Name: 侍学校、リバーサイド温泉など｜福島県会津若松市 (Samurai School, Riverside Hot Spring, and More | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T09:43:17.000Z
Duration: 10 min 12 s
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Hello, world! Today I find myself on the other side of Fukushima.

The one that's as far away from the Pacific Ocean

where terrible earthquake and tsunami occurred in 2011 as it is from the Sea of Japan.

and in the background, you'll see mount Bandai.

Yes, Bandai is also the name of Japan's No.1 toy company.

But as far as I can tell, there's no relation.

I did find this cool woodblock print of its eruption in 1888 though.

Well, I already showed you the Soba making in a previous video

but in this one, I'm going to show you the ryokan that looks like they're out of a movie set.

and visit a former post town where Daimyo and samurai stopped by on their travels in the Edo period.

because let's admit it, it sounds pretty cool.

that was originally built for the high-class children of the Aizu samurai clan.

This is where young boys learned the spirit of the samurai.

Rules, like the ones you encounter at the entrance of the school.

Listen to the elders and do what they say.

Don't eat outside, or in another words, eat at the table.

As you'd expect, samurai learned combat skills like how to shoot guns.

The archery was all fun and games until one of our local guys requested the special glove you wear

It turns out that he competed in archery as a youth.

So let's just appreciate this for a moment.

because I was told it's more about the form than the result.

But hey, maybe that's what you say when the total newb, me, had terrible form

yet still strikes the target on his second attempt.

It's said this was the first ever swimming pool built in Japan,

this is also where they trained on how to ride horses through water.

Unfortunately, no swimming is allowed nowadays.

Despite what you may think, samurai also need to be book smart.

But the katana is all around them, made sure that you will never forgot that they were training to be warriors.

After visiting the samurai school, my wife and I's takeaway thought was

Because I think our kids would benefit greatly from some samurai education.

A place equally as spectacular as the samurai school was this ryokan.

that looks like it's straight out of a movie scene.

I felt like some martial arts action was going to go down

as I listen to the shamisen player strumming along while the water flow.

And it's here where we eat our Kaiseki Ryouri

or multi-course traditional Japanese dinner.

As if the many courses of food weren't enough,

There was to be a special dessert being made before our eyes

At first glance, I thought this mochi making was for show.

You have all the guests sit around in nice Yukata

while the staff make a big production out of making it

Then the guest are invited to participate as well.

Like the archery, it started out all fun and games

however, my mind quickly changed upon my first bite of the kinakomochi

which is roasted soybean powder on top of the rice cake.

and it was hands-down the best I have ever eaten.

they claimed the region is great for mochi rice production, and after tasting it, I don't doubt it one bit.

There are so much to do that we actually didn't spend too long in our rooms.

One thing we made sure to enjoy is onsen, or hot springs.

This onsen is a private one, and it's massive.

I guess it's if you have a group that you all want to have a bath together with

Although my wife was behind the camera filming my backside.

But because I woke up at 5 a.m. to film it,

Beyond this is actually a gorgeous view of the rushing river below.

which you can see form my drone shot taken form dusk.

The Aizu region is famous for many things.

At the next exhibition we visited, we are able to see a plethora of designs available.

There are also live demonstrations of the art in action.

On the second floor, we got to paint the lacquer ware ourselves.

But to be honest, it was mostly following a simple template.

As much as I want to say I did this myself.

It's really the master who came along and added his touches

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侍学校、リバーサイド温泉など｜福島県会津若松市 (Samurai School, Riverside Hot Spring, and More | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima)

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