Today we're going slightly outside of Tokyo
City centre to Shibamata
We're not quite so lucky with the weather today
It's a bit rainy at the moment
Here we are just outside the station
In Shibamata
This statue's of a guy
From a Japanese TV or film series
That was set here
There's lots of people taking pictures of him
Look at this robot vending machine!
And all the characters on the roof
The premium coffee's come with Gundam can tops
This is just from a vending machine
But it is a robot one
We've popped into a restaurant to get out of the rain
They've got an english menu
They've got all sorts of udon and soba
And tempura
They don't have a vegetarian option
So I'm going to go for...
The tenzaru
Which is cold udon with tempura
And I'm going to leave the fish ones
Because it comes with some vegetables as well
You order on a vending machine
And you get a ticket to give to the waiters
Here's my ticket
I got the zaru tempura
Which is cold noodles
You could choose between soba or udon
I've had cold udon before
So I picked soba
I got some tempura there
Some vegetables... there's a couple of fish in there
So I'll just leave them
And some miso soup
Phil's got ramen
What have you guys gone for?
I've got tempura udon
With eggplant and prawn
Looks good!
Phil's amazed at how cheap his ramen was
Only £4 for a bowl of ramen!
That's incredible!
It's always cheaper here
Well a lot of places are
You can pay £4 for a really bad sandwich in the UK
Or a whole bowl of ramen here
True.
It's crazy.
Shibamata's about half an hour out of central Tokyo
It's a little bit of an older area
Where there's lots of street food
Along this main street
So once our lunch has gone down we're going to try some snacks
It's stopped raining
So we've gone back to the station
Started again!
And we're going to explore!
I'm going to try dango
It's actually my first time having them
I want to try them because they're a traditional snack
I'm not sure they look that appealing
Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised
There's two flavours
Matcha with red bean
And - what was the other one?
Caramel soy sauce
I'm going to try the caramel soy sauce
Here we are -
You get a shot of cold tea
Ah it tastes like the one we had in the kushiyaki restaurant the other day
Which may or may not be mugicha
Here they are
They're warm
She had them on the grill there
I've got no hands now!
How hot is that?
Don't watch!
It's really chewy
Chewy mochi
It actually tastes more savoury than sweet
It's not caramel as we know it!
Really soy saucy caramel
That's definitely different
Is it nice?
Hmm...
Here's where we started off at the station
And we've walked down here
To the temple
Purification!
It's got cherry trees round it so
I'm sure it's beautiful
You can't get lost here
Because there's a big plan
At the edge
Here's the temple souvenirs & good luck charms
And here's the omikuji fortunes
You shake the box
And the stick has a number on
You take your fortune out of the drawer
And if it's bad
You can tie it on here
So it won't come true
These things are really creepy!
We're going up to the temple
You have to take your shoes off
And leave them on a rack
I'm glad I wore nice socks today
Look at this little character
Just on a lamp post
Look how many vending machines there are
In just one street
There's 3 there
There's one down there
Can you see it? It's red
There's one there
And across the road
There's another one here!
So you can always find something to drink
This is just a quiet street
It's a little outside the main tourist area
But just a street where people live
There's not much going on
And: 5 vending machines
I can't believe it!
We've just spotted 4 more just around the corner!
That's the last one
Where we were just standing
And they're right there!
Is that enough choice for you?
Look there's Fanta Peach
This is really nice
It's apple juice
And very cute
Pocari Sweat
Grape juice
Yum yum!
Calpis
Apple tea
At the bottom these are all coffee in a can
Some Red Bull
More juice
No Fanta Grape though
Watch out for cars, agh!
And over here
Should be a river
I forgot to turn the microphone on!
But what I'm saying here is something about
How the floodplain feels like a really wide open space
And it feels completely different to the rest of Tokyo
It's Katsushika-ku
Katsu and sushi
You can get a boat across to the other side
Looks like it's 200 Yen
Pikachu's got a message for us about Pokemon Go:
"Please play happily, observe the manners"
It's a senbei shop