Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to episode one of my Japanese adventure as we: explore Kawagoe and Kamakura, make chopsticks and experience Tea Ceremony, as well as discover some of the strange places in Tokyo and try to work out just what this island celebration is all about?

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Not Sponsored but the Tea Ceremony I did was the 'Ocharu Tea Ceremony' on GetYourGuide and the 'Chopstick Making Workshop in Ginza' was also from GetYourGuide.com

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