japan travel vlog 🍜 hidden gems + trying local foods

[@jinjuuuie]

Convincing Ushka to put that rock in the house has become our new mission!!!

[@sharlainjapan]

🤣🤣

[@deadliteplus9188]

If they add that rock than they should have it be the only one that's standing upright.

[@maryelmore478]

Convincing her will be an entire episode. You can't turn away that type of rich content, Sharla!

[@moto.kitten]

"Oh yeah Ushka it's a cat see? Its just... stretching" 😄

[@tardisdance1236]

well you could just say it’s the state of Florida 😅

[@bex6638]

I love that even though Sharla has been living in Japan for quite sometime, she still gets flabbergasted by the beauty of the alley ways and side streets. The magic of Japan never fades. ❤️

[@mollyapteros]

"We're going to get fancy coffee and not tell the boys" is such an accurate mood while traveling with friends. 😂

[@AwkwardBirb]

I love seeing this as a counterpoint to Journey Across Japan! That’s got all the frantic energy while yours is so relaxed and cozy. ❤

[@inspiteofshame]

Agreed! "Get a tea and get cozy" is exactly the vibe I want right now

[@ChantalRussell]

Those goat/deer animals are called “serows”. When we were hiking the mountain trails, we saw a funny sign with a picture of one that read, “I live near here, so sometimes I’ll meet you. I’m gentle.” The wording was both hilarious and reassuring at the same time.

[@sharlainjapan]

Hahahaha love that

[@tensa7132]

The Britishness of Ellen asking ✨extremely politely✨ if the person liked the UK and then suggesting more drinks during a Japan vlog run by a Canadian is why this group is such fun

[@kevinezra2115]

Sharla thinks no one in Japan will steal the stamp, but it's actually us tourists that they're worried about 😅

[@LetThatStuffGo]

You are so right. 💀

[@alyden567]

😆😆😆 so true

[@sharlainjapan]

True 💀

[@tososhin]

I immediately thought, "a tourist would steal it." Sad.

[@cniquet01]

1st thing I thought too.

[@vspence2]

Dave is still safe for Whamageddon. It only counts if it’s the original song, not a cover

[@sharlainjapan]

He’ll be happy to hear that!! 😂

[@vathone5896]

I gotta say, I love watching these chill vlogs along side Chris's Journey Across Japan videos. Different styles but both super enjoyable.

[@sharlainjapan]

So glad you like them! Thanks so much! 🙌🏻

[@girlzie945]

Sharla, I would love a go shopping with with me, or a running errands with me video where we can hear you speaking Japanese more like this. It's relaxing and we get to learn standard greetings/interactions with store clerks/how to order foods.

[@salembookworm]

Chris and the boys appearing at the window of that food stall was such a Twilight Vibe tbh.

[@chiakidesu]

I'm so exited seeing your vlogmas everyday!! Thank you for sharing lovely placese in Japan! 10:55 is such a pretty street. :)))

[@philippegosselin7756]

"Last Christmas" is one of those songs that I always enjoy for some reason

[@kabukijo12]

4:48 had like a perfect upside down orange heart at about the one o'clock position. Gotta share the love for the next person who comes along to find it one day.

[@TheKensleybrooke]

I’ve been watching you since I was 16!! I’m 25 now. I am so happy to see you still vlogging, I had taken a break from KZbin for a few years. I first started watching when Taylor still lived in Japan. You singlehandedly have educated me on so many things, and have made me fall in love with Japanese culture. My fiance and I are starting on our journey to live there for a few years.💕

[@Tomodachi323]

awesome, good luck! 👍😄🇯🇵

[@chelseacarpenter2302]

If you don't put that "heart" into the new house I will cry! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Much love from Arizona 💜💜

[@sharlainjapan]

🫣🫣🫣

[@sanashi27]

So many stamps this episode + bonus Pokemon manhole cover! It's awesome you guys found some heart rocks and one that looks quite suspicious lol. The food there look delicious! The food areas at the end look pretty fun to walk through cause of all the lights. The insides look small but nice, too.

[@TheToneBender]

Fun to see Chris and his boyfriend show up for a second!

[@MICHIKOTAKAHASHI-t2g]

It's great to see a stamp rally 👏👍 There are fewer tourists in the northern part of Japan, so you can enjoy the real Japan rather than the overtourism tourist destinations I enjoyed it more than other KZbin videos from Japan Thank you 🙏😊

[@SimonaSakura]

Hello Sharla i am from Lithuania Europe Union 🇱🇹 it's nice to see another vlogmas video and your adventure.I love your videos and places you visit all over Japan,you are cool as a person🙂👏can't wait to see more videos and what you will do with your this next project withthe house

[@chrism7395]

Living in an area of the UK with a reputation for having an impenetrable accent (the translation scene in Hot Fuzz is 100% accurate) I love the idea of having dialect stickers with the Japanese equivalent of "geddon bey" and "do it dreckley" on them!

[@veryqun]

Postman by day, girls bar host by night, what an exciting life 🧬💕

[@starsgears9200]

The "heart" would be a great door handle for the remodeled front door...

[@sharlainjapan]

Neko Neko Inn 1 gets a cat handle and 2 gets a… 😅😂

[@starsgears9200]

@@sharlainjapan a cat tail!

[@foreigndaruma9825]

Meanwhile, about 200 metres away: "Put on the wig, Connor.' '...fine.' Also, stones like those from the beach are great for making candleholders with miscellaneous jars, either from Daiso or emptied ones from the grocery store.

[@alishac5096]

This was such a cosy perfect way to wake up with coffee. ❤ Thank you so much for posting these travel vlogs with stamps and nature, it’s all so wonderful to see from halfway across the world. This channel is so nostalgic and fun, I cant wait to see what you and Ushka cook up with Nekko nekko Inn 2.0!

[@echo1eyesonly13]

Chris making faces at Sharla through the window lol.

[@XSemperIdem5]

That little corner that looked like a movie set reminded me of Chris's set, which is definitely a compliment to the people who built it. Also if anyone has played or watched a playthrough of the game Stray, I'm convinced those twisty mazes of alleyways with business were an inspiration for a lot of the city design in the game.

[@caywee]

I really enjoying seeing you chat in japanese in situations I could be in when I do eventually visit japan. Especially ordering at the little shop. It's like a challenge of "how much of this do I understand?" haha

[@jurriaandejongh8677]

Great one! I love that you focus so much on the local stuff and search out little cozy places. I wish they had such a little bars in the EU, would take that over a crowded noisy restaurant any time.

[@TheCreepypro]

really cool to see all these locations! glad she showed them to us!

[@Stephen-up3sd]

I had just taken a mouthful of coffee when when Dave produced that rock. Now I have to do laundry - Cheers Sharla!

[@pe1ucas]

10:21 I paused the video here to tell my wife I now was craving for this, she told me we could make it since we have the ingredients, so we did. Now it's in the oven and I can continue watching. 10:34 .... I forgot to put in the vanilla!! :(

[@jeandunaway9428]

You and Chris make me want to move to Japan sooooooooo bad!!!! Love your vlogs!

[@Tomodachi323]

agree 100% 👍

[@AdelleOverton]

Same! I've wanted to visit Japan as long as I remember, so it's amazing to live vicariously through Sharla, Chris and so many other KZbinrs in Japan. 😁

[@Tomodachi323]

@@AdelleOverton both of them have some of the most amazing Vlogs about Japan. I truly enjoy watching them.👍😁

[@Tomodachi323]

when I first started watching KZbin I was (and still am) trying to learn all I can about Japan I started following you along with chris and Natsuki and eventually paolo from Tokyo and I follow a bunch of other people, but among your first vlogs I saw was your ear haircut at Bonita Bonito so I've been following you for about six years, thank you so much by the way for all those awesome vlogs you've taught me so much over the years, I can truly say you're definitely a tough cookie you've been through a lot, but yet you still press forward and you still go on with life and that is what I admire so much about you. unfortunately that mascot has got me totally stumped. gomenasai Sharla san. 🤷‍♂️

[@vinicastro9292]

You and Chris are my favorite Japan youtubers

[@NeoSync05]

I used to live in the Kunohe/Noda area during 2013 so was nice to see even just a little part of it again! Noda salt ice cream is really good so highly recommend it if you pass through again! The mascot from Kuji is an 海女 who free dive and collect seafood (mainly uni) every year. Kuji was put on the map by the drama あまちゃん and Iwate-ben phrases were popularised like じぇじぇじぇ.

[@patrickmcguigan5939]

Ellen looked genuinely shaken by the "surprise" in Surprise Bar Maybe...😂

[@hannahinmoka]

I love the local dialect stickers!! When talking with my friends on Line, I always use 栃木弁 stamps 😂💕 I’m trying to remember the mascot you showed since it does seem familiar from your older videos, but I can’t quite recall the backstory lol. Do you have a favorite local mascot you’ve come across, or would you ever attend one of the city mascot competitions that they have in Japan?

[@dianelipson5420]

I just can’t tell you how much I enjoy your posts. And Vlogmas is just my favorite. ❤️

[@jerrylepoppin]

Picking out the rocks from that beach fills me with envy. Every time I go on holiday I find a really good small rock to bring back with me. I need a japan guide for the best pebble beaches in japan for when I'm going next year!

[@Pharphette]

That looks like so much fun to wander around. Sharla seems like she’d be such a great friend explore with! Thanks for another video 😊

[@aliasmarg8ta127]

4:06 I love that view. It looks like a postcard

[@silviastanziola659]

I always get a kick of seeing the stamps that you collect. I make stamps as part of my job, but they're always so tiny and with a ton of space dedicated to the rolling date, I hardly ever get to do nice, BIG images like those! I was kinda excited to see the postal bar, someone should open one of those!

[@hilarywatts1547]

❤ You have such a fun and colorful life with so many interesting freinds .Enjoy every minute as life is what you make it ❤

[@terenceturcotte4999]

Yay vlogmas beings that, Christmas is just me and the dog you and Chris's Christmas specials are my presents. Can't wait for the next one thank you for all the joy you bring me and Spooky the dog.

[@sharlainjapan]

Happy Holidays to you both! 🐶✨

[@xXMasterChrizXx]

This is the coziest prettiest video I've seen in a while 🥺 this really made my day

[@stratiotai2]

I have started watching you and Chris fairly regularly recently, I have always wanted to visit Japan but watching both of you has only increased my aspirations from a want to a need. As a fellow Canadian flights are outrageous from my province to there, but maybe one day! In the meantime I will have to live vicariously through your videos paired with Chris' journey across japan!

[@jagodesune6894]

Delightful food and drinks related side-quest with Sharla and Ellen, such a treat, that alley looked amazing.

[@emxlyyybxnn1040]

a new sharla video :) perfect for my day!!

[@sharlainjapan]

Thanks so much for watching!!! ❤️

[@sharlainjapan]

@bigmikeobama5314 well it’s supposed to be at 1mill but more likely when I get fed up with ppl thinking my name has something to do with melons and don’t realise it’s a pokemon reference🥲

[@tiinah-b2326]

@@sharlainjapan melons! That’s random. I’m 58 and even know it’s a Pokémon reference. Perhaps it’s because my sons (now age 30 and 28) were into Pokémon when they were young. Btw, I work in a preschool (in Sydney, Aust) and Pokémon is still a much loved thing.

[@kittehgo]

Wow that alley, so cool. Chris really missed out on that one, it looked a bit like his movie set..

[@shimi_raikkonen]

Whamageddon 😂😂😂😂😂 Sharla speaking in Japanese 👏🏼🔥👏🏼 Sharla & Ellen’s Get Buzzed Tour 😂

[@Grahamrobinsonvt802]

It’s not wacky weekend 😂

[@DoomPlague]

I had to look up what that is. But it sounds like that elevator music version does not apply? If the Taylor Swift cover applied, no one in the US would be able to win.

[@hurmly4128]

Correct! @@DoomPlague Only the original version counts - no covers!

[@PeteDaikon65]

Dave! Cover versions don’t count. You are still in it…

[@melissalayson7275]

​@DoomPlague Between Taylor Swift and the Backstreet Boys covering it. Plus with the original getting played a lot too. The United States is not safe from Whamgeddon either.

[@PaxiPrime]

All the best hole in the wall places!!! Thank you for sharing your life with us sharla! ❤

[@KatjaE13]

The sound of the stamps lifting off the paper is just so 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌 it scratched an itch I didn't know I had.

[@Tomodachi323]

I remember her vlogs from Morioka and Sendai, great vlogs also! 👍😊

[@rileyponpon]

I enjoy watching you hunt for stamps tbh. Very wholesome

[@DarknessDust]

the perfect video to put on while wrapped up in a blanket

[@polae5975]

I love that the tiny restaurant they go to is rocking some 90s American bops! 🎵

[@kleonstar]

That Aomori area was so cool and interesting (the surprise bar XD) I also hope the rock made it's place at the new house, it deserve it, it's a good rock.

[@xkubblesx]

Thank you for taking us on a new adventure! Watching these makes me wanna plan a trip to Japan but then I grt nervous 😅

[@sharlainjapan]

Aww no you totally should! Even if you don’t speak Japanese it’s pretty easy to find your way around and everyone is very helpful :)

[@sweetandsourluna]

I love vlogmas!!!! 😂 The gift that keeps giving!!! Ty Sharla for the laughs!

[@nenasnonsense]

Thanks so much for sharing, you make it feel like we're walking with you, so much fun and it's all so beautiful ❤

[@mechcam796]

For some reason when I’m walking around in a different country it is strangely satisfying. Especially in Japan.

[@gman3ful]

Thanks!

[@sharlainjapan]

Thank you so much! 🙏💓

[@Robynnbirrd]

Sharla’s vlogmas is the funnest part of the year!

[@arnonum7455]

From minute 16:00 I was last month in Hachinohe and drank in a bar in that alley with a lokal dentist. That was a crazy adventure. 😅 And the quality in that little Izakaya you been eating bevor, is amazing. I recoment them.

[@thewanderingwolf7116]

That alleyway looks like it came right out of the game Stray, so cool!

[@ShineOnBenevolentSun]

My thought exactly! Especially at 16:10

[@zainulabidin2791]

Hi! back in 2019, I joined a youth program for ASEAN. I went to Iwate prefecture and visited Morioka city and Rakuzentakata. Thanks for sharing this trip! missing the area so much!

[@sharlainjapan]

Such a lovely area isn’t it! I hope you get a chance to go back😍❤️

[@texasburbs4380]

"Let's go find more drinks"....I knew I really liked Ellen. Fun video!

[@KandiKisses101]

That rock was hilarious 😂 Loving the vlogmas thus far!!

[@VarunMilan]

My dream from childhood has always been to travel the world at the age of 25 due to a retina problem I lost most of my eye sight but still I wanna pursue my dreams Watching these videos really motivates me to run after my dreams 🎭 I wanna be an inspiration for others through my channel 💙

[@YasmeenMO]

Yay more delicious food I'm excited for this vlog

[@Jehutythm]

Ellen is back!

[@antonpuno2605]

LOVED this vid of you guys! The aesthetic of the side street bars are soooo cool! Please more like this! :)

[@kelvinc]

Whoa that's Ellen this really is throwback Journey Across Japan!

[@ashipper8223]

I'm impressed that two young women can walk through all those alleys in perfect safety.

[@helvetiqa]

Love that you got so many others, including Dave in Japan, into the stamps! We just got the best Aomori apple puddings from our Aeon supermarket. Thought of you!

[@cooldude3942]

I like how the food stall you guys were in at 13:00 was playing mr boombastic in the background

[@doggowhisperer6844]

So jealous you get to hang out with Ellen, she seems like such a beautiful person in every way

[@cloudspinner]

!!! Ah!! The Kamome no Tamago/ "Seagull egg" mochi mascot/specialty of Iwate and Ofunato city~so cute!!

[@echo1eyesonly13]

Sharla, I just heard on the news that Japan was hit with a big earthquake. I pray that you and Chris are both safe and well. Same for your friends and the cats. My best wishes to you.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

Those duck deer are so silly looking they're cute 😂 I called them mountain goats....I never knew what they called them. And that rock has to go in the apartment 🤣

[@Azalynnnn]

i LOOVE Japanese stickers. I spent so much on those vinyl stickers when i took my vacation to japan

[@dazed8808]

Hi Sharla! Love watching your videos. They're very calming and it's lovely to see bits of Japan. Thank you and I hope you have more great times ♡

[@alyssamartinez7690]

I noticed when you were digging thru the rocks that you were kind using your fingers. I have a tip so you don't ruin your nails or damage them. Use your knuckles any time you need to use your fingers for scraping, scrubbing, digging, etc. Just think Gorilla 😂 I know it's kinda funny but that's how I remember lol. My family & I love watching your vids & hopefully we can meet one day when we go to Japan. Much love & God Bless from Colorado 🙂✌🏻🙏🏻

[@luis_discovery]

“Nobody is gonna steal it ! It’s Japan ! “ 😂 And all other stamps after those were unchained 😂

[@Skipadoo]

jogodahama stamps are definitely my favorite stamps in my book. i love those goofy little seagulls

[@StripofPaper]

I can't with Surprise Bar - Maybe 😂 too funny

[@cniquet01]

When collecting the rocks i wouldve found the shapes most closely mimicking the rock outline of the sea from the view of the store, and try to recreate the seascape as a backing. I guess l Ike a 2d suiseki kind of thing

[@AdelleOverton]

Dave hasn't been sent to Whamhalla! 😀 The Whamageddon rules state that it has to be the original song. Muzak covers don't count. 😁 You collected so many beautiful stamps Sharla! I'm enjoying your Vlogmas so much! Big love to you all! 💜

[@TravelbyDartTV]

Where the landscapes are so picturesque, even the cherry blossoms might be blushing(not this month, though lol.) Kidding aside, watching it felt how much of Japan we haven't explored yet the last time we were to film one of our TV show episode. Definitely worth coming back!

[@Boomdizzle99]

loving this years version of vlogmas. More on the road, seeing something new in japan every day! My favorite one youve done so far!!!

[@irenem2081]

Wow just finished watching the other 2 vlogmas videos and now this shows up, great timing 😄 I'm excited for this one 😊❤

[@Kuralai95]

I just wanted to say that I love watching your videos when I’m getting ready to work early in the morning. I don’t like waking up so early but your videos help, especially the travel vlogs. It’s such a cozy way to start a day. Thank you for your consistently quality content ❤ P.S. I also believe I’m somehow manifesting a trip to Japan for me and my sister😅

[@jemdoeslife]

I highly recommend watching the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai one year to see the floats moving and unfolding! I think they are even better than the lantern style floats in Aomori.

[@Nynke_K]

Another video, another treat! I'm feeling spoiled with Japan travel videos today 😊. Will go check if Jodogahama was in my forest of 'Want to go' pins on Google Maps yet!

[@mzdrizzle]

Every time i watch one of yours or Chris’ videos it makes me want to dig out my wani kani flashcards

[@mechmaru]

I live near Kuji!!! I've been to all the places you went to in this video. I had pictures of all the 4 manhole too 😊

[@prancingppony]

Purrfect Friday video ❤

[@Maxid1]

6:03 Those look like fortune cookie rounds before they fold and cook them.

[@uncafepf]

About the mascot, it's clled '' Kamome no Sailor-kun'', which means'' Mr. Sailor, the seagull''. It's an icon of a local snack company which sells sweets called '' Kamome no Tamago'' that means seagulls' eggs.