JAPAN TRAVEL DIARIES 🇯🇵 Tokyo & Osaka, dream day trips + full 2 week itinerary 🍣🍜

Last meal type thing. So we just got to Osaka. This is actually our first time here. It's 9 p.m. We have like the longest travel day so we're gonna hit the spa and then go to bed. These 7-Eleven pancakes are literally our favorite. This is like a morning brush with a view, huh? About time these sleepyheads. We're in line for the skewer place. How did you find this? Shahetaka for this one. He's a local. He grew up in Japan. Just opened. Come here early. I saw on TikTok that if someone has real fruit cut, that means it's 100% real fruit. I think it has a real fruit that's whole has like 97% and then if it's just hard like this, you know, it has less than like 5%. The more you know. What does it taste like? Like what I mean. Rate it. 10. Isn't it cutie? Like this one? Yeah. We went to a store that carried this brand last year and we're up in Osaka and found it and they have the cutest dog clothes. Okay, so we've had this place saved. It's called Kindle and it's like a vintage designer resale store but the prices were kind of expensive. So we're going to check out 2nd Street. We came here earlier today and it was so dead. So this is definitely the place to go at night. Brandon took us to a really good udon spot. We're gonna head over to the iconic area over the river. I feel like this is kind of a tourist essential. Instead of going to the train station and get your ticket, one of the easiest ways is to just add it on your wallet. You can just add money straight from your phone. That easy. Going somewhere fun today. We're taking the kids to one of our favorite places we went last time. Yep, we could take the JR line but the local train is going to be a little bit cheaper. Just a little bit extra time. So we just got to Kyoto. A couple days ago it snowed here and it looks like it's actively trying to snow. We're on a mission right now. Oh my god, is that her? That's her. First time having sushi this entire trip and I forgot that Victoria, this is her first time in Japan period. She's not interested in the touristy things. Yeah, which thank god. It's pretty busy today still. So we're gonna get some sushi lunch. There's a little bit of a wait time but it looks like a tiny little restaurant. We are staying in Osaka for a couple of days still so it's nice just to do like a quick little day trip over. Took some local trains and took about an hour to get over here but it went by pretty fast. Tomorrow I got tickets for the Osaka aquarium which I'm a big aquarium girl so I'm really excited for that. Osaka seems to be like a good home base for a couple of days. There's some day trips that we have planned and so far the weather has been pretty good. Definitely bring gloves, scarves, thermal layers, comfortable walking shoes. It's like you're opening a Pokemon. The sushi is really good and they're being around $25 a person. We're walking to kind of like an iconic street where you get a view of the temple. Last year when we came to Japan, one of our friends in Tokyo told us this was one of his favorite restaurants in Kyoto. Rate it. 10. Everything I want to see. I love the jellyfish room and they had the huge tank with like the sharks and the manta rays and you got to see it from so many different angles. I'm glad we went and it was only like 20 something dollars per person. Pretty good short rib. He said it's like a last meal type thing. Just went back to freshen up. Had the wagyu rice boxes. Came with a side of like dashi soup and I swear that healed me. It was near like Dotonbori area. Quite a couple restaurants that all serve the same thing. We got like no wait on a Friday. Off to our next adventure. One thing I love about Japan is there's an abundance of restrooms everywhere. With bidets. And they're all heated and they're all free. We just got to Nara. It was about three or four transfers from Osaka. Not too bad. I've always wanted to go and see the deer. I'm gonna try to catch it before sundown. Rate it. It's eight and a half. I think even eight. We had chicken, egg, and pork and it was really good. Get on the cold day. We just had the biggest lunch at 7-Eleven. We filmed the haul so if you guys want to see that video it'll be uploaded separately. They're sold out of pancakes so now we're going to go into Lawson to get some pancakes. You'll be your Christine. Pancake hate to see me coming. Normally these come with butter and maple syrup. Don't get it from Lawson. Pretty good though. It's pretty good but you have to get it from 7-Eleven. Is it sweet? We just arrived in Tokyo. We took about a two and a half hour shinkansen from Osaka. We had a great time there. It was our first time in Osaka. We're actually on the way to a standing sushi bar that Brandon and I have been to in the past. It's around 5 p.m on a Saturday evening so hopefully it's not too busy. The world's first milk tea place ever. This is so awesome guys. We actually got it guys. Allegedly. And more. Boys are off on their own adventure today but Victoria and I are headed to a lash appointment. Joe and I spent the morning at Owido Antique Market. First time going there that was super cool. But now the girls, they are getting their lashes done and we're gonna meet them for lunch. So we were going to eat here. That's our favorite udon place but the line was just way too long. It's still as long. Best ramen I've ever had in my life. Vic and I had our eyelashes done. The appointment took about two hours. Look at my eyelashes. Kawaii. You did such a great job but it was a little bit out of the way. It was like an LED lash which I've always wanted to try. It's around $100 which is insane for a whole set. And the LED is an add-on which means if I didn't do the LED it would have been like $80 for myself. So right now we're going to this place I have saved that I saw on TikTok. And they do a coca-cola tasting drink using lots of spices. Healthier coca-cola. They sell the syrups. So... We went and bought like three of the syrups before even trying it. Yeah probably this is third. Wow. That's yummy. Rate it. 10. I'm definitely buying the big one now. We're back in line. Peanut butter. Dozen things to get anymore. I think 30 is good. That one's really good. They're both honestly really good. Out of stock. It kind of blew up on TikTok, I think. But they have like affordable, really nice denim. Your first dinner of desserts. How was dinner for you guys? Fantastic. Best tonkatsu of my life. Boom! We've been to that katsu place before, but we've been dying to go to the bar that's across the street. Great vibes. They're playing like good records and everything. The drinks were really good. And it definitely was a little bit more pricey. Especially with Japanese standards. But it still ended up being around $30 a person with all the drinks and snacks we got. So would highly recommend doing that. Especially if you're gonna go to Burugami. First time trying this. It's Spam with cod roe. It's my dream sandwich. A lot of mayo. Really good. Christine is off to get her nails done. Which they are way grown out. So I'm excited. But I've been to this nail salon before. It's called Nail Seeker in Shinjuku. And while I'm in there, Bren's gonna go look around for my dream camera. Screaming sound. Grown out as hell. No luck on the camera stores. They all had vintage film cameras, which were great. But yeah, looking for that. Fujifilm X100. Proving to be pretty tough. Yobayashi sold out at all their locations. Let's go check out Christine's nails. Yep, so fun. These ones are my favorites. Oh, this one here? I'm lying, I'm so hungry right now. The low key fire. Three booms. And they're $30. Okay, this is where we want to go next. Samoyed Cafe. You missed the dogs. Need to pet. Turns out you have to make reservations in advance. But it is all you can drink. Another purchase. Yeah, I'm just taking advantage of me up here. What'd you say it looked like? Looks like Brooklyn. Let's go say hi. About to get at least 10 outfits for each dog. Oh my. Last night we went to Team Laz Borderless, which I've actually been to years ago. It was so cool. Very photogenic. I feel like a lot of digital art museums try to be that. And it was such a fun experience. And then afterwards we went to this pizza spot that I've heard so much about called Savoy Tomato and Cheese. I think it won like top five best pizzas. They had a bunch of award stickers. It was incredible. And we had a really unique one with tuna on it. I don't think we've ever had a pizza with fish. No. And if any place is the place to do it, it's Japan. Dang, this is so good. Krispy Kreme could never. How many booms? 10 booms! Boom! Good grab and go. Good on place. How many booms? Five booms. I don't know what this whole boom scale is, but lots of booms. Welcome to Shimokitazawa. Hopefully that's how you pronounce it. This whole area we had on our list for a while. All like vintage, antique stores. How was your gyaru? Did you love it? So cool. What did you say? Let's keep going. What? They said let's go. Donkey, donkey. Oh my god, that was a bite. Oh yeah, for sure. Ew, look at the background. How many booms? Fifty-seven. Seventeen thousand. Thirty-five. Last night we went to a yakiniku. Our friend Tomo served us the last time we were here. All of us agreed it is single-handedly one of the best meals we've ever had. It is a little bit on the pricier end, but you have your own like private booth. It's a memorable experience. Today we're headed to Sensoji Temple. We're gonna do some street food and then hit Kababashi for some of the souvenirs that we need to get. The tourists trapped. We'll feed each other. Not a chance, so we're 25. All of us are ready with noodles. Oh my god, that was so weird. My Shayla, that's so funny. My Shayla. So we're walking around Akihabara. Wanted a couple of bag charms from the claw machines. We shopped around Kababashi, which is kind of like a restaurant supply home store. We got some customized knives, which make great gifts. If you're looking for any sort of like little dish homewares, you can get everything for such a good price. And I was specifically looking for a matcha whisk and bowl and was able to find that. Now back home, refresh and dinner after. Okay, just ate at Joe's favorite yakiniku place. 10, boom. We just had these uni bowls from this place that Brandon has had saved. We tried five different types of unis. I wouldn't say it's the best uni I've ever had. It was really good. It was really good, but I do feel like it was a little bit touristy maybe. So we're walking around the rest of the fish market, trying to find some more snacks to eat. It's already around noon and it's getting pretty busy. So if you come, definitely need to come early. Desert. Right at the fish market. I take away a boom. It seems like very touristy. Yeah. Expensive. Fish was good. Uni was actually decent, but outside of that, we didn't really get anything else. It was so crowded. We got like these like medium sized oysters. There are better horses in Seattle. I blacked out. They had major stocks there. Literally every single shoe we wanted to try, they had in our size. So clearly we had to buy multiple pairs. We're back. Let's walk, let's walk in. Yes. This is my third time here in Japan. And they went last night. Favorite coffee shops in Tokyo. The owners over there, super nice. They also do bike tours. So highly recommend checking that out. We waited about an hour for this place. It's near Shibashi Station. It's like a dipping noodle, almost like soba restaurant, but it was really, really good. We had the longest travel day yesterday. It took us almost four hours to get here. It's honestly very confusing to get here from Tokyo because there's so many different transfers. We had to take a bus to get like the wrong way. Anyways, we made it. We have a full day. And from here, I think you can see Mount Fuji. And Hakone also has its own little mountain with like gondolas that you can ride up and see the view. So we have a full, nice little day trip. Legend has it that eating one extends your life by seven years. First impressions. It's really yummy. I'm glad it tastes good. But it might be a normal egg, like dipped in black paint. Don't say that. Do you want to ride a goose? Want to ride a goose? What's this place got rated on TableLoft? I think like a 3.6. Where are we going? To the open air museum. It's got a... yeah. It's like 20 degrees today. It is not 20 degrees. We've been walking around, absolutely freezing. We're at 38 degrees. It's almost 40. It's cold as hell. Our hotel car coming to pick us up. So we woke up early to take the Shinkansen to Narita airport. No taxis run at 6 a.m. So keep that in mind. Got some bento boxes. We have a quick ride to the airport and then we go to Korea. Three hours later, we've made it to Narita airport. Signing off from Tokyo. Come all this way and you still haven't hit subscribe? What are you doing? Subscribe.