THINGS TO SEE WHEN YOU VISIT TOKYO JAPAN World Tour | Fung Bros

Before we go in, what we have to do is wash our hands and our mouth. Can we drink it? I've drank it before, it's safe. Yo, our Tokyo trip has been amazing so far. We love the modern culture, the street wear, the technology, the people. But one thing we haven't done yet is explore the traditional gardens, temples, and food. In this video, I'm going to be talking to you about 5 interesting and cool traditional things to do around Tokyo. I'm with AB, Expert Lu, and my friend Vienna to experience more. Let's go. Yo, what's going on? I am in front of the Meiji Shrine, the most prominent shrine in all of Tokyo. I'm also here with my friend Vienna. Hi, I'm Vienna from Thailand. Konnichiwa. Yo, AB. Alright guys, this is the biggest shrine in all of Tokyo. Let's go check it out. Before we go in, we gotta pay respect to the emperor. We have to bow to the gate, and then we walk in sideways because our back can never ever turn to the emperor himself. And bow to the gate again for respect. So despite what your sweater says, don't look back. We will have to turn back and bow. Alright, so one of the first things you'll see is the barrels of sake wrapped in straw. These are all donated by the Sake Brewer's Association for generations. And it's just to show respect to the emperor and the industrial revolution that he brought during his reign. Wow, this is so cool. I love the artwork and here is a lot of sake. Alright, we're here at the inner entrance into the main shrine. Before we go in, what we have to do is wash our hands and our mouth. Can we drink it? I drank it before, it's safe. Oh, okay. You do a little on the left hand, then you switch hands. And then drink it, and then spit it out. Then you tilt it to clean the handle, and then you put it back. Cheers. Okay, so upon entering the shrine, Lou, you've told us not to step on that last step. Stepping on it is technically disrespectful. And we'll get bad luck. Alright. Now we're about to make an offering and make a prayer. You should use a 5 yen coin. Because in Japanese, it sounds like the word luck. You throw in the coin, you bow, and then you clap twice. Make your prayer, and then bow again. Let's make an offering. So another cool thing that you can do at the Meiji Shrine is buy a wooden plank, write a prayer on it, and then they will hang it up on the wall, and then they will burn it as an offering. And I can see a lot of language from around the world over there, like Thai, Chinese, Korean. So between the 100 year celebration and the Olympics coming up, they got a lot of reasons to replace this roof. Right now, you can buy a new plate of the roof. And you can sign your name on it, and the plate will be up there for at least up to 60 years. I think we have to buy a plate. Yo, got the real copper plate. It's gonna be up on the roof somewhere. We're up there, man. Hamariku Gardens. This is the private garden for the emperor and the shogun. I feel like they were walking like this. They really look after all of the tree, and the grass is always perfectly cut. See, that was just the beginning of the garden. Now we are entering the main part of the garden. This is like the middle of Central Park, essentially. So this is where you start to see the contrast in this garden. The beautiful Japanese garden landscape, and behind that, you got huge skyscrapers. Walk the rest of the park like an old man. Choki Shizuka. This is one of the largest black pine trees in all of Tokyo. And guess how old it is. 300 years old. 300 birthdays old. That is a well-maintained black pine tree. If you want to talk about, you know, Asian people and how they age well. This tree is representative of that. This tree is older than America. America was born in 1776. They planted this tree in 1709. We are at a traditional tea house. This used to be a major house for the feudal lords to entertain guests and important figures. This is the original party house. We have some ceremonial matcha teas. First, you will eat the sweet. So it's made of bean paste and sugar. And it looks beautiful. I mean, the way they've cut it and carved it. That's the shape of a plum. Cut it in half. You finish the sweets, and then you drink. To contrast sweet with bitterness. Turn the cup. You turn it 180 degrees. There is a front and a back to a bowl. When they make the tea and they serve it to you, it's always facing away from you. So you have to turn it back towards you. And you drink. Palm on the bottom. And cup it on the side here. And you bring it up. Take in the flavors. That was a really nice balance. Because that sweet was very sweet. And now, I got a little bit of light, bitter green tea. You know that's really good green tea because how foamy it is on the top. The foam is actually very hard to do. It takes years of practice to perfect that creaminess on the top. So the restaurant that we're in right now is called Chango Kurishima. Which is named after the famous sumo, Kurishima. There's a huge picture of him right outside. You know whose house you're stepping into. He's letting you know. He's skinny. When you think of a sumo, you usually think like big belly. I hear that he's really agile. So he's using his quickness to defeat his competitors. Chan means Chinese. Ko is the pot. Nabe means everything. So it's like an everything hot pot. If you guys are planning on going to Japan or going anywhere else, definitely check out KK Day. They have thousands of activities in a whole bunch of different countries. There's some noodles. Bok choy. Some mushrooms. Tofu. Scallion. Shrimp also. Fish. They definitely give you the works with this pot. Chakanabe is, there's no particular way to make it. There's no recipe. It's just whoever the cook, whatever the cook wants to put in, he'll throw it in there. This chakanabe is chicken based with miso and soy sauce. And then the seafood adds elements of umami to it. We pretty much have a chicken ball mixture right here that you're going to put into the hot pot. Alright, so traditionally they like to eat chicken before a tournament. Because chickens stand on two feet like a sumo. Did you guys notice that everything in this pot from the mushrooms to the tofu to the chives is gigantic? Yeah, these cuts are huge. He's finding a nice spot in the pot to put these fresh chicken balls in. This man is making chicken balls with a spoon. This piece of fish was really interesting. Oh yeah, that looks good. Is that red snapper? Let me get the bok choy in there on the side. Yeah, let me get this ball right here. That's a fish ball. That's beautiful. I'm going to get the better pieces right now because it's been sitting in there longer. It's going to pack more flavor. Very wholesome. Does it taste clean? Yeah, it does taste clean. I think just overall this is a very clean meal which I really appreciate. And I think that that is something that the Japanese are famous for is eating clean. We got to try the chicken balls to the sumo life. Sumo life. I love that that chicken ball has flavor. It has some onions in it. I think it has some garlic. Ginger. It has some ginger. I will remember this sumo hot pot meal for the rest of my life. For sure. I mean, even walking through the building and seeing all the sumo memorabilia and kind of information and the sumo ring. There's a sumo ring out there. I'm not going to claim that I know very much about the sumo culture, but I know that it goes very deep in the ritual. And everything, like you said, AB, they live together. Everything's regimented. And they're a strict tradition that dictates almost every portion of their life. This is actually the finale of the meal where they're going to take the broth. After you've eaten everything inside, they're going to take the broth and turn it into kanji. Whoa, he poured that from the high up. The broth is really flavorful because we just cooked a whole bunch of different ingredients in that broth. So it's like a stew. It's like a stew kanji. All right, everybody, that's it for eating a sumo meal. So this spot is called Ohitsutenzu Tanbo. It's known for rice. That's the main ingredient. Let's go check it out. All right. The texture of the rice is different. It looks soft and sticky, but it's not. It's actually just fluffy and soft. I have a salmon roll with rice already on it. Go ahead and put a little bit of everything. So this is a miso, wasabi, rice crackers, a mountain yam. So it's like a very slimy potato. So in here is a brown rice tea. It really adds like a nice earthy note to it. You eat this pretty much every day and not feel like too unhealthy. You'll feel pretty good about yourself. Very, very light and healthy meal. All right, everybody, that wraps up our traditional things to do while in Tokyo. Yo, big shout out to Lou for kind of being the tour guide out here. Huge shout out to Vision Global Wi-Fi for keeping us connected out here. We were able to upload, able to stream, able to just keep in touch with everyone while abroad. All right, everybody, thanks for watching that video. I hope you guys learned something in the comments below. Let us know what are some other traditional things we should check out in other countries. And until next time, man, we're out in Tokyo, Japan. We out. Peace. This is to tell you that if you want to go to the kiosk and get lit, go that way.