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  • So Kyoto is known to be this very historical and culturally vibrant place in Japan.

  • So me and my friend Angela ended up going to this street called Yasaka-dori

  • and we end up checking out this awesome shop called Maisendo.

  • looks about the same the right size in your hand

  • So elegant.

  • There are so many different designs!

  • Oh my God! It fits!

  • How do I look?

  • Are you just being nice?

  • No it looks good!

  • I did the same thing as you.

  • I told you it's hard.

  • How many times have you done this?

  • Yukata?

  • Like for every summer festival.

  • Wow, that camera really does magic.

  • so we just got changed into our kimono and what are we going to do now, Tyler?

  • so Maisendo is not only a great place to buy like Japanese souvenirs for people back home.

  • But you can also kind of participate in this nice traditional Japanese game called "Tosenkyo".

  • Tosenkyo? What's that?

  • Basically, kind of like Japanese darts we're going to be using these as our dart these ones oh god I

  • don't want to break any of these right now I think I think I think they're pretty durable

  • I'm already gonna win!

  • That was good!

  • To play tosenkyo, you need three pieces.

  • You need the pillow or the makura.

  • Then you need the "cho" or butterfly.

  • Finally you need the sensu or throwing fan.

  • To score points, it's based on the positioning of

  • both the fan and the butterfly or cho in relation to the pillow.

  • Now there's a lot of different ways to score points in Tosenkyo but there's also a lot of

  • ways a lose points in tosenkyo.

  • Omg Minus 2!?

  • From the beginning!?

  • You are already in bad shape.

  • I'm still winning though.

  • Minus 2 points!

  • Minus 2 points!

  • see how much I can beat you by.

  • oh really and peacefully very elegant

  • Just go!

  • What does that mean?

  • Does that mean I win?

  • 8 points!!!

  • Nope! Not "kotsun"

  • That's points!

  • Why?!

  • If it leans on it, it's also worth points

  • This is ====

  • HAHAAHA

  • 10 points!

  • I'm gonna swoop it under the butterfly.

  • Make sure it's open all the way.

  • gently

  • Let's see the results of this little game.

  • I'm pretty sure I won!

  • I wonder who won...

  • Hey no claps.

  • Lucky 21!

  • If it was golf, you would've won!

  • Positive thinking.

  • Now we will hand you your license card!

  • That was a lot of fun!

  • So Angela, How did you enjoy your Tosenkyo experience?

  • I really enjoyed that I was really fun and it was actually my

  • first time I didn't know I'd be that bad at it and I wasn't expecting you to

  • be that good but how did you feel about it

  • I genuinely enjoyed a you know winning

  • I think it was a really fun experience.

  • I didn't think it would be as fun as it was but it turned out to be pretty

  • pretty cool but actually uh Yasaka tower's not far from here

  • I was thinking we could walk

  • around in a kimono and take pictures yeah let's do that

  • let's go

  • get up

So Kyoto is known to be this very historical and culturally vibrant place in Japan.

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