The greatest slurping you've ever seen.

你見過的最棒的啜飲。

You're so bad man. You're so bad.

你是如此糟糕的人。你太壞了。

I'm so disappointed. I'm so disappointed about you.

我很失望我對你很失望

Maybe he can do it.

也許他可以做到這一點。

Oh come on.

哦，來吧。

Like that! See that?

像這樣！看到了嗎？

Last chance.

最後的機會。

I don't how I've got through four years of living in Japan without making a video

我不知道我是怎麼熬過四年的。 不拍視頻就在日本生活

about Japan's biggest annual event.

關於日本一年一度最盛大的活動。

An event that sees 60% of the population getting involved and taking part.

一場活動，有60%的人参與進來，參加進來。

Whilst the Japan meteorological agency tracks it and forecasts it on tv,

而日本氣象廳 追蹤它並在電視上預測它。

as it travels from Kyushu in the south, all the way to Hokkaido in the north.

因為它從南邊的九州，一直到北邊的北海道。

And it's not hard to see why, when the wind blows and the Cherry blossom petals fall through the air

這也不難理解，當風吹來，櫻花花瓣從空中飄落的時候

like snow, in a scene reminiscent from an indy video game.

像雪一樣，在一個讓人想起獨立遊戲的場景中。

Now I'm not the sort of person to normally care about flowers,

現在，我不是那種人，以 平時關心花。

but even I get swept up in the excitement and the atmosphere of Cherry Blossom season in Japan.

但即使是我，也會沉浸在日本櫻花季的興奮和氣氛中。

First off, there are two Japanese words you need to know.

首先，有兩個日語單詞 你需要知道。

The first is Sakura and that literally means Cherry Blossom.

第一個是櫻花，從字面上看 是指櫻花。

And the second is Hanami, which means flower viewing.

而第二種是花見，也就是賞花的意思。

And those are words you'd do well to rememberif you're ever in Japan.

而這些話你會做得很好 如果你在日本的話，一定要記住。

in Spring because you'll hear them and see them everywhere, everyday

在春天，因為你會聽到他們 每天都能看到他們

Sakura is a major symbol in Japanese culture, I mean if you look at the back of a 100 yen coin

櫻花是日本文化中的一個重要標誌。 我的意思是，如果你看一個100日元的硬幣的背面。

you'll actually see it stuck on the back.

其實你會看到它粘在後面。

This year my friend Ryotaro and I threw ourselves into the Hanami festivities

今年我和我的朋友良太郎把我們自己 慶祝活動

by visiting one of the best viewing spots in north Japan,

到北日本最棒的觀景地之一參觀。

a town called Shibata, 30 minutes south of Sendai

仙台以南30分鐘車程的柴田町。

famous for its staggering amount of Cherry blossom and beautiful scenery,

櫻花量大，風景優美，聞名遐邇。

where we tried various cherry blossom related sweets,

在那裡我們嘗試了各種與櫻花有關的糖果。

enjoyed the local food and just generally made fools of ourselves…

喜歡當地的食物，只是一般 自取其辱

...mainly Ryotaro.

...主要是良太郎。

Here he comes.

他來了

Look at that.

你看那個。

What have you got here?

你在這裡得到了什麼？

Cherry Blossom tea.

櫻花茶。

Cherry blossom tea?

櫻花茶？

Yeah look at that.

是啊，看那個。

Is it good?

好吃嗎？

Let me just try it.

讓我來試試吧。

Ah it's alright. It's a bit salty actually.

啊，還行。其實有點鹹。

Salty?

鹹的？

Yeah. I think this is salted cherry blossom.

對，我想這是鹽漬櫻花。

Salted cherry blossom?

鹹櫻花？

In hot water.

在熱水中。

Actually I lied, it's not tea.

其實我撒謊了，這不是茶。

Let's have a look.

讓我們一起來看看。

How is it?

怎麼樣？

Oh my lord.

哦，我的上帝。

I thought there's cherry blossom in there, it'll taste nice.

我以為裡面有櫻花，味道會不錯。

Nope. It tastes like sea water in a cup, with some flowers in.

不對味道像海水 在一個杯子裡，有一些花在。

That's what we're talking about.

這就是我們所說的。

Lots of people are looking at me so I need to pretend... In Japan you always need to show appreciation.

很多人都在看我，所以我要假裝... ...在日本，你總是要表示感謝。

True

真

But I can't.

但我不能。

I can't. Oh god.

我不能。哦，上帝。

Here we go again.

我們又來了。

What a poser.

真是個冒牌貨。

Is it alright?

可以嗎？

It's good to see you're so youthful,

很高興看到你這麼年輕。

despite your incredible age.

儘管你的年齡很大

What about this…

那這個呢...

...incredible age! Shut up!

...不可思議的年齡！閉嘴！

You know there's a reason I chose to live in the countryside.

你知道我之所以選擇 在農村生活。

Look at the view. It's absolutely brilliant.

看看這景色。這絕對是輝煌的。

I have a weird obsession with mountains,

我對山有一種奇怪的迷戀。

I think it's because in the UK we don't really have any.

我想這是因為在英國，我們並沒有什麼。

The only place you can see mountains is on wikipedia…

唯一能看到山的地方是在維基百科上...

…that's the only place.

...那是唯一的地方。

We don't have books.

我們沒有書。

No seriously I prefer the countryside to the city big time.

不，說真的，比起城市，我更喜歡鄉村。

I know I live in Sendai which is a city.

我知道我住在仙台，那是一個城市。

The 11th biggest city in Japan. But still.

日本第11大城市。但還是。

In Sendai it's 20 minutes to get to this kind of view. 20 minutes to get into the country.

在仙台，20分鐘就能到達這樣的景色。 20分鐘就能到鄉下。

In Tokyo it's more like 2 hours.

在東京更像是2小時。

The reason I can't live in Tokyo is because I can't get this easily.

我之所以不能住在東京，就是因為我不容易得到這個。

And also we're only 90 minutes away from Tokyo and we're here.

而且我們離東京只有90分鐘的路程，我們在這裡。

See. My friend who lives in Tokyo, I can get into Tokyo quicker by bullet train from Sendai,

看吧我住在東京的朋友，從仙台坐新幹線可以更快進入東京。

than they can from the outskirts of Tokyo.

比他們從東京郊區來的要好。

So, if you want to live in Tokyo, don't. Live in Sendai.

所以，如果你想住在東京，不要。住在仙台吧

That's the moral of the story.

這就是這個故事的寓意。

So what have we got here?

那麼，我們在這裡得到了什麼？

So we've got sticky rice on a stick.

所以，我們已經得到了棒子上的糯米。

Sticky rice on a stick?

棒子上的糯米？

That's right.

是的

That's a lot of stick.

這是一個很大的堅持。

Give me the run down on each flavour.

給我介紹一下每種口味的情況。

So what have we got here?

那麼，我們在這裡得到了什麼？

So that's the sticky rice and it's got a Cherry blossom jam.

所以這就是糯米飯，而且還有櫻花果醬。

Cherry blossom jam?

櫻花果醬？

Yeah!

是啊！

That's Ok, that's good! And this one?

好的，很好！那這個呢？這個呢？

And that's sesame paste.

那是芝麻醬。

Sesame paste.

芝麻醬。

Have you tried that one?

你試過那個嗎？

I'll give that one a miss.

我就不看那個了。

Oh really?

哦，真的嗎？

This one?

這個？

That's Zunda! Have you heard of Zunda?

那是尊達！你聽說過尊達嗎？

Zunda! It's like a dance…

尊達！就像跳舞一樣...

No it's not.

不，它不是。

Oh wait thats Zoomba isn't it.

等等，那是柔芭，對吧？

It's a green soy bean paste.

這是一種綠色的豆瓣醬。

And that is the world famous red bean paste.

這就是舉世聞名的紅豆沙。

World famous. And I actually quite like red bean paste.

世界聞名。而我其實挺喜歡紅豆沙的。

This one?

這個？

Soy sauce Jam.

醬油果醬。

Soy Sauce Jam.

醬油果醬。

It's quite sweet as well though.

雖然也挺甜的。

Well I think I'm going to start with this one. It's the most appealing.

好吧，我想我要從這個開始。 這是最吸引人的。

It tastes like

它的味道就像

flowers!

花！

Cherry blossom?

櫻花？

I don't know how I know the taste of flowers. I just do.

我不知道我是怎麼知道花的味道的。我就是知道

Have you tried flowers before?

你以前試過花嗎？

Yeah I eat flowers all the time.

是啊，我一直在吃花。

I'm going to give that a 9 out of 10.

我給這句話打9分，滿分10分。

Seriously? That good.

真的嗎？那麼好。

See what I mean…flower taste.

明白我的意思了吧......花的味道。

Yeah!

是啊！

This is what we call cherry blossom taste.

這就是我們所說的櫻花味。

Cherry blossom taste…

櫻花的味道...

Yeah!!

是啊！！！

…alright that makes more sense.

...好吧，那就更有意義了。

This bit here the rice mochi, the rice that's been ground up and battered to hell, tastes really good.

這裡的這一點米餈，就是把米磨碎了，糊成了米，味道真的很好。

It's like chewing gum that's edible

就像可以吃的口香糖一樣。

and better than chewing gum.

而且比口香糖更好。

That doesn't sound good.

這聽起來並不好。

No it doesn't.

不，它沒有。

I'm really bad at food reviews.

我真的不擅長美食評論。

I knew that.

我知道這一點。

Thanks Ryotaro.

謝謝良太郎。

Sesame?

芝麻？

Yes black paste.

是的黑糊。

Black paste.

黑糊。

It looks a little bit strange.

它看起來有點奇怪。

The word appealing doesn't spring to mind.

吸引人這個詞並沒有出現在我的腦海裡。

The sesame is quite salty. And the mochi is quite sweet. So its a combination of salt and sweet. And that is good.

芝麻挺鹹的。而麻餈是很甜的。所以它的鹽和甜的結合。這是很好的。

Yeah I really need to work on these reviews of food don't I.

是啊，我真的需要努力 這些評論的食物不我。

Yeah you're really bad.

是的，你真的很壞。

It tastes like a sunshine lollipop rainbow.

它的味道就像陽光棒棒糖的彩虹。

That doesn't make sense.

這說不通啊

I'm going to go home after this today and read a book on how to describe things.

我今天看完這本書就回家看了 一本關於如何描述事物的書。

There's a small mountain in the middle of the town

鎮子中間有座小山。

and to get up it there's a cable car

有纜車可以上山

But it feels less like a cable car, more like a submarine.

但感覺不像纜車，更像潛艇。

As it submerges through dozens of cherry blossom trees at the side of the mountain.

當它被淹沒在幾十米高的水中時 山邊的櫻花樹的。

Cherry Blossom Submarine!! Yeaaaah!!

櫻花潛水艇!Yeaaaah!

Whilst we were bumbling down the street we saw a building with some friendly locals

當我們在街上閒逛的時候，我們看到了一棟建築，裡面有一些友好的當地人。

putting on a traditional Japanese Tea ceremony display.

進行傳統的日本茶道展示。

Of course we jumped to the chance of some free tea.

當然，我們抓住了免費喝茶的機會。

In the UK we don't put this much effort into preparing tea.

在英國，我們不會花這麼多精力去準備茶葉。

We probably should.

我們也許應該。

I always feel quite nervous in these scenarios. It feels very serious…

在這種情況下，我總是覺得很緊張。 感覺很嚴肅...

Yeah I know.

是的，我知道。

…And religious.

...和宗教。

Creamy.

奶油味。

My friend in Hong Kong her name was creamy.

我在香港的朋友，她叫奶油。

I'm trying to keep a straight face after you tell me that.

你跟我說了之後，我還想保持一個正直的面孔。

My friend's called Creamy.

我朋友的名字叫Creamy

I'm trying to keep a straight face. Oh my friend's called creamy. My friend in Hong Kong.

我想保持一個正直的面孔。哦，我的朋友叫奶油。我在香港的朋友。

Brilliant.

輝煌。

Ruining the atmosphere of the tea ceremony with your ridiculous creamy friend.

與你可笑的奶油朋友一起破壞茶道的氣氛。

Wow.

哇哦

This is where we're going to have lunch.

我們要在這裡吃午飯。

I mean, the soba is not yet here. But look at that.

我的意思是，蕎麥麵還沒來。但你看那。

Wow there's an Owl. And then a Samurai sword.

哇，有一個貓頭鷹。然後是武士刀。

And then a samurai armour.

然後是武士甲。

What's the significance of the owl?

貓頭鷹的意義是什麼？

I have no idea.

我不知道。

Traditional Japanese owl.

傳統的日本貓頭鷹。

No it's a lamp.

不，這是一盞燈。

Oh.

哦。

Have you ever worn samurai armour?

你有沒有穿過武士鎧甲？

Yes I have.

是的，我有。

Have you ever fought in battle with a sword?

你有沒有拿著劍上戰場？

Maybe my ancestors.

也許我的祖先。

But not you?

但不是你？

Not me. It's in my blood though.

不是我。但它在我的血液中。

Do you reckon you'd know how to wield one if a situation arose.

你覺得你會不會用這把槍？ 如果出現情況。

Ah definitely.

啊，絕對的。

You'd be able to pick it up and take someone on.

你就可以拿起它，帶著人去。

Well it's in my blood. Automatically I'd know.

嗯，它在我的血液。我自然會知道

That's right. That's how it works.

沒錯，就是這樣。這就是它的工作原理。

That's how biology works.

這就是生物學的原理。

The name of the whole set is the dish of the lord.

全套的名字是主的菜。

The dish of the lord. What do you say in Japanese?

主人的菜。 你用日語怎麼說？

Daimyo.

大名。

Daimyo?

大名？

I thought you were Japanese.

我以為你是日本人

I thought you were a real life Japanese person.

我還以為你是一個真實的日本人呢。

Now that is a feast fit for a lord.

這真是一場適合領主的盛宴。

That's right, so I'm sitting like a lord.

沒錯，所以我坐得像個大爺。

I'm just rubbish at sitting.

我只是坐得很爛。

There's quite a lot of noodles though.

雖然麵條挺多的。

It is actually. It's got tempura, rice as well and sashimi.

其實是這樣的。有天婦羅，有米飯，也有生魚片。

Can you eat it all?

你能吃完嗎？

Yeah yeah. Of course. It's very nice.

是啊是啊。當然是的。這是非常好的。

I think I can.

我想我可以。

I hope I can.

我希望我可以。

Well you will.

你會的

I will.

我會的

There's so much cool stuff here.

這裡有很多很酷的東西。

A big meal like this in Japan its always very exciting because you don't know where to begin.

在日本吃這樣的大餐，總是很興奮，因為你不知道從哪裡開始。

Should I start with the sashimi. Should I dig into the noodles.

要不要先吃生魚片。 要不要挖到麵條。

Or should I eat the fish.

或者我應該吃魚。

Or the battered… more fish.

或者是糊狀的... 更多的魚。

It's like I don't know where to begin. It's very exciting.

就像我不知道從何說起。這是非常令人興奮的。

You kind of go in between each one.

你有點在每一個人之間。

That's right.

是的

It's really fun.

這真的很有趣。

That's true. European dishes they come one after another.

這倒是真的。歐洲菜 他們一個接一個地來。

Well if this was the UK, you'd just get a big plate covered in stuff.

如果這是在英國，你會得到的只是 一個大盤子裡裝滿了東西。

There's something quite cool about having 25 dishes all in front of you at once.

有一些相當酷的東西，一次有25道菜都在你面前。

And then you miss the rice. Whilst trying to look good on camera.

然後你錯過了米飯。同時又想在鏡頭前表現得更好。

I feel like I've won the lottery.

我覺得自己好像中了彩票。

See my description skills are going up aren't they.

你看我的描述能力是不是要上升了。

Well they're getting worse actually.

其實他們的情況越來越糟了。

Alright how would you describe it then?

好吧，那你會怎麼形容呢？

What the soba?

蕎麥麵是什麼？

Just the meal.

只是這頓飯。

Just the meal. Well. It's the dish of Lord.

只是這頓飯。好吧，是主的菜。 是主的菜。

It is the dish of Lord. But how would you describe it?

這是主的菜。但你會怎麼形容它呢？

How would you describe it in a nice original away. That isn't just “oo it's delicious”.

你會怎麼用一個好聽的原離來形容它。那不僅僅是 "哦，很好吃"。

Describe it.

描述一下。

Describe it?

描述一下？

Yeah!

是啊！

It's amazing.

太神奇了

No. More unique.

不，更獨特。

It's amazing. Incredible. Wonderful. Unbelievable.

這是驚人的。不可思議的。妙不可言難以置信。

No you can't just use adjectives. I want a metaphor or something.

不，你不能只用形容詞。我需要一個比喻什麼的。

A metaphor?

比喻？

Or a simile. It's as good as…

或者一個比喻。這就像...

It's a lot better than how Chris has described.

這比克里斯描述的要好很多。

That's rubbish.

那是垃圾。

It's not rubbish. It's true.

這不是垃圾。這是真的。

Show me you're the man.

讓我看看你是個男人。

Oh no.

哦，不。

00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:26,240 You tried to make the sound. It should come naturally.

00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:26,240 你試著發出聲音。它應該是自然而然的。

One more.

再來一個

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

The greatest slurping you've ever seen.

你見過的最棒的啜飲。

You're so bad man. You're so bad.

你是如此糟糕的人。你太壞了。

00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:45,500 I'm so disappointed. I'm so disappointed about you.

00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:45,500 我很失望我對你很失望

Maybe he can do it.

也許他可以做到這一點。

Oh come on.

哦，來吧。

Like that! See that?

像這樣！看到了嗎？

How long you been in Japan?

你來日本多久了？