Japanese Guest Takes Us DEEP Into Kyoto’s Hidden Side

Japanese Guest Takes Us DEEP Into Kyoto’s Hidden Side

all right we are at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto now and we’re going to explore where we going to go now What is in what is what is in there Omukarishi Let’s go and find out what is omukarishi Mukarishi All right let’s go Mukarishi located here M yeah Yeah
Okay Well we have to walk 6 minutes Wow
All right Let’s walk 6 minutes All right There are too many gates We’re going to keep walking All right They say there are 10,000 gates here How many gates you think are here
10,000
10,000 But that number is not actually accurate It seems someone actually counted them and it’s about 3,800 gates all the way to go up It’s very beautiful here He actually branches out It’s two way One is for I think coming back One is for going Yeah Very beautiful And smells very smells natural Yeah
Yeah Nice smell
Nice smell Smell of wood They are carrying those rocks What does it mean
What’s happening there First we pray our wishes in front of here
Yeah
And after that please choose one stone which you want to carry and if you feel it’s heavy it takes long way to reach your wish
Ah your wish Okay And if it’s light you feel so your dream will come true soon
Soon Okay Okay
So it depends how heavy or how light you feel about it Okay
So there are two stones here
So you should choose one
Okay
No don’t carry both
Okay I can carry both All right Let’s try I’m going to wish about our future employee uh employee
because we need Yeah we’re going to hire some people So what what did you wish
I wish to extend the business
Oh nice Was it light
Very light
Wow It was super heavy but it’s okay Mine was very light Wow too many gates So maybe they also count this little gates Then they says uh 10,000 They are 10,000 Earlier I mentioned is they counted actually the actual number is like a 3,800 something but maybe they count the little ones then they become like 10,000 So this is first meeting spot
Meeting spot is here
Yes So people have meeting here first part
Okay
Because now we are here
and we should discuss each other how
how to go to the top Yeah
So go to the top or not
Oh okay So the actually the route is very from here we go all the way up and there are too many gates until you reach the top and then you can go down from the opposite side
Yeah
So it takes maybe about half an hour to do it
to do the whole circle Maybe 1 hour It depends how quick you walk
or how crowd is the area Yeah
All right
What do you think
I think it’s 30 minutes Yeah I I did once
So I think once Yes I did
It took 30 minutes
30 minutes But I I walked quickly So and that time was quiet because it was during COVID time Now it’s very crowded I think You have to slow down because of people All right now is lunch time It’s always busy around here Yeah it’s very crowded Now it’s almost 12 but we would like to introduce you the place we are always not
Yeah
wait Those food are actually sample They are not real but it looks very real Yeah [Music] Looks very real but is not real Even the the kag also looks real
But that one looks but this one is very natural Yeah All right All right This is the restaurant we’re going to go and it seems very good Let’s
The restaurant always empty is here
Yeah All right let’s go in
Let’s try to go Okay This one
So their specialties are this [Music] made of tofu It’s a specialty of this place
Oh it’s tofu Kisha the name of the shrine it’s in
and this food name is also in that’s why this place is special is this food okay food has car
for you that’s that’s mine or yours oh let’s wait for yours too
it’s really big this is tofu and this is pu Wow that water is big This is
This is good Smells good
Smells good Yeah How is your food Am I Can you eat it
Yeah
No no no no The food is okay Yeah there you go
I don’t like it
Okay that’s egg
She took my raw egg I’m going to
I get egg All right This beef is very juicy The beef And this is tofu Fried tofu rice Is it good Is really good
Tender [Music] So the price is almost twice as much as normal restaurant But the quality is good Gorgeous
Oh yeah The whole restaurant is good Is nice We are done here We’re going to the next place local train It’s really cool It’s very small but very nice But it’s different one
Different Not this one H This train is older The other one was cooler than this one You have to touch This area is a very local area in Kyoto There is no foreigner here This town only you
only only me I’m I’m also like a 30% Japanese now 30% Japanese Yeah to take your manual exact amount
Yeah
So you have to pay after you get out And there’s no driver here Why There is no driver Driver is in the other side Yeah it’s the other side Of course we are going to that direction I’m driving the train [Music] Oh that
the next station is station Please exit from the front door [Music] Hello
Hello
Oh how is going
Yes I’m good I’m so happy
So h introduce your friend Yeah she’s my friend She’s local guide of Kyoto here
Kyoto Okay
Yes And she’s very unique and fun and special Japanese girl
Yeah
So today I’m so happy
So you are from Kyoto originally
Yes
All right And I love Japanese cider
Oh Japanese cider Oh this why you’re wearing this Why you are wearing green
Yeah Sometimes like people misunderstand if I like Disneyland But note
Japanese cedar Ah Japanese cedar All right So if you go straight on this street on the left side left side
left side
on the left side there is old school
older school
and so and once I have a performance there when I was an idol
and now the place changed to the gate hotel
gate hotel
oh it’s a hotel now
you told us
ah right right place so you can stay by previous stage my previous stage So previous
amazing
stage now is a hotel previous school previous my stage and now hotel All right Now
you can stay actually where we are What is the this place name
And when I was kid about some years ago Yeah Um after the school uh we used to come here quite a lot
to hang out or for shopping or something and there still like you know a lot of uh shops uh still uh be here but um unfortunately a lot of shop has changed
Oh it’s changed Yeah But it looks cool It’s really
It’s very cool
Nice
It’s nice This street has roof Yeah it has roof because it’s raining now
Yeah it’s rainy season now in Japan and it’s raining and uh you can see some like old style design with some modern design is so cool here
It’s very nice It’s not that much super crowded
It’s like medium crowded No this less this is not this is not busy at all This is very quiet because Kyoto is really crowded all the time but make it move Yeah
Okay So uh the I want to show the one of my favorite uh restaurants Restaurant
Yeah
Oh it’s here
Your favorite restaurant is just here
Yes It’s been about like 100 years
100 years Yes Because Yeah It is the uh Tokyo big earthquake
right
about like 100 years the owner escape from the Tokyo to here and that’s so earthquake you know
yes because I guide around oh so the actually did the that earthquake actually happened in Kyoto too
h the
it wasn’t affected a little okay but mostly in Tokyo
and that’s why I know this restaurant in Asaka Asaka also has
but that’s new one Okay So they connect Yeah Yeah Connect and open a saxa shop But this is original
So I’m going to try to to work
They actually still be able to smoke cigarettes inside Oh you can smoke cigarettes
It’s very
Oh let’s Yeah
Oh they you can buy a cigarette here
No I don’t think so I just smoke It’s
You’re okay Okay let’s go and buy something
Only cash only
only cash It’s very local
So Japanese people previous Japanese people you know they if they want to throw the shot they are like “Okay since we is very polite but it’s it’s 8:00 p.m Go
go.” Wow Very straight I I love it I love it so much Interesting Since we don’t have cigarette we can’t go in today
We don’t have cigarettes
Oh yeah But that’s good So let’s find another one
Time is also time previous era
So it’s Wow That restaurant is 100 years old You see
100 years
So the this is 100 years Nishiki market It’s 400 years
This area is 400 years old
This the Nishiki market Nishiki market
Where we going
Okay Okay This is not the It’s near Nishi Market but it’s not the Nishi market yet We’re going to go there Nishiki market
near Nishiki market Nishiki market So this one is new It’s like a new area this area
It’s it’s not very new
It’s not very new Okay
Still old but not compared
Old with new stores
Ah okay
And actually uh I come here like every month And this is like Nishiki mango
Ah this shrine Wow It’s so beautiful
Like 400 years 400
400 So this shrine is 400 years old Okay
And this is like 400 as well
Oh that one Ah Tamachi Oh Tamachi means the the
They don’t have any
Okay Okay All right All right That’s Wow It’s so beautiful here So well designed Oh the main character is this
And he is my friend Um he is looking after the people who is visiting here right and this uh the the shrine is particularly for like business success or education
Oh business success So what should I do for business
One point Yeah One point you can touch So they will uh make your dream come true
All right
So but because we here is very uh popular with the education and business success So everyone want to touch head Okay
So the only head they call it So because it’s been touched a lot like popular part
So in order to be successful you have to touch the head Yes But um because the the shrine is kind of so you don’t need to think like you know they have to be like a education or something So I have a lower back pain
so he tried to look after me He he is looking after my lower back So he doesn’t need some education
Okay You can have for example if you have like a backache issue you can touch the like back Okay
All right Okay
Then plums
Ah plums Plum Japanese plum like plum Okay It’s very beautiful Wow Beautiful place Okay here also It’s
very [Music] I come here and they give me they collect otherwise So we’re going to do omeuji means like a fortune telling that you do All right let’s do
All right Do in English So okay Put the coins and then
and press the button The English one they have as well
Oh they have English as well
And the shishimi is
Oh it’s moving actually Yes
And try see Let’s see one paper to give her advice
Wow
And he’s coming back to you
with paper
This is interesting He took more paper for you
Yep [Music] is actually uh when we were kids at the festival like Japanese festival they always like you know the like you know the human is like the inside and there are bites and bites
and that makes like you know we were going to be more clever clever right Okay [Music] Middle luck
Middle luck
So anyway it’s good
It’s good Middle luck
Um the dichi is the greatest luck Is not the best to be honest
Why Why is not the best Because you can’t improve anymore
Ah it means you are already the best You can’t improve anymore Okay
Yeah So these otherwise like the middle uh the luck is the best Yeah
Yeah The best
So it means you got the best one then
Woohoo So you you don’t travel enough
It says you have so I have to I have to travel more Yeah Oh okay
Okay And that’s true Which I um like um the which why I like this shrine is um you know sometimes if you have like if you pick up the butlak paper they want to uh leave
Oh they hang it over there right But they gave the other advice You should bring that because that’s your other advice So every time you can listen
Oh so it means it’s not your fate You can’t change it Actually if it’s bad you can actually change it
Um no you can’t change it You can leave it
Oh you can leave it if it’s bad
Yeah But um it doesn’t need to be like you know you can’t change You can’t pick up one more thing But I do Uh
but uh yeah the basically if you don’t want to um you know the bad luck uh with the paper so basically will leave
Okay
Oh you can leave it there So if you leave it there if you leave it there it means the bad luck is gone
Um it depends It’s really depends Yeah What you think
but we believe we don’t believe the bad luck with us
Okay Okay All right Yeah
So are you happy with your
Huh
Yeah Was good
I’m happy to hear that I have to travel So I will I will
Oh you didn’t do
I did I did already Oh this is the
Oh Oh the TV Wow All TV What is this stuff Actually
you can see decoration
Decoration
Do you think they can sell this Yeah No It’s fake
Is it fake
It’s real It’s expired already
Looks very real
It’s expired It’s real It’s fake or real Is display right So cool My grandpa always used it My grandpa was carpenter Key Ah it’s for like a right Ah okay So they have like old nostalgic stuff here right Interesting Wow [Music] So Oh even they have Oh is it festival is like a happy
happy or kimono
Happy or kimono
This is for like saki or some kind of like the food Right They have all the even the smells very old nostalgic is so cool here They you can buy a lot of like antique stuff here Wow It’s really awesome Oh that one Suran
I don’t know English name One two three [Music] Wow Very cool
They have very cool stuff Interesting All this [Music] What is this All paintings old paper or letters
Should I buy this same hairstyle Oh hairstyle
That’s you Similar
Yeah
that’s hard [Music] family too
Oh adventure family too Maybe you guys maybe you guys know that Yeah This is cool actually [Music] [Applause] How old they are the items
Like 20 years old maybe
Yeah No no the items
Items are more
Depends on
maybe 20 30
More than that
More than that right Okay So what’s the next place Nishiki market Market
Okay Let’s go to Nishiki Market We are still not in the main market We are going to Nishki market now What is that [Music] All right So
so here we are finally Nishiki market
Nishiki market is here Oh market has like about 400 years history 400 years Wow
Like 130 stores 133
Uh 130 stores
130 stores Yeah
And they are starting from the fish market or now they have like sweets or any kind of like vegetables or so Okay let’s go Wow All four side Amazing And this is the main one The oldest one Nishi market Nishki market Okay It’s really nice here I’ve been here a few times but every time it’s super crowded I couldn’t walk Now is the actually the only time I see this area is quiet because of the raining season [Music] [Music] Wow Now display Well it looks very real I can just
Oh this is a nice street here Yeah Now they are coming and go Uh if they are store is closing they are going back to their home
But they used to live in a second floor the neighbor was very close So like you know the like once again this kind of like teamwork So they prefer uh like neighbor or um the people So this store for example it looks a bit small
Oh yeah
right But uh iso is bedroom So the entrance is very narrow
but in the inside is very like big
So um these places like you know they don’t have much uh things in for the display
So that means this is uh it doesn’t mean this is not busy they are busy They have a business but they don’t want to show foreigners
So that’s you know the
the concept closed business they have
Right Okay concept of Kyoto
Kyoto conservative Yeah
Yeah Okay Interesting And they also have like uh the wheels the water the not pure water but will
Oh okay
Yeah So every uh stores be able to use it So they have like you know the uh four different we have four different seasons um the wheel the temperature is always the same
Okay So that uh very good for the fish or like vegetables because it doesn’t need to change depend on the seasons [Music] See [Music] [Music] what you It’s very surprising because I’ve been here three times and every time was super crowded Couldn’t walk Now is the first time actually I see it before
They are they are closed before like 7:00 So I think the market is supposed to uh start from early
Oh okay
So the peak time is like 12 or 1 p.m 2 3 or something like that So now not uh much easier Maybe because also it’s off season now Yeah actually it’s just season busy
Okay What What is this actually
This is curry bread
Oh curry bread is written in curry bread Yeah
And this is very good as well Okay
But the curry bread I don’t think they have a history to be honest
Oh it’s new Yeah
curry bread is new
Singing spot have curry bread
That’s special
right Well yes
But then starting to disappear So they are oldest uh like you know the uh the stores who um publish about uh 300 or some kind of they if they have a history I think they will stay here for long but if they wanted to do um uh for a quick business I think they will leave soon
Oh okay Dry fruit sauce My favorite Yeah Dry fruit and nuts and seafood What was that Ah they all display They look very real This is a soccer case They keep socket inside this market In order to improve manage within the market for four almost I think they are not business for the tourist Japanese was local Yeah [Music] Seven [Music] Wow it’s a very long shopping mall Long [Music] They have unagi salmon Salmon Wow They have all type of delicious fish No she took it Forever 39 Ah 390 m So it’s like a four times as a football field It’s very long Osaka is tall No this is a So takoyaki in Kyoto is
in Osaka Yeah but when they have it in Kyoto it’s similar to Osaka one or similar to Tokyo one What happened
Yeah this place
is closed now
Yeah Always come here But
ah
so they have like three different branches They are doing like about 400 years
Okay 400 years this one And then this business is running for 400 years And they have like about like 400 years She’s super good at communication communication
Yeah Yeah Yeah She’s pro
People say something
Yeah Do do not do something
She I say I I we we smoothly
So that’s that’s that’s the I learned from the America Yeah But yeah interesting [Laughter] She recommend do not chew
Do not chew I mean because I want to introduce that shop I I’m not coming here for fun So she is not existed for me
Okay Yeah
she’s she’s capable
I know the uh the owner
Uh
Oh you know the owner Yeah Yeah I know the owner and my dad knows him
So I don’t care about her
Ah she’s just working there
Is good Yes that’s why she likes Okay
And three different friends Okay So the three different friends they have because the bak up up here like they still like you know the expensive restaurants Yeah So the the chef is coming here to pick up a very good quality food So this side have like very quality for uh the food
The chef is coming here So they need um some branches and uh this way more like local people came for the you know the daily uh food So that’s the cost is more cheaper It’s quite expensive Oh here is more expensive
It used to be used to be
they have like you know the they have three different uh the people in that place
uh then they they their select is different but now of the same things change a lot and they coming they walking this way so someone can see this way but they walk in this way they can’t see that way So still existed And okay the last spot I want to show What is that
Is it open Oh she wants to recommend another place Yeah Oh they
Oh so this is actually
So yeah this is my favorite place
Oh your favorite place Yeah
And actually the fish market doesn’t need to be in a closet The fish market uh the price is very very high It’s like level but here is a very average price with very quality high quality fish And the people are very nice
Nice Okay [Music] What is that Oh octopus taco Little baby taco That’s baby taco So we’re going to eat this sashimi Sashimi
Sashimi
And taco That’s That’s cooked Or is raw
This is cooked This is cooked That one is cooked Okay Egg inside
Oh it’s egg inside Wow Try sashimi How is the sashimi Salmon
Salmon You want to try salmon Okay Salmon with [Music] Fresh
It’s good
Fresh
Always fresh [Music] Please wasabi
Wasabi Yeah you have to use a lot of wasabi Very good Yeah Okay Let me try Let me try Wasabi with salmon Wasabi Because salmon is oil You have to use wasabi a lot favorite years 20 years Wow
20 years working here Wow Amazing I saw that he is 25 He looks very young But he has been working here for 20 years Let me show you again You look very young
Really
Very young Yeah
20 20 years working here
Yes
Wow
So maybe he’s walking uh from 25 years old Ah yeah maybe
No no like 5 years old
Oh 5 years old maybe Maybe
Oh maybe 25 Yeah that makes sense Okay so we just visited the castle Gifu Castle on top
That one
Yeah it was amazing And now the weather is so cool Very beautiful
finally And look at the sky
Very beautiful now

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