Name: Shibamata: A Glimpse of Old Tokyo
Uploaded: 2025-06-18T10:49:26.000Z
Duration: 12 min 48 s
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Hi, I'm Bob, your host for this episode, and today I'm here in Tokyo's Shibamata.

Shibamata Teishakuten Monzen Sando Shopping Street, that is a tongue twister, is a shopping street that is derived, and it's born, out of Shibamata Teishakuten Temple's approach.

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In Japan, and perhaps abroad, this area is famous, and it's well known because of the very popular Japanese movie series, Otoko wa Tsurai Yo, which means, It's Tough Being a Guy.

And, well, it was filmed from 1969 to 1995, and there are landmarks and many references to it here.

But even if you're not familiar with that film, you can still be pleased and excited by the atmosphere here.

It has this kind of unique retention to the times of the past, to the Edo period, and the Meiji period.

So, come join me as I take a look around Shibamata Teishakuten Monzen Sando Shopping Street.

Golden poop is, in Japanese, Kin no Unko.

Kin means money, and gold sounds the same in Japanese, and un, luck and poop, good luck and poop also sounds the same, so Kin no Unko, Shoten, Shoten, Kin Un, Kin Un means good luck from here, France.

Alright, so basically, if you buy the golden poop, you can get some good luck.

She's going to be the new host of the show.

Okay, so we've entered the main part of the area, and yeah, it's like a time slip.

It has such a great atmosphere feeling to it.

It feels old, it feels authentic, because it is.

And I can't wait to explore it all with you.

I've been running this shop since I started my career.

I got permission from the government in the 17th year of the Meiji era, and that's when I started my business.

The streets of Taisho, Meiji, and Showa are still the same.

So this is what the old-fashioned Japanese shrine was like.

In Europe, it's the same as the old city.

There's a scene where Mr. Atsumi comes out from here in your first film.

He goes up to his room and opens the door.

Especially when there's a famous actress in my room, I get emotional.

So you've been watching it for a long time.

When I say, welcome back, the actor comes and says, how are you?

It's a relationship where you can talk about that.

It's a small town, so everyone is friendly.

The inside manages to stay kind of tender and soft and juicy, even.

A lot of times you get tempura and it's just dried out.

Just maybe this is what it tasted like hundreds of years ago.

There's just so many to choose from, so I asked, what does he recommend?

He said this one's a little bit softer, a little bit easier to eat.

A lot of times the tempeh is pretty hard.

It's got a little bit of seaweed in it, of course.