We're getting on the night bus. (⊙◞▽◟⊙)

Yeah!

R: All right, so we got this- J: Footrest? Nice.

We got blankets...

velcro pillows...

Nice. ( ° ー°)

All right. Goodnight.

This is also a really great way--if you get into an argument with someone...

Like, if I don't want to talk to Jun anymore I'm just like

"All right. I'm done."

"I am exiting this conversation."

"RIGHT NOW."

*ppbllblblppt*

REST STOP

At some of these rest stops they have giant LED maps

that map out every single toilet and they tell you which ones are occupied

and whether they're Japanese or Western toilets.

You can plot out exactly which toilet you want to go to.

It's amazing.

It's like the Mecca of Japanese vending machines.

COFFEEEEE

Do you want Blendy coffee?

There's this type of Blendy coffee.

And there's also this type of Blendy coffee.

One of these things is not like the other ♪

Can you spot it?

Can you spot it, Jun?

This one?

CORN SOUP?!

"Please make yourself at home."

We're back in Akita again. We were here last year for the Namahage Festival.

Namahage are terrifying demons native to Akita

who descend upon the towns once a year to TERRORIZE the people!!1!

Where's your wife and son?

How they are doing is written in this book,

so you can't hide anything from us.

Your son is playing video game all day without doing homework at all.

I see nothing good written about your son here.

Well, well, Namahage-san...

let's put that aside...

Okay, so actually the Namahage are messengers of the gods

who visit families in town and make sure their kids are behaving!

So that's why they're terrifying--

TO SCARE KIDS INTO BEHAVING.

It's like the Japanese version of...

opposite Santa.

Naughty or nice list?

The owner of the house knows the Namahage in person.

They might have gone to the same school?

To kids, he asks if they've been listening to their parents well.

To the parents, he asks if they've been parenting the kids well.

I guess I can become Namahage here.

You're going to transform into Namahage.

I'm gonna scare all the little children.

I'm glad there's no kids around here now.

This was a good shirt to wear.

Look! You can't tell.

I look like a monster.

Scary ?

I can't see anything.

Say "UWOOGHH"

UWOOOOGHHAHHH

You sound like one.

OHGHHHGHHGHHH

You make a great Namahage.

Approved by a local.

We're at the site of the Kamakura festival, which they're building right now.

It's like a story high. They're just standing on top of this giant thing of snow.

Under this man,

there're 4 to 5 groups of 20 people each building 100 kamakura igloos.

He's in charge of...

I'm the boss.

And now they have this bulldozer to put snow (AND PEOPLE) on top.

They build it from the ground up and then pack snow on top of it.

But in the past they used to just use shovels and flip it up.

That's so much effort.

Do you want to try working on it?

So you'll get to do this now.

Yaaaay!

Yes, please.

I'm gonna help build one!

Good luck.

Right now he's like, "This annoying foreigner wants to help try..."

"Can you just let her do something?"

"Just let her pack it on. You can redo it later."

SNOW CHAINZ [Why are there no Alaskan rappers with this name]

What should I do?

Umm...what should she do?

Scoop some snow here and...

You look like a shokunin now!

Thanks.

Welcome back.

That's crazy!

That looks way too big for you.

Do I look like a pro?

Thank you very much!

Okay, so Akita is really far north so it gets a lot of snow,

and even though you can’t really tell in this video it’s pretty deep.

There was a lot of unexpected sinking.

Bring snow boots.

I bought snow boots in Akita and it was the BEST DECISION EVER.

At the castle we tried on the clothes that kids are supposed to wear.

The kamakura igloos are for kids to sit inside, and they’ll like invite you in for a drink.

And mochi.

But that’s not the most important thing.

What?

There’s one other major thing we need to talk about in this video.

What is it?

Jun's

TERRIBLE

SNOW ANGEL

What?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

What's wrong with that?

TRY A LITTLE HARDER

O-okay.

Well that is not what we wanted to talk about.

We also saw a taiko performance, which was amazing.

And the shrine priest let us walk up to the holy tree and touch it for good luck.

But you're not normally supposed to do that, though.

So don't go do that unless they say you can.

And the food was great, by the way.

And we probably stayed in the nicest hotel in Akita prefecture.

It had a super huge onsen that we obviously couldn’t film inside of.

But I did film a tour of our room that’s way too long to put in this video

so I'll upload that to our second channel if you're interested.

Anyway, thank you for watching, and please enjoy the view from Yokote castle.

Thanks to JapanBusLines.com for sponsoring our trip to Akita.

If you want to book a highway bus in Japan, which is one of the cheapest ways to travel,

they have a website in English where you can easily search for and book bus trips all across Japan.

There are a ton of options from women's only buses,

seats with power outlets,

single private seating if you're traveling alone,

and more.

We'll put the link in the description box.