Sakhalin Island, Russia on $200. Seafood, Skiing and Sushi @Russia: Tips, Tricks & Travel

In this episode of Russia: Tips, Tricks & Travel Tim goes to the little known yet massive Russian island that used to be (partially) part of the Japanese Empire. Tim Kirby starts his journey downtown next to one of the most regular “guests” on our program Vladimir Lenin. From there he went to the amazing Japanese-styled Sakhalin Regional Museum. History sure makes a guy hungry, so on his way to the region’s first and oldest Japanese restaurant Tim stops by the Anton Pavlovich Chekhov memorial to pay his respects to a major player in the island’s history. At the restaurant Tim speaks with its founder and philanthropist Yutaka Miyanisi who shows our host the proper way to do sushi. One hint, it does not include mayo, not even spicy mayo! From there Tim decides that he should share the island’s amazing seafood with his family and stocks up at the Central Market (“Успех”/”Uspekh”) with all sorts of fish, crab and caviar. From there Tim drops his stuff at the Japanese built and inspired Santa Resort Hotel to see how hotel rooms made for the Land of the Rising Sun fare in Russia. After teaching the robot Japanese toilet who is boss Tim heads out to the ski slopes of the Gorny Vosdukh Ski Resort. Thankfully our hero survives the trip down the snowy routes and heads out to the Harat’s Pub downtown to meet up with a fan after it gets dark. Next Tim has to track down said fan and does so using the old railway still built to Japanese Imperial standards. He then gets exclusive access to the port in Korsakov. From there Tim sneaks into the boat graveyard, you’ll see whether the guard dogs bit him or not jumping over the fence. ℹ️ https://www.rbth.com ____________________________________ Special Thanks to: ℹ️ BASK (Host’s Winter Wear) - https://bit.ly/2jfUyJu ℹ️ Sakhalin Regional Museum - https://bit.ly/2zDRXkq ℹ️ Furusato Restaurant - https://bit.ly/2qAiLOh ℹ️ Santa Resort Hotel - https://bit.ly/2RHyxlZ ℹ️ “Gorny Vozdukh” Ski Resort - https://bit.ly/2JRrm7T ℹ️ Harat’s Pub (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - https://bit.ly/2zG5RlV ℹ️ RZD Russian Railways - https://bit.ly/2xpgWIQ ℹ️ Корсаковский морской торговый порт - https://bit.ly/2qCHaD1