I think that's less the Euro being strong right now and more the Yen being 6 feet under. Those chocolates are super amazing btw, if you've never had them definitely try to find some.
I mean the euro is the 9th strongest currency in the world. Even if the yen is as weak as it was in 07 I don't think it's exactly right to just say the yen is weak.
@@graemevaughey7432 Not necessarily bad for Japan. It keeps the Japanese spending their money at home and their exports are cheaper (but still the same price at home) so they sell more. It's bad for Japanese outside of Japan though.
@@graemevaughey7432No, see, that's actually really good for Japan, for exactly the kind of reason you laid out. If an economy is injured and the currency loses value relative to others, then it encourages foreign trade, which in turn stimulates the economy. Part of the reason for the Eurozone Crisis was that countries in the EU with weaker economies like Greece didn't get a weaker currency out of the economic downturn, so they didn't get the following stimulus. And subsequently, other EU countries with stronger economies were hesitant to hand out funds to make up for the shortfall. (Other factors were at play, of course. But that's one head on that hydra.) And by the same token, China does manipulate its currency to keep the Yuan artificially low, to scoop up more trade than is rightly warranted. Not that anyone wants to sanction them for it, since cheap trade is cheap trade.
@@graemevaughey7432 what you pay less for the figurines you tend to pay more for shipping though. though for europe thats still a plus if you are under 150€, since VAT only applies to the item/s at that point, not to the shipping price.
It's a subtle and teasing humor. To an outsider it can easily look callous and rude/insulting, but the punchline is typically "it's good that things aren't as bad as I just made them out to be!"
Reminded me of when I went to Poland and was impressed by their consistently pristine public toilets and then when I went home to Ireland going to toilet at the airport straight off the plane I was hit with the good ol' stank of home
@@Steven-hq3go The immigrants the UK brings in for cheap labor are mostly Eastern Europeans like Poles though. So, unless you're suggesting something stupid like the mere existence of an immigrant makes locals want to live in a pigsty... Also, India and China are pretty homogeneous as well. Why aren't they pristine?
@@firstnamelastname8439homogeneous cultures aren't the only thing needed to make a pristine high-functioning society, but it's one of the requirements.
@@firstnamelastname8439take a look at the current state of the us before the mass immigration, and after You will notice low income neighborhoods become more garbage and infested with filth than before
JP girls experiencing vacations outside of JP and thus seeing diff cultures and habits is probably up there for me when it comes to entertainment. Just hearing them gush over pretty normal stuff which we kaigai nikis also do when it comes to JP stuff is just really charming.
@@JustinT2 Turns out its Ina's mom because she's currently staying at Ina's place (which also rules out the possibility that Ririka and Kiara meet in Austria)
Toilet cleanliness in EU is entirely down to when they were last cleaned. They are almost always regularly cleaned, however that doesn't stop the public from dirtying them up if they feel like it. They do feel like it, often, especially anywhere alcohol is served.
Yeah, these chocolats are part of my country's pride ! I feel honored that she and people in comments here likes them so much. 🥰 But how she describes Europe, she definitly isn't in my country, lmao.😅
@@Duplucky5Guylian is absolutely delicious, if you like nougat, you HAVE to try it, if you can get your hands on it. But its also pretty expensive here in germany, not gonna lie, still worth the price.
@@Phyrrax Yes, they are also expensive in Belgium so we usually buy them to offer during the holidays. And these are actually my favorite chocolates. 🥰
Well clean bathroom... by that I would I think she is not in Spain (although airport's ones are usually not that terrible (I am Spanish)) , Portugal, Italy, Greece or France xd. She could be in central or northern Europe, like Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland. People joking in shops indicate the opposite though, as someone pointed out lol.
Well, don't be that harsh. Here in Italy it really depends from the place, it's hit or miss. Sure there are some FILTHY public ones, but there's also the occasional place that cleans very frequently. I've sono seen very clean ones in France and Greece.
@@HDreamerI'm glad you guys have SANIFAIR/Serways/¿senfour? providing (mostly) clean toilets at gas stations, though. Driving through France is always harsh on toilet cleanliness.
I think most airport toilets are fine. Even here in Greece or Italy that I visited. I think she just got confused because the only clean public toilets are the airport toilets. Also she is definitely not in northern europe since they joke in the shops. Germans and Scandinavians are cold/humorless.
I mean I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere in Europe and 0:58 I mean I can buy these in my local supermarket they just aren't "Guylian" but an off-brand. But didn't know they were "specifically european" or anything. 1:10 exactly even over here. Anyway if we're to believe the random image she's in Tallinn the capital of Estonia. *somehow I sincerely doubt that* considering that's usually not what people mean when they say "Europe" but who knows XD.
Yep, though currency exchange rates aren't tied to cost of living for goods produced within Japan. Losing buying power is a much bigger problem on imports, which is why some countries do everything they can to keep their currencies up (British Pound, Euro, US Dollar), while others don't care as much because they produce almost all their own goods and want to entice others to buy from them, instead (like China). I've noticed before that frequently, eating out at a restaurant in Japan is much cheaper than in my part of the US.
@@krashme997 No, her parents actually live in Europe. She traveled there to visit them. She said during the stream that her dad was at work at the moment, and that he upgraded the internet service just so that Ririka could stream from their house. Before, Ririka lived abroad with them, but now she's living in Japan.
I fell in love with sand as I had a trip in Canary Islands, which was a trip provided by basic level IT studies, so it was exchange program, and the job was to confirm that laptops were dead, but we got to change to electrician company, and got to climb on roofs. That was cool, as I got 360 view for the sand and the sea, but the sand stole my attention. It was decade ago, and I wonder if I will travel anywhere anymore. Going to see if I get anything as I picked up basic level hortonomy, one year to go. First I thought that I go to those islands to grow some watermelons, but who knows. I keep wide perspective. Brits? Can't think of any other europeans joking.
Judging by the picture of the Gyulian chocolates if it's hers that is, she's not in France at least. The packaging is full in french here, also there's never oz measurement next to grams either, on anything. Belgium (not south) might be a good guess after all. Or maybe Netherlands ?? Idk
In Austria each supermarket chain has their own brand of chocolate seashells, and most of them are actually better than the Original, at least to my taste. The imitations are usually made from Belgian chocolate too, so they are still 10€/kg, but that's a lot cheaper than the Guylian original which is 19.99€/kg even when it's on sale and 29.90€/kg for the regular price. Frankly I am comparing everything based on the regular cooking chocolate which is around 4-5€/kg (but honestly it's pretty good, only 40-50% cocoa, it isn't too bitter and can be eaten like normal chocolate).
@@cattysplat I have been to neighbouring countries as well and prices are pretty similar in Northern Italy and Slovenia. But I did hear that this area is generally blessed with cheap sweet things, lots of bread varieties, cheap alcohol and relatively cheap meat.
She's so adorable, I didn't know Ririka was in Europe honestly, so her mother is European? By the way I'm glad there is another holomem with European connections, Kiara is always the only one in Europe 😊
no her parents are japanese, they just live in europe for over 10+ years already. people in 5ch actually thinks that she's a daughter of a japanese ambassador to certain eu country
@@reitink7194 people there come up with the craziest theories for mundane things lmao. They could have a normal job in Europe but they spin it as a japanese ambassador. Just like Lamy's dad having a normal business but they make it seem like he owns the Yakuza. It's pretty funny.
@@Ricekrispies-m7d I remember hearing at least early on in my time down the rabbit hole that there was a (joke?) theory that Ayame was actually the daugther of some yakuza boss because of how sheltered she seemed and I'm pretty sure many of her stories of her parents painting them as somewhat stricter. That's also part of how the nickname "Ojou" for her came to be, as in "young lady", and the name of her fanbase, the "Nakirigumi" also resembles naming of yakuza groups iirc. People always have and always will make crazy theories like that. And then there's Suisei who, iirc, just flat out told on stream that her mom used to work as a translator in an embassy, which is why she has such high standards for english pronunciation. Like, she's a lot closer to what those theories are claiming Ririka to be.
Ririka knows enough English to go just about anywhere. Her English sounds both sassy, gyaru and cute but still coherent. And she learned phrases such as "little shit"
Given that she just landed at an international airport, bought those chocolates, has those buildings as background, and encountered a native who seems to be studying Japanese; My bet is that she landed in Belgium.
Honestly, when it comes to Belgian chocolate, Guylian is the mass-produced crap (relatively speaking). It's the big brand name that's exported just about everywhere in huge quantities for a modest price.
@@DarkFenix2k5 it is the bar for Belgium chocolate, lindt would be even better and I'm sure if you bought Belgium chocolate in Belgium you would be able to find some who's melting point is that of the mouth temperature due to not having to worry about transport. I still stand by my statement that it is top quality, better than Cadbury & hersy
Us germans are sacastic af. People always say we have no humor but I think it's just very different and doesn't appeal/isn't understandable for foreigners.
Those Guylian are the bane of my existence! I have sweet tooth and those things are sweet and delicious. But they are expensive and sickeningly sweet or I am slightly allergic to them… but they are so good I’ll wolf down the whole box in one go.
Guylian chocolates are the absolute shit, but definitely chocolate you save for special occasions. I wouldn't have them all the time lol Glad she's having a great time ❤
I think it’s a fair assumption that European toilets are more dirty than Japanese. I went to Italy service station once and it was literally just a hole in the ground. However, at an airport they’re trying to impress tourists so it would be clean. Also those chocos are the bomb
A lot of Japanese toilets are just holes in the ground also, I have no idea where this "dirty" toilets come from, everywhere I go in my country it's clean.
She might be in Italy for the credit card thing, a lot of small shop owners don't want to accept it for small purchases. But idk, i know this cause I live here, does it happen anywhere else in Europe?
Italy is obsessed with dodging taxes. My sister who worked as a full time school teacher got paid in cash, no income tax. No wonder the roads were full of potholes.
Come to the Nordic countries and noöne'll give you flack over paying by credit. On the continent, I've been repeatedly told, flashing the card gives off "oh they're so poor" vibes.
Its not my Hometown, but how this Buildings look she might have visited my Country. My Hometown has very similar Buildings, especially the green one. And I know the brand of Sweets. I dont actually like them that much, but they look realy cool.
Spaniard protip: The old currency (Peseta) is more or less same value as the Yen. So if you know the value of the Euro by pesetas, more or less you'll know yen prices. (Is not always 100% accurate, but close aproximate)
The fact that she's bought Belgian chocolates doesn't mean she's in Belgium. I can buy pretty much the same ones here in Japan at the local grocery shop^^
I can get Belgian chocolates here in Greece, that's not an indication of where she is. Heck, I can get Pocky (known as Mikado here) here, doesn't mean I'm near Japan.
@@starjun8144 As a Brit this is unfortunately too true. Go on holiday in Europe and the public toilets are always clean and tidy. Go here and they're either barely passable, aka clean enough I guess but definitely far from spotless. Or they're such heaping piles of unclean shite that it genuinely would feel more sanitary to go and shit in the woods instead.
@@ZeptoZenoSwitzerland actually has four official languages. There's the German, but Italian and French share equal status and are potentially more widely spoken depending on region, and then there's also fourth called Romansh which is more limited.
1. The chocolates are amazing. 2. The euro is not strong, the Yen is just in a lot worse of a state. 3. And toilets in the EU don't tend to be clean. Seriously, be warned, public toilets in the EU are a health hazard. Maybe it's different for the womens toilet, but the toilets for males are battlezone full of mines.
@@ruud9761 I've been cleaning a restaurant's bathroom for 3 years & I think I do a pretty good job... The trouble is, it's a beach bar & the state that I see it in often brings me shock. It's not so much the establishment that leaves it a mess, it's the people that used them that makes it look like a bombsite.
Western Europe : clean bathrooms ? She must be in Eastern Europe, then. Eastern Europe : clean bathrooms ? She must be in Western Europe, then. Ririka : where the fuck am I ?
1 Euro is actually, as of typing this, worth 163 Yen. The Euro is also more than the Dollar right now, not by much but still. And Pounds are still higher than Euro despite what the previous Prime Minister did to it (for those that don't know, Liz Truss screwed over her country so hard she was only Prime Minister for just 50 days.)
@@Joaquin546 I mean there's a few cents difference right now but I remember when there was a considerable amount where Euro was more or at least it added up to be.
It used to be 20-30 cent differents for dollar and euro. A couple years back it went to equal price and now it's getting back up but it still really close.
@@Joaquin546 For most of the existence of the Euro it has been around 1.1-1.15 USD, 2022 where it was 1:1 was the outlier, currently it's back to 1.08.
Dude, change the thing on the miniature, this blue rag with piss yellow star means nothing. Delete it and change by an actual map of Geographical Europe.
The background picture used is of Estonia, the chocolate she found is usually sold either in France or Germany. Judging from the other comments, she most likely is staying in Germany
We make fun of americans for not knowing anything that's outside america, but its astonishing how little asians know about anything outside asia. ( by asians i mean east asians only).
The same can be said for Europeans who never venture out into Asian countries. Western Europe ofc are more savvy and well travelled compared to their Eastern counterparts.. or at least this was the general outlook...
The difference though is Asians not knowing about something foreign is ignorance while Americans it's almost always displayed with arrogance too. It's "oooh what is that" vs "eew what is that".
Our restrooms aren't dirty, they're just not as high tech as JP restrooms. Although there are exceptions. I would try to avoid going to train station restrooms.
Why do people always want JPs to contact their EN counterparts when they travel to the west? Can't they enjoy their trips alone with family and friends?
@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monkeit would be a bit more understandable if they’re going alone, as having someone they somewhat know who is familiar with the area can be helpful, but since she’s visiting her parents who have been there for a few years, she’s got that covered already.
@@RejectHumanityReturn2MonkeI think it's more like a "oh, since she's there already, maybe she can make time after for a one day trip to Austria to visit Kiara", since getting there wouldn't take that long, and it's not like borders would get in the way much. And in Kiaras case especially, she's the only European member of Hololive, so she's a bit more isolated, unless they go with the specific intent to visit her, other members are almost never in the area, she usually only sees them when she visits Japan or if she specifically goes to meet the other EN-members in America.
@@Justic_ depending on where she is, it still would take several days and a good chunk of money out of her budget, just to visit someone she honestly didnt have that much contact with yet.
I'm always up for more Ririka English. It's a mix of sass and cute that's hard to explain.
this guy gets it
Her English is basically Gyaru-English
It's Choco Sensei but lite version. And also her English is better than choco sen
@@DBT1007 And she streams at more consistent hours.
@@netuser3 My favourite things about Ririka are:
- Breasts
- Armless-shirt
I think that's less the Euro being strong right now and more the Yen being 6 feet under.
Those chocolates are super amazing btw, if you've never had them definitely try to find some.
Yeah, these chocolates are my favourite ones to gift people, also bajadera... thought that's not really chocolate...
yea thats what i thought too after crosschecking on google jpy to usd and eur to usd
Those chocolates look good but they are below mid
I mean the euro is the 9th strongest currency in the world. Even if the yen is as weak as it was in 07 I don't think it's exactly right to just say the yen is weak.
@@blunygeorge I've eaten them and sadly, I agree.
Euro isn't so expensive as much as Yen is in the ground at the moment. But happy she's enjoying her time
Bad for Japan. Good for my anime figure imports (I hope the Yen doesn't go up too much before pre-orders are due).
@@graemevaughey7432 Not necessarily bad for Japan. It keeps the Japanese spending their money at home and their exports are cheaper (but still the same price at home) so they sell more. It's bad for Japanese outside of Japan though.
@@graemevaughey7432No, see, that's actually really good for Japan, for exactly the kind of reason you laid out. If an economy is injured and the currency loses value relative to others, then it encourages foreign trade, which in turn stimulates the economy.
Part of the reason for the Eurozone Crisis was that countries in the EU with weaker economies like Greece didn't get a weaker currency out of the economic downturn, so they didn't get the following stimulus. And subsequently, other EU countries with stronger economies were hesitant to hand out funds to make up for the shortfall. (Other factors were at play, of course. But that's one head on that hydra.)
And by the same token, China does manipulate its currency to keep the Yuan artificially low, to scoop up more trade than is rightly warranted. Not that anyone wants to sanction them for it, since cheap trade is cheap trade.
It's one of the most expensive currencies. Along with the Swiss Franc and the pound.
@@graemevaughey7432 what you pay less for the figurines you tend to pay more for shipping though.
though for europe thats still a plus if you are under 150€, since VAT only applies to the item/s at that point, not to the shipping price.
"People joke around a lot here."
Well, she's not in Germany.
In relation to Japan she might just be.
@@nnnik3595German humor is no laughing matter
It's a subtle and teasing humor. To an outsider it can easily look callous and rude/insulting, but the punchline is typically "it's good that things aren't as bad as I just made them out to be!"
honestly, with the kind of bad joke she mentioned, she might just be.
Just stop with the stupid stereotypes already.
Reminded me of when I went to Poland and was impressed by their consistently pristine public toilets and then when I went home to Ireland going to toilet at the airport straight off the plane I was hit with the good ol' stank of home
just as bad in the uk as well
France aswell 😔
@@Steven-hq3go The immigrants the UK brings in for cheap labor are mostly Eastern Europeans like Poles though.
So, unless you're suggesting something stupid like the mere existence of an immigrant makes locals want to live in a pigsty...
Also, India and China are pretty homogeneous as well. Why aren't they pristine?
@@firstnamelastname8439homogeneous cultures aren't the only thing needed to make a pristine high-functioning society, but it's one of the requirements.
@@firstnamelastname8439take a look at the current state of the us before the mass immigration, and after
You will notice low income neighborhoods become more garbage and infested with filth than before
JP girls experiencing vacations outside of JP and thus seeing diff cultures and habits is probably up there for me when it comes to entertainment. Just hearing them gush over pretty normal stuff which we kaigai nikis also do when it comes to JP stuff is just really charming.
Anytime humans discover the lifestyles, culture and atmosphere of other humans can never be not a treat in terms of inspiring and connection
Humans connecting with other humans and their different cultures is a great thing to behold.
@@TheItuberno go zones are a proof of that 😌
what a humble CEO flying overseas on economy
I love how the JP nikis said to say something in english too
Anime gyaru confirmed
Rirka has perfect Marin kitagawa energy and I am HERE for it. She's always so energetic and happy that it just makes me feel so warm inside
Ririka clips give me life 🙏
Ririka is a precious soul
Traveling with mom. Nice.
She's not traveling with, she's visiting her
@@ThaSandwitchher mom lives in europe? That's interesting.
So is she like part european but lives in Japan?
Sorry, idk her that well.
ヨーロッパニキ達がリリカがどこの国に旅行しているのか考察してるのを見て学びを得ています
Ririka's english is always so adorable! Glad she enjoyed Europe and European people also enjoyed teasing her xD
Europe is not a country and it does not exist an European People.
I bet Kiwawa's gonna suggest to Ririka the idea of going to Austria
to visit ze führer hometown?
Kiara mentioned on twitter just recently that she is going to be meeting someones irl mom soon...
@@Tomoki_Robo
CRINGE
@@fischkopp1234Yeah, same.
Kiara is the worst.
@@JustinT2 Turns out its Ina's mom because she's currently staying at Ina's place (which also rules out the possibility that Ririka and Kiara meet in Austria)
I'm glad she's enjoying her travels and time with her family! 😌 Cute stories about the customs people being so friendly too
Toilet cleanliness in EU is entirely down to when they were last cleaned. They are almost always regularly cleaned, however that doesn't stop the public from dirtying them up if they feel like it. They do feel like it, often, especially anywhere alcohol is served.
Riringlish is so cute 🫡🤩
Welcome Ririka to HoloEU. May you meet with Wawa too.
Ririka is the cutest, I hope she has lots of fun in Europe.
Nice to see people divided between the toilet meta and the chocolate meta to guess where she went
She going to spread the KPG !
well she really is rich and global
Yeah, these chocolats are part of my country's pride ! I feel honored that she and people in comments here likes them so much. 🥰 But how she describes Europe, she definitly isn't in my country, lmao.😅
And yeah for people doubting about my nationality : I'm Belgian.😁
@@Duplucky5Guylian is absolutely delicious, if you like nougat, you HAVE to try it, if you can get your hands on it. But its also pretty expensive here in germany, not gonna lie, still worth the price.
@@Phyrrax Yes, they are also expensive in Belgium so we usually buy them to offer during the holidays. And these are actually my favorite chocolates. 🥰
I think it's expensive everywhere, really good though
Well clean bathroom... by that I would I think she is not in Spain (although airport's ones are usually not that terrible (I am Spanish)) , Portugal, Italy, Greece or France xd. She could be in central or northern Europe, like Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland. People joking in shops indicate the opposite though, as someone pointed out lol.
Well, don't be that harsh. Here in Italy it really depends from the place, it's hit or miss.
Sure there are some FILTHY public ones, but there's also the occasional place that cleans very frequently.
I've sono seen very clean ones in France and Greece.
Not Germany, toilets here are garbage, especially at Airports.
@@HDreamerI'm glad you guys have SANIFAIR/Serways/¿senfour? providing (mostly) clean toilets at gas stations, though. Driving through France is always harsh on toilet cleanliness.
Not Norway because we don't use Euro 👍
I think most airport toilets are fine. Even here in Greece or Italy that I visited. I think she just got confused because the only clean public toilets are the airport toilets.
Also she is definitely not in northern europe since they joke in the shops. Germans and Scandinavians are cold/humorless.
I mean I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere in Europe and 0:58 I mean I can buy these in my local supermarket they just aren't "Guylian" but an off-brand. But didn't know they were "specifically european" or anything. 1:10 exactly even over here.
Anyway if we're to believe the random image she's in Tallinn the capital of Estonia. *somehow I sincerely doubt that* considering that's usually not what people mean when they say "Europe" but who knows XD.
Europe is not a country and it does not exist an European People.
Aldi ones are nicer, imo
@@williamcobbett4943 could be I haven't had the Aldi ones before.
W i love riri shes so adorable
Cringe tier
@@m.s.a8007You: "I hate happiness"
@@m.s.a8007🪢🪑
You love vtubers you think they are cute
When I went to Japan the € was like 105 Yen... lul
It's 1€ > 162 Yen right now.
@@deamon6681 That info makes me want to buy some for the future XD
@@Niper777 If you want to invest in strong and stable currency, invest in CHF. It's stronger than € and US$ since years now.
Yep, though currency exchange rates aren't tied to cost of living for goods produced within Japan. Losing buying power is a much bigger problem on imports, which is why some countries do everything they can to keep their currencies up (British Pound, Euro, US Dollar), while others don't care as much because they produce almost all their own goods and want to entice others to buy from them, instead (like China). I've noticed before that frequently, eating out at a restaurant in Japan is much cheaper than in my part of the US.
Her parents is living in Europe?!
Kiara would be happy that there is a JP member travels to Europe
Most likely travelling with her mum and rented an AirB&B
She mentioned in a community post that she was visiting her parents and hadn't seen them in several years, so I think they live in Europe.@@krashme997
@@krashme997 No, her parents actually live in Europe. She traveled there to visit them. She said during the stream that her dad was at work at the moment, and that he upgraded the internet service just so that Ririka could stream from their house.
Before, Ririka lived abroad with them, but now she's living in Japan.
@@bennydelon Oh okay, I had no idea. That's pretty cool to know
I fell in love with sand as I had a trip in Canary Islands, which was a trip provided by basic level IT studies, so it was exchange program, and the job was to confirm that laptops were dead, but we got to change to electrician company, and got to climb on roofs. That was cool, as I got 360 view for the sand and the sea, but the sand stole my attention.
It was decade ago, and I wonder if I will travel anywhere anymore.
Going to see if I get anything as I picked up basic level hortonomy, one year to go. First I thought that I go to those islands to grow some watermelons, but who knows. I keep wide perspective.
Brits? Can't think of any other europeans joking.
britian doesn't use the euro
Cute
Judging by the picture of the Gyulian chocolates if it's hers that is, she's not in France at least. The packaging is full in french here, also there's never oz measurement next to grams either, on anything. Belgium (not south) might be a good guess after all. Or maybe Netherlands ?? Idk
Duty Free shops carry intl. Packaging
140 Yen is currently 0.89€ or 0.97$us... so if they were around that price that's extremely cheap
If there was a HoloDraft like Chappelle did - EN would probably get Ririka but would lose Biboo to ID and Bae to JP
Oh Guylian ! Love these chocolates
In Austria each supermarket chain has their own brand of chocolate seashells, and most of them are actually better than the Original, at least to my taste.
The imitations are usually made from Belgian chocolate too, so they are still 10€/kg, but that's a lot cheaper than the Guylian original which is 19.99€/kg even when it's on sale and 29.90€/kg for the regular price.
Frankly I am comparing everything based on the regular cooking chocolate which is around 4-5€/kg (but honestly it's pretty good, only 40-50% cocoa, it isn't too bitter and can be eaten like normal chocolate).
Compared to the rest of Europe and especially the world, you are spoiled for quality chocolate at competitive prices.
@@cattysplat I have been to neighbouring countries as well and prices are pretty similar in Northern Italy and Slovenia.
But I did hear that this area is generally blessed with cheap sweet things, lots of bread varieties, cheap alcohol and relatively cheap meat.
MY what???
She's so adorable, I didn't know Ririka was in Europe honestly, so her mother is European?
By the way I'm glad there is another holomem with European connections, Kiara is always the only one in Europe 😊
no her parents are japanese, they just live in europe for over 10+ years already. people in 5ch actually thinks that she's a daughter of a japanese ambassador to certain eu country
@@reitink7194 hotdang if thats true then she's loaded as hell, literal rich gyaru
@@reitink7194But she flew in economic class? I mean its cool if they don't abuse their political status though.
@@reitink7194 people there come up with the craziest theories for mundane things lmao. They could have a normal job in Europe but they spin it as a japanese ambassador. Just like Lamy's dad having a normal business but they make it seem like he owns the Yakuza. It's pretty funny.
@@Ricekrispies-m7d I remember hearing at least early on in my time down the rabbit hole that there was a (joke?) theory that Ayame was actually the daugther of some yakuza boss because of how sheltered she seemed and I'm pretty sure many of her stories of her parents painting them as somewhat stricter. That's also part of how the nickname "Ojou" for her came to be, as in "young lady", and the name of her fanbase, the "Nakirigumi" also resembles naming of yakuza groups iirc. People always have and always will make crazy theories like that.
And then there's Suisei who, iirc, just flat out told on stream that her mom used to work as a translator in an embassy, which is why she has such high standards for english pronunciation. Like, she's a lot closer to what those theories are claiming Ririka to be.
Ririka knows enough English to go just about anywhere. Her English sounds both sassy, gyaru and cute but still coherent. And she learned phrases such as "little shit"
All thanks to a certain Tenchou
I love those chocolates!
Her parents lives in Europe? :O She and Kiara can form HoloEU!
Calli too, she's part Polish
Yoo those chocolates are great
Happy to see Japanese enjoying Europe.
Given that she just landed at an international airport, bought those chocolates, has those buildings as background, and encountered a native who seems to be studying Japanese;
My bet is that she landed in Belgium.
"Call your mom over"
Ah, once more we see that no matter the culture we aren't really so different in the end.
Top quality Belgium chocolate
Honestly, when it comes to Belgian chocolate, Guylian is the mass-produced crap (relatively speaking). It's the big brand name that's exported just about everywhere in huge quantities for a modest price.
@@DarkFenix2k5 it is the bar for Belgium chocolate, lindt would be even better and I'm sure if you bought Belgium chocolate in Belgium you would be able to find some who's melting point is that of the mouth temperature due to not having to worry about transport.
I still stand by my statement that it is top quality, better than Cadbury & hersy
it's pretty good, but top quality belgium chocolate ? nah.
@@sosomadman Lindt is swiss tho... just like Milka?
@@Justic_ it gets weird, like how champagne can only come from champagne in France...
knowing the background location ;_;
Can't speak for places like Germany and France for example, but I feel like joking or sarcastic tones are quite common in the UK.
She's probably not in the UK when she's talking about euros.
Edit: I'm gonna guess Ireland.
Sarcasm is Germany in a nutshell
Us germans are sacastic af. People always say we have no humor but I think it's just very different and doesn't appeal/isn't understandable for foreigners.
@@mortis8188 I got a German friend I've known a while. I think it's just very dry.
Toilets have gotten a lot better recently. Didn't used to be like that.
I will fly to Japan next month and am very happy that the Euro is strong 😂
First time watching, wholesome :D
I want to go back again to Norway if I have given again lots of free time. I really love the weather there. It's cold and nice. 🙂
nice. thanks ririka. very real shachou!
1€ = 163 yen right now.
Those Guylian are the bane of my existence! I have sweet tooth and those things are sweet and delicious. But they are expensive and sickeningly sweet or I am slightly allergic to them… but they are so good I’ll wolf down the whole box in one go.
Oh no, she thinks Guylian chocolate is good 😢
She needs a guide
Guylian chocolates are the absolute shit, but definitely chocolate you save for special occasions. I wouldn't have them all the time lol
Glad she's having a great time ❤
That's what you get, when Belgians try to be better chocolatiers than the Swiss. Sh*t outcome....
"Clean toilet"
She is certainly not in London.
Imagine if she goes to Birmingham and finds Danny G
Depends on the airport lol
Hmm... Lego? Denmark? 👀
I think it’s a fair assumption that European toilets are more dirty than Japanese.
I went to Italy service station once and it was literally just a hole in the ground.
However, at an airport they’re trying to impress tourists so it would be clean.
Also those chocos are the bomb
A lot of Japanese toilets are just holes in the ground also, I have no idea where this "dirty" toilets come from, everywhere I go in my country it's clean.
let me guess.... Denmark?
There is a piece of Evidence, that supports my assumption XD
She might be in Italy for the credit card thing, a lot of small shop owners don't want to accept it for small purchases. But idk, i know this cause I live here, does it happen anywhere else in Europe?
Nah she said they were joking with her, they probably accepted credit.
Italy is obsessed with dodging taxes. My sister who worked as a full time school teacher got paid in cash, no income tax. No wonder the roads were full of potholes.
The toilet was nice because it was a girl toilet :D I went to the men''s toilets in airports it's a savage land out there :D
Come to the Nordic countries and noöne'll give you flack over paying by credit.
On the continent, I've been repeatedly told, flashing the card gives off "oh they're so poor" vibes.
eco nomy
>Credit?
>No!
Ah so she's in Germany. 🤣
Huh? I don’t get how this should make a sense
@@Fyuri Germany is famous for not accepting card everywhere.
@@CrashSeven bull shit, first time heard of it. Only taht swedes and danish folks reject cash. Never heard opositive, making no sense
@@Fyuricredit cards not depit and Germany is still very cash on hand kinda culture, although the youth use cards more
In Belgium*
Kinda depends on where you go
Restrooms in schools and fast food chains are not to recommend here in Germany, lol
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Since they joke around, it’s not Germany. Since toilets were clean, it’s not Italy. Going from the chocolate, might be Belgium
Probably not I live in Belgium and the toilets are pretty clean here
140 yen? try like 160 lmao
Thats without conversion fees
Time to go work at an airport fam
where in europe have you been though? 🤔
did she say "to visit her parents"?
Its not my Hometown, but how this Buildings look she might have visited my Country. My Hometown has very similar Buildings, especially the green one.
And I know the brand of Sweets. I dont actually like them that much, but they look realy cool.
What's up with all the Vtubers traveling to Europe?
Spaniard protip: The old currency (Peseta) is more or less same value as the Yen. So if you know the value of the Euro by pesetas, more or less you'll know yen prices. (Is not always 100% accurate, but close aproximate)
Europe that massive homogeneous country 🙄
At one point, people will have to make the difference between European and USA x)
WOW SHES IN BELGIUM
The fact that she's bought Belgian chocolates doesn't mean she's in Belgium. I can buy pretty much the same ones here in Japan at the local grocery shop^^
She literally explained in this very clip that "you can get this pretty much anywhere in Europe" indicating that she's not necessarily in Belgium
I can get Belgian chocolates here in Greece, that's not an indication of where she is.
Heck, I can get Pocky (known as Mikado here) here, doesn't mean I'm near Japan.
@@krashme997tbh, her using the Euro is a bigger "hint" regarding where she currently is than the chocolate she bought, probably...
@@krashme997It's a good guess for Belgium. The clean toilets are a sign aswell. We pay our cleaners a decent wage, and they do a decent job.
So, does that mean Ririka's parents live in England?
No, because she said the toilets were clean.
@@starjun8144 As a Brit this is unfortunately too true. Go on holiday in Europe and the public toilets are always clean and tidy. Go here and they're either barely passable, aka clean enough I guess but definitely far from spotless. Or they're such heaping piles of unclean shite that it genuinely would feel more sanitary to go and shit in the woods instead.
I could tell you what the problem is, but then i'd be banned@@__-fm5qv
Sounds like Italy or Germany, or that country inbetween.
There are 3 countries in between, Switzerland, Austria and the super tiny country of Liechtenstein (all German-speaking countries)
@@ZeptoZenoSwitzerland actually has four official languages. There's the German, but Italian and French share equal status and are potentially more widely spoken depending on region, and then there's also fourth called Romansh which is more limited.
@ichijouririka If you like those that much, I'll happily trade them for some Chocolate Swirl buns from Japan.
Missä maassa tai maissa hän oli käymässä? Kulttuuri on erilaista eri valtioissa, vaikka ne olisivatkin kaikki EU-maita.
1. The chocolates are amazing.
2. The euro is not strong, the Yen is just in a lot worse of a state.
3. And toilets in the EU don't tend to be clean. Seriously, be warned, public toilets in the EU are a health hazard. Maybe it's different for the womens toilet, but the toilets for males are battlezone full of mines.
Nah, all the dirt's in the states
Clean bathrooms? Guess she's not in Eastern Europe then...
Nah she just got lucky. Europe is just bad now, because of the migrants, the "cultural enrichers"
@@ruud9761 I mean if you wanna be realistic, bathrooms in Japan can be pretty filthy too, especially in train stations and such.
@@ruud9761 I've been cleaning a restaurant's bathroom for 3 years & I think I do a pretty good job...
The trouble is, it's a beach bar & the state that I see it in often brings me shock. It's not so much the establishment that leaves it a mess, it's the people that used them that makes it look like a bombsite.
Western Europe : clean bathrooms ? She must be in Eastern Europe, then.
Eastern Europe : clean bathrooms ? She must be in Western Europe, then.
Ririka : where the fuck am I ?
Nobody goes to eastern europe for vacation for their first time visiting EU
1 Euro is actually, as of typing this, worth 163 Yen. The Euro is also more than the Dollar right now, not by much but still. And Pounds are still higher than Euro despite what the previous Prime Minister did to it (for those that don't know, Liz Truss screwed over her country so hard she was only Prime Minister for just 50 days.)
The last few years the dollar and euro have been neck and neck.
@@Joaquin546 I mean there's a few cents difference right now but I remember when there was a considerable amount where Euro was more or at least it added up to be.
It used to be 20-30 cent differents for dollar and euro. A couple years back it went to equal price and now it's getting back up but it still really close.
@@Joaquin546 For most of the existence of the Euro it has been around 1.1-1.15 USD, 2022 where it was 1:1 was the outlier, currently it's back to 1.08.
I think BoJo did a number on them before that, but Lizzie was pouring gasoline on everything, to be sure.
Definitely not American airports
Dude, change the thing on the miniature, this blue rag with piss yellow star means nothing. Delete it and change by an actual map of Geographical Europe.
In Europe ? Where exactly ?
The background picture used is of Estonia, the chocolate she found is usually sold either in France or Germany. Judging from the other comments, she most likely is staying in Germany
Guylian aren't anything special as far as chocolate goes.
Couldn't be Germany lol
Yall european dont know how strong your money is.
Im here in Canada paying a fckton when american and Euro can still pay 60 to 70 dollats for a game
Where she is in europe?
We make fun of americans for not knowing anything that's outside america, but its astonishing how little asians know about anything outside asia. ( by asians i mean east asians only).
The same can be said for Europeans who never venture out into Asian countries.
Western Europe ofc are more savvy and well travelled compared to their Eastern counterparts.. or at least this was the general outlook...
Nothing wrong with that. Agents of globalism are trying their damnedest though.
The difference though is Asians not knowing about something foreign is ignorance while Americans it's almost always displayed with arrogance too.
It's "oooh what is that" vs "eew what is that".
Americans get the brunt of the ridicule because we can understand them.
Nothing wrong with that. Globalists are trying their best though
Our restrooms aren't dirty, they're just not as high tech as JP restrooms. Although there are exceptions. I would try to avoid going to train station restrooms.
Did she told Kiara of her European vacation?
Why do people always want JPs to contact their EN counterparts when they travel to the west? Can't they enjoy their trips alone with family and friends?
@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monkeit would be a bit more understandable if they’re going alone, as having someone they somewhat know who is familiar with the area can be helpful, but since she’s visiting her parents who have been there for a few years, she’s got that covered already.
@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monkein this case it's more about Kiara being the only one living in Europe and wanting people to visit her
@@RejectHumanityReturn2MonkeI think it's more like a "oh, since she's there already, maybe she can make time after for a one day trip to Austria to visit Kiara", since getting there wouldn't take that long, and it's not like borders would get in the way much.
And in Kiaras case especially, she's the only European member of Hololive, so she's a bit more isolated, unless they go with the specific intent to visit her, other members are almost never in the area, she usually only sees them when she visits Japan or if she specifically goes to meet the other EN-members in America.
@@Justic_ depending on where she is, it still would take several days and a good chunk of money out of her budget, just to visit someone she honestly didnt have that much contact with yet.