Tokyo Street Food & Shopping | Asakusa 

I'd give anything to be able to just wander through the streets of Tokyo, Kyoto, Sendai or Osaka and just snack. I miss it so much.

Thanks for the shoutout John. You're my fav oldschool RU-vid/contentcreator online and happy to see you got such a positive/strong community behind your channel. You make a benchmark for new foreigners to come to Japan and totally immerse themselves in learning as much as possible about the culture as possible. Can't wait to do a collab stream one of these days.

watching this on Oct 14 2022. Am starting my process of planning a trip...I start at least a year in advance. Your videos are really inspiring and helping me. I have pretty much decided we are going to stay in Asakusa. Mahalo nui loa!

The street food choices were many, 🍡🥮🍦 the pigeons were few, Toby could be heard but that's nothing new. Thanks for the tour John. 👍

Always feels like a real life Sunday afternoon stroll with John!

Love your videos! Thanks for bringing us along with you on these wonderful walks. And I would LOVE to see more of the Mameshiba Cafe (a future livestream perhaps…?!?!)! Thank you again for your fantastic work!

The view at the beginning is pretty cool! The last time I was in Tokyo, I stayed in the 9 Hours capsule hotel in Asakusa, so have seen a lot of the night view of Asakusa!

Prayer said for your family ... Love your beautiful family and videos.

Im hooked on your inspiring and relaxing vlogs. Love!

Love these walks! It brought back memories from 2018 when I spent an hour or two in Asakusa💖

It was such a pleasant walk. I love Amazake,too. It's called 'Nomu tenteki' (Drinkable Intravenous) because it has so much nutritions in it! I take it everyday😊

I have been to the 8th floor of Asakusa Cultural centre too! Lovely view of Nakamise Dori and Tokyo Skytree Tower! Thanks for rekindling the memories! Somehow I always get delayed notification of your live stream and couldn't watch it live.

I love the view from the Asakusa Tourism Centre. It was the first place I visited on my 2nd trip to Japan. Miss the place. 😌

I just catching up with your uploads John. Somehow this one give me energy boost and motivation. Thank you …. Best wishes for you and family.

Wow! I never saw nakamise dori with so few people!! I SO want to be there now too!! Thank you John for the REALLY long stream- also I watch it in playback I had a really good breakfast TV 😂

Nice walk and street food. I like going into the shops there.

Always great!!

nice street walk and food tour, big like, thanks for sharing !

33:30 I bought a yukata in 2017 in this shotengai, and i still have it, it was awesome because in that year i went to Japan in July and celebrated tanabata

Thank you for helping us to pump up spirit to get back to JAPAN !!!

That taiyaki place is THE BEST and I’m thrilled they’re still going strong! We stayed in Asakusa in July 2019, they had momo (peach) flavored anko filling. One bite and I was in heaven!

That matcha place looked great! I hope it’s still there when I return to Japan.

Oh, thats a great shot i have to go to this spot i love that view! thanks for the share ! stay awesome! '

8:20 that Taiyaki shop was one of the best! They have another in Akiba though.

Aww I love when you show these

Used to live across from the shop that sells the gold covered ice cream. Walked that area so many times. This is like a home coming video for me. Is sad to see a lot of mom n pop shops gone 😔

It doesn't matter if they were a kabuki actor or artist. People can wear whatever. It's just fabric and cosmetics. And the makeup styling was top notch.

great view of the street level from the roof. WC always important. birdie says 'I have been waiting for hours for you to show up'. what... kick the bird, lose your foot. thx for hour half sunday walk thru Asakusa love seeing all the japanese clothes on the girls and boy. hello to Kanae n precious Leo. thank you thank you

18:32 I agree with you John, Tayaki with sweet potato is very delicious, it's my favorite, custer cream is good too, but, i love sweet potato more, the last time i ate a takoyaki was in this shop where John bought the takoyaki

Thanks for the guided tour John...too bad, for whatever reason, I have never been into Old Tokyo. cheers

The matcha treats looked so yummy! Thank you for sharing with us. Warm wishes to your wife and baby

Enjoyable stream , even though i didn’t saw this from the start , but as always i give my like even the stream has even started so , arigato 👍!!!

What a great stream, and I've not even watched it yet. Liked and flagged for later :)

Asakusa I love it ,been in that Mcdonalds a few times also bought some lovely luxury brief cases and a luxury back pack in Asakusa. Thanks for sharing the video. .Cheers from Australia Poppa Sam The native New Yorker Down Under.

i went in nara owl-cafe, owls are night-owls, i think always there eyes be damage by the light overday, same in arashiyama owlcafe, but there they have trees surround them, but still in a tight room(but i love to visit my owl cousin from the netherlands).

Love these walks John. Totally missing taiyaki. Used to go to a taiyaki shop before they closed down and I would get custard and chocolate. :)

Thanks for respnding to the superchat!

Ready to kick back and watch another great OIJ livestream

Damn i missed the Stream.. i'll have to pick up where i came in. I see lots of Yukata!

The orange street and "orange house" are where dutch sport fans celebrate and come together. I guess during some event in the past this is where it was in tokyo and the locals liked it and kept the street orange after the dutch fans left.

Oh wow what a great view now I know for next time

ASAKUSA!!!! ❤️ Lovein all the streams!!!!👍🏻

lovely mugworth remind me of inari shrine, but those where grilled

I love pidgeons, they are so adapted to the city life. i even handfed one here in sweden. completely wild and it managed to jump on my knee

Nice cover up after seeing the guy in maiko clothes. “Whatttt” 😳 I mean, “awesome!” 😅

My last stop of my last trip, stayed at a hostel a block away from the Donki. I've had taiyaki at the same spot John stopped at, there's also an incredible melonpan spot in a covered arcade right next to Senso-Ji I'd always go to in the morning for breakfast. I wanna go back ;-;

I miss Japan. Great video.

that gaki no tsukai sign!

We are planning a trip for next summer. My kids are going to be 15 and 12 and they really want to go to Ghibli and the Cup Noodles museum. Those places seem to be further out of central Tokyo. Can you show us those areas? Your videos have been so helpful for us to make decisions on where to go, what to see, etc. THANKS!

I've been to Japan a couple times now, but never went into Asakusa. It always seemed like it would be too busy and crowded for me to handle. I'll have to scope it out next time, provided the crowds don't return to anything like pre-pandemic levels. 😅 On the topic of 7-Eleven here in the States - the new store layouts they have been using are nice! Plus, you can get a freshly-made, good cup of coffee for cheap. The newer stores have machines that will fresh grind beans and brew up a cup on the spot. And they definitely lean harder on private label products now, which is something that 7&I Holdings in Japan does so well. That said, even the newer stores can be iffy with service. That part hasn't improved as much as it should, sadly.

Hello again from New Jersey (Middletown - exit 114 off the Garden State Parkway)! Loved your live stream of Asakusa....so glad we're staying in that area next April! I absolutely love your content and updates John! My 2 teenage daughters are beyond excited to visit the Shibuya/Akihabara areas since they live and breathe anime! As for my wife and I, we're hoping to catch the tail end of Cherry Blossom season....not sure if it'll be too late on April 15th. Regardless, this will be a bucket list trip for us and we simply can't wait to visit! Much love health and happiness to you and yours!

a cafe with sheba dogs is right up my alley 🐾🤗 I love anything matcha 🍵 mochi yum, I have a question which region in Japan grows the best matcha?

I have travel plans to visit Japan in March 2022, i hope that happens so i can visit places like this

Watching you John eating sweet potato taiyaki how I wish I am there right now

Speaking of rainy season, it is too here in the Philippines currently

Space boat herd was amazing to see!

matcha overload 😍 craving for matcha ice cream...bye!

When I come back to Tokyo, I would love to meet you and Kanae and Leo :D

Greetings from England

John on what were you standing when you started recording? It reminds me of the Miyashita park in Shibuya

Food looks good

Biggest sandals... John don't those sandals belong to Masaru Daisato? You know, the Big Man... Entertaining stream John! Fun and educational, great delivery! 👍

thanks for showing the halal ramen . great stream ^^

There’s a Tezuka Osamu cafe and shop here I’m dying to see but no one has any footage of it T_T

Is it rainy season yet? How often does it rain in June? We are hoping to travel but mid June is only time we can all go.

I miss festivals so much.

Asakusa!!

Chocolate strawberry custard taiyaki and matcha available in Spore Takashimaya but not emo taiyaki

*John what's the secret you to make yourself look 25 & 45 at the same time?*

Does filming with a GoPro for personal vlogs need permissions as well for Nakamise dori and Sensoji temple? Thank you in advance!

You may be getting more Japanese followers. I have been telling more of my Japanese clients about you :) They love it that I know something about Japan:)

@onlyinjapan*go How about Katsushika especially Kameari station? Your 4th Choice place to visit?

this city is beautiful . I actually don’t like cities with skyscrapers and huge buildings . Cause in big cities peoples are not that friendly and always busy on there own purpose

Rio for prime minister. Daub for the win for the power of social positivity.

Hey that pigeon was Sick! I found one just like him in my balcony yesterday he couldn't even fly away from me so I picked him up and took him to the vet they said they will treat him and it turns out he was in a very bad condition :( I'm still waiting on the good news that he's recovering. Please go back to that pigeon if you could and save him.

i lkie the mantcha ice cream

Aaawww Johnielson. Happy Fattas day to you as well.🍺

Imagine rhubarb and custard taiyaki!!!😃

I noticed that the audio has been weak for the past week even if volume is maxed.

great stream but the weak audio is a turnoff

17:24, i am now curious who that youtuber was? than i can watch the scene you both shared :D

your making me hungry

When will japan reopen to travel

鯛焼きtaiyaki

John how's Hanna doing is she still in Japan

Most people go for the Ralph Macchio likeness......but if you've been watching, there's more of a Brandon Lee/Eric Draven thing going on with these crows and pigeons..🤔

Please up that mic gain or preamp, so hard to hear even after boosted the first time!

Here from robcdee

Signal good , audio so so

I think poor Ralphy would come away worse off then he did on his 1st trip to Japan. Think he's as old as Sato now.

That chill pigeon is not well.😑

omg the audio again it's so low with the mic 😓

浅草asakusa

The volume us soooo low

Where are the beer vending machines?

The first halfu PM

by noh theater male players dress as woman or girls, to act the role out, tradition play, love watching in osaka noh theather

たやき

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