food in a video that doesn't contain meat in it.

沒有提及任何肉製食品的影片啦!

I know there are many vegans and vegetarians that watch this channel

我知道有很多純素主義，以及素食主義的朋友看我的頻道，

and it's a miracle that you watch at all

我覺得還滿奇跡的，

given how nearly every video features either Wagyu beef pork or fried chicken

因為幾乎每個我的影片裡，都有和牛或是炸雞。

but today we're visiting the ancient northern capital of Hiraizumi, a town

今天，我們要去北方的古都，「平泉町」

which once even rivaled Kyoto in size and scale and on our trip we plan to do

昔日的大小及規模可是不輸京都的喔!

some meditation, explore one of Japan's most picturesque temples, and of course

我們要去平泉町坐禪，參觀日本最美麗的寺廟之一，

eat some vegan dishes.

當然還有要嚐嚐一些素食料理。

I say way because my good friend Ryotaro is going to be

我說的「我們」，是指我跟我的好朋友Ryotaro，

coming along as well and who knows amidst the meditation and the vegan

誰知道呢，可能在坐禪及素食之後，

cuisine I might come back a better person.

我可能會成為一個更有人品的人喔!

Yeah it's pretty unlikely.

呃…應該是機率不大啦…

So we're at a UNESCO world heritage site; Motsu-ji temple.

我們現在在被列為UNESCO世界遺產的「毛越寺」

It's been here since 850AD

毛越寺於西元850年建立，

So it's most almost like 1200 years.

所以已經有1200年的歷史了。

1200 years. Older than Ryotaro even.

1200年，比Ryotaro還老耶

Just two years older than I.

嗯，比我大兩歲

And we're gonna do something called zazen which is

我們要在這裡坐禪，

a Buddhist practice; the best way to summarise up is it's that thing where

坐禪是個佛教儀式，簡單來說就是在你

they hit you with a stick while you meditate.

打座的時候拿棒子打你啦。

That is too much of summarising mate.

你說的太簡化了吧，老兄

It's a bit of a simplification, but what's the actual purpose of this Zazen kind of Buddhist practice.

好啦這確實是有點太簡單了，但是坐神到底是為了啥呢?

So it's almost like a meditation but this is

這幾乎是跟打座一樣的，但這坐禪呢，

this is to stimulate your five senses.

是要刺激你的五感

Stimulate your five senses?

刺激你的五感?

And enable you to concentrate even more than you can.

對，然後讓你比平時更能專注

So by the end of this I'll be like in touch with myself.

所以坐禪完之後，我就能更了解自我嗎?

In touch with yourself; yeah that sounds very romantic.

了解自我…聽起來很浪漫

But it's not.

但一點都不!

Alright well let's go and stimulate our five senses.

好啦，我們去刺激五感吧。

Zazen literally means seated meditation with the posture requiring the

坐禪，指的就是打座冥想，

practitioner to sit with folded legs and arms on a small cushion.

需要你盤座在一個小枕頭上面

For one hour we sat in silence with the impending presence of the stick.

我們靜坐了一小時，等待「棍子」的敲打。

The awakening stick is used to gently slap the meditator to reset their concentration

師傅會輕輕的用棍子拍打你，讓你重新專注

or to reinvigorate those who are struggling to meditate under tiredness or stress.

或是幫助壓力太大，太累而無法專注的人，找到自我

It's not a form of punishment, you actually ask for it by bowing and

這不是種處罰，你還必須向師傅低頭

putting your palms together and unsurprisingly it was difficult for me

合掌，要求師傅以棍子拍打你。

to hide my delight at Ryotaro getting whacked.

看到Ryotaro被打，我真的是樂的不行

It's more difficult than you think to concentrate especially when you

這比想像中還要困難，尤其當你的

are incredibly aware of your feet being frozen solid by the cold temperatures

腳快要凍僵的時候，真的很難專心

The stick didn't hurt thankfully; you kind of find yourself lost in the smell

幸好棍子不會痛; 你會慢慢沉浸在

of the incense, the cool crisp morning air, the sound of the bell being rung,

燒香的煙味，清爽的晨風，以及搖鈴的聲音當中

You feel you're in a heightened state of awareness with your senses and it's

你會感覺到你的五感特別敏感，

quite nice it's a nice way of starting the day I guess, but given its the morning

一早起來坐禪其實還滿不錯的，但是

It's still 9 o'clock I was trying a little bit to not fall asleep

現在才九點，所以我一直努力不睡著

it's easily done what you're doing that.

坐禪的時候，真的滿容易睡著的…

Before heading for lunch I asked our

出去吃中餐之前，

guide about the kind of benefits you'd get from doing zazen regularly.

我問了一下師傅坐禪的益處

If you could summarize the experience in three words, what would those words be?

如果你能用三個字形容這次的經驗，你會怎麼形容呢?

Refreshing, concentrating, crispy whacked.

清爽，專注，清脆的被打

What?

蛤?

Oh Chris being whacked

喔，你說Chris被打喔!

I though you said crispy whacked.

我以為你說清脆的拍打

Like some sort of new biscuit snack.

以為你在說什麼新餅乾口味

Crispy whacked.

Crispy Whacked

See you can think up new products for biscuits when you meditate.

你看，你可以邊坐禪，邊想餅乾的新口味哈哈

Having meditated for an hour and being whacked with a stick we went for an

坐禪一小時，又被棍子拍打之後，

early lunch at a nearby restaurant serving vegan cuisine inspired by Zen Buddhism

我們去附近的一家禪佛餐廳吃點早午餐

So today is the day I finally give something back to vegan viewers recently

今天我終於要回饋給我的素食主義觀眾了

we've been having a lot of meat in the videos in fact I think it's always

我的影片裡都有會拍攝很多肉類料理，其實好像

just been meat in the videos; this is the first time we've actually had some sort

每個影片裡都有肉! 這次是第一次在影片裡

of vegan dish.

拍攝素食料理吧。

First time in how many years?

幾年來第一次?

In 5 years!

五年!

It's called Shojin Ryouri; Shojin literally means Buddhist cuisine and ryouri means cooking.

這種料理被稱為「精進料理」，「精進」指的是禪食，而「料理」指的就是煮飯的動作

And it's an array of wonderful multicolored dishes, each and every one is Vegan.

精進料理包含了各式各樣，五顏六色的菜，每一道都是素食

Actually at first glance it doesn't look like a vegan dish,

其實第一眼看起來，這不像素食耶

when look at everything you think these mushrooms must contain some sort of

一眼看過去，你會覺得這道香菇裡面一定有什麼

chicken or pork in

雞肉或是豬肉吧

This tempure must have some shrimp or fish in.

然後這天婦羅一定有什麼蝦或是魚

It's all Vegan; 100% Vegan.

但這全是素，100%素食

So this is sesame tofu with wasabi on the top.

這是沾著芥茉的芝麻豆腐

This is vegetable tempura

蔬菜天婦羅

It's a Koya tofu deep fried

這是炸豆腐

and they put some hot ginger sauce on the top with the mushrooms.

還有配上生薑醬的香菇

It's a sashimi konyaku potato

這是蒟蒻做的生魚片，

and they actually slice it so that it looks like a sashimi.

他們把蒟蒻切的像生魚片一樣

It's soba buckwheat noodles on the side

這是蕎麥麵

and there's seaweed on top.

上面配著海帶

It's actually sticky rice wrapped with seaweed.

這其實是海苔包著糯米飯

Tempura is an absolute miracle you take a

天婦羅實在是太神奇了，

nice freshly picked vegetable and then dip it in batter

你拿一個新鮮的蔬菜，放到醬汁裡，

and it just makes it so much better; you know tempura was actually the first

炸一下，就變的超級好吃! 其實我人生當中第一道日式料理，

Japanese food I ever had back when I was about nine and that was what I decided

就是天婦羅，當時我大約九歲，而天婦羅讓我深深覺得

Japanese food must be good, it'll start there.

日式料理一定超級好吃

To be fair one of the reasons we

說實話，我們一直都還沒有做一個素食相關的影片

haven't made a video on vegan or vegetarian cuisine is it's quite

就是因為日本其實還滿難找到素食或純素料理的

difficult to come by if you're eating out many people that who I know who live

如果你外食的話，真的比較難找一些。如果你住在日本，

in Japan that are vegans cook at home and that's the way they get around it.

那在家料煮飯的話就比較容易準備

If you eat something like soba noodles or udon noodles yes they

如果你吃蕎麥麵或是烏龍麵的話，

are vegan but the dipping sauce broth they come in usually often contains

那確實是純素，但是它的沾醬通常會包含

things like fish.

像魚之類的肉類。

Tempura is a good one though.

天婦羅確實還不錯喔

Yeah but the dipping sauce actually contains fish bones so what want you to be

但是天婦羅的沾醬通常都有是由魚骨熬的，有兩種沾醬

careful is that we have two kinds of broth when it comes to Japanese

所以你要確定自己用的是哪種醬

food normally it's a tuna base broth or Konbu based broth which is seaweed based

日式料理沾醬通常是由鮪魚，或是昆布熬煮的，

broth which is okay for vegans to eat.

而昆布醬就是純素的，沒問題

So if you ask the restaurant for eating soba or udon, ask them to bring the konbu

所以如果你在餐廳吃蕎麥或是烏龍麵，記得要請他們帶昆布醬，

which is the seaweed broth and with that you can get by.

那就是海帶做的，純素主義者能吃沒問題的。

Ok, that's quite a useful point there.

原來如此，這是還滿有用的資訊。

A good friend of mine who is a vegan

我有一個好朋友是純素主義的，

his name's Regan, when he lived in Japan he used to just eat nuts from the

他的名字叫Regan, 他住在日本的時候，只吃超商的腰果豆子之類的，

supermarket; nuts and bananas, but I think he was just being a bit austere.

真的只吃豆子跟香蕉，但是他可能過的比較簡樸一點啦

There are ways around it, so if you do your research you don't have to let it get in a way of your trip.

反正吃素的話，在日本是能過活的，所以你事前做好功課的話，就能在日本通行無阻喔!

So we're about to journey out into the countryside to see one of the most

我們現在要到比較鄉下的地方，看看

most picturesque temples in all of Tohoku and we're going to get there by

全東北最美麗的寺廟之一。而我們要怎麼到那裡呢?

an ancient method of transportation; the same kind of transportation they would

我們要以一種傳統交通工具，在一千年前

have used about a thousand years ago.

當地居民使用的工具。

I am of course talking about go-karts.

我指的呢，就是卡丁車啦!

So we're gonna drive to this really famous photogenic temple

我們要開到這個很有名，很漂亮的寺廟

with this go-cart and it's 50CC and it can go up to speeds of 70 km/h and how

這個卡丁車是50cc的，可以開到70公里/小時

much is that in the miles?

那是幾英里呢?

Not a clue mate.

這我完全搞不懂

I've seen a few cars driving down the road with rather surprised and shocked

我有路過幾台轎車，駕駛都還滿驚訝的，

looking drivers seeing a go-kart with a chubby foreigner just driving it down the road.

看到一個胖嘟嘟的外國人開著卡丁車亂跑。

It's a bit weird I think; quite a rare sight.

我們應該還滿奇怪的吧，卡丁車在這裡應該很少見

So here we are at the Takkoku no Iwaya temple

我們現在在「達谷窟」

There's a temple in a cave

是一個在浻窟裡的寺廟

Yeah that's a pretty dramatic looking spot

這看起來挺戲劇化的

It's got a bit of a sinister story to it

其實這裡有一個滿險惡的背景故事

There used to be the Ainu people

以前洞窟裡住的其實是阿伊努族，

the native Japanese people living here in a cave before this temple was

一個日本北方的原住民族群

built but the new Japanese people came and tried to get rid of them.

但是日本人來了之後，把他們給趕出去

So you got rid of the natives, forced them out

所以你們把原住民趕出去…

Yeah forced them out

對，逼他們離開

So they actually took the cave and then they actually built the temple

所以他們佔領了洞窟，蓋了寺廟，

to cover the cave.

來檔住洞窟

Bloody hell yes. That is quite sinister.

我的天啊，這真的是還滿可怕的

Steal their cave and put a temple in front of it.

搶了人家的洞窟，還在前面用寺廟檔住

So they could not get in.

不讓人家進去洞窟裡。

Within the temple there are 33 statues of the God of War Bishamonten

寺廟裡有33座「毘沙門天」的神像

However, they're only put on public display every 33 years and given that the last time

但是他們每33年才公開給大家看一次，

was 2010 you'll have to wait until 2043 when you can revisit the temple in

上一次是2010年，所以你們要等到2043年才可以再開卡丁車來

your flying car. While you're waiting 33 years there you can still grab yourself

觀看神像。在這33年間，你還是可以來這裡

some good fortune.

抽抽好運喔!

So now I bought a good luck charm and this good luck charm

我買了一個護身符，而這個護身符

is said to be the strongest in the whole Japan

聽說是全日本最強的!

Why is that?

為什麼呢?

I'm not sure; it's just said to be the strongest

我不確定，但反正就聽說是最有效的

and people say that it can make you rich

人家說可以讓你變有錢，

make your butler go away

讓你的管家走開。

Make your what go away?

讓你的什麼走開?

Your bad luck

你的壞運

I thought you said make your butler go away.

喔我以為你說叫管家走開!

That's not good luck. I hate it when my butler goes away.

這才不是好運，管家走開的時候最麻煩了

And it also makes Chris go away.

也會讓Chris走開喔!

it says that the you should hang this on to your house entrance

這上面說要在吊在家門口

does it say

還有寫什麼

anything particular

特別的東西嗎

well here I can't really read it

這…我還看不太懂耶

You can't read it? It's the best 1000 yen you ever spent.

你看不懂?? 這個一千日元你真是花的太值得了

Yeah it might work you know it may just take Chris away from my sight

這符可能有用喔，可能會讓Chris從我面前消失喔!

And it did! And it did!

真的有用耶，真的有耶!

Despite getting slapped in the face with numerous flies while

雖然在開卡丁車的時候，一直有蟲子撞到我臉上

driving I do quite want a go-kart now as fast as a scooter but with the comfort

但是我現在還滿想要擁有卡丁車的，開的跟機車一樣快，

of a real chair; the perfect way to explore the countryside.

但又可以舒適的坐在椅子上，這才是探索鄉下最好的方法!

Hiraizumi is

平泉町離東京大約兩小時車程 (新幹線)

about a two-hour ride north from Tokyo by bullet train or 30 minutes from

若你從仙台來的話，只需要30分鐘

Sendai and if you're interested in visiting any of the places we visited on

如果你對我門去的地方有興趣的話，

our trip you can find the details in the description box below

可以在下方找到各個景點的連結喔!

but for now guys as always many thanks for watching we'll see you next time.

謝謝大家觀看影片，我們下次再見喔!

I want one. I don't know how much it costs. I don't know how much they costed or

我超想要一個卡丁車。我不知道這多少錢，

where to buy them, but I want a go cart for Christmas. So if father Christmas is

也不知道要上哪買，但是我聖誕節想要一台卡丁車!

watching, you know what to do.

聖誕老公公如果你有在看的話，你知道要帶什麼禮物給我啦!