% of the time it’s not visible. I want to tell something about this winding machines here. Why they are putting the modest part of this Japan? Look at that. It’s fully equipped, fully loaded. Every single thing is available. And there is a reason why they put this one. I can’t keep explaining. Look at our friend. Hi. So you all know Japan is prone to earthquakes. In case of an earthquake, anything disaster, disaster strikes, people shouldn’t go without water or food. That’s the reason it’s been mounted on a very very loosely fitted concrete box. So in case of an earthquake, it’s going to collapse and it’ll be lying there at least for a day two or two or three till the till the authorities come and evacuate till they get in the people can survive. That’s the reason they put in in this remotest part of this Japan remotest part of this prefecture. You still see a vending machine. Every single street has it super vending machine and every single but not sure how many people know that why they put in so many vending machine when there is no business or no one is going to use it. There is a reason they do it. They can’t they never can’t predict when a tsunami is going to hit or earthquake going to hit. So they are very well very well laid out and planned. You can see I’ll show you one typical look. I’ll take a small deviation. So it’s a walking track. It’s a walking track for a small community here. That’s where the houses are. And can you see if you can see a vending machine for the on the corner there a small workshop and a vending machine there [Music] ending mission will give you just the essential just to survive. Okay, we go back. We head back and continue our walk. That’s a modernized twotory Japanese build as a house as a two-story building. That’s a modernized one. Earthquake proof, waterproof. What all proof you need? All the proof. This is a typical Japanese house. again. Another one. Another one with a small Japanese garden. And there’s another street which keeps going. And and even in the small corner, we got a we got a we got a street lights. It says stop. Just stop no matter what. They follow the lights. They follow the they obey the traffic signals and me there’s no message but still it’s camera operator it recognize that I’m standing and it will come up or it’s time. So, I’m going to I want to head into the street opposite to me and go in and wait for the lights to turn green. So, another thing I noticed is the stop signal. When the car stops, it’s further down. Not in Australia like they stop right here on the zebra crossing. Now, they the stop signal is right at the back. Look at that car stopped. And that’s far they stop. And that’s my green. [Music] It’s a That’s a typical Japanese house with a small Japanese garden. The tapa is well well maintained. [Music] I’m not sure where I’m going, but I’m still going. I know the direction. Just keep going. You will reach your destination. That’s what I think. Keep going. [Music] All Japanese house are two-story building. At the bottom one is the one they welcome and they have a family room at the top which they’re not allowed to walk on their feet. They can’t walk with their shoes on. They have to put the socks on and they have crawl or bend their knee and sit down. That’s where the family gatherings and all the things happen. Is a living room. Look, it’s so quiet. Look at that. Another another vending machine on the on the street corner. There’s another vending machine there in the little street. Okay, we’ll catch up later. [Music] [Music] This is where they park the cars. Car is very expensive here until still some people own and they can’t afford to have a garage. So this is the park. There are some very fancy cars as well. Very very fancy cars and try to every single house try to put a garden in front and maintain them. That’s important. I’m walking in the I’m walking in the place where the streets are so narrow, tiny. Even I know the direction where I have to go. This way. That’s all. Keep going. There’s another vending machine. I was just walking and then I had a request for an orange. So I had to come here for the Come on. [Music] Come on. Yeah. I’m not sure how much they took, but it’s a local shop for the local people. It’s a vendor for sell some veggies. I wanted to buy an orange. My wife asked me to buy an orange. Um, looks like it’s taken 30. That’s what it says on the board. One for 130 or two for 250. Well, I don’t want two. So, I just bought one. So, it’s getting dark. I need to hurry up a little bit to get back home quicker. The boys are all the mobs waiting. The boys are waiting. We’ll see how we go. So after a hike and a walk and a shower, the boy said we’ll go for dinner the restaurant. So we choose a Nepalese restaurant. It’s called Shaki. And that’s spelled Shakti in Japanese. And it looks different. Let’s have a look what’s the setup. [Music] That’s interesting. [Music] It says Indian restaurant. It’s for Indian flag. And that’s the middle card. [Music] It’s like a fruit coat. Got every single thing. Oh going [Music] Indian and all our mob is sitting. So we’ll go and join them. [Music]
Odawara Walk and Rural Japan Walk,
