So, this was the most beautiful place weve been to in Japan, we think. Nyuto Onsen, especially Tsurunoyu Onsen, was an experience like weve never had before, and its something well remember for the rest of our lives. Go visit Akita if you have the chance. Itll blow you away.
One of the best things to do when you travel is eat delicious local food. So one of the ideas I like to do when I visit any destination is eat a typical breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Japanese food is amazing, and in Tokyo you have so many options of what to eat, so on this Japanese food tour, I decided to eat a mix of typical and authentic Japanese food.
Breakfast at Shokudo diner 東新宿食堂
Japanese breakfast can be very regional in Japan, but a good typical Japanese breakfast is a bowl of rice, miso soup, and often a piece of grilled fish like a mackerel. Just down the road from where I was staying in Tokyo, we went to the local diner for some Japanese breakfast.
Price — 1,690 JPY ($15.29) for everything on my tray
Lunch at Sanshuya 三州屋
This is one of the best local Japanese restaurants I’ve ever been to in Tokyo. Thank you to Yuko for this recommendation. It’s a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant that serves incredibly fresh fish and daily specials. Amazing little restaurant in Ginza, for best Japanese food.
Total price — 3,300 JPY ($29.87) for 2
Dinner at Shibuya Morimoto Yakitori
There are so many different Japanese food you can choose to eat for dinner, but one of the common businessman meals is an afterwork stop at an izakaya (a Japanese pub). One type of izakaya is a yakitori restaurant, serving grilled chicken. I went to a restaurant called Shibuya Morimoto, a wonderful chicken heaven and ordered the omakase set. The chicken sashimi was actually incredible!
Total price — 9,001 JPY ($81.45) for 2
So that wraps up this authentic Japanese food tour of breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Tokyo. Thank you for watching!
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We spent a day with a soba master who taught us how to make soba noodles, with the perfect ratio of buckwheat. So this isnt clickbait! This guy is the real deal. Its not easy to make soba the way he makes it, but we gave it an honest effort at least.
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We found a sushi place called Itaemae Sushi Edo. It sounds like «Eat My Sushi.» Get it? Eat My Sushi? We did a segment called Eat Your Sushi. WE HAD TO EAT HERE!
I usually tell stories about what life is like in Tokyo, because thats where our family lives. But today we head out to Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime to find out what life in non-Tokyo, the countryside of Japan, is like.
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