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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hello, hello.
Alright, first one.
So, this is Yuka-san. Thank you.
Yama-chan, Kevin-san, こんにちは。
こんにちは。
そして、あけましておめでとうございます。
今年も楽しい配信を楽しみにしています。
ニューヨークタイムズの発表
今年もニューヨークタイムズ2025年訪れるべき52箇所の発表の季節が来ました。
昨年は山口市、一昨年は森岡市が選ばれ、このポッドキャストでも話題になりましたよね。
今年も日本から2つの市が選ばれました。どこか想像できますか?
伝統的な…
そうそう。
2市。
1つ目は…
1つ目は…
知ってますか?
知ってます。
前に訪れたことがあると思う。
確かに。
でも1つ目は…
聞いたことないかも。
聞いたかも…
1つ目は…
福岡。
博多。
博多。
何故博多?
まあ、
博多。
いい疑問だね。
1作目。
第30位にランクインした
富山市
Toyama.
Okay. Alright.
It's a place where you can enjoy cultural impressions and gourmet food while avoiding crowds.
We introduced you to the Toyama City Glass Museum,
the popular oden and Japanese style curry restaurants.
Okay.
Good choice. Really good choice.
Let me check where that is.
Yeah.
Mmm. I've never been there. Okay.
大阪の選出
And number 38. Osaka City.
What?
The development of the Grand Green Osaka at JR Osaka Station,
where a large-scale renovation and renovation were carried out.
Well, yeah.
Well, yeah. Banpaku is...
Yeah.
Yeah. That's big. That's big.
As a local resident of Osaka, I am proud to be chosen as a local resident.
How did you two feel?
Is there any other places you would like to visit this year?
I would appreciate it if you could tell us about them.
Man.
Yeah.
Osaka, huh?
I didn't think they would go for such...
Big city?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Obvious cities.
Right.
Oh.
But I guess it's special for us, yeah.
The Banpaku, right?
Yeah, it's special.
Banpaku started yesterday.
Yeah.
Yeah.
My thoughts on it.
I've been hearing a lot of voices that it's not...
The tickets aren't selling.
Oh, yeah. I've heard that news.
I wonder what's up.
I wonder what's up.
Yeah.
So I didn't even know that was now open from yesterday.
But like a month ago, I've heard the news that tickets are still really, really...
Very much available.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's what I...
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
I'm interested in it, though.
Mm-hmm.
Interested in it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Banpaku ne.
Mm.
Mm.
It is open for quite a long...
Like two or three months, right?
So...
Mm.
Yeah.
So you can still...
Yeah.
Still chance to go.
Still, yeah.
Yeah.
That's right.
Yeah.
You get a shot?
Yeah.
I mean...
What do you hear about the Banpaku that might interest you, if there are any?
Because for me, I've not heard anything interesting about it.
Okay.
Yeah.
So first of all, there's not many news that coming in to me.
That's the thing, right?
Yeah.
That's the thing.
Me too.
Yeah.
But honestly, I don't know what is going on in the event.
Event.
Yeah.
I guess.
What can I expect?
Right?
You don't know.
To...
So...
万博への興味
One thing I'm excited for, if I were to go, would be the world's biggest structural building.
Okay.
Made by wood.
Oh.
Yeah.
Mm.
Is that...
That's the thing.
The build for the Banpaku?
The build for Banpaku, yeah.
I didn't know that.
It's like a round, dome-shaped fucking structure.
Oh, sounds nice.
It sounds cool.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I love seeing those buildings and architectures.
Yeah.
That's that.
Yeah.
Or if they have like food.
Food?
Yeah.
Like from all over the world.
That's true.
Like something...
That's cool.
大阪万博の概要
Difficult to find in Japan.
And that would be fun to just...
Yeah.
It's like Epcot in Florida.
Oh.
It's like there's like sections of different cities.
Mm-hmm.
But...
Countries, yeah.
Many of the spots did not make it on time.
So, most...
Not most, like many of them, many of the countries is not available.
Really?
On the date of the opening.
Wow.
They're not...
They're working on it right now.
They're working on it.
Okay.
Yeah.
So, if you go...
Right now, if you go there...
To the opening day.
Many of the countries, you cannot enjoy.
Is that...
Why?
Because they didn't...
They were not...
Maybe some scheduling issues.
Is it...
It's the Banpaku, right?
It's the Banpaku, but I don't know.
They couldn't get it.
Oh.
Yeah.
Okay.
So, it's better to go...
Yeah, I think it's better to go...
And wait until the end of it.
Yeah.
Near the end.
Yeah.
建築とデザイン
So, you can enjoy food.
Mm.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Foods, maybe.
I would love to see technologies.
Technologies.
You know?
They've got some of those, right?
I guess so.
Some latest high-tech stuff.
I'd love to try out some of those.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
Maybe, like, musical performances.
I'm sure they have that.
Yeah.
I'm sure they have that.
Like, something really, like, deeply connected to their cultures.
Mm-hmm.
Something you cannot experience in Japan.
True.
True.
That would be nice.
Mm.
But that's really all you hear.
Mm-hmm.
There's really nothing you hear.
Yeah, I mean, I've heard that they're going to have Banpaku no Osaka.
Mm-hmm.
But basically, that's it.
That's your last news.
I don't know what's going on inside.
Yeah.
It's until October 13th.
October 13th?
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh, is this the building?
That's the structure.
Oh, that's lovely.
Yeah.
Looks great.
So, look at that.
That's the building.
Oh!
The Grand Ring.
Wow.
It's all wood.
Well, I mean, it looks good.
It looks beautiful.
It looks good.
Looks beautiful.
Mm.
Mm.
The largest wooden architectural structure.
Yeah.
Mm.
Mm.
So, that's interesting.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
And the light up is beautiful, too, at night.
Yeah.
What else can you expect from here?
海外パビリオン。国内パビリオン。シグニチャーパビリオン。
Anything interesting in here?
海外パビリオン。
海外パビリオン。
Yeah.
もういろんな国が。アメリカ、アラブ、オーシュ、インドネシア、イタリア、オーストラリア、オーマン、オランダ、カタール。
And there's so many more.
But, I mean, it looks really good.
It does.
Like...
It looks cool.
Yeah.
It looks fun.
Yeah.
The buildings do look interesting.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Look at this Swiss pavilion.
Look at that.
It's like bubbles.
It's like glass bubbles and balls.
Wow.
Wow.
Well, I mean, I just want to go there to see these buildings.
Architectural structures, right?
Yeah.
That looks cool.
That's really cool.
I didn't expect this.
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
入場料と訪問者の意見
Let's see how much the tickets are.
Okay.
How much would you go?
Okay, I would go if it was...
Okay, let's say I was in Osaka.
Okay.
Let's not think about the travel cost.
Okay.
If I was in Osaka...
Okay.
I would go here if it was 10,000 yen.
Yeah.
Higher than I expected.
Higher than expected?
入場券についての議論
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I'm in the same zone, I guess.
Like, from 5,000 yen to 10,000 yen.
Yeah.
I was about to say 8,000 yen would be like a...
Yeah, but...
Right.
Yeah, 10,000 yen would be a fair price for these, everything.
If I buy it now...
Oh, you'll be changing?
Yeah, there's a pre-sale.
Oh, I see, I see.
I wonder if there's a pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
Pre-sale.
So we're not pre-sale anymore, right?
Because it's opened.
Yeah.
And now...
Oh, this is it.
Pass.
Pass.
Pass.
Pass.
Pass.
What?
Is it surprising?
For one day.
We're talking about for one day ticket, right?
One day ticket.
Ah, I see, I see.
One day ticket.
Ah, okay, okay, okay.
Sorry about that.
Why?
This was a regular ticket.
You can go again, multiple times.
Ah, during that period.
During that period, yeah.
A regular one-day ticket is 7,500 yen.
Oh, that's fair.
Yeah, that's fair.
Yeah, it's okay.
It's fair.
Good price.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
How much is that for entire period?
So entire October 3rd, 30,000 yen.
Yeah.
And I thought that was just one time, so I was surprised.
I see, I see.
But, yeah.
Well, yeah, I mean...
You can go multiple times if you buy 30,000 yen ticket.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Is it like really, really big so that you need multiple days to see everything?
So look at the Google Maps here.
So I think it's just here.
Everything is inside of that.
I think it's in the Yume...
How do you read this?
Yume...
Yume-su?
Yume-su?
Yume-su.
Yume-su?
I have no idea.
Yeah, I think it's around here.
So I don't know, maybe one or two days is enough.
I have no idea, though.
Maybe each one takes...
Oh, they were making lines, though.
Like 60-minute waiting line.
Oh, to get inside?
All that shit.
No, no, no.
Like there's activities to do inside.
Okay.
There's lines for each one of them.
Okay, okay.
Yeah, so it could be like Disney where you can't really do the full thing.
I don't know, though, but yeah.
Okay.
I am kind of now interested in it now.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True, me too.
Looks fun.
Looks fun.
I'm now...
More interested.
Yes.
Than ever.
I'm not saying I'm going.
But we're more interested than ever.
Yes, yes.
It's really, really possible that I visit there.
Like if I had a timing where I'd go to Osaka, I would definitely squeeze in a visit to here.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
