hey guys alright so I've got a useful
video for you today well I hope so I
know that lots of you are interested in
coming to visit Japan and I found this
website called Airbnb that maybe some of
you haven't heard about so I wanted to
kind of explain it to you and I think
that's something that you should
consider if you're coming to stay in
Japan for a while what it is is a
website where you can find someone to
stay with so you rent a room in their
house or in some cases you can rent out
their whole apartment they won't be
there you can meet people that are
living here in Japan and you can get
them to introduce the area to you and
talk about your experiences together I
just think it's a really fun way to meet
people and enjoy your trip in Japan so
today I am at the home of Sam and Andy
and they are going to tell us a little
bit about their place here and the
Airbnb experience and yeah all that good
stuff so let's go talk to them
we're on the edge of Tokyo so it's a
little bit calmer where we are and the
bedroom will be where people stay faces
are just a little park outside so it's
nice and tranquil you rather long fly
and it's quiet as well yeah and kind of
match is one of the oldest as the it
kind of retains a no an old feeling of
Tokyo that's like old wooden streets and
there's like a central which is like a
Japanese bath like Sony can go to and
that's only like 500 yen and amazing
patisserie is like a world-famous chef
like a pastry chef anyone 2010 world
champion for pastry and the cake said
nothing like it yeah and he speaks
English and he likes talking now he's
suffering an iced coffee shop bicycle
coughing that's pretty good yes I'm
coughing you guys off me it's just
yesterday yeah he did it's called
bicycle coffee and they do sell bicycles
but he also delivers everywhere by
bicycle this kind of like I earthy feel
about it yeah and
they have this homemade and roaster that
they made and they arrest all of their
own things yeah the two the two guys
just didn't want to buy one so they just
went around the different shops and
hammered it together yeah and it looks
and yeah it's very impressive
it's very so we so we know where coffee
is okay and the park is amazing as well
we often take a picnic or we get like a
takeout sushi and go it's just an in the
spring oh my gosh there's like the whole
road for you bike like 15 minutes of
cherry blossoms it's beautiful I guess
if you like toasty spots in chiba matter
so maybe 20 minute walk or two minutes
by train or five minutes by bike there's
a huge temple old wooden stalls I on the
street run into the temple that's pretty
good and that's right next to the river
as well so you can walk along the river
if it's a nice day you want to go and
you can take a ferry as well across the
river it's the last ferry in Tokyo and
what make me and power I suppose ferry
and and it's really peaceful and
beautiful also there is just amazing
food and sheep Amata
yeah that's all the places do free
samples so you would know what you were
buying so or you could do all the free
samples i'm not buy anything depends it
depends what your budgets like it's a
slower pace of life and think about
tokyo it's not like how maybe you'd
imagine yeah but at the same time it's
only 30 minutes to Tokyo Station points
to the sky tree and we're on the same
line
things like hard chuckles you don't even
have to change the Train yo yo keep our
motto Sandow and the Imperial Palace so
it is really convenient to go into Tokyo
and we're also only from door-to-door
from an airport we're less than an hour
like 15 minutes I'm from both Haneda and
Narita so it's very very easy to find
today
Airbnb is quite a bit cheaper than the
hotel obviously a hotel it's your room
and it's very private and you get
everything to yourself but here it's
almost like staying with a friend with
Airbnb people often find that you kind
of become friends that people who stay
with you you can cook together or play
music or drink or vrrt it's enter you're
stayin in somebody's home and the people
that have offered to to let you stay you
know that they like socializing and like
travelers and it just means that when
you come in you feel very welcomed
straightaway and unlike a hostel where
as many people it's a little bit more
personal you get to spend some time with
a host if you want if you don't you can
just close your door a lot of Araby
employee places offer shampoo or
breakfast or towels and and so you don't
need to bring as much like you don't
need to bring your towel and things like
that and maybe the one of the things
that backpackers of light and even
people who stayed longer than the week
that because he's staying in someone's
house you can do you wash it you can dry
you wash it and the people you stainless
can show you all the best places as well
so you want to eat sushi or you want to
drink some kind of beer or sake or go to
an old places that everybody hosts
probably take you around yeah definitely
and one thing that we always do with our
guests is and we ask them what they're
interested in and what they like and so
we can tailor our suggestions to what
they've answered so if they're really
about food then you know we'll offer
suggestions about all the amazing food
places or if they're more into
sightseeing in place well you know tell
them what's really close and really nice
and so that is one thing that is amazing
my area baby is it that's different than
a hostel or a whole
and your host you know can tell you
amazing things about what's local that
will suit you I think
you
it's an amazing idea um obviously we
want Japanese people we love cooking in
Japan I was an English teacher Andy is
an English teacher
I also think that when you experience
your own country or your own city with a
foreigner it is a completely different
perspective because they aren't from
there and they're going to see totally
different things than you are so you can
see that through our eyes
yeah the things that we really enjoy
about Tokyo in Japan I guess for maybe
half the people English is in the first
language so when you come here we often
sit around the big table in kitchen
dining room and we talk in English a
little bit of Japanese but essentially
you can practice your English and you
can get an experience of what a
foreigner may be how foreigner lives in
Japan you so you can see a Japanese
apartment maybe how how we put it
together maybe a bit different as well
it isn't like being in a school in a way
where there's a teacher and a student
it's just very free so you can talk if
you want or you can just go go in the
room and sleep or you know just stand on
the balcony and drink a coffee and maybe
just get to see how we see Japan kind of
through our eyes as well which I think
quite often it's a little bit different
yes oh yeah yeah so it is a good
experience yet
so I hope this gave you guys an idea of
some other place that you can stay if
you want to visit Japan if you guys have
any experiences with this website
staying with people let me know how it
went for you I'm pretty sure if I ever
go visit another country that I'll be
trying this out because I just love
meeting new people and talking to them
it just seems like it would be lots of
fun and if you guys want to come stay in
Tokyo I totally recommend Sam and Andy
they were like the sweetest couple I've
ever met in my life so friendly and so
into like showing me around their place
and like the whole town they're just so
sweet
definitely check them out I will link
their B&B link below so you can check
out what they're offering and yeah have
a good day guys yeah