Fin de semana en Japón rural como nunca lo viste: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vida nocturna y Chicken Sonic 2025

Fin de semana en Japón rural como nunca lo viste: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vida nocturna y Chicken Sonic 2025

Alright, we’re off. So from here, I’m heading to the station. As you can obviously tell, I’m on my bike. But you can take the train as long as you have some sort of bag for your bike. So yeah… I’ll take a train that’s going to be about an hour to Hachinohe. That’s the city I’m going to. And yeah. Now I have to put this bike inside this bag. Hi, welcome to another episode. This time I wanted to do something a little different, so I took a little escape to the city. Let me give you some context. The town where I live is right in between two big cities, Morioka and Hachinohe. This time, I’m going north. So, in this city, there’s a card game tournament waiting for me. I’ll play, and after that in the evening I’ll see for the first time what the nightlife here is like and try some Latin food I haven’t had in ages… And the next day, I’ll switch scenes to attend a rock festival in another city. So I hope you enjoy. Alright, we’ve arrived. Hachinohe! What a nice station! And well, here’s more or less how the bike ended up. So yeah, we’re off to the shop I told you about, which is about, I don’t know, half an hour by bike from here. Usually where I am, the cities I know best are in Iwate Prefecture. This one is called Aomori. It’s funny because where I live is called Ichinohe… Alright, Japanese lesson… For those who don’t know Japanese, “ichi” is how you say 1. And the kanji for “Nohe” means something like city or gate. Actually, not long ago a dear friend of mine—love you, shoutout— released a song, called 江戸 “Edo,” which is what Tokyo used to be called, but it’s the same kanji. So, where I live is called Ichinohe, here where I came is Hachinohe, which is like “8.” But yeah, it’s like there’s City 1 or Gate 1, Gate 2, Gate 3, all the way to 9. And actually tomorrow there’s an event in Number 9, in Kunohe. Small commercial break to tell you that I talk about all these things in depth on my website, on my blog. I even ask the question, “So then, where is Zeronohe?” Then I got to the shop, showed you roughly what the surroundings look like, what was being advertised at that moment. There were five rounds—ah, six rounds— I lost two. And well, after the little tournament we went to eat with some friends and then waited for the night to go out and stroll around. I was really surprised by Hachinohe and its nightlife. Here in Japan, there are quite a few kinds of bars, restaurants, and obviously all sorts of concepts, even related to anime. You can also find all sorts of food, like sushi, you can get fish, yakitori, which is grilled chicken on skewers, pasta, and pizza. Oh, and horumon, which is what they call chitterlings in different countries. Oden, they also sell a lot of oden. This—this is a Nepali restaurant. I could smell it because it smells like curry. Mmm, yeah. Oh, here—this is the path I told you was pretty. It’s really narrow. Let me show you here. Look, this is where you’d think the hallway would end, right? Well, no. Turns out there’s another hallway after this, leading to even more hidden bars. Beautiful, right? Yeah, I was really surprised. Look—girls. So, Hachinohe is a city that’s near a military base. That base means that many foreigners, especially from North America, come here to party, which I guess is the reason why there are so many bars. Look—apparently this character is quite famous here. Supposedly this is a shell. I think it’s only here, and it tastes really weird. And it says “yoparai.” And “yoparai” means drunk, so it’s kind of tipsy. Look— Here’s another one of these girls—or guys? Probably guys. What is this little shell? But that shell is so weird. It’s like a pitaya fused with a clam. A pitaya fused with a clam. And well, there are also obviously karaoke places. Look, over there—this seems to be the karaoke street. This is a super famous chain called “Maneki Neko.” Another path full of these little alleys. I’m going to go in and see what’s up. This one’s drunk too. I arrived at “Miroku Yokocho.” This is, like I was saying, the most commercial area, and there’s even a pianist. They’re really small restaurants and such. Here’s a ramen shop. Should I go into one of these bars? Honestly, I do kind of feel like having a drink. Forget everything—I just found a taco restaurant, so I’m going to eat tacos. Look—it’s called “Órale.” I don’t know if the owner is Mexican or not. I hope so. I haven’t had tacos in a long time. So let’s go eat tacos. The place looks pretty legit—they have carnitas, they have chorizo tacos. Let me explain—in Japan, they drink a lot of what they call “high” drinks, which are basically some kind of alcohol with soda. So there’s the highball, which is whisky with soda, and also rum with soda, tequila with soda, and it’s called something-something “high.” One order of carnitas, and one of chorizo! Oh, look at this—they even have a menu explaining how to eat tacos. Wonderful! Can I ask you a question? Do a lot of Mexicans come to the restaurant? Yes! Quite a lot! There are several working at the nearby military bases in Misawa and Hachinohe. Especially many who don’t like Tex-Mex food, so they come here. I can understand that! Tex-Mex food is different from Mexican food, like burritos, etc. Exactly, and here we get those who want to eat real Mexican tacos. And are you Mexican? No, not quite—I’m Colombian, hehe. Wow, Colombian! Yeah, you do have a Latin face. Where are you from? Ichinohe! First time visiting? Yes! First time, really nice city. And you, as the owner—have you been to Mexico before? Only once! And which cities? Just Mexico City? I also went to Guadalajara and Guanajuato! I loved Guanajuato. Latin America is so beautiful! Every country is amazing! I want to visit Colombia too! Colombia is a very special place—if you go, you’ll have a great time! I’ve heard Colombian women are very beautiful! I’m going to show you a picture of my mom, haha. Your father and mother? Wow, very good-looking! Wow, they look really authentic! Enjoy your meal! Delicious! These are real tacos! And well, that was it. The next day, as I mentioned, I went to the festival—I’ll leave you with some shots from the Chicken Festival, the Rock Chicken Festival. I brought these sandals, which were kind of funny, they matched the theme a bit, but it was really fun. And well, thanks so much for watching the video!

Desde Ichinohe hasta Hachinohe para un torneo de Yu-Gi-Oh!, pasando por la vida nocturna japonesa y terminando en el festival de música Chicken Sonic 2025 en Kunohe.
🚆 Parte en bicicleta, parte en tren, parte a pie.

En este video te llevo conmigo por tres días llenos de cartas, música, amigos y la energía única del norte de Japón.
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Música ❤️
La cigarra – 江戸

📍 Lugares que aparecen:

Ichinohe (岩手県一戸町)

Hachinohe (青森県八戸市)
Taquería Orale: https://www.instagram.com/kitchen_orale/
Hobby Center Tomy: https://x.com/tomy103_tencho

Kunohe (岩手県九戸村)
https://chickensonic.jimdosite.com/