(light music) - So we've been living in
Japan for almost four years now but most of our videos
are around the Tokyo area and we don't really get
to explore Kyoto enough. - So when we got an email from
The Mimaru Hotel being like, "Do you guys wanna come out
to Kyoto and stay in our hotel "and explore our
neighborhood?" we were like (funky violin music) - Of course!
- Heck yes! - So today we're gonna
show you a little video about what we like to
do in 48 hours in Kyoto. (jazzy bass music) - So we're at Takagi Coffee
and this isn't one of those places that we normally
recommend, where we're like, it's modern, it's new, it's
got this, it's got that. No, it just feels like a kind
of local, comfortable, diner. The kind of place that I
go to on like Saturdays and Sundays with my best friend Jackie. And it was like a little greasy
spoon where they would make just like eggs and things
that you could make at home. - This isn't a modern cafe,
I think the aesthetic stopped at like 1978. - They opened in 1976, so-- - Really, that's it,
they kept the same vibe It has an awesome vibe. - Lovely. - There's a lot of smoking in here a lot of salary men here
also but it's got a good kind of home diner feel to it. - And I also love the fact
that it feels extremely polite. When you go to visit
diners in North America there's almost like a joke
feeling of people being like, "What do you want," and
there's like cigarettes falling into your food and you're
like "It's gonna taste great." Here's the opposite,
everyone's polite and lovely and wearing really beautiful
uniforms and bow ties. It's just like going back
to a polite time period. - Nobody's been rude to me
yet, like where's the sass? Where's the attitude? I ordered, you're not
allowed to have any of this. - Okay. - I ordered the hot dog set
because I know when you see it you're gonna be like
damn I wanna try some. - I ordered omurice and
a comforting omurice. This sounds like it's gonna be amazing. - This place seems like the
perfect place to get an omurice. - Yeah, I know. (sensual music) - Martina got the omurice set,
I thought I'd be adventurous and try the hot dog set. - Yes, what did you get? - I mean, I got a hot dog bun
with four different wieners in here and some gravy put on
it and some iceberg lettuce and a fork. How do I eat a hot dog with a fork? Mmmmm. - Is it a sausage, is it a hot dog? The world needs to know Simon. - It's not bad. (laughing) I'm actually disappointed
that it's not bad, I was expecting this to be a lot worse. - And you're European
so you're quite picky. - [Simon] So one of the
reasons we're recommending this place is because we
found a lot of coffee shops don't really open that early. A lot of them open around 10 a.m., and if you're coming here and
your jet lagged and your awake at seven, come here,
get some decent coffee. It's got toast and it's
got sausage. (laughing) - Everything you want
from a diner in Japan. - It is pretty smokey here. - All right tally-ho
snuffmuffler, we're leaving. - Stop trying to make snuffmuffler happen, it's not going to happen - Could be snuffmuffler. (enchanted music) Now this is gonna be, you
know, high level of hipster Martina coming out here, but
one of the things that we really love to do in Kyoto
is to just get lost in very noisy intersections because
that's real life and for real. You just wander around and it's
very different than being in Tokyo because the buildings
don't go extremely high which means you can't
see past all the streets. So you'll be walking and then you just turn
a corner and you go, "Oh my god, there's like
a little temple here." And it's like this little tiny
bit of ancient Japan nestled in between an apartment building
lump a modern motorcycle. So I really have to say just
get lost in Kyoto between destinations when you're walking. If it's raining, if it's snowy, you're gonna find something amazing. (lofi music) Well this place was
extremely difficult to find. - [Simon] It's not on the main
street, it's hidden behind a parking lot. But this place right here, Weekenders, is a gem of a coffee shop. - Also, I'd like you to notice Exhibit A, Dan if you could just
pan around here to, yup - When we recommend places for you, these aren't easy to find,
these are hidden special gems. And this coffee here is really damn good. - [Martina] I know it's great. - [Simon] I'm really enjoying this latte. - [Martina] The espresso is beautiful. - It's built out of this old
looking house and they have really modern style espresso drinks. You know, with like the
clean glass looks and... - I know what you're trying to say. - Well what's that aesthetic
called, is there a name for it? (upbeat music) - We went for one coffee shop
which was like old-school diner feel and now we're going
to a place that is updated and modern, doing hand drip coffee. I'm sure you're looking a
sexy food porn shots of this as we speak. (lofi music) (bubbly music) Tanuki. I think I like swings so much
because I don't feel my body on a swing. Tanukis. (light music) - I'm very excited for
this place here, this is Gontaro Okazaki. My friend who's a super otaku for udon, he loves udon more than anything
else, said that we have to eat at this place here in Kyoto because not all udon is the same. Tokyo udon and Kyoto udon have very different tastes.
- Different beasts. - I think one of the things
about Japan that's no neat is that you feel like you might
know one area really well. Perhaps you've been here a
couple times and you're like, "Oh I know Japan I don't
need to have udon again." But you do because every
region just has something so lightly different. - Kind of like how Texas
mexican food and L.A. mexican food is very different Mexican food. The udon here is gonna taste
much different than what we're used to, gonna call it you-don. - You might've called it you-don - The you-don, here comes our beer. - Cold beer. (speaking in foreign language) - Hai. - Isn't this lovely? - They just got such a nice outfit on. - Yeah. - Simon's like I didn't
notice because I'm a boy. - No, I noticed! - Did you see her shoes? - That I didn't notice, I
have never noticed a woman's shoes, that's not just because
I'm a man, it's because I'm so tall that from the distance
you can't see peoples feet. - From a distance, you guys
can't see this but we keep distracting and looking over
because the sun is setting. And it's cutting through
these clouds behind us and we just had a sun shower
where we heard the rain glittering down upon the trees beside us, I'm like this is nonsense.
- Right above us. We got the mosquitoes
nibbling our ankles below us. - Nibbling gently at our ankles - We got this beautiful house here. - What a nice balmy,
33 degree, October 1st. Kampai! (funky music) Itadakimasu
- Itadakimasu - I'm going in for my shrimp - Oh look at that. Beautiful, steamy noodles. (slurps) So this here is a tentoji udon,
this is a Kyoto specialty. It's tempura udon with
scrambled egg on top. The egg is super soft and silky
and it just has a very home cooking kind of feel to it, yum! This is so different. - [Martina] So good. - Wow, so much sweeter,
the noodles when it comes to Kyoto udon are a lot softer. From what I've been told you're not supposed to chew
them as much as it's supposed to have a good throat feel. There's a Japanese word
for it that I don't know. Also the broth is super
sweet compared to what Tokyo broth is like. It's not like candy but it
just tastes a lot sweeter. - They do like mirin or when
they do miso soup it always seems to fall a little bit
on the just sweeter side. - [Simon] Yeah. - But the throat feel
thing, it's a real thing. You just put it in your mouth
and then you swallow the noodles whole and it's supposed
to be soft enough that you can do that, one shot, no chewing. - How'd that feel? - Felt very warm. - It's very warm. - I still feel a whole warm
mass of udon noodles making-- - You feel the warm as it works
it's way down your throat. - I feel it warming, yes I do. - There you go.
- Yes. - This house to me feels
almost kind of like a smaller version of that Kyoto
Kitcho house we went to. This feels like we're part of
a different land right now. This doesn't feel like Tokyo whatsoever. - Can't hear you over
the sound of the truck. - I said it feels like we're
part of a different land. - Oh I see. - It's very - Tranquil - Very historic. (low funky beat) ♪ Never really knew that
you could dance like this ♪ ♪ She makes a man wants to speak Spanish ♪ ♪ Como se llama, bonita,
mi casa, su casa ♪ ♪ Shakira Shakira ♪ - You see how it looks? Just testing out the camera
angles, this is the kind of difficult thing, you have
to figure out when filming. - Especially with me because
I'm a big boy, I shake everything when I move. - Oh my god Simon, how are you doing that? When I walk around I'm just like din-din-din-din-din-din and you're like nein-nein-nein. See look at this. - I'm a big boy. - We've been through this before, look at my eye level, nips. - Stop staring at the nips, you pervert. - You're so pervert I can
pick you up and squeeze-- - [Martina] Bork bork, bork bork. Oh no, snuffmuffler's angry - [Simon] Bork bork. - Come here big snuffmuffler. Good job, snuffmuffle. Little muffler of snuffs. Oh yeah, get on top, hi-yah! So we're going to be sticking
in today and just making like a nabe hot-pot miso
because there's a kitchen in our hotel room and you know that
we're really into cooking. So there's like tons of stuff
you have to do after vlogging and unloading and dumping
and everything sounds like a washroom joke but since I'm
in Kyoto I'm gonna kind of indulge in the local miso. It's so easy to make a hot-pot so unfortunately there's a
lot of stuff that's sold out already, boredom. So I'm gonna grab this one and anything I don't finish I can really just
bring back with me because I live a couple hours away by Shinkansen. So let's get the ingredients for hot-pot and let's get back to the hotel and cook, I might even put
on a face mask, who knows. Just gonna look crazy and
getting a bottle of wine, mhm. I think this five dollar wine
will suffice for my recipe of putting wine in my mouth. (laughing) So we're gonna use these little
Blendy hand drips so I can snobishly hand pour coffee over
the world's tiniest filter. (happy music) This is shredded ginger, I think it makes everything taste great and I'm also gonna get... And we need to get eggs for breakfast What, huh, how did I end up inside of the instant cup ramen aisle. I think we've got everything
let's get going, Simon's uploading all the footage. I'm hungry as heck. To the hotel room. (light music) Okay, you ready? Hey, I'm Martina and welcome
to Martina's midnight munchies for real because it's really late. That's it, that was done very properly. We are pretty hungry but
we had an intense day. We're too tired to leave anymore and we love places that have kitchens, as you know, you've
seen a lot of our videos where we cook. So I'm gonna make a miso
hot pot as I mentioned earlier in the grocery store. Simon is doing tons of stuff. Come on over and see this area. This is our little
Japanese tatami mat area. Simon is working very hard we have so much to import and because
we shoot in 4K, it takes a long time. And there's even these awesome I want this place to look
like "Kill Bill" doors. Ready for this, it just
feels immediately like... What the, what the heck. Ducky, do you want wine? - [Simon] I would love some wine. - They actually have a wine
opener but no need because it's a twist off cap. Dan do you want a glass of wine? - [Dan] How am I going to
hold this glass of wine? - Well, you should see the
video that I did when Simon made pierogies with his parents. I was both a camera woman and
wine drinking connoisseur. Seriously, you guys know what I'm talking about, that's right. The whole video you see my hand come out and Mr. Stawski
will pour me more wine and I would bring it behind the camera. It just got better and
better as the video went on. The five dollar, I mean,
$50 wine is very expentual. - I have finally imported
everything and I finally synchronized the audio and
now I just gotta do some color correction. - Boo. Boring. Basically a nabe is super
simple, you're building a dashi base, which I've made a lot
of videos on explaining how to make that soup base. Conveniently Japan often sells a lot of these pre made packs, I'm
gonna add this into the pot. You guys can see it's just like granules. This is instant dashi. If you smell it, you smell it Dan? Oh, he went in for a deep
smell, yeah that's... - [Dan] It smells like the sea. - It smells like the sea. Don't worry if you're not super
precise its not gonna be the end of the world for your soup. The veggies, you're add
a lot more water as well. So I don't wanna like over water things. (upbeat music) If you guys are cooking
fans name it, ready? Now I'm going to whip the butter. (crickets chirping) Eh, Simon? Eh? - [Simon] Oh, that's Gordon Ramsey. (sad music)
(gun shooting) (lofi music) - Hey, thanks for making
this great dinner, Ducky this looks so amazing. - No problem. Mmm.
- Mmm. This is so much of a creamier, milkier-- - Yeah, it's creamy right. - It almost tastes like a tonkotsu. - Yeah, I was really tempted
to add a little of the soy milk because that's
what makes it creamier. - Wow. - And this is just like
a couple of ingredients, this would be better
with more things in it. Like little hot pepper flakes on top. - I think when you're coming
to Kyoto you can definitely think about all the restaurants
you can go to, but Kyoto also has really good produce
that's unique to Kyoto. Like this Kyoto miso and
if you have a kitchen that you can cook in then
you can try some of it out. I highly recommend it
because this is so different than what you usually
make and I'm really happy. - I don't wanna sound like a
TV commercial but it was so easy all I did was just
toss it all in the pot. Tomorrow morning let's have
a good solid breakfast, I saved a little bit of the
stuff so that we can maybe do some scrambled chicken meatball
eggs and stuff like that. And we got your pickles, call it a night and see what kind of
adventures we can go on later. - Mmmm. (drums beating) (sizzling) Finally, I get to try the pickles that I've been so excited about. - [Martina] You want like
a pickle bowl or like a... - Nah, I'm just gonna unceremoniously
dunk them on top of my beautiful TKG. - [Martina] Really? - Oh yeah. (slurping) Oh. (percussive music) I'm not sure if you can hear
me over the roaring of your stomachs or the roaring of this
water but we're about to go to an amazing chocolate shop, for real. This place is really good. - I know that this is not
something you'd think of when you come to Kyoto. Two years ago, on one
of our trips, we found this place by accident in the
winter time and we had the warmest cup of delicious hot chocolate. And then we wandered down
this area which is like a really beautiful area to take photos so were gonna get some
chocolate, were gonna recreate that whole thing. (light music)
(children laughing) - Looks at these beautiful,
old, Chinese tins. These are great gifts for
you to give to yourself. Forget about friends and family. You deserve this. You've been a good boy or a good girl. You deserve the chocolate. Okay, this seems like
the most adult thing. Adult, I don't know. I just feel like so wrong for doing this but I'm gonna do it anyways. You get these beautiful
little tins right here and then you can fill them up with the chocolates around here. Look at this, are you ready? Let's get a shot of this. How does this even work? - Shit. - [Simon] You got it?
- [Dan] I got it , I got it. Oh yeah, triple chocolate
toffee, are you kidding me? Oh my god, look at how retro this is. Steampunk chocolate. - Are we gonna be broke after this? - No. - This is like what you do when
you get bulk candy and then it's like that'll be $80 and your soul. Did you get the chip malt balls? I definitely want some
mint chip malt balls. - Oh, so first you're like
don't do this and now you want some of these. Double chocolate bacon pretzel. Lots of great words on their own together, they sound a lot better. - [Martina] That's enough sir - Should this be enough? - Think about your diet. - I'm doing this for the video. There you go. - We've done a terrible thing. It's okay this is good omiyage. - Right, we had to get some
gifts for our neighbors. - Yes, we're not going to
eat this later on in the hotel room at nighttime. - Right. (whimsical music) - Now not only is this a
chocolate shop, which is like, I think, reason enough to come visit it. It's located near Gion Shijo Ecchi which is like a really popular
area that kinda bridges over the Kyoto River and if you turn the corner you're so close by really
beautiful old school Kyoto. There's gorgeous rivers, there's cranes, you can see people dressed up in kimonos, either their renting them. You can even see real life
geishas walking around. Get a bit artsy, find yourself
a corner and a hot beverage and just kinda camp out and
wait for Kyoto magic to happen. (door squeaking) - Or you can just sit
here and eat chocolate. Forget about he art, eat some chocolate. - Are you saving any of those for me? - This is your mint one that you wanted. - Are you about to eat it? Don't you! Spit it out! - There's one more left for you. - There's only two? - Your one is gross. - He only got two and he ate one of them. This is a mint malt ball. Oh my god. - I am gonna get a tummy ache. (mystical music) Okay, so we have a bit of a
story with this next place that I want to recommend. Two years ago, when we were in Kyoto, we went
to this ramen shop right by Kyoto station that's
supposedly really famous. Well, not supposedly, it is very famous. The lines are always huge. Guys, I can't tell you
how excited I am for this. We are going for what
our ramen otaku friends say is the best shoyu
ramen in all of Japan. In all of Japan! - So we're in Kyoto for this. - Yes. - And if you look around
right now, literally, there's an apartment, there's a bridge. - There's nothing.
- Nothing. - But it's literally 11:30 at
night and we are in a line. - I'm scared what if we don't like it? - Our friends say that they
literally travel to Kyoto just for this ramen. - They take the bullet
train, two and a half hours, ate the ramen and then go home. - It's that good, and I'm worried what if I don't like it as much. Will they still be friends with me? - I mean, we're gonna
like it no matter what. We just may not love it. I don't know what to expect. - I'm so nervous. We went there, we waiting
in line and we shot a video. And you know, we really
didn't love it at the time. But I thought it's been
two years, I've grown and I've developed, I
started liking pickles. Why don't I try this
ramen shop one more time. So I waited in line for like 40 minutes, just to give this place a
second chance and sweet Jesus I'm so glad that I did. This ramen is absolutely fucking amazing. The broth is so delicious, the noodles are just so lovely, just the texture, the bites, everything about them, it's so good. Amazing. This is worth waiting in
line half an hour for. Go right by Kyoto Station,
it's called Daichi Asahi Ramen. You have to go. That's it, over and out. Thank you for listening to my TED talk. Now back to the rest of the video. (lofi music) I had a wonderful night. I had amazing ramen and then
I came home and ate the rest of the chocolates. I even got to share one with you. - [Martina] You know what,
that was not fair because I didn't come with you for
ramen, and you smashed that entire thing of chocolate. I didn't have any, I had one I think. - And then I had a great sleep,
this is probably like our fourth or fifth time in Kyoto,
and this is the only time I've actually really loved
the bed that I have slept in. - [Martina] Yeah, no, I
really enjoyed the bed too and that's great for me. - I'm very comfortable in this place, we got a kitchen, we got laundry, we can just live here forever. (Martina laughing) Thank you Mimaru Hotel for
bringing us out to Kyoto and thank you for watching this
video and for learning some great places you can go on your
trip when you come to Kyoto. Ain't that right Kogi,
you're my pig now too. (Martina grunts) Goodbye everybody. Wee, I need my own travel pig. - [Martina] We'll call him Bogi. - You're my travel pig
come here let me hug you. Let me squeeze you. No, the big piggy behind
the camera, come on. (Martina grunts) Come on, you and me girl. I'm gonna squeeze you. I'm gonna hug you and
squeeze and love you forever. Thank you for watching this
very long video of ours. We have a lot more footage, in
fact, Martina made an entire midnight munchies out of that dinner. That's gonna be up in a couple of days. Make sure you click on
the link here, otherwise, if you want some extra
scenes or some bloopers we got those here so click on that. Thank you everybody,
we'll see you again soon.
