What would you do on your FIRST day in JAPAN?

*How we found Japan's best coffee on our first day in Japan?*
Narita to Yudanaka, Eel, Shinshu and Japan's best coffee - Family Road Trip Across Japan, Episode 1

Join us, Shane, Michelle, Georgia and Brandon, as we undertake an epic road trip around Japan. Almost 4000 km across the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. An epic journey chasing cherry blossoms, dango, wagyu, gachapon and volcanoes. From freezing Nagano snow to sweltering under the Kyushu sun and everything in between.

This will be our fourth trip to Japan. Every time we scratch the surface it seems more opens up and the less we know. Japan is the most amazing place in the world.
It took us 4 trips to Japan to figure out that Narita was more than just the airport. It has one of the best coffee shops anywhere in Houei, it has temples and shrines, and Narita has the best eel, unagi, restaurant we've ever been to.

Houei Coffee & Store, pronounced Ho ee, was the very first coffee shop we went to on this trip and will be the very last 4 weeks later. Probably had something to do with it being in Narita, right near the airport.

Nearly every town in Japan has a specialty dish. In Narita it is eel - called unagi in Japanese. One of the best places to get unagi in Narita is Kawatoyo Honten and it is where we went for lunch for some superb eel. The eels are butchered right outside the restaurant so they are very fresh.

We had a quick look at the large temple, Naritasan Shinshoji before jumping in our rental car and driving half way across Honshu to Yudanaka-Shibu Onsen in Yamanouchi. Yamanouchi is in Nagano Prefecture.

We checked into Yudanaka Yasuragi, our Ryokan, a Japanese Guesthouse, where we had a fabulous multi-course Kaiseki meal which included the star of the show, Shinshu beef.

Shane, Michelle, Georgia and Brandon

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0:00​ - Intro - We are in Japan! Houei for coffee in Narita
0:40​ - Me introducing us and map of our epic road trip
1:13​ - Nixon Family Road Trip Japan
1:31​ - Houei Coffee Roasters, Narita
1:55 - Cairns
2:08​ - Cold in Japan, Sakura, Georgia
2:58​ - Our first day in Japan
3:16​ - Japanese Toilet and me on Millionaire Hot Seat
3:47​ - Narita View Wedding Chapel and picking up the car
4:18 - Naritasan Shinshoji and parking
5:26 - Warning, graphic content - filleting of eels
6:04 - Kawatoyo for eel lunch
8:57 - Omotesando Street and Naritasan Shinshoji
10:54 - Yudanaka for dinner - Yudunak Yasuragi
13:50 - Outro - What's coming up next time

Our other Japanese videos:
Narita, Japan https://youtu.be/dWX2HWB9T08
Snow Monkey, Yudanaka-Shibu Onsen https://youtu.be/wFeta_awcWM
Japan's best sushi train, Kanazawa https://youtu.be/6tdL7NwtS3U
Kanazawa's castle and gardens https://youtu.be/oCjisTNeuHg
21st Century Museum of Modern Art, Kanazawa https://youtu.be/xDHXT3RB3k4
Fushimi Inari, Kyoto https://youtu.be/beGVLgLP9nM
Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto https://youtu.be/7K-XiQMZuI4
Arashiyama https://youtu.be/vtr9H526lJY
Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto to Shikoku https://youtu.be/GUQiwukhkIg
Naoshima https://youtu.be/9GTYl2YS72Q
Takamatsu https://youtu.be/I6Ck7FLpJyc
Iya Valley, Shikoku https://youtu.be/MzAl_42XLlM
Matsuyama https://youtu.be/o2owgayOF7s
Takachiho https://youtu.be/YvhGohNdsZc
Mount Aso, Kyushu https://youtu.be/0wIFj3nV8_g
Kurokawa Onsen https://youtu.be/0W0aMDcwmxQ
Nagasaki https://youtu.be/c3rxK1MbRdM
Kobe https://youtu.be/inosnbfUOfM
Tokyo

Instagram: @shaneonthego
Web: http://shaneonthego.net
Related blog posts (by me):
Melbourne to Narita - https://bit.ly/3qUWyHh
Narita to Yudanaka - https://bit.ly/3vw5A1b

In Narita and Yudanaka we stayed at:
Narita - Narita View Hotel
Yudanaka - Yudanaka Yasuragi

Coffee
Narita - Houei Coffee Roasters http://houeicoffee.com/

Eat
Narita - Kawatoyo Honten

Japan Road Trip Videos
Episode 2 - Yudanaka and the Snow Monkeys
https://youtu.be/wFeta_awcWM

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The gear I use:
The camera:
Panasonic Lumix GH5
The Lens:
Panasonic LUMIX G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8
The gorilla pod:
Joby GorillaPod 5K Kit Tripod
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I get my music from Artlist:https://artlist.io/Shane-242084
Music in this video:
East Asia by Generation Lost
Coffee by Phury
Kids by Stefano Mastronardi
Killing Time by Stanley Gurvich
Spruce and Pine by Slpstrm
This Family by James Gardin
Empty Promises by Ethan Rank
Ellens Gesang III in F Major (Gounod) by Michele Nobler
Seis Continentes by Tomas Novoa

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#Yudanaka

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