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– ABOUT THE VIDEO –

Kyoto has become one of Japan’s biggest tourist hubs in recent years, creating some often crowded, tourist-heavy attractions across the city. But, hold up! That’s where guides like Soma come in!

25-year-old Soma and his team of guides situated across Japan are here and ready to show you around beloved cities like Kyoto, with deeper looks at both tourists attractions as well as hidden gems that you can only find with their help!

So, in this episode, ‘Japan By Food’ host Leina Bambino teams up with Soma to explore Kyoto, and show you the perfect day itinerary for your visit to the beautiful city of Kyoto! From the extremely popular Nishiki Market, to the tranquil Nanzenji Temple and hidden gem bars that only Soma knows, this episode has got you covered for your Kyoto exploration!

FEATURED FOODS
Dashimaki Tamago
Takoyaki
Pike Conger Tempura
Highball
Chikuwa
Stingray Fin
Sakura Cocktail
Gin & Tonic

TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
0:44 Meeting Our Guide
2:02 Nishiki Market
2:45 Dashimaki Tamago
3:59 Tamagoyaki
6:43 Conger Tempura
8:28 Nanzen-ji
11:20 Teramachi Shopping District
11:33 Izakaya
13:17 Food Time
15:53 Ebisucho Area
16:17 Steampunk Bar
17:36 Cocktails
18:24 Outro

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no fishing please no fishing no fishing I understand I will not fish here hello everyone my name is Lena Bambino and some of you probably recognize me from the previous Japan B food video if you don’t Hello nice to meet you today we will explore Kyoto with a local guide who will give us some Insider tips and at the end of the video we have a special surprise for you so make sure to keep on watching without further Ado let’s [Music] go so I think we’re supposed to meet our tour guide around here somewhere hi hi are you Somas son oh hi I’m Lena nice to meet you ni meet you could you tell me a little bit about yourself yeah uh I’m s uh I Lear I’m a tour guide and run the too companies and offer the tours in here in kotto Osaka and Tokyo and we welcome the 2,000 guest per month from the other country wow that’s a lot so how long have you been doing this actually I studied this uh the tour guiding around two two years ago doing this two years oh so you’re kind of still new but yeah you you love it right but I love it you love it I can tell you can tell this positive energy awesome where will you take us first okay so I’m taking to the Nishiki Market Nishiki Market it’s like a original like fish food market you can try a lot of variety of of food and it’s really important in the kto history before we go I’m curious to ask yeah what were you doing here it looked like you were meditating yeah actually I did a city meditation what we call jazen in japane and actually I tried that like around 3 years before here in kto and after that I take that party in my daily life and it really works to Beed this C river is my favorite place so if you want to meet s son you come here reach me out all right so you get going yeah let’s go let’s go let’s go [Music] so we’re here oh nice there’s so many Street Markets right are we allowed to eat and walk or do we have to like actually uh eating while walking is not allowed Market so we have to like stay in front of the restaurant got it so you got to finish eating and then go so make sure follow the rules okay let’s eat let’s eat I going speak no worries take your time all right it’s really good it’s really good let me try to I’m going to take half a bite excuse meas M very moist and fluffy very very delicious Lots ofi [Laughter] very good okay so the next place is takoyaki as a c local I have to show you takoyaki and one has a like a c specific style my tips upper left is the most popular commended menu so remember the upper left yeah but this time you won’t go wrong with but this time we go to number two okay this one is more more like a kto special uh we try takoyaki ah so what’s the difference between takoyaki from tooto and other places yeah actually like a Takaki is really famous in Osaka but here a lot of green onion on top of it so that makes it Kyoto yes okay difference got it so we’re going to order number two number two [Music] lots of greenen onion oy let’s eat and normally we put mayonnaise on oh you can never go wrong with Japanese Mayo yeah it’s it makes every food delicious yes it does oh oh sometimes difficult we’re struggling mine’s falling [Music] apart oh he’s a warrior very chewy right very chewy and just like a green onion is really fresh that makes this aak taste special that’s the extra kick we need yeah oh hey come on you haven’t made it you have to make make it you have to try I know I’m trying it keeps breaking [Music] apart you’re right the green onion is very fresh crunchy and adds that fresh flavor it’s very refreshing oh see this let’s go let’s Explore More go [Music] okay let’s let’s try sake s you’re going to finish it up no of course compai I should pour for [Music] him next place is this skew tops and looks yummy I really recommend this coner coner P coner and it’s a really important food for let’s let’s try h so there’s an eating place inside so let’s go in at the KATU M hi Cheers Cheers oh hot okay outside like Crown cheese inside it a bit different from like a five fish and after we know the story I feel like we’re getting energies yeah and you feel the appreciation a lot more it’s a must cry and kill though humel remember that h h h [Music] hum so we just wrote like 30 minutes from Central Kyoto and this place is marvelous where are we yeah we are now in neni and it’s not actually crowded like mishiki market we’ve been to and this is a first where we can feel the peace yes you can really feel nature here yes here now you can see a lot of green yeah beautiful very beautiful and the Temple Gate is welcoming us and actually this n uh builds uh 1291 so has a long history and that gate is 22 M height 22 M yes wow it’s massive yeah why do you bring your guests here mostly yeah this place is more quiet so I really like this place you can really wind down here and relax out from the crowd yes all right I’m very excited to check it out can you show me inside yes so let’s go inside [Music] you can see how big this Temple is this is just a doors I’m 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well I am starving so let’s go in starving as well let’s go let’s go let’s go [Music] so [Music] cooli M Tatam yeah it’s like my grandma’s house yeah it’s like a very Japanese yeah I love it so this is one of the places you bring your guests yeah I bring my guess to hears because uh like in there are many isak but not so many places like we sitting on tabi mat and can enjoy the meal with a relaxing atmosphere that’s also the reason and also the sashimi and the deep fried chicken the food here is really [Music] delicious Kai and Norm in Japanese couches my boss my grass going oh it’s like that okay I’m showing the respect to you oh thank you sometimes the grass Japanese grass is on the floor oh oh showing so many respect really all the all the way no no no you should be up here you should be up here let’s do friends okay let’s do friends [Music] come O O it’s my first time drinking a high ball it’s so good you know like after you drink it I can still smell Aroma from the matcha oh oi I’m so surprised because I didn’t think it would be this delicious so the food is here let’s begin yeah let’s start okay so first I want to try this Chua Chua what is Chua fish cake fish cake yeah and it’s like a a bit like a tempura style so almost like middle temperature it’s deep fried and and my recommendation is eating with seaweed so first dipping show you mayonnaise and seaweed yes seaweed you you go ahead go ahead yes I will wrap mine how is it my favorite your favorite let me try mine m very crispy and I I think there’s some like Ali seaweed in there yeah Al seaweed that’s that little accent it’s really good what’s next to the chika this one is can guess what this I want to say it’s some type of fish it’s stingray oh Stingray I don’t know this gesture is correct I think so I think so something needed the shimi powder shim is it like a pepper pepp Japanese Peppers okay so you put it next to the Mayo the Mayo and my recommendation is eating with this Chi all right I’ll get mine too so you dip it in mayo and the shimi powder all right take m m oo got a really chew the more we chew the more textures and the flavor bursts the more you chew so we still have a lot of food to finish us and I’m still hungry and stabby so let’s keep on eating let’s eat yes and you have one more in store for us right yeah some it’s more like a cocktail bu where you can enjoy really C drinks oh so very feel the Koto vibeo Vibes and more Vibes more Vibes yeah okay all right so let’s keep eating and look forward to the next destination [Music] yeah okay so finally we came here and this place is surrounded by a lot of restaurants managed by local oh interesting and from now we’re going to this second floor second floor what’s on the second floor let’s see let’s go see show O it’s very cozy the interior is quite interesting in here yeah and this place located probably from the berry like a crowded C drinking spot so like you can enjoy really unique atmosphere and at the same time the CCT here is very [Music] good very excited here sakur for me thank you very much [Music] okay last drink of the night maybe [Music] cheers oh this is really delicious too it tastes a little bit of the Cherry a little bit for some reason a little bit of strawberry but also has like a citrus feel to it so it’s very fruity and sweet it’s kind of like a an alcoholic light Fruit Punch Yeah well thank you so much son I had such a pleasure touring with you got thank ok ok is thank you in all right so we got to finish this drink so let’s cheers again and come by and I’m getting very very hot so I’m going to take off my coat you okay I’m okay you’re okay this alcohol is kicking in well that’s all from our Koto tour soas you brought a lot of positive energy and I’m so blessed to learn and experience with you thank you very much thank you would you like to say something to viewer book my tours on byu.com and I really uh happy to like you guys providing the life changing experiences I really like traveling that’s okay that’s okay we understand your passion and I’m sure the viewers I hope my passion already you understand okay and for the special something I mentioned at the beginning of the video to win an exclusive tour with s son make sure to comment down below I want to tour with so all right and make sure to like this video And subscribe see you in the next video byebye byebye okay [Music]