Kurashiki: Home to the BEST BREAD and Japan's Denim! 

その通りです。倉敷ってすごい魅力的ですよね 😊😊

岡山に行くと必ず　白十字でケーキを買います。

桃じゃないなんて！？😂😂

@@TalesFromOurPocket Dried persimmon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_persimmon

Omg, they were persimmons?! 😂😂😂 You HAVE to go to that bakery. Seriously the best bread we think we've ever eaten.

@@TalesFromOurPocket It is dried persimmons that is dried in autumn and eaten in winter. It's super delicious.

ありがとうございました！😊。

We want to travel to more lesser known cities next time!

Oh gosh, you have a really pretty home town! Thank you for watching our video. 😊😊

Thank you very much for your generous words. 😊😊

We'd argue it's one of the best bakeries in all of Japan! We're going to be dreaming about that bread for a really long time. 😍

Mugi is the general name for wheat, barley and rye.

By the way, the items hung outside the house to dry were not peaches but persimmons, Persimmons to be dried are called astringent persimmons, which are too astringent to eat as they are, and are said to become 1.5 times sweeter than sugar by drying.

What?! Those sound amazing! And thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying our videos! 😊😊

その歴史を教えてくれてありがとうございます! 😊😊

That is an amazing soccer team name!!

We will add Kyushu to our list of places to visit! We definitely enjoyed Japan. 😊 Thank you!

Thanks! 😊😊

Staying there would be wonderful! I hope you have a fantastic time in Japan. 😊😊

We think you'll like this one, Walt! 😊

@@TalesFromOurPocket you did it for me! 😢

It was very delicious!

Thanks! 😊

Cool, thanks!!

😂😂 How do you know Bill so well?? 😂😂😂 Gosh, that made me laugh. I need to try Rumune soda!! We head further south in the next video. 😉

ARIGATOU for your reply. I found a misspelling in a key word. “RAMUNE (corked with a marble, unique bottle shape) soda” Have a nice end of the year!!

大原は本当にすごいコレクションですね！😊😊。

😂😂 They looked like peaches to us! So funny. 😁😁

They are hung to make dried persimmons (hoshigaki). Definitely try them regardless of whether you like persimmons, they taste completely different.

Yes! More foreign tourists should visit towns like this!

I think Kyoto is nice but not wow and it’s overrated. I much prefer Kanazawa. I’m going to Osaka and Hiroshima next year and definitely will visit Kurashiki!! You mentioned several places here, which other city do you think I should visit if I have time for just one more?

I recommend two places that Japanese people often go to, but foreigners rarely go to. The first is Shikoku. It's an island on the opposite side of the Seto Inland Sea, so it's relatively easy to get to. There are four prefectures in Shikoku, each with its own characteristics. Typical places include Matsuyama Castle and Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture. Kagawa Prefecture, also known as Udon Prefecture, has thousands of udon restaurants. Tokushima prefecture. Awa Odori is known all over the world, and whether you want to see it or dance it, please give it a try. The most well-known temple in Shikoku is the 88 temples that are distributed across the four prefectures of Shikoku, where you will visit one temple at a time. Many people spend several years visiting the shrine. The Japanese word for visiting 88 places is "Ohenro." I went to 8 places. The second place we recommend is the San'in region, where the natural beauty of Japan's mythological times remains intact. Since the mythological era, the roads of the gods all over Japan have remained intact, and the shrines where the gods gathered still remain. This is Izumo Taisha Shrine. There is no Japanese person who does not know this. There are no Shinkansen or expressways running in the San'in region. There are no large buildings or factories. The only things that exist are the roads that God has taken and nature. It has wonderful natural beauty such as sand dunes, beaches that appear in myths, and Amanohashidate, where the gods crossed. But most foreigners don't know about it. Please come and explore.@@EVL-xj5vc

@@user-do1ch5dw3x thank you so much for taking the time to share this. I’m lucky that I’m able to travel to japan often. So I can explore the less common places. Discovered Kanazawa before the Hokuriku Shinkansen was built and was less crowded then. Always promote unusual places to friends :) I don’t drive and I’m glad there are still many places accessible by buses I can visit.

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We have so many more places we want to see on our next trip to Japan!

This one! Ōhara Museum of Art 大原美術館

ありがとうございます。こんな素敵な街に住めるなんて、あなたは本当に幸せ者です。😍😊

@@TalesFromOurPocket 本当に幸せ者です、引っ越しするたびにアパートが美観地区に近づき今はチャリで５分です、暇な時はよく美観地区いってますし、大原美術館の年間パスみたいなのも持ってます。

パンはこってりしていませんでした。風通しがよくて、軽かったです The bread was not rich. It was airy and light!

We had to have some viewers point out which bakery it is! I've updated the description with the bakery name and Google Maps location. Thanks for pointing out we hadn't updated that yet! (Although, tbh, searching the whole old town area would be a fun way of finding it! 😉)

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Haha, Japan is responsible for other great things, too, though, right? Like that bagel bread. 😍😍

@@TalesFromOurPocket yes heheheheh

しー！　ばれちゃう。　ｂｙ倉敷市民