that this festival started with so did you know that Japan's northern island of

所以你知道日本的北方島嶼

Hokkaido has only been inhabited (by modern Japanese people)

北海道是近代日本人才居住的地方

for about a hundred and fifty years? that

大約一百五十年？

that is so new and it comes along with it some pretty cool advantages and how

這是如此之新，它伴隨著它的一些很酷的優勢和如何。

they do City planning and everything like that will touch on that a little

他們是做城市規劃的，所有的事情都會涉及到這一點。

later for now it is my third day will be morning of my third day in Hokkaido

現在是我在北海道的第三天 將會是我在北海道的第三天的上午。

right now I'm in Sapporo but getting here was an adventure all of its own

我現在在札幌，但到這裡來也是一次冒險。

let's see if I can't summarize it in about two minutes alright here we go

看我能不能在兩分鐘內把它總結出來 好吧，我們開始吧。

so I was in Milan (Italy) with two shamisen players and I got an email asking me if

所以，我在米蘭（意大利）與兩個三味線球員，我收到一封電子郵件，問我如果

I wanted to go to Hokkaido... yes. so instead of going home I came directly to

我想去北海道... 是的，所以我沒有回家，而是直接來了北海道。

Hokkaido. Well, not really directly. there were four flights and five airports

北海道。嗯，也不是很直接，有4個班機，5個機場。

involved who's counting. we landed at night in Asakawa. there was snow. lots of snow the

我們晚上在淺川著陸，下了很多雪。

next day we went to a cool design center the area of Asahikawa itself is

第二天，我們去了一個很酷的設計中心，旭川地區本身就是一個很酷的設計中心。

known for producing incredible furniture we have food and we got to visit some of

被稱為生產令人難以置信的傢俱，我們有食物，我們得到了訪問一些。

the furniture makers than themselves and when night time hit we went to the

傢俱製造商比他們自己，當夜幕降臨的時候，我們就去了。

Asahikawa Winter Festival it was brief it was cold it was beautiful but at night I

旭川冬日祭是短暫的，是寒冷的，是美麗的，但在晚上，我... ...

braved the cold and went out for a little bit and it was so worth it

冒著嚴寒出去玩了一下，很值得

it's just around midnight right now it's currently about minus 12 degrees (Celcius) so it's

現在正值午夜時分，目前氣溫約為零下12度（攝氏度），所以

not all that bad but magic is happening right behind me

還不錯，但神奇的事情就在我身後發生。

for the record I kind of wanted to say it a little bit later and film more for

為了記錄在案，我有點想晚一點說，並拍攝更多的為

you guys but my camera is starting to freeze up the lens more than anything

你的傢伙，但我的相機開始凍結了鏡頭比什麼都重要

but she's not doing good this giant truck filled with snow

但她做得不好 這輛巨大的卡車裝滿了雪

reminds me before I head into the hotel there's something I want to show you and

在我進酒店之前，我提醒我，有件事我想給你看，還有...

that's these poles right here which let cars and snowplows and everything know

這就是這些杆子，在這裡，讓汽車和掃雪車和一切知道

where the edge of the road is they're everywhere in areas that don't have

在道路的邊緣，他們到處都是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區，他們是在沒有的地區。

these poles have arrows hanging from above because the poles wouldn't be tall

箭在弦上，不得不發。

enough because they get that much snow in this area all right that's all for

夠了，因為他們得到了這麼多的雪在這個地區所有的權利，這一切都為

now I'm really gonna head back into the hotel look at how white my hair is

現在我真的要回酒店去了 看看我的頭髮有多白了

turned.

轉身。

alright I think from this point we can slow down a little bit so the

好吧，我想從這一點上，我們可以慢一點，所以在這一點上，我們可以慢一點。

next day we headed into an area called Otaru and we're pretty much instantly

第二天，我們去了一個叫小樽的地區，我們幾乎是瞬間的。

graced with the beauty of snow

雪中送炭

these little ledges that have created are to reduce the risk of like I guess

這些小壁架已經創建 是為了減少風險的喜歡我猜測

not landslides with snow slides down the side of it like hill or mountain that

而不是像山丘或山體那樣，雪崩從旁邊滑落下來。

tells you how much snow they in here know it's nor like no no we know this

告訴你有多少雪，他們在這裡知道它的也不喜歡不不，我們知道這一點。

guy we see his videos at Tuesday thank you guys so much for coming up.

我們在週二看到他的視頻，謝謝你們這麼多的來。

Otaru was beautiful I cannot wait to go back there someday but that pretty

小樽很美，我迫不及待地想去那裡，但那個漂亮的小樽，是我的夢想。

much brings us to last night when I arrived here at this hotel

這就是昨晚我來到這裡的原因。

this hotel isnt too bad either

這家酒店也不錯

Got a mountain view!

有山景！

Look at that that sunset over the mountains there

你看那山間的夕陽在那裡

I feel like this warrents some kind of time-lapse

我覺得這就像某種時間推移的經緯度一樣

I'm on my way to the snow festival right now

我現在正在去參加雪節的路上。

Sapporo itself is just so beautiful right now look at this

札幌本身就是如此美麗，現在看這個。

before we actually get to the festival a little bit of context this entire

在我們真正進入節日之前，一點點的背景下，這整個。

festival actually started with kids. as the story goes it looks like the goal

節日其實是從孩子們開始的。

was to turn the snow into something more than just a cold bother and so they

是為了把雪變成比冷的煩惱更多的東西，所以他們... ...

started this annual tradition of building snow castles and stuff like

開始了這一年一度的傳統建造雪堡之類的東西。

that and over the years it gained so much attention that it became the

多年來，它得到了如此多的關注，以至於它成為了 "中國"。

Sapporo Snow Festival that it is today something I wanted to tell you guys

札幌雪祭，今天是我想告訴你們的事情。

about right now so interesting fact from the station all the way to the main park

關於現在這麼有趣的事實從車站一路到主公園

Odori Park is connected by an underground set of tunnels I never knew

大通公園有一條我不知道的地下隧道連接著。

that I've never been in them and I kind of want to check them out

我從來沒有去過他們，我有點想去看看他們。

considering how cold Sapporo gets it makes sense there's an underground

考慮到札幌有多冷，所以有地下通道也是情理之中的事。

walkway for like the most popular area and it also makes sense that it is

走道為像最受歡迎的領域，它也有意義，它是一個非常重要的領域。

insanely crowded

擁擠不堪

all the exits seemed clearly numbered and to be honest with you guys I want to

所有的出口似乎都有明確的編號，說實話，我想

enjoy Sapporo so I'm gonna go back up. I just kind of wanted to show you guys

我很喜歡札幌，所以我要回去了。我只是想讓你們看看

the area. you'll notice that Sapporo also has these poles the station is back

你會發現，札幌也有這些電線杆，車站在後面。

there has been like 14 years since I've seen it and the last time didn't go so

有像14年，我已經看到了它，最後一次並沒有去這樣的

well and I've actually always wanted to come back and see this snow festival so

其實我一直想回來看看這個雪節，所以

I'm literally over-the-top excited I'm just trying to keep the energy down

我真的是太興奮了，我只是想讓自己的能量降下來。

right now

眼下

so as much as all I want to do is hang around and gather two gorgeous b-roll of

所以，儘管所有我想做的是掛在身邊，並收集兩個華麗的B-roll的

this snow festival there's one thing that I've always wanted to do so let's

這個雪節有一件事是我一直想做的，所以讓我們... ...

go this way

這邊

the very first time I came here by the time I discovered this place it was too

我第一次來這裡的時候，發現這個地方的時候，它已經太...

late this time I got here just in time

姍姍來遲

something special about today I hear that just during the snow vessel they

關於今天的一些特別的東西，我聽說，只是在雪船他們

open up the staircase so we can go down by this stair coming this far

打通樓梯，我們就可以從這個樓梯下去了。

the cold I can deal with it's the ice on the stairs that's kind of freaking me

我可以應付寒冷的天氣，但樓梯上的冰塊卻讓我很抓狂。

out anyway I don't think ten minute montage of me going down the stairs is

反正我不認為十分鐘的蒙太奇我下樓是。

gonna be the most except the elevators neat though, I love seeing.. Hi Guys!

會是最除了電梯整潔，雖然，我喜歡看到... ...嗨，夥計們！

I'm just gonna hurry down and I'll see you guys when I get down there that was

我只是要去趕緊下來，我會看到你們 當我到達那裡，這是一個。

totally worth it now I'm really excited to go check out the Snow Festival itself

完全值得，現在我真的很興奮，去檢查了雪節本身。

in the last video where I showed my footage from sapporo from 14 years ago i

在上一個視頻中，我展示了14年前我在札幌的錄像，我。

believe i described sapporo as being a different kind of amazing and i think

我相信我形容札幌是一個不同類型的驚人，我認為

that holds true the only sad thing is that every single day until today it's

那是真的 唯一可悲的是，每一天，直到今天，它是。

been snowing and it's not snowing at the snow festival do you see this behind me

一直在下雪，它不是在雪節下雪 你看到我身後的這個嗎？

it's like a wish it's like a wish come true it started snowing started snowing

這就像一個願望 這就像一個願望成真 開始下雪了 開始下雪了

yeah

是啊

it got really bad there for a while but things are seemingly calming down a bit

它得到了真正的壞有一段時間，但事情似乎平靜下來一點。

it is a snow festival after all... and I asked for the snow and as you get down

這畢竟是一個雪節... ...我要求下雪，而當你下來的時候

to the end of the park that's where they're working on the smaller statues

到公園的盡頭，那是他們在做小雕像的地方。

but just because they're smaller doesn't mean they skimp on detail by any means

但只是因為他們是小的並不意味著他們吝嗇在細節上的任何方式。

and my hands may be reaching their limit ended up buying gloved it seemed like

我的手可能會達到他們的極限，最後買了手套，它似乎是一個很好的選擇。

the smart choice

明智之選

Combini Time

梳理時間

what a day that was there's a lot of fun I never thought that when I publish that

今天是什麼日子，有很多的樂趣 我從來沒有想過，當我發佈的時候，

video of my first visit the Sapporo that I would be there two weeks later

我的第一次訪問札幌的視頻，我將在兩個星期後有

and finally Sapporo Beer! let's see if this is even any good

最後是札幌啤酒！讓我們看看這到底好不好喝。

smells like beer...

聞起來像啤酒...