Shinjuku Restaurant Tour Experience | Sushi, Wagyu, Tempura in Tokyo ★ ONLY in JAPAN

[@onlyinjapan]

What did you think of the restaurant choices in Shinjuku? My advice: decide where you want to eat BEFORE you go or take the MagicalTrip Foodie Tour and let Sho @ShoMeJapan take you! Here's the tour I took: tinyurl.com/shinjuku-magicaltour Sho said he'd chime in with a comment soon. Mata ne~ John ^_^

[@studiojsiegel]

Sho was a great guest. I'm always impressed with your production quality John!

[@sanchopuncho]

@onlyinjapan You mistyped Shinjuku in your YT title: Shunjuku Restaurant Tour Experience

[@deaddrunkgamer7399]

I think it was a bit interesting, as either it was filmed in a way that showed all the places to be empty, or those werent popular by the locals. Also didnt really get the "real" Shinjuku wibe from the two first places in my opinion. Me personally would probably gone to other places. Could be the time of day as well. I do get a little sad seeing videoes from Shinjuku in general I miss the place, its chaotic and calm at the same time.

[@ricoganteng6409]

I wonder if you had Indian restaurant in japan? Never seen one you eat anything foreign food in japan

[@petercheung5963]

Hi John, can you tell me where you get the music for your videos? I love them and want to know

[@KanjoNights]

Anytime I see an Only in Japan episode or a Japanology episode on food, I'm in. They don't miss on these. Ever

[@saitodosan9377]

For real! I like how unpretentious like "omg look at me I'm a youtuber that lives in Japan, bet you gaijin never tried SUSHI before~" it is, and he always has the chillest guests.

[@TC-cd5sm]

I absolutely love Begin Japanology

[@AndySola]

Depends on which of the Only in Japan channel that has uploaded. Only John Daub never misses. 👍

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

@@AndySola The other one is now owned by Wao Ryu. I don't consider that the OIJ channel anymore because John left.

[@anemoium]

​@@TC-cd5sm I second the motion bro. Glad that the episodes are available on yt

[@BennyTheAzn]

You know it's a good day when John drops a video! Irasshaimase!

[@SwissTanuki]

I just returned from a 2 week trip in Japan. As always, food is good, great, or excellent. And with the weak yen, it is very affordable. Miss it already 😪

[@papertowel2458]

I went to Japan last year, it was an amazing place. I want to go back already.

[@jason_from_canada]

When OIJ covers Japanese food, it's always a great watch! Sho being a local makes him the perfect guide! I learned something with regard to the wasabi, put it on the sushi, not in the soy sauce to enjoy it's flavour fully. Thanks John! 👍🍣😋

[@nxrm]

The Magical Trip Tours look great. Definitely something I'm going to check out next time I'm in Japan. Thanks for sharing this!

[@Jonathan_Chong]

Just rewatching this episode and realized how well the camera work is with the opening of you speaking and the camera angles and cut and pace of the video. Well done John❤

[@theprofessor8517]

I’ve have a tour with Sho!!! In 2019. He was awesome !!

[@onlyinjapan]

Wow!! He’s been doing this for a while. I saw he’s a surfer 🏄‍♂️ too! EricSurf6 would love it!

[@audio6652]

Great video still the king of Japan content John 🫵🏼👍

[@onlyinjapan]

A Knight of the Round Table (Maru Table) but certainly no King 👑 only place to go from there is down 😂

[@walt436]

Love you Mr. Daub! You're the reason I went to Tokyo. So happy you're the forefront of the channel again!

[@onlyinjapan]

Oh wow 🤩 I’m so happy to hear this! I hope you come back.

[@AJNguyenYT]

I have been watching your videos for over 10 years. Keep up the good work.

[@onlyinjapan]

Wow! We’ve grown together this last decade, so much has happened since then ^_^ thank you!

[@andrewlawson4901]

Love your food videos !!

[@theaverlin]

It looked like a really fun time, and Sho was so knowledgeable and helpful.

[@Vejur9000]

He was also handsome!

[@ramsessilent]

I have seen so many people he lost trying to get out of the staton. thanks for the share! stay awesome!

[@rastusbojangles]

One of my favorite channels. Your genuine reactions about the beautiful parts of Japan are great.

[@alibeydoun6411]

The production quality on this video is awesome 👌

[@kezbot2]

Mouthwatering! The only Tokyo eating and drinking guide you need 🤤 thanks John and Sho from Magical Tour 🍤🥢🍣🍶

[@UFOBobTV]

Now I am hungry! 🤤

[@LiterallyJustAnActualPotato]

So wild to see two yakiniku shops right beside each other! Japan is unbeatable for anyone who loves food!

[@soumitrab5283]

I remember the times he used to do this with Kevin..good days

[@mr.o8539]

Kevin passed away right?

[@jason_from_canada]

@@mr.o8539 Kevin Riley is alive and well in Osaka...where he's the King 🤴

[@MrNgMichael]

@@mr.o8539 he has his own channel @kumaskitchen

[@kcpisonet]

Kabukicho Shinjuku should be the major itinerary of any fan of Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza / Like A Dragon) who is visiting Japan. Roam the streets where Kiryu Kazuma and the rest of the gang walked! I was there in 2019 and it was amazing!

[@carolineindacityphx]

Your diet was annihilated, John! Well worth it! Sho was a great guide and a great dinner partner. Then came the Sake! Lol. It was fun watching this episode!

[@onlyinjapan]

Totally annihilated! 😂

[@carolineindacityphx]

@@onlyinjapan well done! But don't worry. You'll get back on it tomorrow. 👍

[@AHylianWarrior]

Sho stumbling over his words about why y'all went to the wagyu restaurant was so funny lol he just wants to gooo

[@onlyinjapan]

😂 he certainly did, it was a good choice!

[@raymondcenteno5835]

I wish this episode came out just a few weeks earlier. Well there's always next time I'm in Tokyo.

[@onlyinjapan]

I had to get out last week’s episode on Manjiro first. But the tours will still be there. Sho’s been doing this for years.

[@FoodLoaf]

Perfect timing John. Will there soon!

[@jkoadventures7401]

Always excellent content & the food videos make me hungry for Japanese food! I want to eat what John’s eating! 😋💞

[@rydero101]

Forget about diet John. You are already very slim and healthy. I suggest you eat more tempura and your fav delicacy. I miss our healthy John from 5-6 years ago . 😅

[@kurtisgillen7658]

Greatest episode yet. 🌟 ⭐️

[@HyphenDude]

Hotate and chutoro are two of my favorite. Yum! Would love to see you do a food tour inside one of the larger train stations.

[@rbzsfg]

Perfect timing. One more full day in Hakone and then nine nights in Shinjuku. My first time ever staying in Shinjuku.

[@spydude38]

We took at food tour with Magical Trip in the area of Dontobori, Osaka. It was excellent. Our guide Hiro took us to little places off the main tourist areas and introduced us to more local places where we experienced wonderful examples of food and drink. Would highly recommend this tour group.

[@funkmachine9094]

your videos are simply the best John!

[@panamerican0]

If it wasn't for the TkyoSam collab I wouldn't have noticed that YT isn't pushing John's videos. Make sure to select all on your notifications!

[@HammerandPipe]

These videos are great, I find myself often rewatching the much older ones on the "older channel" becaused like this video. Just so much information and so much fun to watch.

[@Kelvin_Foo]

Oh wow, second time I've seen Sho in a video that's outside his channel, I saw him collab with TabiEats recently too. Kabukicho after dark can be an... interesting place. Thanks for the recommendations, will look into them next time I visit.

[@onlyinjapan]

Ah, Shinichi and Satoshi! Sho knows us all I think 🤙

[@MyRocx]

A great adventure in Shunjuu. It's really a place where you can get lost too with all the options. Its nice to have a guide to show you the highlights.

[@ricotrial]

Now I'm hungry. Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@werewolf232629]

I miss these episodes, don’t really get to see these too often. But the man on the street esk reports are good too.

[@PhotoLukeHawaii]

Thanks John! Enjoyed this yummy episode!

[@ragoonmanyuki]

I'm glad you enjoyed the recommendations for delicious sushi and soba places in Shinjuku, Japan. Thank you.😀

[@scottjohnson921]

I'm so happy John is doing well with his channels!😊

[@bawintermage8351]

This is just in time for dinner! Guess, I know what I'm having tonight while I'm dreaming of Shinjuku, thanks John!

[@nerusongear]

@onlyinjapan I'm staying in Japan for a bit and saw you on the tv show covering sakura. Nice! すごいね

[@onlyinjapan]

I’m on TV every now and then :) glad you caught the show!

[@intel488]

I really enjoyed shinjuku this pass year, can't wait to go back.

[@kumaonrain7955]

Won't lie, I prefer the more inventive topics like the Melody Road and JR Station cleanup, but a good ol' fashion food tour is also worthy of multiple rewatches whenever it pops up. Cheers, John

[@jimboswe]

I might try this. Will arrive in Japan in two weeks and stay for almost three weeks. I will be travelling alone, so it could be nice with some social activities too.

[@wasabi-8989]

Thx . In May I will visit Japan again, your information useful 👍

[@chariklia86]

Nice to know about wasabi and soy sauce seperate for sushi. I always mixed it before.

[@johnwest4492]

Wow, your guide speaks English really,really well 😮😊

[@SreypichTVShow]

Japan restaurant tour is very interesting and look so happy, friend. Thanks for your sharing 👍😋😍

[@nicolewilson4058]

The food looked delicious. Thankfully, you had eaten enough food before you went to drink. Sake can definitely can sneak up on you. The guide seemed very nice.

[@LetsgowithHyro]

I'm hungry!

[@Laura_M-16]

What a wonderful country.

[@linhrom7227]

John, this is exactly what i'm talking about. I have been to Shinjuku many times (got lost many) but i would still watch this with great attention to details, as there are always things to learn, to know about the place, the food, etc. So when i go back, i can give it a ago. Topics like these are what make people click! Also again, it shows the level of quality you are producing: Informative, refined. What other youtubers putting a 135mm on a tripod in the middle of busy Tokyo city to get the money shot?

[@onlyinjapan]

I love that 135mm prime! Poor cameraman had to do 3 takes with people unpredictably coming from all directions 😂 and the traffic light was the key 🚥

[@lookmedusa]

hopefully this July 24 ill be in Japan ❤

[@morosso1968]

glad to know that proper way for the wasabi with the sushi. interesting!

[@ArnoldWinters]

We will be staying at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku October 9th ‘24. Thanks John.

[@onlyinjapan]

Lovely place, stayed there once for a job in 2016! Nice breakfast :)

[@richkretzschmar7170]

I am envious of the sashimi portion size. 🍣

[@RedZ1900]

Great Stuff

[@michaelsasano8622]

Aloha John. Loved this video. I never knew there were individualized tour options like this where you can have a more one on one adventure. I would totally do this! Thank you for enlightening me with another fantastic fact about beautiful Japan.

[@andreasfroehlich1529]

Thank for this Video ;-) The Yakiniku Restaurant and the Sake Bar it`s on the Bucket List for my next Trip in Japan in this July......I´m sooo excited

[@huss1205]

That's a good way to enjoy a stress-free tour, to have a good guide...

[@onlyinjapan]

Exactly! Only stress was my stomach expanding 😂

[@huss1205]

@@onlyinjapan that's not a bad one. Keep the good videos coming, please...

[@Commonsenseisnotcommon8]

This is such a good episode, and I was eating lunch at the time. And thinking the same thing my diet gonna start tomorrow. 😂 The magical trip host looked super chill and like really enjoyed meeting new people that’s cool I definitely use them if I come back to Japan

[@diningwithderek]

Awesome video! Wagyu is one of my favorite Japanese foods!!!

[@themrgumbatron]

Nice production and story telling John San

[@paulclancy4221]

Unagi is something I'd love to try.

[@Yo_DynamoJoe]

YOOoo... dat time lapse shot tho @1:15!! Beautifully done John!

[@muhammadfirdaus634]

I like this episode so much but u are making me hungry when im watching this. Hehe. 👍👍

[@kevinakling]

Such great visuals and intro. So much help, we are going this summer. Thank you!

[@bawintermage8351]

John, please Do a Club Crawl. I haven't been to Japanese club in so long, I'd have no idea where to go when I return. Can you maybe also include so other nightlight ideas for the middle aged crowd too, (because you are old...me too)

[@GK2o]

for someone that is coming to Japan someday, I must try out the sushi both grilled and ungrilled

[@rbzsfg]

Thanks for the video. Unfortunately, all of these places and places like them are out of my price range.

[@alaindeturing62]

Commenting for the algorithm 🫡

[@onlyinjapanGO]

Replying for the algorithm 😂

[@rajTrondhjem10]

Amazing place, amazing video..

[@Fardin295]

I like this kind of performance on your videos John! 👍

[@SA-1976]

I can't wait to go there again there last year and it was amazing. I think it's better then shibuya

[@kathytran6080]

I am in Keio plaza watching your video, will check it out , ❤

[@ojiisan05]

Excellent! There are so many things that I really love about videos like this. You always have a back story or share some of the history behind the food, drink and town. Videos like this helps some decide where in Japan they may want to visit next. We have been to Japan at least 10 times within the last 12 years. Visited Shibuya with plans for Shinjuku but, knee issues prevented that. Got knee replacement in January and now have plans to be there 2 days before Golden Week. This trip will be mainly to visit family in Nagoya and Gifu. Thanks for sharing Japan with us!

[@jimwoodworth9130]

Magical Trip tours are high on my list for Tokyo and Hiroshima for our trip in 2025. Wonder if they will expand to Ibaraki and Fukushima? Hmmm

[@onlyinjapan]

I hope they expand, they do a good job, guides have been top notch.

[@kriztov265]

We spent more time walking looking at places to eat than actually eating on our last trip. Shinjuku was an eye opener for the uninitiated in Japan :)

[@onlyinjapan]

Exactly! Always have a plan when you go to Shinjuku. It’ll save you at least an hour 😂

[@Robin-br6ju]

Nice video. Makes me wanna go to Shinjuku :)

[@Stephen.Dawson]

Really professional delivery, thanks for the content 👍🏻 you inspire me to improve my channel 👍🏻👍🏻🍺

[@bibekanandaroy3619]

Anytime I hear Unagi, it reminds me of Ross from Friends.. 😂

[@onlyinjapan]

😂 I bet! One of my favorite episodes too.

[@bibekanandaroy3619]

Love your videos man.. 🔥

[@nunodeazevedo]

Another great video, keep them coming :)

[@ATK_J.Y.S_I.N.D_Offical]

Awesome! 😊

[@vincentwhitehead]

John,if i ever come to japan,would you be my guide?

[@jeffkleist9679]

exactly where you met your guide, there used to be a Nigerian guy that would stand there and try to get you to the bar to roll you back in the classic Kabukicho days. It's so weird now, and we lost several good restaurants across from the prince hotel

[@onlyinjapan]

I don’t about that but I do know this area for about 4 blocks around Higashi Shinjuku and Shinjuku Station has really changed (for the better).

[@jeffkleist9679]

@@onlyinjapan Yes, but I have stayed at the Prince many times, over many years, so i got very familiar. When i read Tokyo Vice it was fantastic because I knew all the places he was talking about that made it very visceral. There used to be a great authentic Taiwanese restaurant, and a great gyoza place where the Mcdonald's is now. There is a restaurant called Asou there that threw up the cross when i walked in that may not allow foreigners. I also recommend the Kirin brewPub, Japanese style gastropub food,

[@brendan12882]

4:56 from my time around Japan, it's very common for Japanese locals to mix wasabi in with the soy sauce every day all over the country. Just not something done in a high-etiquette situation. Much like in the West it wouldn't be considered exactly high class to ask for ketchup with a $100 steak & side of frites.

[@onlyinjapan]

There is no “right & wrong” in my opinion. It’s like saying you can’t eat tomato on a burger because they don’t do it that way at this place … it’s not usual, but if it makes you happy, eat how you like :) some people like extra wasabi and everyone’s tastebuds are different! I can’t tolerate all the added sugar in US foods when I’m home visiting. I can taste it’s overly sweet, so I try to find no sugar stuff like in yogurt, salad dressing etc.

[@kcpisonet]

Magical Tour Company is really ramping up their stuff on major cities of Japan! Just recently watched "Ryotaro's Japan" coverage of Magical Tour in Sendai City. I wonder which Jtubers would they contract with cities like Kyoto Osaka Okinawa Sapporo Nagoya Fukuoka and others? Or they even operate in other cities?

[@onlyinjapan]

They’re doing a good job - and I think they really need more in the smaller cities, off the beaten path. Without 3M tourists coming in March 2024, I see the business growing and hopefully helping smaller places. Would love to be a part of it.

[@ThePandaPhotographer]

I'd happen to love the Last spot Sake Sake Sake

[@onlyinjapan]

Even after 25 years here, I’m always learning something new. Some of those sake were next level! The blue glass one, I didn’t introduce but it’s made for the emperor and WOW! He’s got good taste.

[@REVIEWSONTHERUN]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing it. ✌️

[@orioriedwd]

These tours are a safe bet. Of course you can find your own restaurants and izakayas, but Shinjuku is too vast, including Kabukicho.

[@onlyinjapan]

If you don’t have a plan before going here, you’ll spend at least an hour looking! There are many hits but a lot of misses here! It’s a good tour for first timers and people who don’t want to go searching so much because I loved having someone else do the footwork, reservations and just focus of eating!! 😋

[@orioriedwd]

@@onlyinjapan I totally agree. I am a UK citizen living in the Kansai region. Of course I have eaten and drank everywhere in Shinjuku, including Kabukicho, so I know what's going on. Your guide is perfect for tourists coming to Japan for the first time. I personally like drinking in cheap izakayas the best. Thanks for the reply John.

[@lollettealipe9363]

After watching this, I’m off to a Japanese restaurant to eat!

[@Marigen1971]

Dammit John, now I'm hungry 😣

[@helenstratigos4862]

Shinjuku was my incredible introduction to JAPAN! An unforgettable place, feast for the senses. P.S. TYPO in your title, John! ("Shunjuku"?)

[@SakuraToSummits]

Sooo hungry now

[@sasikredi]

hi ,thank you for great video , do ,you have google link for the wagyu restaurant

[@onlyinjapan]

You’re welcome. Probably on the website of the tour company. I put that in the video description. Great thing about taking the tour is that I only had to eat 😋

[@filippoBTV]

Thanks John for the video 😉

[@sethsoderman5152]

Awesome show