It's Jon, coming to you from Tottori

On the west coast of Japan

And today.. we're going to be checking out the sand dunes

That make this area..world famous

It looks more like a desert out here

Than it does like the country of Japan

It's pretty insane

We checked it out for the first time last night

A quick tip

Make sure when you board a bus here

That you check with the driver, that it's going to the right location

Show him on your phone the destination

They're very nice

Don't make the same mistake we did yesterday

And go about 5 miles in the wrong direction

Adriana how excited are you to get down there

And run around

On the sand?

I'm so excited

I want to play in the sand

I think i'm not allowed

But..I love the sand so..

I really want to go down there

These sand dunes formed over 100,000 years ago

There were sediment deposits that were carried

From a river

Into the sea of Japan

And washed up onto the shore

Here and over time it formed

This amazing site

And we've got to get a little bit closer to.. show you guys

They said run run run

And you just have to jump onto this thing

And put your feet up

Or you're dead

We've both never gone sking before

The thing comes right up under your legs

And you are swooped away

It's crazy

We weren't sure if twas safe or not

But it seems fine

We've made it

To what looks like.. a desert

And it's not as crowded as I thought it would be

Because I think this is still kind of..

An off the beaten track. Kind of place in Japan

And there's just sand everywhere

I mean literally

If you transported me here

I would think we were in

The middle of Saudia Arabia

My shadow

Your shadow?

You're a camel?

Yeah

We've come to the point right now

Where we have to climb up a sand dune

To get to the top

To get what I think should be a really great view of the sea of Japan

There's the easy way

And there's a hard way

I'm not sure which one to pick

Easy

Hard

Much steeper there

Adriana what do you think? Easy way or hard way?

No question of that

No question

I don't think any is easy !

There is no easy way?

I need an elevator here

You want an elevator here

Please

How about a camel?

Uhh no thanks

I think I would pay for a camel at this point

Alright so there's a little bit of cardio involved in going up quickly

I'm not going to lie about that

But.. almost at the top

Almost

You made it

We've made it to the top of the biggest dune

And honestly this kind of feels like a mirage right now

You're just surrounded by green on all sides

And there is this desert looking thing in the middle

Incredible

Bye

Adriana was not in the mood to hike down to the Sea of Japan

But just for you guys

I want to get some footage

Right by the water

I was about to give up

I tried hiking down the sand a bit

It was really tough to walk back up

But.. I see some stairs all the way down there

I think..I think I can make it

It is not a mirage

Somebody put bags here

For you to walk down to the beach

I'm going to let you guys all in on a little joke right now

I am not going to tell Adriana that I took that baggy staircase

I'm going to say that I struggled

And fought my way to the bottom of the sand dunes

Only to reach..the end result

The Sea of Japan

The truth is it was actually very easy

The interesting thing here is that..

If you didn't turn around and look at the big sand dunes behind you

This kind of feels like a normal beach

Anywhere

Adriana is that little speck

Right there on screen

I'm going to take the stairs back up.. remember guys

You're in on this joke with me

This was an extremely grueling hike

I'm dead

I know you look dead

That was the hardest hike ever

That's why I didn't go

What are you doing?

While Jon was um.. hiking

I was sketching

This is myself. sitting

Yourself sitting in the sand

Yes. of course i'm happier here

Because I have food and drinks

So..

Alright guys we experienced that.. strenous hike together

Now we're going to show you.. the sand museum

And I think you're going to like it a lot

We've entered the sand museum

And down here are.. many sand sculptures

Done by professional artists

And the theme is Nordic Countries

I can not imagine the hours of work that went into creating these sand sculptures

The details are so intricate

We're just blown away right here

It's incredible

I didn't expect it to be like this

I expected.. things like this

This tall and small

But they are huge and the details are just so perfect

You have to see if you come.. like it's worth it

Members of the Barrio

If you're looking for something a little bit off the beaten path

Tottori is the answer

This place is really really interesting

With the sand dunes feeling like you're in the desert

Spending time there

And going to the sand museum

Which as we both said

Is absolutely incredible

If you can come here for a night or two

If you have the ability

I really do think it is worth your time

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We've got a lot more coming up

From Japan

Thank you so much for watching

Until next time