A Japanese Beer Trilogy

Here’s a trilogy of videos on Japanese beer – one on beer vending machines in Kyoto, another one on a draft beer vending machine in Tokyo, and a final one on historical beers – beers with labels of famous people in Japanese history with short bios.

This first video is from BusanKevin in Kyoto talking about the wonders of outdoor beer vending machines in Kyoto on a hot day:

In response, I did a video on a draft beer vending machine I discovered in a pool hall in Tokyo a few nights ago.

Taste was not to bad but it gave me a huge head of foam which is quite common anyway even with live servers:

background music by Super Girl Juice

Later that same night I came across some “Historalicious” Japanese beer which were beer bottles with labels depicting famous people from Japanese history. Get your drink on while learning some Japanese history with Historalicious Japanese Beer – if you can read the bloody small cursive writing on the label:

Crack open a cold one and enjoy the Japanese Beer Trilogy!

Samurai Dave on the Loose in Nagoya!

Here’s a video a youtuber Daichen in Nagoya got of me at a bar in Nagoya yakking about a festival in Gifu.

I’m very tired and unshaven. The night before I had come in on a night bus from Tokyo where I worked the day before. And the night before that I had come back on a night bus from Tohoku where I had spent eight days traveling to different matsuri/festivals while sleeping in internet cafes and the occasional business hotel.

Samurai Festival – Soma Nomaoi 2008 Vlog Account

Soma Nomaoi is a samurai festival in the northern Japan area of Fukushima. It’s a 3-day festival with parades, horse races, mock battles, and wild horse catching.

This is a vlog account of the festival. I plan to get around and making a more indepth one sometime in the future.

The cicadaes are freaking loud in the background so they might drown me out at times.

http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/a-day-at-the-races-samurai-style/

 

Sansa Odori Video Clips

Here are some low-res clips from the 2006 Sansa Odori Festival.

Sansa Odori

Morioka’s Sansa Odori Festival held in celebration of a devil’s defeat and flight from Morioka many centuries ago

Pretty Young Girls drumming near the Station for Morioka’s Sansa Odori.

Japanese Traditional Dance

Little kids play drums at Morioka’s Sansa odori

Sansa Odori Dancers twirling traditional umbrellas

Flute Players and Dancers

An unconvincing drag queen drumming