Japonais

Ben looks for a small family inn in Tokyo, a woman in the street shows him the way, and Kenta comes to the desk.

At the desk of the inn, Kenta asks Ben where he's from and whether he speaks Japanese, and one of his questions is much too fast for Ben.

Kenta shows Ben his room at the inn, a Japanese room with straw mats and a futon.

Ben's first morning in Japan, and breakfast at the inn, Japanese style.

Ben buys a rice ball and a bottle of water at the convenience store on the corner, meets the woman from the street in the queue, and needs Yui's help to open his rice ball.

Mrs. Sato is sweeping the step as Ben heads out for his first real day in Tokyo, and she wants to know where he's going.

Ben comes home hot and hungry, and Yui takes him for ramen at Mr. Mori's little shop on the corner.

Ben sets out alone for the station, and gets lost in the little streets of Asakusa.

It's raining, and Ben takes his phone to a little shop near the station, to get a SIM card.

Yui calls, as she promised, and she and Ben walk by the river at night.

Ben and Yui cross Tokyo by subway, with their bags, to catch the bullet train to Kyoto.

At the ticket window in Tokyo station, Yui makes Ben buy the bullet-train tickets to Kyoto himself, in Japanese.

Ben and Yui stop for a coffee in Tokyo station, lose track of the time, and have to run for the bullet train.

On the bullet train to Kyoto, Ben and Yui talk about their jobs, where they live, and where Ben will sleep tonight.

In Kyoto, Ben finds a room at an old wooden guesthouse by the river, run by Mrs. Ishida, and that evening he tells Yui all about it on the phone.

Yui has the afternoon off and takes Ben to Nishiki market, a long covered street of food stalls where everyone wants him to taste something.

Yui takes Ben home to Sunday lunch with her parents and her little brother, and Ben brings the pickles from the market.

Over tea and strawberries, Yui's family asks Ben about his own family, and her little brother Sota, who hasn't said a word all day, asks the questions you're not supposed to ask.

The morning after lunch at Yui's parents', Ben wakes up with a bad cold.

It's raining in Kyoto, so Ben and Yui spend the afternoon in an old tea house, talking about what they like.

The rain has stopped, and over breakfast near the station Ben tells Yui he wants to see the sea at Kamakura.

On his first morning in Kamakura, a surfing teacher called Riku offers Ben a lesson.

That Saturday evening, Ben has dinner with Riku and two friends from the beach at a little restaurant by the station.

On Sunday morning, Ben looks for a present for Yui in Kamakura's old shopping street, and a hat for himself next door.

On Monday morning on the beach, Riku wants to hear all about Ben's Sunday on the island of Enoshima, and asks one question Ben can't answer.

On Wednesday evening Yui calls from Kyoto with news about Saturday, but the line is bad.

It's Ben's birthday.

The morning after Ben's birthday, Riku asks what comes next.

On Tuesday Ben returns to the Hanaya for the night before his flight.

On Wednesday morning Yui and Kenta walk Ben to the airport train.