Welcome to Yokohama! This city is a great alternative to Tokyo and located a short train ride from Haneda Airport. There is SO much to see, do and EAT here in Yokohama! This is episode one of two from our series exploring and eating our way through this amazing city! If you enjoyed the video make sure to leave a thumbs up and subscribe for more Chopstick Travel.
Huge thank you to Yokohama City for sponsoring this episode.
Yokohama Official Visitorās Guide ā https://www.yokohamajapan.com/
LOCATIONS :
Yokohama Haikara Kimono-kan
ā https://www.shinnichiya.com/kimonokan
Sankeien Garden
ā https://www.sankeien.or.jp/
ARAIYA
ā http://www.araiya.co.jp
Hong Kong dim sum SAIYÅŖKI
ā https://www.wangfujing.co.jp/top/takeout/saiyuki.html
YOKOHAMAZACHIPAI
ā https://www.taiwan-karaage.com
CUPNOODLES MUSEUM YOKOHAMA
ā https://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/en/yokohama/
YOKOHAMA WORLDPORTERS MAGURO DONYA MIURA-MISAKIKOU
ā https://neo-emotion.jp/
YOKOHAMA AIR CABIN
ā https://yokohama-air-cabin.jp/en/
Noge
HOTELS :
The Westin Yokohama
ā http://www.westinyokohama.com
Oakwood Suites Yokohama
ā https://www.discoverasr.com/en/oakwood/japan/oakwood-suites-yokohama
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Amount of melt in your mouth factor is just beyond anything Else welcome to Japan Iām Luke Martin and today Iām in the city of Yokohama so easily accessible from the Heda airport Yokohama is just about a 30 minute train ride from Heda so a great alternative for travelers visiting Japan maybe youāve already experienced Tokyo and you want to experience more well Yokohama
Has tons to offer and in todayās episode weāre going to be showing you all kinds of things you can do here in Yokohama and of course weāre going to be tasting all sorts of Cuisine and you might have already recognized that I am wearing a
Kimono so this is a popular thing to do here in Japan to rent out to kimono so this morning I went and got dressed at a place called hiala kimono KH and weāve come now to a park called San and weāre going to take a walk around take in the
Views before we start eating this is my first time ever wearing kimono itās quite an experience Iām definitely standing out but it is awesome for taking pictures so itās going to be a great episode make sure you stay tuned Until the End letās go explore Yokohama letās do a little fit check here Iāve got a nice little bag thereās so many layers to this this has a little snap thing like this sheās tied me up real tight and you can see Iāve even got the the shoes with the special socks yep quite an experience awesome for taking
Pictures and what a beautiful place to walk around here to the sanon Garden awesome wearing the kimono and just taking some pictures here one more thing also the umbrella luckily itās not raining today because I donāt think would do a very good job in the rain I think itās made
Of paper but completes the Outfit so actually this park used to be the private residence of a local Yokohama billionaire who made his fortune selling silk back in the day now itās open to the public anybody can come and visit here thereās also all kinds of U historical uh relics and architecture
Like 400y old buildings the leaves are starting to change color itās not as vibrant as we saw in Kyoto I think weāre a little bit early for yokoh but just incredible incredible views there are definitely still some opportunities to see some beautiful autumn colors here in Yokohama right now look at this
Incredible incredible carpet of yellow leaves right here from this massive tree besides the incredible views here at sanan you can also find some snacks we just stopped at this little shop here thatās selling some traditional Japanese sweets so this is called Dango Mochi so itās Mochi on a stick and then itās
Served with a beautiful beautiful matcha tea and then over here this is another type of Dongo but this is really cool theyāve got all these different toppings thatās sweet potato edamame Chestnut and then pumpkin letās try the matcha to be totally honest not a huge Macha lover like I know some people are
Itās a little bit bitter for me letās chase it with some Mochi oh theyāre stuffed yum I think thatās Sesame on the inside of that one yum so this one is the Mochi on the bottom but then itās got these kind of purees on the top this one the orange one is
Pumpkin so letās try that Iām just going to take it all in one bite oh itās a warm oh itās delicious super chewy and then creamy pumpkin flavor on the top yum letās try the chestnut next yum oh I love Chestnut yum seven people standing there watching me right Now finish off at sanan Garden beautiful Park incredible place to take pictures especially if youāre wearing kimono like this but now itās time to go taste some of yokohamaās famous food weāre going for guun a beef hot pot letās go so weāre here at Araya restaurant to
Try the famous gab which originates here in Yokohama but first they just brought us there to an appetizer some beautiful looking Sashimi so weāve got amberjack and then some amazing tuna oh just canāt go wrong with tuna here in Japan let me grab a little bit of Wasabi and then go
For just a little dip in the soy sauce Here Super Fresh melts in your mouth I think it tastes even better because Iām wearing a kimono just waiting for the guab to arrive the guun has arrived and look at the beautiful beautiful beef here the fat marbling in there just looks incredible you can see all of that fat
So itās simmering away in this little kind of hot pot and then thereās other ingredients too weāve got some tofu thereās some greens back here little noodles there are some leaks back here and then also shitake mushroom but really itās all about this beef and you
Got to kind of just let that simmer away and cook itās on a little kind of uh candle tea light and then the dipping sauce here in Japan quite interesting this is the dipping sauce so itās just a raw egg give it a mix get that yolk all
Mixed in and thatās going to be what we dip the beef into M that is awesome itās actually on the sweeter side that uh broth that simmering in is a little bit sweet and then when you dip it in that egg yolk it just completely coats it itās so creamy
Look at how much beef is in here too really generous oh that is amazing one of my favorite things to eat in Japan any kind of Na or hot pot or Sukiyaki Shabu Shabu anything like that so good itās quite a healthy dish too thereās also some veggies thereās some leaks
Back here try one of these yum oh my God the flavor of the broth itās sweet but now itās starting to get kind of infused with that beefy Aroma from that amazing quality beef and all that fat kind of of melting into it some noodles yum oh you got to try this in
Your seriously seriously satisfying meal and I feel like maybe some people might get a little freaked out with the the raw egg yolk but I promise you it just works so well itās like creamy and it just works incredibly well with the beef coach the outside oh man this is
Awesome that was awesome anything with beef in Japan you can rest assured itās going to be delicious so weāre going to continue our food tour here in Oklahoma but let me switch out of this kimono First so Iāve changed back into my regular boring clothes and Iāve come now to Yokohama Chinatown this is one of the most popular attractions in Yokohama itās a street that is is just lined with Chinese food you can see the Chinese Red Lanterns thereās a big Chinatown Gate
Iāve never actually been to a Chinatown in Japan before so weāre going to kind of stroll around see what we can find to snack on Here you can see just how popular the Oklahom Chinatown really is itās packed with people locals and tourists itās a really vibrant with all kinds of colors all the lanterns and we are just scoping out what Chinese food to try letās go eat so we spotted a line at one of these
Shops and couldnāt resist passing it up because they had some incredible looking barbecue uh buns baked barbecue buns and this is it and just look at how delicate that is on the outside itās so so like delicate itās got like a layer thatās kind of hovering over the filling so
Letās bite into this and see whatās Inside oh my yeah super juicy pork on the inside itās like sweet pork just definitely get some of that kind of Chinese five spice I donāt know if you can see it there but it is super super juicy creamy pork on the inside and that bun on the inside is ridiculously like
Crumbly and delicate yum definitely on the sweet side not bad at all yeah so another really famous uh Chinese sweet Iām kind of hesitant to call it a Chinese sweet because itās also Portuguese this is the famous egg tart famous especially in maau letās try it Out does not disappoint super super creamy silky smooth custard feeling and then that pastry on the other side just got layers and layers really really good look at that I love the contrast between the super creamy inside and that flaky crust on the Outside so on to our next stop here in Chinatown this time for some Taiwanese food itās Taiwanese jeie Taiwanese Fried Chicken the best fried chicken in the world sorry Korea and all you other Fried Chicken loving countries but Taiwanese Fried Chicken Just Hits differently and just check this out itās bigger than my
Face this is absolutely massive and it just smells of five spice little bit of salt and pepper on the outside freshly fried letās try it out whatever that batter is it gives these like bubbly crunchy pieces on the outside but the inside remains extremely juicy tender chicken I donāt know if you
Can see but itās just dripping with juice in there look at this that is so juicy and good oh my gosh thatās awesome yeah just look at the size of it massive wow definitely got to check out Chinatown here in Yokohama all kinds of delicious Chinese foods weāre
Finished with our snacking now and weāre taking you to another mus SE attraction in Yokohama itās the cup noodles Museum letās [Applause] Go [Applause] Can you S so Iām here at the cup noodle Museum in yokahama this is one of the most famous sites of them all you can come here and learn about the brand and the inventor who created the iconic uh cup noodles the instant noodles every University and college student owes
Their thank you to this man for creating one of the most incredible inventions of all time instant noodles and now Iāve come to my cup noodles Factory where weāre going to actually create our own custom cup of noodles so first we have to kind of design the the package and
Then weāll start filling it up with the [Applause] Ingredients I donāt think theyāre going to be putting my design on any of their uh official uh cup noodles anytime soon but we got the Chopstick travel and Little Canada flag why not right going Off Chopstick right there and thatās like noodles and travel I got the red because this one got the right color so mine looks terrible after you finish designing your cup you can pick what uh base you want so thereās a regular like soy sauce base they have Curry Seafood chili tomato and
Then you pick your ingredients they have all kinds of different things all dehydrated shrimps meat corn veggies fish cakes so weāre going to go make make our custom cup [Applause] noodle now the hard part we have to pick what ingredients to go in um the chili chili tomato little Spicy I kind of went like Korean style I got chili Bas with a bunch of gimchi cheese and Corn so there it is the final result is really cool it goes through like a conveyor belt and itās all uh vacuum sealed up I donāt think this is going to be their top sellling cup noodle anytime soon but I really like the kimchi what
Did you get in yours M I have egg kimchi corn and then W cheese see it all right final step is to I donāt even really know what Iām doing here putting it inside of the bag going to inflate it so we can take it home have a little
Souvenir from cup noodle Museum here in Yokohama itās kind of cool you like pump it up and then it uh makes this nice little bag that you can kind of show off your custom cut noodle so you get to learn about the history of cup noodle
And then you get to make your own noodles and then you can come to the shop and uh of course buy yourself some of their classic flavors after making your own custom flavor really unique experience never seen anything quite like it definitely got to try it out in Yama So for dinner today weāve come for sushi weāve come to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant so you can either order from the conveyor belt or pick your pieces up as they go by or you can order up a plate like we did this place is called Muro Dona group itās a chain restaurant
Here in uh Yokohama and Japan and weāve got this incredible spread of sushi so let me introduce everything here so weāve got tons of tuna on the plate and thatās just how I like it so this is a marinated tuna weāve got crab here this is a salted tuna weāve got Otoro chutoro
Aami back here we got the iikura the salmon R and the uni the sea urchin this is a fish called kinki and then weāve got anago over here so CEO this looks amazing all right letās start with the akami mhm that first bite of sushi when you visit Japan itās always a special
Special moment that just tastes so good even thatās the akami the lean cut from the back of the tuna it still just melts in your mouth so Iām just working my way from least fatty to most fatty this is a chw Toro so medium Fatty oh my God the heat from your tongue is enough to just completely melt it and turn it into a liquid incredible and this is the the rise cut of the tuna the belly tuna belly the otor look at that just chunk of fat in the middle
There streaks of fat only needs a tiny little bit of soy sauce thereās already Wasabi underneath it incredible if youāve never had Otoro thereās nothing quite like it the amount of melt in your mouth factor is just beyond anything else the only thing I can really compare it to is like a
Really fatty A5 wagu steak it just completely disintegrates all that fat oh so good that was some really good sushi especially that choro and Otoro weāre going to keep exploring okama thereās so much to see Here just took a beautiful ride in the Yokohama air cabin over the city incredible nighttime views wow thatās a stunning way to see the city so weāre going to head to an area called No next which is famous for itās isayas so itās Friday night in Yokohama and weāve come
To no which is famous for isakās NTI and we just popped into this isaki here thatās popular for their Yakitori so Yakitori is grilled chicken on a stick we have one right here and itās just dripping with juice and itās great with sake and whatās even better to have it
With is sake thatās specifically made for a yakatori this is sake with a picture of the yakatori look at that it looks the exact same letās try the yakatori just Grilled Chicken on charcoal look at that beauty very smoky super super smoky yose great with the sck the second
Yakitori has arrived this one is really interesting Iāve never seen this before itās pork wrapped around a bunch of pickled ginger just dripping in Juice you got really love Japanese Pickled ginger cuz that add really strong Ginger flavor Yakitori can roughly translate to beautiful things on
A stick this one is pork wrapped around lettuce dripping sauce this is a questionable one bite but Iām going for it super hot Fresh Off The Grill and that oneās like extremely juicy because the lettuce just soaked up all that sauce itās basically a salad itās like
Grilled salad on the first night of our trip to Yokohama we stayed at the Weston Yokohama a beautiful hotel with Incredible design the room that we stayed in was probably definitely the largest hotel room Iāve ever stayed at in Japan with Incredible views over Yokohama City we also enjoyed a Japanese
Fine dining meal at the Iron Bay restaurant located in the Weston with the Highlight definitely being the wagu beef weāre here at Iron Bay at the Weston Hotel here in Yokohama and we just sat down for an incredible meal weāve got our main course itās a Yokohama beef wagu steak just check out
This beauty and theyāve given us this incredible uh Custom Knife they said itās itās made by the same people that make the samurai Source Katana just cut through that like absolutely nothing butter look at that beauty right there oh my gosh wow just explodes with fat and
Flavor wow another great option for more affordable accommodation is the Oakwood suet Yokohama what a perfect way to wrap up an exciting day here in Yokohama City we just did so much stuff today thereās really a lot to see here and like I was saying earlier itās super easy to come
To Yokohama especially if youāve you know spent a lot of time in Tokyo youāre looking for something new definitely consider checking out Yokohama just a 30-minute train ride from the haneda airport thank you to the Yokohama city government for inviting us here and sponsoring todayās episode I hope you
Guys enjoyed it we certainly did I am stuffed just love this city thereās so much to see and make sure if you havenāt already subscribe and Iāll see you guys on the next episode of Chopstick travel bye
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Love the outfit bro. Awesome video. Delicious foods
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those are not yellow leaves! those are gingko leaves!
In fact, the bitter taste of matcha can be balanced with the sweetness of those desserts. Itās not bad to think about it from another angle!
If it were we, we would throw the eggs into the pot and cook them together, but I believe the taste would be very different. Luke explained it well!
In fact, many foods in Chinatown are from Taiwan, and many locals cannot tell the difference, but you can tell the difference from the characters!
The egg tart is indeed a dessert left behind by the Putaoya people when they colonized Macau!
I wonder, Luke, have you ever eaten fried chicken wrapped in instant noodles? Donāt miss it next time you go to Taiwan!
The inventor of instant noodles is actually a native of Chiayi, Taiwan.
He/ å³ē¾ē¦ was naturalized as a Japanese citizen in 1966 after his wife Hitoko Ando. I believe you know that, Luke.
Itās so cool to be able to make instant noodles with the flavor you like, and whoever came up with that idea is so smart!
Yokohama is really a beautiful, modern city full of delicious food. Thank you very much for sharing! šš„°š
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I'm drooling! Everything looks delicious!
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