in this video I'm gonna show you guys my
top 10 things to do in Asakusa
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asakusa has one of the oldest temples in
Tokyo and is like one of the prime spots
for tourists to come in this video I'm
gonna walk you guys through my top ten
favorite spots ago that you definitely
have to check out when you come here all
right I'm so excited let's go do this
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number one Street food at NACA me say
NACA me say has some killer Street food
with more history than my Chrome browser
there's 89 search here that leads to
Sensoji this is where you want to go if
you want to have some Street food or
souvenirs also known as on Miyagi it's
only ten o'clock in the morning but
there's already so many people so I
generally try to avoid this place
because I just get so claustrophobic but
this will probably be your first stop
when coming here but it shouldn't be
your last one of my must-see foods is at
key be dangled from Azula that Kiba
dango is made with the freshness and
even today they make it the same way as
it was during the Edo period green tea
and it comes in a paper bag we have the
key be danke look at that
it's still warm emoji is so good I'm
just coming off and for my washi lovers
I recommend spotting up and Kiku pseudo
this is I'll get Manju this is the most
popular sweets that they have there it's
a fried dessert check that out it's so
pink interesting texture and almost H
like Templar oh that tastes like that
when you take the first bite then when
you get inside it's actually like this
sweet red bean paste and it's not even
like a little bit salty when you like
you bite it's delicious this is Ichigo
daifuku and it's a seasonal dessert at
the store because they only want to use
a Japanese strawberries oh that is
sensational it's just juicy when I took
that first bite that juice just like
scored it out and once you're done
filling up your food bucket take a James
Harden step back and watch the food
classroom go to work on his sweets like
Bruno Mars to his dance
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number two Sensoji Sensoji is the
mainland market Asakusa the first thing
you see is a coming not Iman gate with a
god of thunder to the left and the god
of wind to the right interesting fact
the huge lantern in the middle was done
it by Panasonic hashtag not sponsored
and this behind me ass and so G this is
oldest temple here in Tokyo I just love
the architecture it's just so freakin
old-school so this is on the Coogee cost
100 yen and you can get your fortune so
you have to match that symbol you out of
the stick within one of these boxes that
was a few judo here which is 96 alright
so here's my fortune I got one of the
best fortunes but if you got a bad
fortune you can tie it over there and it
pretty much means that you're asking the
guard to help you with a bat or chip and
there's actually multiple strands that
you can check out here just before you
rock up to Sensoji you'll see kudos on
and this guy is supposed to help you
heal so wherever you touch it's gonna
help you heal yourself everything and to
the west of Sensoji you'll find some
more dope shrines this is yo godo hall
there's actually 12 different gods to
worship and each one is a sign it to
your birth year so when you go inside
you have to find in your particular god
to worship pretty cool and you can check
out go jannat oh and this is how its
even though the guardian of women and
today is actually Buddha's birthday and
like all epic birthday parties all the
women rock up with a stylish crane hats
to celebrate the flower festival China
MOT city so one little tip for you guys
when you're walking back from Sensoji
right there is a nakamise a Main Street
but when you're walking back then you
what you want to do is walk on the back
street this is a factory that has a lot
of cool stuff and then there's like more
stuff down these shoten guys
number three kimono rental this is war
go it's a kimono rental place you can
actually rent a kimono and walk around
as a goose ah and they have so much
variety but don't worry if you don't
want to go to this place there's a lot
of them in Asakusa look at all the
different choices the package used
includes everything from sandals to hair
accessories so no worries unless you
want extras also these places do get
super busy so best to make your
reservation so you can get your no
hassle geisha on so the basic rate for a
kimono rental is about three to four
thousand but if you start going wild and
doing a bunch of different options and
it's gonna cost you a little bit more
number four side streets
if Sensoji is the head of Asakusa the
side streets are the heart and soul
check it out you'll feel like you've
marty mcfly to the edo world there's so
many fascinating streets in this area
and one of the most well known streets
is Dempo in dhoti and on the local tip
if you're looking for authentic
souvenirs i recommend spending more time
here than at NUCCA me say hey and just a
little tip for you guys at this street
right here has some pretty cool shutter
art this store is closed right now but
at night all of the stores closed and
all of them have the shutters down and
there's just a really really cool art
and this street is like lit up and
there's barely anyone here definitely
worth checking out when you come here at
night
just behind Sensoji you'll find this
michi-san dojo tank guy a wooden floor
shopping street you can find some decent
kimonos and some good eats here
they even have halal food here also
there's an orange street obviously
because the road is orange seen that
kami say for more souvenirs
Oh sushi a street forgets what sushi
restaurants and the ton more number 5
Sumida Park and this is Samina park it's
an awesome place to just hang out and
chill just check out this view you have
Tokyo Skytree and you have the sunny
building which looks like a golden turd
what people don't know about it's
actually supposed to be a golden flame
it's right by the water so you can watch
the boats go by or you can just like sit
at one of the park benches here and just
have a drink or have a snack during
cherry blossom season this is one of the
places to definitely go and there's a
zoo mabashi that goes right over Sumida
River so relaxing and peaceful number
six
moans a lunch when I come to us a Kusa
daikichi is my local manga style can't
get more local than this and my favorite
is a meant ICO special look at that
meant ICO and there's just one hole
meant ICO ABI and some cheese has even
more team here really nice about this
place is it's a kind of away from the
tourist spot so there's only locals here
alright now that it's all chopped up and
ready to go you make a little hole right
like this Amman for the soup oh no
completely mess it up but I mean you
guys are probably mess it up too well I
don't know about it it's still good
look she saw
all right let's try the first one this
is kind of like a snack version of
okonomiyaki it's kind of like mama
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you really did the mentaiko so the soup
has dashi and it's marinated so you
actually don't really need any sauce for
this it's like we're really really good
just as it is and what's nice about this
place because they have an English menu
it's not the full menu but it actually
has all of the basics which is nice they
also have other tip on menus today I
threw down on some garlic butter well in
yakisoba number seven Asahi beer with a
view yoo-hoo and this is the Asahi
building right where that golden turd is
what a lot of people don't know is that
you can go up into the building and
check out this awesome view while having
a cold Asahi beard let's do that now we
just made it to the 22nd floor of the
psyche building come by right behind me
you can see Sensoji you can see some
meat apart it can see some meat a river
and you can even see skychi just over
there can life get any better than this
number 8 hoppy Street
this is hoppy Dori it has a whole bunch
of little easy Chaya where people come
here even starting during the day and
start to get their wasty face on this
used to be a place for locals but over
time it's been overrun by tourists so
come here you're not gonna feel too out
of place because there will be some
tourists around this area when if you
don't drink then you can just get some
food but definitely a place we're
drinking
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number nine hana yashiki amusement park
it's the oldest amusement park in Japan
it's like a small disneyland here in
Asakusa
well maybe an exaggerated by saying
little disneyland let's go inside and
check it out so I'm inside and it's like
pretty crowded for a Sunday look how
many people are just all around it's
1,000 yen to get in which is pretty
reasonable
the rides cost extra but it was only
about another 1000 yen to get on three
rides don't mind if I do
pretty badass we have the ugliest ship
in the whole entire lot as I love a
chips but then this is awesome
look right there you can see sky dream
so one a weekend the line is about 30 to
40 minutes long check out behind me but
on the weekdays it's actually not that
busy number 10 all you can eat and drink
boat ride
aka yeah cut the boo name your cut the
boonie as a japanese-style boat where
you can enjoy a traditional Japanese
dinner while taking in an epic view of
the city if you want to check out a
simple riverboat ride
check out Tokyo cruise this behind me is
a yukata boonie you can actually get on
the boat behind me and write it up the
river I'm gonna do a separate video just
on this so wait for it in the next video
and it's gonna go through the ins and
outs of the whole entire experience but
now let's just do a short clip back in
the days on high rank samurais and rich
merchants used to party it up in these
luxury boats on Sumida River so now you
know how to party like a samurai there's
a wide variety of cruise companies and
different meal plans with and without
all you can eat and drink the one I'm
running today is i'ma say you can easily
border the dock next to a zoo mabashi
look at all this food we have a tempura
we have the edamame we have the
appetizers and even the sushi so one of
the things about this is that when you
get on one of these you Otterbein
arrives when you make the reservation
you have to specify what kind of meal
you want
they have very expensive and very local
hospitals at the same time Artemis is
about 8,000 yen and we also got the
all-you-can-drink plan which includes
beer
the best part is they serve sizzling hot
tempura one after another throughout the
entire meal definitely not good for
those on a diet simply amazing and when
it gets dark outside they turn down the
lights so you can sit back and enjoy the
city nights game why don't they get
behind me in sky training so beautiful
all right so that concludes a my top ten
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