Eric! You were on fire at the start of this with your Oxford comma discussion and amazing duck voice, and then you threw it all away when you dismissed "spriggy". That was pretty much the perfect word for Kyde to use to describe the sauce. haha. Amazing video as always!
it's nice to have this video of kumamoto castle (even though you guys didn't love it). it's going to be years before anyone can get in there again since the earthquake damage a couple years ago.
Hello! I just found your RUclips Channel recently and I am now hooked. I have been showing your adventures to my co-workers here at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington D.C. (most of whom were stationed with me in Yokosuka) and now we are all avid fans! Thanks so much!
TREVOR EDWARDS This is awesome news and we feel like such dullards knowing that brainiacs are watching our videos! A pre-apology our comical ignorance about basically everything! Glad to hear that you are enjoying the videos. How's Yokosuka? -Kyde
Welcome to my hometown, Miyazaki! Hope you guys had a good time! And there is a just reminder. The leaf which was putting on the salad of Chicken Naban as a dressing was "Shiso". In English, it's a perilla leaf. It is popular to use as dressing for salad in Japan. And I'm glad you guys like chicken Nanban, which is my favorite!
The thing I like the most about this channel, is that I'm usually a little reluctant to click on the video because it always a 30-60 minutes long, but they are not "difficult" to watch, and I really enjoy them. and then, I click on a 10 minute long video and after 2 minutes long, I'm tired... :P And the difference with the oxford comma (as I understand it (a non native english speaker)) on the coffee thing is that "black and bitter" means it's both flavors in one can, "black, and bitter" means there are two different flavors in two different cans...
When can we see more Cooking With Kyde episodes?? I've only seen the one, and I would (I'm sure I'm not alone) love to see more of those. So come on!! Make more videos!!
Michael Elenz I would love to make more, but we have so many other videos in the works at the moment. I do have a really good idea for one that Eric will find very delicious, so maybe I can talk him into it with a nice dinner! -Kyde
Awesome New Years gift 🎁 guys!! Thxz fo the great timing on the release of part2 👍....feel like a kid unwrapping a gift for the holidays as every video from you two are 😉 !! Only sad thing is vid is under an hour and that's going to go by super fast 😏 Hoping you two enjoy Vietnam as much as I did .... Be careful as sum of the locals there can b very charming as they try to over charge you for services or crafts, be weary of taxi & Xe Om drivers as well ....... while other locals are genuinely nice and go out of their way to really be helpful and welcome you to their village, town and country..... Do try and visit the towns of Hue & Nha Trang if you can as my memories of these two towns stand out foodie wise and sight seeing wise.....tho the whole of Vietnam from the very north to the south has many nooks and crannies of beautifulness 👍 either way I know you guys will have a spectacular time as u always do in your travels in south east asia.......many miles of scooter-swaggering fun to come 😎 and a Vietnam vlog to also come down the road in 2015 !! YaY!!
Teddy Lieu We definitely followed your advice. There was so much to eat and we did hit Nha Trang. Not sure when you went, but it has been overtaken by tourism. It was hard to find real Vietnamese food, but you know we found it! -Kyde
Kyde describes food so well. I can imagine the flavors vividly. Of course I also know Japanese and American food so I understand the references. I knew from Kyde's description that it was a Shiso leaf - a uniquely Japanese flavor.
The leaf flavour you had with chicken nanban is shiso! I love shiso. Looks like such a great trip. Kyde really did pack it in! Now I need to add Kumamoto to my places to visit in Japan...
MelCanJapan You should totally add it! I do know how to pack in all the fun. Didn't know I was good at this, but I really do have a knack for it! -Kyde
I went through this video frame by frame and compared it to google street view to figure out which restaurant exactly you got the chicken nanban it. I'm doing a kyushu road trip in february :)
Your vids are so evocative, Eric! I'm so torn on whether we should to go to Tohoku or Kyushu on our first trip to Japan. I kinda feel that the people experience in Kyushu would be easier, and that would make the first impression that much better.
Watching you guys makes me wish I could visit Japan someday! I love japan and the culture, but I can't speak a lick of Japanese, excepting some words and phrases, but other than that I know little to none of the language. So thanks for making these videos, so that I may see and experience things from both of your perspectives until I get the chance to visit Japan, perhaps, someday!
Vman158 Don Quiote is always a good place to see! www.donki.com/search/shop_detail.php?st_store_id=29We have also been exploring the food floors in Lumine right by the train station. 7th floor - food and 8th floor - dessert! goo.gl/maps/T8o8L-Kyde
Thanks I will someday, right now I"m going to school to become a teacher and I hope to maybe live in Japan and become a teacher in Japan. I"m trying to learn Japanese bit it's a bit difficult. Keep making your videos love them.
If you come back to Kyushu, definitely hit up Dazaifu in Fukuoka. It's got the historical Tenmangu shrine, the awesome Komyozenji Garden, Kyushu National Museum (kinda boring, but awesome architecture), a quaint feel as you walk through the rural parts of town to the hiking trail up Mt.Homan.
I am sorry to hear that Kumamoto Castle did not impress you. After the WWII, Japan (and world) finally realized that old castles and monuments which have historical values are assets to attract people for tourism (after casually destroying them for old style or uselessness, or war). Because world in general are too poor, they did not have money or time to enjoy traveling but became wealthy enough to do it after the WWII. So Japan started rebuilding old castles they destroyed. Many castles rebuild in 1960s did not have much consideration or guidelines of how to rebuild. So many of them are build with concrete like Osaka castle (or Kumamoto Castle). But people started realizing if you rebuild it also need quality too. So the rebuilding castles in recent years became very authentic way. They studied materials used and try to make it as authentic as possible. Okinawa's Shuri Castle rebuilded in 1992 is the best example. Because Kumamoto Castle has many pictures of the original castles. They thought they can rebuild closed to the original. So recently they started the project to rebuild the entire Kumamoto castle following the exact original plan and original materials. It is still in process and will complete soon. But the area which was build in 1960s will probably remain there until they think it will be necessary to change it.
just when I wanted more, part2 is there too. You guys made me very hungry with all the food portions of the previous video, especially at Dengaku, or( how do you spell that restaurant's name?) Kumamoto.
Kyle and Eric You are excellent tour guid ! Enjoy your video ! Update... 2016, 7.2 earthquake hit Kumamoto ! The castle was crumbled ! You were at right time.
Awesome video yet again. The boat ride did look pretty sweet! I'm definitely gonna have to mark that spot down. Hey Eric, did you happen to see the price range for the hostels there?
I couldn't give any prices, but be prepared for 5000 - 10,000 yen a night for most places in Japan. Feel lucky if you find things cheaper, and spend the extra money on food! -Eric
I love your videos so much. I really want to go back to Japan. I feel like I'm getting to see more of it through your eyes which helps whilst I save. :-) Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Happy 2015 year guys !!!!! And the row boats with that waterfall dam that was a nice place to be !!!! But at the end that ramen place seem good too but raw egg ?? I can't do !
Fabulous video as always guys. Very excited that you are going to Vietnam, please shoot lots of food related footage, Vietnamese food is some of the best in the world.
Whatever, I think the little micro-cloud is really cool, conditions might have not been perfect for a whole sea of clouds, but they were perfect for him and he's doing his best. Good job little guy
0:10:18 So they call it potage? That's french for stew. Not quite a porridge but I can see why it would be adopted as a word for it because a good stew/potage tends to be thick and rich. 0:18:07 I think you're talking about Shiso. A friend of mine has a back garden full of shiso and thyme, greek oregano, spearmint, lemon balm, and others. A previous resident apparently was an herb connoisseur, and they grew wild after they left. You sit down in the grass and you're surrounded by herbal scents. If you were disappointed by Kumamoto-jo, Osaka-jo castle is pretty much the same, because they rebuilt it and it's a completely modern building on the inside- It has an elevator. I was shocked.
Kyde and Eric Ahhh Elevating the past. «ba-dum-tiss» Well I think they rebuilt the castles with genuine intent to preserve the past but I think they figures "well the old structure is gone, so might as well do a modern building with a facade" because that would be quicker/easier to do. I also think they wanted to showcase their modern technology. Like the logic behind Kyoto station. They wanted to wow tourists with a super modern building... despite the fact it's in Kyoto, the millennia-old former capital of Japan... and it's kinda out of character... The people building it thought the wow factor of the modern would outweigh anything else. I think that's why the castles were rebuilt that way. In the case of Osaka, it could be worse. They could have put up something 1960's futuristic interpretation of the castle with neon and pastel colours. If Dotombori avenue is any guide...
Happy New Years ! Kyde and Eric have an amazing new year filled with health, love, and prosperity. May God bless you guys tremendously hopefully I will have the privilege to have adventures like both of you. Much love for NJ ❤️🎉
I shake a corn potage can before I drink and I shake my head while I am drinking it. Can you record a video in 4K/60p mode? Even in 1080/60p, the graphic is so beautiful and realistic though.
Hi guys, I enjoyed the videos you made. I have a question for you, Eric. At 32:00, the way you ate noodles...is it un-acceptable in America? Is it considered bad table manner?
+Paul Tran I'm not the authority on American manners. I suppose it depends on your company, where you are and what kind of food you are eating. It's not a simple question and I don't really like to make over-reaching blanket statements about cultures, even my own. -Eric
Does anyone know, does it help them if I let the entire commercial at the beginning of their YT videos play all the way through, or does skipping not matter after 5 seconds?
Love your self-documentaries guys... you have me laughing often and wishing i had a reason (or partner) to re-visit Japan... when you were trying to work out the taste i was saying out loud DILL.. (just before you said just that, oh and I thought Ranch as well.. nice!) not sure why or how... must be the high definition that projected more than we (humans) thought possible in the past.. :) BTW can i ask what camera/rig are you guys using? a GoPro? and kind of stabilizing rig? Just curious... it makes all the difference i think to why you guys are so watchable (apart from your cool and casual chemistry )! Oh and do you guys know that DayZ is in fact a computer game? - I figure you already were told about that.. but yep sure enough Japan has named a car after a computer game - Zombies Included! (not you guys :p) not sure which came first the game or the car name
+Tim Korving Hi Tim, glad you found us and are enjoying the videos! We don't really have a camera "rig", we just shoot with a Sony DSC-HX50V. It does amazing auto-stabilization and fits in my pocket. We aren't fans of GoPros for what we need, all the extra accessories, fish eye lens, lower audio quality and lower bitrate recording don't work nearly as well as our trusty little Sony. However, I wouldn't want to strap our Sony to a body mount and do extreme sports, so as most things each tool has it's place. Haha. -E
My old camera just died on me. I decided to research the Sony and found that the DSC-hx50 v has been upgraded to the DSC-hx90. I just ordered one from Wal Mart for $450.00, comes with a spare battery, tripod, case and a bunch of other stuff. This is probably more camera than I need, but I deserve it! Thanks for the info.
gosh darn the quality is amazing.. what camera are you using? What format does it record in? Do you convert it before editing? What do you edit the footage with? What format do you upload it in? 1080p 60fps?? wow. Would take ten years to upload a video this long in australia with our average upload of 1mbps.. what upload speed do you have?
Designandrew We have a Sony DSC-HX50V camera which shoots in 1080p60fps. We edit with Sony Vegas and render and upload at a very high bitrate. This 40minute video was 7GB when I uploaded it. The render process at the absurdly high bitrate is what is time consuming, not the uploading on this super fast Japanese internet. -Eric
Kyde and Eric I'm glad someone asked about the video quality 'cause I was wondering about it too. It's super smooth and has some great depth comparing to your early videos or most vids I watch on YT. Anyway, I'm heading back to Japan for the second time in 2 years with my GF for holidays and I must say your videos are a must-see for people travelling there! Keep up the good work guys!
Dear Eric, I am a fan. So please know I offer my opinion in a truly friendly way here. I must express that sometimes sly anatomical references can offend. I don't offend easily, but the couple of anatomical comments that slipped in there on this vid left me cringing. It's not that our awesome anatomy is bad. On the contrary! It's not that humor is bad - I SUPER enjoy the levity you bring. It's not that being real is bad - we're all human beings here, in each of our human bodies ;-), right? It's that HOW we refer to things (anatomical or gender related) can make it SOUND like WE have something bad going on inside our attitudes. Am I making sense to your sensibilities, my friend? I do hope so ;-). Thank you for hearing me out, and for considering this. Peace
Billy Goatt Since I get a subscription to the Chicago Manual at my job, I just looked it up. Chicago recommends using the oxford comma. I wish that I could talk some of our clients into using it! -Kyde
I would trade my soul to be in Japan and try the food you guys test. The only thing I could find here in Florida was at my nearest Publix supermarket, and it was a Pork Udon Bowl, that they make and have in the deli dept. Of course I can find Sushi, but that gets kind of tiresome eating all the time :-(
Kunimigaoka is nice. The bridge with the waterfall behind Kyde looked nice too(ducks are a plus) ^^ Corn Potage soup is my favorite! Certain corns in Japan are sweet. Kyde or Eric should try making it at home :) cookpad.com/en/recipes/152038-my-family-s-recipe-corn-potage (I cheat and boil sweet corn can with milk and add salt+pepper.)
I knew you would say "titty mountain". Great minds think alike. Oh, the leak is shiso (perilla in American stores). I use it to make a sashimi salad with tuna and sweet soy. Very good flavor! Happy New Year!!!!
For some reason I'm now intrigued by that "pussy power" ramen shop. (Is it wrong that I decided to call it that?) Also, I think the Oxford comma (or serial comma) is more often needed when a series of 3 items or more are listed. For example - "The coffee is black, bitter, and creamy."
Joe Blow The oxford comma is a debated subject where others might write the same sentence "The coffee is black, bitter and creamy." I was taught the way that I noted, but I really want to enforce the way that you wrote it! And your ramen shop title was on point... or should I say on pussy? -Kyde
Kyde and Eric I completely agree on the comma point. It just feels more proper and makes more sense. I'm just glad you liked my perception of the ramen shop and I'll leave it at that without further comment. :P
There's a question for you, Is Dill a common flavour in Japan? Like, It clearly exists but do you encounter it often? Btw, That was an interesting thought about the castles and them having the same/similar designs and protection. I guess they had spies back then aswell, And in a slightly more deadly way that translates into moder society aswell. I mean, Most countries have guns that fire bullets and airforces and what not. Also, That is an unfortunate part about Japan I've noticed. They're not very good at preserving things the way they were. Goes for a lot of old houses and stuff aswell, like "screw this 500 year old house, boom, parking garage!". Its very unfortunate. All female ramenshop? Definatively puting that on the "must go there" list!
Hey Kyde and Eric. I have bad news, where my favorite restaurant and dive bar in Okinawa are no more. They have been replace with all things a Baskin Robbin and music store. I guess the passing of time things change. Sorry. Also Kyde I was paid while the Air Force to actually jump out of a perfectly good Aircraft. I have a total of 102 jumps. 50 of those were High Altitude Low opening, Those were cool 43.000 feet your chute automatically opens. Go for it. You won't regret it. Just do a couple of tandem jumps and I bet you will get hooked.
Keith Cleghorn I'm sad to hear about the restaurant! Dang it! Jumping out a plane still sounds super scary! I'll just hope that I'm never really confronted with having to do it and things will be fine! -Kyde
Hey guys! You have to remeber one thing everything you do is way cooler than me sitting here watching you do them. Its cold and sucky here in ohio. so i need your travels. your videos are my drug of sunshine and rainbows. LOL You know here in america we have an obesity problem from eating at mcd's. I am getting one watching you eat at mcd. LOL. its fubby kyde smells everything, one thing i do is collect and drink and save japan coffee cans so i am always interested when you guys try one. over here in the area I live is a little japanese community cause of factories. Anyhow they have a store right near my mother inlaws house that I goto and they really only have Black, pokka, demitasse and I did find ucc. I have to goto a larger community perhaps to find more varities. anyhow have a good one I wish I could find fund one of your trips. Any chance of winter fest in saporro. or that area in the summer. well chow for now. Scot
Carteris7 Being someone's sunshine and rainbows basically gives me a reason to live! Don't worry about funds! We are fueled by your enjoyment of our videos! We'll be heading to Sapporo next month! -Kyde
Eric! You were on fire at the start of this with your Oxford comma discussion and amazing duck voice, and then you threw it all away when you dismissed "spriggy". That was pretty much the perfect word for Kyde to use to describe the sauce. haha.
Amazing video as always!
it's nice to have this video of kumamoto castle (even though you guys didn't love it). it's going to be years before anyone can get in there again since the earthquake damage a couple years ago.
Yea, we were lucky to at least see what we saw before the earthquake. -E
Thanks guys, amazing work as always. I get so hungry watching your movies.
romepaysoff EAT! -Kyde
Great two part adventure! Happy New Years Kyde and Eric!! Cant wait to see what your 2015 is going to bring.
Hello! I just found your RUclips Channel recently and I am now hooked. I have been showing your adventures to my co-workers here at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington D.C. (most of whom were stationed with me in Yokosuka) and now we are all avid fans! Thanks so much!
TREVOR EDWARDS This is awesome news and we feel like such dullards knowing that brainiacs are watching our videos! A pre-apology our comical ignorance about basically everything! Glad to hear that you are enjoying the videos. How's Yokosuka? -Kyde
Welcome to my hometown, Miyazaki! Hope you guys had a good time! And there is a just reminder. The leaf which was putting on the salad of Chicken Naban as a dressing was "Shiso". In English, it's a perilla leaf. It is popular to use as dressing for salad in Japan. And I'm glad you guys like chicken Nanban, which is my favorite!
Mad Primeape Nanban is amazing and now we know the name shiso. I actually had shiso dressing on my salad for lunch today! -Kyde
The thing I like the most about this channel, is that I'm usually a little reluctant to click on the video because it always a 30-60 minutes long, but they are not "difficult" to watch, and I really enjoy them.
and then, I click on a 10 minute long video and after 2 minutes long, I'm tired... :P
And the difference with the oxford comma (as I understand it (a non native english speaker)) on the coffee thing is that "black and bitter" means it's both flavors in one can, "black, and bitter" means there are two different flavors in two different cans...
Ricardo Llamas Super glad to hear that we are easy to watch and enjoy! The 30-60 minute "warning" can be scary sometimes! -Kyde
wow you can really tell the difference in video quality with 60fps, it looks great
"I'm a funny girl." Haha, that duck story was hilarious! It's so awesome to see another one of you guys' adventures.
duffman102 Glad you enjoy the adventure and the ducks! -Kyde
When can we see more Cooking With Kyde episodes?? I've only seen the one, and I would (I'm sure I'm not alone) love to see more of those. So come on!! Make more videos!!
Michael Elenz I would love to make more, but we have so many other videos in the works at the moment. I do have a really good idea for one that Eric will find very delicious, so maybe I can talk him into it with a nice dinner! -Kyde
Have fun in Vietnam! You're talking about Shiso (Green leaf w/ spiked edges). I really enjoy watching your adventures ! Happy new year
Awesome New Years gift 🎁 guys!! Thxz fo the great timing on the release of part2 👍....feel like a kid unwrapping a gift for the holidays as every video from you two are 😉 !! Only sad thing is vid is under an hour and that's going to go by super fast 😏
Hoping you two enjoy Vietnam as much as I did .... Be careful as sum of the locals there can b very charming as they try to over charge you for services or crafts, be weary of taxi & Xe Om drivers as well ....... while other locals are genuinely nice and go out of their way to really be helpful and welcome you to their village, town and country.....
Do try and visit the towns of Hue & Nha Trang if you can as my memories of these two towns stand out foodie wise and sight seeing wise.....tho the whole of Vietnam from the very north to the south has many nooks and crannies of beautifulness 👍 either way I know you guys will have a spectacular time as u always do in your travels in south east asia.......many miles of scooter-swaggering fun to come 😎 and a Vietnam vlog to also come down the road in 2015 !! YaY!!
Teddy Lieu We definitely followed your advice. There was so much to eat and we did hit Nha Trang. Not sure when you went, but it has been overtaken by tourism. It was hard to find real Vietnamese food, but you know we found it! -Kyde
Wow, the boat ride through the waterfalls looked awesome.
MACDRU421 Yeah, it was great! -Kyde
Happy New Year to You! I just love your "deep" discussions of the meals you had, especially Kyde's pondering facial expressions crack me up:-)
***** Happy New Year to you too! You have to really delve into your food... mentally! -Kyde
Thanks for the video! and Happy New Years!
Kyde describes food so well. I can imagine the flavors vividly. Of course I also know Japanese and American food so I understand the references. I knew from Kyde's description that it was a Shiso leaf - a uniquely Japanese flavor.
visualdog Totally unique! -Kyde
Another awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing!!
The leaf flavour you had with chicken nanban is shiso! I love shiso.
Looks like such a great trip. Kyde really did pack it in! Now I need to add Kumamoto to my places to visit in Japan...
MelCanJapan You should totally add it! I do know how to pack in all the fun. Didn't know I was good at this, but I really do have a knack for it! -Kyde
i love your videos. Happy New Year!!!!!!
You guys rock! You should be in Travel Channel. Kyde's voice is sexier than Samantha Brown's. I'm glad I found you two!
Haha, glad you found us! -E
I just got this video notification at 8:10 pm in pensacola, FL I've been waiting for this video YAY! So far I love it like always:)
Michael Elenz I love that you timestamped! -Kyde
Hey guys, I just want to say that I really enjoy your videos, you make it interesting and thanks for sharing your adventures! :)
Lisa Jones Thanks! -Kyde
I went through this video frame by frame and compared it to google street view to figure out which restaurant exactly you got the chicken nanban it. I'm doing a kyushu road trip in february :)
Haha, wonderful. Enjoy! -E
i swear the food you guys ate in this looks SUPER GOOD!!!!!!!!!
WF4L Always looking for the best! -Kyde
Kyde and Eric definitively and the red blob was SUPER FUNNY haha
Happy New Year Kyde and Eric!!!
Your vids are so evocative, Eric! I'm so torn on whether we should to go to Tohoku or Kyushu on our first trip to Japan. I kinda feel that the people experience in Kyushu would be easier, and that would make the first impression that much better.
It really would depend on the season and what it is you want to see. People will be nice in both places for sure though. -E
Watching you guys makes me wish I could visit Japan someday! I love japan and the culture, but I can't speak a lick of Japanese, excepting some words and phrases, but other than that I know little to none of the language. So thanks for making these videos, so that I may see and experience things from both of your perspectives until I get the chance to visit Japan, perhaps, someday!
CoolAnimeChick Glad you dig it! You can totally come here. Language is not a problem! -Kyde
This is the type of area we are living in in Japan, surrounded by hills and clouds! :)
Hi Kyde and Eric,
I love your channel. Just wondering what would be some places to check out in and around Shinjuku?
Stay Awesome.
Vman158 Don Quiote is always a good place to see! www.donki.com/search/shop_detail.php?st_store_id=29We have also been exploring the food floors in Lumine right by the train station. 7th floor - food and 8th floor - dessert! goo.gl/maps/T8o8L-Kyde
Kyde and Eric Thanks for getting back to me. Hope Vietnam was awesome!
Happy new year to you all of you!!!.
Happy New Year love your videos I hope to visit Japan someday
zac kucera Come to Japan! -Kyde
Thanks I will someday, right now I"m going to school to become a teacher and I hope to maybe live in Japan and become a teacher in Japan. I"m trying to learn Japanese bit it's a bit difficult. Keep making your videos love them.
If you come back to Kyushu, definitely hit up Dazaifu in Fukuoka. It's got the historical Tenmangu shrine, the awesome Komyozenji Garden, Kyushu National Museum (kinda boring, but awesome architecture), a quaint feel as you walk through the rural parts of town to the hiking trail up Mt.Homan.
My favorite channel on youtube can't wait to see your next videos make sure to have a good new year guy and best couple to
jcreel234 Thanks! Hope your 2015 is great! -Kyde
I am sorry to hear that Kumamoto Castle did not impress you.
After the WWII, Japan (and world) finally realized that old castles and monuments which have historical values are assets to attract people for tourism (after casually destroying them for old style or uselessness, or war). Because world in general are too poor, they did not have money or time to enjoy traveling but became wealthy enough to do it after the WWII.
So Japan started rebuilding old castles they destroyed. Many castles rebuild in 1960s did not have much consideration or guidelines of how to rebuild. So many of them are build with concrete like Osaka castle (or Kumamoto Castle). But people started realizing if you rebuild it also need quality too. So the rebuilding castles in recent years became very authentic way. They studied materials used and try to make it as authentic as possible. Okinawa's Shuri Castle rebuilded in 1992 is the best example.
Because Kumamoto Castle has many pictures of the original castles. They thought they can rebuild closed to the original. So recently they started the project to rebuild the entire Kumamoto castle following the exact original plan and original materials. It is still in process and will complete soon. But the area which was build in 1960s will probably remain there until they think it will be necessary to change it.
just when I wanted more, part2 is there too. You guys made me very hungry with all the food portions of the previous video, especially at Dengaku, or( how do you spell that restaurant's name?) Kumamoto.
StudioSambodia Not sure what the name of the restaurant is but you got the style of cooking, dengaku, perfect! -Kyde
Thanks haha, I should have specified the one where Kyde ate the grilled crab. That place seems so amazing. You guys really enjoyed that.
Ah, Kumamoto Castle before the earthquake. We visited when they had almost finished reconstruction. You couldn't get into the castle itself though.
Kyle and Eric
You are excellent tour guid ! Enjoy your video ! Update... 2016, 7.2 earthquake hit Kumamoto ! The castle was crumbled ! You were at right time.
+Toshiyori15 Yea, glad we made it down there before the earthquake! -E
Awesome video yet again. The boat ride did look pretty sweet! I'm definitely gonna have to mark that spot down. Hey Eric, did you happen to see the price range for the hostels there?
I couldn't give any prices, but be prepared for 5000 - 10,000 yen a night for most places in Japan. Feel lucky if you find things cheaper, and spend the extra money on food! -Eric
You guys should do vlog!!!! Gosh! you guys are awesome! watching this from America tho!!! LOL (p.s can you guys make an instagram account?)
rainbowhawk We have a lot of accounts to try an understand already! The internet is too big! -Kyde
I love your videos so much. I really want to go back to Japan. I feel like I'm getting to see more of it through your eyes which helps whilst I save. :-) Thank you for sharing your experiences.
19:08 *Eric puts on sexy face* "You can lick this over here" LOL
TabbyAngel2 Sexy indeed! -Kyde
Happy 2015 year guys !!!!!
And the row boats with that waterfall dam that was a nice place to be !!!!
But at the end that ramen place seem good too but raw egg ??
I can't do !
astroboy3507 Raw egg is no problem! It's creepy on the first go but then you start to like it! -Kyde
Fabulous video as always guys. Very excited that you are going to Vietnam, please shoot lots of food related footage, Vietnamese food is some of the best in the world.
WanderingJim It is some of the best in the world and we got a lot of videos of it! -Kyde
Whatever, I think the little micro-cloud is really cool, conditions might have not been perfect for a whole sea of clouds, but they were perfect for him and he's doing his best. Good job little guy
Happy new year!
Happy New Year!
So where is this waterfall with the ducks? I'll put this on the itinerary!
mia kelly-hayward Takachiho Gorge! -Kyde
Happy healthy n happy new year!
0:10:18 So they call it potage? That's french for stew. Not quite a porridge but I can see why it would be adopted as a word for it because a good stew/potage tends to be thick and rich.
0:18:07 I think you're talking about Shiso. A friend of mine has a back garden full of shiso and thyme, greek oregano, spearmint, lemon balm, and others. A previous resident apparently was an herb connoisseur, and they grew wild after they left. You sit down in the grass and you're surrounded by herbal scents.
If you were disappointed by Kumamoto-jo, Osaka-jo castle is pretty much the same, because they rebuilt it and it's a completely modern building on the inside- It has an elevator. I was shocked.
ikaruseijin01 Is that their way of elevating the past? Yeah, we were talking about shiso! -Kyde
Kyde and Eric Ahhh Elevating the past. «ba-dum-tiss» Well I think they rebuilt the castles with genuine intent to preserve the past but I think they figures "well the old structure is gone, so might as well do a modern building with a facade" because that would be quicker/easier to do. I also think they wanted to showcase their modern technology. Like the logic behind Kyoto station. They wanted to wow tourists with a super modern building... despite the fact it's in Kyoto, the millennia-old former capital of Japan... and it's kinda out of character... The people building it thought the wow factor of the modern would outweigh anything else. I think that's why the castles were rebuilt that way.
In the case of Osaka, it could be worse. They could have put up something 1960's futuristic interpretation of the castle with neon and pastel colours. If Dotombori avenue is any guide...
Happy New Years ! Kyde and Eric have an amazing new year filled with health, love, and prosperity. May God bless you guys tremendously hopefully I will have the privilege to have adventures like both of you. Much love for NJ ❤️🎉
Great Video!!
I shake a corn potage can before I drink and I shake my head while I am drinking it.
Can you record a video in 4K/60p mode?
Even in 1080/60p, the graphic is so beautiful and realistic though.
Haha, I don't even want to know how much space this would take up in 4K or how long it would take to render. For now 1080p is our limit! -Eric
Hi guys, I enjoyed the videos you made. I have a question for you, Eric. At 32:00, the way you ate noodles...is it un-acceptable in America? Is it considered bad table manner?
+Paul Tran Haha, I dunno. -Eric
??? Hmmm, How can you not know
+Paul Tran I'm not the authority on American manners. I suppose it depends on your company, where you are and what kind of food you are eating. It's not a simple question and I don't really like to make over-reaching blanket statements about cultures, even my own. -Eric
The leaf in the dressing must be "shiso" judging from your description. "Perilla" in English?
masaegu Had never encountered in my English life, but now in Japanese life it's totally shiso! -Kyde
Love your videos
Does anyone know, does it help them if I let the entire commercial at the beginning of their YT videos play all the way through, or does skipping not matter after 5 seconds?
tormentedzombieowl I have absolutely no idea, wish I knew! -Eric
tormentedzombieowl Wow! You would suffer through the whole commercial for us? That's so sweet! -Kyde
i know this may sound crazy but have you tried buying all the drinks in the vending machines in one go!?
butch ignacio Haha, never been that thirsty! -Eric
Great videos guys. I was just wondering which camera do you use for vlogging?
***** We use a Sony DSC-HX50V!
Love your self-documentaries guys... you have me laughing often and wishing i had a reason (or partner) to re-visit Japan... when you were trying to work out the taste i was saying out loud DILL.. (just before you said just that, oh and I thought Ranch as well.. nice!) not sure why or how... must be the high definition that projected more than we (humans) thought possible in the past.. :) BTW can i ask what camera/rig are you guys using? a GoPro? and kind of stabilizing rig? Just curious... it makes all the difference i think to why you guys are so watchable (apart from your cool and casual chemistry )!
Oh and do you guys know that DayZ is in fact a computer game? - I figure you already were told about that.. but yep sure enough Japan has named a car after a computer game - Zombies Included! (not you guys :p) not sure which came first the game or the car name
+Tim Korving Hi Tim, glad you found us and are enjoying the videos! We don't really have a camera "rig", we just shoot with a Sony DSC-HX50V. It does amazing auto-stabilization and fits in my pocket. We aren't fans of GoPros for what we need, all the extra accessories, fish eye lens, lower audio quality and lower bitrate recording don't work nearly as well as our trusty little Sony. However, I wouldn't want to strap our Sony to a body mount and do extreme sports, so as most things each tool has it's place. Haha. -E
Oh wow ok, well cameras have come along way since the Sony i had years ago that only did 4:3 ratio video!
+Tim Korving Yea, they are unbelievable! -E
My old camera just died on me. I decided to research the Sony and found that the DSC-hx50 v has been upgraded to the DSC-hx90. I just ordered one from Wal Mart for $450.00, comes with a spare battery, tripod, case and a bunch of other stuff. This is probably more camera than I need, but I deserve it! Thanks for the info.
Nice, I think you'll be super happy! With all that extra gear your price sounds great! -E
Happy New Year guys! May 2015 be full of more adventure!
lbonini1gaming Happy Near Year to you! We are headed out on an adventure this very moment! -Eric
Yassss~
Kyde and Eric Good luck guys!
Nice save there at the start Eric.
Love you guys
gosh darn the quality is amazing.. what camera are you using? What format does it record in? Do you convert it before editing? What do you edit the footage with? What format do you upload it in? 1080p 60fps?? wow. Would take ten years to upload a video this long in australia with our average upload of 1mbps.. what upload speed do you have?
Designandrew We have a Sony DSC-HX50V camera which shoots in 1080p60fps. We edit with Sony Vegas and render and upload at a very high bitrate. This 40minute video was 7GB when I uploaded it. The render process at the absurdly high bitrate is what is time consuming, not the uploading on this super fast Japanese internet. -Eric
Kyde and Eric Thanks for the reply Eric happy new year! Love your work mate
Kyde and Eric What bitrate did you use?
robert nedir o
Here are our render settings: i.imgur.com/D3RVavE.png -Eric
Kyde and Eric I'm glad someone asked about the video quality 'cause I was wondering about it too. It's super smooth and has some great depth comparing to your early videos or most vids I watch on YT.
Anyway, I'm heading back to Japan for the second time in 2 years with my GF for holidays and I must say your videos are a must-see for people travelling there! Keep up the good work guys!
Dear Eric, I am a fan. So please know I offer my opinion in a truly friendly way here. I must express that sometimes sly anatomical references can offend. I don't offend easily, but the couple of anatomical comments that slipped in there on this vid left me cringing. It's not that our awesome anatomy is bad. On the contrary! It's not that humor is bad - I SUPER enjoy the levity you bring. It's not that being real is bad - we're all human beings here, in each of our human bodies ;-), right? It's that HOW we refer to things (anatomical or gender related) can make it SOUND like WE have something bad going on inside our attitudes. Am I making sense to your sensibilities, my friend? I do hope so ;-). Thank you for hearing me out, and for considering this. Peace
Sorry you were offended, but I don't use hateful speech so I don't personally see an issue. Thanks for your feedback though. -Eric
Kyde and Eric =(
Has the recent drop in JPY currency effected yours lives in japan or abroad?
Evan Zheng Nope. We can still afford to live and when we travel abroad we use USD from home. So, thus far no problems! -Kyde
You both are great! Saludos from Mexico!
Ricardo Mojica Mexico! Close to home! Saludos to you too! -Kyde
The leaf you guys are referring to is called "shiso"
ZhnYe You're right! -Kyde
Yes on the trip to Fukuoka!!!!
hiiiimymelody Hope to be doing it soon! -Kyde
I'll say it again you guys are awesome...
ORANGE ZEN Well, thank you! -Eric
MLA Format now requires an Oxford comma, but I believe Chicago Style doesn't. Not 100% sure, because here in South Carolina we only use MLA.
Billy Goatt Since I get a subscription to the Chicago Manual at my job, I just looked it up. Chicago recommends using the oxford comma. I wish that I could talk some of our clients into using it! -Kyde
Happy new year
Manakaiser Right back at ya! -Kyde
"titty hill" made me lmao
The pond area looks exactly like the fishing hole in Twilight Princess! And Kyde reminds me of how Link rows his boat. LOL
Matthew Lucas Yea, you're right it did! -Eric
Matthew Lucas We are so Zelda! -Kyde
Eric - like minds, you and I!
Kyde - Oh, I know this... Which is why i'm a subscriber and always will be!
Matthew Lucas
You get an instant like button hit for that duck story hahahahah :D hilarious
Leo Enlightened Awesome! -Kyde
I would trade my soul to be in Japan and try the food you guys test. The only thing I could find here in Florida was at my nearest Publix supermarket, and it was a Pork Udon Bowl, that they make and have in the deli dept. Of course I can find Sushi, but that gets kind of tiresome eating all the time :-(
mrreddragon0000 Look for a foreign imports store and you might be able to make some stuff at home! -Kyde
please go to Fukuoka! i went there for 3 weeks and it was amazing.
Cody Baker It is on the list of MUST GO THERE places! -Kyde
How did you all start to teaching lush in Japan ?
Hey, if you go to Nagasaki, try to find something related to Portugal, or something portuguese. Thanks.
It's 8:10 in pensacola FL what time is there where yall are Eric and Kyde?
It's 11:24am on Thursday the 1st, 2015. No hover-boards yet. -Eric
Kyde and Eric ah that's crazy, I envy yalls adventurous life style.
God Bless you guys man you guys are sooooooooooo!!!!!!! coool i like all of your videos!!!!!! :0
Daniel Rocha Sooooooooooo Awesome! -Kyde
Kyde is tasting the black garlic in the broth, methinks. Yeah, once was fine. Ramen (any style) is fine without garlic.
Daily vlogs would be awesome
AmmotoVlogs Haha, I wouldn't even know where to begin. -Eric
How do you spell the chicken dishes name ?
+Nigel Smith Chicken Nanban
Kunimigaoka is nice. The bridge with the waterfall behind Kyde looked nice too(ducks are a plus) ^^ Corn Potage soup is my favorite! Certain corns in Japan are sweet.
Kyde or Eric should try making it at home :)
cookpad.com/en/recipes/152038-my-family-s-recipe-corn-potage (I cheat and boil sweet corn can with milk and add salt+pepper.)
MrNyantoast Looks easy enough! I'll have to try it! -Kyde
thank you for the reply! please try~ it's perfect for winter^^ (I forgot to add chicken buillon when I made it..)
Great my favorite couple Kyde and Eric
Lord Zeldoc Aww! -Kyde
I knew you would say "titty mountain". Great minds think alike.
Oh, the leak is shiso (perilla in American stores). I use it to make a sashimi salad with tuna and sweet soy. Very good flavor!
Happy New Year!!!!
For some reason I'm now intrigued by that "pussy power" ramen shop. (Is it wrong that I decided to call it that?) Also, I think the Oxford comma (or serial comma) is more often needed when a series of 3 items or more are listed. For example - "The coffee is black, bitter, and creamy."
Joe Blow The oxford comma is a debated subject where others might write the same sentence "The coffee is black, bitter and creamy." I was taught the way that I noted, but I really want to enforce the way that you wrote it! And your ramen shop title was on point... or should I say on pussy? -Kyde
Kyde and Eric I completely agree on the comma point. It just feels more proper and makes more sense. I'm just glad you liked my perception of the ramen shop and I'll leave it at that without further comment. :P
There's a question for you, Is Dill a common flavour in Japan? Like, It clearly exists but do you encounter it often?
Btw, That was an interesting thought about the castles and them having the same/similar designs and protection. I guess they had spies back then aswell, And in a slightly more deadly way that translates into moder society aswell. I mean, Most countries have guns that fire bullets and airforces and what not.
Also, That is an unfortunate part about Japan I've noticed. They're not very good at preserving things the way they were. Goes for a lot of old houses and stuff aswell, like "screw this 500 year old house, boom, parking garage!". Its very unfortunate.
All female ramenshop? Definatively puting that on the "must go there" list!
***** Nope, we don't encounter dill very often. Glad you enjoyed the video and I'm sure the ladies are waiting for you at the ramen shop! -Kyde
Hey Kyde and Eric. I have bad news, where my favorite restaurant and dive bar in Okinawa are no more. They have been replace with all things a Baskin Robbin and music store. I guess the passing of time things change. Sorry. Also Kyde I was paid while the Air Force to actually jump out of a perfectly good Aircraft. I have a total of 102 jumps. 50 of those were High Altitude Low opening, Those were cool 43.000 feet your chute automatically opens. Go for it. You won't regret it. Just do a couple of tandem jumps and I bet you will get hooked.
Keith Cleghorn I'm sad to hear about the restaurant! Dang it! Jumping out a plane still sounds super scary! I'll just hope that I'm never really confronted with having to do it and things will be fine! -Kyde
ところで、明けましておめでとうございます！
tom moore 明けましておめでとうございます！ -Kyde
Happy new we are!
I know you want to take advantage of the 60fps, but it is making me Dizzy :(
can we use suica card for tram in kumamoto?
Not sure, don't remember. -E
That is probably Shiso（紫蘇 ）Dressing on the vegetable. Japanese local herb same family spiecies as Mint.
じじ Hate mint! Love Shiso! -Kyde
Shiso leaf maybe? Its from the sesame plant
Erin Duffy Shiso! You're right! -Kyde
That duck story XD
Please visit the Philippines :)
ac1boy We will be there as soon as possible! -Kyde
Hey guys! You have to remeber one thing everything you do is way cooler than me sitting here watching you do them. Its cold and sucky here in ohio. so i need your travels. your videos are my drug of sunshine and rainbows. LOL You know here in america we have an obesity problem from eating at mcd's. I am getting one watching you eat at mcd. LOL. its fubby kyde smells everything, one thing i do is collect and drink and save japan coffee cans so i am always interested when you guys try one. over here in the area I live is a little japanese community cause of factories. Anyhow they have a store right near my mother inlaws house that I goto and they really only have Black, pokka, demitasse and I did find ucc. I have to goto a larger community perhaps to find more varities. anyhow have a good one I wish I could find fund one of your trips. Any chance of winter fest in saporro. or that area in the summer. well chow for now.
Scot
Carteris7 Being someone's sunshine and rainbows basically gives me a reason to live! Don't worry about funds! We are fueled by your enjoyment of our videos! We'll be heading to Sapporo next month! -Kyde
The leaf is Perilla or Sesame leaf.
mia kelly-hayward Perilla is the winner! -Kyde
I'm a sniffer too. My family always picks on me because I smell everything before I eat it.
+Jennifer Newell No need for shame! Sniffing is part of eating! -Eric