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72 hours adventure in Fukushima, Iwaki City：A City with Food, Fun People and Hawaii



Do you think you know Fukushima? What you may have seen on the news or TV is totally different for what real Fukushima is. This time we have gone to city in Fukushima, Iwaki where hardly any foreign tourists have chosen as one of the their destinations in Japan even before the Covid-19! Even people living in Japan has never visited this small city, Now here we are to show you that this small city in the north of Japan is much more than anybody ever has expected with so many places, so many food to enjoy! We have spent only 72 hours in this city to see what this city is all about, and found out even for a city like this we just couldn’t get enough! When you finish watching this video, you would want to go and enjoy what we had and hadn’t been able to experience here
Thank you very much to the many wonderful and exciting people of Iwaki.

This video has been in collaboration with the 復興庁 : RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY
If you want the newest updates on what is going on in Fukushima now, please check out
the following link→FukushimaUpdates
https://fukushima-updates.reconstruction.go.jp/en/#fukunavi

Notes about Daruma:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll
Daruma has its origin from India, and usually both or one of their eyes are left blank. Once a politician wins an election (or sports team), they would color in the eyes of the Daruma Dolls to celebrate, thus a Daruma doll is complete. We found out this was not a case with the Daruma Dolls in Iwaki as Takahashi-san has told us. These Iwaki Darumas are very unique, the designs are totally different from the ones you will find in Askakusa or any other places in Japan. WARNING: We have seen that there were “fake” Iwaki Darumas sold while our stay. Takahashi Darumas are the only certified Darumas in Iwaki so be careful!
Notes about the Shiramizu Amidado being the national treasure:
As mentioned, yes, Shiramizu Amidado is the only national treasure in Fukushima, as a structure. Currently there are 2 more national treasures which are a small Buddha doll and a scripture which are not regular shown to the public. If you want to see an actual National Treasure with your own eyes, the Amida-do in Iwaki is probably the best choice
Access to Iwaki:2.5 hours by car, or you can take the Super Hitachi Express train running from Ueno Station in Tokyo. It only costs around 60USD one way
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31 Comments

  2. crayZ

    Hows the Seafood? Seriously, a travel advert for FUKUSHIMA? Too soon buddy. Too soon.

  8. Christopher Abaddon

    Terrific cinematography. Seems like a great place to visit. I don’t know how you put down all that food without lapsing into a coma, man! I want to try that coffee made by slow percolation? Thanks for shining some light on Fukushima.

  10. Japanese Journey

    Well done and enticing episode! I think that’s the kind of content viewers of this channel want to see.

  11. asaka616

    I lived in Fukushima for three years! Absolutely loved it. Miss it so much.

  12. Lysander45

    Always great to see Fukushima prefecture getting some positive love. Too many still associate it with the 2011 disaster.

  16. Pebkac124

    this video feels like the old only in japan, but slower paced. i really enjoyed it

  18. raj07

    Finally, the channel is stepping up in terms of quality after JD's departure. Good to see quality content coming back. Keep up!

  19. Adam Valois

    Nice one Dave…your work has achieved a new level of maturity, very cool to see and looking forward to the next one!

  20. stvsueoka1

    Dave is such a good host. His descriptions of the food and experiences are just so great.

  21. Michael

    While I'm grateful for the music list, a location list would be even better. Or at least the highlights. 🙂

    Thank you! Enjoyed the video!

  22. からとし

    咲樹ちゃん、涼子さんいる〜🥲
    白土屋さんのインパクトは凄いよね

  25. WAO RYU!ONLY in JAPAN

    ★DAY 1
    0:39 Cafe "Break" The oversized sandwich and parfait with excellent variety of coffee beans
    2:19 Aqua Marine Fukushima aquarium worth spending a day. Come hear the Sea Lions!
    5:06 Takahashi Daruma National Level Art Dolls with interview. Souvenir or for good luck
    7:06 Urokoju Oversized and super fresh Seafood restaurant (w/ Vegan tempura option)
    9:57 -Lighthouse – Breath-taking beauty with drone shots
    10:26 Bar/Diner "Shake" Variety of Sake collection & Become friends with locals (English menu available)
    ★DAY 2
    12:26 Abukumado Cave Indiana Jones level cave. Not recommended to bring big backpacks for Adventure Course
    15:57 -Shiramizu Amidado – Temple of peace and comfort (National Treasure)
    17:28 Spa Resort Hawaiians Pools! Watersliders! Hot Spa! Hula Dancer shows! Fire Dancer Shows! Food! Hawaii!
    ★DAY 3
    20:38 – Hamatoku "Onsen" private bath- Rare private hot spring bath to ease all the stress
    21:00 – Horuru – Dinosaur and fossil museum. Yes, there were dinosaurs in Japan
    21:35 – Mining museum – Part of Horuru. Tells history of the mining industry in Iwaki.
    22:01– Taihei Sakura Sake brewery – Rare brewery of Fukushima Sake. Still mostly handmade
    23:37– -Shiratoya Kashiten – Bakery, confectionary with a "RIDICULOUS" sized Cream Puff.

  27. kuuru

    うれしいね。
    福島を宣伝してくれて。
    いつもありがとうございます。

  28. Ka Chi

    where were you 11 years ago when Fukushima needed you ? That's a bit late to promote it now, because now the last thing we want in Fukushima or in Iwaki where i live, is tourists bringing covid. We are very happy not to be a touristic destination and we would like to keep it this way. I have been in Iwaki for 35 years which is longer than you have ever been in Japan and we have survived earthquakes, tsunami, and the last thing we need is Covid and this is videos like your which bring Covid here.
    Plus we may be the country side but we are not stupid and we know the kind of people we want here and we do not have a short memory, We know the people who were here 11 years ago when everybody fled Fukushima or Japan, and these are the people we keep in our heart, not the people who come now for tourism.
    WE had youtubers who came to Fukushima and Iwaki and Iwate to help people after the earthquake and the tsunami and who risked their life with the radioactivity to help us, and who tried to make videos to collect fund to help us. We have had people who went to the dead zone of the powerplant to save animals left behind, and some of those people have cancer today, and still do not regret what they did. Where were you then ? Were you even in Japan, in tokyo of fleeding even more south or momentarily out of the country ?
    Now 11 years later you come and promote Fukushima and Iwaki to get views and money ?
    ふざけんな！

  30. chasedoe

    This looks more like the right direction to do VID.
    I would suggest to improve camera stabilization. A bit too shaky make me feel a bit dizzy.
    If you cannot afford gimbal or something like that, please avoid filming while walking. From the videos, I literally know when the camera man make a step.

    Avoiding crop and rapidly panning around. Please opt for fixed with wider fov. Crop it might visually looks better as a photo but we watch as a vids to the rapid panning is quite annoying.

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