hey guys today I want to bring you on a
tour of the city of Kamakura I've never
brought you there before I've been there
once myself when I was seventeen I
believe on my very first trip to Japan
so don't remember it very well but
Kamakura was once the political center
of Japan so you'll find that it has lots
of the traditional features that you'll
see in cities like Kyoto or Neda
but it's very close to Tokyo so if you
are on a trip in Japan and you're just
in the Tokyo area and you want to
experience kind of that traditional
taste then Kamakura is a really cool
city to visit now we're gonna be joined
by a local a Japanese man that lives in
the area and he's gonna be pointing out
all the best shops the best foods to eat
the best places to see so we can make
the most of our day in Kamakura he works
for a company called magical trip that
provides tours of different areas of
Japan alongside a local that lives there
if you head to their website you can
look through all the different tours
that they offer you can also learn about
the tour guides that will be joining you
before you go on your tour so it's kind
of nice you can get to know them a bit
this is gonna be our guy for the day
show he seems like a really awesome guy
and I'm really looking forward to this
so I hope you guys enjoyed the video
let's head down to Kamakura we just
arrived at Kamakura station and joining
me on my tour today is my best friend
Jackie when she's in Tokyo for a while
and I thought I would invite it today
because Kamakura is pretty cool and
beauty super fun to explore it together
so let's go find our guide
Jill and that's me - my name is Joel
yeah guide show he's gonna show us Sarah
today he's a local in the area so he
knows everything about chemical and a
forest so we are gonna go through the
district home on the street where you
can have like old school snacks - like a
trendy snacks like a bubble tea stuff
okay let's do that
oh yeah street food I've been looking
forward to this Kamakura is well known
for its Street food they have so many
things to choose from lots of vegan and
veggie snacks as well at school yeah
Kamakura is one of my favorites a place
to eat and there you can have the Manju
and a you know edamame it's like green
beans and a green bean paste actually in
the inside so it's not as sweet it's
kind of my favorite this one that's
something new because usually pretty
sweet salty balance to it I really like
it you know what it tastes like it
tastes like when you get those edamame
beans yeah and they're lightly salted on
top but they have like that sweetness to
it there's a store making fresh sembei
you can watch them in the window I gotta
get one of those I've never had a fresh
rice cracker with chili I can never go
back to regular senbei again it's warm
and the sauce is still like a wet
dripping it's so good oh you guys got to
try this yeah you can't beat this this
is such a great snack next we're gonna
stop by a really famous dango shop
look at all the choices I've never seen
so let's try these fancy dango I am
loving Kamakura so far is this not the
best place ever oh it really is are so
much fun to try but you can't be sucker
emoji and that fresh Sunday was the best
thing I've ever eaten this beats us in
bed and that's saying a lot it's got the
saltiness of the pickled Sakura flowers
but it's quite sweet as well with the
bean paste this is so delicious this
would probably be my number one must try
snap in Kamakura if you guys come here
that is a three for he gate and like
that means the Buddha wine of like a
human area in the area this place
he see the customers like a bone
structure and the image then like a hill
with lighting this venomous snake that
depends on the person
so I've commissioned him to draw a
picture of me and Jackie together as
snake
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show is not only our tour guide he's
actually our photographer for the day as
well my den it's like a dance floor and
now it's used for wedding ceremony this
is a thrill of horror manga shrine and
you can see that sign
that's a hotty mangu you can see dogs
over there here at two dodoka hachimangu
shrine doves are actually thought to be
the messengers of God so as you walk
around the area you'll notice they have
many dove themed products for sale as
well as tons of real-life doves that you
can interact with and feed they're super
friendly so first you put the money into
the box and on both two times and a
clock two times and a pray okay
make one wish then like a when you throw
the coin into the box you'd better use a
five en y 5 y 5 in means we're in
Japanese and I go in it's kind of born
in a relationship I mean so it's better
to use a Gwyn
there's a really nice lake just outside
of the shrine here filled with coin and
I think I saw some turtles in there as
well I really like how they gravitate
towards people that come to watch them
because they hope that you're gonna give
them food Joe got us some koi food we're
gonna feed the koi
I'm so happy when they have a little
shop with food it's like a bean
you can get this one is a hundred yen
from here so if you want I don't have
any food they don't have it
Jonathan I said no my new pet gonna
chill a classroom tape he likes it he's
not leaving oh all right we're gonna hop
on a train now we've got our two hundred
yen ticket and we're gonna head over to
see the big guy boots ooh it's kind of
like the symbol of Kamakura the big
buddha statue
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so we've just entered inside Haas a
temple pasta dinner and we're gonna pop
in and have some lunch first and then
we're gonna come back out and explore
the area because the temple looks
gorgeous I've seen my share of temples
this is definitely one of the cooler
ones so can't wait to show you guys
around so the police we've come for
lunch has a really wide assortment of
food
they've got curry pasta noodle noodles
thank you yes good okay maybe I'll get
the curry then our food has arrived
smells amazing this is my career I mean
kinda tastes like Indian curry lots of
spices super flavorful we had a really
nice lunch that was delicious
it must have begun a vegetable no they
had a really good selection of like
vegan dishes at that restaurant and I'm
like a monk cuisine stop there's a
little cave here how did I miss all this
stuff last time I was in Kamakura thank
you show for showing us all these cool
spots that I had no idea existed check
it out there's a 16s that's real bad hey
just at your house like it's like
it could be like hell's laser shave this
is so cool I can't believe we missed out
on this last time I was here so you
choose the God that you wanted to pray
to and you can purchase a candle place
it in front rows this is a popular one
for three candles okay yes of course
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evil spirits Oh what's this this one is
like Adam you can just buy this and I
make a wish and it fits here oh yeah
it's kind of like by your own statue
yeah
I actually forgotten that we were going
to the Buddha distracted by the cool
temple you can see like a red cheek on
Keith's right cheek that's a really - of
the it was probably shiny yeah so this
is like a tomb signs so Alex I'm only
one here yeah my favorite is this one
do you know the Great Buddha in Nara
yeah it's a it's a biggest one in Japan
and a he's doing it this time I mean
it's like no fear it's like a great yep
now we are going to be set up him
so we're finishing off our day today by
stopping by the beach you didn't know
Kamakura is right on the coast you get
an amazing sandy beach not too far from
the Buddha actually we just walked here
it took about 12 to 15 minutes it was a
really nice walk through town
good place to see the sunset because you
can tell all right our tour is all
finished for the day
I am so glad that I had show along with
us to show us all the cool places
because for one that cave at the temple
I didn't visit there when I was on my
trip in high school and I probably
wouldn't have discovered it myself had I
gone alone it was really great having
him along to show us all the best foods
and the best things to see so thank you
so much show really appreciate it we had
an awesome day with you if you guys
would like to join a tour with magical
trip I will have their website linked
down below you can check out all the
different tours they have to offer all
around Japan and I will see you again
very soon for another video thanks for
watching guys bye
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