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  • - - Good morning, everyone.

  • It is a sunny day in Fukuoka City, and I'm here

  • with a very special guest. - -Hi!

  • - - Long time no see, yeah? - - Yeah.

  • - - Welcome back to Fukuoka.

  • - - Thank you, my second time here.

  • - - Yeah, no, last time Sharla came

  • we didn't shoot anything,

  • but I'm really excited that she's back today,

  • because we're gonna do a little bit of sightseeing

  • around the prefecture.

  • - - [Sharla] Yeah.

  • - - [Micaela] Gonna show her some of my favorite places,

  • and if you, like, watch my videos,

  • you already know I'm taking her to my favorite (cuts off)

  • - - [Sharla] (laughs)I know all the places you're going

  • because I see them on your Instagram.

  • - - I have no originality.

  • - - It's always the same tour.

  • I'm so looking forward to it, though.

  • - - I take everybody on a standard tour

  • and she's going on it,

  • but first today, we're gonna head to Kitakyushu

  • and we're gonna check out some stuff up there.

  • Kitakyushu and Fukuoka are kind of interesting

  • 'cause they're in the same prefecture

  • but they're very, very different,

  • and you'll see why later today.

  • - - Looking forward to it.

  • Coffee.

  • - - Yay!

  • (upbeat music)

  • - - [Micaela] And it's quite a long drive.

  • It's about an hour and a half to our first stop.

  • I thought this was a good time to ask Sharla some questions.

  • I tweeted, I was trying to get some good

  • Would You Rather questions.

  • I wanted to play Would You Rather, Japan Edition,

  • with Sharla,

  • and I asked for some questions,

  • and not many people contributed.

  • - - (laughs)

  • - -They only responded to my questions,

  • but I will ask them to Sharla anyway.

  • Would you rather eat natto every day

  • for the rest of your life--

  • - - Whatever the other option is.

  • - - Or never eat mochi again?

  • - - Never eat mochi again.

  • - - Really?

  • - - Yeah, I can't handle the natto.

  • - - (speaking foreign language)

  • - - I can't do it.

  • - - Really? - - Yes.

  • - - You don't like natto?

  • - - No, not at all.

  • Like I can't even eat a little bit of it,

  • so eating it everyday would just be like

  • the worst way to spend my life.

  • - - I wouldn't mind eating natto every day.

  • I wouldn't love it, but I think I could probably like--

  • - - Would you ever eat it, like, voluntarily?

  • - - Yeah. - -Really?

  • - - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • Not every day, but, like, I have in the past.

  • I think you can probably jazz it up with different

  • ways of eating it. - Yeah.

  • - Everyday, I think if I had to eat it everyday

  • I would get creative with how was eating it.

  • - Yeah, definitely.

  • - Would you rather be (speaking in foreign language)

  • every time you opened your mouth,

  • or only communicate is single

  • English words and awkward games of charades?

  • - God, well I feel like we're already

  • (speaking in foreign language) every time we open

  • our mouths so I'm kinda used to it.

  • So I'll go with the first one,

  • it would be horrible to speak English.

  • Yeah.

  • - Yeah, I think the awkwardness of the second one

  • is what makes it a deal breaker for me.

  • - Yeah.

  • - I don't like awkward conversations.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Would you rather put umeboshi on your eyeballs,

  • or walk in shoes filled with ikura?

  • - That sounds kinda cool, I choose the ikura shoes.

  • (laughing)

  • It's be squishy and nice.

  • - Ugh.

  • - (continues laughing)

  • - You're sick.

  • Would you rather be forced to use a fax machine

  • or a work computer still running Windows XP?

  • - (laughing) I don't mind Windows XP.

  • It was decent, Windows XP.

  • - Windows XP

  • - I hate fax machines.

  • - I know, fax machines are dumb.

  • - I hate them. - Phase them out (mumbles)

  • - Please.

  • - Would you rather never be able to try new drinks

  • and snacks at conbinis, or never be able

  • to eat kaiten zushi again?

  • I feel like this one, you'd-

  • - -I'd prefer drinks and stuff from combini.

  • - -Yeah. - -So.

  • - -I think it's easier to be

  • be vegan that way. - -I wouldn't be able to

  • give that up.

  • (both laughing)

  • - -I did zushi, there's not very many

  • things that I eat there anyways.

  • - -Yeah. I have always said that kaiten zushi

  • is the McDonald's of sushi.

  • - - So like, if you wanna get a burger, get a good burger.

  • - - If you want to get sushi, get good sushi.

  • - - Yeah, exactly.

  • - - Kaiten zushi always feels really cheap,

  • and, like, not fresh to me.

  • - -Yeah, I used to not care.

  • I used to think it was amazing.

  • - -Yeah, I mean the price, I guess, is really good.

  • - -When you're a student.

  • - - Yeah.

  • Would you rather only use chopsticks

  • for the rest of your life or only use fork

  • only use a fork for the rest of your life?

  • - - I'd like chopsticks

  • Lots of things are easier to eat with chopsticks,

  • like salad, I love-

  • - - Salad is surprisingly good, that's true.

  • Chopsticks are surprisingly versatile,

  • and you can do a lot with them.

  • - - The only thing that would be hard would be a dessert,

  • like a pudding or something,

  • but other than that,

  • it's pretty easy to eat anything with chopsticks.

  • - - Pudding I just shove it in my mouth

  • - -(laughing)

  • - - Just drink it.

  • - -[Micaela] So we are now at the border

  • between Fukuoka and Yamaguchi prefecture.

  • There she goes.

  • - - [Sharla] Got one leg in each prefecture.

  • - - [Micaela] (laughing)

  • She's doing it.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - -[Micaela] We are in Shiminoseki.

  • We've crossed the bridge over to Honshu,

  • and Sharla and I- - - [Sharla] It's so weird,

  • - -[Micaela] Are checking out-

  • - -[Sharla] on a new island.

  • - - [Micaela] Yeah, we left Kyushu-

  • - -[Sharla] It was so quick.

  • - - [Micaela] I was like, "I'm gonna take

  • Sharla around Kyushu!" and then we left.

  • - - (laughing)

  • - - [Micaela] So... - -[Sharla] It's nice though.

  • I'm glad we came here - -[Micaela] Yeah.

  • We're gonna walk around the Karato Ichiba area.

  • This has one of the biggest fish markets.

  • I can't even say the biggest fish market in Kyushu,

  • 'cause it's on Honshu, but

  • - -[Sharla] Yeah, in the area. - -[Micaela] The biggest

  • fish market close to Fukuoka.

  • This is a great day-trip out of Fukuoka,

  • if you're looking for something to do

  • when you're spending a long time in Fukuoka

  • and you want to make a day-trip out of the city.

  • I really like this.

  • So, It'll be fun to look around with Sharla.

  • So, I've picked a few sushi to try here

  • that look really, really good,

  • and we're probably gonna sit outside and have them,

  • and then we're gonna head over to the other side of

  • Karato Ichiba