9 days in fukuoka (and a side trip to yufuin's ghibli village!)

sorry we mispronounced 'fukuoka' all this time :(
first video of 2024! if you're looking for things to do in fukuoka, here's a food-filled, cafe-guzzling, vintage shopping vlog of all the places we went!
for fukuoka christmas market map: christmas-advent.jp/
🌐 please turn on subtitles/subtítulos/字幕/자막/sous-titres/副标题/Untertitel/ซับไตเติ้ล/تَرْجَمة under 'cc' for all languages 🌐
0:00 day 1 hakata ramen tour, christmas advent
4:50 day 2 daizafu and charcoal yakiniku
15:00 day 3 kishida shrine, ohori park, motsunabe
22:27 day 4 yufuin no mori train and onsen ryokan
29:20 day 5 yufuin floral village, snoopy village, comico art museum, tenjin xmas market
42:42 day 6 fukuoka cafe hopping, vintage shopping in daimyo, speakeasy
48:30 day 7 homeware shopping in yakuin, ganso hakata mentaiju
57:02 day 8 KURASUKOTO くらすこと, KFC christmas, iwataya, omakase at sushi koutoku すし幸德
1:03:20 day 9 shirogane pancake
1:04:12 fukuoka shopping haul
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[@SamandVictor]

First vlog of 2024! Where is everyone watching from? Happy new year 🎉

[@kennethong8395]

Singapore!🇸🇬

[@miguelguinto5343]

What a masterpiece vlog. So well done. You captured every moment lucky for both of you you witness snow in Japan!!! Can’t waiting for your next upload! I enjoy every single bit, a one hour vlog is a gift for me 🙏🙏🙏Thank you Sam and Victor, I wish you the best in 2024 🥳❤️🥳❤️🥳

[@mysauco]

Manigong Bagong Taon (Happy New Year) from your fans and admirers in the Philippines! 🇵🇭 Absolutely enjoyed your latest vlog so much that I didnt even realized it was more than an hour long! Its been 5 years since my last trip to Fukuoka - excited to return and try out all your recos. Cheers!

[@dianebaker5243]

🥰🥰

[@helenhardy8723]

UK 💙 Happy New Year 🎉

[@FromDkWithLove]

The flawless editing, the atmospheric cinematography, the slow jazz vibes, the carefully curated activities and places of interest, even the damn weather is perfect for this. When all combined it's just way too stimulating for youtube and quite frankly shouldn't be legal on this site.

[@SamandVictor]

Hahaha "shouldn't be legal" hahaha! Thanks for watching!

[@ravenoel]

I definitely agree on how they make their videos beautiful

[@colorado80401]

Well said. ✔️

[@anasparrow3843]

Victor very casually calling on a TV remote at their yet another hotel destination (42:13) - such a vibe. Guys, thank you so much for the work you put into those vlogs. The fact they are slightly longer than 1 hour just prolongs the joy and pleasure of catching-up on it every day. Super grateful for you. Wish you an amazing year, full of new travels and smooth adventures.

[@miguelguinto5343]

You Almost captured all the beauty of Japan!!!! I can tell that Japan is the one of the most beautiful country. Boredom is nowhere to be found in Japan based on the video. From Ryukyu to Hokkaido is different has own beauty and distinct culture!!!! Loved this video Almost perfectly done . The Editing, sound, shots, places, and information, and even the outfits 👌👌👌

[@SamandVictor]

‘Almost’ 😅 hahaha thanks for tuning in!

[@ravenoel]

I agree how they were able to show how beautiful japan is

[@hussmile]

Only you can make an hour long video seem like a fresh breeze 😍, just perfect in every aspect 👏🏼

[@SamandVictor]

thank you!

[@feivq]

Thank you for taking me to Fukuoka for over an hour.🤗 Japan is such a beautiful place.❄ The quality of this video is 😘. Thank you Sam & Victor.

[@SamandVictor]

We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@Pixelpursuer2611]

I stumbled upon your channel while I was in the hospital for over 2 weeks. I binge watched almost every series that you guys have made because everything made me relaxed and quite nostalgic as i have also been to japan and haven't been able to visit post covid. Thank you once again.

[@SamandVictor]

Wow ❤ hope you’re recovering quickly! Glad you found us

[@ritche33film]

One of the nicest countries we have visited. I'm glad you guys covered the majority of the top locations.

[@LeeYongSheng]

I love the recent long vlogs! please do more ! I really love how you section the video to daily and it feel like I’m watching a series with 9 episodes!

[@Johnpauledb]

The sole vlog I committed to completing, providing enjoyable moments with every passing minute.

[@biancakratky5280]

Thank you for capturing Japan exactly how it is, with all its beauty

[@madamdawn]

53:56 I got teary eyed when the BGM came in. I can feel the Christmas spirit from here. Thank you for creating a beautifully crafted video. Cheers to you both ❤

[@yustianacandrawati]

Your vlogs are really works of art.. Looks effortless but i'm sure it requires lots of effort.. 😍 Please never stop what you're doing!!

[@moodyqueenqueenmoodyqueenq7187]

Such chilled vibe from your vlogs that I love. Please keep uploading videos for us. Love them so much.

[@cloudydaystudio]

Love your filming vibe, the camera motions are smooth it’s pure pleasure to the eye ☺️

[@MrBOBTHEbuilder888]

omg when I realized it was an hour long vlog, I couldn’t be happier😭😭

[@baptistemarlault8740]

I realy loved this video!!! Perfectly relaxing with great pictures and cosy musics! Thank you SO much Sam and Victor for this amaizing moment!

[@miraeguk]

Love all your videos! It's such a mood. So inspiring.

[@beak5783]

Happy New Year and what an amazing vlog to start the year ! Magnificent. Thank you ✨✨✨✨

[@unikreations2258]

As usual, your travel videos really allow me to feel as I was there right beside you both. I could feel the warmth of the cozy spaces you stayed at AND the cold weather of the beautiful city. Your skillfully curated and composed shots are just pure pleasure to take in. Happy New Year to you both and Thank you for Another wonderful journey. I’m from New York City.

[@SamandVictor]

Glad you enjoyed it! We miss nyc a lot as well

[@Vampluna]

Happy new year, Sam and Vic! Thoroughly enjoyed this vlog 😊 a Japan vlog is never too long!

[@tn763]

What a great way to start the new year. I love your vlogs so much. Wishing you both a very Happy New Year!

[@juliusdelacruz7549]

my most favorite Japanese City... so surprising so chill so unstatedly sophisticated

[@SamandVictor]

Yes it’s so relaxed (but still so many Korean and Chinese tourists hahah)

[@maninixng]

Such an enjoyable vlog I didn’t even realize how long it was until the very end. Wishing you two a happy new year.

[@anyaviiv]

Happy New Year!! Watching a one hour long vlog of yours about my favorite place in the world on New Years day is such a treat. Thank you for sharing your travels with us

[@SamandVictor]

Hny! Thanks for tuning in on the first day 🎉

[@tiffanybam1715]

Happy New Year🎉🎉 thank you for your vlogs we love them!!

[@ninay8687]

Happy New Year!! SOOO excited for this fukuoka vlog!

[@paulaandreaaguirregiraldo575]

1st vlog of 2024 and I loved it! I know that editing long videos takes a village so I just wanna say thank you for taking the time to film/edit it and share it with us. Happy new year!

[@txteach]

LOVED this video so much!! I am traveling to SK/Japan in April and Fukuoka is the first stop in Japan. I didn't know much about the city, but now I am very excited to visit. Loved the shopping haul info at the end, too! Thank you!!

[@yasmeenislam3330]

I love the music you use! ❤

[@josephv.agliatojr.851]

Happy New Year Sam and Victor, so nice to see two young people who have their act together, your vlogs are comprehensive, intelligent, informative. You have no competition. Commentary and photography are second from none. Saying hello from Tampa, Florida, hopefully soon from the New Territories, Hong Kong

[@vicklet6253]

Happy 2024 New Year! Excited to watch a 1hr video. Enjoyed my time there with you guys. Prayers for the country of Japan and the Japanese people. It’s sad to see so much destruction from the earthquake. I assume you and Victor are safely home in HK.

[@SamandVictor]

HNY as well! Glad you enjoyed this long one. And yes, we heard about the sad news while uploading this vlog. Thanks for checking in!

[@dianebaker5243]

What a lovely Christmas trip you both showed us.Happy New Year to you both 🎉🥳

[@teresarosu2086]

Happy New Year! I enjoy watching all your vlog. Thank you.

[@cacchow]

Love your video as always! One of the few hour long vlogs where i watch at normal speed 😊 that's how much I enjoy it

[@ninithavincent5858]

your videos are soo relaxing. the aesthetics and the entire vibe are really prettyyyyy!! Please make a video to show us how you decide on the music, vibe and mood❤❤❤

[@TheMyahChannel]

I loveeee Fukuoka. Its the first place i lived in since coming to Japan. Beautiful place.

[@fatimam1078]

I was sooo happy it was along video ❤❤ the only creator that I’m happy to see your videos even more than 1 hour we really appreciate your efforts and victors wish u all the best this year and all the coming years 🎉❤

[@starbun111]

A 1 HOUR JAPAN VLOG?? IM HERE FOR IT!! Happy new year Sam and Vic🎉❤ btw sam your lash extensions look great! You had a really youthful and fresh aura about you!

[@SamandVictor]

Haha an hour and 15! 😅 I’ll let her know her lashes are 🤌🏻🤌🏻

[@elfwhere]

I want to visit Japan so bad! And Fukuoka looks enchanting. Greetings from Istanbul

[@livearlyful]

Loved watching this vlog! I studied aboard in Fukuoka in 2019 and it was amazing watching this brought back so many memories and it was sooooo nostalgic seeing places I’ve been too in this video 🥹🥹😭

[@Sophiephie12]

Can't express how much joy your video brings to start the New Year. Thank you so much for your hard work and sharing it with us!

[@SamandVictor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@millicentliu4750]

Happy New Year🎉 I hope that you will travel more countries this year. Keep up your good work🎉

[@shandichau4376]

Thank you so much for your beautiful videos! Happy New Year🎉😂😊❤

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the 1 hr 14 mins vlog. It was amazing

[@anggiadimitri717]

I love your vlogs, especially the long ones, the cinematography of it is 💯

[@wkmokulele]

I really enjoy your videos, things you do, sightseeing, shopping and all the eating your guys do. Wonderful! Keep it up! 🤙🏽

[@maureensusanto8791]

Finally the vlog is in!! Will surely add Fukuoka in my bucket list🎉🎉🎉

[@dayseven3225]

Been waiting for this. Happy new year, Sam and Victor! 🎉

[@Rose-yd7bn]

Your videos are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing! Happy New Year! 💕

[@TheRinrin31]

Such a beautiful vlog! I feel like visiting all those places you showed in the video😊

[@carolblake8527]

Thank you again for taking us along on your Christmas and my birthday trip Dec 23rd, Happy New Year to you both i truly enjoyed spending this hour with you guys…looking forward to 2024 with you de ole Lady from Bermuda …HUGS

[@marthaveronicaannesaavedra5685]

Super love your vlogs ❤ the editing, music, places 👌🏻👌🏻🤩

[@machiatt0079]

Happiest new year, Sam and Victor! :D You all are adorable!

[@southernseoul9294]

❤ love your vlogs specially your japan travel series...cafe hopping... looking forward to more of this...🎉🎉🎉😊

[@user-em7xo1rw1j]

thank you for such a long video, the editing and filming + the music makes it so relaxing :D

[@alexandrab.3032]

Happy New Year Sam & Vic :) Special thanks for taking me through all of your adventures in 2023, and getting me hyped up for my own trips! Here’s to a healthy and prosperous 2024 from me to you❤

[@SamandVictor]

Thanks for tuning in 🎉 hny to you as well ❤

[@BILLERS-hi4ce]

Thank you for this wonderful vlog. your doing an amazing job, keep it up. Happy new year and love from the Essex, UK

[@TIENTA]

I love all your videos and the peaceful feeling I get watching it ❤❤❤❤❤

[@mariestil3161]

Really nice and soothing video! I've watched it several times to take notes coz now I'm also flying to Fukuoka😊

[@plushphotography]

Happy New Year Sam and Vic!! Thank you for always entertaining us with the vlogs, making us feel like we're there *as jealous as we might be*.

[@SamandVictor]

Hahaha thanks for tuning in and hny! ❤

[@babysimcv]

Can’t express how much i love and appreciate this vlog ❤ Happy New Year Sam and Victor 🎉😊

[@SamandVictor]

Happy new year!!

[@chickadee246]

This is a fantastic video, thanks for giving your actual opinions on the foods you ate as well

[@GiselleMetcalf-Grosso]

WOW!! Great video, it is nice to see a tourist's point of view of different areas. I love your real critiques of hotels and food. I am obsessed with Miffy too!

[@liliesandroses]

This is the first video of yours I’ve stumbled across and what a gorgeous aesthetic it has - so calming and elegant, beautifully put together. 😍 I’m watching from Australia (how bittersweet that you went to Bill’s the day before he passed..! I’ve only ever been to the one here in Sydney) but just returned from a fortnight in Japan and now you’ve given me more places I want to explore. Thanks for the work you put into this beautiful piece and happy travels to you - I look forward to watching more 😊

[@nicholasdevlin4582]

Such a great video. I try and go to Japan every year, and this vlog has put Fukuoka right to the top of my list for 2024.

[@SamandVictor]

You should!

[@zukoinstyle]

Hapoy New Year Sam and Victor. May God prosper you this year. Love from South Africa❤

[@elsagk223]

Love it ok!!!!! Happy New Year you guys! ✨♥️

[@twoshadesofochre]

Really enjoyed this! Had to break it down into three parts cos work and life said no to enjoyment 😂 BUT it was so easy to watch and o really enjoyed the editing style. So much work must’ve gone into producing such a high quality video so I wanted to say thank you! I’m off on a solo 4 day trip to Fukuoka as part of a month-long stay in Japan so I’m excited for all the cafes 😂 hope you have a fab 2024!

[@oxanagraf5972]

thank you so much for your videos, very professionally filmed, the music is excellent, I’ve been watching your videos every morning for a year now as a meditation and learning English, :) you are very kind people ❤ Thank you! The video about Bali is very cool, now I want to go there :)

[@colorado80401]

What a wonderful trip. Love that you have a Tower Records store. The one here in Denver Colorado closed several years ago. Enjoyed seeing all the wonderful little shops, so inviting. I bet it's so difficult not to just spend spend spend. 💰💸💴💲 Thanks you two, great tour! 🙇🏽‍♂️

[@gulheesooktal]

You guys always capture the city you're in so well! I've never really been interested in Fukuoka but this really made me want to go!!! 😊

[@SamandVictor]

You should!

[@myownpolaris]

Always a pleasure watching you two 😊 All the best for 2024 🍓

[@SamandVictor]

Wishing you a great start to 2024 too!!

[@nilisko]

you deserve more but not in a overambitious way more like deserve the world typa way.. we have a quality time watching your videos thanks a lot really! hope the best for you two for the new year

[@mrchrstn]

I love your HK vlogs but JAPAN Vlogs just hit different. Happy New year!!! Sam and Victor.

[@_bmee]

watching without realising it an hour long! love your vlogs

[@pandainpearls]

❤ your vlogs. Please don't stop making them. I watched this while on the treadmill and it made it so much more enjoyable!

[@SamandVictor]

wow an hour on the treadmill !

[@monching6919]

Best Japan vlog I’ve watched the camera shots, color grading, bg music just perfect its giving a different vibe feels different though been in japan few times last year been wanting to go back again. 😊

[@SamandVictor]

Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@HoangDRM]

So epic! Love your content. ❤

[@theehappysunflower]

The best start to 2024! Cracking up, love your presentation of the exquisite in-room dinner 😅 You can be my server any day, cheers to a beautiful new year for you both!

[@TimToishi]

Wow, this was a great vlog! Fukuoka seems like a chill city. Happy New Year! 🥳

[@muffledwhispers]

Yay!! It's over an hour long. Thanks!

[@Jasmine_breeze]

Such a interesting and nice to watch video. Thank you 😊🙏 Happy New Year' 😊❤🎉

[@carawong7289]

30 min or longer is great esp for destination or special events imo, beautiful vlog and hanboks...💯👍😊 happy anniversary

[@stoppeddown]

Hey guys! Glad to see y’all made it back to Japan! Noticed much more footage from the mirorless (?) this time. The color grading was really nice! Great camera work, Victor!

[@agrestiawindianingrum1701]

this is the longest vlog i've have ever watched but it is worth it. I like it :) manifesting travel to Japan this year, hopefully hehehe

[@marthaveronicaannesaavedra5685]

Super love all your vlogs ❤

[@lynnkim8795]

Thanks for a new video Sam & Victor ! I love everyone of them. I have been searching high & low for the Q&A you did of the places/area you had recommended to stay when visiting Hong Kong. Would appreciate it you can share with me here again. Thank you 😍

[@karenalcause7163]

this video is so good. thank you❤

[@kazuwilliams5222]

I've been to Fukuoka many times. I love that city. Thanks for sharing.

[@jay9472]

Def one of my fav yt channels to follow! Took so many recommendations from your videos to see for our trip to Japan a month ago. Come to Mexico City sometime!

[@Hurem90vids]

So telaxing watching your vlogs. I am planing to go to Korea this year an Japan next year. Your videos are great to set expectations and get a feel of the countries. You definitely got a subscriber 😊

[@rc3098]

New subscriber🥂 I love how relaxing your vlogs 🧘🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️

[@francescarobert6798]

maybe the right tittle for this video: WHAT WE EAT DURING 9 DAYS AT FUKUOKA haha love it though ♥ really cute content !! n_n

[@gigisajirat]

Best japan vlog ever!

[@christines.4711]

This is an amazing video ❤ great music, editing and transports the viewer to Japan. I am nursing a cold so being stuck inside and miserable, this was like medicine for the soul. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@SamandVictor]

get well asap!

[@rashmialone1894]

Thank you for this amazing video

[@karenodonohue6612]

Cairns Australia, love your vlogs guys look forward to them :)

[@sipelilemusvove7026]

Beautiful vlog ,watching all the way from South Africa ❤

[@janiekcarney5482]

I liked that you shared your shopping. That’s fun.