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Christmas in Japan isn't like Christmas in the UK. For one thing, it includes humiliation. It also includes very strange food. And don't forget the hot springs!
Vocabulary: Elephant in the room, Onsen, Thatched house, Bullet train, Purikura, Chazuke
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00:00 Preview
00:31 Intro
01:34 The elephant in the room
03:23 New Year's resolutions
07:03 A spicy train journey
12:25 The hotel tricked me!
14:19 A smooth flight
15:57 The little things
18:32 Public behaviour
20:38 The wonderful resort
23:26 My first onsen experience
27:41 Let's go to the murder village!
34:13 The panda has left the building
36:14 Meeting the locals
39:15 Pew pew trains
40:51 Bright lights, big city
42:25 Ariel, you tease!
43:58 Welcome to the New World
46:54 The magical disappearing hangover
49:09 Onwards to Fukuoka!
50:51 Embarrassing ourselves at the Pretty Club
52:54 Crooning like robots
53:59 Exploring Fukuoka
57:23 But what about Christmas?
59:34 Culture shock-ish
01:02:35 Outro
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