And I am just getting ready to go down and have breakfast

I don't know if I can eat this early

I usually don't have breakfast but

pretty sure they've prepared something

fancy for me

so I'm going to try and eat it

today we are going to... what are we doing first?

i can't remember

but there is a few things we are doing

we are going to paint those little red cow things

the mascot of fukushima

and we are going to look at these miniature sculptures

i think the carver is going to be there as well

so maybe we'll get to watch him do it

and...

what else are we doing today?

for dessert we get to have those buns again that I had on the train

so... yes

I'm really looking forward to those, those are freaking delicious

ok so im going to go have breakfast now

bring you guys with me and show it to you

I can't believe it's still snowing here that's so weird

because Tokyo's so hot you could wear a t-shirt now

so we are in the forest right now

and a photographer is going to show us the best place to take pictures of the Tarami line train

so this is a secret spot

well it's not so secret anymore

but um.. most people there's a view spot where most people take photos from

but he specialised in taking photos of the train and hes found a better spot

so he's going to show it to us

so behind us in the distance you can see the bridge over there maybe

thats normally where people take photos but if you walk through the forest like we did

you can get a super awesome view of the train line

the train will come across this bridge here

this is like the famous setting that you see in photographs

and postcards and calanders and stuff

so we got a really nice angle from here

It's really pretty scenery

but we only get one shot to take photos of the train

so hopefully my timing is good

I don't really have a good photography camera

I just use this vlogging camera

so I'm just going to try take some with my cellphone for instagram or something

apparently it doesn't make a sound before it arrives so you kind of just got to be prepared for it

it should be on time though

the weather is nice so there shouldn't be any reason for it to be late

I'm going to attempt to take a picture with my phone

while I'm filming this with my camera

so this will be interesting

here it comes

that was really cute

the train is so short it's only 2 cars so it looks like a little toy from here

but we had an awesome view of it

and I got a couple pictures I think they are nice

I'll put them on instagram so go check them out

but yeah that was really cool what a neat spot

so I don't really know how to explain how to get here

but if you see the bridge in the background

that's where people normally take it from

if you park on the road just um a little before the bridge

then walk through the forest

then you might be able to find this spot

I wish it was easier to explain but it's kind of like a hidden spot

there's not a path or anything

we stopped to get some coffee at a souveneir shop

on the side of the road

they're called meechino ekki

or road stations

and you can always find like souvenirs of that city

and most of the time they have food to eat

and coffee and drinks

so I'm just looking around at the souveniers

Fukushima is known for peaches

so there's lots of like peach flavoured stuff

oh these are sakura

even better

oh these look so good

it's so big it moves around

apparently this is the daughter and there's a whole family of them

that's awesome

the mom is in like another station she is bigger

oh cute

theres like hats and stuff

this is what I'm going to be painting later

and I got to practise

so this is what the face looks like

remember that

so we came to see the guy that makes the really tiny sculptures

but his shop was closed today so we couldn't go that's too bad

but instead we are going to go eat manju right away so can't complain

pretty excited oh my god I can see the sign I bet it's that place

I forgot if I mentioned it before but they're made out of millet

that's the word I was looking for

they're millet manju

this is the shop here

ahh I'm so excited

apparently this shop is really famous

so if you want good awo manju

come find this shop

ooh I can see them

in the window

fresh ones

sakura flavour

I'm going to try the sakura one

because they're special for spring

they only make them during spring

I could eat like 3 of these

easily

and these are the regular ones

so you can get these ones all year round

still warm

that's so good

this is freaking awesome

this is like

I think this is like one the best manju I've ever had

I really like the millet

It's really nice

It gives it a nice texture too kind of like oatmeal

so it's like a little bit gritty

chunky

that doesn't really sound appetising but like in a good way

on the way back to the car we passed the ahh sculpture place and it was open

so we're inside

they're so small that I need my glasses to look at them

OK so it's completely impossible to see with my camera

but this is a sesame seed

and the reddish part that you can see there is actually a little tiny statue

that is small enough to fit inside a sesame seed

and if you look at it up close

there's a photo of it up close in a magazine I'll show it to you

so that's what it looks like

that's insane

oh my god

even with like a really big magnifying glass it's hard to see the detail

that's an amazing picture

I'm going to paint my akabeko now

beko is tohoku slang for cow

so this is a red cow

It's the symbol of Fukushima

so I can paint it like the traditional one which looks like this

if I want

but I don't know

I don't know if I should do that or make something different

I'll think about it

I'm going to like google some pictures then decide

I decided to make mine a maneki beko

because I like cats

so this is how it turned out

It's not exactly red anymore

which is kind of weird

but I like it

I think it's cute

That was the last ah spot in our trip

so now we're headed home

but I'm kind of sad

it was really nice

I had such a great time

and we're going to stop at the meechino ekki

the um the like stations on the side of the road

so that I can get stamps for my new stamp book

I think I mentioned this in a video before but

A while ago when I was living in Iwadey prefecture I got one of these

and i visited all the stations in Tohoku

to get a stamp

because I'm in Fukushima now I will get some stamps for my book

I got one already and I'm going to get one more on the way home so

tada

It's going to take forever

It's probably going to take a few years to fill this up again but

everytime I go on a road trip I'll bring this along

and fill it up with stamps

It's really fun

yay I got my stamp

theres only 146 stations

144 more to go that's not too bad