帰国後の最初の食事
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One more thing I didn't like about the France, the keys.
Keys.
Yeah.
Okay.
Just like that.
House keys.
House keys.
Sure.
What about it?
Have you ever seen keys that are completely different from these kind of keys?
I mean, I've seen card keys, like digital IC card keys.
That's it though.
Yeah.
I mean, it's a key.
Yeah.
Key.
It's like metal.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just like usual key.
But you put it in and then you have to, first of all, you have to like turn three, four times.
Okay.
And then you unlock the something inside.
The lock.
Yeah.
And then you kind of twist like a little bit so that you unlock the next one.
And then you finally, you're able to get inside.
It's like you're like lock picking it.
Yeah.
It's like you're trying to break into it.
Yeah.
Or it was so random.
Like, it's not like one, you know, in Japan, you won't be suffering from opening the door.
Yeah.
It's the same.
Yeah.
If you have the right key, you can open it.
Yeah.
But the keys in France was so random.
Even if you have the right keys, it's really difficult to open that door.
Wow.
Yeah.
And one time we had an Airbnb in Paris.
Yeah.
And we stayed there.
And we got a key.
And we went outside.
We locked the door and then came back.
And we couldn't enter.
We couldn't open the key.
Wow.
You had the right key.
Yeah.
It just wouldn't open.
Yeah.
And we tried like, I would say 20 minutes in front of the right door.
That's crazy.
With the right key.
And my dad tried.
Yeah.
It didn't work.
My mom tried.
It didn't work.
I tried.
It didn't work.
And then, yeah.
My mom was like so tired.
She sat on the floor.
Yeah.
And finally, my brother somehow managed to open that.
We were like, yes!
Let me see what it looks like.
I mean, I guess, yeah.
It looks as usual, though.
House keys in Paris.
Yeah.
It looks normal?
It looks as usual, yeah.
Like, looking like these?
Yeah.
These kind of keys in them.
Yeah, they look normal.
But I guess the buildings are really, really old.
Yeah.
I guess it's rusty.
Yeah.
And the system isn't the same as the nowadays key system.
帰国後の文化の違い
So it's old.
Yeah.
Because it's built in like, you know, 16th century or like 17th century.
True.
Yeah.
It's so...
True.
Yeah.
That was...
That's frustrating.
Yeah.
And you had to do it every time.
Yeah.
That's crazy.
So y'all never got the hang of it?
So in Paris, my brother, he mastered how to open it.
Oh!
Okay.
So it was him.
It's his job now.
Yeah.
He's the key master.
Yeah.
I see.
He was the only guy who can open the doors.
I see.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Key things was...
Yeah.
Frustrating.
Yeah.
Frustrating.
Those like small details were like kind of frustrating to me.
Like people, cultural difference, those are fine.
But keys...
Bathrooms.
Bathrooms.
Yeah.
Little showers.
Shower.
You know, those like small details.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What was it about the shower you didn't like?
So first of all, we don't have...
I mean, they don't have the...
Bathtub.
Well, I mean, they have bathtub, but they don't use it like a...
It's like a...
They don't have a floor, I would say.
Ah.
So you would stand inside the tub.
Yes, yes.
Is where you wash your body.
Right, right, right.
Got it.
So if you love getting inside of a...
It's a little dirty.
Yeah.
It's not the best relaxing bath experience.
It's different from that.
Yeah.
Sometimes the water is a little weak sometimes in some cities.
Yes.
You know, like the ticket vending machines in metros.
They work a little differently.
It's like one day pass, two day pass, three day pass.
A week pass, two week pass, things like that.
It's not like station from station to station.
Oh, I see.
It's like one day pass.
And you can use it for the whole day.
Yeah.
Okay.
It was kind of...
At first, we didn't understand that.
Yeah.
Right.
Because if you're just going to use it once, it's a bad deal.
Right, right, right.
Oh, I like...
I see.
Yeah.
Those small details are kind of like, you know, every time like...
Right.
It builds up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's the first thing you eat after you came back to Japan?
After I came back to Japan?
帰国後の食事体験
Yeah.
So, me, my mom, my brother, we went to Yoshinoya.
Oh!
In Haneda Airport.
Very classic.
Yeah, yeah.
Yes.
Very classic.
We ate gyudons.
Ah, yes.
Lovely.
Yeah, yeah.
Very lovely.
Right, right, right.
Yeah.
Good gyudon.
I ordered kimchi negi gyudon.
Oh!
Very lovely.
Yeah.
They don't eat spicy food in France.
Oh, do they?
Yeah.
Okay.
I've never seen, like, not many Korean restaurant, first of all, but I didn't see, like, you
know, red, that spicy kimchi things.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
I wanted dashi.
You wanted...
Yes, of course, the dashi.
Gyokai dashi.
Very important.
So, there was not much dashi then.
I mean, they have, but it's meat dashis or, like...
I see.
Like, butter dashis.
Oh, okay.
It's different from what we...
For example, like...
The katsuobushi.
Katsuobushi.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, tsukemen.
Konbu.
Yeah, those, those.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I wanted those things.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I get it.
So, that night, we arrived Haneda.
Sure.
We went to Sukiya.
Yeah.
Yoshinoya.
Yeah.
And the next day, in the lunch time, I went to ramen yasan.
Okay.
Gyokai dashi no...
Katsuo dashi no ramen yasan.
Yes.
And then, that night, the next day, tonight, I went to Yoshinoya again.
Oh, okay.
日本とフランスの食文化
Try the same, like, dashi there.
And then, yeah.
You're really craving for it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wow.
That was good.
Yes.
Classic.
Yeah.
Classic.
Lovely.
Yeah.
So...
Yeah.
But, yeah, beside those problems, you know, the toilet and little keys and little things,
and I...
Honestly, I really love the country.
So, I want to...
You know, it's like 15 years ago, I came back from France.
I kind of, I don't know why, but, like, I kept distance from France and, like, you know,
never been back to France.
Yeah.
Never, like, actually, like, studied or, like...
Oh, okay.
I know.
I see.
So, now I feel like I want to be more connected.
Wow.
Be more involved, I would say.
I want to learn French, like, is...
I'm feeling right now.
Okay.
Well, that's good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's great.
That's great.
Nice.
The country wasn't actually that bad.
Yeah, it changed your image towards France, and now you're more, like, positive to engage,
and that's great.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
So, that's what I'm feeling, yeah.
Nice.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.
