And I am just getting ready to go down and have breakfast

これから朝ごはん食べます

I don't know if I can eat this early

食べられるかな〜

I usually don't have breakfast but

普段こんな早く食べないけど

pretty sure they've prepared something

絶対なんか美味しいものを

fancy for me

準備してくれてると思いますので

so I'm going to try and eat it

頑張って食べます！

today we are going to... what are we doing first?

今日は何をするんだっけ

i can't remember

忘れちゃった・・・

but there is a few things we are doing

いろいろやると思います！

we are going to paint those little red cow things

赤べこを塗ったり

the mascot of fukushima

微細彫刻を見に行ったり

and we are going to look at these miniature sculptures

やってるところも

i think the carver is going to be there as well

見えるかもしれない！

so maybe we'll get to watch him do it

そして

and...

何だっけ

what else are we doing today?

あっデザートはあわまんじゅうを食べます！

for dessert we get to have those buns again that I had on the train

やった〜

so... yes

めっちゃ美味しかったのでそれはすごく楽しみにしてます

I'm really looking forward to those, those are freaking delicious

まずは朝ごはんを

ok so im going to go have breakfast now

食べに行きましょう！

bring you guys with me and show it to you

東京は今かなり暑いのに

I can't believe it's still snowing here that's so weird

こっちはまだ雪降ってるね！

because Tokyo's so hot you could wear a t-shirt now

森に入ってます！

so we are in the forest right now

写真家が只見線を上手に撮れる場所を教えてくれます！

and a photographer is going to show us the best place to take pictures of the Tarami line train

本当はこの場所を秘密にしてるけど

so this is a secret spot

もう秘密じゃなくなったねw

well it's not so secret anymore

みんなはだいたい違う場所から撮ってます

but um.. most people there's a view spot where most people take photos from

でもこの場所の方がいい写真撮れるんだって！

but he specialised in taking photos of the train and hes found a better spot

後ろにはそのよく使われてる写真スポットが見れます

so he's going to show it to us

でも森に入って少し歩いたら

so behind us in the distance you can see the bridge over there maybe

もっと角度から撮れるんだって！

thats normally where people take photos but if you walk through the forest like we did

電車はこっちから出てきます

you can get a super awesome view of the train line

この景色はよく

the train will come across this bridge here

ハガキとかカレンダーなどで見れます！

this is like the famous setting that you see in photographs

いい角度だね！

and postcards and calanders and stuff

素敵すぎる〜

so we got a really nice angle from here

シャッターチャンスは一つしかないので

It's really pretty scenery

タイミングよく撮れないと！

but we only get one shot to take photos of the train

いいカメラ持ってないんだよねー

so hopefully my timing is good

動画用のカメラしかないです

I don't really have a good photography camera

スマホでインスタグラム用の写真撮ろうかな

I just use this vlogging camera

出てくる前に音しないんだって！

so I'm just going to try take some with my cellphone for instagram or something

でも時間通りに来ると思います

apparently it doesn't make a sound before it arrives so you kind of just got to be prepared for it

天気は綺麗だし

it should be on time though

カメラで動画撮りながら

the weather is nice so there shouldn't be any reason for it to be late

頑張って携帯で写真撮りますw

I'm going to attempt to take a picture with my phone

できるかなw

while I'm filming this with my camera

来た！

so this will be interesting

可愛かった

here it comes

小さくて可愛かった！おもちゃ見たい

that was really cute

この場所からよく見えるね！

the train is so short it's only 2 cars so it looks like a little toy from here

よく撮れたと思います

but we had an awesome view of it

インスタグラムで載せますので、ぜひチェックしてね♪

and I got a couple pictures I think they are nice

いい写真スポットだね〜

I'll put them on instagram so go check them out

行き方どうやって説明すればいいんだろう

but yeah that was really cool what a neat spot

後ろに橋が見えます

so I don't really know how to explain how to get here

橋のちょっと前に車を止めて

but if you see the bridge in the background

森に入って行けば

that's where people normally take it from

この場所見つかると思います！！

if you park on the road just um a little before the bridge

上手に説明できなくてごめんなさい>

then walk through the forest

道の駅でコーヒーを飲みに来ました

then you might be able to find this spot

道の駅と言います

I wish it was easier to explain but it's kind of like a hidden spot

英語ではroad stationかな

there's not a path or anything

お土産など売ってます

we stopped to get some coffee at a souveneir shop

食べ物や飲み物も売ってます

on the side of the road

コーヒーとかね

they're called meechino ekki

お土産見ようかな〜

or road stations

福島は桃が有名です！

and you can always find like souvenirs of that city

桃味のスイーツいっぱいあります

and most of the time they have food to eat

こっち桜なんだ

and coffee and drinks

それもいいねw

so I'm just looking around at the souveniers

美味しそう！！

Fukushima is known for peaches

でかい！！

so there's lots of like peach flavoured stuff

こっちは娘だって！

oh these are sakura

すごい

even better

お母さんは違う駅に置いてあるらしい！

oh these look so good

可愛いー

it's so big it moves around

帽子とかも売ってるんだ

apparently this is the daughter and there's a whole family of them

後で赤べこの色塗りします！

that's awesome

デザイン覚えなきゃ

the mom is in like another station she is bigger

顔はこんな感じです！

oh cute

覚えなきゃ

theres like hats and stuff

微細彫刻の店に来たけど

this is what I'm going to be painting later

今日はお休み見たいです

and I got to practise

でもまんじゅう食べに行くので、文句言えないですw

so this is what the face looks like

見えた見えた！楽しみ〜！！

remember that

あわは英語でmilletと言います

so we came to see the guy that makes the really tiny sculptures

millet manjuです

but his shop was closed today so we couldn't go that's too bad

この店です！

but instead we are going to go eat manju right away so can't complain

楽しみ〜！

pretty excited oh my god I can see the sign I bet it's that place

この店は有名らしい

I forgot if I mentioned it before but they're made out of millet

美味しいあわまんじゅうが食べたかったら

that's the word I was looking for

ここに来てね！

they're millet manju

見えた！

this is the shop here

窓から

ahh I'm so excited

作りたてのあわまんじゅう

apparently this shop is really famous

桜味

so if you want good awo manju

桜から食べてみます

come find this shop

春限定です

ooh I can see them

３０個ぐらい食べられそうw

in the window

普通のあわまんじゅうです

fresh ones

一年中売ってます

sakura flavour

まだあったかい！

I'm going to try the sakura one

美味しい〜

because they're special for spring

やばいな

they only make them during spring

これは

I could eat like 3 of these

今まで食べたまんじゅうの中で絶対これが一番美味しい！

easily

あわって美味しいよね

and these are the regular ones

ちょっと歯ごたえがあって

so you can get these ones all year round

ちょっとオートミール見たいな感じ

still warm

美味しそうに聞こえないよねw　でもめっちゃ美味しいです！

that's so good

帰りに微細彫刻の店通ったら開いてました！

this is freaking awesome

小さすぎて眼鏡が必要ですね

this is like

カメラで絶対撮れないけど

I think this is like one the best manju I've ever had

ゴマの種です

I really like the millet

赤い方は微細彫刻です！

It's really nice

ゴマの種に入るぐらいのサイズですよ

It gives it a nice texture too kind of like oatmeal

雑誌で大きく見える写真があります

so it's like a little bit gritty

こんな感じです

chunky

すごいね

that doesn't really sound appetising but like in a good way

虫眼鏡使ってもあんまり見えないのに

on the way back to the car we passed the ahh sculpture place and it was open

すごい写真ですね

so we're inside

これから赤べこの色塗りをします！

they're so small that I need my glasses to look at them

べこは「牛」って意味ですよ

OK so it's completely impossible to see with my camera

赤い牛です

but this is a sesame seed

福島のマスコット

and the reddish part that you can see there is actually a little tiny statue

伝統的な赤べこはこんな感じです

that is small enough to fit inside a sesame seed

どうしようかな

and if you look at it up close

それにするか、違うデザインにするか

there's a photo of it up close in a magazine I'll show it to you

ちょっと考えます

so that's what it looks like

グーグルでアイデア見つけようかな

that's insane

結局「招きべこ」にしました！

oh my god

猫好きなので

even with like a really big magnifying glass it's hard to see the detail

こんな感じになりました

that's an amazing picture

もう赤じゃないよねw

I'm going to paint my akabeko now

赤べこなのに

beko is tohoku slang for cow

でも気に入りました！

so this is a red cow

可愛いかもw

It's the symbol of Fukushima

これで福島旅行終わりです！

so I can paint it like the traditional one which looks like this

これから東京に帰ります

if I want

悲しい

but I don't know

すごく素敵でした

I don't know if I should do that or make something different

本当に楽しかったです

I'll think about it

帰りに道の駅よりますので

I'm going to like google some pictures then decide

スタンプラリーのスタンプを集めようかなと思いました

I decided to make mine a maneki beko

前の動画で話したと思うけど

because I like cats

岩手県に住んでた時、こういうスタンプを集める本を持ってました

so this is how it turned out

東北の道の駅のすべてのスタンプを集めました

It's not exactly red anymore

せっかく福島に来てるので、また集めようかな！

which is kind of weird

さっき１個押したし、帰りにも一個押せる場所あると思います

but I like it

ジャジャーン

I think it's cute

これは時間かかるんだよね

That was the last ah spot in our trip

何年間もかかりそう

so now we're headed home

ロードトリップに行く時これを持って行きます！

but I'm kind of sad

楽しいですよ

it was really nice

押しました！

I had such a great time

トータルで１４６個なので

and we're going to stop at the meechino ekki

後１４４個ですね！頑張ります！

the um the like stations on the side of the road

so that I can get stamps for my new stamp book

I think I mentioned this in a video before but

A while ago when I was living in Iwadey prefecture I got one of these

and i visited all the stations in Tohoku

to get a stamp

because I'm in Fukushima now I will get some stamps for my book

I got one already and I'm going to get one more on the way home so

tada

It's going to take forever

It's probably going to take a few years to fill this up again but

everytime I go on a road trip I'll bring this along

and fill it up with stamps

It's really fun

yay I got my stamp

theres only 146 stations

144 more to go that's not too bad