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  • Your first steps in Japan are mostly likely to start right here:

  • Welcome back to Narita Airport!

  • I want to show you guys something. Let's head down to the basement first.

  • Within 3 hours of landing you can already start checking off your list:

  • Eat Japanese food... (this looks amazing!)

  • Get pictures at a temple, pick up some cool souvenirs.

  • At Narita Airport you'll see blue information booths that say KEISEI or SKYLINER.

  • Inside you can ask them anything in English, use the computers, look up trains, pick up Skyliner tickets to Tokyo,

  • but before you go there's an extra special ticket here called the Kaiun Pass.

  • This pass is really good if you have a long layover

  • because it'll take you roundtrip to Keisei Narita Station,

  • an area just 10 minutes from the airport

  • that has all the full-on Japanese things you're expecting, all in one spot.

  • We made it to the Keisei Narita station using this guy

  • let's check out the map and figure out where we're going.

  • We're here at the Keisei Narita Station

  • then I'm going to go this way down Omotesano Street and over.

  • So let's imagine this!

  • You get off the plane, you're on a layover

  • Our goal is to get (1) something good to eat, (2) a good souvenir and (3) a good sightseeing place.

  • Udon, soba, beer and sausages over there...

  • So I got a negi-miso senbei.

  • It's like a savory, puffed cracker.

  • It can be sweet or savory but mine is definitely a savory flavor.

  • This counts as my first Japanese Eats!

  • There's a heat to it! You can see the red pepper flakes.

  • Narita is famous for its hot pepper flakes and I can taste them really good.

  • We tried a few different versions

  • and came up with this new, improved design!

  • Yeah, I can see the different sizes!

  • These bulky designs got in the way in the kitchen!

  • But this way you can slide it inside to store it

  • and hang it in the kitchen, too.

  • Perfect Japanese technology!

  • We named this improved grater "JAWS"!

  • Can you see that? It says JAWS like the movie!

  • You can grate apples, potatoes, lotus root,

  • originally this was used to grate daikon radish

  • but now you can grate cheese, too!

  • and you can make fresh bread crumbs, too.

  • Homemade panko breadcrumbs! That's great!

  • I got my first souvenir! This was originally a daikon grater.

  • Now it's gone through ten different layers of Japanese technology upgrades

  • But I'm gonna use it as a cheese grater instead and maybe make some homemade panko.

  • Number 2 on our checklist is to eat something especially Japanese.

  • So today I'm eating the speciality, UNAGI.

  • You can find Unagi shops all along the Omotesando

  • but I stopped in this place, called "Hishiya".

  • Ta-daa! Woo!

  • Look at the sauce on that! The caramel, shiny brown color!

  • This looks really good!

  • Ready for a big bite!

  • That's really soft!

  • I really like the sauce on that!

  • So I showed them my Kaiun Pass

  • and I got a free gift... an EaR CLEaNeR?! Hehe.

  • That's a little different!

  • But it's got the temple on it so it's got kind of a local flair.

  • These chopsticks-rests are so cute! There's a shiitake mushroom, tempura,

  • They even have okonomiyaki...SAUCE!!

  • Black sesame ice cream is one of my favorite flavors

  • but I've never had it with the ground, fresh sesame on top like this.

  • Ohmygod.... it almost tastes like peanut butter! But lighter and not as guilty.

  • So, lunch - CHECK! Souvenir - CHECK!

  • Hishiya, the place where we had lunch, is not just a restaurant

  • it's also a ryokan, and it's right next to the temple

  • so if you were to come here, and you wanted to stay as close to the temple as possible

  • you could do that, or just have lunch like we did.

  • So I made it to Narita-san, which is a famous temple.

  • It has a huge campus and there are so many things to see.

  • When you come to the top of the stairs you make it to the campus here

  • which has the huge bell back there, the pagoda, and the temple itself.

  • Basd on if you have a little bit of time or are trying to get back to the airport on layover

  • you can basically just hangout and do whatever you want.

  • But, let's head back to the airport!

  • If you've got a long layover or you're on your way to Tokyo,

  • this first stop at the airport will help you hit the ground running.

  • This is the Tokyo subway ticket, it's for 24 hours.

  • You can start at any day, any time.

  • When you put this ticket into the machine your 24 hours begins.

  • OK so I put this in the machine, not the manned ticket booth.

  • Yes, machine please.

  • So the Kaiun pass got a free gift and some discounts along the Omotesando street.

  • But this Skyliner ticket and subway pass is what's gonna get us to and around Tokyo.

  • Other train passes usually don't cover the subway lines so this is really helpful

  • to get you to Skytree and other spots around town.

  • The skyliner is the new fastest way to get to Tokyo,

  • with plenty of space and outlets to get you recharged and on your way.

  • Next up, I've got two more places to show you around town.

  • So until then, I'll see you next time. Bye!

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