Japan's "Samurai City" is a short and scenic train trip from Tokyo's TOBU Asakusa Station. This place of warriors, Japanese sake and good food is called Aizu Wakamatsu located in west Fukushima. It's the focus of my cringe-worthy spy story filled with deception and total mayhem.

Aizu Wakamatsu is famous for NAGINATA, a martial art using a weapon of long sticks with blades! That's why I'm here ー to learn a new skill from a bunch of old ladies who are vicious with their Naginata. I should say ー deadly!

Adding Naginata to my repertoire of deadly assault moves is my challenge but "the Agent" from the Underworld is in my way.
At every turn, the Agent is there to try and harm me.
Brainwashing. Poison. Pure evil. That's the Agent's game.
Thankfully I have Wakamattsun - a 30 centimeter samurai and area mascot on my side to help me out of tough spots, and I seem to get in tough spots a lot.

PS: THE ENDING is epic. Meet the mastermind himself.

WHERE IS AIZU WAKAMATSU (会津若松) ?
https://goo.gl/maps/4jXAFfav64x
It's a scenic 4 hour train ride from Tokyo's Asakusa TOBU Station to Aizu Wakamatsu Station.

Here is my exact itinerary:
▶︎ DEPART 08:00 - KINU EXPRESS to Kinugawa Onsen
▶︎ CHANGE 10:00 at Kinugawa Onsen - AIZU MOUNT EXPRESS
▶︎ ARRIVE 12:01 Aizu Wakamatsu Station

LINKS:
★ Tsuruga (Aizu Wakamatsu) Castle 鶴ケ城・武徳殿
http://www.tsurugajo.com/park/
★ Hanaharu Japanese Sake Brewery | 花春酒造
http://www.hanaharu.co.jp
★ Medetaiya Ramen | めでたいや
http://www.medetaiya.co.jp/med etaiya/index.html
★ Visit Aizu
https://aizuwakamatsu.mylocal.jp/trip/ja/

See more AIZU WAKAMATSU with Simon & Martina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtbZFzWvTIo&list=PLWQq9lbJ29_2JxsmqKe0B6UTAa4o2FY3T

▷ Location photos from this show on Instagram
http://instagram.com/onlyinjapantv

◆ Special Thank You to Peter von Gomm ◆
The man, the voice, the legend has a new YouTube channel:
▶︎ https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCVxvUCGUwLrAwH9_3

SUBTITLES -- for this video :) all videos on ONLY in JAPAN are translated by viewers in the community (THANK YOU!)
http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=TqKb-UnDfvs

Music Credits:
Spy And Die - OurMusicBox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uHnNt-Y9M8 http://OurMusicBox.com

Ghosts in the Key of Vienna - TeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9IzTL686I

Cool Vibes - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/r....oyalty-free/index.ht Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Hitman by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300013 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Assasins by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

This show has been created and produced by John Daub ジョン・ドーブ He's been living and working in Japan for over 19 years and regularly reports on TV for Japan's International Channel.