Japanese Food Tour and Hidden Eats in Asakusa, Tokyo Japan - vlog #038

Today we'll be exploring Asakusa again, but this time we'll be mostly eating at more hidden spots and at places outside of the Sensoji Temple/Nakamise Shopping Street area. There are tons of street food in Asakusa and if you take the time and explore the area you'll quickly find out that there are even more options to choose from and things to do here!

The first spot that we'll be heading too is Real Italian Gelato, yes that's what it's really called! This place has some fantastic and unique flavors and definitely is a must try! The gelato and sorbet here are really flavorful and if I had the chance I would of tried all of their flavors in a heartbeat!

If you didn't know Asakusa has one of the oldest temples in Japan and has many traditional snacks and eats especially at Nakamise Shopping Street. In a previous video I ate at many of the street vendors, but there were still many more that I didn't get to try. The first one that I'll be visiting is called Kibi Dango Azuma, which sells amazake and kibi dango. Amazake is a sweetened fermented rice drink and was perfect for this cold chilly day. Note amazake may contain low amounts of alcohol. Kibi Dango is similar to mochi and is a sweetened chewy rice flour ball that is covered with soybean flour. Both of them pair nicely together.

Also located at Nakamise Shopping Street is Ichibanya Senbei which sells roasted rice crackers. I would recommend you not trying the no. 2 on their menu which was too salty for my taste. The rice cracker itself was good, however the soy sauce blend was so overpowering that I wasn't able to enjoy it.

Near this area is a place called Kaede which specializes in dango, which is similar to mochi. I've had dangos in the U.S. from a few japanese supermarkets, however I never really enjoyed it until I had it here in Japan! The little balls were so bouncy, slightly chewy, and also had a slightly sweet flavor. Both the Mitarashi Dango and Hanami dango were very good here!

To the left of Sensoji Temple, there is a hidden alleyway that lead toward Kagetsudo which is a bakery that specializes in melon bread and they also have a awesome variety of soft serve and shaved ice. These giant melon breads were simply amazing and also very affordable. I ended up getting the melon bread filled with matcha soft serve and it was delicious! The line may look long here, but it goes by really fast and the staff was really nice.

Towards the end of my video there happened to be a food fair that had many local products and food from Fukushima Prefecture and Adachi District. This was a special event and is not regularly held here in Asakusa. Pretty much anything I ate at this food fair was simply amazing, they really brought their local specialties and made me want to visit Fukushima in the future. You can serach "Asakusa Events" and a event calendar should pop up.

The last place that I visited is called Suzukien which is located behind the Sensoji Temple. Suzukien is a must go for any tea & ice cream lovers! They are famous for their 7 levels of matcha ice cream and it is FANTASTIC. The gelato was creamy, fragrant, and flavorful. This was the best matcha ice cream that I have ever had and I definitely recommend you visiting here!
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» Real Italian Gelato 伊太利亜のじぇらぁとや - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13038982/

» Sensoji Temple 浅草寺 - Asakusa - http://www.senso-ji.jp/

» Nakamise Shopping Street 仲見世商店街
- Asakusa - http://www.asakusa-nakamise.jp

» Kibi Dango Azuma 浅草きびだんご　あづま - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13057224/dtlphotolst/3/?smp=s

» Ichibanya Senbei 壱番屋 - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13098801/

» Kaede 楓 - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13009811/dtlphotolst/4/

» Kagetsudo 浅草 花月堂 - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13183985/

» Suzukien Asakusa - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13153620/

» Kagetsudo 浅草 花月堂 - Asakusa - https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13183985/

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