Where Tokyo Locals Actually Eat (All-Day Food Tour)
Discover traditional and authentic Japanese treats with Sakuraco!
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Spend an entire day with us exploring our very own neighborhood, Nogata (野方) in Nakano, Tokyo! From cozy cafes and historic butcher shops to mouthwatering tempura, local shopping, craft beer, and a legendary 90-year-old diner, Nogata shows you the charm of authentic Tokyo local life away from the tourist crowds.
This neighborhood also has tons of amazing street food. Check out the video to find out what you’ll find here .
📍 Places Featured in This Video:
1. Coffee Chrome (Breakfast & Morning Coffee) A warm and cozy neighborhood cafe serving delicious specialty coffee, matcha lattes, croque madame, and avocado toast.
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=Coffee+Chrome+Nogata+Nakano+Tokyo
2. Nakajimaya Meat Shop / 中島屋精肉店 (Snacks) A beloved family-owned butcher shop operating for nearly 100 years. Famous for their freshly fried beef croquettes (korokke), menchi katsu, and juicy karaage!
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=中島屋精肉店+野方+中野区
3. Tempura Tenwaka / 天若 (Lunch) One of the best tempura spots in Tokyo! Enjoy freshly fried seasonal tempura courses and deeply flavorful, perfectly seasoned tendon (tempura rice bowl).
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=天若+野方+中野区
4. Rocca-Rocca (Flower Shop) Our go-to neighborhood florist run by a wonderful local friend. The perfect stop for seasonal bouquets and friendly local chat.
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=Rocca-Rocca+野方+中野区
5. Kintoki Senbei / 金時煎餅 (Traditional Rice Crackers) Established in 1933, this historic shop handcrafts traditional Japanese senbei (rice crackers) in-house. Great for snacks and authentic souvenirs!
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=金時煎餅+野方+中野区
6. Bredda Coffee (Afternoon Coffee & Sweets) A super chill, vinyl-record-spinning cafe open from early morning. Great selection of pour-over coffees, decaf, seasonal cheesecakes, and fried Oreos.
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=Bredda+Coffee+Nogata+Nakano+Tokyo
7. Neighbor (Craft Beer & Tasty Bites) A fantastic neighborhood craft beer diner serving Japanese craft brews on tap and unique fusion dishes like boiled mint-chive dumplings and seared tuna.
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=Neighbor+野方+中野区
8. Nogata Shokudo / 野方食堂 (Dinner) A local dining institution serving comforting Japanese homestyle teishoku (set meals) since 1936. Don’t miss their award-winning karaage and saba misoni!
📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=野方食堂+中野区
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Nogata!
00:43 – Breakfast at Coffee Chrome
05:01 – Nogata Shotengai & Warai Jizo
06:11 – Historic Butcher Shop: Nakajimaya
09:41 – Lunch at Tempura Tenwaka
16:38 – Flower Shopping at LocaL-Loca
19:03 – Traditional Rice Crackers at Kintei
21:08 – Coffee Break at Brea Coffee
24:08 – Craft Beer & Bites at Neighbor
27:28 – Classic Teishoku Dinner at Nogata Shokudo
32:02 – Wrapping up our day in Nogata
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31 Comments
Discover traditional and authentic Japanese treats with Sakuraco!
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This is wonderful! SO many amazing places to try out now. Thank you for sharing this!
That avocado toast had my mouth watering!
Your neighborhood seems very friendly and full of some great people and places to shop and eat. Love it! ❤
Well I finally found out what Shinichi's favorite food is (tendon)
Love your channel but the AI thumbnails are not good, please stop with them. They make food look utterly diseased.
Didn't go to nogata when I was there last year but I did go to koenji and it was my favorite area i visited
Please no AI thumbnails!!! or anywhere! Love you both!
I'll be visiting Tokyo next month and since it's my first time there, my itinerary is still kindda packed with places like shibuya, asakusa, ginza etc. BUT, I booked 4 nights in monzen nakacho and have about half a day to explore that neighborhood so I hope to discover local shops like the ones in this video. 🎉
Look. I love watching you two doing food tour and have been your fans since your first day created this channel, but please never EVER use AI food slop for your video's thumbnail. This means you would disrespect the chef who cook food for you with labor of love and will definitely shun people away for not being true to yourselves. So, please… Stay true to yourselves and your characters without resorting to automated generative-AI as a shortcut to success. Your hard work in creating videos without generative-AI is already good enough for us. From your dear fan.
i stayed near Nogata last time i was in Tokyo (this time i’m a bit far haha) but i didn’t know that there were so many shopping streets in that area! i’d love to go visit some places from this video if i go anywhere near Nogata this time around haha
Your neighbourhood looks lovely. I want to visit one day. That tempeh looked incredible. Everything looked delicious and the neighbourhood is definitely a place I would want to stay awhile. I can see why you both like it so much. 🙂
9.54 for a cup of beer is diabolical!
Love your videos, but PLEASE stop using AI thumbnails!!! It looks terrifying, and gives the impression that you don't care about the quality of your work! 😢
The videos in the rain are probably a pain for you guys to film but man I love them! Makes Japan just that much more beautiful and atomspheric ☔️🌧️
MashaAllah 🌸 This was truly enjoyable.
野方って中野も頑張ったら歩けるし魅力的なお店がたくさんあるんですね。お店の方が皆お人柄がよさそうでぜひ遊びに行きたいと思いました。
I can’t wait to visit all the neighbourhoods you recommended in my next Nov visit to Tokyo! Arigato!!❤
Guys, I have always loved your videos but I cannot express this enough. The AI thumbnails are disgusting. Like, seeing this thumbnail today literally made me sick to my stomach. Please stop. it's making me and other pals of mine want to unfollow 🙁
Yum 😋 You are so lucky to live in the neighborhood 😊
You are a lovely couple. This was one of your best videos. Keep them coming. Regards from England.
¥2,500 for breakfast? I never eat like this, are you nuts? Meat shop- good. ¥1,500 a pint? Are you nuts?
Hi Guys! Mahalo for another great video. We have fond memories of seeing you guys in Nogata. It is a nice area and we’d love to live in an area like that. There js a lot more for us to see there, especially the senbei shop, i was looking for place like that last time. We would like to visit the area this coming November. Hope to run into you guys!
@TabiEats, tysm for taking us around your neighborhood ❤❤❤, not bad area, NOGATA. Sooo acessible from flower shop, hair salon, to wherever. This reminds me here at the DELI in the grocery store, where I used to work (NY, 🇺🇸)but in Japan is better😅. Wish I lived there was one of my dreams countries,…ENJOY, the food and bakery are my faves, Shinichi and Satoshi San❤
Really loved this video of your neighborhood! Makes me miss Tokyo so much…
That looks like such a peaceful area. I love seeing so many family-run stores.
What a nice, interesting video, thank you two very much! Visting Japan next month for 3 weeks and will definitely try some new places around Tokio which I don't know yet! Love just wandering around and discovering things, so you're helping much with these spots you also like. Greets from Germany and looking forward to wonderful nice memories!
It looks like such a beautiful place to live, with delicious places to eat. So convenient. Love your videos; you both highlighted great places to eat and places to go.
I lived in Nogata for a couple months many years ago. I’m visiting Tokyo now and maybe I’ll go there this week!
You guys are so lucky to have all these people and shops around you❤❤
Beer cost more than in London 😆