Video Title: Discover “Oishii” in OITA

Introduction

A journey to discover “Oishii = Delicious" in Oita.
Please enjoy this wonderful journey to Oita in winter, a season of cold weather, and taste the seasonal flavors that can only be encountered at that time and place.

Explanation of video clips:
Kyushu is picked out on a map of Japan.
Next, the map of Kyushu is enlarged to show the location of Oita Prefecture.

Beppu Yukemuri-dori St.

Explanation of video clips:
Steam rising, with mountains in the background.
The two female travelers walk along a street where steam is rising.

Kannawa Butaman Hompo

Explanation of video clips:
Six Butaman steamed buns in a wooden steamer.
The two female travelers pick up the Butaman buns they’ve bought, watched over a female Butaman shop employee.
The two female travelers, eating Butaman buns, walk along a street where steam is rising.

Kannawa Ashimushi

Explanation of video clips:
A wooden sign reads “Ashimushi (Foot steam bath)”.
One of the female travelers sits in a chair and puts her feet into a steaming hole.
One of the female travelers closes her eyes in apparent enjoyment.
One of the female travelers, with a relaxed air, inhales slowly while steaming her feet.

Takegawara Onsen

Explanation of video clips:
One of the female travelers walks towards the interior of an old wooden building.
One of the female travelers opens a latticed door hung with a noren curtain that reads “Takegawara Onsen”.
Three utensils made of wood or bamboo have been placed in the interior, where steam is rising.
One of the female travelers, wearing a yukata robe, steps through a noren curtain that reads “Women”.
One of the female travelers, wreathed in steam.
One of the female travelers is lying, facing upward, on sand warmed by spa water.
Female employees of Takegawara Onsen use the utensils to cover the female traveler with sand.
Female employees use their hands to scrape sand together and push it onto the female traveler.
Female employees use their hands to smooth the sand that completely covers the female traveler’s body.
One of the female travelers closes her eyes in apparent enjoyment.

Jigoku Steam Workshop Kannawa

Explanation of video clips:
A wooden sign reads “Jigoku Steam Workshop Kannawa”.
Two female travelers, carrying ingredients, walk up to the workshop, where steam is rising.
A female traveler places the ingredients into a wooden steamer.
A female traveler smiles, looking at the steamed ingredients.
Seafood ingredients, like fish and shellfish, steamed and ready.
The two female travelers sit at a table, putting their hands together.
One of the female travelers eats a shrimp and is surprised.
The other female traveler eats some renkon (lotus root) and nods, with a smile.

Hikida Farm

Explanation of video clips:
The two female travelers approach, walking along a road.
A large image of strawberries, starting to turn red.
One of the female travelers walks along the aisle of a vinyl greenhouse where the strawberries are fruiting.
The hand of one of the female travelers, plucking a strawberry.
One of the female travelers, in the vinyl greenhouse, is eating a strawberry she just picked.
The other female traveler is also eating a strawberry and nodding, with a smile.
The two female travelers chat with a male employee of Hikida Farm.
Reddened strawberries in the cupped hands of a male employee of Hikida Farm.

KIRAKU-AN

Explanation of video clips:
The two female travelers walk towards the entrance of a wooden building.
A male cook of Kiraku-An is filleting fugu (pufferfish).
Thinly-sliced fugu.
Thinly-sliced fugu sashimi, placed on a plate.
A male cook is splitting oysters.
The hands of a male cook splitting oysters.
Oysters, filled with plump flesh.
A ranma frame (calligraphy frame) with the feel of history.
The proprietress-to-be of Kiraku-An receives a plate from a female employee.
The proprietress-to-be explains the food to the two female travelers.
The proprietress-to-be, looking down at her hands.
Fugu meat is placed into a pot on the table that already contains dashi stock and shiitake mushrooms.
Fugu sashimi arranged on a plate. Yakumi condiment on the sashimi.
Two oysters, arranged on a plate.
The hand of one female traveler using chopsticks to lift an oyster off its shell.
One of the female travelers is eating and smiling.
The other female traveler is also eating, with her eyes closed in satisfaction.

YANMAR Co., Ltd.

Explanation of video clips:
Aerial view looking down on the Kunisaki Oysters oyster farm.
Clear seawater.
Yanmar Co., Ltd., Motoichi Kato speaks.
“These “Kunisaki Oysters have shells with a nice shape, beautiful meat, perfect size, and a wealth of minerals from the ocean water. So I am sure that all of you will enjoy them. You can enjoy them with a variety of alcohol, including wine or sake.”
Video clips play as Mr. Kato speaks.

Explanation of video clips:
Mr. Kato looks into the distance.
Mr. Kato walks on the tideland, towards the oyster farm.
Mr. Kato looks into a breeding basket.
There are many oysters in the breeding basket.
Mr. Kato looks at the state of the oysters in the breeding basket.
Mr. Kato’s hands as he splits an oyster.
Oysters, filled with plump flesh.
Aerial view looking down on the Kunisaki Oysters oyster farm, where the orange light of the sun is reflected.
Mr. Kato talks, with the oyster farm in the background.

Farm Stay "Wind of the sky, Hirara"

Explanation of video clips:
Cooked rice, vibrating in a rice cake-making machine.
Hands wrapping anko sweet bean paste in mochi rice.
The two female travelers and three women from the farm stay are wrapping anko sweet bean paste in mochi rice.
Video clips play with the caption "Wind of the sky, Hirara" as Hiroaki Aso speaks.
“Rice, soybeans, adzuki beans, pears, persimmons, kiwis, daikon, wild boar, deer, etc. at our farm stay, we insist on providing food that we raised or caught ourselves.”
Video clips play as Mr. Aso speaks.

Explanation of video clips:
A chunky stew, with taro root and carrots.
Soup, containing mochi stretched thin, is made in a big pot.
A hand garnishes the soup, which has been served into a bowl, with finely-cut green onion.
Foods of many varied colors are arrayed on the table.
Meat cooking on a metal mesh.
Mr. Aso says, “We want to share the unspoiled landscape of Japan’s farms. Also, we want foreigners to know the appeal of Japanese food.”
Video clips play as Mr. Aso speaks.
The two female travelers, and Mr. and Mrs. Aso of the farm stay, sit around the table, putting their hands together.
One of the female travelers nods while eating rice.
The other female traveler is eating meat from the bone and makes a surprised face.
Mrs. Aso is explaining the meal.
The two female travelers and Mrs. Aso talk while eating rice.
Mrs. Aso talks to the two female travelers.
The two female travelers nod while smiling and eat rice.
Mr. Aso is talking.

Explanation of video clips:
The feet of the two female travelers and Mr. and Mrs. Aso, walking over fallen leaves.
The two female travelers and Mr. and Mrs. Aso, strolling in the back yard.
Mr. Aso explains the area to the two female travelers.
The two female travelers look up at the trees.

Explanation of video clips:
At the end of their stay, the two female travelers shake hands with Mr. and Mrs. Aso in front of their home as they say goodbye.
The two female travelers look back and wave.
Mr. and Mrs. Aso wave back, expansively.

National Treasure Usuki Stone Buddhas (Usuki Sekibutsu)

Explanation of video clips:
The two female travelers pass next to a stone monument which says “Usuki Stone Buddhas”.
The two female travelers approach, climbing a sloping path.
A Buddha image, carved from stone.
The two female travelers walk in front of Buddha images.
An incense stick is scorched in a candle flame.
The two female travelers put their hands together.

Nakano Shuzo Co., Ltd.

Explanation of video clips:
An old wooden building.
A noren curtain with a picture of a woman and four kanji characters for “Chiebijin”.
A male employee of Nakano Shuzo guides the two female travelers around the interior of the sake brewery.
A male employee of Nakano Shuzo shows the two female travelers illustrations of the brewing process.
A picture illustrating the working process of the historic old Japanese method.
Kocha Umeshu pouring into a glass.
One of the female travelers drinks Kocha Umeshu and is surprised.
The other female traveler also drinks Kocha Umeshu, and smiles, enjoying the taste.

Nakano Shuzo Co., Ltd., Seizou Nakano speaks.
“My company was founded in 1874. I am the 5th-generation owner, and the new owner will be the 6th./ I always make sake with the gratitude that this mother water drawn from 220m (656ft) below the ground is a gift from my ancestors. I would be delighted if the people who drink this sake know that those who made it put their hearts into the process.”
Video clips play as Mr. Kato speaks.

Explanation of video clips:
Mr. Nakano is talking.
Water welling up in a stone container.
The underside of a roof made with old, historic techniques.
A green sugitama (cedar leaves gathered together and shaped into a ball).
A male employee washing a container with hot water.
A male employee mixing sake in a tank.
The tank cover is opened to show clear sake inside.
Clear sake, accumulating slowly.
A male employee checks the scent of the sake.
Mr. Nakano is talking.

Oita Shoyu Cooperative

Explanation of video clips:
The two female travelers walk with a male and a female employee of Oita Shoyu Cooperative towards a giant wooden barrel.
Looking up at the giant wooden barrel.
A male employee of Oita Shoyu Cooperative explains to the two female travelers.

Kotegawa Shoten

Explanation of video clips:
The two female travelers walk along an old Japanese street.
A wooden sign reads “Kotegawa Shoten”.
A female employee of Kotegawa Shoten explains shoyu (soy sauce) to the two female travelers.
A female employee talks while holding shoyu.
The two female travelers listen to the female employee.

Fundokin Shoyu Co., Ltd.

Explanation of video clips:
Sunlight reflects on the surface of the river.
The two female travelers walk next to a river, with a view of the Fundokin Shoyu Co., Ltd. factory.
The two female travelers walk along the riverside.

Video Title: Discover “Oishii” in OITA

Explanation of video clips:
In a widening view of the town, the sea in the distance is lit by sunlight that breaks through a gap in the clouds.
The ‘Discover "Oishii" in OITA’ logo appears on the left of the screen.

Special Thanks: Takegawara Onsen, Jihoku Steam Workshop Kannawa, Hikida Farm, KIRAKU-AN,
YANMAR Co., Ltd., Farm Stay "Wind of the sky, Hirara", National Treasure Usuki Stone Buddhas (Usuki Sekibutsu), Nakano Shuzo Co., Ltd., Oita Shoyu Cooperative, Kotegawa Shoten, Fundokin Shoyu Co., Ltd.
Cast: Ruby Young, Yasmine Elwageeh
Planning and production: TAM Inc., TAMSAN Pte. Ltd., HOOZUKISHA, MUESUM, Kyoko Kataoka

Explanation of video clips:
Deep blue and light blue ANA logo mark
The pink Airbnb logo mark
The Airbnb name and logo are registered trademarks of Airbnb Inc.

Explanation of video clips:
Oita logo mark
Mascot character in the shaped of a wooden bucket emitting steam that forms the letter OITA
Oita is Japan's best hot spring spot, Onsen mark, Full of flavors