in this video I'm gonna show you some
unique spots in and around the Tokyo
Kanto area so we're gonna switch it up a
bit in this one and I'm taking you on a
journey all throughout Tokyo the Kanto
region like Kanagawa Saitama Chiba Plaza
even a visit to Fukushima thanks to the
Kanto transportation Bureau for helping
me out on this one
I'm definitely gonna hit up some local
favorites and then we're gonna go off
the tracks to some spots that many
travelers don't know about that said
buckle up strap in because this is gonna
be a bullet train like adventures
through the Kanto region and it's only
fitting that we start in Tokyo at my
home station shabooya shabooya scramble
square so if you're looking for a
spectacular view in Tokyo that you don't
need to go further than shibuya scramble
square it's actually one of the newest
buildings in Tokyo and it has an amazing
view I'm so excited for this let me show
you right now let's go all right so I
got my ticket let's go to the top
shibuya sky is perched on the 47th floor
of this newly built shibuya scramble
square building where you can enjoy at
230 meters up a 360-degree panoramic
view of all of Tokyo wow what an amazing
view we're not even at the top right now
and it's just a so crystal clear from up
here you can actually walk around this
entire place it has these huge glass
window panes
see the entire city it's quite amazing
because I live in Shibuya and I know all
the little different parts that I go to
it's nice to see everything from a
bird's eye view it's just such an
amazing experience and if you want to
get your drinky drink on then you can
come here and order drinks and you bring
your drinky drink and sit here their
seats all along here and you can check
out the view and just right in front of
you all right we're on top of the world
look at this all of Tokyo behind me this
is such an awesome view check it out oh
like my heart is kind of beating a
little bit of ass how high we are right
now my breath has been taken oh and for
those of you looking to catch an eye
view Shibuya sky is open till 11 p.m.
team lab borderless team lab is a
world's first digital Art Museum and
it's located at Pallet Town in Odaiba so
we're back with a fan favorite we've
been here before but I had to show you
guys again one of the things you'll find
about team lab borderless is that they
have a whole bunch of hidden rooms so
you have to go and wander around and
each room is quite different as you can
see from this room the thing is you
might not actually find some of the
rooms so you have to go and explore and
wander around that's kind of the beauty
of this place - one to one design side
kind of looks like a museum but it's
actually not you can see a lot of
different designs that they've come up
with so let me show you around this
place because it's pretty cool located
Midtown in Roppongi this site was
created by a group of collaborators
including Issei Miyake as a hub to
promote Japanese design culture named
two-on-two one with intention that it
would be a venue which offers vision
beyond 2020 to see what's ahead wow it's
so interesting to see all these
different designs in the district
all made by Japanese designers in the
Attic have a description for all of them
so you can see how they made every
single one of these pieces and check out
these a little mini chairs traveling at
just south of Tokyo we're now hitting up
kanagawa prefecture and first things
first we're checking at the beachside
area of Enoshima a small islet of the
Shonan coast about 4 kilometers in
circumference and my summer go-to spot
for many years bends i-10 nakamise a
dhoti if you're coming to n Ashima then
you're definitely gonna have to check
out in Oshima shrine and this a shopping
area right behind me this street is
filled with souvenir shops and
restaurants but like my teacher always
said you do you actually she never said
that but I'm gonna do it anyway street
food this particular man who stopped has
more than 200 years of history
perfecting their craft and what better
way to start our scent then it gets them
traditional street food alright now that
I'm all carved up time to make that
climb up to the shrine just a small walk
away from the shrine area you can walk
around the island enjoy the ocean breeze
and even watch the sailboats but if you
come this far I definitely recommend
this next Enoshima hitter area is known
for its fish this bow comes with a
healthy serving of cooked shirasu
Rashida's salmon salmon roe Sakura
shrimp and my favorite Maggi Toto Sochi
Rasul is usually served cooked but
during a limited time in the winter they
serve fresh frosty vessel it also comes
with a ride but I changed it to a half
cooked egg called
onsen tamago
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that is so good egg makers super creamy
we're like the buttery negitoro on top
of the nicely cooked rice I think I even
got like some pieces of salmon roe in
there some he could have I just love how
like that saltiness just pops so this
one is the foil that showed us it and
see that it's white because it's been
boiled already right there we're being
such a little fishy taste of all of the
flavor in there when it's compared to
Russia does ooh you can see just a
little dish it has a how do you say a
more fluid 2 cup noodles museum so if
you're in Yokohama you're definitely
gonna have to check out that cup noodles
Museum let's go inside look at all of
this wrong and behind me all the way
from 1958 when it was first created till
now cup noodles museum is not just a
museum for all ramen noodles but a place
where you can experience making your
very own customized cup noodles and
today I'm feeling carnivorous alright
now it's time to fill up the Robin cup
oh and I strongly recommend getting it
taken in advance since it often sells
out especially on weekends
so basically you can choose all the
different ingredients at this time I
chose all meat I've never had one with
all meat all right so I'd like to keep
my goals ahead of me but maybe by the
time you watch this we've already
reached it either way thank you again
for subscribing and being a part of this
channel all right check it out I got my
finished cup of noodles it's a meat
lover's paradise all meat all
ingredients all the time now I got my
meal let me take you to the next one no
gay
we're in Yokohama's I know Gay Street
right now and this place is known to
have a bunch of little bars that you can
come to at night and in fact it's a
great bar hopping location if you're
really really looking for it so let me
show you around
so yes Yokohama is known for its glitzy
new entertainment area like me not the
Mirai but on the other side of psycho
taquito station there's a hidden
drinking alley that many locals and
seller men alike love to frequent all
right so there's a lot of bars in this
area as you guys can see walking through
but this one is actually pretty cool
because it has kind of that like
old-school nostalgic vibe there's just a
lot of difference like they don't kind
of empty it's like memorabilia from
Japan that you can sit and enjoy like an
ice-cold beer like this now let's head
up north decide tomorrow
so he made it this item I wanted to show
you some cool spots in this area as well
and just because I can I'm gonna ride a
bike to the next spot told you we were
going off the tracks on this one wow
this is amazing
it's pretty nice that they have these
bike rental places all over sight them
up makes it super easy to just get
around Omiya Hikaru shrine so this is
the main Hikawa shrine out of 280 Iike a
shrine spread across the Kanto region
and it has a twenty-four hundred year
history in fact the shrine is so special
that the surrounding area was named
after it Oh Mia which means great shrine
and with a backdrop of a giant 500 year
old trees it's a perfect setting for
those of you who love shrines kala GUI
ku mana shrine so I wanted to quickly
show you guys a kimono shrine and kimono
shrines are marked by this row behind me
Row is unique as you can see that it has
three legs and the legs actually
represent the sky earth and the people
and the story behind the crow is that it
actually approached the Emperor and told
the Emperor to come and create this land
you know as Japan and you can find
kimono shrines all throughout Japan now
afternoon two unique shrines then this
one is worth considering at that main
entrance it has it's a Shibumi Kenko
road which literally translates to foot
pressure health road it's a pretty rare
feature for shrines I mean a lot of
people go to shrines to pray for help I
like this one you can get actual
physical therapy right on the spot it's
located in color going also known as
co-ed oh so stop by if you're around the
area
bonsai art museum so this bonsai museum
has a hundred and twenty bonsai trees
and they have 70 on display the oldest
one of being a thousand years old
it's pretty amazing and one thing when
you're coming here you actually need to
look at that bonsai not from the front
but if you look all the way from the
bottom you can see how majestic it is
because it's supposed to be designed as
a miniature of the real thing pink only
tree okay confession before coming to
Japan everything I knew about bonsai
trees I learned from mr. Miyagi so
making my way to this bonsai museum in
Omiya and getting to see and learn
firsthand about bonsai was quite an
enriching experience oh and if you're
not on bike it's still only a 5-minute
walk away from the total train station
on the Hudson Omiya line and now we're
going up even further north to Fukushima
and our first stop is Aizen well Komatsu
in this spot we're gonna go Bushido
style the way of the samurai let's do
this Izu honk Oni Shinken so this was a
real-deal samurai school back in the day
where the students will learn how to
read write fight and survive during the
Edo period nice chicken was the largest
and most prestigious school out of 300
schools in Japan and now the school has
been open to let people experience how
it was to study back in the day and they
even have archery class
I was great as you are all right you can
even try the bow and arrows here let's
do this silence everyone this is where
form meets function yet and for those of
you who want to get your brush wet you
can create your own traditional a Quebec
Oh Fukushima's most famous craft and
symbol of the Izu region this is so cool
I get to paint my own a Quebec Oh
acha means red and Becka means cow and
sue these cows that are known to be
strong and healthy creatures that endure
a lot of pain and hardships and so what
basically it is you paint it in it's a
person to receive all of like the
negative energy and all like that bad
things in your life all right
I finished my a Quebec oh hopefully
he'll receive all of the mean comments
hoji juku so right now we're in Ho Chi
Dooku and if you look around these
houses have been around since the Edo
period and what sets them apart is if
you look at the roofs all of the loops
are made out of batch so during the Edo
period
od Dooku was a city situated on the
important route connecting Izu and Nikko
many travelers would come through this
location to rest mid journey despite
being the mountains the city flourished
these days you can simply stroll in the
area to enjoy the view or experience the
traditional thatched shops for souvenirs
and such wow this place is amazing you
really feel like you transported back in
the time
but today I've got that travelers hunger
and fortunately for me which is Duke who
specializes in a unique Negi soba where
you're supposed to eat the soba with a
fresh giant green long onion yeah boy is
it so nice they have a code pad sit here
it's a heated table in that underneath
the table it's heated and the hope
blanket just covers your legs
I'll read the food has come you can see
that type of those soba comes me that
Negi that look how big that is
and basically you can use it to mix it
all around and then on top of it you
have some daikon oroshi and on top of
that you have some of the needle flakes
and the way you're supposed to actually
eat this tube is you're supposed to take
some of the soba noodles and it was
let's eat it with the onion dip it in
that Negi adds so much of flavor to this
over the negev must kinda has like that
wasabi kick to it like a release is a
home either side is it's just a so fresh
isobe itself is actually in a nice of
dashi you can see the noodles perfectly
like soaked in the soup
let you get higher and higher up than
Negi
you might feel the spiciness alright now
we're heading east of Tokyo to Chiba and
at our first stop I'm getting one with
nature and a bit of rain so I know it's
raining right now I definitely had to
show you this spot right now we're at
Mountain oka beauty let me show you
around
it's guys 320 meters high and is known
for having the largest buddha in japan
but in fact there's so much more to
explore in this mountain wow that was
kind of a little bit of a climb but the
view here is just amazing so this is
chef yaku cannon the deity of great
mercy and love jakku is an old
measurement in japan Kaku means 100 and
so one chuck of being 30 centimeters
makes the carving about 30 meters tall
so all right so we made it to the top if
you look it down it's super scary and
I'm actually scared of heights so I
don't really want to look down but for
you guys let's do it let's go see you
Goku nose okey literally translated it
means peering into hell this viewpoint
is about a hundred meters high and super
scary but on a cloudy day like today you
kind of feel like you're floating about
the clouds when it's sunny though you
can get a great view of Tokyo Bay bow so
Peninsula and even Fuji mountain and
this is the largest buddha in japan
Yakushi
beautiful new time it's ours at 31 feet
0-5 meters in a couple three years to
create the second largest buddha in
japan is more than 10 meters shorter at
about 18 meters tall in nara and so here
we are our last stop of the journey
Michi no icky OH - Oh doc oh so this
place is called a Messina leggy which is
kind of like a place for cars to stop
like a rest area and so what's
interesting about this place is that
it's an elementary school that's been
converted into a rest stop if you look
just me I mean you can tell that it's an
elementary school here in Japan located
in Coenen machi Chiba Jota Chicago was
an elementary school closed in 2014 and
was renovated into a car rest stop so I
visited a few elementary schools and my
days in Japan for various events this
year right here
feels like you're in an elementary
school wow this is exactly what an
elementary school sink would look like
and what's interesting about this place
is that on the second floor you can
actually sleep here they actually have
hotel rooms that look like elementary
school classrooms on the first floor
they have five restaurants offering
different types of food and Zinta's a
rest stop I definitely can't pass up out
some food so hungry time to get some
pizza but check this out they have a
real stone oven just right behind me
let's basically think that this used to
be a classroom and now it's a pizza
restaurant ooh look at that I got my
pizza I actually got this to lobby X
meaning that it's like super sized look
just how delicious that looks at some
Tomatoes some salami some olives and it
wouldn't be right if I didn't throw some
chili oil on there I've got my beer who
woulda thought I'd be at an elementary
school drinking a beer and having some
pizza
while the mozzarella goats are so well
without salami
we have the olives and you have the
freshly cut Tomatoes this is the perfect
meal and in fact like many rest stops
this place has a ton of souvenirs to
bring back home even the gymnasium has
been converted into a market where you
can buy local vegetables and goods they
even have rice here lately guys mouth is
open with rice sake as well alright so
that concludes my tour of Tokyo and the
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