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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
It's actually been a while that I've...
Been here?
Yeah, I've been here last.
こっち行った方がいいか。
あれ、ここで通れるっけ?
What do you mean?
あれ、ここで通れるっけ?こっち行けるっけ?
行けないっぽいね。なんかこうなってるね。
こっちのね、2歩行くから行けるかも。
あー。行けるか。行ってみるか。
Oh, thank you!
What a kind guy!
I love the way kind drivers do to other cars.
Very thoughtful, you know?
Oh, look at that.
Yeah, that's the bridge that I was talking about. My favorite bridge.
The uncle building?
After the striketree?
There we go!
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Wow, look at that.
Not as much people.
Yeah.
Not as many people.
Not as many people.
Yeah, but...
But...
I don't think so.
Like, if you compare to...
Like, yesterday.
Yesterday?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right, because it's...
Because it was during the...
Yeah.
Golden Week.
Yeah.
And it's over.
Right, it's over.
It's the first usual day for...
Yeah.
Many of Japanese people, so...
So if there were many foreign tourists...
They don't care about those Golden Weeks.
So...
True.
It'll be crowded, but...
It looks okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess.
The Kaminari Man.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Have you strolled around here before?
Of course.
Yeah.
Of course, of course.
Like, I love...
So, every year...
I come to this shrine.
Okay.
And, like...
Hatsumode here.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Very traditional Japanese style.
Ooh.
Yay.
Wow.
Lovely.
Lovely.
Right.
I'm gonna make a stop around here.
Okay.
So, the place...
Yes.
Restaurant.
Yeah.
It's close to the...
The...
Asakusa Station?
Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station.
Ah, got it.
So we should find some sort of parking around...
Yeah.
The Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station.
It's, like, right here, right?
I think that...
Yeah, that's...
Tsukuba Express, like, right here?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Where is it?
Yeah.
Exactly?
Oh, okay, right there.
Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
Wow.
Many people.
Yeah.
So do you love them, right?
I love the vibes.
The...
They all look...
That they have.
Huh?
'Cause they all look happy.
Yeah.
And I love that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I love those small, old shops.
Mm-hmm.
Like...
Some...
Oh.
Oh, oh.
What are these?
What did he do?
He just...
Like...
Do some things...
With cigarettes.
Oh.
He just...
Yeah.
Just litter?
Yeah.
Oh.
It's, uh...
Just after I said I love those shops, and...
I was about to say those...
Yeah.
Nah.
Nah.
Nah.
That's not a good idea.
Yeah.
It's...
It's too crowded.
Yeah.
And the road was very narrow.
Yeah.
Oh.
Oh, the...
So the building.
The temple, right?
Yeah.
Look at that.
Soroban-ten.
There's a soroban-ten?
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
How's that?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
How's that?
Do you know what a soroban is?
I've actually...
Yeah.
I've actually had one or two lessons.
Oh.
That taught me how to do sorobans.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
That's it, though.
So you kind of...
Yeah.
I know that the top line is, like, five.
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Wow.
And I know that the bottom one is, like, one, two, three, four.
Wow.
And then you would...
Yeah.
You would...
or something like that, I think.
Right?
Oh, you know how it works, and you can calculate with that.
But I don't remember how to actually work it out, you know?
Okay.
Okay.
Wow.
Surprised, actually.
Really?
Yeah.
That's the basics of it, right?
Yeah.
That's the basics.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yeah.
That's how it works, so...
Wow.
I can't calculate with that, actually.
Oh, you can't?
Yeah.
Never, like, taught.
Like, never...
Oh, really?
Learned.
Oh, I see.
Yeah.
Don't everyone...?
Not everyone.
Oh.
They don't teach you in elementary?
No.
Oh.
At least my age, no.
I see.
All right.
You know, Asakusa has this street where, like...
I'm sure you know this, but, like, Nomiya's guy...
Yeah.
The table is, like, literally on the street.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's, like, outside.
You're, like, drinking outside.
You know that, too.
Hoppidori.
Yeah, the hoppidori.
Yeah.
That's a very, like, Asakusa thing.
Yeah.
Love that vibe.
Yeah.
It's a very genki vibe.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Every time we go there, there are, like, drunk people.
Yeah.
Even if it's, like, 10 a.m.
Yeah.
Right.
Having the time of their life.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's lovely.
Do you like joining them?
No.
No, you don't?
I don't.
You just go through?
Yeah, I'm just too shy.
Yeah.
I would...
Like, if I'm with you, I'd probably be able to go.
But if I'm alone, I would never go.
Oh, yeah.
Like, I have to be with somebody who's more outgoing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's true.
You got all, like...
Sometimes they got all society inside.
Yeah.
久しぶりだね。
That's true.
That's true.
It's sometimes hard to, like, get inside.
You know one of those, like, really small standing bars?
Okay.
With, like, the 店主 or, like, the barmaster, like, in the middle?
Uh-huh.
You know those places?
Yeah.
And then everybody's, like, their friend.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Everybody talks with each other.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's like a...
So, I like those, you know, getting-closer-talk-easy place, those bars and those cafes.
Yeah.
But if it's, like, getting, like, becoming too, you know...
Societal?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't like that.
Yeah.
It's very difficult for us to... for us strangers to, like, get inside and say casually hi to them.
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Yeah.
So...
Yeah.
Can I see the location of the store?
Sure, of course.
It's, like, right here.
Right here.
Got it.
I'm gonna find parking.
Yeah, I'm not sure if they have parking.
Yeah, if the store has parking, that's amazing.
Yeah.
But I'm assuming they don't.
I don't think they have.
Yeah.
I guess I can't turn here either.
I'm getting further away.
I can't turn.
It's huge.
It's just past.
I should have just parked around here.
Yeah.
You know?
I got greedy and I was like, I should go this way.
But I'll turn here.
Okay.
Can I turn this way too?
That's what you mean, right?
It is.
That's true.
And now, I'm going to turn to a place that's not here.
Oh, here it is.
I'm going to turn here and look for parking.
Sounds like a plan, right?
Yeah.
Do you...
Yeah.
Oh!
Is it open?
Oh, yes.
It's closed.
It's closed.
I guess it's not here.
That's the parking there.
I guess it's already packed here.
It's near Asakusa.
That's possible.
Oh, look at that.
Oh, yeah.
Yay!
Yeah.
All right.
Not bad.
Not bad.
Yeah, it's not bad.
Not bad.
I hate the ones where like they don't have the maximum cost of transportation.
I was actually, when I was a college student, I was driving, and I didn't know that there
was this thing called the Saidai Ryokin, and it was a trap.
I parked it for like, I parked it for like 8 hours, and the Ryokin was like, what, was
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like 9,000 yen or something?
And I got so, I got, I got so scared.
Oh shit, I don't have the money!
Yeah, and she parked for the night.
Alright!
Thank you!
Let's go!
Yes!
Let's go eat!
We made it!
Yeah!
Alright.
I saw the kanban over there.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
That's great, that's great, that's great.
I believe that's the one.
Alright, let's go!
Alright.
Thanks for listening guys!
Thank you!
Bye bye!
