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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- Welcome to Shimokitazawa, Tokyo's most hipster neighborhood! It is known for its many thrift and vintage stores, used music shops, and unique foods (like adorable Totoro cream puffs!). In this vlog we're showing you some of Shimokitazawa's most loved food spots, going thrifting in some of Tokyo's best secondhand shops (also known as recycle stores here), and enjoying the scenery around the neighborhood and local parks!
We're Brandi & Alan, full-time travelers and creators since 2018. We post fun vlogs and informative guides to both document our travels and help you on your own journey.
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As an added bonus, we later head to Shibuya to meet with Japanese interview youtubers, @takidejapon6648 and @takashiifromjapan! (and ask them a couple of questions! lol)
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1. Visit Shiro-Hige's cream puff factory for adorable Studio Ghibli inspired Totoro cream puffs!
2. Eat at Magic Spice, known for an extremely spicy curry dish they only make 5 servings of a day! (& some good atmosphere!)
3. Get some adorable latte art at Balon D'Essai Latte & Art
4. Thrifting at New York Joe Exchange, which was built into an old bath house!
5. Second hand shopping at Flamingo (Shimokitazawa location) which specialized in American clothing from the 1940's to 1980's.
6. Check out Toyo Department Store which has over 20 of Tokyo's unique recycle shops!
7. Thrift in Haight and Ashbury which has clothes dating back to the 1800's!
9. Browse at Stick Out, a flat-rate thrift store!
10. Poke around Flash Disc Ranch for some old vinyl records!
11. Check out the many secondhand instrument stores (in our video we feature Sekando Sutorito Gakkikan)
12. For a vinyl store with more modern music, visit Jet Set!
13. Stroll around Hanegi Park, which is known as a secret spot for viewing Japan's cherry blossoms during their sakura season (or for us, fall foliage!)
Also wanted to give a shoutout to @harblife who recommended we check out the neighborhood!!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:23 Shiro-Hige's Cream Puff Factory (Totoro cream puffs)
2:11 Magic Spice (some trippy curry!)
4:11 Cutest coffee ever!!
5:23 Tokyo's best thrifting! (secondhand and recycle shops)
9:55 Tokyo's used music stores!
11:07 Hanegi Park
11:48 Interview with our friends from Japan!
13:11 Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more adventures! :D
Shimokitazawa was amazing for me. People were much friendlier and less sales-y than the rest of Tokyo. Just a good vibe.
So happy to hear you enjoyed it too! It’s a super awesome neighborhood and a totally different vibe than the rest of Tokyo!!
there is an interesting place called “bonus track”, it is a 10 minute walk from Shimokitazawa station.
Aw man!! Seems like we missed it! Hopefully future visitors will see your comment! Thank you! 😃
Noted🙌🏿
Love this video, love your vibe 💓. I'm excited to watch more
Ahh thank you!! Shimokita is such a cool place! So happy you enjoyed it! :D
looking forward to my 1st visit to Japan, this video is super helpful, I would have never known about this neighborhood, or the Totoro cream puffs! Thank you for your fine work, I'm enjoying your channel, my tastes align nicely with yours, peace and love, adam
Thank you so much for your kind comment!! Hope you have an amazing trip to Japan!! It’s such an awesome place.
Awesome adventure in japan.nice tour
Thank you! We are very happy that you enjoyed it!
Awesome video guys! We love exploring Shimokitazawa! Happy you got to meet Takashii from Japan! Look forward to the interview video! Those Totoro Cream Puffs are so tasty! Loved the Cat latte!
Thank you both!!!
It was very cool to meet both of them, they were super fun!! And the food in shimokitazawa was great!!
Glad you guys found some time to check out Shimo! I wanted to put Shigo's place in my video, but they were out of stock 3 days in a row lmao! Either way, awesome stuff y'all and keep up the good vids!
Thanks for the recommendation. We went specifically because you made Shimokitozowa sound so cool. Also thanks for the pro tip about the cream puffs. We lined up before opening cause you told us they sold out super quick. Likewise keep up the good work, noticed your videos have been breaking out!
@@IfWeGoTo oops sorry just saw this!
not a problem! Love helping out whereever I can! Yeah I'm glad y'all were able to get the cream puffs and have them for the video lmao. Those things are always running out 🤣.
And yeah been super lucky with my videos recently. Hopefully we can keep both keep growing our channels quickly! 👌
Watching this on the TV to see the cream puffs!!!
Cream puffs in 4k!!! 😂
@@IfWeGoTo Absolutely. They were so cute!!!
Liked the kid playing, red light, green light in the park.
Hahaha awww!! That’s a classic!!
6:31 dolphins hoodie top left. so odd to see my fav team in a shop in Tokyo! Also sweet vids, really nice organic video structure
Hahah. there was definitely interesting stuff in that neighborhood!!
And thank you very much!! that means a lot to us to hear that you enjoyed it! :D
😳I just came directly from watching Takashi’s channel where he interviewed his friend here with you!
Also… I didn’t comment the other day, but I also follow The One Pack Wanderers (since their Vietnam motorcycle trip) and more recently their friends Lisa and Josh! The TH-cam world is getting more and more tight knit… I wonder who else you will meet… seems everyone I follow is in Japan at the moment!
Oh awesome!! They were both so nice, a pleasure to meet them!!
That’s awesome!! Definitely the travel vlog community is pretty small!! But everyone was so nice!!
And yeah!! I think Japan is a very popular destination so after hearing it was open again after many years I think everyone was so excited to go!! Like us!
11:20で女の子が『だるまさんが転んだ』やってるのが可愛い！
情報をありがとう。私は彼女が何のゲームをしていたのか知りませんでした。
Shimokitazawa is so cool isn't it!! We were just there a couple weeks ago. Some shops are expensive but we found some really good cheap ones. You make great videos, it's fun seeing our vlogs cross over eachother I wonder if we are ever in the same place at the same time lol 🤣 Maybe our paths will cross somewhere 🥰🇯🇵
It is super cool!! Thanks for watching guys!! Will add you to instagram right now! We should keep in touch and if we are in the same town link up!!
@@IfWeGoTo yay that would be a lot of fun 🥰🥰
There is a Shirohige shop in Kichijoji also . In Shimokitazawa, do try Taiwan Kitchen. Great fried crispy chicken n pork at reasonable prices. The pizza shop is also good.
We didn’t know they had two locations! How cool! Next time we are there we’ll have to check it out! We love Taiwanese fried chicken!!
my favourite place in the whole world i reckon
It is so cool !!
It is rare for foreign tourists to come to Shimokitazawa. It is a wonderful thing to see. I would like to interview you if I bump into you guys!!
It was such a cool spot!! We’d definitely be down for an interview if we bump into you one day? Are you in shimokitazawa?? We’ve left Tokyo but maybe on a future visit!! 😃
@@IfWeGoTo We live near Shimokitazawa! Please come to Japan again when you have a chance🗾
@@TokyoCapsuleCollection We will keep in touch!! Do you have instagram??
@@IfWeGoTo I'm glad to hear it, I'm sure it will be a great help to you. But unfortunately, I don't use instagram. If you have a message, please comment on any video📬 I will reply immediately. Thank you very much!!
I think that curry shop is also a favorite shop of guitarist Marty Friedman. He loves spicy curry too.
He has good taste!! Lol
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I love Shimokita! But it has really gotten pricey over the years now that people go there specifically for thrifting. You're right many other places has cheaper thrift stores, there are good ones in Ueno, Ikebukuro and Koenji for cheaper prices.
It was an awesome neighborhood!! And agree, there’s so many other places too! Hopefully anyone looking for thrifting sees your helpful comment!! 😃
Was hoping Alan would become Ryan from Cox 😂. Those poor creatures you ate their heads!
Hahaha nooo that would be the worst outfit ever 😂
中古品なら「セカンドストリート」「ハードオフ」という店がオススメです。
For second-hand items, we recommend the stores "Second Street" and "Hard-Off".
Thanks for the local recommendations!!! I hope people watching this find it!!
The "Off" brand has many different stores. Book-Off is for Manga, CD's and DVD's. Mode-Off is for clothes. Garage Off is for motor vehicles. Hard-Off for electronics. Liquor-Off for alcohol. Hobby-Off for toys and collectables. Then there's Offhouse that has everything.
Ohayo, thanks for the vid. What were the places that were cheaper to thrift in Ueno, if you please? And, what is Tokyo like now that JApan has opened back up to the world? Arigato 💖
Thank you!!! I don’t remember the name of the shop, but it was close to Ueno station! They had a few options there too!
It is a little quieter than last time, more caution around illness, but still has all of the charm!
This movie made me very happy!! Thank you so much for the great video.I hope you'll have a great time(*^_^*)
Thank you so much!! Very happy you enjoyed it! We have loved Japan!!
neko kawaii arigatougozaimasu
Your Japanese seems to be perfect.
Wow thank you!! We only know a few words, but try to learn a little more when we can!!
👍👍🙏🙏
Thank you!!
How long are you going to travel to Japan?
Now I want to see other Asian countries as well.
We will be in Japan until early December and plan to visit Vietnam and Thailand in the next couple of months! Maybe India, but that is still in the talking stage. We have many other Asian countries we wish to visit and revisit in the future though.
we will have a bit of a backlog from Japan, with maybe 10-12 videos to post from Japanese cities! But more Asia is definitely coming!
@@IfWeGoTo 난 개인적으로 일본을 좋아하지 않습니다 왜 외국인들은 아시아를 말할때 일본에 대한 환상을 갖는 것인지 모르겠네요
너무 나쁘다!! 나는 그것이 환상적인 나라라고 생각하지만, 다시 나는 대부분의 장소가 장단점을 가지고 있다고 생각합니다. 우리는 소수의 아시아 국가에만 가봤지만 covid-19 이전에 여행하고 있었지만 매우 오랫동안 폐쇄되었습니다.
@@IfWeGoTo 너무 나쁘다고 저에게 말씀하셨는데 과거 한국과 일본의 불행한 역사를 돌이켜 보면 그런 말은 하지 못할 겁니다 다른나라 문화재 약탈하여 자기 나라 국보로 만드는 나라 그게 일본입니다
@@fggs77 不幸な歴史ってなんですか？
日本は韓国を侵略していませんよ
韓国が併合を望んだんですけど
日本にとってはある意味不幸かもしれませんね
こんにちは☀️愛知県にジブリパークが今月Openしました🎉トトロも猫バスもいます。是非来てみて下さい😊
ああ、ジブリパークが見たい!!調べてみましたが、チケットは現在抽選制のようです。戻ってきたら、もう一度やり直さなければなりません！
@@IfWeGoTo チケットが無くても、入場できるエリアはあります。でも入場制限があるかもしれません。しかも閉園がこの時期はPM5:00なので注意が必要です😥
Alan, you have an interesting speech pattern. Where are you from?
Where do you think I’m from? I’m curious what you guess, you aren’t the first person to say this lol
Where did u stay in Shimokitazawa?
We stayed in Asakusa but took the train to Shimokitazawa! I believe it was about 40 minutes. :)
BOCCHI THE ROCK
Do you like that anime??
@@IfWeGoTo yes. whenever i search up the town shimokitazawa its always associated to bocchi the rock
上着はともかくパンツは日本人の古着だとサイズ合うの少なそう、主に丈が。
外国から輸入してる古着屋なら良いかもね。
輸入服のほとんどがヴィンテージで、予算を少しオーバーしているようでした！
Bocchi za Rocku
Co to znamená? lol
Shame you are talking so quietly it’s hard to hear what you are saying
Sorry it was too quiet!! We’re always trying to improve our audio. Do you have any examples of creators who have excellent audio we could refer to?
天ぷらは手で持つな！下品でマナーに反する。
おっとっと！ごめん！私たちに知らせてくれてありがとう！
@@IfWeGoTo さん。
Please don't worry
Please eat delicious as you like👍
Enjoy japan☺️
Ahh thank you!! We definitely mean to be impolite, i think we got a bit excited about the food 😆
@@IfWeGoTo さん
I've never heard a violation of manners,
You also eat SUSHI with your hands,
right ?
I'm sure he was jealous because your wife was beautiful 😁
天ぷらは普通に手で持つやろ いちいち他人に喧嘩売るなよ アホなん?