Northern Japan's HIDDEN GEMS - Akita Prefecture 

Akita is SO incredible!! Did you guys have any favourite spots we visited? Let us know!!

Your interaction with the Namahage was my favorite part.🤣

Oh, this looks like a continuation of the previous video "...Skiing in Japan". Again: amazing scenery, perfect peaceful snowy setting, a TRAIN ride (!), great camera work, and fun presenters. My kind of holiday. Or Sunday RU-vid afternoon.

that ramen towards the end was seriously NEXT LEVEL, watching this again makes me want to go back asap 😭 beautiful video guys!

My mother was born in Akita and it's so nice to see the land where she was from.

That view of the waterfall from the onsen looks amazing!, I would definitely go to Akita just for the ramen alone 😋

I realised I didn't stop smiling through this video. Thanks again Kai and Sarah! And the production team obvs. Loved the train journey, it was magic

Love that you praised Akita prefecture so much without mentioning Akita city 😂

In the bucket list for sure! Always wanted to visit for the dogs then

The namahage roar is one of my favourite sounds in the world! Loved it ever since seeing them in an old Abroad in Japan video. This time it eas extra fun with Sarah being startled and squealing! And I wa tickled by the idea that one of the guys in suits might be the distinguished gentleman who didnthe private tour - that would be so funny! Also, I definitely want to go on that train and visit lots of onsen at Nyuuto Onsen 😊. And the sake / ramen combo looks intriguing / yummy too! Saving this video for my next trip to Japan, which will no doubt benin summer but one of the great things about Akita in summer is, it's bound to be much less hot than Tokyo!

Im so glad you made a video about Akita!! I spent a few years in Oga and have the fondest of memories 😊

I’ll sleep right now lmaooo…so cute, thanks for showing us around!

This was a super fun and helpful tour through a snowy wonderland! Thanks for showing us the best ways to get to know Akita. Now I just need ramen bc that looked great! ❤

If Tokyo Creative ever needs to buy a bigger building, just have a raffle for an afternoon at the Akita onsen with Sarah and Kai. Prove me wrong!

Watching this after a recent snowstorm hit my city makes me wish I could visit. Definitely something to look forward to the next time I have a chance to get a vacation.

I’m Japanese and currently live in America, but I am enjoying watching your videos. I can feel nostalgic about Japan thanks to you.

Thank you for your posting & I'm glad that you have enjoyed Akita trip!

If it weren't for the bears I'd love to go snow hiking in northern Japan, looks so beautiful 😊❄

i so enjoyed the train journey & wow the shots with the tori gate in the snow...lovely! The namahage reminds me of the german Krampus - the half monster demon that punishes naughty children during Chrismas!! I have never travelled anywhere in winter as i live in a tropical country BUT i just might have to as long as there are onsens/bath houses to keep warm lol! Is it do-able just by taking trains ? btw may i know with this amount of snow was it filmed in January ?

Definitely loved the onsen!

編集と映像が素晴らしいね、ワクワクするー

That sake/ramen place looks so chill and I’m sure everything was delicious 🤤 2 of my favorite things lol And I absolutely LOVED the ogres!! 👹 we had learned about the Namahage years ago, and we actually sort of implemented something similar for our kids around the winter holidays We don’t have the costumes, but they’ve seen pictures. And if they really start acting up we have one of us hide in a different part of the house banging and making the noises. Scares the crap out of them but in a fun way I promise 😂

Inaniwa udon, one of the three major types of udon in Japan, has thin noodles that are smooth and delicious. Akita Prefecture is famous for producing Iburikakko, which is made from dried and smoked daikon radish. It's delicious when eaten with cream cheese. Odate is the birthplace of the Akita dog, so I wanted to go there. The Akita Inu is loyal to its owner and has its roots as a hunting dog. He is a brave dog who fights bears that are bigger than himself. Although the Namahage culture is fading in modern society, it is a historical culture that represents Akita and would like to be preserved for future generations.

What a beautiful place, and awesome trip itinerary!

Poor Sarah is now traumatized by the sound of slamming doors

Didn´t Kai just break the ultimate Onsen-rule? Or have ppl just been joking about the head-under-water-thing 😆

So beautiful. Definitely putting Akita on my list for our next trip.

The Namahage museum looks so fun!

Nice how stations are written with romanji. Good way to practice kanjis! Like Ai--Kawa (meet river).. Mae--da--minami (before field south..) 🙂 Great namahage and food & drink presentation!

At first I thought the Namahage actor who targeted you two had the SAME mask as the one Kai said he’d laugh at instead of cry to (in the room before the reenactment). Was gonna say y’all didn’t seem to laugh anymore huh? 😅😂

Do you guys remember that there were a couple outside of Taenoyu onsen waiting for a bus? that's us lol!

Not gonna lie, and I don't want to sound mean, but scared Sarah sounded really adorable. I thought she was going to compare the Namahage to the Krampus!

うどんやラーメンの麺が啜れると言う事は、日本の生活に慣れて居るからこその技♩ 敢えて、東北地方の旅を選ぶのは、視点が良いですね〜♩ How did'u fun AKITA? 「悪りぃごは、いねがあぁ〜っ♩」

"Learn Japanese" - note titled "surviving the namahage" lmao when he was like "Eh, she'll be alright." when Sarah replied in Japanese lol

ラーメンのすすり方が完璧だね？👍 日本人でもラーメンすすりのベテラン並みだよ。

British rail companies seeing that much snow on the tracks: 😱

ラーメンをすする姿は、もはや日本人🎉

Sensing some major romantic vibes between Sarah and Kai

Oh man I would of lived that as a child.

Great video! The paces you visited in Akita look incredible. And so much snow!!! Which month were you there? We were in Akita city in early February, but there was hardly any snow there.

My favorite sport is beach volleyball. I live in SanDiego. I lettered in all sports in College. Also a Delta Zeta. 😊

Sarah ... how do you not know who the GRINCH is ????? I'm aussie and still do 😂

Aloha! From Big Island

I saw this place in a movie 13 years ago … i was still a teen and i remember telling my self one day when i got married this will be my honeymoon place to go to … now im turning 28 and still no husband so i decided to make money fast to afford this trip from Tanzania to Akita Japan

was not enouhg posing in the Onsen! hehe

I cant get over how similar the Namahage tradition is to the real Krampus fest in Austria. My ex was from the mountains and when she was a kid the Krampus would come before Christmas wearing hand carved masks, looking for bad children. They would take them away in baskets on their backs. This was a pagan festival predating Christianity in the area.

So the Nyuto onsen area also has Tsurunoyu and Ganiba Onsen in addition to Tae no Yu, which you might know from other J-Vloggers... 7 onsen hotels in total. Apparently there's a pass for a shuttle bus and day-bathing entry to all of them available when staying at the hotels.

Is it easy to commute around akita to go around these spots? Thanks!

It's a japanese thing to do all those noises when eating??

I literally just watched Chris's video where he basically shat all over Akita

18:34 なまはげ by 人間椅子 for anyone interested ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CLoUY1kA4ZY.htmlsi=TOFd6jKiV2pwh1jd

I wanna cuddle an akita UwU

Bra dis faka Kai gotta buss out da pidgin

Feels like there is some chemistry at work here…

Cute couple!.....

Weird tension between you two hahahahhahaba 0_o

Pretty obvious Sara is really in to Kai. Lol

I abstained from alcohol for many years, favoring a path of exploring/healing with plants via gardening, and also running daily for many years with those toe-shoes, near-barefoot, but recently began drinking at night with my food, first from a fermentation I did with hops/dates/sugar/agave-nectar/yeast/arugula(yes, LOTS of arugula indeed), and then from some old beers I had stowed away, and now my parents' tequila🤣🤣🤣 anyway, alcohol is actually special, and may even aid in absorption if certain nutrients and medicines. DEFINITELY if one has eaten edible cannabis, it helps intra-cellular and membranous permeability of the cannabis resin, and deeper absorption into one's system. Booze is special, just way too heavily-relied-upon and used in a culture/civilization that has suppressed other plant-medicines and exercise practices. Grow ganja, and poppies, and good foods, and ferment a funky ale/wine, and minister to yourself and those around you. We are all sitting on a planetary birthright of garden cultivation and craft of magical sustenance, to share with one another and deepen the reservoirs of life. We are guardian-gardeners, and stewards of life on this planet more than we have been taught to realize. Let's grow good things for each other, and practice hand-in-hand through the difficult activities like rigorous exercise together, with our blessed database of musical bass via technology, and then convene for further crafting and nourishing, and apply our tech-frontiers towards awareness of any cosmic blunders coming our way 🌠🌍 and proceed towards the infinite theatre of joy on this planet in providing-for, and entertainig one another❤ there are some things worth fighting for global-awareness-of, yet no one should ever wish to stifle an individual's unfettered journey, or one's own. We are in eternity and always have been. We will figure shit out, and then some, forever, and ever. Some consensus/collective projects worth seeing-through, but infinite pathways and grace-of-opportunity for each one of us. You guys are a living-romance of friends. Love you Sarah and Kai 🙌❤🌱🌷🌍 onsen-galore. Now get a garden and grow some poppies !!!

i like them, but feels like soulless where a the bits and the little jokes

Carbs aren’t real food

渋い旅！とてもクール