Today we explore all of Kyoto, Japan. We explore everything from the parks in Kyoto, the Gion district, the main city of Kyoto and much more. However, there is one thing that has absolutely ruined Kyoto, and it’s sad to see. We try to find some cherry blossoms, were we successful?
🎥 Want To Learn How To Grow Your Own YouTube And Instagram? I teach social media growth on Udemy! Copy this link and take my social media courses here:- https://www.udemy.com/user/daniel-dunne-3/
❤️ FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS –
✅ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/dunneytravels
✅ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/dunneytravels/
✅ Beth’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/betsythomps/
✅ Subscribe to Beth’s YouTube Channel here: @betsythomps – https://www.youtube.com/@betsythomps
Kyoto Japan Travel Vlog
Kyoto
#Japan #Kyoto #Japantravel #Kyototravel #Kyotocherryblossom
so good morning everyone from a beautiful
day here in Kyoto Japan today we’re going
to explore all of Kyoto and what it has to
offer our first stop is the Fushimi Shrine
um we’ve heard mixed reviews about this it’s
currently about 7:00 in the morning so it’s
very early um and then after that we’re going to
explore all of the gon area the gisha district
that kind of stuff look for some cherry blossoms
because it is chry blossom season I’m not sure
if we’re going to see much but hopefully we do
and then in Tokyo so we’re Hing we get lucky
here yeah as it is a bit later in yes the
month of March so we are like towards the
end of March it’s 26th 27th March 27th 27th of
March so it is like Cherry bsom time hopefully
you get to see some but yeah first upop is
the fish Shrine let’s go see what that’s
like so then we’re now at the Inari Shrine
Fushimi Inari Shrine um and it’s bus
already not entirely sure where
to go here a bit cold is it sun’s
coming out there which is nice oh
massive like oh yeah this is weird
floor we’re there just got to go right up there
that huge it does isn’t it it’s massive here I
do believe it is free as well which is nice come
you never know when a good time to come here is
because obviously you get you kind of get to
by social media to come in the morning yeah
so that you kind of beat the crowds but with
everyone telling you to do that it encourages
more crowds so you never really know what a
good time is no and there are already a lot
of crowds it’s only half 7 a.m. so straight
for the um like Shrine bits the shrine yeah
like the famous bits these aren you open yet I
know it’s mental that’s crazy you come at like
4:00 a.m. yeah maybe might dark but probably
best to do that really yeah let’s go to have a
look what this looks like then let’s see then how
bad it is look at all these people already that’s
crazy there’s [ __ ] no
chance right then so we’re in a queue basically
up here you can either go right or you can go
left and left looks like a photo opportunity so
we’ve got a bit of a queue here um and everyone
else is kind of going there so the queue on
the left is to go to left hand side and get
a photo where there’s no one in the background
is quite dark there though um so I’m not sure
how well the photos turn out but I mean it’s an
opportunity to get a photo of no one there which
is perfect actually it’s quite a good way of
doing things because everyone else can kind of
walk up there and then you can go to the left and
get a photo where no one else is so yeah I mean
it’s good they do that I’m not sure if it’s
official that they do that but this is what
people do here so I think it works perfectly
really but then it just makes social media a
bit of a lie when people are like Oh Come here do
this at this time and it’s well you can actually
come whenever yeah this is truth yeah really so
we came here for 700 um and it’s [ __ ] goody
at 7 so uh yeah I mean yeah these photos as Beth
said do kind of tell a bit of a lie because it’s
not actually like this or I don’t even know what
I’m talking about anymore I’m completely waing
tired so if you come here just be prepared for
crowds because even at 7:00 a.m. it’s like manic
isn’t it all right I honestly the patience is
wearing thin thin cuz it’s all just like different
people and different everyone has different limits
of like how polite they are yeah so if you’re CU
if there’s like a fat Cube for to get a picture
of people just cut in that queue and then they
don’t care cuz they’re like I’m not for a photo
which they have every right to do I guess but yeah
yeah still thank
you but this is what it looks like so it’s
pretty cool I mean it’s amazing
it’s nice isn’t it it is pretty
good so we’re now I’m going to leave the fimi
shrine um I’m not entirely sure which way we go I
mean it is really really nice but it’s completely
outrun by tourists here and like everyone’s trying
to get the photo I mean we Tred to get the photo
as well so we kind of we are part of the problem
um but that still doesn’t take away from the fact
that like the experience is definitely ruined by
people trying to get the right photo um it’s cool
it’s really nice to see but just be prepared for
crowds and a lot of people rude people people
pushing in and and you don’t actually need to
queue like there are kind of like man-made cues
of people trying to get photos but if you just
walk straight through you do get lucky with a
break yeah you do yeah in like obviously that’s
not what the shrine is here for no you need to
appreciate the shrine yeah but obviously with
social media it’s like the known thing that you
come to Japan it’s pretty much like the you know
the one place to get a photo is this place it is
like the main place and it’s really Co it’s so
pretty yeah it’s beautiful um so definitely come
here if you can do that but just be prepared for
the crowds because there’s a lot of them um now
we’re going to go get coffee and then we’re going
to head to the guon district um where all the
gishes are and all that kind of exciting stuff
it’s a good day today so hopefully we see a lot
of uh tra Blossom as I said that there a tra BL
just over there taging out it’s quite nice um and
yeah yeah we’re yet to oh yeah yeah so should be
good should be a good day um let’s go and get some
coffee yeah so then coffee time of course we’re
going for the Starbucks cuz we love Starbucks
and they’re really nice here oh is that a c
H there is a lot of Starbucks here but you’re
right and they’re all like really nicely done
mod that smell incredible what we going for
then really nice like Zoo Yuzu Citrus and
tea so I’ve gone for a white chocolate mocka
which is really nice really sweet a bit too
sweet actually to be honest um a Beth has gone
four an alond milk latte got then they give you
these cute little stickers it’s weird here it’s
not weird but like it’s quite cool you basically
get these stickers and then you have to hand in
a receipt that says you have almond milk to the
Barista I don’t know why it’s process we’ve
never done before yeah at least it’s so then
we’re going to drink these up take our time
because it’s still only half n um which is
really early actually so we’ve got the whole
day ahead of us uh we take a Time drink these
up and then we’ll head out and explore the gon
area after this which should be good because
the weather’s holding out and it should hopefully
get Sunny later as well which is a a good sign so
yeah so then we’re now in the heart of the gon
District we’re outside of a shrine of some sort
I’m not entirely sure what the name is but we’re
going to go on the hunt for some cherry blossoms
I can’t see too many here at the moment there’s a
couple down there so we’ll have a water down there
shortly you got loads the gishes here everyone’s
dressed in kimonos I don’t know if they’re like
proper if it’s just for show yeah I’m not sure
they getting their photos taken so I don’t know
if it’s like a thing that you can pay to do or
if it’s like they’re here to get it I don’t know
I’m not sure like behind me there’s some more
um so yeah we can’t tell if they’re tourists
dressing up or whether they’re actually native
uh Japanese people so no you can literally see
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 at least at least nine or 10
at least 10 different kind of couples 11 couples
getting pictures dressed in kimonos yeah so
we’re going to have an explore around this
area um and then try and find some cherry bosson
but at the moment looking too good is it there’s
not so it’s absolutely full of people getting
professional photos and in that kind of gisha
Weare um and now as you can see here we are
a little bit too early for the cherry blossom
um they’re kind of just about sprouting now so I
really hope we see some in aaka otherwise I’ll be
got is so the date today is 27th yeah the 27th so
like they should be out now like early late March
early April but as you can see they’re just about
blooming so we are like maybe a week too early
uh we do have the next 10 days here we are in
Osaka after this so we can come back here and
we probably will come back here at this um
but oh my God look at that like and carriage
not horses oh my God never seen these before
ever are they like tours like walking tours
of the you can pay for walking tours of the um
city that’s sick that is cool isn’t it oh my
God I can’t if it looks like hard work or but
you can’t walk anywhere on the street without
getting someone’s photo um to be honest so down
here as well at night they well they eluminate
what would be the cherry blossom trees yeah so
it’s a lot busier at night there’s a lot more
going on uhuh and it seems that like these kind
of guys getting photos pick the best spots where
the cherry blossom trees are um which is cool but
like all the architecture and stuff here is really
nice it’s really really nice area um it’s clean
everywhere in Japan it’s clean so on our way to
the there’s a park where you can see cherry
blossoms we just walked past these like big
mchi balls and I feel like we should try some of
this whilst we’re here um I kind of want to try
one of those big ones I feel like the big ones are
basically small on I know the small ones I think
might just be the outside have in them so these
like a big gu MCH balls and I want to give one of
these a try only 180 Yen so they’re not bad out
there let’s queue up I want to see what play for
these ones though going to give it a go whilst
we’re in Japan umz it’s not yet lunch time and
I’m a little bit peckish so give some traditional
Japanese mchi a try uh I guess it’s like matcha
flavored but I’m not entirely sure to be honest
yeah that one looks like powdered matcha yeah it
does they’ve gotur want to know what this one is
everyone keeps buying this one hello
can I have one of uh please these ones
please yes just one please okay this thank
you okay then so we’ve gone for this one which
is a match of powder one um it looks quite nice
doesn’t it it does look really nice so we’re
over here so in Japan uh there’s a rule where
you’re not supposed to really walk and
eat so we’ll find a spot here she knows
give so then look at that that
looks lovely do you want to do
the honors no you can okay we’ll do
the honors all right it feels really
good M how’s that is it matchy mhm very oh
I can’t wait I love the texture of these
yeah I mean I’m not a huge fan of matcha
but it’s really nice though so and while
you’re in Japan you have to try the matcha bit
dirty it is so I think I feel like mattr just
tastes a bit like dirt to be honest if I’m
completely honest but how do you think it
tastes bit like grass yeah H it’s okay though nice
it’s obviously really popular here like Japanese
people love their matcha um so I can’t disrespect
it too much but it’s just not really my kind of
flavor of choice to be honest I do love like a
green tea match up yeah it’s nice though yeah
that is really cool and for the sake of 180
Yen Which is less than a pound that probably
about what 90 P it’s really good I’m enjoying it
so um but yeah we try the on that the the other
guys would buy I they’re like soybean flavor
yeah we’re trying to get some loads of these
treats on as a they goes by we’re going to where
are we going to now marama park and why they also
have a yasaka shrine there and there should
be cherry blossoms at this park I they should
be if they’ve bloomed really hoping that we see
some yeah it’s one of the most popular um parks
to go to here in the gon district and hopefully
there’s tra bons there so about 10 minute walk yes
about just under that so yeah hopefully it’s all
right right that is the area we’re going to I can
see a big gate I can see some Market stores in
there so hopefully there might be some stuff to
buy some food to try um have like a market store
in the park which we didn’t expect we just thought
it was going to be like a big Green Park um we
had it in um yeno Park as wellet yeah so hopefully
there’s a fun little market we can explore
whilst we’re here it’s a good surise isn’t it
just there can’t see too many tourists there
just yet so hopefully it’s a good sign I bet
they’ll sell like the chocolate covered bananas
hopefully and the candied sweet the candied
strawberries yeah let’s go there let’s get in
let’s get involved let’s get stuck in let’s go
eat we are arriving and I believe we have to
bow show respect and then we are arriving in
here it smells good there’s food left and right
oh really good now I’m not entirely sure which
way to go o there’s too much going on there’s
a lot going on oh I hear so much about these
octopus bow they have like fried octopus Takaki
Tak T takoyaki my pronunciation is so bad so I
don’t know about that one there there’s a lot
of food here dumplings stop it oh that smells
nice I don’t know what that is but it smells
good H which way should we go that way or that
way should go for a frozen one H could do
might take you longer to eat it if it’s
frozen hi hello I just don’t know how easy
that’d be to bite if it’s a frozen banana
would it like hurt my teeth yeah be all right
you think yeah I prefer it to like a warm one
yeah hey can I get one Frozen please yes oh
those ones there which one should I go for oh
that looks Frozen or that one M or that one
oh one down right I don’t know how it doesn’t
matter I mean it’s freezing is it cold is it well
not this but like it is cold outside it is quite
cold outside so it probably stays freezing
oh my God it’s going to break my teeth is in
there how is it m is it nice
really is it proper Frozen
it’s so good is it it’s
better than I thought it would
taste it’s not that difficult rock hard right
mine wasn’t got in the middle bit it’s cuz you
had that yeah that’s right actually wouldn’t
be my treat of choice to be honest hard give
you that break my teeth cuz um I bit the bit
with the stick in the middle hence why it’s
it’s bit more Frozen in the middle yeah um
it’s nice but would I buy it again no would
you would you like it really yeah I’d buy more
of them no I’m not about four these I bet you
could where we go now um yeah I’m not a fan
of that actually really can SP it on your
teeth you got chocolate everywhere goodbye
doesn’t do it for me no you’re fine so just
walking up here and thinking what on Earth is
drawing the crowds I can see a half blossoms
secure cherry blossom tree here um it’s nowhere
near full blossom yet if anything it’s like
barely in His Ho but already it’s drawing a
lot of crowds a lot of people um Ian you can
barely even see it to be honest I’m not even
sure picking up a camera but yeah so annoying
because I think we’re just a little bit too early
maybe less than a week I mean doesn’t stop people
crowding It Be Still Hing into the banana you
enjoy that oh oh we’ve got another one we have
another one there’s another cherry blossom here
that has blossomed or is blossoming anyway as
you can see again drawing the crowds look at
more it’s crazy this way wow I mean it does
look really pretty to be fair one of the most
Blossom ones that we’ve seen yeah I think so
this is what they look like up
close so still a little while to go
but I mean they’re they’re out we’re
getting better we’re getting
warmer aren’t we we are just
just what do we have here then what’s that
these are like the um things I wanted to try
you to give them a try now I don’t know if
they’re going to be very nice what are they
give it I think it’s I’ve seen so many
Tik toks I think it’s like soy this area
really nice actually down little Alleyway
why say like brown sugar black honey and
warab be Moi M 720 though they’re like yeah
I keep some videos of them you like tip the
um honey on top I always thought it was like brown
sugar but he honey is that like a traditional
tea house is that what they called maybe I’m
not sure it looks quite traditional doesn’t
it we’re going to try
them we get one of these okay I
get I got the last nice wasn’t expecting that
we didn’t buy these and they come out with some
nice warm teas for us so I guess this is like
a traditional Japanese Tea House of some sort
you want to get there was quite a lot over um I
saw on Google that there was a lot in Kyoto so
I’m glad we’ve accident stumbled into this one
how is it is it like oong tea I think it might
be like oong tea yeah I mean it doesn’t really
taste like too much one it’s just like nice warm
you don’t use voice on yours are you no so then it
has a ride we’ve got like a I’m going describe the
plate we got a black plate with some MCH balls on
there and crumbs and then that is what is that oh
black honey I think black honey and what’s the
other one next to it that I don’t know I don’t
is that like a tea what does it smell like I don’t
know what you do with that that’s have a smell it
smells like matcha I think it might be a tea oh
yeah that’s definitely matcha definitely matcha
yeah it is I’m not going to put that on there yeah
so do you like pick one up dip it then dip it or
I think you pour oh really hm yeah I think you
pour yeah well you definitely pour that one all
over them cuz I can see that over there so let
I can’t wait for this it just kind of bounces
off that’s so funny close so this is what it
looks like then after she’s poured the black
honey I’m just going to give us a lick I know
you probably shouldn’t do this but oh that’s
nice nice oh my God so these they’re like can
you see oh yeah look at that it’s like proper
mchi it’s not like the I think it’s like clear
mchi as opposed to like powdered thick I don’t
know let’s give this bad boy a try as you can see
be has already been into this and it’s going to be
my go now and look at that it’s like so jelly
like um they’re really good is it good as it
right aren’t they really nice I think they’re the
best Moi I’ve tried they’re just like light and
fluffy oh yeah yeah that’s really good that was
just that was intended to give you guys a better
view of what it look like in my mouth by the way
I wasn’t trying to be weird but it tastes really
good the honey oh that’s really nice the Honey’s
good isn’t it so nice get back in there they are
really the powder really hits Bucky yeah I’m not
sure what powder is maybe like sugary some sort of
sugary powder but really good really nice actually
so 720 Yen which is like £360 it’s not bad at all
really if you bought this in the UK probably
be at least like 91 so not bad at all really
nice you got to get that content don’t you m all
right then so we’ve pretty much nearly done these
and we still haven’t touched this I honestly have
no idea what you do with this so I’m just going
to drink it this is probably wrong but you must
drink it what else are you going to do with with
it it’s quite strong they you dip your fingers
in it no imagine C your fingers is it nice try
just tastes like match of tea I think yeah I hope
you drink it I really can’t tell what you do you
would drink it because you’re not going tip over
there yeah maybe it’s like a post mchi cleanser
or drink or something maybe does kind of cleanse
the M does it yeah it does you’re right actually
this last one but I mean that’s pretty much it
for this little food stop and I’d give it a 10
out of 10 like it’s so nice traditional nothing
more than just like really good food so really
authentic yeah I’m glad we found this place this
is completely by chance by the way we were just
walking on the street and I was like oh it looks
nice in here this area and then we came across
that photo that we saw and the rest is we couldn’t
leave Japan without trying these yeah that’s how I
felt so definitely come here and definitely give
these little balls a go if you’re here because
unreal so if you’ve ever seen Kyoto on pictures
on Instagram on people’s stories this is like the
Main Street where people go down and it’s like
really nice yeah we hadn’t actually noticed this
until we did a bit more research yeah it’s kind
of it’s not hidden but it’s kind of in an area
that we wouldn’t explore I think and it’s really
nice here as you can see it’s really busy um and
there’s like oh wellow yeah so many people here I
thought oh they the steps over there yeah I think
so right we’re not getting a picture are we no so
up here are like steps and it’s usually a really
good photo and a really good video from that
position but there’s just way too many people here
so I think we’ve left it a little bit too late to
do that again I think it’s one of those places you
have to come and it you come really early yeah I
that top yeah in Bary so then this is the place
for the photos and look how busy it is it’s crazy
um like absolutely mad oh yeah what on Earth is
that I think they’re the same I think they’re mchy
they’re the ones I was trying to explain like the
ones that have the glaze mhm wow look you can
see just how popular this place is look at that
just a sea like an army of people going down there
it’s a really nice Street just very very popular
is this it’s a small usually a
small so so busy here it takes so long
to walk up these streets because there’s
just so many tourists this is really busy
actually isn’t it really busy oh my God
they’re probably even worse on weekends
as well this is completely inundated with
tourists I feel like the sun’s come out so
everyone just like yeah go to all the s here
mad look at that oh there’s one little
Street and this is what you see people
are just coming down from every different
direction as well there’s no like uniforms
[Music] here this is absolutely crazy look
nice view it’s just ruined by people yeah look
how many people are here taking photos of that
one cherry blossom over there is that what it is
the the only Cherry Blom that’s here is draing
such a crowd like you quite nice the back as well
yeah yeah people stop there and I mean I am one
so so then we have now left The Madness of those
streets like we’re at the top and although they’re
really nice they’re beautiful streets it’s just
like so hard to enjoy it because there’s so many
tourists there people pushing you from Left
Right and Center like you can’t see anything
or do anything because just it’s just like a sea
of people and it’s just not enjoyable you actually
hear other people complaining being like we’re
part of the problem yeah I think we’re tourism is
so big in Japan at the minute some places are just
so overcrowded and like obviously we are tourists
so we’re kind of complaining about ourselves but
I mean it’s just way too much like that’s just
not enjoyable at all so if you are coming to the
gon region um just be mindful that those streets
back there are going to be packed uh so we’re now
going to go and find some lunch uh chill out for
a bit rest let our senses calm down yeah um and
then we’ll Explore More of the gon area after
us oh this is nice this is so the parks here are
so beautiful that’s really nice actually look at
that just a shame about the uh TR Blossom yeah no
trade blossoms yet but we’ll find them we’ll find
them look these will be covered in oh yeah those
are secure trees there and they would be covered
it makes me so sad cuz we’ve like planned the
trip around Tre blossoms and we’ve booked it
they’re really late this year everything online
is lying everything online about dates when they
bloom is a lie food let’s get some food so then
on our quest to find some lunch we’ve actually
stumbled across a tire restaurant now we did I
originally fed some Ramen but we just saw this
as we’re walking up that street there and a
really fancy a pad thai set so you get Pad
Thai noodle fried the Tha style salad soup side
dish shrimp cracker and dessert so much food not
entirely sure what the dessert is but they I
think it’s this yeah i’ I think I fancy you do
you fancy it yeah I’m to should go there oh we
got Tha noodle souit that looks like a Ramen to
be fair if you wanted a Ramen T it does look a bit
like yeah she let go in I reckon nice little area
oh looks like it might be busy oh we got
a nice view of the river out there as well
hopefully we can sit that size hopefully
that coup there nice okay so we’ve been
told to go upstairs so hopefully
oh there’s some nice seats up here
this is how like an interactive menu that you can
order from here so they’re lucky they do English
oh yeah look how good this is please touch the
menu button to start ordering where’s that then
I guess lun lunch yeah today’s lunch set I
don’t really know what that is you can get
the green chicken green that’s quite sick to
be fair right then it’s arrived so we’ve got
the Patti here we’ got some prawns from Beth
thank you Beth um some sort of soup we got
the cracker there I guess this is a dessert and
then we got some veg there so it’s quite a good
set it’s quite a hefty set hopefully price amaz
yeah have you tried the PTI yet yeah the P really
nice good yeah I’m a fan of por right then let’s
give the PTI go see if Beth is tell the truth or
not good isn’t it yeah I you get many CRS
no you’ve shipped your CRS off to I have
discounted to so I’m kind of oh that’s really
good unreal not entirely sure what this kind of
stuff is but tastes good that’s the dessert
which I think is a bit through is it like a
dessert I’m scared to try that actually there’s
like a little um I don’t know what that is yeah
I’m just scared to try when we try it we’ll
let you know what it’s like but yeah I mean
this is lovely m M quite like that it’s right
isn’t it I really like the the bubbles I think
it’s nice it’s like a bubble tea yeah try that
thing in the middle I think it’s I think it’s
pumpkin I feel about having pumpkin in a dessert
I think it’s pumpkin it looks like pumpkin what
you I really can’t tell
doesn’t really taste of anything just kind tastes
of the sauce it looks like pumpkin I think I don’t
know so that is the food done we now just been
walking through like a mall of some sort and
we’ve just come across Dog Cafe now what I can
see there is 250 Yen for 10 minutes and I can
see loads of dog so I’m thinking I haven’t
seen my dog for a while and I need to give
some sort of doger fuss it looks it does look
quite cool R Dog Cafe so we might give it a go
we’re going to have a look cuz we don’t know
anything about this place I’m hoping get load
yeah I mean I can’t yet see anything or anyone
so oh my God there’s loads of dogs in there oh
my goodness look at those dogs mate look at
those dogs there oh my God right we’re going
in hopefully you have to BG hopefully we can
just walk in there’s all these dogs here [Music]
oh this is so cute no flash okay no flash no
flash okay so 10 minutes so first 10 minutes
is 635 and 250 10 minutes after that time is
automatically s so please manage stff uh get
yeah okay yeah okay not pick up uhhuh okay okay
yeah okay no flash no flash okay and no big voice
under the L mhm uh-huh it’s from there is it
yeah from there please to 48 perect thank you
thank you very much okay then we’re going in
our first have a Dog Cafe this is going to be
fun should we get the drink on the way back out
drink yeah yeah I think so or take it in with
us take the way out yeah take the way out let I
take it okay then here we go here we go here we
go oh
well hello hello
[Music]
hello they’re getting fed so they’re getting
excited yeah oh oh my God that’s so now there’s
so many dogs everywhere they’re like the SM my
feet I think they see that’s one benefit of having
smelly feet the dogs like it better not startd
you like that don’t you yeah he’s got smelly
feet that one’s cute down there I like that
one over there yeah oh my goodness it’s cute
they get to run around mhm there’s so many
dogs everywhere hello I want to come oh he
oh he’s hungry hello hello hello oh someone’s
hungry oh yeah I feel like they’ve been ped so
much they kind of don’t care them so it
looks like Whoever has the food the dogs
one look at them all over the that girl with food
brilliant they’ve got all the dogs now all those
green little dogs they just started yapping
over there look at them all thought been f
it so yeah I mean it’s 625 Yen for 10 minutes
and then 200 yen for every 10 minutes after
that but they kind of whoever’s got the food
where all the dogs go so if you don’t have food
then there’s no kind of dogs around you like
there’s nothing here um it’s just whoever’s
got the food really so they probably shouldn’t
really do that because it kind of takes away
from everyone else like the dogs follow
the food as opposed to actually engaging
with the people like there you go in a day
yeah so now moved from these guys to these
guys um hello this one likes us he keeps coming
around hello hello you’re you’re not a greedy
boy are you no you’re a nice boy hello yes I can
see you hello hello what can you smell HH what
can you smell so that is our time up that was
the quickest 10 minutes of my life SL it across
Christ we going to get our drink now because
you do get a free drink when you come here and
we haven’t yet had ours so what have we got I
think that might be tea you got Pepsi I really
don’t know what these stuff is maybe tea Cent yeah
what’s that one like black Cofe maybe boss what is
that one boss black yeah I might go for the this
one I’m assuming that means Cafe with milk are
they hot are they hot yeah no way yeah oh oh
my God yeah they are are the ones below them
hot no what the hell I so these are hot are
they like hot coffee how does that even work
yeah these are literally hot and then they’re
cold in the same fridge that’s a hot coffee and
then like a cold what time is it time for coffee
[ __ ] it why not oh my god I’ve never had a hot
CL out of a fridge before that’s so cool like
broken yeah oh that is really hot as well yeah
I really can’t get over how this is so hot
we’re just saying it’s so strange because in
that fridge was I know I’ve said already but Coke
like cold bottles of Coke and then hot bottles of
it’s like a CA it’s actually like a coffee like
a hot coffee but yeah I mean that was our first
of animal Cafe uh we really wasn’t sure what to
expect we’ve seen animal cafes all around Japan
we got otter you got cats you got dogs so it’s fun
we you did it would we do it again probably not
no um but we’ve experienced it now and this nice
board thing on here is a bit misleading because
it kind of says 10 minutes and then a free drink
whereas it’s kind of both those two together so we
end up paying like 625 each as opposed to the 250
we thought it’s was going to be um so is a little
bit misleading but I mean we have fun and we tied
out so they were cute yeah um but yeah I mean I
mean it’s definitely worth doing while you’re
in Japan for sure and it wasn’t even that busy
there was no tourists in there it’s just locals
isn’t it or at least look like locals anyway and
it would be nicer if you obviously bought like
a little dog treat for them as well but that was
like another what was it 600 Yen or something
so it’s about what two pound yeah so it’s not
too bad to be honest really 600 just makes it
sound yeah it does doesn’t it in reality it’s
nothing so again didn’t feel B on the way
in because we weren’t we’re just walking
past um and we found this little saki Place
saki um and you can try it for 100 yen so
we’ve gone for a dry and a sweet saki there
we can show you the poster when we leave
yeah do you want to go first I think
so so that’s a sweet one let’s go on
good go okay then so this one is a sweet
apparently just smells like white wine
really how is it I don’t mind it actually
I don’t mind it at all it smells like white
wine yeah it does SM it’s quite strong but
it’s like wine and a bit of spirit with it oh
oh no like it you haven’t had a drink
like that in so long oh no well that
one was a sweet one it wasn’t that sweet so
I’m not sure what this uh dry ones could be
like yeah I don’t like the dry one that’s
not nice is it not just like a dry white
one no my my eyes t stop it oh I feel
bit sick after that one to be honest
no no that one’s not F to be honest I actually
don’t mind the sweet one I think the sweet one’s
quite nice the sweet just tastes like a really
nice crisp white wine it does yeah but that has
that has like a shot yeah it does it tastes like
white wine with vodka no no what it tastes like
tastes like white wine but you’ve taken out
all of the color and you just left with this
like alcoholic yeah yeah you’re not wrong yeah
I don’t know whether or not that’s how they make
it it just tastes like that do it well that’s
all yours hard I’m done yeah know I mean that
would be like a what’s the word if I lost a bet
that would be like a what’s the word for it like
when you like shot like no you’re forfeit that’s
like my fourth that’s like I mean I would I would
drink that for fun that’s for sure like saki wine
yeah not a fan at all to be honest no T it tastes
more like Spirit yeah it does like a yeah not a
fan sorry for those people watching but not we’re
not big drinkers either so that yeah this place is
really cool you’ve got like loads of different uh
food stores and it might give the illusion it’s
night time but it’s not it’s still the middle
of the day we’re just inside and that’s just
like a roof um the the main Market is there we
were walking down this way and we saw this little
store here so that’s why we stopped came in here
for a bit um but we’re probably going to leave
again now because we realize we don’t like saki
wild do so yeah nice to try but do it again alcol
percentage I think it’s I think it’s higher than
Wine but not as high as bu oh really yeah I think
so yeah so someone’s had a lucky day they let’s
go head back out and we’re going to go that way
and find out what’s around there see what I can
do so this is the like Market that we’re
in really kind of like straight narrow
little things you got food each size
Saku fish key or something [Music]
okay there’s basically loads of different
shops each size um and it’s huge like it
goes on forever we’ve been walking here for
about 10 minutes now and we still can’t find
the exit it’s like it’s mental the octopus
yeah we keep seeing these octopus and like I
feel like the Japanese love the octopus
yeah we haven’t actually had any yet
not for me I don’t like octopus at all so I
don’t think i’ ever try it to me it does not
looking all I don’t like octopus at all
I don’t mind the squid that you get in
wag MERS yeah like B deep fried squid you can’t
squid rings yeah definitely not you know those
little salt and pepper squid bit oh yeah Rings
yeah they are squid rings normally they squid
rings you can’t you can get like chunks yeah
calamari yeah or you can get chunks as well
okay then guys so it’s now like half 5 the Sun
is going down we really don’t have much sunlight
left at all I have absolutely love Kyoto although
it’s incredibly busy there’s a lot of tourists
here you still can’t take away from the fact it’s
a beautiful city and there’s so much going on here
it’s like incredible you enjoyed it oh it’s been
so nice like the perfect mix of like City Vibes
but also traditional Japan which we love so yeah
I mean the food’s been incredible the coffee has
been incredible the tourist sites they incredible
to look at but just not incredible to experience
because there’s just too many people here but
yeah I mean I’ve loved it so yeah I mean we
will come back here for the cherry blossoms
in a week’s time hopefully we can get them
because today hasn’t been too successful but yeah
we’ll be back uh that’ll be in another video um
but yeah I guess for today thank you very much
for watching and we’ll see you in the next one
16 Comments
This is it. I am unsubscribing, the guy has just been complaining a lot the past few videos.
I'm Japanese (but an immigrant for 30 years in Canada) enjoying many of foreigners V-log type of videos on YouTube and I often have to kind of chuckle about certain things you guys are not quite sure what to do and I wished I could text you right away (like live stream) and tell you what to do but I'm just enjoying whatever you guys are doing and experiencing as you go. It's not a huge deal but you just missed and passed right by one of the most popular Starbucks in Kyoto where it's in a traditional Japanese house and even the sign of Starbucks is not that typical green coloured sign but in a rustic brown sign. I know there are too many things to see and so much going on with far too many tourists everywhere. I have never gone to that particular Starbucks myself and that's one of many spots I'd love to go and check it out when I go back to Japan one day and funny because I'm not even a big fan of Starbucks but inside of the shop has a very nice traditional Japanese style to it and you can even sit on tatami mat floor to drink a coffee. My goodness, I still can't get over with the fact how many foreigners are there everywhere now in Japan especially in Kyoto. When you guys were standing in line earlier for Torii red shrine gates, there wasn't a single Japanese person in line but all foreigners. That wasn't like that before when I was still in Japan more than 30 years ago. Even Tokyo is filled with so many more foreigners 100 times and I can definitely tell time has absolutely changed. It's funny by the time I go back there in the future, I will be also visiting as Canadian with my Canadian passport. So I will be one of you guys although I am Japanese and look 100% Japanese… haha Keep enjoying your trip, guys.
P.S; the English translation on the outside sign at the dog café was not correct for drinks. In Japanese says 380yen for drinks but it's actually all you can drink for 380yen and the English translation says "free drinks". That type of mistakes happen quite often in Japan as many Japanese people don't speak English…
It is currently also discussed in the news that Kyoto is over-tourism, but I mean that is normal for such a famous and beautifull city. Main complain from the locals is about taking photos from the Maikos walking to work. Some tourists behave like Paparrazzis and it is completely understandable that the Maikos got annoyed from that.
But I really like this video because it shows the real situation in Kyoto. And it is just early in the morning. Imgine how it goes later in the daytime.
About cherry blossoms…yeah…that is sad, but that is completely in control of the nature and not of us humans- And that is good.
But thank you for this video.
I really like it.
Been to the shrine with my family a few years ago and it is one of touristy spots and always busy. Though there are people said it is best to go in the early morning but am sure there are other tourists thinking the same. Crowd is inevitable especially in Japan and rude tourists are everywhere. You guys have missed the Kyoto famous Starbucks. Are you guys planning to go Nara after Kyoto since it is so close by. Also, Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) is beautiful and we managed to witness a traditional Japanese wedding at the temple there. So pretty! Love Tokyo Bananas and other Japanese with pastries with white bean paste. so good and if you are lucky, you can get the white chocolate with green grape inside. So good! You can also see cherry blossom trees in London Battersea Park and Canary Wharf where my partner and I used to stay, right down on my apartment block on Woodwharf. But there are many parks in London where you can see them. Less crowds 🙂
Ye had warabi mochi with black honey which I had a package of warabi mochi from a local super market just yesterday. cheers
Kyoto has always been swarming with tourists, especially during spring and autumn. According to the local news, this year has hit a record high in visitors. While you were busy complaining about the tourist crowds in Kyoto, brace yourself for even more local Japanese people flooding these famous spots when the cherry blossoms bloom. If you can't stand the crowds, I suggest you steer clear of Kyoto from now on.
街中でカメラをまわす外人を見るのは本当に不快です😊
Warabimochi is a Japanese sweet made from starch, water, and sugar from the stems of bracken.
The yellowish powder is called kinako, which is made from roasted and powdered soybeans.
What looks like black honey is actually not honey but brown sugar that has been dissolved in water and boiled down.
Mochi, as we know it, is made from mochi rice😊
The matcha mochi you ate is daifuku mochi.
The thing on the skewer is called dango.
Regarding the difference between dango and mochi, "dango are made from powder,but mochi are made by steaming the kernels," "dango are made from non-glutinous rice flour, but mochi are made from glutinous rice"
The correct thing to drink with warabimochi is green tea(緑茶ryokucha)or sencha(煎茶)🍵
Matcha is a type of green tea.
Green tea is a non-fermented tea made without fermenting the tea leaves, and is a collective name for a variety of teas such as sencha, gyokuro, bancha, matcha, and roasted tea.
Among them, matcha is made differently from other teas.
The commonly consumed sencha is made by steaming tea leaves that have grown freely in the sunlight and then rolling and drying them.
On the other hand, matcha uses a type of tea called tencha.
Before picking tencha, the tea leaves are covered with straw or a special black sheet for about 20 days to block out the sunlight, steamed, and dried. This is then finely ground in a stone mill to make matcha.
By blocking out sunlight, the color of the tea leaves becomes darker, the production of catechins, which are thought to be the source of astringency, is suppressed, and the tea is characterized by its high content of theanine, an umami component.😊
Love you guys. So honest and I like that. Keep doing what you do as you both are amazing love following you 😊
Literally look forward to seeing new vlogs from you both. You make me smile and laugh. Love you both 😊
Those dogs though!! 10 mins of sheer bliss 🐶❤
When I went to Kyoto last year in november 2023, I have to wake up as early as 5am just to go to gion district for picture taking and just exploring (most shops are still closed) but it was def much nicer to go around without the sea of people 😂and even then i already see quite a few local JP tourist who already going around gion district as early as 6-7am, so if u reach there after 8am, u prob will have harder time to get nice shots, 10am and above is the worst time to go since most shops are opening and hotel guests around the area starts exploring.
Another tips is to go to gion district at night after 8pm, i know most shops/places are already closed but its so much more peaceful and quieter when the crowds already had gone somewhere else to find dinner etc too lol
Japanese enjoy the balance sweet with warabimochi and bitter with maccha.
同じ寺、同じ神社、同じ竹林。皆が同じ場所に集まるのが問題だと思います。京都には数千もの寺や神社があります。静かに楽しめる場所を探してみてください。
"Okowa=おこわ“ is delicious.
The first store your went to was "Tamba-ya=丹波屋” .
The rice in the packs lined up on the left side of the shop is “Okowa.''
Red rice is "sekihan=赤飯”.
That's delicious too, but I like the “Green Okowa = Wild Vegetable Okowa =山菜おこわ“.next to it. Try it while your are in Japan.
I'm sorry if you've already had that and it's not to your taste 🙏
"Okowa" exists in every region of Japan.
It is cooked with “mochi rice =餅米”.
It is different from ordinary "rice".
You can also find them in the basements of Japanese department stores.
It can be eaten as is. You can also buy it and eat it when you go out.
As a Japanese myself, I can distinguish between Asians.
When I see this video, it looks like 90% foreign tourists and 10% Japanese in a crowded tourist area.
Spring and fall in Japan may be especially crowded because of the pleasant temperatures. If you experience this density in summer, you may not want to go to tourist spots lol.