There goes the bullet train!
Today I want to take you to some neighborhoods in Tokyo with a little less foot traffic.
Where I used to live, some hidden spots,
and the wonderfully regular places loved by the people who live here.
[ TOKYO : Where I Live and Play ]
[DAY 1]
Hey Guys! I'm Loretta and welcome back to my channel!
Today I'm on a mission to do two things.
I want to show you kind of like my favorite spots in Tokyo
that I go to when I'm taking a day off
I send out an SOS on Twitter and also on YouTube
and you guys suggested some really cool places!
Shimokitazawa, Ueno, etc.
The only thing is I haven't been to a lot of them
So in this video, I'm going to start off with one of my favorite areas, which is here on Tamachi
And then I'm going to embarrass myself and reveal all the places I haven't been to, yet.
To do that today, I'm actually going to get a little bit of extra help
There's an app called Tabiko
which is basically a chat-based concierge service
So I'm going to real-time chat with these guys as I go.
So you're supposed to sign up for this app before you come to Japan
and they can book your airfare, hotel, restaurants, etc.
They can book all of that for you in the app if you tell them what you're looking for.
and then once you're here in Japan
You can actually chat with them in real time.
So before coming here, I actually used the app to make a hotel reservation...
So This is Kenji...
Okay, Kenji!
I'm trying to find a place in the city that's like central
So I can drop off my stuff, have a home base
So I can get back to traveling on my staycation!
This looks pretty nice!
Okay~
Okay, so I'll do this one!
So I already checked and in the hotel is great,
but I'm ready to hit the city and check it out!
[SHIMO-KITAZAWA]
I like this one...
I was like a curious how this would turn out, but the food is actually really good!
We met up with some friends!
Boomer, Emma and Arick are here!
Apparently this restaurant is reservation only
but I used the Tabiko app and it was really easy to get in
so I'm pretty happy with that!!
[day 2]
I'll show you one of my favorite spots around here!
So I want to show you one of my favorite spots in Japan
It's actually my OG neighborhood,
I used to live here, on Shibaura island.
Which is like just over the river, a five minute walk from Tamachi station.
If you saw some of my old videos you may recognize the monorail and that red building over there
I used to live near the top there
Oh, here comes another monorail right now!
So one of the things I love about this area is that it's right by the Mita campus of Keio University
a lot of foreign students in Japan study abroad there for a couple semesters.
It's right by the Tamachi station (or the Mita station on the subway).
There's like this waterfront and the marina
It's right around the corner from Rainbow Bridge
and it's just like a little bit quieter here.
Like it's just a Family Mart. But this was the Family Mart where I printed my first resume.
It's just a post office,
but this was the post office where I found these cute fruit-shaped postcards
and sent some of my first postcards home from Japan.
It's really specific memories to me
but I really like this kind of just normal neighborhood.
It's just kind of like a different pace than you're used to in Tokyo.
I'm going to send a quick message to Tabiko...
The Tabiko app is great for two things
(1) Booking your itinerary before you arrive
(2) and getting real-time help while you're here!
In addition to reservation help and activity ideas
I really like that Tabiko was kind of like having a pocket-sized, bilingual assistant during my solo trip.
You can ask them to help with translation,
to order food with in your diet,
to translate addresses for your taxi driver
picking the best rail passes, directions or any immediate help you may need.
You can find Tabiko on the App Store or Google Play, or check out the direct link below
to start booking your next staycation, vacation or travels in Japan
Thank you so much for watching! See you in the comments!