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We are meeting our Japanese Family in rural Japan to experience what life in the countryside is really like! After the hustle and bustle of Japanese cities, we are so excited to finally be meeting up with our family in Isahaya to experience the Japan no one sees. Without the help of a local, there is no way we would have been able to see this side of Japan. We went way off the tourist trail and explored a corner of this beautiful country that foreigners always miss.
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We are so lucky to have a sister in law who is Japanese and who lived in Japan her whole life up until about 4 years ago. She was kind enough to invite us to her parents' home near Nagasaki, and we jumped at the chance to visit a proper Japanese home, and experience what life in this part of Japan is like. As tourists, we rarely get to have travel experiences as authentic as this one, and we felt very lucky to learn about Japan and spend time with family while we were at it.
Over the course of two weeks, we had so many unique experiences in rural Japan. Even just having the chance to live in a proper Japanese house and eat homemade Japanese food was such an experience! Tatami mats, automatic toilet seats, and 10-item meals were things we knew nothing about before being welcomed into a Japanese home.
Making mochi the traditional way was one of our favourite activities of our stay. Together with our family, we made mochi from scratch using the traditional methods of mashing rice and hand-forming the mochi balls. It was hard work, and it took a lot of time, but we made some of the best mochi in all of Japan (in our humble opinion).
Japanese food is one of the main reasons anyone visits Japan, and during our time in rural Japan we tried some of the best Japanese food of our entire trip. We had fresh onigiri and gyoza in Nagasaki, tried okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) for the first time, visited the strangest ramen shop, and shared yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) with new friends.
We also learned that living in rural Japan means having a very active life. From wakeboarding to baseball, our time living like locals in Japan gave us that chance to try out a few new sports and discover a lot about the Japanese way of life.
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== Chapters ==
0:00 First impressions of real Japanese life
6:00 Making mochi the traditional way
12:00 Japanese food tour!
19:04 Well that was epic...
24:33 The most wholesome way to end our visit
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Hey there! We are Nicole and Mico and in March 2021, we quit our jobs, sold our belongings, and began traveling the world! We never thought we'd be making travel vlogs on KZfaq, but after realizing that we had a unique opportunity to share our adventure and make the world feel more familiar and inviting to anyone watching, we took the leap and picked up the camera! We hope our videos show how wonderful, delicious, and friendly the world can be.