THIS IS SENDAI (a day in the city)

Tia & Cheveyo
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[@curiousnomadic]

Like how you guys travel. You have good taste in food but you're value oriented and frugal, but make exceptions at times.

[@kosurido4567]

晩秋真っ盛り！　もうすぐ白い季節がやってきます　　それもまた良き季節です！！　楽しんで！！

[@mthsu]

Travel from north to south meaning you guys are catching every places colorful autumn leaf 😻🍁🍁🍁🍁🍂🍂

[@tooktav]

I love how safe walking in Japan is..I miss beautiful Japan 😍..a country I would love to revisit, even more so, seeing my fav youtube travel couple share their experiences ❤️ ♥️

[@mthsu]

Sendai Gyutan (牛タンgrilled beef tongue) is definitely the hidden gem any travelers should try. ✨✨

[@010203SW]

Welcome to Sendai. Enjoy Japan!

[@OnePackWanderers]

Thank you 😊

[@W.i.l.l._Nguyen]

Be careful of west of Sendai, in Niigata. Niigata station and Yuzawa-Gara station on the Jots Shinkansen line to Tokyo, there are japanese sake vending machines. Last time I went there, it was 500 yen for 5 coins. You get a cup and there were 100 different sakes (with a board of the top 10 most popular ones). Each shot is 1 coin.

[@leodoes__]

Does anyone else feel like Tia looks like an asian Zendaya?? 🧐🤔

[@OnePackWanderers]

I (Cheveyo) agree

[@cookiescream-oy2jj]

I knew it! that's why i feel like i've seen her somewhere why is her face so familiar but i can't remember so it was zendaya! Not as pretty as her (well ofc she's one of the prettiest celeb out there) but Tia is wayyy cuter and cute is everything! Anyway i enjoy the video! I'll recommend your channel to my friends ;D

[@Mr.Travelchannel]

Always chilling videos ❤

[@LetsgowithHyro]

What a great vlog...! I would definitely go for that beef tongue!

[@skussy1097]

KZbin's algorithm should give you more attention, you have authentic, great content! Love watching you and the channel is really growing, although you don't really see that in the views and subs yet.

[@sutsokunthealifetv]

You both very amazing, great video filming, much enjoy😍😊💕👍

[@johnm6504]

Nice job, guys! Really enjoyed your video and how authentic you are. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

[@SamFournier]

The colors of the trees, absolutely stunning. I’m a person that is not a fan of cold weather so I understand the feeling Tia. I’m so nervous for the cold weather when I arrive but I also can’t wait to see Tokyo😍

[@OnePackWanderers]

We’ll be back in Tokyo is a week or so, and we’re both hoping it’s a bit more mild than it has been up north 😅

[@SamFournier]

@@OnePackWanderers So cool, hopefully we’ll cross paths with you guys!

[@ShiroiKarasu634]

Masamune dates grave you are people of culture 💪💙 i ve been there too. Good job

[@kyokujitsunomao64]

Darth Vader of SW……MASAMUME’s costume👍

[@Cyn205]

Japan is so stunning! I cannot wait to visit. Tia is so cool hearing you speak Japanese!!! Are you fluent or can you understand majority of the time?

[@hadynjeffrey8210]

You did well with the thinking for the next shot as the scenery was stunning. It's amazing how much your filming has improved from your earlier videos. Keep them coming

[@Flaventuretoo]

You're great at foodie videos 😋😋😋 You mentioned that I'd get fed up with them but I'm not 🙂

[@mikannatsu813]

maybe you could visit Matsushima before you leave Sendai! highly recommended.

[@StephandPete]

Glad you’re back!

[@gioru6275]

The repair work of Zuihoden just started around the end of October this year, so it was a bit unlucky.

[@OnePackWanderers]

Ah, dang. Was still a beautiful spot though

[@giselle_ddd]

Heyy I live in Sendai, thank you for introducing us!! I love your videos🫶

[@OnePackWanderers]

You live in a cool city

[@deanzaZZR]

Hopefully you guys scooped up a Zunda shake (or two) before you busted out of town.

[@DavidandSarah]

the closet that cleans your clothes is ssoooo cool 😱 great video guys. Japan looks so fun!

[@OnePackWanderers]

Ya’ll would love it here, especially the food! 😍

[@frankreidy5881]

Tia grumpy? Never - except when hungry or needing coffee - love all your videos

[@TokyoCapsuleCollection]

It may be rare for you to eat beef tongue. I am glad you know how tasty beef tongue is. Thanks for the interesting video🍽

[@OnePackWanderers]

First time trying beef tongue. It was really good 😋

[@WushuTaz]

Your Ghibli moments are funny. I'll probably be doing the same thing when I get to Japan. "oh this forest is just like My Neighbor Totoro" or "oh this neighborhood reminds me of Kiki's Delivery Service"

[@vinhquyen46]

Miss you guys video, any way HAPPY THANKSGIVING to two of you. New city new explore. Thanks.

[@OnePackWanderers]

Thank you, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well!

[@qc678c7]

Happy to see you guys it's been a while hope that you have a Happy Thanksgiving Day 😃

[@OnePackWanderers]

Thank you 😊 And same to you and yours!

[@MarkCMoran]

Whenever you get back to Tokyo, definitely check out the AMAZING Taiyaki place in Asakusa just north of Sensouji-temple. Lots of YT videos have highlighted it (Paolo in Tokyo too), but it was absolutely fantastic. Definitely worth checking out whenever you're back there. It is literally 20 feet down the street from the Onigiri restaurant (which is also amazing, as you know). :-)

[@OnePackWanderers]

Thanks for the tip! We’ll be sure to look for this place when we’re back in Tokyo 🙂

[@Walts-Travel]

#1 So ready!!!

[@penmax]

Is a LG Steam Closet to get the wrinkle out of your clothes. Got more popular at the start of pandemic since it emit hot steams and with an UV light.

[@panathenaea]

The beef tongue is amazing. I couldn't believe how good grilled tongue was!

[@OnePackWanderers]

Right?! So much better than expected

[@lorrywin32]

The autumn 🍂 colours are stunning!

[@for_ayashi]

Thank you for coming to my town!!

[@八子富幸]

色々な所で 楽しんでるね。

[@drewcorry5056]

Stop Tea is editing. Hotel room looked really big and nice for Japan. Yummy regular steak. Enjoyed video. I saw the bloopers.

[@PeterKontogeorgis]

Definitely hit up shimokitazawa when you get back to Tokyo. Not far from Shibuya, super cool area with lots of quality thrift shops. Sure Tia will love it and it’s a great place to walk around to get away from the skyscrapers for a bit.

[@nsiva8798]

Autumn looks beautiful 👍👍👍

[@extremelucky1]

I love your guys' content. I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Of all the places you have been to, which places stood out the most to you where you would want to return for sure?

[@OnePackWanderers]

How did you enjoy Tokyo? 🙂 It sounds really cliché, but we’d really like to spend more time in most the places we’ve been 😅 I don’t think we’ve been to a single country where we felt like we saw enough of it. Sorry if that’s a really lame answer.

[@jeremybrahm3326]

taiyaki can also have red bean, chocolate or custard fillings

[@kymwright263]

Omg i love the red tree Enjoyed this vlog

[@nicklausgiese]

You guys are hilarious! Especially when it’s cold outside lol We can’t wait for the engagement video as well as the wedding video(s). *ahem Cheveyo*

[@rogerkitchell]

Your video was very clear. Settings on your camera good

[@wilfredpeter3059]

Tia, when you said "why so serious??"....in the blooper scene....I remember that what the JOKER said in the movie Dark Knight Rises...hopefully you guys will spend a little bit longer in Japan...

[@OnePackWanderers]

Glad you picked up on that! 😊 We will be in Japan until the end of December most likely 🙂

[@Mwoods2272]

It's a steam closet. You put in your suits and shirts for the wrinkle free look.

[@OnePackWanderers]

We did (eventually) figure that out. Worked really well on some shirts!

[@snowdream7849]

Thank you for sharing my hometown !

[@PaulinAsia_]

You probably know, but covered shopping streets are called 商店街 (Shōtengai). I often had those fishy things but with あんこ (red bean paste).

[@OnePackWanderers]

We did not know those shopping streets had a name. Shōtengai. Thank you! Also, do you speak Japanese? 🙂

[@PaulinAsia_]

@@OnePackWanderers I am about L5 level Japanese. I studied for 8 months in Kyoto in 2019. I was probably the worst student haha.

[@iu2]

6:50 "refrigerator" 🤣 Those are called stylers or steam closets. They use steam to clean or deodorize your clothes. I've used them. They do work.

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Next time you guys get tacos in the States, you should give tongue tacos a chance! It''s often the best choice!

[@OnePackWanderers]

Oh heck yea we are trying these for sure

[@Fvejo]

2:16 guy is undefeatable!

[@mthsu]

In some places you can find more affordable price Gyutan in the breakfast/brunch time. As long as you are ready to have Gyutan and rice for breakfast. Some Gyutan shops offer good value breakfast menu.

[@OnePackWanderers]

Good to know, thank you! I didn’t know it could be so affordable 🙂

[@mthsu]

@@OnePackWanderers No problem😊It's also something some high end restaurants does. While serving expensive dinner, they also offers much more affordable breakfast/brunch/lunch sets. Wagyu places, fish gourmet places, sukiyaki places, tempura..... A huge price difference between special lunch sets and their regular dinner menu. Maybe worth a looking into. 🥩 I remember some expensive tempura shops have affordable Ten-don at lunch. Chicken cuisine place selling Oyakodon at lunch. Sukiyaki place and fish restaurant that sells lunch sets...... etc I don't quite know how to search that in English though.... But I believe there are still a lot of those good deals around.

[@mthsu]

@@OnePackWanderers for example, *Shinjyuku Kappou NAKAJIMA, a Michelin restaurant. Dinner is ¥11,000. But lunch sets are at around ¥1,000. *Tensyu tempura in Kyoto, its dinner set is ¥6,800, and lunch Tendon are from ¥1,350 to ¥1,950. *Tokyo's Kyoubashimatsuwa fish cuisine, dinner are at ¥6,600, Lunch set at ¥1,500.

[@user-uf4nw4mc7b]

welcome to sendai！BTW, your pronounciation, ''hen na hotel" was perfect👍

[@OnePackWanderers]

We don’t hear that very often 😂 It makes me happy I said it correctly

[@Angelicwings1]

Sounds like my ideal weather. I’m not a hot weather person. This is hilarious because I live in Australia where there is all the heat lol!

[@OnePackWanderers]

Hahaha that's pretty funny. Maybe move to Tasmania? 😅

[@Angelicwings1]

I have considered that. Maybe Jindabyne is an option too lol! Where I live is pretty awesome though. 40°c days in summer just get a little much sometimes. Most of the year it’s pretty nice.​@@OnePackWanderers

[@mthsu]

The al dente texture is the best part of Gyutan. It is why Gyutan is special. The thickness of Gyutan varies from dish to dish, place to place. It's not necessarily the thicker the better, while it does alters the texture. Thick cut beef tongue is a selling point after all. Gyutan is also a very popular cut in yakiniku places. And one should also be aware of the difference between thin cuts and thick cuts when ordering.

[@OnePackWanderers]

What’s the difference between the cuts? 🙂

[@mthsu]

@@OnePackWanderers They are often from different ends of the tongue. And it results in the thin cut from the front being more al dente in texture. And the thick cut being more tender with more fat. Thin cut can be a little crunchy. And took less time to grill on a yakiniku grill. After all, it is not which is better, but which you prefer. 😋 BTW, Grain-fed beef will give you more fat. So if you enjoy fattier, more fragrance. you can also noted to choose grain-fed ones if possible.

[@mthsu]

@@OnePackWanderers And then when you moving up from beef tongue. Make sure to try more yakiniku parts! 😁 You can try out ハラミHarami, which is beef diaphragm. diaphragm is also just muscle so it's not too different to usual meat but some think its more fragrant. Then of course the ホルモンhorumon, if you are comfortable of trying out the organs, those are the delicacy.

[@dwaynefong]

great contebt keep it up, maybe buy some hand warmers from 7 11

[@fmfmnico]

I ate Gyutan in Japan and it was very tasty ☺️

[@MattBlankenshipPhotography]

Like #40 from Gilbert, AZ.

[@kelsey809]

😊👍🏼

[@darrylk808]

That's not a closet, it's a cryogenic chamber...don't go in! 🤣 Beef 👅 is great! Nothing like tasting your meal while it is tasting you back.

[@OnePackWanderers]

Cryogenic 🥶 Tasting me back 😂 That’s a new one

[@rubikazariah]

Very nice! Did you use the closet finally? When using music like this, try to time the beat to the cut. I know it's hard, but it will add an extra dash of wow to it.

[@OnePackWanderers]

Haha yea we used the closet steam our jackets. They came out smelling fresh! And yea true enough with the music.

[@richardbarba2736]

Try Whale Dolphin and Horse meats in Japan

[@alfazulu6515]

G’day, were you wee bit early for sapporo ice festival?

[@TakahashiTakami]

Sapporo Snow/Ice Festival isn’t till February.

[@richardbarba2736]

A A A she is Japan 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@wonderland8]

❤❤❤❤

[@walkietalkietraveller2932]

beef tongue !!! gosh, that used to be the food of the poor back in 1970s england.. i wonder if it still is ?

[@OnePackWanderers]

Good question. Seems, in Sendai at least, it is not at all viewed as food for the poor. It's funny how things like that change between countries. Makes you realize it's all kind of just perception

[@rayanehg6771]

Hey guys, I love your videos ! I'm curious, what jobs did you do before leaving for travelling ?

[@Cyn205]

They answered this in a Q and A they were baristas

[@anthrax3943]

They do couple of job like cleaning airbnb, barista,selling cloth

[@OnePackWanderers]

Like others said, we were baristas and then we had odd jobs on weekends to save up extra cash.

[@marcn5733]

Can I recommend you stop in Kanazawa and Beppu?

[@OnePackWanderers]

Will write these places down 🙂

[@88divinegrace]

Will go guys pass through Nikko? Thank you for sharing.

[@OnePackWanderers]

That’s definitely the plan! Hoping to get there soon 😊

[@88divinegrace]

@@OnePackWanderers Sweet! Looking forward to that. Enjoy yourselves.

[@kymwright263]

40k woohooo

[@mthsu]

There is a song from a best selling singer Ōtsuka Ai called 黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円 (Salted Grilled Black Wagyu Tongue ¥680)(Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tanyaki 680-en) Just to show you how popular Grilled Beef Tongue is. 😄

[@OnePackWanderers]

That’s nice to know it can be found more affordable as well 🙂

[@nimezs1015]

Hi Which month/period was this

[@OnePackWanderers]

This was in November 2022 🙂

[@dejuancode6288]

Did somebody already win the we can see russia postcard?

[@OnePackWanderers]

Not yet 🙂

[@ernieschatz3783]

zunda-filled tai yaki

[@razon]

Any chance you were in Osaka 11/22?

[@OnePackWanderers]

No sir 🙂 We haven’t been to Osaka yet, but hopefully soon.

[@astroboy3507]

Yum beef 👅 @10:29 what tea was it!! ?

[@OnePackWanderers]

Haha sorry, I said 'You won't believe what Tia got' ...We definitely splurged on beer for that meal 😂

[@astroboy3507]

@@OnePackWanderers 😁😁🍺👍🏻

[@ayoshi4911]

27日にワールドカップの日本チームの試合があるので渋谷のスクランブル交差点にいると面白い映像が撮れるかもしれません⚽ 日本が勝てば毎回スクランブル交差点でお祭り騒ぎになります🙂 これは日本の風物詩です

[@funkycrew2]

彼女さんはどうして日本語が話せるのですか？驚😲

[@krysanteemik5686]

過去のQ&A動画で答えているので参照してください

[@d3n0tz_]

Another fun adventure guys, the Henn na hotel we stayed before has Dinosaur animatronics as the reception, but at the end the staff member has to come out because we cant scan our passport. But... Awww no Tia for scale next to the giant cedar trees? 🥲

[@lee-kikmong]

wow you guys had really good choices of trip in japan😀high class choices 🥹