Shinjuku Food Guide: What to Eat in Omoide Yokocho and Golden Gai
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A trip to Tokyo isn’t complete without a walk through Shinjuku, the city's bustling center. Home to the busiest train station in the world, the twists and turns of Shinjuku’s back alleys can be disorienting and overwhelming, but they also contain a treasure trove of hidden gems. A night walk through this area is one of the best things to do in Shinjuku!
In this video, Shizuka dives into this maze of a neighborhood, exploring the hidden spots in Shinjuku. Starting at Omoide Yokocho, aka memory lane, she weaves her way through restaurants featuring must-eat Japanese food like yakitori, sushi, and ramen. Learn how to eat sushi, slurp ramen like a local, and join us for a drink in Shinjuku's notorious Golden Gai, lovingly referred to as “piss alley.”
FEATURED FOODS:
Back to basics! These foods are all classic must-eats in Japan!
Yakitori: Grilled chicken on a stick. Sometimes it includes vegetables and other meats.
Sushi: Raw fish served on rice.
Hakata Tenjin Ramen: A popular brand of ramen featuring a rich soup.
LOCATION
Shinjuku, Tokyo
TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
1:02 Omoide Yokocho
1:30 Yakitori
5:05 Sushi
8:40 Ramen
10:58 Golden Gai
12:15 Sake drink
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@victorlui5955
2 жыл бұрын
😁
I felt like Shizuka should be the one giving the tour to the guide lol.
She is the best host really! So upbeat and even though she knows a lot about the culture and the food she's eating she still allows the guest host to shine. She is a class act- and I love the Elmo reference! If there was only a way to give this more likes I would! 👍
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Shizuka is always doing a great job!!!
Shizuka's smile is everything ❤️❤️❤️ I just keep watching because of her personality
Shizuka has such a bubbly and positive vibe. Love it. Also, my appreciation to the food culture of Japan. You've turned food into art, so much added value to a gastronomic experience. Hope to visit Japan someday. 😊
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
We hope that you visit soon!
7:32 I laughed way too hard at the unexpected punchline . I have a feeling Japan By Food is going to by Go To resource when I book my Japan trip
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Shizuka planned the joke perfectly! 😍
Another food trip must to watch 🥰 loved u Shizuka
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
hanging out with Shizuka always looks fun but it looks even more fun in this episode, I'd love to share those foods and drinks with such great company, lovin' her outfit too
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
She is a great company!
Great tour and great tamago joke shizuka!!!! 😬👍🏻 Yes I been to that hakata ramen place it’s so good been there for years!!!!!!🍜
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Super cool that you went to the same restaurant! We are so glad you liked the food there!
As always a great Shizuka vlog !
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
Great Video! Love it!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
Always a great Show!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
Great 👍 video !shizuka ! Excellent work ,the best 🦖
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
i love ur show japan by food its always so fun :D
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
We are glad you enjoy!
japanese food looks so amazing !
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
And tastes even better!
I enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! please stay tuned for more interesting videos!
Dude: Explaining the most basic aspects of Japanese culture and cuisine to Shizuka Shizuka: Bro, do you even know who I am? 😆
Me. Encantó el. Video!!!!
Shizuka-chan, you had me at “long tamago” ❤
@JapanbyFood
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for commenting!
you know it’s gonna be a good day when you turn the tv on and japan by food is the first video on your youtube recommendations😊 PS i love Shizuka 😍
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! We are glad to hear that!
You are so independent and beautiful ❤️, I really love how you enjoy each and every moment ☺️. You also let us learn more about Japan, arigatou. Ganbarimasu 👍 God bless 🙏
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching the videos! Shizuka will be discovering more of Japan so please stay tuned!
07:34 - I had to like the video for that one. 😂
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
It was a good one!:D
I'm glad your first experience of Japanese culture went so well Shizuka! 😜😜
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Shizuka learned quite fast :P
shizzy!!!!!❤❤❤
@ShizukaAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
🥰🥰
Shizuka and her "dad joke". 🤣 Great video today!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Unexpected dad jokes are always welcome! :P
I’d never heard the etiquette for eating sushi by hand before! So informative!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Glad that you could learn from the video!
Nice kuya alex 😊
Like chilling and having pre dinner drinks at those small little cozy Japanese bars before going to an Izakaya for more drinks
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! We love it too!
I'm actually gonna steal that egg joke , that was a good one
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly our thoughts!
私は英語が解りませんが見てるだけで楽しいです👍 いつも美味しい物を食べた時の笑顔が最高です🙆♂️ 私も食べたく成っちゃいました🤗
@ShizukaAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
ありがとうございます！そう言っていただけて嬉しいです！🥺🙏🏼
Laughed hard at the punchline - never expected it from Shizuka!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
It was a good joke!
Always love your videos. Love seeing Godzilla poking his head into the neighborhood to see what's going on!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Godzilla in Shinjuku is ✨ICONIC✨
@billshepherd4331
2 жыл бұрын
@@JapanbyFood 😁😍
Awesome. Now I need to find myself a great A5 Wagyu dinner experience around Shinjuku.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Oh please check out byfood.com to find the best Wagyu restaurants in Tokyo :)
This is sp interesting 😃👍 So much to learn about how to properly eat the Japanese way.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
We are glad you liked it!
@arghentrock
2 жыл бұрын
@@JapanbyFood It'll be useful when we finally get to visit there. 👍😃
Yummy food 😋
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
It really was!😋
A long Ta ma go 🤣 good one Shizuka 👍🏻 It took me a few seconds to realize what you said 😅
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
hahah, she got us good!
I've walked down Omoide Yokocho a few times, but I've always felt intimidated somehow and never stopped in to one of the restaurants to eat. I'll have to try the spot you went to.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Make sure to try next time!
my favorite tour guide is shizuka although Alex was a close second.......Shinjuku will be my first stop next May when in japan...
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Oh! We are so happy to hear you are coming!
Shizuka in Shinjiku eating Shishito. Luv it! Tastes a lot like Pimientos de Padrón which are similarly mild but maybe one in ten are super spicy. Grill them and sprinkle with a little sea salt. Yum!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Goes super well with yakitori!!!
@pennythejet
2 жыл бұрын
Yum I love Padron peppers but they are hard to find in Australia!
@canterburyjhiguma8387
Жыл бұрын
I think the ARE pimientos de padron, aren't they?
Funny watching Shizuka being taught how to eat Japanese food >.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
There is always something new you can learn :P
@chapter22dragons
2 жыл бұрын
@@JapanbyFood Nice :D
I'm totally going to use that Tamago joke as soon as I get an opportunity LMAO
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Right? We thought the same :P It is our joke now!
Okay lmao, I am stealing that tamago joke 🤣 I loved that
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
It was a good one!
@aliddlebird
2 жыл бұрын
@@JapanbyFood so good
@ShizukaAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha go for it! 🤣
" A long "tamago" " 🤣
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Dad jokes are the best!
It's crazy seeing how empty Omoide Yokocho is now, when I went pre-covid you'd be incredibly lucky to find a single vacant seat
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Very true! But it is slowly getting back to normal! Fortunately :)
Hi Shizuka! The hostess with the mostest!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@ShizukaAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
Hi!! 🥰🥰
01:15 - I really enjoyed this restaurant (Ghifu-ya 岐阜屋) I usually had ramen, gyoza and a lemon sour.
Imma negima yakitori with a beer!!! 🍡🍻🍺
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect combo!
such a cute couple
6:07 oh I did not know that. I thought eating a sushi just using the chopsticks. I learned something new today! thanks
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
We are glad to hear that!
Gonna use that "tamago" joke now! LOL
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Same! :D
Shizuka: It's like walking inside of Elmo 11:32 Me: *The Boys* season 3 flashback!
Shizukaaaaaaa
Great job byFood team
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support!
I'm on a mission to stamp out this slurping myth. Yes, the ramen chefs know from the slurping that customers are eating and presumably enjoying the food, but that's not the purpose of slurping. As mentioned in the video, it enhances the flavor, much like slurping wine in a wine tasting (and it can make it easier to eat hot noodles). People slurp when they're eating alone at home, so it's not really a communicative but a gastronomic behavior. 🙂
I'm booking another trip to Japan as soon as they open up to Canadians. I'm thinking Christmas break.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
We hope to see you during Christmas!
She really slurped those noodles ;)
@Japan by Food :: Such a good idea for the Samurai Rock drink, more character than simply Shōchu - Does the bar use a particular style or brand of 日本酒 for this drink I wonder? I would guess that they do - unless they just leave it to whatever their “house sake” whichever that is?
i like how she was surprised by one bite sushi. like i'm pretty sure she already knew that lol
i always have sishito peppers when i have a party,as it is as they say its a Russian roullete.I always have Japanese food in my menu.
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
It makes it more fun for sure!
He's an awesome Tour Guide!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
He really is!
They will shout you ‘bakero’ if you take a photos haha
Poor Shizuka having to put up with that. The irony of a South American asking a hafu if she knows what to say before eating
Last time I roasted Shishito for a curry, I ended up getting like 6 super spicy ones in 20... Usually never even get one, but somehow, roasting them and throwing them in a relatively spicy curry seemed to make them far spicier than normal... Either I hit the jackpot, or I'm never gonna get a spicy one again...
how long has she been saving that joke haha good one
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
She was ready! :D
@ShizukaAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
It was the opportune moment! 🤣🤣
@roynobody
2 жыл бұрын
@@ShizukaAnderson the timing was truly eggcelent
@ShizukaAnderson
2 жыл бұрын
@@roynobody 🤣💯💯
What is the name & address of all the restaurant that you have visit in this video
Couple of misconceptions I like to point out. It is wrong to put soy sauce on rice because it simply falls apart, besides that how it should be held or fish need to be against the tongue is simply not true. Eat it as you like it. Of course minimum common sense should be applied but lots of rules has been created since it became popular among foreigners. Next thing is ramen myths where slurping the noodles tells chefs how good it is is simply not true. It just means it’s allowed and any noodles in Japan has been eaten that way as long as I can remember without any silly reasons. I guess what I want say is some of the rules told nowadays are overly exaggerated, simply enjoy the food without causing lots of mess.
11:55 Ajax Amsterdam!
We visited this area and It was not for us to eat. Walking by the places were interesting to look at. However it seemed that all the food places were serving only meat. As we were wanting Suhi and we did not see any Sushi places on Omoide Yokocho We ventured to a Sushi conveyor restaurant nearby instead.
Why are the local city/town guides are not necessarily a Japanese local who lives in the area?
Oyabun , Giving me Tsuma he pinky promise ...Annoucement worldwide
静ちゃんはたくさん食べても太りません
@JapanbyFood
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
please give the address of each location
@JapanbyFood
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback! We will take it into account for our future videos.
Why is shizuka being mansplained. She already knows lol
@tims8524
Жыл бұрын
He’s telling the viewers bud and she still won’t sleep with you even though you are white knighting
that tamago joke should be illegal!
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
We love it!:D
I really don't like these non-Japanese tour guides... It is just awkward to see how a Latin-American guy (I assume) explaining to Shizuka the proper way to eat sushi. It is just like me trying to explain to Michael Jordan how to play basketball.
@mrsjiyoon
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great tour for foreigner travelers (who have picky palate) completely new to japan cuisine. Slowly learn and have good solid eats along the way
@spx2327
2 жыл бұрын
@@mrsjiyoon It is not the tour I don't like, I don't like a non-Japanese person giving me a Japanese tour. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying non-Japanese people are not capable of giving Japanese tours, but it just takes away a bit of the charm.
Itadakimas...appreciate d life of d animal or plant Dat was sacrificed 4my own life...
@6:11 did i just watch a non-japanese teaching a japanese how to eat sushi
You can bite me once as well shizuka san
Godzilla still there....
@JapanbyFood
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is:)
Who is this dude? Who said he's an expert?
is serrano filipino?
so alexandro is not a japanese but he's showing us how to eat like a japanese, really? spanish are known to have terrible table manner though 🤣
is shizuka married😅😁
Isn't she Japanese? 😅
Shizuka u r a 10+ ! Really really hot n pretty
think this guy normalizes you Shizuka so u dont seem like this untouchable princess.
Can't stand the dude mansplaining everything to Shizuka. Cringey!
Love your videos,however lose the guy with the gaugeing in his ears. No one wants to view a Japanese eating video with a guy with large holes in his ears. Sorry just my opinion 🌹