and I'm riding the Tadami Line

Which is a train line here that is very famous locally for the beautiful scenery

So I'm gonna be on this train for about an hour and a half

What people like to do is buy some sake and ride the train

and drink sake while they're looking at the beautiful scenery

So we stopped at the sake shop on the way here and I picked out some yummy sake

So here's a clip from that

Fukushima is known for their nihonshu (sake)

So I'm in here choosing one to bring with me

on the train ride that I'm going to go on in about an hour

So he picked out some sake that's good for hanami

(sakura viewing)

So you can see lots of them have a sakura theme

Tastes so much different from the sake I'm used to!

It's sweet!

I can't believe how different they taste!

If you guys are ever in Fukushima

And you come across this one, I recommend trying it out!

It's really sweet! And it's just completely different from anything I've ever tried before

So everyone brings their own sake to drink on the train

You won't normally see this, but this line is known for it

People like to enjoy the scenery while drinking

So it's all right on this train line, but don't think you can do this on all train lines

It's not a normal thing

This scene is really famous

You'll probably see this on lots of tourism sites and stuff

It's a really popular spot to go and take photos of this train

But we're gonna be on the train, so we're not gonna be able to see this

But I think later on we are going to be going to this spot to take photos

So that'll be fun!

Ahh I would love to see it in the fall

This looks so nice

Wow the winter is really beautiful too

So this train only has two cars

The one that we just moved to now has box seats

so you can sit with 4 people

If you come early you won't be able to get one of these ones

They fill up pretty quickly

The other car in the back there is just the regular 2 lines of seats on each side

Yay! Now we've got a box seat with our friends!

So we can sit and drink our sake

and the pretty part of the trip is coming up soon

I think in about 5 minutes or so

we're gonna enter the mountains, can't wait!

So everyone brings their own sake cups with them

Oh cool! That's a nice one!

I bought this one at the souvenir shop where we got the sake

This is the Fukushima mascot

Thank you!

Let's eat!

This is good! Wow!

It tastes like cheese right?

That's so good

It's like cream cheese, but tofu!

We're eating sweet potatoes now, these are so good

I love these things

So we're heading into the mountains now

There's still some snow left over!

Oh there's still snow on the ground!

Wow!

So we're at a little shop called Donguri now

and we're gonna make our own soba!

So this is the soba that I made

It kinda looks more like udon

This is the part that the teacher cut, it looks nice and thin

and then mine are a little thick

But hopefully it tastes all right

We're gonna eat it now

Well I'm gonna eat it now, I don't think anyone else wants to

Hey! Wait! Where are you guys going?

You need to try her soba!

Everyone ran away Sharla!

I think he was nice and put the ones he made on top

Ok I'll try the good ones first then

Yep, yummy!

They're fine!

Really? Are you telling the truth?

He's being nice. He says it tastes good but... we'll see

So these are mine

And these are the teachers

They're not that bad

Maybe even yummy!

So we're at the natural carbonated water area now

And it's just this little hole in the ground

And look

Look at the bubbles, isn't that crazy?

That's all natural

It looks like it's boiling!

It's not it's freezing cold

They have cups here to drink it, so let's try some!

Ok let's try it and see if it's carbonated!

That's so weird!

It just tastes like soda water!

Strange

After a long, chilly day outside

I headed back to my hotel, which was equipped with a private onsen

which is always nice

It had a beautiful view of the river outside

It was just warm, and relaxing and I had such an amazing time!

If you would like to see a tour of this hotel

Come check me out on my other channel, Sharmander

at youtube.com/sharlainjapan

and I will have a full tour of a traditional Japanese hotel room

Thanks for watching guys, I hoped you enjoyed this

and stay tuned for Day 2! Bye!