hello everybody welcome back to tokyo
creative play i'm your host emma and
today i am here by myself but i also
have a guest who is a rather affable
gentleman he's staying in a very
luxurious hotel and i want to take him
out tonight to a very luxurious
restaurant so let's go say hi
and see how the hotel is
are you a youtuber
i am
here
to five years ago welcome welcome emily
nice hotel it looks very like rustic on
the outside it's so rustic yes i haven't
actually been inside the room yet oh
it's been like standing in the lobby
like this oh right
it's clever but like so i haven't seen
the room i've heard it's quite good okay
come on
get it oh nice high ceilings yeah this
is the only room i've seen and it's it's
really nice look how we've got these
like five kind of lights there
lovely balls um
so how to downgrade the video
demonetized no there's there's a door
here at the door here how are they oh
i don't know which doors which let's
open oh
oh sitting room
come on in to the nicely air conditioned
rifles
is like 40 degrees celsius today
whatever that is in fahrenheit it's so
hot so come in here nice dry cool air
beautiful that's the highlight of the
roof the air conditioning here
you got this whole place to yourself you
entertain your guests here i
so i'm staying here alone emma's staying
in like a upper hotel or something
i just hold properly to myself how
unfair is that i'll sleep in the
corridor chris please let me
i can sit here with my three imaginary
friends and have a mcdonald's muffin
breakfast anyway let's see what's behind
the scenes okay
okay nice good is this all your luggage
is that oh that's soap oh oh so this is
where they stop something we're supposed
to see that let's go
not that way all right try this door
here okay hopefully there's not hand
soap behind this one
injured but be careful kyoto's doors are
dangerous it doesn't look like a real
wall this is like an escape room there's
just loads of weird like doors
leading to other flight that's the
entrance again this is a blind
oh damn
that's not what i was expecting oh my
gosh this is like a whole rock formation
oh wow the rocks are real
because it's not cgi rocks they're real
and there's a really big rock there
wow can you sit on it is it is that is
that real no it's not right it's hollow
just like me
oh my gosh i don't sit on it now it's
too perfect to ruin that's really nice
and there's an outdoor bar and more
doors leading to things and a
transparent ceiling and my feet really
hurt because i'm standing on the rocks
ow
uh let's see what's in here
there's the light
it's a toilet
and a book
about kyoto yes
um all right that's the toilet uh what's
the line this door
oh it's the bathroom all those rocks
the pain the absolute pain imagine like
a hangover needs some water in the
middle of the night
oh my god
but it leads into a beautiful stone
bathroom that's beautiful
nice sink and uh look at this towels and
pajamas for two
please let me stay here
in the gutter for you
i can choose between which pajamas i
want all the towels i could possibly
desire uh we have a nice big shower
here shower
a rain shower head very luxurious wow
i think you're doing great very
impressed
yeah there you go hey that's the
demonstration of the shower and it leads
out to
an absolutely incredible wow beautiful
little
outdoor zen garden look at this the
momiji tree in the natural light is
super nice it's just a nice little bit
of calm in the middle of the city right
what i love about these townhouses is
they have these like
just tucked away
like concealed it's like being hugged by
a building you've got the tree the rocks
the bath is it clean
it's clean
and a little a little lamp from ikea
nice great
yeah really nice looking forward to
sitting out here alone enjoying it by
myself
and i'll send you some photos great
i'm sure it'll be as good as the real
thing
upstairs show me more
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this is so cool this is such a cool
property oh wow it's massive beautiful
beautiful that transparent floor is both
amazing and slightly scary
i don't know if i want to stand on it
wow does it kind of take the weight of
an 86 kilogram british guy probably not
that the fact is like creaking that much
is that
look at this
this is like a film set i don't even
know what to look at there's so much to
see welcome to chris's kitchen if i was
going to have a kitchen show this is
what it would be
but the food would be immature oh
it's so nice it would be like a half
cooked salmon and some salmonella and
chips
this is beautiful i love it it's like
yeah japanese style but got all the
modern
it's modern but also old and traditional
every time you like hear about creating
it's like a traditional city
but also modern modern modern
introduction oh it means
there needs to be like a new word
trodden um traditional mods
what's through this door here let me see
it looks like someone's gone to town on
this wall for the night
yes
it's my favorite when they open up and
they're like hello
no yeah
that's all mine can i sleep here chris
no yeah it's too good for you
it's very nice
it is a really beautifully kind of
renovated house though like i'm i'm all
for these machia unfortunately kyoto
townhouses are dying out just because
they're not overly convenient to live in
people in kyoto don't really like to
live in matcha
so if you do come to kyoto don't stay in
a generic hotel like you know tokidori
traveller stay in a match here keep them
alive keep them going
if you've got the budget you've got the
budget that's my pricey i think this
place was
fifty thousand yeah about fifty dollars
which is what four hundred dollars
yeah it's quite pricey yeah i'm not
paying for it yeah
but uh money well spent beautiful place
if you come to kyoto stay here stay one
of these places what i love about these
traditional kyoto town houses is you
never know what you might find tucked
behind each and every door oh god it's a
sakura coast snack box
today's video is sponsored by sakurako
which is a monthly subscription box
where you can get traditional japanese
snacks and they partner with local
artisanal snack makers and get all the
good stuff inside and this month they've
partnered with the koto local government
to celebrate the schemi moon viewing
festival in september
let's dive in and take a look i'll have
some tea as well
you're in charge of the tea i'm in
charge of eating the snacks
so many colors i'm always amazed with
these boxes how much they can fit in
they are very good at defining the laws
of physics at sakurako and fitting as
much in as they possibly can
so this month's box is themed like it's
gimme the moon viewing festival uh and
there's a few things that go along with
that you get a lot of like theme of the
full moon or you can also get a lot of
rabbits speaking of rabbits there we go
with the moon with the moon because uh
in the western society we see like a man
on the moon but for japanese it's like a
rabbit
why is that i don't know the people have
different eyes one's wikipedia later on
also in this box because it's uh from
kyoto as well there's a lot of different
kyoto snacks so like uh yatuhashi if you
guys know about that some very
traditional kyoto
vibes and flavors lots of green tea
stuff as well we also have this roasted
green tea
which is my favorite type of tea that
smells beautiful
is it hot oh it's hot decadent
that's good how the candies exceptional
eggshell this is so good i do like
sakurako i do like the traditional
kind of sweets right the artisanal stuff
they have in there
this isn't stuff you can buy anywhere
right
it's specialist items so candy is so
bloody good yeah very like a hot sunny
day need something sweet and sugary
i want to try that after that but uh i'm
having some yatsuhashi which is very
crunchy but so good
i got your teeth and i've got this uh
kyoto hojicha pudding as well with the
aforementioned rabbit
yotage is so good it's like cinnamon
flavored and it's just like a really
light crunchy biscuit how is your ho
chicha pudding
very refreshing refreshing flavorful
wonderful yes
but also i was just standing in a
townhouse eating a box of sweets
living the dream this is what youtube's
all about this is what it should be it's
a good life only every video was this
good
but also it is nice to have a little bit
of like a bitter more savory tea along
with some sweets it's like a nice
pairing very nice
also in the box you get a little booklet
the beautifully made telling you about
all the suites with allergy information
if you have allergies but it's not
really nice hearing the story of each
and every kind of suite where they come
from the story behind it probably one of
my favorite things about sakura cake but
you can check them out in the link in
the description box below and get five
dollars off your first box with the code
turkey creative there you go let's do it
but if sakurako is not enough for you
and you want just a little bit more
there is also the tokyo treat box this
month's theme for turkey treat is also
tsukimi and tokyo treat is full of
different kinds of japanese snacks that
are more modern and fun so check it out
i've made short work of this candy box
hey chris stop eating we're going to a
restaurant oh my goodness
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so we have come to an area called
pontocho which is a nice little alleyway
next to the kamagawa river and there's
lots of restaurants along the way and
they get this beautiful little river
dining experience yeah i mean kyoto is
extremely hot and humid in summer they
call this calagopa right yeah like
literally uh color means river dot form
is like raised sort of platform floor
raised just over the river and they say
the river is like the coolest place in
the city so yeah that's why there is
definitely a nicer breeze here than
there is in all the alleyways so it's
cooling down a little bit absolutely
although this is formidably hot the heat
of the sukiyaki is cancelling out the
cool breeze
but we have some beautiful a5 wagyu beef
here look at that and we have some my
favorite dashi nakata
nice sort of savoury omelette
we also have veggies vegetables i mean
these are for emma that's for emma i
love many of these are from kyoto like
the uh the onions and the tofu is from
kyoto so lots of local food here the
beef's from sugar which is the
prefecture next door to here and we're
going to be doing some sukiyaki which
means it's kind of like shabu-shabu you
take the meat and you go swish swish in
the in the soup but then you also dip it
in raw egg
do you like sukiyaki with the raw egg i
do like it it sounds like really wrong
eating a raw egg right you think oh
salmonella let's go but actually it's
nice you've got the the sort of the beef
that's cooked in the sauce it's quite
sweet and then you mix it with the egg
which is kind of like savory flavor it
actually works really well and you sort
of forget very quickly that you're
eating a raw egg yeah but i mean that's
quite common in japan right it's fine
safe yeah for the most part
but uh yeah can you get stuck in cheers
cheers thank you for this emma thank you
very much i provide
tc provides you don't
pretend it's me
after you with the with the beef chef
chris in the house
let's see how you do hashtag chef
extraordinaire winner hashtag look how
quickly that cooks
it's been in there like four seconds
it's already cooked
it's gorgeous
i do like the sauce it's kind of like
sweet what's in the sauce you know um it
should be like uh sugar sugar soy sauce
maybe some dashi as well
it depends do you want this or shallot i
mean if you if you give it to me i'll be
very happy i'll give you the beef oh my
god you've got to like swish your egg up
there oh yeah true
swish in the egg so it takes about 30
seconds to cook the beef i'd say
i'll put down your plate and i'll
probably get to work on mine
nice
buttery melt in your mouth wagyu beef
the heat is crazy
i mean we there's a really nice breeze
here but even that is not enough to
cancel out the humidity like
i i would not recommend going to japan
in summer don't come in july don't come
in august come at the end of september
october
honestly how is it
really good
so soft really just easy to bite through
did it melt in your mouth it melted in
my mouth
and the egg just adds like another layer
of flavor
and texture
that's really good
it's cooked
even though it's a hot day i still love
eating hot food outside it's just
wonderful it's like a summer bbq you
know just a little bit more japanese
yeah so but look at that it's rough it
makes it all worthwhile when you get
something like this
we have just received some hamo which is
pike conga which is a type of eel and
i've never had it before i've only ever
had anago and unagi yeah i don't think
i've had this either i love i mean i
love eel
i love a bit of eel a little bit of eel
i've never had this i don't know what
the flavor's like i don't it's good but
it's a popular thing to have in summer
in kyoto yeah tadaki mask
very soft
there are like some tiny bones but
they're not like in the way there's kind
of them
nice with the sauce i think it's really
good at taking on whatever flavor it's
cooked with
and it's just a nice texture yeah
without the broth it would be flavorless
yeah it's quite nice for you yeah very
succulent not bad succulent fish we've
received it uh in a bunch of different
ways we've got the
cooker fresh we also have some i guess
it's abbotty so blow torched yeah and
then also some tempura matted gonna
finish cooking this eel and i'm gonna
head back to my swanky accommodation
thank you emma for this dinner thank you
for having me in kyoto and uh yeah i'll
see some nice photos of the
place chilling out alone this evening
thanks and i'm gonna go back to my
gutter and cry
but i'm happy to share a little bit of
luxury with you in this beautiful summer
in kyoto let us know in the comments
down below have you guys been to kyoto
and have you eaten at one of these
places along the river because it's
super nice i remember never come to
kyoto it's summer don't do it
see you again on tc bye for now guys
cheers
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what i love about these traditional
kyoto townhouses is you never know what
you might find if you look closely
look around
it's the sponsor of this video sakuraico
oh my goodness what coincidence i can't
believe it was hidden there
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