We are heading to Ibaraki and when I say we I actually mean me and Sharla. Sharla and I are traveling today

So while we're in Ibaraki, I'm gonna be trying some things that I've never done before

I'm gonna be doing pottery which I'm really excited for. There's also gonna be a huge festival that I've never seen

I think we have this thing called Nebuta. So it's gonna be all these big

Floating lanterns that they pull along. We're also going to visit some nice parks, have a nice relaxing time, so, I don't know

I'm just excited. I've been ready to have a nice

Calm and peaceful trip. So I think this is gonna be good for me

I gotta grab my stuff and I'm gonna head to Tokyo Station

Catch an express train that I forgot the name of and then we're gonna go to Ibaraki. All right guys, that's everything

Let's go to Ibaraki

Okay, so the place we're at right now is called Kasama craft hills and it's really popping, there's a lot of people around today

and everybody's making their pottery and I'm gonna be next so we just watched a demonstration on how to do it and

There were a lot of steps can't remember most of them and I'm a little worried.

While I'm here, I can make two things. I'm just gonna do whatever I can

Because if I can do something then that's a success.

Oh, look at it, it's so daunting

Okay, so we just do we just wing the whole thing?

Oh man

Like this

Sharla, off camera: I forgot the next step. Emma: Okay, and then we like pull it out

S: Oh, from the inside? E: Yeah.

S: All right, doesn't look too bad.

「掴んで上に」 S: Oh my god, it's so hard

Okay

Oh no, oh no

S: I have so much respect for anyone that can make a proper dish E: Oh no

Oh God

S: It's okay, she'll come save us. E: Save us!

E: Oh no, I think I've ruined it

E: Oh, she saved me S: Oh, wow

E: Oh my gosh S: She just like, transformed it into a new dish

S: 助けてぇぇ

I made it lumpy again

It's like, it's like this right?

I did it! So now I'm gonna be making a plate.

Oh my gosh. Oh shoot. Oh god, I got too ambitious.

E: How's this? S: Hey, they're similar. They're not completely different.

Yeah, oh my gosh. Wait, what are you doing? Are you still going?

S: Another cup. E: You're doing another cup.

E: You're unstoppable. S: I'm going to pick the best two.

E: Okay, maybe I'll do a cup aswell. S: Yeah, do a cup

Oh no

S: It's an interesting selection of shapes. They don't exactly match but

E: Yay!

E: Oh my gosh

S: Your plate looks good. E: Yeah, I'm happy with the plate S: The teacup looks really good actually, that could be nice.

Heck yeah

Here's my creations. I'm so happy with how they turned out. We have a bowl, a plate and a cup

I think they're gonna shrink down, but I'm so excited

And also I get to pick the glaze now and what colors I want so.

So here's Sharla's cups. You can have a full set

How do you feel?

S: Maybe firing them will make some miracle happen

This is the color that I went for so I'm gonna do both of mine in that color

And when I say both I've had to choose two of them to keep, so I'm keeping the plate and the cup.

They're gonna take the cup another plate and send it to me in like a month I think

So, I don't know if I'll be able to

Include what they look like in this video, but I'll at least upload it on my Instagram, on my Instagram stories

So if you're not following me on Instagram, you're missing out on some quality plates and cup content

These little plates are only 200 yen each. Look at them they're precious

E: 200 yen, dude S: Those are so cute

E: Think I gotta get one

Got little cherries

Hey we just take a break at the hotel

Sharla and I hung out a bit, she a nap and now we're going to matsuri. There's so many people. It should be good

The matsuri we're going to is matsuri tsukuba which has a lot of these guys. What are they called again?

S: Uh, the nebuta floats?

E: Yeah, so that'll be cool. I've never seen them before

Okay, so I just got kakigori - shaved ice - with cola flavoring on it, it's simple it's great

It was supposed to be this cute little mound, but I kept eating it from the other side. So it collapsed in on itself, but

It's cold, it's sweet, it's just what I need right now. Actually, do you mind if I try some of your agemochi? S: Oh please do.

So Sharla got agemochi what see which is like deep-fried mochi, but it's like

super chewy

E: Fried mochi S: You gotta eat two E: No!

It's got a sauce and seaweed on it, so

S: See what I mean?

The crispy edges are really good. Delicious, thanks Sharla. S: You're welcome

This is how close it's getting

Oh my gosh.

Hello everybody just a quick good night before I go to sleep. We are back at the hotel

The matsuri was insane

I got some dinner. My dinner is watermelon, and I also got two figs that were on special

So that's also for dinner. Oh, look at this fig. It looks like a how do you say it demogorgon from uh

Sharla, across the room: It does! E: It does

It does look like a demogorgon from Stranger Things

Luxury. Okay, good night guys. Bye

Hey guys, we're in the car now.

It's the next day and we're heading to a place called Mito in Ibaraki and we just got some breakfast at the konbini

So my breakfast is a little strange. I got a sausage

Very nice. I also got some

salad sticks with some sauce to dip it in. Which looks pretty good.

And also this is one of my favorite things. I'm so glad they had it. It's

Daifuku, so mochi and white bean on the inside with a whole grape

S: It sounds so good E: It's so so good. Seriously. Also, we're on the way to a

A beautiful garden. Apparently it's one of the top three?

Top three most beautiful gardens in Japan and then we're gonna go get some lunch. First of all, it's sausage time

It's pretty good

E: 7.50 out of ten. Emma reviews sausages, that's my new channel S: Sausage review

So I have the grape daifuku and I'm gonna give it a go

and see if I can bite into the grape because it's like deep in there

That's so good but so juicy

S: Clearly. My God was that all from the juice? E: It's all from the juice. Yeah, that's all the juice.

S: That is the biggest grape I have ever seen E: It's huge. BAM.

[airplane noises]

So we've made it to Kairakuen, it's super beautiful it's really well-kept

The meaning of Kairakuen, it's actually a place that was built in 1841 or 2

By the Tokugawa family, and Kairakuen actually means like a park to be enjoyed by everyone

So they built this in order to have people come together and enjoy the park together

So there's a lot of palm trees everywhere and apparently this place. I think it has a plum festival

When the season is here, I think a bug landed on my lip

There's a little glimpse of what it looks like during plum blossom season.

It's gonna be a - it's kinda like sakura, but a little bit different, and the trunks are different.

Oh, I want to be here in the right season

Okay, I've just got my ticket, and I'm heading to Koubuntei

Which I think is just just over there

Now, Koubuntei is so beautiful because it has so many different rooms that are matching

the kind of gardens that they have outside

Where they have all of these different rooms dedicated to different blossoms or different plants, which is super beautiful

Okay.

Alright.

I'm okay.

Look at this view.

Okay

So we just drove a few minutes away. And now we're going to a cafe. We're gonna go have some lunch

Have a nice view of the lake

But also this is actually gonna be our last stop in Ibaraki before we head to the airport and go to Hokkaido.

My gosh, they have swans and koi look at all of these guys. Hello!

I touch you

Oh I gave him a touch.

I can literally touch them, it's freaking me out

I got you, I got you

Yeah!

Okay, so we're just getting lunch at the cafe and it's super beautiful the view is amazing of the lake

It's just a really peaceful atmosphere and I have got a beef bowl. Can't really see the beef because of all the salad, but there's some beef under here.

It's roast beef and then I also got a really cute dessert

I'm gonna give you a sneak peak of the dessert

But I'm gonna eat it later and I'll show you it but just a little sneak peek, isn't it adorable?

It's just like the swans that we saw outside. Here we go いただきます

Mmm it's got like a light dressing on it. It's a little sweet a little savory got my lotus fruit, my favorite.

Okay, so I'm just gonna dig in

I don't really know the best way to approach this because usually I just bite into a cream puff cream "pruff" with an 'r'

Cream pruff

Okay. So here's the custard on the inside looks so good and creamy

Ah, magical.

All right, that's it. We're on our way to the airport now and we're going to be heading to Hokkaido

But for now, we have to say goodbye to Ibaraki. It's been such a great trip. There's so many cool things to do here

It's so close to Tokyo and it's just been it's been relaxing. It's been fun

It's been nice and I got to try a bunch of new stuff, and I'm so excited for my pottery

S: Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. E: Yeah

Thank you so much for watching and coming on this journey through Ibaraki with me if you want to know more information about

Ibaraki and the things that we've done, there'll be a link in the description down below to let you know more information.

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But thank you for watching and I'll see you guys in the next video also

Also, thank you Sharla for being here with me

S: My pleasure, it was really fun I'm so glad you came along on the trip too. E: Yeah, I'm glad we could go together.

Bye guys! Here it comes.

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