* JOURNEY ACROSS JAPAN CONTINUES - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! *
One of my favourite episodes of the trip, as we get to see the epic Tachineputa floats with the awesome team.
Also I realise the last couple of thumbnail/titles are about food - but make no mistake this isn't a food tour!
The main reason is food topics are generally better promoted on Youtube to viewers (as opposed to arts, crafts, culture), so we typically gravitate towards it.
Still it was a delicious bowl of ramen and I highly recommend swinging by if you ever visit Aomori city!
Have an amazing Christmas everyone and a big thank you for joining us on the journey - we still have 6 epic episodes to go as we head into Akita soon!

I love how Chris becomes so much goofier and visibly happier whenever he is with Sharla.

I'm really happy to see the crew getting a bit of time on screen, rather than being stuffed out of sight and pretended not to exist. It's great to see them enjoy themselves, and they can also bring some additional flavor to the video. :)

Sharla won the art contest but Chris gets an A+ for effort 😂

Sharla's Kokeshi doll was painted with love, effort and skill and Chris's Kokeshi doll was also painted with love and effort.

This is a very clear example why you should do a festival mini-series. I don't know why you haven't just yet. It could have a part dedicated to exploring the origins and what it stands for, maybe even speak with some local festival experts too, and then enjoy the festival itself.

Chris' art is so good. He even managed to perfectly represent Sharla's grievous head wound. Truly an inspiration!

Love that the crew is being shown on camera, theyre definitely all stars 👍👍👍

Sharla giving Chris slurping lessons is so precious 😂

We all know the rarest ramen is the elusive roast chicken flavor. Nice try

the sweet teacher trying so hard to be supportive when u could see in his eyes the horror at chris' attempt 😭

It's been such a blast following you & the gang on this epic journey! You aimed big and delivered.  Merry christmas to you & Sharla

Dunno what is it but seeing the team behind the videos being included feels so cozy. You never truly realise how much work and manpower it takes to create Abroad in Japan, so giving them some spotlight is really nice!

Love that Sharla's speaking habits are becoming more and more English lol

For all his British reserve Chris can’t hide how happy he is around Sharla

Ian's reaction absolutely killed me, was the most British reaction to a float I've ever seen, got to love that man as well as the whole team 😂😂❤

Sharla has the patience of a Saint 😆 Chris is a lucky man!  Merry Christmas to everyone on Journey Across Japan!

It was madness at the time, but I'm glad I went to Aomori for just a few hours up from Tokyo using the Shinkansen and back in November last year (while the JR pass was much cheaper) to experience the Nebuta museum, bought some giant apples, gone to the Aomori Nokkedon to get some fresh sashimi straight from the market, walked along the boardwalk, and back to Tokyo in the same night. I did go back to Aomori again last October and explored a little more to the North Korea-esque building of an information centre, but forgot that the Nokkedon wasn't open during that day. What a shame.

It's crazy, I knew you had quite the team working hard on these videos while on the road but seeing them all next to you guys at the ramen place really made me realize what a group effort this series is.
Much respect to the behind the camera staff! They're making this enjoyable journey possible!

putting these dolls on the wedding cake would be hillarious. merry christmas to you guys