VLOG – Bookstore Hopping in Taipei
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good morning
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Today is the second day
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The second day is also sunny!
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This is the second part of this Taiwan VLOG!
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Today is the second day of the program.
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I'm actually going to be exhibiting at a magazine library called BOVEN.
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Also, I've been going around to some bookstores I've been interested in and things like that.
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I have a friend who is an illustrator in Taiwan.
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I was wondering if I could give you a tour of his room.
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I'm going out for a bit today.
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Yes, I'm carrying all my stuff today.
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I was torn between this one and the Montbell backpack.
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I also brought my suitcase, so this is what I'm coming with.
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And this one is pretty big, too.
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It's in the form of a bag, so you can fit quite a bit in there, surprisingly.
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It looks so rough and pretty.
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The inside is panned like this.
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Well, the different baggage is the lighting and
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Also, like, maybe I'll bring a light stand like this or something.
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I guess that's how it is.
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It could be a notebook.
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And some souvenirs.
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Like the CIO items I bought for Mr. Jompi.
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And I hear it's hard to get them in Japan, too.
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gummy
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I will bring a few books on tobalog paper.
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Here's what the equipment looks like today
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camera
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Like a backpack.
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Here we are at the Matsuyama Cultural Zone.
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This place is kind of a hotel in itself.
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There's a bookstore in here called Seihin Bookstore.
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That's something really big there.
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When I come to Taiwan, I will definitely come to this bookstore.
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It's like Tsutaya in Japan.
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That's where they have a bookstore that is open 24 hours a day.
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This is definitely a place I'd like to come back to.
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When you come to Taiwan
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Other than that, it's super stylish.
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around here, and so on
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It's like this.
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What is that building?
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I like it.
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There are quite a few places like this.
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Japan has been rather gung-ho about rebuilding buildings.
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It looks like prefab.
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Something about concrete again.
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I have the impression we're going to make it that way.
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It seems that Taiwanese people are not allowed to tear down old buildings.
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This kind of building is still there.
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I'm about to do an interview, so I'm a little pressed for time.
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I don't get to see too many bookstores or anything like that.
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Before that, I'd like to know what the preview is like.
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The former tobacco factory has been slightly renovated.
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So you're making it like this kind of cultural area.
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absolutely beautiful
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amazing (e.g. of strength)
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A little pond
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Along with a sign asking people not to swim.
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Carp swimming.
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Japanese colonial period during the war.
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It looks like a place where they used to repair these machines and stuff like that.
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Here's another rubber tree.
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very big
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I don't know if the rubber tree at home grows this big.
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in places like this
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Taiwan is hot in direct sunlight, but
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There are so many spots like this.
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Lots of people relaxing outside.
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cute
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very (excessively) spacious
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I heard that these buildings were originally tobacco factories.
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The whole place is a store.
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Something a little small.
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It sounds like there's quite a bit of that kind of thing in there.
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It's great, but...
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I don't have time to go around right now.
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Too wide.
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This is what the inside of the building looks like
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It's like one shelf is one brand.
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There are many places
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It was a lot more spacious than I had imagined.
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It's kind of hard to say if I'm going to glance at it lightly.
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I'll come back a little later.
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I think I can come back tomorrow just in time.
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Maybe tomorrow or something.
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The city government is pretty close to this area.
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There's Taipei 101 there.
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Rather, around the city government here, too.
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It's a pretty fun place to shop and stuff.
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We'll go to that area, take a little walk.
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Maybe it would be great fun to go out this way.
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A little hot.
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It's hot. Call a cab.
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In the meantime, I'll take an Uber to get there.
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Taiwan has both common-like vehicles and cabs.
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Basically, there's no rip-off or anything like that at all.
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You can easily do it with this online payment.
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I'm running around here with a bang.
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It usually takes about 1 or 2 minutes to confirm the allocation of a car.
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hot (weather, etc.)
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Well, I'm glad it was sunny again today.
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It's hard to walk around town when it's raining.
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We are now in the Nanko area.
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There is a Lalaport over there.
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Is it a place like that, like Minato Mirai?
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Not even Minami Funabashi.
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There is a Lalaport and it goes south.
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Not even Minami Funabashi, like Minato Mirai.
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The illustrator you're about to meet...
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He's an illustrator named Jompi.
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A few years ago, I was in a magazine called Autumn Swordfish.
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I'm just saying that I can speak Japanese.
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We hit it off from there and became friends.
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It's like I used to look at illustrations and stuff like that.
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Recently collaborated with Nicoando's.
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I mean, they put out T-shirts and stuff.
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He's an illustrator who does all kinds of that stuff.
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How are you?
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I am now going to show you the contents of Mr. Jompi's bag.
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First of all, rice.
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What do you like?
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It's a very healthy restaurant.
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Mr. Sada is here, too.
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I got lost and didn't know where I was.
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CIO's (chargers)
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Okay, look.
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It's not Taiwan.
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There is an anchor, but...
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No CIO.
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Tobalog Books
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new
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new
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I'm going to do a pop-up on BOVEN for that one.
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Wow, you have something really nice!
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what is this?
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There's a ruler in there too.
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Is this from Taiwan?
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cute
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The Scar Layer.
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multi-tool
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Mushroom burger.
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Mr. Johnpy will drive you to take you there.
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Shopping is easy.
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LaLaport (shopping center in Tokyo)
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Taiwanese illustrator John Pi's
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3 types with 2 faces
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Desk area is simple
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After all, when drawing illustrations, this is the way to go.
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bye-bye
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therefore
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I came to boven.
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What a tobalog book from November here!
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How can I use it?
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I'd like to hear some of those things.
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AND premiums or pens.
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Collaborate with those Japanese magazines.
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They seem to be having some events here.
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The truth is that the main library is the one below at first.
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He said this place was added later as a kind of café.
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I've had Tobalog on my blog before to introduce me to something like this.
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The owner, Mr. Spencer, who is the owner of the company.
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In that vein, this is how it went down this time.
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where we are allowed to hold events in the space.
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I'd like to show you a glimpse of what it looks like this time.
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Magazine library at NT$300 per day.
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They say you can sign a contract for 10,000 yuan per year.
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It's more like a run of shared lounges.
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Here's what the people who sign up here look like.
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They say you can read as many books here as you want.
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Great selection of books!
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There's a lot of stuff lined up here that I personally would love to dip into.
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It could be this kind of creative stuff.
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Some of them are technology-like.
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I love this kind of atmosphere so much.
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I have a lot of Japanese stuff.
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Korea B Magazine
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And foreign magazines.
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Magazines on the shelves are arranged by genre and by country.
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This shelf looks like someone who designs and makes books.
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Many culinary books are also available as restaurant owners and others go there.
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I would like to see one of these near my home: ......!
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It's a lot of fun.
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inspiration
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inspiration
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Eh! You already have them for sale?
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happy
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This is how Tobalog books are sold.
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I'm impressed! You even wrote a proper introduction.
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thankful
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happy
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Very cool when covered.
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You can also browse around.
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If you live in Taiwan...
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They are available for purchase here
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They put it right in a place called New Arrival.
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cute
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I like this kind of style.
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It looks Taiwanese.
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such
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There is autumn swordfish.
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The previous editor-in-chief of Autumn Fishes also let me take a picture of the contents of his bag.
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Yunosuke's painting.
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It's so stylish when it's like this.
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I wonder if Yunosuke painted this one too.
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I wonder if he actually came and painted it.
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FAR COAST！
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Yunosuke's room tour is also available.
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Yunosuke's illustrations and such.
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It goes like this.
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They're putting out these collaboration goods and stuff like that.
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FAR COAST is also available for sale!
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cute
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Tobalog_Paper will be exhibited here.
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Coordinate dates and venue usage with ......!
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as if to say
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I talked to Spencer from boven about a lot of things.
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We are going to work out the contents of the exhibition from now on.
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We would like to do pop-ups in Taiwan as well.
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I'm really looking forward to it!
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Lots to do
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PACKUP I want it to be freshly opened.
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I was just walking around town and I saw a nice backpack or something.
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I found a store that sells gadgets.
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I feel like they're all gadgety.
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X-Pack Backpacks.
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X-packs would be nice.
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strong-looking
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No way, it's like VR-like 3D glasses.
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Here's something I think Sada-san would like.
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Mr. Jompi, isn't this it?
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alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
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I've heard of alpacas.
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This is probably sold overseas.
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I know people who use them.
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I would love to have one that Jompi is using.
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I see you using it.
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This is great too.
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I don't know what I'd use it for, but I'd be curious to know.
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sense of materiality
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Because this is attached here.
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So you're saying you can use it as is on the shoulder.
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I'm a little curious about this one.
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something like this
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Jompi recommends moon Book Store!
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Art, photography, that kind of thing.
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He said that there are a lot of them.
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I was trying to eat a small basket.
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Din Tai Fung was so crowded.
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Crispy Roulade Rice
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Sada-san's recommendation.
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More than these things.
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It's crowded in that kind of place.
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I think Golden Sanmugi (beer bar) is also very crowded.
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Crispy Roulade Rice
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Do you have any coke?
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Spacious! It was bigger than I thought it would be.
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Stores in Tainan
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Chinese is the last word.
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second only to English.
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Readable without text on the menu.
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I guess this is it.
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Clam, garlic.
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I'm getting a vibe from this.
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Is this different?
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Oysters or this.
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This is the one that's fried.
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Maybe it's a hot-spring, and then it's this way.
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I don't see the difference between a kawayu and a yuzu.
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Maybe this one is soulless.
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I see
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Rouleau rice.
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Tangential GR came out of the w
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We have an Alpha 7IV over here, but we also have a GR.
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I thought it was either clams or oysters, but it was oysters.
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Because oysters are delicious too.
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delicious
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make someone eat something by dint of its broth
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It's color-sprayed w
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Like chocolate.
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chocolate-dipped
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sweet
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Tea presso-like
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Eason, a friend of mine for over 10 years
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He loves Japan and comes to Japan about three times a year.
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Shaoranpao (xiǎolóngbāo)
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Ichima Bookstore: At-home independent bookstore with hostel and café
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Impression of many cultural book selections, mainly Taiwanese books
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I bought a map of Taiwan for my child!
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Next is a bookstore called FOR DING PON DING
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Tomo Ding: Independent bookstore with a very sharp selection of zines.
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It was introduced in POPEYE a long time ago and I was curious about it.
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Yes, so this time it was a bullet.
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I got to see a lot of things on my trip to Taiwan!
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This time, it is more like sightseeing.
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I wonder what's popular in Taiwan right now.
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A little more cultural
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Like, what's it like?
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No, it's powerful.
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I was pretty impressed with this place and others like it.
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It used to be a tobacco factory.
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And beer breweries and that kind of thing.
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There's quite a movement to make it a place to promote Taiwanese culture.
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I got the impression that it was much more active than when I was here before.
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And in fact, this time, the illustrator, Jompi, is the one who did the illustrations.
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I asked what's popular in Taiwan right now.
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He was talking about how those kinds of things are becoming quite popular.
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When you actually come to a place like this, it's really like Comiket or something.
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It could be a personal creation or a small brand.
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The style is like an individual communicating his/her thoughts there.
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That's what was so impressive.
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In Japan, that kind of place is rather common.
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The rest are different, touristy places.
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I sometimes feel a little underwhelmed.
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In Taiwan and other places, you can buy bottles that you don't see a lot of individual bottles.
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Taiwanese textile people don't wear very beautiful, flashy clothes with beautiful colors.
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I was trying to brighten things up a bit with textiles.
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That part is pretty impressive.
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In Japan, it's rather ......
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Great. Suddenly there's an old man playing harmonica (laughs).
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In Japan, it's more like e-commerce sites and Instagram.
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I was under the impression that we would start with a small pop-up first.
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I think that was the most impressive part.
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It's not like a quiet boom one way or the other.
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Mainstream, that kind of thing.
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It's really just a couple of nights and three days, so I'll just say what I felt.
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I don't really know what's really going on.
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That's a vibrant area, and for people who are doing personal creations and so on.
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So, this was Tobalog's 3-day/2-night VLOG!
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If you like it, please subscribe to our channel!
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I will be doing a pop-up at boven on Saturday, November 8 from 12:00 pm until November 28!
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On November 8, we will have a talk event with Eva, the editor-in-chief of the Taiwanese zine "Akitohi"!
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So see you in the next video.
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This was a tovarog.
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