Hokkaido Tourist vs Local Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Japan Battle!

Given the Japan travels hype, have you ever wondered how much value you are getting for the food you bought over there? Are you simply just paying tourist prices? In our new video series, we will explore how much differences are there in Japanese food sold at tourist places, in comparison to local (non touristy) areas. The most “real” video on YouTube that shows you, how much food your Yen can actually buy!

▼Sankaku-tei
Address: 〒047-0032 Hokkaido, Otaru, Inaho, 3 Chome−10−16, Sankaku Market
Website: https://www.sankakutei.com

▼海鮮みなと食堂 (Kaisen Minato Shokudo)
Address: 〒053-0004 Hokkaido, Tomakomai, Minatomachi, 2 Chome−2−5 A棟 ぷらっとみなと市場内. Or search for Sea Station Plat Seaport Market Hokkaido

00:00 – YouTube videos on cost of travelling to Japan
00:15 – Oishii Apron showed some great delicious Japanese food deals
00:31 – What we are doing today in this video?
01:11 – Why we chose Kaisendon, Seafood bowl in Hokkaido?
01:32 – How we are going to compare Tourist vs Local
02:27 – Tourist Location Introduction, Sankaku Market
03:13 – Tourist side (Sankaku-tei) Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Introduction
03:44 – What we are going to eat at Sankaku-tei
04:06 – Sankaku-tei Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Review
06:16 – Sankaku-tei Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Unique Feature
08:09 – Interesting Poll data about Sushi
08:49 – Upsize & Add-On to Sankaku-tei Kaisendon Seafood Bowl
09:49 – Sankaku-tei Upsize/Add-On Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Unique Feature
10:32 – Is Sankaku-tei Upsize/Add-On Kaisendon Seafood Bowl great value?
10:57 – Travelling to Local Kaisendon Seafood Bowl place
11:47 – My Opinion Of Sankaku-tei Kaisendon Seafood Bowl
13:23 – Local Location Introduction, Purato Minato Market (Sea Station Plat Seaport Market)
13:56 – Local side (Kaisen Minato Shokudo) Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Introduction
14:29 – Kaisen Minato Shokudo Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Review
15:42 – Kaisen Minato Shokudo Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Surprising Unique Features
17:30 – A shocking unforeseen circumstance happened at Kaisen Minato Shokudo!
19:18 – A shocking find in Kaisen Minato Shokudo Kaisendon Seafood Bowl!
20:12 – Kaisen Minato Shokudo Kaisendon Seafood Bowl Upsize & Add-On Review
20:51 – A shocking turn of events happened that could change the whole competition!
23:27 – Announcing the Winner, Outro

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currently now on YouTube there are many
videos on Japan on the topic of the cost
of traveling to Japan how expensive is
is to travel to Japan tourist prices out
of control in Japan or maybe even how
cheap Japan is y y y y heck even we did
a couple of videos on how cheap food is
in Japan especially given now there is
somewhat of a flash sales concerning the
Yen anything and everything can seem
very cheap or expensive at the same time
so what we’re going to do in this video
is to find out the true value of your
Yen you’re holding on to right now how
great of a food you could buy with it
and whether is it really value for money
or is it simply just a case of inbound
on a tourist ripoff what’s going to
happen here is we will be visiting two
different types of places here in
Hokkaido one an extremely touristy
location and the other a Suburban type
area where finding a tourist will be as
difficult as finding Wally and what we
will do is to look for a shop that sells
kaisong we will buy it we will eat it
and we will compare them now as to why
kaisendon well that’s because kaisendon
is one of the most popular food here in
Hokkaido both localwise and tourist wise
and we’ll compare them in these five
categories
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now you might be wondering how come the
deliciousness or the yumminess component
is not in our challenge well to be fair
you can expect both to be
delicious why because you know the same
goes that in Japan there are no bad
sushi places here that every Sushi is
delicious well to a certain extent that
is true especially here in the Hokkaido
right you can expect all the seafood
here to be of a certain level a certain
standard where they are fresh they are
sweet so to be fair to both the
delicious component is not in our
comparison we declare both to be
delicious here we want something more
quantifiable such that you as the
audience can see can feel and experience
so we’re going to take the delicious
component out and just compete
pound-for-pound
solely value cost performance and
Effectiveness we are now at a very
popular tour spot in otaru Hokkaido and
this is the sankaku market here a very
popular tourist spot and what we are
going to do over here we’re going to go
in buy the Kendon eat it and give you
our take now as to what particular shop
we’re going to go to I already have in
mind which
one that’s because we went through
extensive research to find the best
representative for the tourist site
right we want a very fair comparison
here and we actually found one that has
great value for money over here so we’ll
make our way right there to the sankaku
market right now are you guys ready
let’s go honestly all of the shops here
all look rather similar all very
attractive but I’m going to choose this
shop here on my right because based on
reviews this has one of the best value
for money over here for kandong and
actually late last year in December a
local TV news station came down to
review this particular place over here
this particular place is called
Sak all right let’s see what they have
to offer and let’s find out okay this is
the menu we are going for this
particular Ka sandon here at 2,500 Yen
have a look at this look pretty awesome
isn’t it let’s see what Sanka is able to
cook and bring to the table o print
tourist food versus local food challenge
has
begun weighing 330 lb from otaru
Hokkaido representing the tourist side
we have let’s be professional about this
look at
that this is the 2500 Yen kandor from
sen
kak okay looks Splendid isn’t it we have
a variety of seafood over here
magnificent
oo the bow is really full now the bow is
around one pump
size yeah it’s about one pump size my
hand here okay one pump
size probably the the size of a short
part yeah let’s try the rice
first because we already know the
seafood is going to be good now this is
where the rice can actually you know
either bump the score up really high
oh actually lower it quite
significantly okay pretty standard
pretty
standard premium Japanese
rice M slightly towards the more vinegar
is side but still okay still okay look
at
that I can’t e the
crab okay with some ikura toico actually
too
M very fresh sweet the too as well
perfect you know when you’re in Hokkaido
you can expect all these Seafood to be
fresh top quality which is why I said
that the delicious component is not part
of the comparison because you can
already
expect uh a level of deliciousness from
both you know regardless of whether is
it tourist uh
kaisendon or local kaisendon right you
can expect both to be of some of an
equal level in terms of the
deliciousness
unless you know an extraordinary kind of
sens sensation is being
felt once again they’re they’re aiming
for variety over here there are 10
different types I highlighted and red
what I consider as premium ingredients
and a special shout out for using
Northern Bluefin tuners in the bowl now
is this worth
it I
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guess just based of the variety I would
say
yes
because even if most places have cheaper
kaisendon or rather a slightly cheaper
version but the variety is not as much
Definitely Maybe you only get one or two
or just a few you know definitely not 10
and the 10 we are talking about here
which makes this wol is actually premium
items like crab KY uni
scallop over here scalper
scallop right you also get the prawns AB
yeah so you know it’s a give and take
kind of situation right here with this
particular Bowl but overall yeah up to
standard in terms of deliciousness Quant
quantity
wise slightly on the lower side but
variety wise quality wise slightly
higher oh the uni is just fantastic
really sweet very fresh slight Taste of
the sea and that’s all there is and
after that it’s just sweetness the
seafood sweetness fantastic
here no actually so far there is no uh
uh no hint of fishiness at all
whatsoever this actually tells you the
freshness they getting here yeah
fantastic one of the earlier post that I
ran concerning conveyor
Sushi one of the interesting thing was
iura was actually you know listed as the
sushi that you’re unwilling to take as
well pretty interesting cuz they could
have yeah understand for ikura because
the taste of it or maybe even the looks
of it looks kind of uh unusual
hence yeah some someone can give a
little of a uncertainty or unwillingness
to Take and Eat especially if you have
not eaten ikura
before it’s add-on time we off to a good
start with a pretty good base set at
2,500 Yen with 10 different types of
seafood time to level up and crush the
local side with this new
power bang look at that upside there we
got way more ingredients now look at
those Dragon Ball uras and man those
tacos kind of look like Rasen shuri from
Naruto all of a sudden those scallops
look way too fabulicious there with that
amount up size well most of the
ingredients are the
same
so there isn’t much to say
just that with this
bow I get more
quantity definitely same amount of rice
but in terms of the individual component
I get more Taco you know I get more crab
honey I get more tuna I get more scallop
so and so forth and for the upgrade Bowl
you get to choose five different kinds
of seafood to be in a bowl you may think
that oh but it’s lesser than the other
one which has 10 but over here we have
quantity so you know you might think
okay I’m going to choose five of my
favorite and I want more of them instead
yeah it
works so apping the upgrade you know in
this case the quality actually lower
slightly but the quantity
increases yeah so
overall just with the 1,000 y more yeah
I get more of the different
components comes in at
3,500 is this worth
it what do you
think you know at this point in time we
still have not seen the local you know
representative I have no idea how it
looks like as well so pretty eager to
see who will win at the end of the day
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I just arrived at
tomaki now previously I mentioned that
we really found a local place it is the
train right just now was around 30 to 40
minutes and thereafter I’m going to the
bus stop right now and the bus Journey
will take another 20 plus minutes so
it’s really far out more like a suburban
area type and yeah let’s see what the
local representative for KA will look
like really excited uh to see what they
have to offer and whether could it
compete against the tourist
representative that we saw earlier can’t
wait can’t
wait you know guys truth to be
told the tourist representative the kaen
Don you might be wondering is it value
for money or not because it’s pretty
small and at 2,500 Yen in my opinion
it’s yes because we got to understand
that that area is a high trffic tourist
area so prices naturally will be high
and in comparison to so many other
kaisendon shops that I you know saw
around the area that particular shop
actually is one of the cheapest
if not the cheapest because some they
may be actually uh even cheaper than the
2,500 one but the selection you get is a
lot lesser like maybe the bow that we
had was 10 10 different uh Seafood some
other place maybe around 1,8 but only
eight or five kind of seafood that you
can choose so you know it’s a gift and
take kind of thing but in my opinion
that shop that we visited has one of the
best value for money now 2,000 500 for
10 different selections in comparison to
the rest that we saw on average I saw
was around 3,000 all the way up to 4,000
and that is average so yeah is it value
for money in my opinion yes because in
comparison to all the other shops around
the otaru Canal area the shop that we
went to is one of the cheapest yeah so
value for money right now I’m standing
right in front of the local
representative the kaisendon shop okay
we are going into right
now this is the pl Minato market now
this is the place where we are going to
right now this is actually a wet market
so you can expect many shops to sell
live seafood fresh seafood uh vegetables
fruits so and so forth so the shop we
are going into is right inside
here the name of the shop is called kaen
all right so I’m going to enter right
now why do I hear Boss
music look at this all the fresh food
here oh my goodness what the heck is
that thing look at the amount of seafood
that thing has that thing has RIS man
look at the variety oh my
goodness guys this is just absolutely
fantastic here if you want to compare
the size o way bigger than my
hands not just the hands bro it’s way
bigger than the tourist bat too look at
that that’s 40% bigger
Man O and the quantity is just amazing
you know it’s just each of the items
here o it’s just not one or two piece
but like three or four really big pieces
here
fantastic all right let’s try the rice
first this will determine the fate of
the
kentor
perfect not too
cold m
vinish m premium Japanese rice very well
made this is the Taco can you see this
so we have taco
here M very
fresh very sweet the taste of the sea is
just fantastic similar to The Tourist
side you get 10 different seafood in
this base set but are you seeing what
I’m seeing here as if getting Northern
blue fin tuna is not premium enough you
actually get T tuna Parts too the
juiciest and the richest part of the
tuna the belly and on top of that you
get surf clamps too what the and before
I blow your minds even further why not
take a guess how much this bowl cost
ready 3 2 1
2,500 Yen this is priced the same as the
tourist side base set this is just too
op man I’m very glad to see premium
Sashimi in a cheaper version of the
kaisand dbo because usually they will
only Reserve like the premium Sashimi
for the more expensive kandum bowls but
over here they base set you already have
amazing premium stuff fantastic
fabulicious do you see what’s
this look at
that this is actually
hooky right this is actually hokey this
is a specialty of the market over here
clamps basically H keys are clamps
so yeah you can see you know just
already on the base set
2,500 Yen for this base set of
kandong Premium stuff right premium
stuff you have clams you have AB you
have uto
o
m ah the taste of the sea from the clam
is just
fantastic so sweet so fresh
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too
heavy too heavy nah man you capping
you’re just doing it to create drama
nope I am not see this look at how big
this scallop is guys o look at how big
this is right ooh so
sweet so big this scallop
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here Ultra
fresh it could almost visualize in the
head that this just directly came from
the sea and they take it out and give it
to you immediately o
brilliant you know really feels like the
sea the actual sea is in this bowl that
I’m holding right now all the variety of
seafood in abundance and in
quality would you look at
that would you look at that how fresh
the tuna is know how big those pieces
are
M for seafood you definitely can eat
fresh seafood that’s readily available
but there is one more level I call this
the ultra level of freshness something
like Ultra instant
Goku this level of freshness o just
sends it right over the top you know
sends it right over the top and there’s
no coming back from this because you
already know how it tastes
like look at the oldo
here NY what saucery is this they did
not chip this out guys look at how fat
this piece is how big this piece is O
and this is just at the base level you
know of the kaisendon set I wouldn’t be
surprised you know with its popularity
it gets sold out pretty
quickly
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M
touchdown
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fabulicious you know looking at this
right now no doubt it really seemed like
the local side scor better in the
quality and quantity component oh my
goodness you saw the quantity
right it came to a point where my hands
started to hurt due to the weight of the
bow simply
staggering and finally the add-on
component I personally like the add-on
component so much because it’s purely
pitting one against another mono Mano
101 I mean just look at it I don’t comp
onent from the local side look at that
Beast o coming in at 3,800 Yen and only
being 300 y more expensive than the
tourist side I get everything more of
the already magnificent bat plus uni
which the tourist side didn’t have at
all completely mind blown this deal is
so out of this
world shikashi but before we Crown the
winner remember in Batman vs Superman
where it seems like Superman is all ass
shirt of the victory tearing up
everything including the Batmobile and
that’s where Batman put out his trump
card let’s take a look at this you will
not believe what happened next you want
to see how local this place is as I told
you finding a tourist here is as
difficult as finding Wally look at
this we at the bus stop right here which
we just arrived notice one thing what do
you see
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what do you see
here the bus only comes once every 2
hours so if you miss
one that’s it guys your day is probably
gone 11:30 you arrive you stay for lunch
okay you still have to wait at least an
hour or so isn’t it if you don’t time
well so I personally feel this one
factor of
accessibility if not this could be the
most important factor or component that
the tourist representative has and
definitely can and will overthrow the
local
representative I mean if you are a
Hokkaido local definitely no issue isn’t
it you can take a drive down right or
you can come any other day that’s not no
problem isn’t it but if you’re tourist
here it’s your one and only chance today
and you’re not going to waste the day
isn’t it or maybe for example you had a
night out in suppo ra great night out
and you over
slep definitely you will not be able to
come to Plato matato Market it’s just
not possible and by the time you make
your way here probably it’s sold out
already as I mentioned to you in a video
earlier the uni got sold out almost
immediately when the shop opened right
based on the customers that coming in
how frequent the customers are coming in
it’s just not possible but there’s one
way you can actually walk back to tomako
mayi Jr station but it’s 30
minutes so yeah definitely deal breaker
if you ask me and if I’m a
tourist I guarantee
you I will take the tourist option all
right I’ll definitely take the tourist
option great value for money if you ask
me 2,500 Yen good variety yes quantity
lesser but in that area one of the best
value for
money right so there you go time to
announce the winner
this is what we have scored so far just
to be clear once again we are not saying
any one of them is bad or not delicious
or anything like that because both sides
we chose the best of the best this is
not a competition of Scrubs but a battle
between the best with the local site
scoring four for the first four
categories after what we have seen now
the accessibility component for the
local side for such a due breaker it is
very difficult to ignore its impact an
absolute pity given the awesomeness
they’re serving there at kaisa Minato
shoko I have no choice but to give only
one for accessibility as such it is a
draw what do you think of the result do
you agree with our decision or perhaps
who do you think the winner should be
let’s hear from you in the comment
section down below address for both
places are in the description as well
thank you so much for watching goodbye
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