How To Actually Travel To Japan in 2025 Part 1! I FROM THE CONCRETE VLOG – EP 5
Welcome guys to the first episode of From the Concrete Podcast. [Music] Hey. Hi. Hi. Anyways, um we made it through the gate. Was actually a lot quicker than I thought. Now we’re going to try and find food. What do you want? Juice land. Looking online to see if they have a Chick-fil-A. I look crazy, bro. Chick-fil-A. Sorry. Say hey. Hey. You know, to be honest, I felt like we were in a rush for no reason. It’s like pretty chill. He already ate his taco, which is [ __ ] up, but uh we went to Taco Deli. Ah, Mama Margie’s never went. Mama Margie’s bro, it’s all wet and [ __ ] Shout out to Alex. New dad. What the [ __ ] is this? Little bullet cheese and Yeah. Yeah, bro. What the [ __ ] is this, bro? What the [ __ ] bro? Japan would never. Hey, I don’t think anywhere would never, bro. I’ll be honest with you. All right, here we go. This sauce though, [Music] it’s too spicy. We’re stoked. Anyways, uh now we’re just waiting to chill. I honestly thought we didn’t have enough time, and I always think like that, but I feel like we have hella time. So, here we go. Everybody knows the rules. One bite. Oh my god. Hey, two out of Oh, two out of 10. You’re good. You’re good. I was holding five out of 10. You go lower than that. Zero. I only eat cuz I spent four like five bucks on it. This whole meal plus this drink that I didn’t get that much of like a $8. Did they stop you? Yeah. Well, no, it didn’t stop me, but I was too lazy to wait. How was your breakfast? Good. Look at his breakfast. I had chips. Just Just All right. Anyways, here we go. Not good. The cheese isn’t even melted. So funny. It’s not amigos. Yeah. How can you sit here and call this amiggas at North? [Music] I’m down. Anyway, guys, Taco Deli Austin Airport. Don’t do it. I’m going eat it cuz I’m hungry. But garbanzo beans. Bring it in the microwave. Bro, it’s like they didn’t cook anything at all. They didn’t. No. Holy [ __ ] bro. At least heated up. Coat to the bone. It’s like boneless leaving rabbit in oil. We’re going to find coffee now. These dumb [ __ ] didn’t want to get on the same flight as me. Yeah, we’re the dumb [ __ ] No, we have to separate like all sad and [ __ ] like we’re [ __ ] home alone. next to some randos. That’s [ __ ] up. Maybe I make a friend. Hey. Oh, hell no. Oh, you know what the worst part? The worst part is they’re going to make me get up cuz they have to pee. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Cuz you’re at the end. Excuse me. No. Just pretend you’re sleeping. So, you’re going to wake up some old lady. Final morning call for American Airlines flight 1482. Service 828. This is a final boarding call for American Airlines flight. Anyways guys, uh we’re just waiting. Have a lot more time chilling. So, see how it goes. Hey, see you guys in Japan. I’m so [Music] [Music] sorry. Officially landed in Japan. Super excited. Flight was chill. wasn’t squished like the last one. Had some eggs. I do need to put on a jacket. But uh we’re here finally, dude. It’s crazy. Look at this. Headed to pick my bags. I don’t know if Angela landed already, but I’m so excited. All right, guys. Come to Japan in April, huh? Oh, this is crazy, bro. This is crazy. All right, I’m trying to find my bag, guys. Talk to you later. Oh. Oh, it’s okay. I got yelled at again. Look who I found. Hey. Hey, you got that emo. Hey. Yeah. Boarding for Osaka. Where you at? Hey. Here we go. Then we can sleep at the hotel. We are finally in Osaka. Finally made it. 50 years of traveling for real. But now we are about to head to the hotel, rest, and go. We getting [Music] drink. Anyways, this is the station here in Osaka. Pretty cool. Pretty cool. Getting a car just to have it. already have a suica cuz shout out iPhone. I’m just kidding. Anyways, uh yep. See you guys home. Look who we just got. Say hey. Uh yeah. Oh my god. That was horrible. Anyways, thank you, Jada. You’re welcome. Thank you. She gave us 1,000 yen so we uh so we could buy it. Huh? We’re broke. We ain’t got no money. Oh, yeah. Shout out Grandma. All right. We’re on the uh what train is this again? What’s the name of the train? Yeah, but what’s the actual It’s like a limited. Anyways, bye. See if they get us the way. So many so many things. Finally at the room after like 80 years. Made it. Train, bus, train again. Maybe bus, train, walk. Finally in the room. Gota show you guys. Here we go. Door, obviously. Toilet with a bed. Cute little shower. The window’s kind of weird, but I get it. Boom. Hey. And then obviously the room part, which I don’t know. I’m going to set it up for the next couple of days, but we shall see. This is it. Guys, it took us like 50 years to get here, but uh whatever. Here we are. First night. You guys already know what we got to do. McDonald’s. Sorry for being out of breath. Three flights of stairs. Anyways, fries. Go ahead. Good fries. Yeah, fries. Okay. Better. What did you get though? What burger did you get? I got a Mc Chicken cheese. Hell yeah. That’s what I was going to get. Bite you. Shrimp. All right. Take a bite. You get take one too after. Take a bite. Wait. Perfect. It’s crunchy. It’s good. What about you? I got the I still got the same thing. I think yours is yours cheese. Mine’s double stacked. I don’t know why. Anyways, supposed to be like shrimp inside, right? Very crunchy. But that’s hard, bro. Actual shrimp pieces, too. It’s like max sauce. That was good. And fries. I fries. All right. Today is our freshly first day here in Japan. Then we’re going to uh what we doing today? Then we’re going to go check out a shrine. Then we’re going to I think go shopping maybe. I don’t know. Anyways, slept like 8 hours last night for the first time in 50 years. Felt kind of good. Mm- Just kidding. Okay, this is officially our first full day here in the beautiful country of Japan. Where we going, Angel? number. It’s like a genius. [Music] We’re at a food market now. About to get some. What are we about to get? Snacks on snacks on snacks on snacks. Where’s Jada? What are you going to get? Huh? What are you getting? I don’t know. Everything. Pretty cool night market. There’s like a bunch of like food spots in and out obviously and obviously there’s choke people. We didn’t vlog at the shrine but we just left the shrine. It was very beautiful. I remember the name of it. Kuruman Ichuba Market. So you guys already know Takiyaki. One of my like favorite things and I’m super excited for being here. But uh I got a Mento one and it’s my first time trying Mnteo which I was super excited for cuz what’s Mento again? It’s the fish egg. Spicy fish. Okay. Okay. So, in Taco, they mix it like with a bunch of stuff, but a fish, egg, cheese, and mayo mayo. And then he got I don’t know. I just got a variety pack. It’s a little bit of everything. Oh, should we try? Yeah, let’s try it. It’s going to be hot. It’s hot, bro. I know it is. No, we’re just going to wait. We’ll let it cool down. Jada found a temporary place that she wanted to go to. So, here we are. Uh, I got high ball white uh white white ginger. White grape. White grape. Yeah, I got white grape. What’ you get? Folks, I bought apple. Now we’re just waiting. Oh my god. You would like it. Cheers. Cheers, guys. Apple. I might get another one of those, bro. Might get another one. Oh, yeah. Raw. Cheers. I think it’s hot. You are a dragon. Very good. Shrimp’s cooked good. Flaky. Really good. Delicious. Oh my god. Not even melted in my mouth. Yeah. I’m excited. I’ve never tried it before. Really? Mhm. It’s like probably going to be the best thing ever. This is the Wagu. [Music] Want to try it? Oh my god. Yo, please. Please go try. This is so good. I should have got it. Bro, please try it. Let me see this. Let me see this. [Music] Please, bro. Take a big bite. You too, J. You try it. Is that enough? No, I’m good. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on, [Music] bro. It just melts in your mouth, bro. Have you ever had Waggy like that? I’ve never had like real waggi, bro. You good? Mhm. [Music] It reminds me of katu like curry sauce. Like sauce. Hey, that was delicious. [Music] Browning, dude. Feel like they appreciate you. Yeah. Yeah. But the thing is like way better than just this. But yeah, I don’t like that. Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. At least try, bro. Even if it’s bad, you know. Are you just using the app? Yes. All right. So, I wrote I wrote some of the common ones down. Like when we walked in, I said uh Sanes, which is three people. But I only did it to one, two, three. So, Drew’s here. It’s different though. Yeah. like the counting into the people is like different. So like is one futar and the same thing for items. It’s like futatu or like we wanted three beers. Uh just for reference guys, this is the place. It was delicious. Tempur. Am I right? What did you get? What’ you rate it? It’s solid. It’s [ __ ] solid. That was delicious. The wagi. I regret not getting wag. Yeah. Oh my god. Bro, I was going to get it, but it was good. Guys, the way it melts in your mouth, bro. I’ve never had baggy like that before. And oh my god, the way it just melts in your mouth, bro. Fire. What would you rate it? A nine. See, that’s what I’m thinking, bro. I like that. All right, guys. On to the next place. Truth. [Music] All right. I know it’s been a long time since it recorded, but uh I got to be honest with you guys. We took like a 5-hour nap, but we’re here now. First ramen spot of the trip. It’s a soukin place. A dipping place. Some dumplings and some uh bean sprouts. Did you try it? [Music] No. I got the special so we don’t really know what we’re eating, but just want to record you guys first bite. It’s very like fire. Here we go. Here we go. [Music] They obviously better fire, bro. Finished up day one or at least a full day one. Um, got to stop at McDonald’s. We already tried it yesterday, but we I think we’re going to do like a different thing every day. But these are the shaka shaka fries. Little seasoning. They give you a little bag to mix it in. So, crack that boy open. Wait. Oh, I lie to you guys. Oh. Oh, down. Okay. Boom. You just sprinkle it all over. I imagine you one of these. Shaka. Shaka. Shake. Shake. Sorry guys, that was weird. Boom. Trash [Music] bag. Got to be good, right? They look like normal fries. Let’s go. Shaka shaka. Here we go. Let’s see. That’s pretty good. I don’t know what’s on it, though. I can’t tell like what kind of seasoning it is. Hey, that’s pretty good. Are they cheesy? Maybe. Jada just said it tastes like the chicken ramen packet. And then we also got Yeah, we got it’s a matcha frap. Cheers. That’s pretty good. That’s pretty good. Anyways, cute. Break it down. All right, we started off with What did we start off with? The shrine. I think you’ll see that. And then we uh just walked around Osaka. Can’t even lie, guys. We came back, took like a 5 hour nap, woke up, got some dipping ramen, which was fire, by the way. 7-Eleven, got more snacks, and then boom, that’s it. That’s the first day. Tomorrow, I think we’re going to go on the river. Uh see some monkeys, maybe. Yeah. See you guys tomorrow. Good night. What’s up, guys? Uh we are on technically full day two. Uh we’re actually going to go see the deer park, not a park, some of the museums and stuff, and we’re just going to go uh check them out. Yeah. What else are we doing? I said what’s up to Modi for the first time. Yeah, that was pretty cool. That was cool. All right, let’s go. [Music] What’s up, dude? Oh, what’s up, buddy? [Music] He’s like, “Oh, you’re just not going to feed him.” Take a picture of me. He tugged. There’s no more. They tugged. [Music] [Music] [Music] Get in there real Every single one of us I’ll be there. [Music] Yo yo, what happened just now? So, we get back to the hotel. We’re like, “Hey, we’re going to take, you know, chill, take a small nap, and meet up. Go get some food.” It’s 11:30, guys. It’s midnight. All right, here we go. I guess just a breakdown of today. Haven’t really been vlogging much to be honest, but still got some good footage. Just not really vlogging style. Um after natto we came back like oh let’s just you know kind of let’s take another nap like not too long you know wake up or get food afterwards. 12 a.m. Woke up really late. Anyways the day is gone. So here we are. Got a melon Fanta float. Never even like knew me Fanta and melon. Cheers. It’s all right. Kaki make burger. The chicken cheese nuggets. Snapchat baby. I’m just kidding. Um uh they forgot my sauce. Japan. Come on. Just kidding. Regular chicken nugget. Looks like that’s a chicken nugget. All right. So t burger last time I’ve done that shade. Um super sauced up, super wet, moist, super teriyak. Here we go. That’s pretty good. Not like a Terry burger from back home. It’s kind of like more like zesty. This one, the mayo, lettuce, that’s pretty good. Like a seven maybe. All right. Basically a chicken sandwich with cheese, which is what I get home. Anyways, to make chicken with you, I figured it out, too. It’s the mayo. The mayo is like lemony. Cool little McDonald’s run. Excited for tomorrow. Hold up. Yeah. Can’t wait. All right, guys. Good morning. Today’s the day. Today is the day. The big day, guys. Angel finally proposes to Jada. We’re on a boat. She’s crazy. [Music] Another point. All right. All right. Let’s go. Let’s go. [Music] [Applause] Hey, 3. Yay. Yay. [Music] Hey. Hi. Sorry. [Music] What are you going to get, bro? They have a crab crab potato. [Music] Currently at Arashiyama Monkey Park. Yeah. And uh currently hiking 20 miles. Just kidding. It’s a good one. maintain stare into their eyes. Third, do not show them any Do I have water? [Music] Touch this. Oh, I got that. I got that. I got that. Want me just to break it in half? No. No. Just eat it. Take a big bite. You didn’t even get no cheese. We’re just ripping it out. Ribbing it in half. There it is. There’s that pool. Okay, go ahead. Now take another bite. Damn. Cheese boy. Okay. Pigeon. Big ass pigeon. Give me the other one. Give that tanger. [ __ ] bro. [ __ ] [ __ ] [Music] Hot. Hot. What are you guys doing right now? [Music] What’ you do? [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh yeah, cute. Oh yeah. Wait, look. [Music] this. Yeah. Hold on. Wait a second. You just want to record it, huh? You just want to record it? Yeah. [Music] Yeah. Yeah. Actually, just You want a picture of this, too? Yeah. Yeah. I’ll get a picture. Okay. Ready? Yeah. All right. Photo shoot. Okay. Let me know. Here we go. Ready? All right. Yeah. Smile. Here we go. All good. Yep. All good. Go ahead. You know what? I know you do. What? I love you so much. And the reason I made this with you right now today because I want to marry you, you know. So, will you marry me? Yes. Yes. You thought I was never going to ask. She said yes. She said yes. [Music] He said, “Yes, let’s go.” Got your ass. Let’s go. Oh my god. Now smile. It’s a prank. He said yes. He didn’t want to make it obvious. Yeah. Oh, well, make it obvious. And plus, I don’t wear rings. Yeah. Let’s go. Should we group hug? Give me a group hug. Group hug. Give me a group hug. Hold on. Wait. Group hug. Give me a group hug. [Laughter] Congrats. Thank you. Congrats, guys. Let’s go. Let’s go. You have yours. I’ll get mine one day. I love you. Hey, they’re they’re newly engaged. Breaking news, everybody. They are newly engaged. He finally did it after 20 long years. I’m just kidding. Crazy. [Music] How many They can be juic. soft. [Music] [Music] [Music] We’re on the shin gun. Shin shin gun. It says lights on fire. [Laughter] [Music] Maybe it’s not. Oh, it’s hot. It’s hot. It looks hot. [Music] Hey, good choic. What the freak? Stop struggling with it. Oh, it’s so cute. It’s like cheese and shrimp. [Music] Chicken shrimp. Shrimp. Shrimp. Oh, I see. Eat it, bro. I just move my chopsticks here. So you guys share [Music] Stay with me. Does it zoom in on him?
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The sound of rowing the boat would have hurt my feelings. Haha this vlog was a 20/10 ❤️🔥🔥🤌🏽
Omg thanks for sharing your experience and congrats to the newly engaged couple. So exciting…❤