0:04 Hey everyone! It's Ken! The weather is amazing today! Since it’s such a nice day, let’s go outside together! Alright, we’re outside now. The weather is really great today. It’s February, but it’s actually pretty warm. Nice, right? I’m going to walk for about 10 minutes from here to a place where I can rent a bike.
0:50 Then, I’ll rent a bike and go for a ride. But before that, I need to fill up my water bottle. There’s a water tap here. The water from this tap is safe to drink. So, I’m going to fill up my bottle now.
1:37 Alright, I’ve got my water. Now I’m ready! All set! In Taiwan, the tap water at home isn’t really drinkable. It’s probably best not to drink it. But you can drink water from dispensers at stations and schools. That water is safe to drink. In Japan, you can drink tap water almost anywhere.
2:24 Even at home, the tap water is usually fine. And you can also drink from taps in parks or on the street. How about in your country? Is the tap water safe to drink? By the way, the place where I just filled my bottle is a water dispenser. It’s clean drinking water. Alright! Now that I’m ready, let’s go rent a bike!
3:12 I’m renting it, not buying it! Just renting. Okay, I’ve arrived at the bike rental spot. Alright, I’m going to rent this bike now. Thanks for waiting! Now, let’s ride together
4:00 and go somewhere a little far! You can see a beautiful river! Hold on a sec… can you see it? This is my usual walking route. I think I filmed a YouTube video here a while ago.
4:50 I recorded a walking video. But today, I’m on a bike. Since I’m cycling, I can go much farther today! Oh, by the way, holding a camera and filming while riding a bike is tough. So, um… let me just… there we go! I’ll set the camera here.
5:50 For safety, I brought a tripod today. Let’s enjoy the beautiful scenery and listen to some Japanese! Today, I’ll talk about my hobbies and the things we all like. First, I’ll start with my favorite things.
6:40 I like a lot of things. I love cycling and riding bikes. Recently, on my days off, if it’s sunny, I either go for a walk or ride a bike.
7:26 How about you? What do you do on your days off? If the weather is nice, I like to go outside. Recently, the weather around here has been great. It’s pretty warm. It feels like spring.
8:22 I think it’s still winter in Japan. It’s February now, but in Taiwan, it’s already warm—feels like spring. Speaking of bikes, I loved riding them as a kid.
9:10 When I was about five or six, my mom helped me practice riding every day. I fell a lot.
9:58 At first, I couldn’t ride at all, and it was frustrating. I got a lot of scrapes and bruises. But after lots of practice, I finally learned how to ride!
10:46 Back in high school, I used to ride my bike to school from home. Oh, do you guys know the word "通います" (kayou)? You can say things like "go to school regularly," "go to the gym," or "go to work." It basically means "to go somewhere regularly."
11:39 So, from Monday to Friday, I rode my bike to school. But my house was really far from school. It took me about an hour one way. An hour each way! That’s pretty far, right?
12:28 So, going to school and coming back took about two hours in total. That was kind of tough when I was in high school. How did you guys get to school when you were in high school?
13:16 Did you walk? Did your mom or dad drive you? Did you ride your bike like I did? Did you run? What else? Hmm, I guess that’s about it.
14:06 So, how did you guys get to school? Honestly, riding my bike for two hours every day... That was pretty exhausting. So sometimes, I would ask my mom... "Mom, can you drive me to school?"
15:01 Thanks to my mom, I was able to get to school. And thanks to my dad working hard... I was able to buy textbooks and school uniforms. I'm really grateful. "Grateful" means... It's kind of like saying "thank you."
15:55 Even now as an adult, I still ride bikes sometimes. Biking is great, right? But I don’t actually have my own bike right now. This is a rental bike.
16:40 I really want my own bike. How about you guys? Do you have your own bike? Oh! Hey, can you guys see that? Can you see that red bridge? It’s beautiful, right? I've been around that area before.
17:33 But this is my first time coming here. Oh, there’s a boat over there. Wow, this place is really beautiful. The weather is great today, so the sunlight is reflecting off the river. The sunlight is sparkling on the water.
18:27 It looks like the river is glowing. So pretty! Oh! There’s a shop here, but it’s closed today. Wow, there’s almost no one around.
19:14 Oh! A vending machine! Oh, they have Coca-Cola. But I brought my own water earlier, so I won’t buy anything. Oh, look! There’s a nice bench here.
19:59 I’ll sit down for a bit and drink some water. Ahh! Water tastes so good! I think I’ve been biking for about 20 minutes now. From here on, I have no idea where I’m going.
20:48 It’s my first time riding this way, so I’m really excited! Alright! Now that I’ve had some water, let’s go! Earlier, I was talking about biking... What are your hobbies? The things you enjoy doing. What do you usually do on your days off?
21:49 Lately, on my days off, if the weather's bad, I cook at home. If the weather's bad on my days off, I go to the supermarket, buy ingredients, and cook at home. I make all sorts of dishes!
22:37 Lately, I’ve been making a lot of Japanese food, but I also make Italian food and Chinese food. Oh, and I like cooking, but my wife loves going to restaurants. So, we go to a restaurant about once a week. Recently, we went to a pizza restaurant.
23:28 We went to have Italian pizza. Oh! I see something interesting. There's a temple over there. There are lots of temples and shrines in Japan too.
24:13 There are lots of temples and shrines in Taiwan as well. Uh, the road splits into two. Which way should we go, left or right? Well, let's try going right. Right goes to Taipei. When I go for a walk, I usually use Google Maps, but
25:14 it’s a little dangerous and annoying to look at my phone while riding a bike, so I’m not using Google Maps right now. Well, since it’s my day off today, let’s go somewhere new!
25:59 This area is amazing! It’s all green. Both the right and left are green. Wow! Something interesting. Uh, there’s a bird over there. And that guy over there is taking pictures of the bird with a big camera.
26:46 He’s taking photos of the bird. Uh, wow, the guy who just passed by is fast too! His bike speed is fast! Well, I guess I’m just slow. I’m really trying hard to pedal my bike. But I’m slow.
27:41 Let’s talk about hobbies. Do any of you have any new hobbies lately? When I talk to people who are studying Japanese, they say things like, “I like watching anime,” or “I like traveling,” or “I like cooking,” and there are all sorts of answers.
28:31 How about you? Oh, traveling! Yeah, I have a lot of hobbies. Cycling, cooking, traveling... Yeah, I like traveling too! But I haven’t traveled much lately. The last time I traveled was probably in July last year.
29:28 In July last year, I went to Fukuoka in Japan. Do you know where Fukuoka is in Japan? Fukuoka is in Kyushu. The famous area in Fukuoka is Hakata.
30:17 I went to see a friend who lives in Fukuoka. Have you ever been to Kyushu? I've been to Kyushu three times. I really like it there. The food is great, there are hot springs, and it's just a really nice place.
31:11 Plus, the mountains are beautiful! How about the city you live in now? What's it known for? Ah, travel... I really want to travel soon. I want to travel soon.
32:02 If I go traveling, I want to go to a beautiful place. I want to go to a place with beautiful nature. I think it was about seven or eight years ago. I lived in Australia for one year. The town I lived in in Australia was so beautiful!
32:57 The mountains and the sea were so beautiful! So, I really want to go back to that town! Ah, speaking of beautiful places, this place is beautiful too! Let me show you guys. Can you see it? This place is amazing!
34:01 Do you guys like nature like this? Is there beautiful nature like this where you live? I've been thinking a lot about where I should go for an overseas trip lately.
34:57 Do you have any recommendations? Any countries you think I should visit? If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments! I want to know about the places you like or recommend! Have you ever been to Japan?
35:50 If you've been to Japan, where did you go? I think I’ll travel to Japan this year! I’m not sure when yet. But at least once this year, I’ll be going back to Japan.
36:41 I really want to film some videos in Japan soon. Taiwan is also beautiful. There are lots of amazing places here too. But I also really want to see my family soon. Oh! There’s a store here. Well, it’s closed right now though.
37:29 Let’s go a little further! This area is really peaceful! In Taipei, there are lots of cars and motorcycles, so it's pretty noisy. Well, there are a lot of interesting stores, but there are a lot of people, so I don’t like it that much.
38:17 But a place like this is nice. I like places like this, where there aren’t many cars or people. I like quiet places like this. When I want to go out on the weekend, Taipei’s downtown area is also really interesting. When you go out on weekends, do you go to big cities?
39:14 Or do you prefer going to places with mountains and rivers and beautiful nature? Can you hear that? I can hear birds chirping a little.
40:03 Right in front of us, there’s a beautiful mountain. Can you see it? The tallest mountain in Japan is Mt. Fuji. It’s 3,776 meters tall. What’s the tallest mountain in your country?
40:49 What’s the name of your country’s tallest mountain? Do you know how tall the tallest mountain in your country is? Actually, Taiwan has mountains taller than Mt. Fuji. There is a mountain about 4,000 meters high!
41:48 I want to climb one of those mountains, but I don’t have the gear. Do you like mountain climbing? I do easy hikes a lot. But I don’t really do serious mountain climbing. But someday, I want to climb Taiwan’s tallest mountain!
42:35 How about you? Do you like mountains? Do you want to try mountain climbing? Uh, right now I’m lost. I was just riding my bike randomly, so now I don’t know where I am. I’ll check Google Maps in a bit.
43:24 And I’ll probably just go back the same way I came. When’s your next day off? Is it next weekend? Or next Sunday? I hope you enjoy your next day off! Alright, l'll see you again in the next video!
44:12 Bye!
