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Going to Australia, no?
Yes.
Oh, shit.
Yes.
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So you went to Australia, right?
Yeah.
How was it?
Took a few days and escaped from Japan.
Yeah.
That's the place you should visit now.
Oh, sure.
What do you...
In what ways?
I mean, so first of all, the weather.
Okay.
Let's talk about the weather.
That's perfect.
You know...
Really?
You know, weather is very, very important for us, right?
Yeah, for the, you know, QOL.
Yeah.
It's...
So I went to Cairns.
That's the East Coast side.
Okay.
It's a beach resort city.
It has, I guess, just like LA.
Bright blue sky.
Okay.
Beautiful blue ocean and white beach.
And then great weather all the time.
And humidity is like zero, I guess.
Wow.
I mean...
Oh, that's awesome.
I mean, that's enough.
What else do you need?
Really?
I mean, honestly, the moment I landed, it felt so good.
And I felt like, oh, that's good.
You were like in love with the weather.
Yeah.
Beautiful place.
Wow.
Yeah.
What was it called?
Which city was it again?
Cairns.
C-A-N-N?
No.
C-A-I-R-S.
C.
C.
A-I-R.
Hold on.
C...
C-A-I-R-S.
Cairns?
Sorry.
C-A-I...
C-A-I-R-N.
Oh, C-A-I-R-N-S.
Yeah.
Queensland.
Yeah.
That's the Queensland state.
Uh-huh.
And the Cairns is the name of the city.
I see.
Yeah.
Oh, over here, huh?
Okay.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right, right, right.
It's around there.
Where's the popular...
Where's the famous opera house?
That's the Sydney.
Oh, Sydney's right here?
Yeah.
And you got Melbourne.
Melbourne, Sydney.
Yeah.
Got it.
And then here.
You went to...
Cairns.
Cairns.
Yes, Cairns.
Oh.
Do you want to take the call?
You good?
Wow.
I mean, it's like a...
Have you ever been to Australia?
I've never been to Australia.
Oh.
Then you should.
Oh.
Like, it's...
I think it's mixed version of the United States.
Okay.
And Japan.
Wow, that's awesome.
Yeah.
That is awesome.
Yeah.
People were very nice.
That is awesome.
They were very nice.
I mean, they literally...
They were very, very nice.
So you went to, like, the local store...
Yes.
...and the people were not throwing shit at you?
No.
Oh, shit.
No.
Really?
They were very nice.
Wow.
Like, I...
One day, I was in a cafe...
Okay.
...in the morning.
Yeah.
The coffee was a little bit strong to me.
So that's one point.
A little bit of a down.
Okay.
Just a little bit.
Not much.
You can find yourself a different cafe any time, right?
Yeah.
I was enjoying it under the sun.
Yeah.
I was eating coffee and breakfast.
Yeah.
Plate.
And people were, like, in the terrace seats all the time chatting with the people around
them, even the store clerk.
Yeah.
And one guy came, like, walking across the street.
Yeah.
And he started chatting with people.
And...
Yeah.
Hi.
Very friendly vibe.
Wow.
And he just passed and came, like, two old...
Old what?
Couple.
Yeah.
Grandma and grandpa carrying...
With a dog.
Okay.
And walking, like, peacefully and just having conversation and...
Like, with a random stranger.
Yeah.
Really?
Having a breakfast...
People who are having a breakfast on the terrace seat having conversation.
Maybe they are friends.
Maybe they know each other, but...
I mean...
Well, I mean, that doesn't happen in the US.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Let alone Japan.
Yeah.
It's very friendly, but at the same time, very polite.
Like, with respect, you know?
Yeah.
They're not like, oh, yo, man, people.
But they're like, oh, hello.
Wow.
And then...
That's so nice.
So nice.
So nice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I talked with some people.
And I said that Kansas is a lovely place.
People were very nice, very gentle.
And that people were, like, came from Melbourne.
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Okay.
Which is the capital.
Yeah.
And then big, big city like New York or Tokyo.
Yeah.
And she said that this is special in Kansas.
Oh.
So you can't really expect the same thing in Melbourne.
Yeah.
She said in Melbourne, it's just like another big cities.
It's more rush, more people, like, rushing, crowded.
More cold-hearted.
Yeah.
So Kansas is the best place to choose to visit in the holiday season.
And so I guess I did a right choice to visit Kansas.
Have you ever been to Melbourne or Sydney?
No.
Oh, okay.
No.
So I don't know what it's like in Melbourne or Sydney.
So this was your first Australia?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh.
Wow.
And, yeah.
Is it Tokai or...
No.
So it's...
Okay.
We've been to LA, right, together.
Yeah.
And one day we went to the beach side.
Yeah.
To see the places, right?
It's way more compact.
It's more small.
Okay.
It's like...
Yeah, I guess it's mixed version of Tokyo and LA.
It's small city.
It's small town.
Okay.
But with a...
You know, London itself is very big, very huge.
Yeah.
But the city is very compact.
Many hotels in the city.
Many restaurants.
Crowded people.
But chill vibe as LA.
Beach side.
You know, fancy restaurant sometimes.
Some music, people dancing.
Wow.
And one another thing.
Okay.
That I want to recommend this place to you.
Yeah.
We don't have time differences.
That's big.
That's big, right?
That's huge.
Yeah.
I mean, to be precise, in Cairns, you have one hour of differences, time differences.
Okay.
But it's just nothing, you know?
Yeah.
Right.
Big deal.
Big deal.
So that means you just...
From the moment you landed, it's just you.
Nothing changed.
You feel the air.
And then you go back to Japan.
And you can do whatever you want.
There's nothing that you have to adjust or...
That's really nice.
Yeah.
That is really nice.
Yeah.
And also, it's in the southern part of the earth.
Yeah.
So the season is opposite.
I see.
So in the winter time in Japan, they're having summer time.
So it's very, you know, great place to escape from Japan.
True.
If you have very cold and go Australia, and then...
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It's very warm.
And you have too hot in Japan, too humid.
You go to Australia and it's chilly.
Does it get too extreme, do you think, in Australia?
How was last week?
It was...
How was it?
Was it Hanzo day?
Yeah, Hanzo day.
In the daytime, Hanzo day, Hanzabon, perfect.
But in the morning and in the evening, you can still walk with Hanzo day, Hanzabon.
A little bit chilly, though?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I wore a little hoodie sometimes and put out and put in.
Yeah.
But...
Yeah.
How was the food?
Oh, so food.
Well, this...
About this, I have to be honest, you know.
Japan is the highest quality in food industry.
Globally.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Japan is the best country about food.
Okay.
So that's what I have to say.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
But still, not bad at all.
Not bad at all, I'd say.
Okay, okay.
I went to one barbecue house, kind of like a...
Yeah.
Steak house, kind of.
Yeah.
So the famous food in there, especially in Cairns, as it's a beach city, like seafood
and like beef, grilled beef and pork meat thing.
Yeah.
And I went to a barbecue house and I had a pork rib.
Pork rib?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow, pork rib.
That was amazing.
Oh.
That was amazing.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
I recommend that place.
Okay, okay.
Restaurant's name.
Yeah.
And it wasn't cheap.
That wasn't expensive.
Okay.
I definitely recommend that place.
That was so good.
And the french fries, they call it chips.
Yeah.
So nice.
Oh.
Chips everywhere, great.
It was to your likings?
Yes.
Like you have a certain style that you like, right?
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, actually, those chips were, some of them were out of my style.
But still.
But still it was good.
They were good.
So I guess the level of chips is very high.
Wow.
Yeah.
Was it like crispy?
Yeah.
Crispy outside.
What was so good about it?
Inside, very.
Hoku hoku?
Yeah, hoku hoku.
Oh, okay.
Kind of sweet.
And outside, salty outside.
Oh.
Very crispy.
Okay.
And it got like a taste.
Oh, okay.
Like an umami flavor?
Some kind of, yeah.
Oh, okay.
Like maybe from meat or something.
But I'm not sure.
Damn, that must be good.
Yeah.
That was good.
That was good.
Shit.
Okay.
Yeah.
And the Cairns is famous for, I guess, pizza.
Many Italian restaurants in Cairns.
Oh, okay.
And I went to one pizza restaurant, and that pizza, the style of the pizza was in between
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the Italian pizza and the American pizza.
Fuck.
It was like...
How the fuck is that possible?
Yeah.
The kiji is in between Italian pizza and American pizza that we had in the United States.
Okay.
It's crispy.
It's zaku-zaku.
You're talking about New York style?
Yeah.
I guess it's New York style.
Okay.
You know, the very New York styles are zaku-zaku.
Zaku-zaku.
Yeah, that's right.
Hard and...
Yeah, you're right, right, right.
Yeah.
It wasn't that thick.
A little bit more thinner than that, but still like zaku-zaku.
And you feel the kind of powderness.
Like a...
Oh, okay.
Like a...
You know, the...
Komugi-kon?
Komugi-ness.
Yeah.
Zaku-zaku.
It's just like Italian pizza.
You got tomato, you got seafood.
Mozzarella.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, okay.
And with little koge.
Uh-huh.
Like black spots.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because of the, you know, deko-boko?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, shit.
That was new to me.
That's cool.
It's really cool.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Really cool.
So...
I'm really curious now.
Yeah.
I'm really curious.
You should visit there.
Do you think I'd feel comfortable?
What do you mean?
People, food, city?
Yeah.
Oh.
But one thing...
There are many Japanese people.
Oh, okay.
Coming to holiday one.
But also like, you know, wahori.
Uh-huh.
Popular places.
Yeah, I met some people.
Very many people in city.
In Japanese people.
But you saw a lot of Japanese people.
I saw Japanese people, yeah.
Like, how about what country do you think you saw the most?
Number one, Australia, of course.
But like, number two.
European people.
Okay.
And Japanese people, I guess.
And then...
So that's a lot of Japanese.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But not many Korean people, Chinese people.
Basically, I saw people from, of course, Australia.
European people, like Italian people, French people.
Many people there.
And also some Japanese people.
And very few American people.
I saw just two or three Americans.
That's it?
Yeah.
Oh.
Don't know why, but...
Yeah.
Wow.
So, I mean, I honestly...
I guess it's a very good place to take a holiday vacation.
That's awesome.
You just go there and just...
That is awesome.
Yeah.
That's awesome, man.
Yeah, man.
So, okay.
I see.
I mean, they do say that people in Australia are very happy, right?
I hear that a lot.
Oh, you hear that a lot?
Isn't that one of the most, like, happiest places?
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Like, besides the Hoku, Hokuo places?
Hokuo, yeah, maybe.
I could tell so.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They were not, like, rushing at all.
Like, they looked happy all the time.
With, you know, English with Aussie accent.
Yeah.
Sounded very, you know...
Aussie.
Yeah.
Relaxed and having fun and...
It's good.
Honestly.
Fuck.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah.
But the food, Japanese food are best.
Got it.
Yeah.
Compared to the Japanese food, which is one of the highest.
Yeah.
It's still very...
It's lower, but...
Very high level.
Very acceptable.
Very good.
Very good.
When you compare it with America, it's a little better.
It's better.
Yeah.
Oh.
Then I can live with that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like, I'm okay with American, so...
All right.
Yeah.
And the Chians are very good.
Sounds good?
Yeah.
How about the...
I hear a lot of...
In Australia, a lot of huge bugs.
Love that.
Oh.
A lot of insects.
I didn't see many.
Big-ass spiders.
I didn't see them.
I saw some huge birds.
Birds?
Yeah.
Well, that's fun.
Like pigeons?
Huge pigeons?
Like this big?
That was scary, by the way.
I love pigeons.
I would love to see that.
I mean...
But it was scary for you?
I mean, a little bit different from Japanese pigeon.
Okay.
I thought...
What I felt was pigeons in Japan and the caras in Japan, it's in between.
Like combined?
Yeah.
Shit.
Like, a little bit black, and then...
Oh, shit.
It looked stronger than the pigeons in Japan.
Oh.
Looked more intelligent.
Yeah.
Like, wild, you know?
Oh, wow.
Well, that's fun.
That's fun, too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I saw many in the beachside.
A huge...
Like, I think it's a kamome?
Okay.
Like, this big, with thin legs like this.
Uh-huh.
This big, and a small head like this.
Oh.
Sitting like...
Oh, wow.
And sleeping.
That's cute.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's something you like, huh?
Yeah, I love that.
I love when pigeons take naps and rest.
They fold their legs underneath them.
Yeah.
Wow.
I mean...
I gotta check that out.
I really do.
I have to check that out.
Yeah.
I mean, that's a great place to escape.
Yeah.
From Japan.
Right.
From this weather.
Fuck.
Yeah.
Sounds awesome.
Yeah.
I returned yesterday.
Yeah.
And I still can't believe this weather.
This humidity?
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Yeah.
Ridiculous.
So...
Non-human living.
Yeah.
I mean...
Such low quality of air.
It's unbelievable.
Yeah.
Fuck.
I gotta give it a go.
Yeah.
I have to go.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
