OSAKA is NOT What I was Expecting 🇯🇵 Best Place in Japan?

okay you see the people taking photos oh that feels good I think I'm gonna go over here because yeah oh God I don't know what I did good afternoon from Osaka so I'm just arriving here from Kyoto I'm at the sheen Osaka uh subway station I'm gonna take shinosaka into the city so let's go okay now I need to take the midsasuji line here Subway mississ Aug should work here [Music] okay I had to use both because I just got off of the Jr oh I gotta say this is a really cool subway station and there's like a really cool Eatery food court here all right my a cocoa card should work okay through perfect yeah we need Platform One okay we're going to platform one here it's been a long day of travel so I'm looking to get to my Airbnb but once I get to Namba I have to take a 12 minute walk I could take a six minute I could cut that down to six minutes I have to take another Subway I don't know if it makes sense it might just be better to walk so it looks like we ride it one two three four five six seven it stops so from my understanding Osaka is Japan's second largest city behind Tokyo and they're exclusively really good food nightlife all of that especially food if it's apparently a foodie City so I'm definitely I think I'm a foodie or maybe I just like to eat I don't know I'm one of the two sitting down Japan videos have been lost in transit but it's uh it's an exciting confusing energetic thing here to do this okay exit 11. here we go it's exciting confusing energetic fun Lively it's been quite a challenge but I I think I've finally gotten to hang with the uh transfer Transportation here in Japan the cocoa card thing it's about two dollars for that ride not bad it was a pretty long ride so you know relative here we go 20 minutes or so okay all right got a 12 minute walk about 900 meters my bags about 100 degrees Fahrenheit real feel awesome you know what we're gonna get there and I'll see you at the Airbnb okay well I said I'd see you at Airbnb but took me down this walking Street very similar to the one in Kyoto near nikishi Market it's like similar like almost exactly the same and it's quite crowded and I've got all my stuff so yeah but hey it is what it is we gotta get there okay I'm gonna take this really fun walking Street then I'll see you there BNB we are here so gotta say this looks pretty nice okay I don't know what's going on there let's just look at the bathroom first wait did that's just automatically flush wow it really did all right it's a nice big bathroom here give this Curtain shower curtain I'm not gonna get wet yeah I'm probably gonna get wet oh okay interesting it's like a walk-in shower so it doesn't matter oh that is so interesting okay toilet all of it like the whole thing is like a shower room it's interesting okay first and foremost that needs to come on because it's very hot okay foreign guys this is not a great room tour we get myself oriented here lights malfunction here oh God what did I do oh God I don't know what I did hopefully it didn't like sound the alarm or something oh really hope that's the air con okay well guys I don't know I'm not sure how to turn on this light oh it just takes a minute okay well guys my gosh I don't know how I'm gonna edit this but look at a nice sized room here aircon does not appear to be on it's all in Japanese so I'm gonna have to figure that out oh okay well here's an air con uh okay blast it okay well we've got double bed here we can go Bango nice TV outside space oh place to uh do your to dry your laundry if you want to dry your laundry I think and that's the view so I'm very happy with this because I'm only spending like I'm spending under forty dollars a night for this I think it's like 39 a night for this room which in Japan is a steal so I'm gonna sit down for a second because I've had a crazy day I've been walking all day then probably gonna go gonna drink some food and I'll take you with me planned on going out to dancerberry Street tonight which is like a fun place to get a beer and some food but thunder and lightning plus rain now so maybe I wait a little bit it is like uh past six but I was looking forward so a nice relaxing meal beer but hey this is where Fate has taken us so I'm gonna wait it out or see you in the morning we'll see all right guys well thankfully it stopped raining so I'm gonna walk over to downtown bury Street right now and yeah see what that's about okay well despite it having just rains pretty hard I would say it's pretty Lively here what is it what is today oh it's Saturday okay so I'm expecting it to be pretty crazy look at this Buffalo beer Rush or B rush I don't know maybe it's B rush or beer rush I don't know either way I'm sure it's fun okay guys well I don't know if this is Johnson Brewery or dotsarai I don't know I'd love to see you but I think what I feel like doing is walking down here anyway I was gonna go I have on my map Downtown Brewery that maybe we can get there this way so yeah it's quite busy yeah I think we can get there this way games yeah wow oh wow there's so much karaoke here these are amazing by the 10 Yen coins so like in Kyoto and now Osaka it seems like these like malls are like these strips walking strips I wouldn't call them a walking Street I would say they're strips of restaurants and stores that are like indoor these are very popular these are all over in fact they're I've seen like five of them now so yeah I don't want to keep using this like creating content around these because I've done I've caught I've shot quite a bit of footage on this style of uh indoor walking Street walking Mart walking strip I don't know what you want to call it so with that in mind let's walk down this street because this looks fun uh it seems to be some very popular restaurants here people lining up I've noticed yeah it's like uh Yakitori and earlier today for My Kyoto video I ate Kobe beef for the first time and that was uh insane absolutely insane these like traditional doors here it's so cool there's incense burning I was smelling something here and it smells incredible you can see I'm sure what's happening here but oh it smells really good okay oh that feels good so this area is supposed to have like a crazy like bar scene nightlife scene eating scene lots of cool photos to take at night I've read that you want to come here at night it's really experience it so yeah I would kindly ask you to hit the Subscribe button that would really help you I would really mean a lot to me and it allows me to continue making these videos so thank you very much oh man I've been enjoying my time in these book offs I've been enjoying my time here in Japan generally but they're just really cool I can't read any of the books but they're really fun to look at this uh stretch of indoor shopping continues and we've got some like formal shops here but down here is where Google is taking me for downtown Brewery streets so I'm expecting to see something down here [Music] and take a look at how many take a look at how many people are here thank goodness crazy wow okay this looks like Shibuya Crossing I think I'm walking into madness here [Music] ah I see I see this is the uh pictures I see online okay no wonder oh look at this let me just pan around here Barry try to do it very slowly that's when birdie there it is we'll go down there and then uh over here as well wow this is crazy I don't know which way to go first fishing okay this whole area downtown Berry strawberry streets I'm sorry I'm pronounced I'm butchering the pronunciation here I don't know I see a sign you saw the sign over there they said Dotson Brewery wait a second hold on what is going on down here okay a bunch of people are hanging out here oh it's a Riverboat oh I'll see okay so we're currently on a bridge it doesn't even feel like it oh yes okay you see the people taking photos not sure what the significance is but I've seen this online okay [Music] so whilst over there took a few photos for Instagram follow me there by the way after you subscribe to the channel and now I think I'm gonna go over here because oh sorry I don't know what has happening there but uh yeah according to the map that's down to break but according to this sign maybe this is downstairs I don't know let's find out to tell you there's a real uh character to Osaka so far it's uh that's how I describe it yeah there's a charm there's a character to Osaka here for sure see not quite as clean as Tokyo but still very clean probably cleaner than most cities a very popular restaurant here take name for a bar sex machine huh yaka sober baby Osaka night food I actually think the other stretch is better oh there's even a dantenberry hotel which looks super freaking cool okay this interesting symbolism huh okay guys while I walk to the end of this downtown Brewery and you know what I've come to the conclusion I think I can finally answer the question so what areas downtown Brewery and this is a quieter stretch of it looks so cool I wonder how much it would be to ride one of those or like where you do it but I'm sure you can like drink maybe you can drink on those I don't know but but it seems very cool okay I'm looking for like an appetizer like uh takayaki and uh or what are those little things they're like the little balls that they like fry up and a beer I think if I do eat tonight that's what I'm gonna have apparently this is takoyaki that you line up for yourself but I think this one is what we're gonna go with hello do uh four uh is this like the original one okay interestingly enough this one is called junkie has uh higher reviews on Google than this one which is called and it's got a massive line so here's what it looks like guys oh the lighting here looks like so these are like balls I got the original that have a octopus in it so yeah give it a rip here guys open and spicy takayaki okay oh it's boiling hot oh it's gonna melt my face off oh it's so hot heat wise very seafoody fishy taste let me try another one this is the name if you want to come to it junk takoyaki oh it's good [Applause] I can't say I've had anything in each I've never had anything like this [Applause] so yeah it's so hot they get a proper bite I've also never had octopus it's a little scary to me here's the octopus oh it tastes good oh it tastes really good oh it's really good it's not that Seafood Taste of course [Music] it has the seafood taste but it's not crazy this is good so first Taco yeah so that the appeal for that one that I just had the junk takayaki it's like two dollars and fifty cents it's like 380 Yen so worth it worth it and now I can say I've had takoyaki I have to say octopus it was not super fishy it was like a chickeny taste really good so this area that I'm in which is really the only unexplored area of downtown bury I've been to yet is uh even crazier and wild here so yeah easy to get lost here too much to ask again just sit down and have a beer though I mean everything is just jammed I should have known I mean it's Saturday night just stopped raining everybody's thinking the same thing you know [Music] look at this it's just like there's a lot of character here in Osaka I would say I mean look there's some cow hanging then like there's like a bull head here like it's just really interesting really really interesting place squid and octopus seem to be the cuisine of choice here in Osaka but yeah look at this I mean it's just fascinating [Music] look you can shoot guns in here [Music] I understand why people like Osaka is uh people's favorite City here in Japan because it's so so interesting so look we've got Spider-Man up here climbing a clam like not joking Spider-Man climbing a clam and we've got a dragon head over here sticking out as well oh Kobe beef okay this is hilarious but I've somehow drifted right back to where my apartment is like feels like a blur like okay down here is downtonbury I'm the 13 minute walk away and I'm somehow I think very close to my apartment this whole area is just like a big uh blur I need to double check but guys look at what I found Sriracha in a vending machine you can't even make this up guys is this real life wow I don't even know what to say 700 Yen which is not that expensive at all like maybe five dollars wow okay there has to be like a hole in the wall Ramen spot or something like that around here okay so isn't this interesting so I'm pretty sure you order here and then I don't know okay guys so I think you ordered from the vending machine you sit down and then they serve it to you okay so what do I get what do I get it oh they do have Karen okay okay okay um oh boy I don't know guys oh yeah foreign I think I will order more times all right so I also got ramen and I had to translate to uh select but it should work out and here's the chicken so let me dig into this yeah oh my God so here it is piping hot this whole meal only cost me around I think 10 so beer chicken ramen it's really good value I feel like this is going to be spicy [Music] oh yeah oh yes that is spicy indeed [Music] yum now that is an incredible Ramen spot the noodles were very thin almost like a instant noodle that you would get in a Top Ramen I don't know but the broth was like insanely good spicy the chicken was insane I might come back tomorrow before I leave all right folks well it's the next day here and I'm on the hunt for some omu rice so I've had that in other parts of the world one time it was really good but I want to have it here in Osaka I'll send you coffee it's like 12 30. okay guys well I'm pretty sure I've had um vending machines it's just about every one of my uh uh Japan videos but I have never gotten a coffee from one of these machines and this seems to be very cheap so which one do we go with I think these come out hot we'll try one I gotta get rid of my coins here I mean look at this it's getting insane okay dumped 100 yen in there now what do we go with guys okay Rainbow Mountain blends this seems to be new Rich taste in Aroma this one I see all the time it's black um but the premium is the same I don't get it the premium is the same uh all right let's go with the premium will it be hot will it be hot oh it's cold oh okay we'll have to try another one I need to find a hot coffee I don't really drink cold coffee but let's give it a shot thank you oh it's sugary oh oh it's a latte oh it's good all right let me find another vending machine for a hot one to say this coffee is good it's iced coffee but I don't normally drink it but wow this gets the job done it's uh 24 calories I can't read Japanese but I'm assuming there's only four grams I don't know like how many milliliters is this I don't know I can't imagine this is only 24 calories I don't know where the milliliters are oh maybe it is I don't know all right I just walked one little stretch down and here's heat pump hybrid heat pump same machine but it says hybrid heat pump so let me try let me try one of these now I wonder if there's something on here that says it's hot or not this one's good this one's good all right let me put 100 yen in here it's aloha low barrier to entry okay so this is iced coffee so these in theory should be warm all right let's try the black it's cold once again okay well that's my fate for today cold coffee all right let's try the Black Version you know what these really are not bad they're only 100 yen which is 75 cents something like that 150 ends a dollar I'm impressed guys tell me did I miss a button or something I've seen online people can get hot coffee out of these but maybe I missed a button or something like maybe here or maybe there's some lettering I don't know I'm not sure just let me know so I think you guys saw me walk through here multiple times yesterday oh my gosh what is it 12 44 right now is super happening here these uh pastries look amazing hello sir look good they look good yeah uh but yeah it's like super happening in here right now guys so side note I'm somebody who really I'm like a creature of habit right like I really love a nice good hot Americano or coffee in the morning what I gotta say I just drank two of those uh coffees from the vending machine cost me 200 yen for two which is like a dollar fifty so 1.75 so uh might just start doing that for the rest of my time here in uh Japan hello can I try T okay okay sorry let me put this here thank you thank you very healthy it's a soybean tea yes yes soybeans here oh it tastes really good it's not too uh tastes very good I don't know it's like a yeah foreign [Music] thank you very much oh getting my Japanese mixed up here but uh oh that was that tastes very good I tell you guys there seems to be like a serious Pizza culture here in Japan actually now that I'm thinking about it my favorite pizza in Asia Pizza 4p is a Japanese uh owned pizza spot but this one has a line out the uh out the door here looks good looks really good so I am very close to this AMU rice spots which I am very excited for seemed it's like very easy for me to get lost here in Osaka the whole area is kind of blending together so I need to double check where I am I'm not in Don Sunbury I'm like below downtown Brewery but this is where is this near like Namba Namba Grand Su nambo Grand keetsu is where I'm close to so that's also a notable place from what I've researched also take a look at these taxis here very interesting they're like relics I think Toyota and I did notice there's a place called Toyota on the way in here some of you were like does it but on the way in here from the shinkansen you pass by Toyota the actual City Place whatever it's called Toyota and you can see all the Toyota factories and signs on the way in here from Tokyo so I think there are like some retro Toyota taxis here is what I've been seeing guys well I think this is it let me see here matching up the characters yes that is it okay second floor so this is the omu rice spot that has very high reviews so let's go in here and find ourselves some normal rice okay so here it is reasonably priced menu items I think I'll go with the rice omelette chicken cutlet all right guys so here it is chicken cutlet rice so yeah I get a chopstick here so you can see in here we got rice so I'm gonna enjoy this and so I have to tell you that is a fascinating dish if you've never had homo rice which you've seen it you saw it on the video but there it is again it is very good it's like ketchupy it tastes like ketchup and it's like but it's like a mild ketchup it's not the ketchup you're probably used to like in America it's like a mild ketchup sauce with an omelet that has rice in the middle and then this one came I got the chicken cutlet the chicken cutlet was very very good um so yeah you should try it it's a very very interesting dish to also say that meal was only like eight dollars I got a oolong tea an omelette right and omu rice with chicken cutlet it was like eight dollars now maybe I am just used to the American prices but in America that would probably be a 15 20 meal like all in because you have to include tip and everything there's no tipping in Japan so I don't know honestly Japan is not as expensive as I thought um many people complain about Japan being expensive the accommodation you're gonna pay more for accommodation in Japan than in you know a Thailand or you know even a Philippines or Vietnam but the food is not that crazy like the the prices are not that bad and as you've seen me do in many videos you really just want to go cheap you can even get yourself a coffee 100 yen coffee which is 75 cents and you know eat from you can eat onigiri's from the 7-Elevens I mean you can make it as expensive or as affordable as you want okay this might be hard to tell based on the my recent set of videos here but this is not the same area so I don't know how many I've lost count maybe like five different areas here where it's like uh I don't know like a half enclosure like a half enclosure with like a walking mall or a walking Street here not like the walking streets you would see in Southeast Asia obviously but like uh you know what I'm saying it's almost like an indoor Boardwalk and it's uh I just keep finding these it's so interesting here's a darts bar ah so much fun here so much fun now this is near the famous uh place that I said before which is like a theater it's um it's called Namba Grand kagetsu which is like right around here so I plan to just like look at the outside but it's basically like a drama theater and I think you can watch like a traditional play there okay and so here it is [Music] I think this is a Christian walk it's like a cross okay okay I think they were uh carrying crosses in Japan let me know is there a Christian sector in Japan I know there's uh Zen Buddhism because I just or Japanese food at them so I just went and looked at but I don't know about the Christianity here well it's been a strange 24 hours here in Osaka every time I tried to finish this video out it started raining thundering lightning so I've pretty much been relegated to these uh walking strips medians whatever you want to call them I'm failing to come up with a name for them so I think I will end the video here I will come back to Osaka but basically my sort of uh take on Osaka is that this is an incredible place if you are a foodie especially if you like anything connected to culinary anything connected to food and there seems to be a whole heck of a lot of gambling here all right Pachinko slots even the vending machines are gambling this guy was only a hundred Yen but you walk down one vending machine over it's 130 yen there's this like interesting thing about like chance here in Japan but definitely in Osaka so thank you so much for being here I would ask you to hit subscribe and like this video it would really help me out and I'm gonna certainly be talking to you again soon peace

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Length: 38min 28sec (2308 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 21 2023