Firstly I love Emma and Sarah content. You make me miss living in Japan so much and I want your lives. But also okura is here in the UK too, I think we import it from India where they use it a lot. It’s often called “ladies fingers” in the supermarkets here! 😅
From all the comments, I learnt that okra is not Japanese!! 🌱I've often heard locals here say it's a Japanese veggie.. 😂 In down under, I've never seen or eaten it before (I swear!)
I’ll have to check out Japanese okra recipes! It’s pretty popular in the southern US, most people like it fried in cornmeal or in gumbo. I’m not crazy about it because of the slimy texture, but my husband loves it lol
Thanks for Hokkaido tour! I have been once kayaking and it was actually easy route compared to yours. Always nice to see different eating options and places to visit! Lovely night light show!
Okra originates from Africa and is very present in west African food, and is very present in creole food, and a lot of African influenced foods in the south of US.
I looked it up and apparently a lot of Japanese folks think that okra is a Japanese vegetable, so it's a common misconception. But yea, most grocery stores in the US have okra.
as a Jamaican, i find okra being seen as a "Japanese veggie" so funny! I know it's used a lot there (in part because of the migration to Japan from Nigeria), but since okra is an African fruit/veggie (technically a pepper), I was so shocked to find it in restaurants in Japan! We use it a lot in predominantly black cuisine, particularly in stew, and I love that my own culture melded so deeply with my favorite place on earth!
Ohh! I dunno how well I'd fare with the light rapids but I'd be all over just floating down the river. The Endless Rivers are my favorite bit of water parks. Emma's kayaking skills looked pro getting around that one big rock. Love that Sarah was sporting the TokiDokiTraveller Doge Hat! That Mountain Light display, though! SO BEAUTIFUL! What a great and fun looking trip. Thank youuu! ....soccer ball! 😆
Damn I missed out.. We were supposed to do this but scrapped it due to an injury. I regret not staying in Sapporo /Hokkaido for longer. I was there early August and it was 15 degrees cooler than Tokyo. Food was immaculate and it had the perfect balance of city and nature. Will definitely stay longer next time!
I've got okra growing on my back porch, my favorite veggie. It always surprises me when I'm reminded that outside of Africa and the southern US states it's uncommon or unheard of.
Okra is an African vegetable. I think a few others have commented this, as well. It's popular in American souther cuisine, in addition to what a few others have mentioned. But, to be honest, I first became aware of it while living in Japan, myself. I quite like it!
My wife and I want to spend a few weeks in Hokkaido instead of going to the main land or visiting my distant family in Okinawa when we first travel that way.
We definitely often see Okura (spelled Okra) in the US, especially in the south. Some local branches of fast food places will often sell deep fried okra. I think Captain D's has it as a constant menu item.
I've personally always thought of Hokkaido as the perfect place in summer, the rest of Japan seems more or less unbearable in summer but maybe just me.
Hey, I actually caught one of these not long after upload :) . The ducky bit looked fun, even for someone like me (who swims like an actual rock, but can paddle a boat with the best of 'em)...but I'm curious as to how deep the water was there...I know clear water can be tricky to judge, as what looks like one meter's depth may actually be 10. Water depth, as well as the severity of the rapids, is one of the reasons I don't go kayaking here (the river for kayaking nearest me just happens to have been the site of the whitewater event in the 1996 Olympics). The open-air bus tour looked awesome, and also the soup curry...but anything involving meat and broth usually wins me over in a hurry. Job well done!
@@TokyoCreativePlay Thanks a very dark ale can accentuate that chocolatey undertone! I'd love to see you guys check out more kissaten, and in particular, Japanese siphon-brewed coffee. I've been making it that way for the past decade after first experiencing it at a nondescript cafe in the Sendai airport
It’s so strange to see people have to explain okra when it’s so commonplace in southern American cuisine. You can buy okra prepared in so many different ways here.
okra seeds get slimier when they're exposed to moisture, so i can't even imagine what they're like in a soupy setting! highly recommend roasting okra on a sheet pan if you're not a fan of the slimy seeds.
Our final video from the Hokkaido trip! Which spot was your favourite in Kutchan?
PS - We’ll be back in winter so stay tuned ❄️
These 2 need a world tour, love Emma & Sarah's energy
Yes this is such a good idea! Emma, Sarah do it!
I love the Japan content, but I'd watch them anywhere 👍
Completely agree!!
All the ladies in the extended TC family need to have a USA tour like the Trash Taste guys.
I agree with Emma! I was MOVED when I had the carrot in the soup curry in Hokkaido! It just tastes like a whole new level!🤤
Firstly I love Emma and Sarah content. You make me miss living in Japan so much and I want your lives.
But also okura is here in the UK too, I think we import it from India where they use it a lot. It’s often called “ladies fingers” in the supermarkets here! 😅
Okra is also served in the southern states of the United States. It is usually fried or pickled!
I really love your Hokkaido series, and I hope Emma feels better soon.
Emma and Sarah best duo ever. ❤😊
We agree 😁
HELLO 2 U BOTH ❤ UR BOTH ENJOYING URSELF THANK U TAKING US ALONG
Thank you for watching! 😁
My favorite thing is anything you two do. What a team.
From all the comments, I learnt that okra is not Japanese!! 🌱I've often heard locals here say it's a Japanese veggie.. 😂
In down under, I've never seen or eaten it before (I swear!)
more adventure videos with emma and sarah pls!
I’ll have to check out Japanese okra recipes! It’s pretty popular in the southern US, most people like it fried in cornmeal or in gumbo. I’m not crazy about it because of the slimy texture, but my husband loves it lol
very nice to see that hokkaido is just as beautiful in the summer, so glad the ladies could show us!
Absolutely loving all this Hokkaido content! Making me want to center my trip to Japan here!!! Thanks Emma, Sarah, and TC for being the best!
Thanks for Hokkaido tour! I have been once kayaking and it was actually easy route compared to yours. Always nice to see different eating options and places to visit! Lovely night light show!
The episodes this year have been great. Y'all killin it.
So glad the kayaking fell toward the end of Emma's bronchitis journey. 😅
Us too!
Okra is really popular in Southern cooking in the US and many African and Caribbean countries
Yep, I came here to say this! We had fried okra at holidays growing up in the south :)
Awesome video. You should really come White Water Rafting in South. It's INCREDIBLE. Cheers.
Looks so fun!! I'd love to go kayaking like that and get that gelato!
You should next time you’re in Hokkaido 👀😁
I absolutely love all of the videos you guys make, you have so much fun and it just makes me feel so happy inside 🥰
Okra originates from Africa and is very present in west African food, and is very present in creole food, and a lot of African influenced foods in the south of US.
Thanks when they stated not seen outside of Japan all I could fo was laugh
The entire state of Louisiana is up in arms
Yes, I live in Tennessee & we eat a ton of fried okra.😊
I was hella confused hearing that, it’s all over the place over here lol.
I looked it up and apparently a lot of Japanese folks think that okra is a Japanese vegetable, so it's a common misconception. But yea, most grocery stores in the US have okra.
I like how the menu said “No Rice” = 0 grams
I lo❤ved the mountain lights ⛰️. Did you get to kiss Fujis brother Emma? 😘😂. Brilliant video ladies. I can't wait to visit Japan 🇯🇵
as a Jamaican, i find okra being seen as a "Japanese veggie" so funny! I know it's used a lot there (in part because of the migration to Japan from Nigeria), but since okra is an African fruit/veggie (technically a pepper), I was so shocked to find it in restaurants in Japan! We use it a lot in predominantly black cuisine, particularly in stew, and I love that my own culture melded so deeply with my favorite place on earth!
ty chris for finding these great rappers.
Ohh! I dunno how well I'd fare with the light rapids but I'd be all over just floating down the river. The Endless Rivers are my favorite bit of water parks. Emma's kayaking skills looked pro getting around that one big rock. Love that Sarah was sporting the TokiDokiTraveller Doge Hat! That Mountain Light display, though! SO BEAUTIFUL! What a great and fun looking trip. Thank youuu! ....soccer ball! 😆
I would love to go canoeing again someday especially with that nice Hokkaido weather!
Damn I missed out.. We were supposed to do this but scrapped it due to an injury. I regret not staying in Sapporo /Hokkaido for longer. I was there early August and it was 15 degrees cooler than Tokyo. Food was immaculate and it had the perfect balance of city and nature. Will definitely stay longer next time!
Hokkaido is truly great - hope you get more time on your next trip!
Okra is from Africa and eaten pretty commonly in the United States especially pickled or fried
Watch Hamilton! 😁Thanks for another great video 💖💖
I've got okra growing on my back porch, my favorite veggie. It always surprises me when I'm reminded that outside of Africa and the southern US states it's uncommon or unheard of.
Hokkaidoauurrr
We have pickled okra in jars on shelves, I love it. Oh and battered, fried okra.
Next do some Skydiving ❤ I like to see such activities.
北海道のスープカレーは美味しいですよね。外国の方が不慣れで苦手なオクラなど、ネバネバ系の野菜を食べてくれるのはうれしい。次は納豆以外にも山芋も試してみてね✨
In the South of the United States, we call that veggie "okra". We cut it up & fry it in cornmeal. Yummy & it loses the slimy feeling.😊
Yeah, we destroy the neba neba quality 😂
Okra is an African vegetable. I think a few others have commented this, as well. It's popular in American souther cuisine, in addition to what a few others have mentioned. But, to be honest, I first became aware of it while living in Japan, myself. I quite like it!
I assume from 3:58 is the most replayed part of the video because people want to find out how the bike does fit in the back of the car.
My wife and I want to spend a few weeks in Hokkaido instead of going to the main land or visiting my distant family in Okinawa when we first travel that way.
We definitely often see Okura (spelled Okra) in the US, especially in the south. Some local branches of fast food places will often sell deep fried okra. I think Captain D's has it as a constant menu item.
okura is big in the in the US south. Any bbq place or chicken place prolly has fried okura and its delicious
We have okra in the U.S. too. Pretty common in southern food and some BBQ. Especially sliced in circles and deep fried.
Must have one extreme sport for every tour.
Yay 😁
we have okra in the US! (mainly in the south)
There is a really nice soup curry place above the Candye Syrup Cafe in Harajuku! My friend who used to live in Hokkaido said it's on par!
FYI Okura, is Okra in the US. Very common vegetable in Gumbo and other southern dishes.
Great job ladies.... that looks like so much fun!!
Where's Brotha man been lately??
Emma’s the best! But Sarah’s a very close second.
I've personally always thought of Hokkaido as the perfect place in summer, the rest of Japan seems more or less unbearable in summer but maybe just me.
Spin-off series ideas: Croatia Creative or Bavaria Creative or New Zealand Creative…
We definitely have okra (spelled without the u) here in the States. I love it deep fried or in a stew
We have okura in lots of Caribbean islands, including my home land Grenada .
Hey, I actually caught one of these not long after upload :) . The ducky bit looked fun, even for someone like me (who swims like an actual rock, but can paddle a boat with the best of 'em)...but I'm curious as to how deep the water was there...I know clear water can be tricky to judge, as what looks like one meter's depth may actually be 10. Water depth, as well as the severity of the rapids, is one of the reasons I don't go kayaking here (the river for kayaking nearest me just happens to have been the site of the whitewater event in the 1996 Olympics). The open-air bus tour looked awesome, and also the soup curry...but anything involving meat and broth usually wins me over in a hurry. Job well done!
We have Okra in the states, I love it fried I can't have it not fried not a fan of slimy things.
Sarah, there's okra or okura in the Philippines and other Asian countries.
Curry soup....🤤
Wow......Emma!.....WOW
Interesting, I had no idea the Japanese cultivated okra too. Man I love me some deep fried okra here in the US.
They deep-fried okra around where I live, but seeing as handling it rawl gives me hives I've never tried eating it.
lets gooo
Yesssss!!
@@TokyoCreativePlay you guys are great! Thanks for a new vid
I junk up my Japanese curry by shaving a whole red apple and throwing in dark chocolate and sometimes beer
Nice recommendation! Beer is an interesting touch!
@@TokyoCreativePlay Thanks a very dark ale can accentuate that chocolatey undertone! I'd love to see you guys check out more kissaten, and in particular, Japanese siphon-brewed coffee. I've been making it that way for the past decade after first experiencing it at a nondescript cafe in the Sendai airport
We have okura in the states. It’s called okra.
So okura is kinda like okra?
Wait is that Okra? If so they have that in North America also. They use it in Southern food. Gumbo and fried Okra are the 2 thay cime to mind.
so okrua is common in US in the south and in Africa
カレースープを直接食べるのも良いですが メインの食べ方は ご飯にカレースープをかけて食べるのですよー😂
This might be just me, but Hokkaido kinda feels like Canada.
Is okura what we Americans know as okra, or are those two different things?
So is Okura different from Okra?
I was thinking the same thing? I think it's the same as Okra they just spell it differently over there. I don't know but it looks like the same thing.
No its not
Alex. Ander. Hamilton, I never seen the musical 🎵 🎶
we have okura here in canada (you can find it at asian supermarkets) and i absolutely hate it lol
It’s so strange to see people have to explain okra when it’s so commonplace in southern American cuisine. You can buy okra prepared in so many different ways here.
Is Okura Okra?
Okra isn’t Japanese, it’s African and it’s commonplace outside of Japan I see it all the time in the UK 😂
This video is 10X better than Chris Borex video i just watched.
Woah
Okra is used in South American cooking. They normally have it fried. I’m not a fan of it cause of the texture. Unfortunately.
What happened to Jordan? I miss that dude.
Okra is not exclusive to Japan and is often eaten in the Southern USA.
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Okra is African and widely grown and eaten in the United States. Nothing Japanese about it.
Smells like what?
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Would you like a gold star?
@@ShiroiTengu No I want a cookie .
okra seeds get slimier when they're exposed to moisture, so i can't even imagine what they're like in a soupy setting! highly recommend roasting okra on a sheet pan if you're not a fan of the slimy seeds.