Hey guys!

こんにちは皆！

So me and Rachel and Chris have spent the past 3 days travelling Tohoku Japan!

この三日間私とレイチェルとクリスは東北を旅してきました！

So the Northern area of the main island

本州の北部なんだ

I thought it would be cool for the three of us to sit down and talk about

日本の様々なところを見てきたから

Now that we've seen lots of Japan

三人でどこが一番住みやすいかについて

Where we think the best place to live is

話し合おうと思った

So what do you think?

どう思う？

I've lived in Northern Japan for 3 years

私は三年間東北に住んで

And I've lived in Chiba for 3 years

千葉に三年間住んで

and Tokyo for about 2 years now

二年ぐらい東京に住んでる

How about you Chris?

クリスは？

I've lived in Tohoku for 3 years

東北に三年間住んでて

And I've travelled Japan a lot

けっこう国内で旅行してる

And you Rachel?

レイチェルは？

I've only lived in Aichi

愛知にしか住んでなくて

And I've only travelled to Tokyo, and here

旅行は東京とここだけ

Let's start with Chris

じゃクリスから

In your opinion where (and why) is the best place to live?

どこに一番住みたいと思う？そしてなんで？

I think Tohoku

東北かな

And I think, Sendai

うん、仙台

Although I've never lived in Sendai

仙台に住んだことないけど

I think it's the best city, and the best place to live in Japan

一番良い都市で、日本で一番住みやすいところだと思う

It's very much a city, but it's got all the benefits of being in the countryside

とても都会だけど田舎のメリットもばっちり

It's only 20 minutes away from the mountains

たった20分で山に行けるし

You've got the sea as well

海にも近い

Skiing in the winter, but no snow!

冬にスキーできるけど都会には雪がない！

For some reason the snow stops in the mountains

なぜか雪が山々にとどまる

Lucky, people in Sendai are very lucky

ラッキーだ、仙台市民はラッキーだ

The food in Tohoku is amazing

東北の食べ物が最高

I think Tohoku is the most beautiful, overall, region in Japan

東北は全体的に日本で一番綺麗な地域だと思う

From what I've seen so far

今まで見てきたなかで

I agree with that

私もそう思う

Sendai is definitely the most beautiful city I've been to here in Japan so far

今まで行った日本の都市のなかで仙台が一番綺麗だった

It was absolutely gorgeous!

本当に素敵だった！

It's just a great combination

素晴らしい組み合わせ

We were in the city, and then in 3 minutes we were out in the mountains

都会にいて、三分後山に囲まれてた

So if you wanna take a break from the city life, you can just go out there

都会生活から休憩を取りたければすぐにそこに行ける

It's got the beautiful forested backdrop and the bubbling brooks running through the city

美しい森の背景があれば街に流れる小川もある

It was amazing

最高だった

Now that I've lived in Tokyo for 2 years, I don't really like it at all

東京に二年住んでて、もう全然好きじゃない

It would probably be different if you didn't have to take the morning train every morning

毎朝満員電車に乗ってなかったら違う意見かもしれないけど

They're so packed!

混みすぎだよ！

It's just so stressful to have to wake up and spend your morning like a sardine

毎朝すし詰め状態だとストレスたまるわ

Like this, with sweaty salary men

汗臭いサラリーマンとこんな感じ

I've thought about living in Tokyo, but I can't do it

東京に住もうかなとたまに思うけどやっぱり無理

Everytime I go, I feel quite claustrophobic by how many people there are

行くたびにその人数で閉所恐怖症になる

It's so dense

密集だ

It's the same for us

私たちも同じ

It'd be so much easier to get jobs and all kinds of opportunities in Tokyo

東京だったらすぐに色んな仕事が入ってくるし色んな機会もあるけど

That's why I'm there, for the jobs

そうだね、私もそのために東京に住んでる

If you're in Tokyo, it's a bit like a bubble

東京は若干隔ててる

It's difficult to go out, or you're hesitant to actually leave Tokyo

東京にいると出にくくて出たくなくなる

It seems like Japan feels a lot bigger

日本はもっと広く感じる

Whereas if you live in Tohoku, or the countryside

一方、東北とか田舎に住むと

You still go to Tokyo and the cities a lot

東京とか他の都市に行くけど

But you actually get to have a car, and travel around a lot more and see places

車を買ったり、旅してもっと見れると思う

that you wouldn't otherwise see

普段見ないところ

I'm considering moving back to Iwate now

岩手に一日過ごして

Now that we spent a day there

戻ろうかなと思ってる

Because I really miss it, and...

凄い恋しいし

I can see how much more relaxing it is

よりリラックスできることを実感した

We were only there for a couple hours, but there are so fewer people than in Tokyo!

数時間しかいなかったけど東京と比べて人ほんとうに少ないね！

But you were still spotted by your fans!

なのにまだファンに見つかったね！

Haha yeah we met a couple people!

うん多少いたね！

So hello you guys in Iwate! That was nice of you to say hi to me :)

岩手にいるファン、こんにちは！挨拶してくれてありがとう :)

That made me really happy!

凄く嬉しかった！

But yeah I dunno...

うんでも分からないんだよね…

Tokyo is amazing, there's so much to see there

東京には見ることいっぱいあるから素晴らしい

But I don't think it's a great place to live

でもあまり住みやすくないと思う

For my type of person, who doesn't enjoy the crowds

私みたいに混雑が嫌いなタイプだったら

and the business, and yeah...

あと忙しさとかね…

There's a lot of us countryside foreigners

田舎好き外国人は多いよ

Yeah for sure

そうだよね

Prefer the out and open, beautiful nature, fewer people

空間、緑、人が少ないところを好む外国人

For those of you guys that are visiting Japan

旅行で日本に来る皆さん

As opposed to just coming to Tokyo, definitely consider going up North

東京だけでなく、北の方にも行くべき！

for just a week and at least checking it out

一週間でも、見てみて

I feel like that is more "genuine Japan"

より本格的な日本って感じする

There's lots of old shrines and temples you can visit

色んな神社やお寺に行けるし

and the views are just amazing!

景色が本当に素敵！

It doesn't have the pop culture aspect that Tokyo does

東京ほどポップカルチャーは無いけど

But I think there's so much more to see there

もっと見ることがあると思う！

There's so much more to makeup for it

十分足りるんだよね

Let me know what you guys think in the comments!

コメントで皆さんの意見を聞かせて！

For those of you that have visited Japan, what was your favourite spot to see here?

日本に来たことある皆さん、どこが一番好きだった？

I would be interested in that

聞いてみたい

And I'm sure other people would like to know as well

他の人もきっと知りたい

so they have some advice when they're coming on trips here

彼らがここへ旅行で来るときのためのアドバイスとして

Thanks for watching!

観てくれてありがとう！

Don't forget to subscribe to Rachel's channel!

レイチェルのチャンネルにも登録してね！

Rachel and Jun is the name of their channel

Rachel and Junというチャンネルなんだ

And Chris' channel!

クリスのチャンネルもね！

There's like a video, about...

動画あるんだよな、何かについて…

There's like one video about something

何かあるんだよね

But it's quite good probably!

けっこう良いものなんじゃないかな？

Abroad in Japan is his channel name, I will link them both down below!

チャンネル名はAbroad in Japan、両方下にリンク貼るね！

Thanks for watching guys! Bye!

観てくれてありがとう皆！バイバイ！