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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast. Hello.Hey guys, how's it going? Hi. How's your week?
Uh, yeah. My week has been, um, let's see. I wentto Aomori. For what?
Uh, actually for no reason, actually. Oh, okay.You know, we were planning to go to Hokkaido
for something. Oh, yes, yes. And then, uh, itdidn't work out. We had to cancel it. Yeah. Istill booked
the, uh, the Shinkansen for it. So I was like, whydon't we just go somewhere with this train?
I went to Aomori. Good. Yeah. You, where did youwent, like, Aomori? You went to, like, which city?
The Aomori city. Aomori city? Yeah. Oh, okay. Howwas it? Um, I really enjoyed the Nebuta. Oh.
Okay, okay. I don't know if it's a Hakubutsukan,but, like, you know,
they, the Nebuta-kan has, like, a huge, you know,collection of Nebutas. Wow. It was
really kakkoii. Wow. Really kakkoii. You mean thehuge, like, uh, like, uh, how should I explain
that? It's like a huge kan? It's like, it's like ahuge one. Huge, like, uh, I don't know what tosay.
Yeah. It's like, uh, you know, it's a, it's afestival done in Aomori. Yeah. Um,
and, uh, the people carry this huge set of, yeah,set of, like, architecture. Yeah, yeah, yeah.Paper,
paper and wood made architecture. Yeah. That's,like, sculptured into this scenery,
the battle scenery. Oh, yeah. Is it a battle?Yeah, it's a battle. Oh, I didn't know that. It's
an absolute battle. It was, yeah, the, the, thenani? Myakudokan? Ryakudokan? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, my God, man. Wow. It was moving. Like, oh, wasit? It wasn't moving. It looks, it looked like
it was moving. Wow. That was cool. Even theydidn't move, you felt that, Ryakudokan? Yes.
Then what happens if, if they're, like, actuallyin move in, like, the... During the O-matsuri,
right? Yeah. Yeah. I gotta check that out. It mustbe very exciting. It was very exciting,
man. It was very exciting. Wow. I gotta show you apicture. Yeah. Ooh. I've never seen those
nebuta things in, in, in the real ones. Yeah.Yeah. So, for example, like this one right here.
It's, it's really big. I took it from afar, but,like... Wow. Oh, wait. This is his leg right here.
Wow. Look at his stance. Right. It's a sword.Yeah. Yeah, if y'all can check it out right here.
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Yeah. It's, uh... Yeah. It looks cool. It's huge.It's huge. It's, it's really cool. It's reallycool.
Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Do they have many of those thingsin the house? Yeah, they have, like, six. Wow.
Maybe seven. Wow. Yeah. Like, different scenes.Different, different scenes. This one's on a
horse with a bow and arrow. Look at his face. Verycool. Very cool. Very cool. Yeah. And it's huge,
right? It is huge, man. It's huge. Oh. Let's seeif I can show you, like, a... So, it's like this?
Yeah, in a huge hall. Yeah. They place, like, sixor seven of those nebutas. This was, um, actually,
they used it last year, I think, all of these. Oh,okay. Okay. Right. Wow. It's cool. Yeah.
The actual Nebuta Matsuri was a week before I wentthere. So, I was like, oh, Oshi. Yeah.
It should be very exciting if they, like, reallyin action. Right. And moving. Right. With people.
Yeah. Right. Wow. I really want to see that. So,you know, there's only, um, there's not many
nebuta-shi, people who can make the actual thing.Okay. I didn't know this, but it was, uh,
yeah, it's, it's like less than 50 people. It'slike, yeah. Professionals. Yeah. They make those
the nebuta cars. Cars. Right. Oh. I'm surprised.Yeah. Yeah. Right.
Maybe. Yeah. Maybe. Yeah. But it looks cool.Right. And he,
you know, the scenes were so, you know, I'm rightnow, I'm kind of into anime right now,
like the Kimetsu, all that stuff. And the scenewas, it had a really similar vibe, you know,
like the similar, like, you know, coolness. Yeah.And I could imagine that being turned into, like,
an anime or something, and that become, like, goesviral. Oh. Yeah. Nice. Yeah. That's a good
idea. Right. Right. Right. Other things I saw, youknow, I'm already famous for the apples,
right? Yeah. Right. They had several, like, apple,like, factory, like, it's a, like,
apple omiyage-san for tourists. And they sold allthese, like, apple juice. Yeah. Like, apple
okashis and all that stuff. Yeah. That was good.Apple ice creams, all that stuff. But
a mystery was that I went to all of these, like,apple places. Yeah. Not one sold the actual apple.
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Not one. Really? Right. That was mystery. Yeah. Imean, I wanted to buy the actual apple. Yeah.
The authentic. Right. And they have, like, I heardthat the people of Omori could, like,
they could bite into it and they could just tellwhich brand of apple it is. That's how, like,
how much apples are eaten and different kinds ofapple. Yeah. So, I was, like, excited to try out
all these, like, different kinds of apples. But,you know, I couldn't find any. I went to allthese,
like, places for tourism. None of there. And,like, a local grocery store. They didn't sell
apples. Oh, okay. So, I was really surprised. Theysold, like, jazuringo. That's it. What?
Jazuringo, you know. Jazuringo. Oh, you should tryjazuringo. What is that? You can buy it,
like, anywhere in Japan. Okay. It's a little small
lingo. Okay. You know, the fujiringo is, like,this big. Like, the size of a softball, maybe.
A little smaller. Jazuringo is, like, a size of,like, a baseball. I love jazuringo. Okay.
The small ones. My favorite apple right now. Okay.I should try that. They're really crispy.
They're really crispy and really sour. Reallysour? Yes. Okay. It's really good. Really good.
Okay. You gotta try them. Yeah. Okay. That's whatthey had, man. I could buy them at my local
grocery store. Jazuringo. Yeah. Yeah. It's noteven, is it, like, originally from Japan? I don't
know, mate. It could be from, yeah, it could besome western country, right? Yeah, that's amystery.
Yeah. I don't know why. Maybe it's, do we havelingo in, like, our closest grocery stores,
like, right now? Right now, jazuringo is what wecan find right now. Okay. Yeah, that's why I tried
them because it was the only one. Maybe it's notthe season? Yeah, maybe. Ah, yeah, that's true.
That's true. It could be it. It's like a winter,not winter, but it's not like summer fruit, maybe,
and that's why they don't have those, like,authentic ones, but, like, jazz. I don't know
where that jazuringo came from, but maybe you'reright. Yeah, maybe. I think you're right. Maybe
it's a season. That's true. But it's sad if yougo, when you go to Aomori and you miss the actual
fresh lingo. Right? I mean, I really wanted to tryit. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What, did you try anything,
like, those, like, lingo? Yeah, I had apple juicethat was very red. Yeah, they were selling red
apple juice. Okay. Yeah. You mean the fruit itselfis, like, a very red? I don't know. The liquid,
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I mean, it was the, it was juice, so I didn't getto see it. Okay. They didn't have a picture of the
actual fruit, but it was red. Wow. They say itwas, yeah, it's like a special type of apple.Okay.
Yeah, it was very sour. Okay. Yeah, very sour,but, you know, it did have the taste of an apple.
Yeah, not bad. Not bad. Yeah, I also, uh, applepie. Apple pie. Yeah, apple pie. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was okay. It was okay. Yeah, it was okay. Itwas okay. Yeah. Mine's better, but it was okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Mine's better.Yeah.
Um, uh, you know, uh, the Amori's famous, uh,
miso, uh, miso curry gyunyuu ramen. What's that? Idon't know. Yeah, it's like, it's like a famous,
uh, sorry? Miso curry? Miso curry gyunyuu ramen.Miso curry. Miso curry gyunyuu butter ramen.
Huh. Wow. Yeah. Miso curry. Gyunyuu. Gyunyuu.Butter. Okay. Okay. Hmm. They were making a line.
They were making a line. Yeah. Uh, yeah. And youtried that? Tried it. Okay. Yeah, it was okay.
It was a lot more softer and like, you know, moreyasashii than I thought. Very milky. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah. Very milky. I thought it was going tobe like, you know, like heavy, thick, um, ones,
but like, it was actually really, you know,yasashii. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. Yeah.
It was an experience. I didn't know that. Yeah,yeah, yeah. I didn't know that. All right. So.
Good, good. Yeah, it was good. It was good. Nice.Amori. You went to somewhere like a,
like a special, like a, I don't know what theyhave, like a. Oh, I also, I went to, um,
this, uh, museum where you get to see how, um, theancient, the Japanese people lived.
Yeah. It's like a half outside museum. Yeah. Whereis it? Iseki. Iseki, yeah.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I went there. So, Igot to go inside the homes, you know. Yeah,
the houses. The houses of the old, uh, yeah, theJapanese style. Yeah, it was pretty good. You can
go inside? You can go in. Yeah, you can go in. Youcan feel how cool it is. It was really cool
inside. Oh, okay. Yeah. So, yeah. That'sinteresting. It was good. I like that. Lovelytrip. Yeah,
right? Yeah. Right? It was pretty good. It was anice experience. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's
right. That's right. Good, good, good. Yeah.You're, you're like, like going to manyprefectures in
Japan. I am. I'm kind of on a journey. That'sgreat. That's great. You know, complete the
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many as I can. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's nice.That's nice. So, there you go. All right. Thanks
for sitting, guys. Thank you. Bye-bye.