15 TOP things to do in TOKYO (Tokyo travel guide)

15 TOP things to do in TOKYO (Tokyo travel guide)

we’re going to cross these off where is it oh my gosh shabuya Scramble we’re just walking into a crowd of people welcome to Tokyo Japan’s iconic electric and totally overwhelming bucket list city we had just 48 hours to see all of the top things to do in Tokyo but this isn’t a city you can tackle without a plan i really have no idea where we’re going so we made a map this way wrote a list checked it twice and hit the streets from iconic shrines to delicious and unique foods peaceful park escapes and the busiest crosswalk in the world we ended the whole 48 hours with one of the most unforgettable sunsets of our lives oh and if you’re planning a trip to Tokyo you can grab our free map in the description let’s go to Tokyo is that right look at the camera not yourself but I’m so handsome good morning from our first full day in Tokyo Japan we have made a list of 15 things we want to do while we’re here and over the next 48 hours we’re going to check off as many as we can we’re staying in the Asakusa region of Tokyo which means our first stop is in walking distance [Music] yeah wow that’s not what we saw yesterday no we saw like the outskirts of it but not that literally like around the corner from where we’re staying that’s crazy first stop is very busy and I feel like it is just a sign of things to come we are in the most popular city in the entire world so can’t really expect anything [Music] different literally a 5minute walk from where we’re staying is Senzo Gi and this is Tokyo’s oldest temple it’s a Buddhist temple and was built in let me confirm was built in 645 CE i don’t even know what that is what CE the craziest fact that I read about this temple is that that massive red lantern at the ca at the gate weighs 700 kilos isn’t that bonkers it is beautiful here it’s free entry it seems to be quite spread across things so there’s the main Seno G temple and then some other things to look at plus you can get a 100red yen fortune which I think we should do heck yeah let’s go first vending machine purchase we needed change for a fortune so I got some water from Mount Fuji okay 100 in to donate mhm then we shake this until a stick comes out oh no now we need to do 200 okay do you have 200 yeah you have another 200 okay now we’ve got to match this and that’s your fortune oh that’s tough yeah it’s numbers oh mine definitely starts with a window like this window plus three that’s a match right that’s a match now a lot of it is obviously in Japanese which we can’t read but there is a small section in English mine says number 43 a crescent moon will be grad will be full gradually so you should wait the chance it is so hard to get a chance in fortune like to hunt deer in a deep valley but with the with the of a great person with honor the deer will be shot and given to you then everything start going so well you can get a the job and income later social fame together wow subscribe to start a trip is all safe marriage and employment are both well oh my goodness clear and concise coming fortune in future depends on all what you have done at past if you behave if you behave your best to others you can be rich and get honor by people your request will be granted the lost article will be found the person you wait for will come building a new house and removal are both good that’s nice so we got good ones apparently there are bad ones in there that you can draw that’s so rough pay money for someone to be like “You’re fucked.” But if you draw a bad one to get rid of the evil spirits you tie it up on one of the racks that are on the side of where you draw them and that gets rid of your evil spirits so either way it works out positively all right [Music] crazy i don’t even know how much does the elephant weigh i wanted to cut this part of the video out but Jordan found it funny and I guess it’s a little insight into how my mind works i knew that this red lantern weighed 700 kilos and I guess I wanted context for that in elephants turns out it’s not even close to the weight of one elephant all right back to the video i have four things to say it’s very busy i don’t know but I want to know what the smoke thing is like cleansing ritual [Music] [Applause] [Music] same goes for the drinking water out of dragon’s mouths cuz that was I didn’t see that yeah it was just a little bit further on i went around and got some B- roll of it um let’s go back and see seemed like a luck thing and also the throwing coins inside in the temple i think it’s like a wishing well thing but yeah it was like split up so like maybe dependent on when you where it landed something different happened but we can officially cross one off the list cross boom one down and I know of another one that we can cross off pretty quickly that’s right around the corner love that we’ve heard this is the place for noodles noodles this should be quite the unique experience to be waiting until we can sit next to each other i think so there’s like a seating chart of what’s available and what’s not looks like it’s just booked all the time they’ve literally opened an hour ago and it’s full yeah it’s like breakfast time but these are like the super famous single seat ramen places apparently it’s meant to be pretty mid-level ramen but you got to come here it’s going to be our first ramen in Japan so it’s my own little cubicle they just put the curtain down on me and assuming this is where the magic happens and then the curtain will come up and I’ll be fed my spicy ramen i think it’s like 10 to 12 Australian dollars per bowl and chopsticks if you didn’t order enough you can order extra here thank you i love it i think it’s really good all the reviews saying the noodles are mid get out of here going to build the perfect bite little bit of noodle pork green onion cheers i love it as if people say this is me although it is our first ramen in Japan but I think it’s great i’m really impressed this is so much fun i love it i went for all of the recommended options when I ordered and I think it’s perfect it’s just the right spiciness for me the broth is so flavorful i don’t understand how people say this is mid-level ramen i know we haven’t had anything else but this is so good plus it’s just such a fun experience like it shouldn’t be as fun as it is like we’re still technically sitting next to each other and can talk to each other but it’s so fun it got a lot spicier towards the end but it was really good wow wow sorry jeez Louise sorry sorry i think we timed that well i cannot believe how well we timed that the line is huge now and we walked straight in i think we waited for 5 minutes so we could get seats together the line literally goes down the stairs bonkers so that place was called Ichun and highly highly recommend it i do believe it’s a chain we just came to the one that’s literally around the corner from where we’re staying if you like spicy I challenge you to get the spicy it does get hotter and hotter as you eat it but it’s absolutely worth it and now on to the next stop [Music] this is cool well there’s a zoo let’s walk in and around you’re welcome oh where’s she going park this is nice the next thing on our list was a park and this one was actually told to us by our Instagram followers so if you’re not following us on Instagram yet get on there because we need your recommendations this one’s a winner look at this wow looks like a maybe a market’s on as well i also just think time of year is hard to be beat because all of the leaves are like bright yellow proper golden like sun shining through the yellow leaves and the bright blue sky how’d we get so lucky man love an autumn park very like Central Park vibes extremely Central Park vibes don’t love it [Music] don’t know where Emily’s gone you can see in the Osmo that I did connect to her microphone but I don’t know where she [Music] is not only is it beautiful and just packed with people having picnics and enjoying the weather behind me is a zoo behind Jordan is two museums and a theater let alone all of the cafes and restaurants and stuff what an epic park i love it knock up out of nowhere the sweetest old man we were standing enjoying the yellow leaves and how beautiful it is i was just standing there jordan was getting some shots on the camera and all of a sudden I just heard from beside me “Oh it’s very beautiful.” And it was the sweetest old Japanese man we chatted for a while and then he asked someone to take our photo together it was very nice it was so wholesome he had his little what like $40 camera he said it was we all took a happy snap he was so sweet very sweet so this is Ununo Park very hard wow someone just started playing the accordion this place has everything including an accordion but there is also a zoo heaps of the cherry blossoms here so in spring it becomes incredibly popular but even today with all the leaves changing colors and falling it’s also incredibly popular plus it serves another purpose because there’s a subway station and from here we’re about to spend an hour on the subway a mercy stressful being in charge i really have no idea where we’re going there are so many different arrows and we can see what we need on the sign but the arrow points in the same direction as a bunch of other things and then our insignia kind of disappears okay it’s busy japanese trains are very quiet freedom this way so we’ve made some changes to our plans our plans for the day are basically just check off as many as we can off of our list as possible and we were going to head to Shabuya next and get some food but I’m not super hungry yet because we just had Ichiran Ichiran so instead I’ve made some quick decisions and we have come to Ginsa for food but it’s smaller food that we can share so that’s a better decision this way in summation we got off the train to Shabuya early because we weren’t hungry so that we could eat some food emily logic my plan is that that food that we were going to get now that’s bigger and like we would each have a bowl of noodles we’ll save that for tomorrow for lunchtime and this is like a little snack that we can get one and share okay so actually it does make more sense we’ll see and tomorrow we want to go to that temple anyway which is near the other food so it makes sense to do them at the same time guess you’re going to have to keep watching to see what we mean by tomorrow logical [Music] hello what’s your favorite flavor favorite and two oh the strawberry one choco strawberry and then there yes and spicy and egg start ooh and kimak curry yes they’re your favorites and teriyaki you like all of them and my favorite matcha matcha oh good choice awesome thank you strawberry surprise me strawberry what What kind of milkshake do I like to get strawberry surprise me sounds like you don’t want what I’m going to get you so tell me what you want don’t know what the options are there’s regular use your knowledge of knowing me i actually don’t even know what these are so it’s a fried sandwich i’m pretty sure it’s ice cream in the middle is that chocolate there’s chocolate strawberry chocolate banana use your knowledge you got this i don’t know where to go age three is a viral sensation you’ve probably seen it all over Tik Tok and Instagram oh my gosh from what I understand it is a fried bit of white bread that is then sliced open and stuff is shoved in i went for the original whipped cream flavor which sounds odd and I got Jordan banana chocolate cream she knows me well there’s also savory option so like spicy noodles or egg salad i saw that and to start with I was like “Oh that seems odd.” Because I knew the viral one was this whipped cream flavor but really it’s a bit of bread so it’s like a toasty like an egg toasty and it is shoulderto-shoulder in that shop like one singular line you go up to order and then a second singular line you go up to collect it but they almost don’t let you order until there’s room for you to go over and collect it like they deliberately keep it really slow i like that and there’s like a a guy monitoring the line out the front as well which helps a lot so this is what we got sidetracked for wa holy moly first bite you ready oh my lord cheers cheers get your chocolate on me wow your mouth is covered in chocolate [Music] very confusing it’s like mine’s like um that cheap not cheap but like the original chocolate topping you get on ice cream spread over like a chocolate mousse oh yours is too much can I try the original mhm just a little bite yours isn’t enough i prefer it the bread is fried to an inch of its life yum which is great it’s funny there’s a park right next door and everyone’s grabbed it and come in here i did think there would be a way longer line than there was i think I was in line for what 10 minutes the line did get bigger after you went in we’ve done that so many times i also think it used to be that um people would wait on the road and now they have very particular line monitors making sure people don’t wait on the road and eat on the road because I would dare say that there’s been some accidents cuz it’s kind of like a blind corner that’s true let’s find somewhere to sit finish this not bad very good all right we got to get back on the train christ oh my god it’s another one all in a row that’s so weird so weird we did not do this in any order at all and yet four in a row oh my god and that’s where we’re going what is going on this is so cool the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing during rush hour 3,000 people cross at once so that what we just did 3,000 people that’s insane i’ve never seen so many cameras and camera phones and like selfie sticks ready we’re going to cross these off where is it oh my gosh shaboo scramble we’re just walking into a crowded Oh my goodness oh lordy there’s so many viewpoints you can do this from but this has to be the best way to experience it from down here in the crowd there’s a lot of people crossing again and again and again and I feel like two is enough for us can you imagine if this was just like actually on your route every day yeah it’d be so annoying [Music] i did have a fun fact about the crossing the Starbucks there has become insanely popular because it has an epic view of the scramble crossing and apparently that was the first ever stand Starbucks in Japan as well spot for it yeah quite cheekily we have added Shabuya like a neighborhood as a destination just because walking around here is so much fun there are so many people it’s very overwhelming but also like everyone’s being really polite and courteous and we’re just going to continue walking through to our final stop of the day by the end of the day we should have checked off seven out of the 15 things that we want to do there is one on here that if I’m being really honest we should just X out or delete somehow everyone told us to get tickets to Team Lab and we just didn’t book it in time i think they sell out like a month in advance we didn’t book our accommodation until like two days ago [Music] [Music] [Music] that one was amazing we have checked off almost half of our list already it’s actually a fair effort because Tokyo is so big and there is so much on there to get half of them done yeah we actually ended the night last night by going to a little bar called Grandfathers and if you are coming to Tokyo you need to check it out it is such a vibe and I hate saying that but it is it’s this old It’s a tiny little bar with this grandpa that plays music from vinyl records chain smoking like nobody’s business he’s the owner and literally the DJ like he has two turntables there and he switches between them and then whichever song’s playing he takes the album the vinyl album cover and puts it on the wall so you know who you’re listening to i know it’s just perfect probably one of the best bars I’ve ever been to I’m going to say and the cocktails weren’t that expensive anyway we are in day two now and we know the best way to start yes I think it’s this way you know my favorite move is to ask the person what their favorite option is and then just order that and that is a rocher latte i thought we could share so that’s really good yeah so we came to this place because I saw it online somewhere and their brulee cheesecake is viral insta famous and truthfully that was enough for me to book a train here it’s pretty good i thought it would taste different because I saw the photo of it before I knew what it was really but I thought it was going to be more like sponge cakey but it’s more a cheesecake yeah more cheesy i guess I thought it was going to be like cake yeah look this isn’t a cheap stop two small coffees and a cheesecake to share was $21 Australian but this is on the way to a lot of things that we want to do today and what a cool coffee shop great excuse babe it was on the way it was there’s no other coffee place two trains who needs money anyway really useless resource we’ve reached that point in the trip where it doesn’t matter anymore yeah very much on to the next stop 20 minute walk it’s gonna be nice there is one major thing to see in the Shinjjuku area and Jordan has no idea what it is so walk this corner and get your reaction to what you see all right this feels really weird it’s Godzilla it’s the Godzilla building i honestly have no idea about it i’m pretty sure it’s a hotel somehow like you can stay in the Godzilla in its place i think so what this area is bonkers there is so many people here and it’s actually home to the world’s busiest metro station yeah 3.5 million people per day had no idea makes sense though take care crazy let’s take it off it’s a cat it’s actually really good that’s the second billboard we’ve seen that has like a 3D effect to it and I think that one’s better than the one we saw in China that one is definitely better i don’t know whether it’s just cuz of the video that’s playing is better but yeah I really like it i like it too shinjuku baby shinjuku baby first impressions of the mage meni I don’t know how to pronounce it nor do I is this area is way bigger than I thought i think it’s 170 hectares i read it online lots of trees stuffing in his piles um but I only saw really pictures of the main area with the barrel things not this beautiful area yeah we’re trying to get to the barrels right sure that’ll be up here [Music] we saw a bunch of people coming to this before entering the temple and then I read a little plaque that says there’s purification etiquette so you wash your hands rinse your mouth and wash your hands again and then you have purified yourself women can enter the temple [Music] so like a 20-minute walk away from the cat billboard is this Shinto shrine i forget the name of it but it is definitely one of the things you need to see when you’re in Tokyo it’s free entry and it’s epic it’s a lot of like quiet places like there’s a lot of security guards holding signs that say quiet please which I think is amazing and quite cute but it’s it’s truly epic i don’t know whether these gates are like going to be all over Japan but I hope so there is one other part to this kind of shrine complex that we want to see and I I think it’s this way this is honestly the main picture I had seen about the Meni Temple and now we’ve been here i see why it is beautiful they are all old sake barrels that have been wrapped in straw and from what I understand every year one gets added as an offering to someone it’s only a 15-minute walk to food yes sure we’re taking an intentional detour down an incredibly busy street just so we can take one more thing off i think it’s worth it that puts us close to finishing this list [Music] i don’t think we have long enough to wait in this line it did look really good though that’s what’s annoying yeah we’ll have to come back to Japan okay so there’s a very viral udon carbonara place that we came all the way out to go to uh but the line 50 minutes 50 minutes long and we’ve actually booked one of the things on the list we had to book and that time is quickly approaching so we literally don’t have enough time to get it so instead something else something else i’m glad we couldn’t go to the other place you know they say like don’t just follow the path forge your own but just go somewhere viral go somewhere else and make that place viral and if this place tastes any good we’ll let you know viral new York pastrami sandwich if the viral carbonara udon place is way too busy this is a pretty good consolation pri consolation prize i’m tired we really still need to hustle we have an hour train journey to get where we need to go and I think we need to be there in exactly an hour cross say almost done nice 1 hour later we have made it to our final stop of 48 hours in Tokyo tokyo Skytree we’re going up there definitely get your tickets before you get here it is a lot easier than lining up and hoping to get something thank you wow what a view we ended up booking the 4:00 tickets to the Sky Tree because the sun sets around 4:30 and that way we get to see it now when it’s all golden and at night time turns out you can buy two types of tickets sort of like to the first level or the second we just got the cheapest ones to the first level i think the benefit of potentially buying the ones that go to both is less people would be up there like this would be the most popular ticket you would think so yeah yeah because it’s cheaper cheaper but it also seems like they completely sell out every time so especially at sunset we make a point of not going to observation decks because we always think they’re a bit overpriced but if you’re going to go to one in the world so far this is the one this is the one it’s so pretty i just wish we could see Fuji really no a Don’t do that what a way to end Tokyo though this is such a good spot for sunset feel like we only missed a couple of things on our list yeah let’s get a list out not bad nice ticket that is bloody close we missed two things three team Lab Tokyo Tower and the Carbonara that’s not bad though let us know if that means we have to come back missing those three things in particular is it worth a trip back to Japan next time you see us we’ll be doing something that’s been on my bucket list personally for a very long time [Music] [Music]

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15 TOP things to do in TOKYO (Tokyo travel guide)

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