Coffee is Life!!!

it amazes me how all these coffee shops are able to survive

I’m glad you can show the real back street/back alley vibes that represents the various neighborhoods of Tokyo. There are gems waiting to be discovered everywhere! Cool video👍👍

I LOVED this livestream, John! This is my ideal Tokyo Saturday morning - top notch, low hype coffee and bakery items in a quiet, local neighbourhood with no tourists 😂 hope Leo is feeling better and if you go back with PvG, please wait until I return to go with you guys 🤖☕now we're living!

Beautiful suburb so clean and peaceful

Knowing where to get my caffeine fix is priority #1 when I travel! ☕

I love all the positivity. It's contagious.

dude I learn so much about Japan from you. Thank you so much!

I’m a tea lover especially green tea!!! But I do love the smell of coffee so much!!!! Nice to see the everyday streams!!!! 👍🏻

Always love the streams where you just wander around lesser-known neighborhoods in tokyo. keep it up!

This was a great walk and episode! Good work!

This is your best stream yet ❤ ! It's THAT good!

such a lovely neighborhood! defo missing Tokyo rn. & it's one of my favorite live streams ever. thanks for the vibrant trip, John!

John, this was one of my favorite streams from you! I'd love to see more like this one :)

Omg!!! The girl that give u the coffee was soooo nice!!!! I am amazed by how friendly the people are 😊 Can’t wait to go soon 😊

I absolutely love this area! I’ll be staying here again April 2025, I’ll definitely write down and follow your footsteps. Thank you!💗

Enjoyable and great stream , you found great coffee from several places like Tiny Paradise 5:09 how about that sandwich what you ate 41:02🥪it sude did looked delicious 😋That other coffee shop ARISE at 47:15 looked great too 😎Thank you John🙂👍!!!

Great video. Visiting Japan in October and already rearranging plans to include Kiyosumi Shirakawa instead of the more touristy areas. Thanks John!

Thank you for your livestreams. This is a really nice look at some very chill neighborhoods. I hope your son is doing well and recovers quickly.

The streets,It's so quiet..quite refreshing

When ever I want some peace I watch your videos! Love you attitude ❤

I'm just now watching this a year later. I gotta eat that sandwich and walk around down there, hopefully without getting lost! Your reaction about wanting to run around and shout how good it was ,was like my mom would say, " It's so good , your tongue will slap your brains out"😂 Thanks for this exploring videos, it inspires me to be brave and explore more!

Wow! What an awesome awesome neighborhood! I want to go visit it just to try her coffee and the cookies! John, it’s so wonderful how you’re supporting the local small businesses ❤️😊🤟 This is a delightful video… Every city needs places like this, and a John to cover it 😊 Thank you ! Will be revisiting this video many times! Sharing it with all my friends 😊

I love neighbourhoods like that. such a cool relaxing vibe

I always make sure to save some of your videos to my playlist so that way I can save these for some places that I may visit later. Can't wait to see some more hidden gems from here. Thanks for showing this video; I rewatched it a few times.

Love coffee thanks john for showing us these awesome places .

I been here!! To buy a bike from Tokyo Bike, and tried different coffee shops. Your Japanese sounds nice and easy to understand.

You can see japan people take pride in there work, they care bout customer service,,, Respect,,, greetings from Brooklyn NY the concrete jungle

after a long long time a video that brings peace to the mind

Small Cafe's or kisaten like that in the neighborhood are one of the best places to go and meet the locals there i like it with the showa era vibes,very nice video John thank you so much

What a great live stream. I particularly loved the small glimpse into that car blessing, very unexpected! 😊

Wow! Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!!! Wish I could enjoy a cup with you. Thanks for sharing this and if I could visit Japan I would definitely visit that area of Tokyo. 🙂

Thank you John for showing us those hidden places very nice walk 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great livestream. Lovely neighbourhood. I can easily see myself walking around there. Almost forgot it's in Tokyo! Thanks John!

Just the best! Thank you! ☕️‼️🤎

I discovered this area by visiting Koffee Mameya, awesome neighborhood, great town to chill before it gets crowded!

Kiyosumi Shirakawa is great! All Press Espresso and Iki Espresso & Roastery are my favourites in the area ☕️

I'm going soon, this July. I'll follow this Cafe Trail.😄☕😊

John, thank you so much for this. Im gg to book a hotel here now for my September trip!! can"t wait

In the very beginning, the lady at the coffee shop is really cute! 😮

Oh John what a lovely video! Watched it while sitting on an overlook on the Pacific Ocean sipping my latte from our amazing coffeee shop in Jenner, CA.

Loved the stream! Definitely one of my faves now

I love coffee and we unintentionally picked this location for our accommodation. Planning to explore in the morning before diving into our itinerary but the shops open at 10am/11am. Might need to check all the coffee shops to see early birds.

Were staying at Mystays Kiyosumi, thanks to theses videos. Nice and close to Monzennakacho. The hotel rooms are very large for Tokyo and has a little kitchenette. Thank you for introducing the area!

This is a magical video 💙

If you’re a fan of coffee, Bear Pond in Shimokitazawa has fantastic coffee. It has mixed reviews online as it’s not really a place to go with cameras, hang around for a long time, nor is it a place for long conversations, and I guess some people want a coffee shop to be that so they mark it down. If you just want to sit and enjoy coffee or grab a take out though, I don’t think anywhere matches it for coffee in Tokyo.

Thanks John for this great livestreams I enjoyed it. Place to go and also it's place to life there as well. Great work as usual. 👍👍 I'm glad Leo is okay. Greeting to Kanae and Leo. Mata Ne 🙏🙏✌✌🍻🍻🍻🍻 Kampai

I want to go! Thx for the tour.

As someone who should not eat bread or gluten all I want in my life is that truffle bread shop! God that looked amazing!

Aloha John, Following your suggestion, roamed around Kiyosumi Shirakawa in October and loved the relaxed vibe of the place. Unfortunately Arise Coffee was closed early that day, so we’ll try again this coming October, hopefully earlier in the day. We also gravitated to less “touristy” areas like Katsuhika City, Nagoya and Hyogo Prefecture. As you warned, Kyoto was way too crowded, but since it was our first time in the Kansai area, we had to go there. In fact, you did a livestream from Kyoto Station while we were there, but unfortunately, we didn’t “find you”. Oooh, so close. Looking forward to continuing our off the beaten path trip this October to more local areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, Hida-Furukawa and Okayama. We’ve followed you for several years and your videos are informative and entertaining. The one directing us to Tokyo Station for the Toica card was a godsend. Needed to get a permanent IC card with the unavailability of Suica & Passmo and navigating to the right counter was easy. Our regards to Kanae & Leo. Mahalo!!!

LOL, Tiny Paradise is the type of place I love to find. Next time you are there, suggest that they put out a tiny table and chairs to sit and take in the atmosphere.

Loved the Bugs Bunny Albuquerque reference.

I love the casual converations with the native Japanese. Especially, the one with the long conversation with one that was brewing for 10 years. Id want to be profficient enough in japanese to throw in light hearted jokes and understand them also

Jiyugaoka has sooo many coffee shops! There are 3 Starbucks surrounding the station. There are so many local specialty coffee shops everywhere…

i really enjoyed this livestream john! was cool to see this area and watch you visit all the coffee shops. i will definitely be visiting when i go back to japan in september! you kept talking about how it's nice and quiet and this is the real tokyo. when i went to japan a few weeks ago i visited daikanyama and yanaka and got the same vibes. very quiet, residential areas with their own allure (local food, stores, etc.). i enjoyed both those areas and it would be cool if you could do a similar video for them. i also went to shimokita but was surprised to see a lot of tourists there! it was quite busy. i guess the vintage shopping draws a lot of crowds

Watching you sip the Dominican coffee looked like a religious experience. The expression on your face said it all. ❤️ John arose at Arise..😜 I love getting lost with you on the walkabouts in Tokyo. 🥰 Love this extended edition of your live. ❤️ I hope Leo recovers soon and feels better 🙏

My family and I will be going there this year

Nice walk! I noticed Turffle and Bread had a touch screen register but pulled out an old school cash box for the money.

Imagine pairing the truffle bread with the coffee, my bucket list in tokyo

I had an Airbnb very close to there a year ago I loved it

Blue Bottle gets major credit for helping popularize the third wave coffee movement, and they have great espresso drinks, but they're owned by Nestlé now, and their drip coffee has never been great in comparison to the smaller independent coffee shops that have sprung up in the last 10-15 years or so. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, where blue bottle started, no one really talks about them as a great coffee destination other than tourists and out of owners.

I've had Arise as a place to visit for years. I don't know how I first heard about it. Have you been there before in another stream? And to learn about Fukadaso and Rikashitsu down the street is great. Had no idea about the neighborhood, only knew about Arise. Thanks so much for the exposure. This neighborhood will be my first stop, if not the place to stay, on my next visit.

Thanks for the great stream, John! I absolutely love Japanese neighborhoods because of how unique and full of character they are. And because Tokyo is so huge, there are so many hidden alleyways and streets that it seems like everywhere you go is an adventure! One of the best parts are finding these unique mom and pop shops that beat chain businesses any day. Would love to see a main channel video highlighting the uniqueness of Japanese neighborhoods!

Tiny Paradise Cafe is ❤

A collab with James Hoffman touring and tasting in this area would be wonderful!😇

As someone who loves exploring new coffee shops, I've saved this video to my 'places to visit' list. 🙂

I loved that you lagot lost, that's one way to find hidden treasures. And you don't have to go to South America to practice your spanish, come to Mexico, we have so many lovely small towns were you can inmerse yourself in our culture and language while you eat.

Pretty cool neighborhood. ✌️

oh the coffee shop

The girl at Tiny, she’s sooooo cute 🥰

Nice video John. More importantly, I hope Leo/Rio is ok and feels better real soon.

I have walked on the same street! Natsukashii!

1:10:06 Hi John you should go back to this souvenir & candy shop, 江戸みやげ屋たかはし (Edo Miyageya Takahashi). There is a delightful old couple, Mr. & Mrs Takahashi who have operated this shop for decades. The wife is an illustrator who draws cartoons and caricatures. The husband like to entertain tourists with tricks involving sticks and such.

Thanks!

NICEEEE 👍🏼

I saw the blue house on the map!! Lol

My family is in Minamisenju, go I chill there when I visit. I'm torn on whether I want to spend more time in Big Tokyo (Shibuya, Akihabara, Shinjuku, etc.) or kick it in the kinbo (the hood) Tokyo like this neighborhood

Good see john tasting coffee from my country dominican republic

@1:08:30 One of John’s best livestreams ever

30:46 looks like they are blessing the Ferrari

Hi John great neighborhood walk video. Wishing Leo a speedy recovery. Well worth visiting the doctor’s office just to be sure. It’s been a while since you did a night walk. Perhaps this can be the perfect spot for a night time stroll? ✌🏼

I love this Place , definitely will go , I heard that the SUICA card is being canceled do you know anything about it John, if so , could you do a live stream about it ?

32:00 they only blessed the Ferrari from front end accidents, not the back end. Need to pay additional for the back end.

oh no he lost is last slice of truffle :D

Watching the VOD, but the audio is not synced with the video.

Beautiful country beautiful people,,,sure bits NY living

Same happened to me John boy san

I swear I keep thinking the bike path arrows are photoshopped in or something because they look like racing lines in video games.

I can smell coffee here in Dubai! I'm definitely coming to this coffee place next month. See you soon

You're eating jewelry (truffles) lol😄

I would love to be lost in Japan anytime

Only in Japan -- can one see the blessing of a Ferrrari!

The coffee girl 可愛い

I tried Blue Bottle in Tokyo and it’s pretty average…

Coffee and truffle🏆🏆. A must visit for coffee and truffle lover such as me.

Cute girl ❤

Great video John, just sound is abit out of sync

Im having playback audio issues. The sync is off 🤔

Totally unsync A/V but I love coffee

If you can afford a Ferrari a couple hundred dollars probably make no difference