QUITTING the 9-5 to see THE JAPAN YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED [S8-E8]
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- Getting away from Japan's tourist spots we see a side to Japan that we never knew existed.
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As an American living in Japan for about 7 years it makes me so happy when I see how helpful, kind and hospitable the Japanese are to you in your adventure. It truly is a wonderful place, sometimes quirky, but always safe, clean and respectful. My wife is from Murakami, so nice to see you stopped by and enjoyed.
I am Japanese and enjoy small trips with my own camper van. It's crazy that you guys are traveling the world. Especially traveling in a place like Japan where the language and culture are different can be very nerve-wracking.
Under such circumstances, Japan's good security and the abundance of facilities that are useful when traveling by camper van will reduce the tension of your trip. ❤❤
Thanks for sharing!
I can't tell you how many times I witnessed someone that I knew or loved , put everything into their work and all of the sudden they were gone. So happy to see someone do what makes them happy.
Thanks ... it is so true and we were saying just yesterday - you are not on your death bed wishing you worked harder !!
My granddad was one, retired at 53 but started with dementia around 60 😢 the year after he died I sold my houses and tried to take life simpler.. He always wanted to travel, hopefully I'm living his dream through mine 😊
The brown ball like thing is called sugidama (cedar ball) which is made of japanese cedar twings. They are hung at sake breweries to tell people new sake is made. When they are newly hung, their color is fresh green. Probably you'll have a lot of opportunities to see them later in your trip.
The motorcycle boy who came out on the way is my best friend.
I really laughed🤣
Japan looks truly amazing. Thank you for highlighting less traveled areas that really provide a view of day to day life. Extremely intriguing.
Thank you
I'm in a really dark place at the moment, and Trudy has been keeping me going recently. It is such a joy to watch you live this life. I adore you both and wish you the safest travels. I hope to meet Trudy when you come home to the UK! Much love xx
You are so welcome - You have got this !! We will be back and doing some meet ups to show off Trudy 🌺 If you have not already signed up to the newsletter please do on our website and that will give you some realtime info of the meet ups 😉🚐🇬🇧🌷
those announcements in rural towns and villages are to signal for kids when to head home and the 6pm one to signal the end of the workday
今の日本は暑いので体調に気をつけて下さいね😊
Yes it is - thank you so much for your kind message
Oh darn! You came right through my city and area and I had no idea! Hello from Tsuruoka!!
The "massive church" you saw in Sakata is actually a wedding hall. A lot of the wedding halls here have a church look as many couples want a more western style wedding when they get married.
I haven't been to that temple in Tsuruoka to see the mummy, but I have seen a couple of other ones in this area. You wouldn't be allowed to photograph them. The Shonai area has quite a few of the mummies in Japan. They are rather sad in my opinion, and very tiny.
We have a lot of amazing things to see in this area, it's too bad that your stay was so brief. If you come back through on your next trip around the world (!) there'll be so much I could show you!
Awwh Thanks Helen
Fab video guys it looks so layed back no loud voices or a 1000 ppl talking at once no massive crowds Japan just seems a totally therapeutic country thank you Marianne and Chris for sharing
You are welcome Margaret - it certainly seems we found the roadless travelled !!
Chris Fisher, a very wise quote and oh so true. I’m older than both of you but healthy though I feel myself slowing down. I am traveling now and leaving for my 4th country in a few days. You don’t have to be rich to travel, you just need to be creative. You guys are the perfect age to travel! Enjoy every moment and please continues your TH-cam channel when you stop traveling. Many travelers have done so and successfully.
Happy Travels !!
me too...loved this quote. Sooo true....got an old lady to think about...and an old cat...but we are almost there!
I can't get over how cute it is how the man says arigatou gosaimasu
He sounds like a 3 year old and it is too adorable
You two are incredible. I just love your adventures. 😊
12:10 I smiled when you described Japan as 'green' because my friend Tacy had a very different experience when she went to Japan for her school mate's wedding. The event was in Tokyo where she also went to an observation deck atop a skyscraper. From that vantage it was city and bay as far as the eye could see, save for the lovely Imperial Palace. When she returned to Seattle, she said the thing she missed most in Japan was being surrounded by green.
Yep - we often judge a country by the tourist spots and capital cities that we fly into ... JAPAN IS GREEN !!
Such lovely places. Thank you for taking us with you.😘
Loving your amazing journey across Japan. What a beautiful country.
I love your videos! I’m chronically ill and an adventure like yours is not possible for me, so I LOVE living through you ❤ In your newer editing I miss seeing more of your daily lives, even when it doesn’t seem to you like it’s anything. Meals, parking etc.
But you have a fan either way!! ❤ wishing you love and safe travels!
貴方達はまさに現代のイザベラバードですね 楽しく拝見させてもらってます 道中気をつけて下さい
I'm from Southeast Alaska and it was fascinating to see how the Japanese preserve their salmon! We tend to smoke and dry as opposed to just drying; though we do dry white fish!
That is great to hear the differences - thank you !!
I think they put the green plastic in between the food to keep it from touching
You're right. We used to real japanese banana leaves. Today's plastic is the imtation of banana leaves.
バナナ？
笹は竹やで。
笹ではなくハラン（葉蘭）学名Aspidistra elatiorの代用ですね。昔田舎ではどこの家の庭にも植えられていて、押し寿司を作る時にも、木型に敷き詰めて木型に食材がつかないように使っていましたよ。今ではサランラップになってしまいましたが…
That brought back lovely memories of my trip to the Cameron Highlands.
What a contrast to Mexico Japan is. I never have seen you concerned about safety nor violence, crime etc. You were never on guard in public thus far. Would be nice if the world could follow Japan's example. Safe travels! See you next week!
Usually they tell the children to go home at 6:00. Other announcements are for emergencies like elders with dementia who go on walks and can’t get home. They will tell the age of a person and what if they are wearing and if you see this person to call the police or something to help find them.
14:35 OH yes! Ponzu Sauce, also known as Ajipon! Traditionally this is made with sweet rice wine, dried fish flakes, konbu (ocean seaweed kelp), and vinegar. They mix lemon and oranges to add taste. It is really good with fish, salad, pot stickers!
Thanks for that
I haven’t commented for a while but I just wanted to say thanks for your videos, we have loved them all. We started following you when you were in france, so long ago 😊
Awesome! Thank you!
Another fabulous Tread the Globe video. A place we will probably not visit in our lifetime. So lovely with a beautiful culture. 🙏👌👍
Our pleasure! Thanks for coming with us M xx
折り返し地点おめでとうございます！
I think Toyama and Kanazawa prefecture match your style.
There are many natural, sea, mountains and old cultures there.
Yes - we are loving it !!
I stumbled upon your channel by clicking on one of the youtube recommendations. Truly fantastic. So I caught your first 2 KoIt jrean vlogs, and now I have backed up to your time entering Japan. After that, I of course will have to start from the beginning. I have started writing down all the incredible thoughts of wisdom you put at the begging of each one. They just make each vlog even that more enjoyable. Cheers.
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome aboard !!
that is what i call a one lane road. love your adventures.
Marianne, at yellow hat I loved your Japanese translation for the wiper flying off the side of the windshield. Nearly spat out my coffee laughing! Xx
LOL - thank you !! I am a fabulous addition to any charades team !! M 😂👍
@@TREADtheglobe it is now the international sign for wiper fly off. I have one for loose strap on trailer. Can't explain that one. Its a must see lol
A new segment! Lieu with a view, and translation in any nation! Hahaha
LOL !!
i enjoy your videos japan is a place noone drops litter what a wonderful place to live and people are polite
I hope you guys take the inland sea route from Osaka to Kobe to Hiroshima, then to Fukuoka. The inland sea is very beautiful and scenic but then again, the less beaten road looks just amazing too!
Very nice video God bless you
I would like to thank you.
I'm so happy to meet your incredible journey. Also, I want to thank you for your beautiful inspiring words and proverbs, which made me done an important decision.
🚐🤗🌺🙏 We hope 2024 is a very special year for you and yours
That generositet and politeness is carakteristic remember in Nagoya when we was looking for a place that server sokiyaki and the railway information gentlemen followe us all the way to the resturang and hold up the door for us, it was blocks a way!❤🇸🇪🕊 7:12
The more and more I see of Japan and it’s people the more I want to visit this amazing country 🫶
Sure is beautiful countryside. Thanks for the ride.
Our pleasure!
Thank you for your videos my husband and myself are thinking of visiting Japan next year but dislike large cities for more than a few days. Your giving us confidence that we can get out of the tourist areas to explore.
Have fun!
36 yıldır İngiltere de yaşayan bir Türk olarak sizlerden esinlenerek şu hayatta en çok yapmak istediğim şey bir karavana atlayıp sizler gibi dünyayı dolaşmak ve hayattan zevk almak ve keyfini çıkarmak. Harikasınız, sizleri çok seviyorum ve videolarınızı zevkle izliyorum.
32:10 hahaha you guys were driving on the walking path!!!!
Well it started as a road .... and ended at a junction LOL 😂🙄
My granddad was one of this people you mentioned at the start, retired at 53 but started with dementia around 60 😢 the year after he died I sold my houses and tried to take life simpler.. He always wanted to travel, hopefully I'm living his dream through mine 😊
Happy travels and may your life be dreamy 🌺😉🙌
Awesome video as always Tread the Globe. I new to y'all's channel but I couldn't help but noticed that y'all have one of Eva zu Beck's stickers on your van where did y'all cross paths?
Welcome aboard! Eva is a friend as well as an incredible human, and we have crossed paths in Turkiye, Canada and Mexico ... And of course we are proud Auntie and Uncle to VILK 🐺 - kind regards Marianne
Happy Sunday
Love the caption
Hi guys! Just to correct info you may have picked up/mixed up from me..."Yosakoi" itself doesn't mean "pulling in the fishing nets". The song Soran Bushi that is often used by Yosakoi Festival teams IS a traditional sea song of north Japan, supposedly used by fishermen as they pulled in nets etc. The teams now often gesture net pulling and shout out "Soran! Soran!". "Yosakoi" is the name of the dance, and the festivals that started in Kochi, south Japan...and has now spread all over. The Hokkaido event is called Yosakoi Soran Festival and teams often use the Soran music. Here Endeth the Kulture Lesson :-)
Thanks Amanda 🌺
You guys are inspiring and proof dreams can come true and to live outside the box.
Great vlog x
Well done Marianne and Chris! You’ve captured Japan, and the lovely people that I recall from living there (my father was stationed in Sasebo Japan) just over 60 years ago. Thank you! Safe travels.
You know, you have opened my eyes to who without a doubt are the most courteous and helpful people in the world. They just cannot do enough for a stranger, I will make it my goal to go see for myself those wonderful people.
If only the people in my country are half what the Japanese are. The Uk has a long, long way to go, gawd elp us.
We have found most people all around the world are nice !! We realise that what we ALL do has an impact on other and that is something some people have forgotten - to smile, to say hello and to offer a helping hand ... we can all do that and it makes the world a better place for everyone 😉🌺🙌
I love your videos so much!!
What an adventure!
Thanks so much!
Lol looked like a bike lane. Glad you got there in the end x
Those musical chimes are great - we heard them in Fujikawaguchiko at maybe three times a day - they definitely sounded like a town-wide version of the good old school bell - lunchtime, hometime, that sort of thing!
That wiper thing happened with my old Cavalier - it was a worn ball joint on the end of the arm. If it happens again, you could adjust the passenger side one so it starts higher and sweeps further across - that trick got us back from within a scream's distance of Chessington World of Adventures to Leeds in torrential rain, one wiper swishing away like a BTCC competitor with a single wiper 'parked' at about 45 degrees up!
The drain covers are a feature of many towns too - often painted up, and you might find 'cover spotting sheets' in places - gotta catch them all!
The last road look like path bike for me. jejeje
Hello Ambassadors
Very interesting culture. Very nice people.very nice video. The view reminds me of Northern Turkiye BLACK SEA region. While you were driving in the middle of the farmland remind me the roads on top of the Black Sea region' s viggly roads. Thank you. Be safe.
Love from Florida❤❤🇹🇷🇹🇷
Truly enjoying your adventures
Thank you for sharing
Wishing you were coming to Australia
Take care and enjoy
One day!
Mary Ann... Your silvers peaking through look lovely. I let my silvers grow out when I was 51. I'm now 61 and never regretted my decision. My hair is softer, shiney and full of body. I love not ever having to stress over finding hair color and putting chemicals in my head. I get tons of compliments. Trust me, with your natural curl, you will be able to rock that natural silver look. Give it a go. ☺️
Thanks for sharing!! Maybe one day !!
Good morning yall ❤
For lowest cost sushi try KURA sushi restaurant. You can also order HALF size rice with each portion ! The order tablet has English menu.
Haha- I have NEVER wondered if you were mechanics! Love the new animation, have always wondered how you were going to route your way back home.
Cool, thanks!
Beautiful choice guys , enjoy every bit
You guys are totally amazing . Thanks for sharing . What an adventure ! Totally agree with another posting if your travels ever stop carry on with TH-cam . I was fit and healthy then one day had an accident now I have hydrocephalus . Now my walking is crap!
Thanks James - yes we will keep adventuring until we can no longer ... or one of us gets sick .. but for now the adventure continues !!
Such wise words said at the beginning of your blog , you just never know . Just keep doing what your doing Marianne and Chris and treasure every moment x x ♥️
Thank you! Alison 💕🌺🙏🌷
I'm nicking that quote Chris.
Good !! I want people to nick it and share it ... life is for living !! Thanks 😉
At 10:41, that's a local story in a nutshell. Murakami sounds just the place for salmon to hang out 🐟
That vinegary sauce is good on dumplings but Fish n Chips? hmmmmmm. That church was probably a wedding chapel that is attached to the hotel as a destination purpose
Yes its true the Sound at 6 pm is the sign for kids to go home
When you travel across to Busan in SK on the ferry from Fukuoka (Foo-cow-ka) get another ferry (when you can) across to Jeju, the paradise island of SK. There is so much to see and do there, drive around the Island stopping at the various attractions , you will not be disappointed, I travel there twice a year to visit my son who has lived there for 14 years. (he could translate maybe?)
We have heard it is one of the jewels of Korea ... we have some work to do on our van and planning so we won't make it this time - but thanks for the tip 👍
Route options: another channel I watch, Grizzly & Bear Overland, had a huge jump in Subscribers when they went from Japan to Taiwan!
Yep we watch them too - but Taiwan is not on the route plan 😉
i really enjoyed the video, the destinations you went to were amazing. i must say Marianne is an amazing driver and good job the traffic wasn't coming the other way. just a quick question the sticker on your front windscreen is that for the toll roads in Turkey. keep safe 😄
Thank you! 😃 and yes - we have kept our HGS sticker !! 🌷😉
Haha , great that tiny road ! Go Marianne 💪😄
Thank you! 😃
日本は地震や台風も多いので電線は地中に埋めない方がどこが切れたり壊れたりしたか分かるから。
景観重視したいのもわかりますがこれも日本ならではの景観ですよね。
If you do a stop at Niigata there is parking at the JR station and the station has a sake vending shop!
Yup my brother retired but diagnosed with Parkinson's. He didn't have the ability to do anything.
Another fantastic vlog, i sort of hoped you would have bought a can of salmon to see how it compared to John West😶 and was the parked car an old jaguar?
I thought it might be a jag too - but no it is a copy that looks similar 👍
Epic episode, beautiful, amazing and awesome ❤❤❤❤
A Japanese Cornwall seems a fitting description! I'm struck over and over this series how compact & efficient everything seems to be! And how nature is interwoven throughout. So beautiful.
I think Google did you rotten at the end there! 😬😱 Good thing you had a professional driver at the helm. 😉❤️❤️😎👍 xx
Awwh this is why we love you two - you get us and our madness !! xx
When I first came to Japan 57 years ago, those green decorations were cut out of bamboo leaves! But they soon changed to plastic. Also, it acts as a barrier between the oily chicken and the rice…
I live in Niigata , will you be staying in Niigata or you just passing through ? Looking forward to seeing your video about Niigata ❤
Thanks - Yes we passed through, but visited friends for some real local food 😉 before we left
I have a friend who traveled from England to Japan in the Early 70s in a Landrover
That sounds like a marvellous adventure !!
Btw the "seaweed ball" is actually a Sugidama literally translate as "cedar ball" It’s a sign for customers that freshly pressed sake from the new brewing season is available.
You can also see it outside of shops. Because i saw that ball i thought this "bathtub" has something to do with sake 🍶
Beautiful place I am happy to see
Having a great trip! BTW, some research has been done into Kukai and the self-mummification process. The mystery was how the body didn't rot after death. Turns out the water he drank in the stream was very high in arsenic and theorize that was effectively killing all remaining bacteria prior to his death. Up near Lake Biwako there are still monks practicing the process today but have tried to remain as secretive about the process as possible. Pine needles the main diet. And the poison water. Japanese rice is always very high in arsenic from the soil it is grown in. I try to soak it several hours to remove as much as possible and avoid premature mummification on my part. A lot to be said for white bread. Cheers.
You can use Google Lens to translate screen instructions, it said "The application number (reservation number) and name could not be confirmed. Please check the application details again."
Like at 30:30, this happens all the time if you follow google map, because it tells you the shortest route possible and it happens to be the narrowest road in case of Japan. Try to stay on main streets with signs showing directions to different cities. Interstate routes have a number and you can see it on Google Map,too. Don't turn into a narrow road as google map tells you, but stay on interstate or other bigger road and wait for a re-route on a bigger road. Also, street signs like >2.2m< in a red circle tells you the maximum width of vehicle it can go through. A sign for maximum height is like this:
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2.7m
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Another tip:
At 20:20, you probably went into a full-service gasoline stand. Full-service ones are usually smaller than self-service ones, pumps hanging from the ceiling at bigger full-service stations, and lastly and most importantly, higher rates!
I live in Korea, i was driving to Milyang, saw your car passing by!!!
Yes we just arrived here 🙏😀
Google maps loves to take you on adventures.. the amount of times i have found us in the middle of no where in Japan..
Green in summer for sure... but wait till winter, totally opposite
Hi guys things are getting better every day & more amazing wait till korea
Dears, i would like to suggest that turn the volume a little bit up in your videos. Regards
So lovely to see the polite and helpful people - and I’m not sure how the atmosphere is right now but the women are doing well in the FIFA World Cup looks like they’re through to next stage to play either Sweden or USA - come on girls 🙏🙏 and pray for Lionesses too 🙏🙏
It is hot !!
The sauce is called ponzu.
Fiat really missed a big chance to be part of the trip....not to late. I know you reached out to them without success...fiat. support this trip....come o
Do y'all take turns behind the wheel or Marian (hope I got it right) is the designated driver?
Hi - yep if I need to have a break Chris would take over but I am a great driver and leave all the filming, editing, business to Chris and we share all the other tasks (No pink or blue jobs just the jobs we love to do 😉👍) 🌷
Google maps aren't always your friend 😅
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Japonya'da çok deprem olduğu için elektrik Tellerine toprağın altından geçirmezler Bu yüzden karmaşık görünüyor ama zorunlu
Merhaba şimdilerde "dünyaperestiz" isimli çift bisikletle japonya yı geziyor umarım karşılaşırsınız,selamlar...
Told ya about china and Russia closed South Korea is good point to other area like Philippines and Indonesia then to New Zealand then to Australia ( my favorite place)
Hi James - the cost of shipping to all of these different islands is above our budget but we hope to get to Oceania one day 👍
Sorry to say but I haven’t watch you long enough yet. I know Chris is younger than you marianne but why do I never see Chris’s driving? I have tried to read up obout you both but I don’t know anything else. Marianne you are so brave doing all that driving. Good luck with the rest of your adventure.
Their usual response to this question is that Marianne loves to drive and Chris loves to film and edit etc, so they tend to each stick to those "jobs". But Chris does share the driving on the really long days.
Yes as the message below shares - Chris does drive on the long drives (like we did in the US and Canada) but I am happy to drive and love driving 😉🚐💕
福津のイオンで見かけました😊
ha ha Yes you did !! 😀