Tokyo Hidden Spots: Exploring Tokyo’s Local Old Towns
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- In this Tokyo Hidden Spots episode, we explore the downtown (shitamachi) areas of Tokyo and try different types of Japanese street food!
Yanesen, located off the beaten tourist path east of Ueno Park in Taito and Bunkyo wards, is the collective name for the Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi neighborhoods after their first syllables.
Tokyo may have a very modern image to most but if you just go a little bit away from the popular tourist areas you will see a totally different side of Tokyo - a more local, quiet, traditional side.
I love exploring and seeing this side of Tokyo because you can see and learn much more than what's on the surface.
So, if you guys come to Tokyo or live here - try escaping the crowds and get lost in the local backstreets and see what interesting stuff pops up :)
A lot of Japan's traditional side is lost in Tokyo because of what is shown on the media but I hope this video shows you guys a different side of what Tokyo has to offer!!
Places Visited
- Yanaka Ginza 谷中銀座
- Sendagi 千駄木
- Nezu 根津
Hope to show you guys more of these hidden spots in Japan!
Join me on my journey! ☺
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Omg that candy making part is amazing!
This is what you want, a real experience of Japan, mixing with the locals, taking in the sites and sampling tastes of authentic Japanese food what more can you ask for. Truly awesome.
This is exactly the type of travel guide for Tokyo that I'm looking for. Thank you for being awesome! 😊
So good, so good
Thanks for watching girlie
I can't wait to go to Japan for the first time
Have fun!
Thank u
yea I have a trip coming in Aug! Im pretty excited... these videos are great!
One tip. Go where you really want to go and plan it which will come first. 3 days in saporro and 4 days in tokyo.. oh and also we went to disney land for the whole day. It is also packed with people had to wait in line an hour for the rides and for the snacks Just so you know so really 3 days in tokyo. We want to go to places for pics in tokyo and didnt had that much time for shopping and are always in a hurry. Our mistake was not having a good plan by going from one side of yamanote line then going to the opposite of the circle of yamanote line. And all stores in harajuku closes at nine in the evening. Maybe our next trip to japan we will stick to tokyo for 7 days with a plan. I really didnt quite enjoy japan to the fullest for the first time but i still had a fun time. Cant wait to go back there
@@krayzieegg7294 a recommendation: Tokyo Sky Tree! My parents went there in 2019, and now it’s a mandatory spot whenever we go to Japan (it’s that amazing)
I think this is where the end scene in the anime movie "your name" happened.
That staircase, right?! Thought the same haha
yep i recognized that staircase .
Wow, I thought the same thing! Glad to know I'm not crazy (or at least, not the only one xD)
Yea, Last scene, right? I notice too!
Me too!!!
I was in Japan 40 years ago. I was an 18 year old US GI. You have stimulated my memory of good times. I spent 1.5 years there. I would love to come back on vacation.
The customised candy is so cool. Such a great idea! That would be great for little gifts for loved ones :-D
Yeah! It was really cute and so many designs to choose from. Thanks for watching :D
Oh, I enjoyed exploring Yanesen with my family. Thanks for letting us re-live this wonderful experience. University of Tokyo is very near Nezu Shrine and people will enjoy the new statue of a happy Hachiko reunited with his master. We miss Tokyo everyday.
Hi I recently started watching lots of your vids after the CZcams spotlight thing and I wanted to say I love them!! I want to travel to Japan one day but for now I just watch your videos ;)
I agree completely with everything you said! Yanaka, Shitamachi, and other old neighborhoods are my favorite in Tokyo and all over Japan. The fruit tree you pointed to is loquat, or biwa. Totemo oishii desuyo. (Also medicinal.) Thanks for your great videos, perceptions, and the way you show things.
"Take off your shoes! I don't want the outside street in my house."
donut falls on the ground
"3 second rule!!!!"
2:13
I wouldn’t eat it (who knows what shoe stepped in that spot first).
@@IsaPodrasky So you understand my joke. lol
50 days to go before I and my wife leave for Japan to enjoy food, parks and shrines. For me it will be after August 1969 when I first visited Tokyo and Osaka. The perspective has changed so much in the last (almost 50 years).
thanks for sharing, me and my flatmate from Christchurch are spending two weeks in Japan starting the end of july. I'm so excited to escape winter and explore some of the places you've suggested!
Oh awesome! Hope you guys have a fun time! :)
this is the reason why i love the place of japan. hoping to go back in japan and experience everything.
When I'll visit Nihon, I will be out in the wilderness and the rural places as much as possible. I want to experience the inspiration that the old Japanese had, and want to uncover at least a little bit of the essence of their spirit, that came from that environment. I will have to be there in autumn and in spring.
Just like to say your videos are great and have been really helpful in planning for my trip next year. Nice to see videos focused on places rather than the people making them. Really informative and your personality still shines through!
omg the candy being made in front of u is so cool :F i love this country... cant waitt to visit!
Gandalf TheStoned same
hii
Keep this series up, I'm staying in Tokyo for a month. Need more places like these to visit. You're so helpful!
Glad you like this series! Will make many more so hopefully you can add lots to your list :)
thank you! I wanna go places with less tourist and more locals. thanks to this, I'm gonna search local hidden gems of kyoto, osaka. thanks again.
Hi! The fruit you asked for is very common here in Brazil, almost every yard has one of these trees. It is called nêspera (in portuguese), or Medlar in english. They are very sweet and are of the same family of the plums.
I love your vídeos! I'm planning to visit Japan soon.
You have quickly become one of my top resources for planning my upcoming trip to the area. Thank you for highlighting local, non tourist, areas! Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Glad the videos are helping :)
Hey Angela! I'm a fellow kiwi in Tokyo and I absolutely love your videos. They always give me travel inspiration when planning excursions within Tokyo and beyond. I particularly enjoy your 'Hidden Spots' series and am enchanted by the area of Nezu. Do you have any recommendations for places with a similar local vibe? I really want to make the most of my Summer vacation and see as much of Tokyo as possible!
internationally ME, just wanted to thank you on your recommendation for seeing Yanaka Ginza Street and the neighbourhood. I went there during my visit of Tokyo this past June and enjoyed it very much. I had the best ever cream puff in a bakery on Yanaka Ginza. The whole neighbourhood looks very nice. Thanks!
That candy making sequence was amazing! People are so talented haha!
It's rare to have that talent in Japan nowadays! Thanks for watching Ryan :)
I died at the kid yelling "Ahh!! Maketa~!" at 7:03!! hahaha!!! Oh Japan, your young ones are awesome!! Angela, message for you: you never dull a moment with your wonderful videos!!~~ Arigatou!
many(building,food,culture...) interesting in local Tokyo.rabbit candy so cute like you.かわいい
Since I am going to visit Japan next month I am very thankful for this video, because most of the other clips I found where centered around the common locations. Your video definitely gave me some more options to get to know the "real Nihon". :)
Omg. This is so ideal. Places to go to with more to experience and less crowd. ♡
Spending the day watching these videos and dreaming of Japan. I love your channel. I just love the way you interact with the camera and present Japan.
Didn't realise how long this video was, what a pleasant surprise :)
that fruit was a loquat! we have them in Australia too!
The candy being custom made was new for me in Japan. Good job finding and including that segment.
I now miss Tokyo more then ever. .....I miss all of Japan :^(
I wish I had this guide when I went last year. I was in Tokyo for 9 days and mostly stuck to Akihabara and Tsukiji. Definitely good to know for my next venture there.
My wife and I had a wonderful time eating and shopping on Yanaka Ginza, and in the Nippori area. Thank you for the great video.
Wow! Those areas are truly such hidden treasures. The street food looks amazing also. I am so glad you ate the donut that fell, I would have also :) I really loved this video.
Haha it's such a waste if I didn't xD thank you for watching! I'm glad you liked it because I really love sharing this kind of Japan with others ~
internationallyME I did love it. Thanks for all your hard work on your videos :D
That rabbit thing blew my mind! That's awesome!
thank you for this vid! I've always only seen the crowded city life so this is lovely!
I love showing the other side of Japan so glad you like it :)
+internationally ME hii
We have that fruit in Australia too! I used to pick it off trees on my way home from school. Natsukashii!!!
Nice video, Angela
Japan looks like an awesome country to visit.
Oh cool, I've actually been to Nezu Shrine before - it was nice that it was pretty relaxed and not jammed full of tourists.
Yeah, it was so peaceful and such a nice local area :) thanks for watching!!
How interesting! my first time going to Japan by myself i stayed at a place i found for Cheap on Airbnb with a Host. She lives RIGHT by Yanaka Ginza. I didn't know what the place was. I just know i LOVE it! I really Enjoy staying there and even got a Kimono from the kimono shop that i stumbled upon for only $30! Wow! I guess i got really lucky to be able to experience my first solo Japan trip in such a wonderful place!
すごい！東京にもこんな町並みがあるんですね〜✨
ゆったりとしてる感じがとてもいいですね！
Your movies very instructive!
I always look forward to :)
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Yanesen was absolutely my favourite place for a peaceful walk in Tokyo, especially Yanaka Cemetery and Nezu Shrine :) I saw many of the famous stray cats of Yanaka as well!
Another great video. I like how the regular life in Japan has narrow streets, but still kind of peaceful for some reason.
6:06 You said "most oldest shrine". Lol!
Thank you! Yeah, it has such a nice regular side to it where there's much more culture beaneath it! That side gets losts on CZcams though :(
And yeah LOL my English sucks after coming here.. Please ignore it XD
14 more weeks and I'm off to Japan !!!! Thank you so much for showing us these spot. Definitely will go explore.
omg those sweets on a stick were ADORABLE!
You gotta make it when you come Tokyo!!
Those kids by the shrine were adorable!!
You love your potatoesss!!!
I think Id go for the donut though〜〜
I used to grow those fruit in my house when I was younger
Indeed very nice place I had a good souvenir from there👌🏼 very informative your feeds
Thank you, I have never been to this part of Tokyo. Will try this place.
Glad I stumbled into your video! :) Planning to travel there soon and as someone who's not exactly a fan of modern metropolises this one is a good alternative route!
This video is so good!! Thank you for sharing :)
This area you showed is all in 10 minutes walking from the dormitories that I will be moving into on march 25th! You made me even more excited to go!! New subscriber here :)
this is a good insight, Angela. A great way to tour that is less crowdy and a different feel of the usual tokyo
Yes, that is why I have created this series "hidden spots" :) Hope to show more of the less crowded amazing places!
Than you for this bit of common life in Tokio. More videos like this please!
Glad you liked it! You mean you want to see more of everyday normal life in Tokyo? :)
I watch anime and japanese films not for the stories but for those little bits where we are shown the houses, the meals, the every day life. Big fan of costumbrism: life in small neghbourghoods, people doing daily shopping, small streets, old little shops run by very old peolpe who have been there for ever and are part of the urban landscape..., yes more every day life, please! :)
Sorry I looked it up and it's 'Costumbrismo' or 'custom and manners' and not 'costumbrism'
another japanese friend highly recommended Yanesen too and by luck i found this lovely hotel called HANARE hotel which looks amazing. booked my one night stay there and getting very excited to experience the old world charms of Yanesen in a traditional tatami hotel :)
the candy making right in front of you seems so fun :D it's too cute to be eaten ;~;
that lady making that rabbit candy ..wow ..thats some skill she has
At minute 5:30 it's something that surprised me too! 😱. We have that fruit in Mexico too!!😃 We call it NISPERO ニスペロ and it's an autumn fruit. Sweet and delicious!!!!! You should try it!!!
Nispero! Thanks for sharing :D I've actually tried this fruit! I just couldn't think of the name straight away :P Thanks for watching Carlos!
This is a must go place for me
Great series! Thanks a bunch and keep walking!
Just did another one of these :)
I love the candy shaped like a hedgehog! so cute!
I've been watching a lot of your videos. I am traveling to Japan next friday for a month and I've learned A LOT from your videos!!! Thank you very much :)
5:39 we have that fruit in Mexico (at least the part where I am from), we call it níspero and it's super sweet and delicious!
I love your videos ☺️
Isis Mg : are you interested??
Wow, Can not believe that there are actually that kind of place here in Tokyo, i am going there... thank ya, hugs
I like the Rabbit, she made that so fast, now that's talent:)
The stairs though. Your Name feels
Yeah, Yanaka Ginza sure is a great (and much overlooked/ignored) place my most tourists. I liked your intro pointing out the contrasts. Great video as usual madame!
Have a good weekend... ^^
Thomas
How cute is she?!!! Wow. Very interestingly video and Great job
I love this video. We are planning our trip for this Fall and this is exactly what I was looking for. A look at how the locals live not just all the tourist spots. Thank you for this great video.
woaah! i love how those children talks in japanese!! xD
Hi, I glad there someone who like this kind of place rather than the waaaay crowded usual tourist site, like I watch well known restaurants in the alley variety shows, somehow it have more appealing view than in the main street shop, love it.
Oh have u ever travel around in the alley, any alley, the view & the feeling just to watch it there are just so great, so i hope sometime u can make another
Thank you so much for this video! I am going to visit Japan for the first time next week and stay in the hotel in this area. I didn't know it is so amazing!
Going to Japan in counting back 60 more day . Love all of ur video
Thank you! I think it would be nice to visit a more down to earth part of Tokyo. Thanks for showing us around.
Thank you for your video. It's very interesting! So surprising to see a lot of Tokyo's corners where it's possible to see and make experience of every day life of japanese!
Pls show us more of this kind of tokyo, so we’ll know where to explore aside from the usual touristy places.
Internationally MEさんは "皆さん, street food を食べて見て"ってよく言ってんでしょうね。 2:15 のハッパニングが本当の "street food" を食べて見ちゃった場合なのだ。
Thank you so much for this. I've added a few places form this video to my list for my trip in August.
Thank you for highlighting Japan for me. Because of you and a couple of other CZcamsrs, I can say I have a decent list of places to go for food and culture when I arrive. Can't wait to start actually shooting my own content!
Look good to explore this place next month on my first trip
so niiice, I'm about to travel later this late july so this helps so much on where to visit and what to do. love it !
Thanks for your videos. I will be travelling on October to Japan, it will be my second visit to such a great country and your suggestions are being very useful. Seeming that i will be staying in Kawasaki, Zou no hana park is a must !!!! Again, thank you for your videos, i will be checking the rest of them in the forthcoming days.
Zou no hana is such a hidden local area. It's actually one of my all time favourite places to hang out!!!! Your so awesome to know there :D
You know very well about deep Japan !!
nice, i enjoyed tokyo when i was there, also gomennasai saitama i was a bad tourist, fun times though, thanks just discovered your channel
Your happiness makes me smile. Thanks
Thanks a lot! This channel has officially become my Tokio travel guide
Did you said “loco“ ??? いいね。great video.
Aloha and this was a great video to show others that there is so much more to see in Tokyo and the bento looks really GOOD!!!
Loved to see Tokyo through your lens!! So many cute stuff!!
I love Yanaka Ginza too. Have been there many times. Did you know there was a ドラマ filmed there a few years ago? It was called "いつか陽のあたる場所で". Also, I agree about rabbits, they are the best pets! You should visit Okunoshima! I went there four years ago and loved all the bunnies.
Yes! I've heard about that :) I might go on in and visit when I'm in the area!
I look forward to that video! In fact, I have a website and FB page called "You Should Visit Japan", and would be interested in collaborating with you during one of my future trips. Even if it's just helping with the camera work. :)
Once I come to japan, I will definitely visit your recommendation!
5:29 Here in Córdoba, Argentina, where I live, there are these trees everywhere! We call it Níspero. The botanical name is Eriobotrya japonica. I didn't know it! How interesting is that you live in Japan and the botanical name is Japonica! What a GREAT synchronicity!!! Namasté Guz
That's funny, in Brazil we call it nêspera, almost the same name! It's loquat in English. I had that tree in my backyard in Brazil, my parents have one in their new house... I miss that fruit, it's hard to come by here in Canada! Plus, it doesn't taste quite the same when you get it from the supermarket versus getting it straight from the tree.
The name of the fruit is Loquats. At least thats what we call it here in the States. Also I have to stay your vlogs I find them very helpful specially since I am planing to visit Tokyo in November :)
And the Japanese name is biwa (yes, it is a homophone for the lake in Shiga Prefecture and the Japanese short neck fretted lute, but then there are a lot of homophones in Japanese). As mentioned above, the scientific name is Eriobotrya japonica although according to Wikipedia, it is native to south central China.
Awesome ! I will visit in September-October and I will definitively go to explore Nezu
Hope you enjoy it there! It's a lovely area!!
Some good tips for my next visit.
Excelent video! I agree that when you travel ia an awesome idea to have some time with the locals, in local and common places and activities. Thank you for showing us that places. I loved the candy animals shop!
Thanks for watching :) yes locals knows best! Have a great day!
Going trough all your videos! Going to Japan in May and I want to try to visit a lot of places with different atmosphere
Yes! Travel to places the tourists don't go and you will see so much more cooler things! (in my opinion :P)
Amazing video! Thank you!
It's October 2020. I miss traveling. Especially to Japan 😭