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(soft music)
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- I'm here.
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I am currently in Japan right now, which is crazy.
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I think I have a lot to explain.
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Okay, hi, it's Amanda.
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Welcome back as usual.
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I haven't actually talked to you guys
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and started this vlog yet, so hello.
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The clips that you guys saw earlier were from yesterday.
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I actually flew in from Toronto
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all the way to Japan yesterday.
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So it was a 13 hour flight, quite a long fight,
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but I landed in the evening
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and then I just kind of passed out.
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I didn't really have the energy to do that much.
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I just kind of got food and I was done
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because of the jet lag.
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But today's a new morning so I thought
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I would finally sit down and talk to you guys.
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And when I found out that I had
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the possibility of going to Japan,
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I actually cried in my apartment
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and screamed and it was a lot.
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Just because Japan has been my
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ultimate dream place to visit ever since I was a kid.
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Whenever people ask me where I want to travel to,
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Japan has always been number one on that list.
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I feel like it still really hasn't sunken yet
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just cause I haven't had a full day yet.
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Today is my first full day in Japan.
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Even just saying that is crazy.
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So I'm going to be in Tokyo for the first four or five days.
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After that me and my friend are gonna stay in Osaka
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and we'll probably do a couple day trips to Kyoto
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and some other pretty factors or areas,
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but I'm gonna try to vlog everything
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and take you guys along.
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I don't know how this vlog is gonna work,
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whether it's gonna be split up into multiple parts,
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cause I'm sure there's gonna be
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a lot of things that I'm doing.
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But I will try to vlog as much as I can.
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If I'm being honest this vlog
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is mostly for me and my personal memories,
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cause I wanna be able to look back on it.
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But I know that there might be a couple of you guys
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who are interested in tagging along,
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so hopefully you enjoy all of the
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Japan content coming your way.
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Ah, there's so much to do and see, I am overwhelmed,
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but let's do this, let's get this day started.
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I think today we're touring a bunch
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of different around Tokyo.
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So we're going to Akihabara?
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Oh my God, this also where you find out
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that I will be butchering the Japanese language
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throughout this whole trip.
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But, okay yeah, so we are going to Akihabara,
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and we're going to Asakusa, Shibuya,
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a lot of different places.
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So let's do this.
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(bouncy music)
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Look who I found.
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- What?
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- My travel buddy for the week.
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- Yo!
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- This is Megan for those of you who don't know.
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- Next week we are gonna be bunk buddies, everything.
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- Yeah, bunk beds are happening.
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- Yeah.
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(laughing)
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We really are, we got bunk beds, I'm so stoked.
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- Yes, we're here in Akihabara,
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which is like the area with all the anime stuff.
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(drifty music)
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I need them all.
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Just my whole bag,
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my whole luggage is gonna be
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filled with plushies when I go back.
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(drifty music)
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All right, we're in this 3D figurine store.
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Oh.
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(laughing)
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- That's not part of--
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- [Amanda] Hello.
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- My childhood, guys, my childhood.
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- [Amanda] Which one?
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Oh yes, classic.
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- [Brandon] I always wanted to be a hokage growing up.
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- [Amanda] This is my childhood.
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Sailor Moon.
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- [Brandon] That's your childhood?
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- [Amanda] Yes.
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- Boo.
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- [Amanda] Don't hate on Sailor Moon, don't ever.
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- Boo.
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(drifty music)
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- I just got taiyaki which is like
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the red bean pastry with the shape as a fish.
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Wow, very tasty.
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(drifty music)
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All right so we're in this market area.
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I don't know what it's called.
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She told me and I immediately forgot.
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- Ameyoko?
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- Ameyoko?
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- Ame means America.
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- Oh, okay.
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(drifty music)
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I'm like stopping at every single street,
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because everything is so photogenic.
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(drifty music)
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Sensoji.
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- Sensoji.
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(giggling)
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- Okay, we're gonna head I the Sensoji Temple.
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Right now you can see it.
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- [Friend] So we're coming up along the side of it.
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- [Amanda] Okay, cool.
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(drifty music)
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- Little bit in your hand and you put it in your mouth.
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- Okay.
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- Just don't swallow it, but.
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I mean you can.
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- But what's the significance behind it?
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- It's a purification like ritual essentially.
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- Okay.
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- And it's always the incense over here.
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- Okay.
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- I think water is much more associated
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with the Shinto religion,
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and then the incense is more Buddhist.
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- Okay.
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We put some on your left hand.
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- [Helper] We wash left hand.
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And then right hand.
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- [Amanda] Okay.
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- [Helper] And then just a bit of water into your palm.
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And it's not really to drink, but just to rinse your mouth.
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You can slow it to the beach.
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Get the bar clean again,
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tilting this bar straight down,
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you can clean the bar for the next person.
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- [Amanda] That's a good idea.
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Everywhere smells so good,
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cause there's all these different food vendors and stuff.
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And I just wanna eat everything.
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Me and Megan were saying
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that you almost have to have like five meals a day here,
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just cause there's so many things to try.
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And I think it works out,
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cause their portion sizes are all
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so much smaller than in North America.
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So, kind of it works.
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(drifty music)
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'Kay and I had a nice five minute power nap on the bus.
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- [Megan] You were snoring.
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- Was I?
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- [Megan] No.
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- Oh my gosh.
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(laughing)
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No because I actually do, so.
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- [Megan] I know, I was like my bad.
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- I actually might snore and you might deal with that.
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- That's okay.
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- In Osaka.
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- [Megan] I'll beat you up.
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- But anyways I'm good to go now, I feel refreshed.
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We're going to Shibuya Crossing,
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which is like that really famous street.
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- It has all the different crossings.
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It's the largest intersection crossing in the world.
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- Fun fact, we actually have one of those
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scramble crossings in Toronto.
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- No way!
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- Dundas Street, yeah.
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- It's not like Shibuya though.
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- I mean Dundas Street's pretty cool,
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so I'm just sayin'.
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- You'll see.
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- Uh Megan has pointed out
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that I have been in Japan for over 24 hours now.
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I haven't had boba tea yet
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and I feel like it needs to happen.
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- She has pointed out every time someone has boba tea,
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she's like, look.
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- I know, I just spot it, it's like a thing.
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You know in high tech movies when they have the eye,
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and it like zooms in.
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(drifty music)
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- [Friend] It's gonna do it, any minute now.
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- [Amanda] Cross.
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(laughing)
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- [Friend] Here we go.
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- [Amanda] Oh, they're movin'.
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- [Megan] That's a triple shot.
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- We just finished up our day around Tokyo.
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It was so much fun being able to
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explore all the different areas.
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We really hit a lot, as you can tell by this vlog.
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I already know this vlog's gonna be so long,
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but now I'm back at the hotel.
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We have a little bit of time before dinner.
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We're actually going on a cruise.
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I'm so exhausted right now.
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It's been kind of a long day,
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and then that on top of the jet lag,
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it's really hittin' me hard.
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Okay so I'm at dinner with Pyong and Brandon.
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Say hello.
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- Hey.
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- Hello.
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- [Amanda] Hello.
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We just met today.
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And it's his birthday, but we made it to dinner.
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- Birthday today.
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- [Amanda] Yeah, we're celebrating with strangers.
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- We're not strangers, we're friends, okay.
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We're family now.
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- [Amanda] Yeah, now we're family.
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(giggling)
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- Yeah.
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How dare you call us strangers.
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- [Amanda] But I got soba,
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I gotta try Japanese soba while I'm here.
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He recommended this,
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but it kinda tastes like nothing, so.
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(laughing)
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He drenched it in soy sauce.
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- [Pyong] It's like some kind of.
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- [Amanda] He also got all you can drink.
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So I think he's not gonna be okay.
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(laughing)
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So we didn't even realize
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that this restaurant was based off
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of the scene from Kill Bill, which is really cool.
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(drifty music)
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Good morning, everyone, it is day two in Tokyo, Japan.
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Honestly I don't really remember
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the last thing I filmed last night.
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I was just so exhausted from the jet lag
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and having the full day exploring.
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So I got back to the hotel and literally passed out.
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I don't know, I feel like I'm in this weird
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in between Toronto and Japan time.
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My body is just so confused right now,
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but I slept, I'm good, I'm recharged.
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I actually woke up really, really early today.
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Cause today it is a little bit cloudy outside.
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I don't know if you can see that.
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It's definitely a bit gray,
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but hopefully the rain holds out.
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I think it's supposed to rain bit later.
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We have another exciting day planned.
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We're going to the Happo-en Gardens,
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I think that's what it's called.