Exploring Japan's Sand Dunes (and more!) in Tottori!

[@mennodolstra4152]

To me the most quintessential Japanese thing is finding a vending machine in the middle of nowhere but a close second would be music erupting from a hidden speaker in an equally deserted place. Maybe the bears like sodas and music

[@Ajes1000]

I must applaud your timing on this video, I get home from work and find a postcard with a picture of Kyde in sunglasses 😎 and start watching this video 👍👍👍

[@kydeanderic]

Haha perfect timing! -E

[@danielwalker26]

OMG the googly poops talking had me rolling. Great improv Kyde.

[@nickykirk6558]

that bing bong in the back ground gets me everytime , been to japan 8 times and i miss it alot , love your stuff , take care in this chaos that is the world at the moment

[@nikolairge]

Hey! That moment you realize what was missing from your life. You two literally made my day! I think I've told you this a hundred times or more...Japan is an astonishing country! That sand installation was uber cool... Oh gosh....this video was so...I have no words...fantastic? Cheers!

[@yogi2543]

You guys are so fun to watch because you are so detailed about your descriptions and you are willing to travel to places that the tourists don't always go. You two are special

[@kydeanderic]

Thanks!!

[@CriticalEatsJapan]

Those sculptures are super cool👍

[@samuelgilbert9734]

4:05 That WTF!? was soooo authentic! 🤣

[@freefolkofthenuminousoccid9054]

That first minute statue.. I knew.. I knew this was going to be a good video 😂😂😂👌 this is why I love you guys.. seeing and showing the things that really matter and what the people must see.

[@willsonize2278]

Can’t wait for the rest of the series 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@hidehikotorii]

I love those places you visited, too. The exhibition of the sand museum is also amazing. When I visited the sand museum the theme was about Scandinavian culture, though.

[@freefolkofthenuminousoccid9054]

36:30 this is the funniest K&E moment since the expensive banana revelation of joy 😂

[@rebel2032]

Best Fika ever!! I couldnt stop laughing! Great video! Can wait till the house tour!

[@freefolkofthenuminousoccid9054]

29:40 the defenestration of Prague 😁

[@pwitts]

Eric I love your enthusiasm about the ground water. Both the oasis and this spring are similar, they are just at a different scale. In this case the water is soaking in nearby and then seeping out at the bottom of a hill. In the middle of a big desert it’s the same process, the water just travels a longer distance. I also loved the physical geography image discussion!

[@frankkawasaki3082]

I haven't seen any of your vlogs since your visit to Hawaii some years ago, so finding you again was very interesting due to your visit to Tottori. My father was born in Tottori and left Japan in his teens to avoid being forced into the military. My mother's side of the family lived in Matsue, and her older sister was married to the Mayor that built Miho Bay so that ships could dock and unload cargo after WWII. I've never visited Tottori, so your vlog was a welcome to me.

[@kydeanderic]

oh wow, glad we could take you on a little visit of Tottori! it's very rural, but a nice place. -E

[@girlzie945]

Those are some awesome looking dunes! Totally unexpected landscape type for Japan. Looked like another planet!

[@kydeanderic]

Yea, totally doesn't feel like Japan, very unique for here.

[@Yesica1993]

The sand sculptures are incredible. I wish they had demonstrations of how it's done!

[@karifoo]

Congratulations on the new house you guyyyys! I wish you all the best.

[@miaraqquel]

Awesome video! I loved the googly eye treats, so funny lol. It's incredible the different landscapes that you both find in Japan. Looking forward to the house video in the future!

[@roarmaus]

4:26 they boiled a fresh-out-da-keister egg. Older eggs(5-10 days refrigerated, idk for shelf stable) will hard boil and the shell n egg separate easier. Boil(just),off heat/covered, sit for 10 min, ice bath 14 min.

[@wdburt91]

Bruh, not even a minute into it and I already know this is gonna be one of y'all's coolest videos.

[@Bentears]

This was a super fun video! Hope you are enjoying your new house!!

[@猫田弍八亜]

Welcome to Sanin. Both Shimane and Tottori are rural, and were you surprised that there were few people in the city? Please come to Shimane Prefecture next time.

[@kydeanderic]

Haha, we weren't surprised we were just explaining for people unfamiliar with these areas. -E

[@samuelgilbert9734]

We had the exact same problem trying to find food next to Izumo-Taisha. We ended our visit when the sun went down, but then all the restaurants in the area were closed. We ended up taking the bus back to the station and managed to find an excellent tabehoudai shabu-shabu place close by. Generally, when we fail to find food in small places, we usually fallback on the area next to train stations. Granted, it might not be the best food or the most local fare, but then again, you still get to eat something other than combini food.

[@pozzo6828]

Thanks

[@dominikseljan3043]

Wow I would have never guessed Japan had freaking sand dunes. Awesome video guys!

[@Psychphuq]

🤯Those sand crafts be crazy...🤯 50:45 😏🐏😏

[@kydeanderic]

🐏

[@jeroendonker]

Nice video! Too bad the camels were in the garage for maintenance after the weekend, they would have added to the whole desert/mirage atmosphere. We have made reservations for a camper trip Osaka/Shikoku/Kyushu/Honshu for the end of november, Tottori is on the list, even the date of december 6 seems workable. Now all we need is Japan opening its doors for tourists again, details…

[@chi1449]

29:12 Sandbox to da moon!!!!

[@Yesica1993]

Eric finally has event-appropriate footwear! (At least, for part of the time.)

[@kydeanderic]

Hahaha, wait for part two. This gets extreme lol. -E

[@travelswithblindcane]

You just keep finding more places in Japan that make me want to go even more. Those sand dunes were awesome, and yeah, deserts are full of life when you get down to sand level. I lived in Tucson for about a year and the amount of plants an lizards and cacti were kind of amazing. And please don't worry about the time off, you needed it for the whole buying the house and moving thing! Thanks as always for taking us along, this was really cool!

[@roarmaus]

39:17 the lamps are squid lures

[@kathleenschaubhut4174]

Interesting and beautiful. The bay was amazing. Thanks for sharing. And, thanks for the fun.

[@DonQwaf]

Ahhhhh yes! I didnt do much with the dunes but i loved the sand museum place!!!

[@HoldFastFilms]

Not sure what you did differently in this video but it was great. Perhaps the flow and timing were on point. Anyway, beans were definitely being given.

[@theglobalcitizenship]

Another great quality Japanese video!

[@johngrubb007]

Awesome start to a new adventure. Good to see you are settled into the new digs as well. Looking forward to the rest of the trip.

[@coconutpanda]

I missed you guys! Another great upload - thank you! 25:17 Also, can we talk about the Alien reflection on the safety plexiglass?

[@brvl20121]

Thanks Kyde and Eric great video and now too the live stream channel

[@darren9445]

You guys make my week!

[@osenmosen]

"Can sand make rocks?" You mean like ... sandstone? 😁 Sorry, couldn't help myself. Hey, congrats on the new house! Must be a huge change from the small apartment. Enjoyed the video as usual 👍

[@999fedora]

Glad to see you back. Great video as usual.

[@madeye0]

the reflection behind you in the visitor center looks like Kyde having a lunch with an alien

[@kopisusu2000]

Yup, I saw that too.

[@nish221100]

That statue of a boy (yes, that's a boy, not a girl) and a rabbit is a depiction of the story of Okuninushi and the White Rabbit of Inaba

[@Ars_Fabula_TTRPG]

Moved houses and grew an awesome stache! 😄

[@simonkampfer33]

Having seen the original Eric Hitchhiking across Hokkaido Series and most of your other videos, i really chuckled at your joke Eric (16:10) ! Have you eaten any recently ? Are there any new flavours ? When i last visited the country, i actually bought some to have a taste, just because of you !

[@kydeanderic]

hahaha i haven't had one in a long long time, thankfully. -E

[@bananaiguana60]

Fantastic vid! Also that sheep in the stars!

[@kydeanderic]

Welcome to sheep club! -E

[@dayla8634]

Yay you guys are back!! I was getting a little worried but figured you guys were busy. Fukui is not far behind from Tottori. It took a while for Starbucks to get here, so there is hope..LOL. Also Eric something different about you, but can't put my finger on it ;P

[@scottnorcliffe9759]

Love the vids! Keep up the exciting content and I do approve of the moustache!

[@cycil]

Great video guys! I have always wanted to see those dunes.

[@Emerald1dx3]

Love love love your videos

[@deanzaZZR]

As someone who has spent a few years in SoCal and Arizona having spent ample time in the Sonora and Mojave deserts, the Tottori sand "dunes" will never be included in my travel itinerary. Oh, Tottori, that this is your claim to fame!

[@Uploadenator]

This video was course and rough.... and got everywhere!

[@pauld2810]

Science with Kyde & Eric!

[@3DJapan]

Kaiju Kyde, rock smasher.

[@saz1241]

Holy crap guys, was that star photo legit? That's amazing, I'll have to add stargazing to my itinerary for next trip. It looked like a pretty area to travel to too. Hope you're settling in to the house a bit! P.s. cool tache

[@kydeanderic]

Yea, it's real, but it's camera trickery a bit, you can leave the shutter open for a few seconds and the camera can see more stars than you can see with your eyes. That said, if you ever have a chance to go somewhere that the sky is super clear and dark you should do it, seeing the milky way is craaaazy. -E

[@saz1241]

@@kydeanderic wow that's pretty dope if it's just long exposure!

[@kydeanderic]

@@saz1241 Yea, that's generally how astro-photography is all done. It's fun to play with.

[@samuelgilbert9734]

14:19 No wind!? We got to experience the true meaning of sand-blasting!

[@kydeanderic]

haha we got super lucky with the weather

[@c1neal]

22:35 don’t they have trail mix in Japan?

[@ethanmandel2413]

DUNES! SAND! Don't eat sand! Thanks for going to Tottori. I've always wanted to visit there but it's out of the way. Wow! That sand museum is AMAZING. I'm starring it on my google maps. Do you need a car in order to access it? Where was the googly-poof shop? Or the pretty hiking trail? Google map me, please. Thanks for the talk about finding a restaurant before the sun goes down - I'll remember that. Japan chain restaurants aren't bad - they're always "good", just basic. For a foreign traveler on a short trip, I'm sure they'd be good. Dude comes prepared - he brings the suga, baby. How much was the "cheap as hell" room?

[@kydeanderic]

I'm pretty sure a bus can get you to the dunes area from a train station, it's not far from Tottori-shi and gets a lot of tourists typically. The cake shop was here: goo.gl/maps/dDsgibzLY4FGRo1B7 I don't remember exactly where the pretty coastline was, but it's basically running a long the coast of most of the prefecture from what we saw. There is a trail basically going up along it. Sorry, I also don't recall what the cost of the room was, I am surprised we didn't mention it in the video hahahaha. -E

[@davidice101artistdavideric7]

I'm happy to see you posting after your big house move 🐓🦒

[@wellsgb1957]

Funny stuff 😁 thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@jessiannadodge8599]

Being that close to the ocean the water table is very close to the top of the "soil". That is why the water is acting that way.

[@marcod1600]

Sand dunes nice video as always.

[@yorue_official]

Welcome to Japan😄！！

[@risetizzer6504]

Hi Tottori Prefecture, there is "Mizuki Shigeru Road", which is famous for youkai comics, and youkai statues are displayed on the sidewalk. Did you go?.

[@alocino96]

ok finally done with the sheep, by the way really loved the bit with the googly poop, and the sand museum was really impressive, i would like to know how they preserve the sculputures , do they have people who fix them or maybe they control the climate in that space to preserve them

[@kydeanderic]

congrats

[@etherdog]

Great to have your "geologic" knowledge, Eric! This is the most comprehensive description of the dunes we have yet seen. (Who was the proofreader on the title card?)

[@kydeanderic]

oh no, did I goof something?

[@etherdog]

@@kydeanderic You spelled "Tottori" as "Totori" at 27 seconds. I'm sure that the move has made you adjust to a new editing rhythm.

[@kydeanderic]

@@etherdog Haha dang it!

[@emmielouchim1342]

Fabulous video full of interesting stuff... But the googliepoofs have got to win the day 😂😂😂

[@andquester]

Guessing the statue in 00:44 suppose to be like a Chinese lion/tiger dance.

[@bobburt]

Now I know where I need to be on December 6.

[@liliamrodriguez3020]

Great video

[@samuelgilbert9734]

The breakfast at Tottori's Aplha-1 was quite better than what you had!

[@kydeanderic]

couldn't have been worse hahahaha

[@HawaiiJapan808]

So whats the easiest way to get to museum from Osaka? I really want to go

[@kydeanderic]

I guess train to Tottori and then a bus to the museum. Might be a bus from Osaka to Tottori as well that might be cheaper.

[@Nanonic001]

I was NOT ready for that moustache reveal.

[@rlund651]

OMG! Your new mustache!

[@suk6323]

Is this where they made Dune?

[@jooshungerecker-debruin5812]

Holy cow, any one else saw the alien reflection Eric made in the backgroundshield in the restaurant.

[@HawaiiJapan808]

Tottori sand museum has been on my list for years. Hard to acess. . Japan needs to open up! Would you guys please talk to the pm and tell him to open. Keep up the videos. Thx from Kauai

[@kydeanderic]

lol I'll let Japan know if I run into it. -E

[@magnuslilja2906]

”Angry at sand” 😁

[@pozzo6828]

I started watching a video about Japan and ended up laughing about googly poofs. If it's not clear from this comment:Yes, I loved this video. It also made me laugh, which I also love to do.

[@jenngrrl]

Eric's moustache...I'm dead.

[@hawk5946]

Any bugs in that sand? Sand Fleas or Sand Mites or Sand Lice?

[@kydeanderic]

Hope not!

[@roarmaus]

Noice stache!

[@Jlivingroom]

I am so jealous of the places yall get to go to sometimes haha (also I feel like 90% sure I saw you two at a store last week but a combo of being shy and not wanting to be *that guy* who bugs people just doing daily life stuff kept me from saying anything lol)

[@kydeanderic]

haha doesn't bother us if people say heeey. What store was it, I don't feel like we've been outside in weeks lol

[@Jlivingroom]

@@kydeanderic it was at a grocery store! I just remember doing a double take when I saw another foreigner at the check out line and how tall Eric was. Either that or some incredible lookalikes haha

[@kydeanderic]

@@Jlivingroom haha, its possible! Grocery stores have happened!

[@3DJapan]

Now that's a mustache!

[@c1neal]

35:10 maybe it’s veggie diesel.

[@persianOUTKAST]

came for the sand dunes stayed for the googly-poops 💩

[@TheBaldr]

They look kinda small compared to the Sand Dunes I've been to in the western US like St. Anthony in Idaho and Great Sand Dunes in Colorado.

[@kydeanderic]

Yea, they aren't huge but they are unique for East Asia. -E

[@ShivaShakti4488]

I was born in the Czech Republic but I live in VA Beach; interesting

[@Pappadumful]

Wait, where were the camels you can take a ride on at the Tottori dunes? (Because, ofcourse! Japan!)

[@kydeanderic]

We saw them but aren't into "animal stuff" these days in a lot of cases. -E

[@Pappadumful]

@@kydeanderic Glad to hear they're still there at least! :-)

[@nullsetdesign]

Googlypooooofs!

[@ltlwatcher]

Eric looks like a bald Luigi from Super Mario with that mustache.

[@Grahamcracker6366]

We have one place with sand dunes in Taean, Korea. They aren’t as large as these but they still blow your mind when you see them.

[@tablescissors]

Eric, case proven: that was a terrible morning set, and the whole experience sounded more like the West (no pride in their product or work, overly loud - thoughtless - music). That dish looked like it would benefit with a splash of soy. “Angry at sand” - lol! That mustache made me think of a Depp movie...the one where he had a “manservant”.

[@vincentmiller420]

👍

[@kydeanderic]

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[@Secretsaver]

Tidbits? Don't mind if I do! Sorry you guys had a bad luck streak with the food this round

[@hawk5946]

House ownership, and a new soup strainer.

[@c1neal]

1:28 she’s a wizard?!?

[@kydeanderic]

haha wait what?

[@c1neal]

@@kydeanderic the knight bus in Harry Potter?