These Buddah disciples were only created 50 years ago
Look he's got a camera
He's vlogging
What is going on Members of the Barrio it's Jon and were in Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan
And I have the coolest slippers on
We're filming at our Airbnb and let me tell you
I recommend not coming to Kyoto during Cherry Blossom if you want to save money
Because the Airbnb's were twice the price..of normal
But today we are going to be taking a tour of some of the major sites of Kyoto
With an experienced tour guide
Who I actually met through twitter
And we made a deal.. he's going to take us on his private tour
In exchange for us showing you what it would be like to actually have a tour guide
With a car driving you around
Before we go out
A very very quick tour
Of this Airbnb
I think this Airbnb is actually a lot larger than your normal apartment
In Japan
We have 2 seperate rooms
A kitchen area
Hi..
Hi guys
I think I have something in my eye
Their is always something going on with me
And real fast
Seperation of the bathroom
You have the toilet here and then we have a seperate shower
And bathtub here
I love it
Now that's what I call punctual
He's actually waiting outside 15 minutes early
I'm Jon
Hi, I'm Kosuke
Kosuke, yes
Nice to meet you
Hello i'm Kosuke, i'm working as a tour guide
And driver in Kyoto
I have many clients in Kyoto
Let's enjoy today
This is so nice for us
Because in Tokyo we had to take the subway everywhere and by the end of the day
We were exhausted
To have a private car guide
Makes our lives so much easier
So much more relaxing
Kyoto has 2,000 temples
And 400 shrines
In just Kyoto City
So many
We've arrived to the Fushimi Inari shrine which is probably
The most famous landmark in all of Kyoto
If not all of Japan
I was reading this is the most visited site in the country
At least in 2017
Every time you go to a shrine
You find this orange color
Orange..it's a symbol of the sun
Like Japanese flag
Can you imagine a Japanese flag
White flag, and inside a red one
It's also a symbol of the sun
We're going to throw the coin first
Their is a fortune teller
As you show your hand
To her
They're going to tell you your future
This is very common in Japan
People don't hesitate to pay money to them
Kosuke made an interesting point
He said that when he was in Junior high about 20 years ago
He used to come here running
It was practically empty
But after the U.S Film Memoirs of a Geisha
Came out a little over 10 years ago
This place has exploded in popularity
And you can see it
Because there's just tons and tons of people walking through here
But I think as we go further and further in
We're going to get some spots where we can take photos
And relax a little bit
Most the people are kind of hanging towards the front right now
This is Japanese
He wrote.. safety of family
And he wrote his home address to
To get good luck or to let god know where he's living
This is very common in Japan
One of the things i'm beginning to appreciate more and more about Japanese culture
Is how you go to every shrine
Every temple
There's always opportunities to ask for good luck
To write notes on a piece of paper
To ring a bell
It's really fasicinating to me
I think the one thing I'll always remember about this place
Is that instead of maybe..ancient writing.. it's actually company names on the left
Date it was built on the right
And i'm betting most people probably don't even realize it
70 years ago this Torri Gate was built
Sapporo company
I just heard a lady she heard us talking
And she was like
Oh my god they are all the sponsors
She was surprised to.
Actually you can not build high buildings in Kyoto's law
To keep Kyoto's traditional atmosphere
It makes us very comfortable
Not many Kyoto people leave Kyoto city
They are born here
And they live here forever
This is the kyoto people
After going to a very cool.. but very touristy location over here
We are going to what Kosuke said is a very secret temple
Coming up
This is a very local temple
Called Komyoui Temple
People come visit here
For meditation
It's very simple
You don't find any gorgeous stuff in a zen garden
Because people have to concentrate
During the meditation
Medidtation break on the tour
How was your meditation
I'm really bad guys
I was thinking like
Don't think, don't think, don't think
But I was thinking
They use this stick
And if you move a little you get hit
Bang
It's not painful at all
It's not sore
We just attempted to do an impromptu
Meditation
With the stones in front of you .. as he said before
Nothing to extravagant
For meditating
We took about one minute
Just to take a break from the tour
And.. it kind of worked a little bit
I liked it
Okay this is a map of the Golden Pavilion
It's founded in the 14th century
By a Shogun
Shogun's are the leader of samurais
He used this temple
As a residence
This temple used to be a residence
And after his death
It became the zen temple because he loved to have meditation
Admission is 400 yen.. about 4 U.S dollars
And it includes this really cool
Good luck talisman
Very nice
The Japanese government.. this is secret information
The Japanese government spent about 7 million dollars
To cover up all of the building here
In Gold. In Gold
Wow
Fun fact about Shogun Ashikga Yoshimutsu
He usually enjoyed boating on this pond
While drinking beer. champagne
Sake
In the 1300s
Guys now my favorite part of every trip
Lunch
Let's go
To eat some noodles
We're learning so much today
The big thing is
The shrines are for the Shinto Religion
The temples are for Buddhists
And you can tell it's a shinto shrine
Because they have a Torri gate
In front.. which you will not see
In front of a buddhist temple
Udon Noodles with Herring
I think you don't understand one thing about Japanese people
We eat the noodles.. we just make noises like this
That was impressive
When I was a kid my mom was like
Don't do that
Now it's okay
Yeah
I need to learn
I nee to learn chopsticks
I really do
I'm going to try the famous Udon noodles here.
Here we go
Mmm
Very good, very soft and I think I got the slurping down to
Look at this herring guys
Absolutely delicious
That herring was absolutely unbelievable.. and he also told me that I was the first foreigner he's had
Who has tried the herring
I don't know why people would be afraid of it
Right now we are heading to another temple
That he said
Is not very well known
I'm liking this tour so far
Because we're mixing in place thats are well known
But you have to see
And then this little hidden gems
That he thinks are worth taking us to
We are now in Otaginebutsuji Temple
Otaginebutsuji Temple
Which was founded in the 8th century
And it was located in the center of the city
They moved it here
On the top of the mountain
To preserve the statue of Kwanon
Which I'm going to show you later
The main hall of this building
And the head monks often come to visit here
To read the buddhism bible
This buddhist diety, Khanon this statue
Is over 700 years old
You don't find statues like this in other temples
Because this is a very modern style statue
Look guys they're pouring sake
Kosuke was saying that these buddah disciple statues are just 50 years old
They were created with some humor involved
We saw Buddah with sunglasses
With boxing gloves
With a camera
It's interesting
I think it's pretty unique
Not to take itself so seriously here
And it's a lot of fun to take photos of as well
That's to loud
His ability to park in reverse
Is maybe more impressive than his ability to be a tour guide
Yeah
Kosuke is taking us to our final stop
The Bamboo forest
Which is quite well known
Quite famous
I'm sure there's going to be plenty of people there
But.. it is going to be worth it
I'm sure
Because I've seen it in so many videos
And pictures already
Their are many bamboo's here
Since 1,000 years ago
This whole Arayishma area
Used to be property of the emperor
Not for the public people
Now everyone can go
The amazing thing about the bamboo is the route
Like this
One root
Connected
With all of the bamboo you see here
This route connects to everything
Everything
I never saw something like this before
They're really tall.. tall like you
Yeah they're like me
I feel like with my brothers
My dad.. he is 55 years old
Told me that
Their were no people here when he was a kid
But now there's so many.. Kyoto's changing
Kyoto is changing
He often was taking naps around here
Because their were no people here
Speaking of naps.. after a full day tour
Please come visit Kyoto
And I'd like to take you to many places.. at your request
And.. I'd like to take you to the secret temples
And shrines
Which only local people know
Please come visit Kyoto
Thank you so much
Thank you very much, Arigato Gosaymas
That full day tour with Kosuke was really, really awesome
I think more so than just history
He actually taught me a lot about Japanese culture and customs
Their are a lot of things I know now
That I didn't know
Before the tour started
I highly recommend you hit Kosuke up
If you do come to Kyoto
And you want something a little bit more private
If you don't want to walk around all day taking subways
We covered a ton of ground
In about.. 6 or 7 hours
Together
I definitley recommend him
And I recommend Kyoto of course
This place is a cultural gem
More than 1,000 temples and shrines
You will stay busy I gurantee it
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We've still got a ton more coming up
From Japan
Thank you so much for watching, until next time
I always wanted to buy a beer in a vending machine.