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Rockley Resort. A set of self catered apartments surrounding a golf course.

@WineAndRum thanks

The comments disappeared on the other video, but we're living in Vienna, Austria now. Part of the reason we left was that Vienna had a better living opportunity for us. There's some personal stuff too, but not sharing that online. The housing crisis was definitely one of the reasons.

Ha yeah, even for folks like us that consume a bit of Japan media and culture, it was so different from Europe or the Caribbean, that everything was like an adventure.

We didn't say it in this video, but Osaka definitely had a vibe that we liked, admittedly more than Tokyo based on our brief time in Japan.

Agreed that it can be much cheaper. We definitely took some comfort options as it was a first time visit and for a celebration. But true, Tokyo was where most expenses were.

I'm not sure. I know they use Apple Watch to pay for the train but not Google in Japan. Most Japanese still use cards like the LEAP card. I'm not sure if it's the machines or what. Some train lines in Japan actually don't want to pay for the maintenance of the gates so they're switching to QR codes in the future. I think it's about the infrastructure and costs and if any fees are involved that are holding back paying with the phones.

I didn't make these but you're right about the Bajan accent

Definitely give it a try

Yup, never goes away no matter how long you live somewhere. 🇧🇧

@ same 😁 I’m from Grenada 🇬🇩 living in the US for 24 years. My husband is Irish his mom is from Bangor, so we visited Dublin and Bangor this summer 2024. Loved it! 😊

We're thinking of doing a video that was basically our itinerary of our 2 week trip.

We hope that it was an isolated incident and that in non rush hour people are more observant. But rush hour feels like every person for themselves.

Almost. I was legit looking at them to see if any of them were good enough to buy for December 😅

@WineAndRum The ones for christmas are nicer. 🙂 They'll start popping up soon, if they're not there yet . I never thought about it being something regional or cultural. Christian, sure. But apart from that? So I learned something, too. (While also loving the image of some fictional, scandalized old neighbour. 😂)

Yes you are, except for Super Nintendo World. You need to have entry to get into the area. But for Harry Potter we just walked right in.

We think it may be the Demon Slayer section mostly because of the food and the 4DX rollercoaster we didn't show in the video. There's also a Harry Potter Studio tour in Tokyo we didn't get to go to but our friend who lives there told us it's an even better experience than the theme park.

@@WineAndRum Thank you both. That sounds amazing. My wife is Japanese, and we're currently based in the UK. I've never visited Universal Japan, but would love to visit after seeing your video. I'll take your recommendations on board.

This was honestly our favourite day of the trip. Walking in a forest where you've hardly seen another person for a couple hours was such an escape considering how populated Japan is.

Thanks for watching!

Yeah, we took a two week holiday there

Thanks

We would definitely fly ANA again. I would try JAL one day, but that direct flight is too good.

Thanks! It was a fantastic trip. Next part is coming out Monday.

We ate a bit of different stuff. We took more photos than video of them so who knows if we'll make a video but we ate a lot of udon with different sets of tempura - sweet potato, fish sticks, sweet pepper. A lot of takoyaki, snacks like sweet potato pie from Family Mart, different types of mochi, rice, salmon, eel, sushi. Lots of matcha dishes - noodles, lattes, daifuku etc.

This is from mid September