This was a great video, John. I really enjoyed all the places that you showed us. I've added this one to my every growing saved file, Japan, for things to do when I finally make it to Japan.

Love your walks and that you take us along with you. Thank you.

One of my favorite streams you’ve ever done 😊 I keep coming back to it

Watching this in 2022 😢 before pandemic and how the olympic was under lockdown.... but great to see John takes us through Japan before, during and after pandemic.

thanks for your live feeds of a wounderful place, Japan! then add your enthusiasm for everything there. the food the architecture the culture your like a kid in a candy store for the first time. It never gets old and I'm sure a lotta folks from everywhere look forward to the next live feed. again thanks!! oh and once seen you can watch it again and again, each story told with your camera and it never gets old!!

I have been watching your videos everyday for nearly 5 months straight I still find a new video lol almost finished them all I love you bro and moving to Japan is my dream thank you for the vlogs

I'm not sure if you still read the comments, but I am from Houston, TX. I love your streams. You are an inspiration. Love y'all guys.

Custard taiyaki is the best! It’s at the top of my dessert list along with daifuku. Enjoyed this relaxing stroll through Kagurazaka.

Great livestream! The hidden alleys were so fun to discover with you.

Kagurazaka is now on my list. Thanks for an Awesome Video.

Looks like a fun neighborhood to stay in while visiting Tokyo.

Love this one so much! Definitely will come to check this area!

casually recording kids at a playground while drinking wine lmao, John is a national treasure

Drinking my Lipton green tea. Thanks John for the video. It's nice seeing parts of Japan.

That chestnut cake/Woodman’s cake looked amazing!!!

Man the streets are so Clean !!!!

Kagurazaka/Iidabashi is one of my favorite places in Tokyo. I used to live there for 4years because I went to school for 3years there and I worked a big hospital there for about one year. I grew to want to visit Kagurazaka/Iidabashi soon after I watched your video!

Love this area, so classy. Many interesting and authentic Japanese shops. And a wide range of French restaurants.

That chestnut cake looked amazing 😍🤤

Getting my Saturday morning fix up OIJ catch up! Great video John! ☺️

we love your walking videos. its like we are the ones walking around japan.

New subscriber here. Thank you for your channel ♥️ never skipped an ad so far and hopefully never because its the least I can do as thanks for making these kind of videos until I can explore Japan for a month and a half a few years from now ♥️

That chestnut cake looks awesome. I want one! I bought rice cakes today moche and red bean paste. Love those. I liked the look of the pancake with red bean paste. Sounds yummy!

love some of the showa era soba shops by the shrine there. played a set at a great club across the street called kagurane. it has a amazing sound system. great neigbourhood.

Good morning from India 🇮🇳 your livestream is Very fantastic I love Japan and you are only way to see Japan live everytimes and you also give us news about Japan Thanks :)

Beautiful i love japan 😍

51:04 kind of adorable how that couple started smiling when they saw him streaming

Thanks for your reply John. Yeah, it's great here and in Iidabashi. 22 years here with my Japanese wife and kids. I wish I knew that you were here today. It would have been great to greet, see & meet you. All your videos are entertaining and educational. Keep it up.

This is like just watching a movie version of this Go channel,

Interesting neighborhood of Tokyo👍 from 🇧🇩

Thanks John I’m using your videos to plan my 2020 trip!!

Hi! Just started to watch your videos now, and I'm loving it. I'm Luthi Castelanno texting from Brazil. Thanks for show me how Japan looks like in these live streams!

I stayed at Unplan Kagurazaka for the first few nights of my trip last spring, it was an amazing little neighborhood!

Thanks for showing us another interesting neighbourhood of Tokyo John!

Hi, hailing from Canada. Love your videos .

Hi, great show and a good job. I just love to get to know Japan this way and to get a view about their life. A little view about as they are living their life.- good luck :))

OMG, my heart almost stopped, red wine in ice! :D

Kawai ne😊😊😊💞💞💞💞👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

I was at a concert at the tokyo dome in 88' on new years. I miss it there!!!

awesome video John! .... very cool area doesn't look like many foreigners either......

Your videos are amazing! I though japanese people were more prejudiced about foreigners but, i saw really nice people attending you at the stores. Happy to change my point of view, thank you!

Can’t go Japan now, good to do a virtual tour with you.

Hi,Ciao John. I have to say it. This is probably one of my fav live stream ever. What a wonderful ,beautiful area Kagurazaka/Iidabashi. A lot of beautiful little shop, bar,restaurant. Kagurazaka does not look like a Tokyo area, It reminds me a little of France and Italy. Btw near the Iidabashi station there is a beautiful cafe called "Canal cafe" ....I was hoping you would show it to us!! Anw as usual thank you,grazie. Greetings from Italy

Thanks for showing us around, now I know where to get some wine with boxed sushi plus dessert next May...

Red wine 🍷 and cheese 🧀 a great combination! 😋 Cheers🍻 John here's to your good health! Levi 😀 🐀

I actually went to this street last month! It was a long steady slope. Walking up in a cane was not great. Took a break at that tea shop. The staff was very nice, and one shop keeper’s English was very good.

That's a nice area! The cheeses at the cheese shop are from the French Alps and Switzerland. Alpage (awl-PAHJ) means mountain pasture and when used to describe cheese, it means that the milk is taken from the cows only during the warmer months when the herd is able to graze on the wild flowers and grasses of the alpine pastures. I hope those plants enjoy the wine. The chestnut monaka looks good

Great stream John. Cheers!

Hey John... All the food looks so good 😊😊😊

その昔、飯田橋・神楽坂には10年間たいへんお世話になりました。そして、牛込北町と中町も。懐かしいなあ。日仏楽しかったなあ。Il y a une école française près de Kagurazaka Iidabashi, and British language school too.

Watching the replay and just saved this under my Japan playlist for when I plan my very 1st trip. I would love to explore all the alleys you walked though and taste the yummy street food! Thanks so much for bringing Japan to my living room here in LA! 🙋‍♀️❤

Thank you for the stream John. It was amazing *-* I really love the various neighborhoods in Tokyo, most are aesthetically pleasing ~ Btw, did u get a few Taiyaki for Kanae? 👀

Geisha and French gourmet town, everyone in the know knows. Many French people live here from long ago. There are also famous French chef's hidden restaurant and shops here. The shops lined up on the gentle slopes have a atmosphere.

nice place. we can eat we buy for the present. this is finished and connected friend. stay connected to me.waiting for you.

Dolce Vita have great Arrancini. Last year, you could get Vegie Curry & Mozzarella Arrancini/Onigiri! It was fantastic plus they had many samples of Italian Mozzarella etc to try for free. I love it!!

Lol. Hojicha is my fave! And it’s known as “old people’s tea” because of no real caffeine! Enjoyed another JD vid ;)

OMG I love all the foods you share but.............. Gyoza is the food of the gods for me. My mom used to make them by the hundreds when I lived in japan. Back in the early 60's. I love Gyoza with authentic I think it was called Niri. A green onion looking vegetable. Love your show. Love you and your wife.....

visiting Japan first week in December, it will be my first time

I have heard that red bean paste is insanely sweet but maybe that was just the item they had or if it was inside something else then maybe that's where they were getting the sweetness from.

Thanks for this live Stream! AMAZING 👍🏽 we will be at the 2020 Olympics staying@ The Knot Hotel in Shinjuku.... I'm trying to learn my way around. Glad I discovered your site! Not sure if Kagurazaka is even near where I'll be staying...gotta lot to learn!!💖 I Don't see any African Americans...I'm African American and I'm just interested to see some! STREET FOOD!!👍🏽😋 I'm from Maryland USA!

Really workin' those cinema references, man. French Connection is older than YOU are.

👍👏🏻 very well done! Today’s narration is less NHK journalism and more neighborhood vlog...me like...I lived beside Yasukuni Shrine and used Iidabashi...

Your love handles have gourmet taste, John. Pastry shops in Japan!

when I was a child living there I went to school that was called Camp Zama. I think it was in the Kanagawa area. Maybe it does not exist anymore. It was fantastic as a child. Would love if you could find out more. No worries if you cannot. I know you are super super busy. Regards

Yay Dorayaki. Like Doraeamon we too love Dorayaki! 😋 ✌️ Levi 😊 🐀

Kagurazaka looks nice too see too never really been there!!!! 75 yen sushi!!! ? Super cheap John!!! Love to smell that green tea roasted!!!! 😮

Most of the city like areas of Tokyo, the side alley ways are where you'll find some really good food at really affordable prices. I miss Japan😞💞💞💞💞💞 Don't forget the convenience stores like Pumkin, even 7-11! 100yen onigiri (sure it's gone up) so wonderful!!!

Oh man, I'm gonna try that Lamb Duck place next time I go. 2600yen for rack? Not bad. Gonna have to try a bunch of the places you went to in this video. The area looks so somber and laid back. I love that so much.

😍😍😍😍

amazing video i love your videos and one day i will visit japan maybe we can have a glass of wine together !

Continue showing Alleys Adventure from other cities; I'm in Brazil and I feel like I'm walking in the cities

Yeah John!!! It's live stream you got to eat what attrative to you!!!

The fish at the end is a catfish: That explains the fish in the circle of stones to obtain the Quake Medallion in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past after watching Gaijin Goombah in The Game Theorists.

I gotta get rid of this wine! best line ever.

No Starbucks but American water sure hahaha that was funny xD

John, i use to get a package of brown rice crackers square wrapped in nori which were flavored with wasabi and they were called wasabi sembe very delicious but i can’t find them

I have been living there for 22 years now.

I loved walking around the alleys when we went to Tokyo. It was so interesting. Good exercise and nice to see things going on, especially older people moving about.

Thanks so much for your expertise of Japan!!! Has the Olympics been delayed again since some countries are experiencing a new strain causing more surges in certain areas in the world???

Gods I'd love to live there

I go to PAUL bakery every day here in Brussels Belgium :o)

Close to Hakone . I like it there . lchoi

That was so creamy 😊

Hosei student here, can't say how many times I got drunk in one of these alleys after classes😂

Are the leaves changing their colors? Lol we're planning to go 3weeks from now

around 25:59 Il Gusto Dolce Vita is an Italian name

He looks just like Daniel from the Karate Kid

kobo chan !!!

40:42 i think they meant wood man is Orang(Man) Utan(jungle, forest, woods) LOL

There was custard...and John said goodbye to his money. 😁👋💴

Any hotel you recomand near this area?

🤯 I saw a sign for SIEZERIYA family 👪 restaurant. I was so Gaijin when I had about 39 drinks at the non alcohol unlimited drink stand and the food was good too! 😋 👍 Levi 😀 🐀

I can't begin to phantom how red bean pastes tbh xd

Watching this in April ☹️

Wood man cake is a log roll get it LOL

AT 46.46 I spotted a shop called LEVI!!! 👍 Levi 😀 🐀

Koi is not the sensing fish for earthquake correct answer is catfish And the symbol on the street is catfish. I am Japanese from Hokkaido living in Atlanta ga my wife is American we enjoy your videos most of your comments are correct

Hi john...I am jimmy from Malaysia

37:48 it looks like a Chinese dimsum shop based on the images

You might know it but the earthquake fish is not koi, it's a giant catfish.