We were making a video to pick up on Japan’s quintessential tourist spots. We took the bullet train for two and a half hours from Tokyo to reach Hanamaki city – an area known for it’s wonderful hot springs. We made the video in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. We didn’t think we’d get it done since we had to prepare it in 4 different languages, but we managed to brush it up in a day. The cast from each country went out to try the “wanko soba,” where they experienced eating a lot of soba noodles in one seating, ?and also enjoyed making their own “wa-gasa” an umbrella made of Japan’s traditional paper, Washi.

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日本の花巻市を愉しむ

日本の観光地のビデオを作っている。東京から新幹線で2時間半、温泉で有名な花巻市の観光ビデオを作った。英語版、中国語版、韓国語版である。1カ国だけならまだしも４カ国。演出が大変だが１日でなんとか撮影した。

各国の出演者は、たくさんの蕎麦を食べる“わんこそば”やを愉しんだり、日本古来の紙である和紙を使った“和傘”作りを愉しんだりした。

阿部