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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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