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People always ask me, Tokyo or Osaka? Tokyo is great, but Osaka, the vibe hits different.
Explore Osaka's unique vibe, local hidden gems, and authentic food culture through Wagyu steak, local bars, and creative community spaces.
Key Takeaways
- Osaka offers a distinct, welcoming vibe different from Tokyo, attracting both locals and travelers.
- Local cuisine, especially Wagyu beef and fusion dishes like the taco, showcases high-quality, unique flavors.
- Community spaces like Monkey Cinema and Harakiri Rock and Roll provide cultural immersion beyond typical tourism.
- The city fosters connections between people, making visitors feel integrated rather than just tourists.
- Sustainability and creativity are key themes in Osaka’s local culture and business projects.
What the video covers
- Comparison of Tokyo and Osaka focusing on Osaka's unique local vibe and culture.
- Experience of eating Wagyu beef steak and special taco at Monkey Cinema restaurant with detailed cooking and smoking methods.
- Introduction to a local stay above the restaurant offering a cozy, authentic Osaka experience.
- Visit to a mini cinema where visitors can watch movies while enjoying food and drinks.
- Interactions with locals and tourists highlighting Osaka’s welcoming and friendly atmosphere.
- Exploration of local bars like Super Job with strong drinks and lively social scenes.
- Discovery of Harakiri Rock and Roll, a 60-year-old house turned into a cultural spot with Jamaican food and vintage shopping.
- Focus on community-driven creative projects blending fashion, culture, and sustainability.
- Emphasis on Osaka’s inclusive and warm social environment that makes visitors feel more than tourists.
- Overall portrayal of Osaka as a city rich in culture, food, and genuine human connections.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction: Tokyo vs Osaka Vibe
- 00:43Wagyu Beef Steak and Cooking Process
- 03:07Smoking Techniques and Flavor Details
- 07:07Tasting and Food Experience at Monkey Cinema
- 07:37Local Stay Above the Restaurant
- 08:32Mini Cinema and Movie Culture
- 10:00Meeting Locals and Social Scene
- 19:00Harakiri Rock and Roll: Culture and Vintage Shopping
- 21:00Creative Community Projects and Sustainability
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Speaker A
You'll see the [ __ ] [laughter]. So, he's a chef. What's your name?
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Like a Wolf Kata? Yes. Wolf Kata? Yeah. Wolf. He's going to cook my steak and also taco.
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Yeah, bro. Thank you. Yeah. You're welcome. So, how much per gram of this? It's like kind of 300. 300.
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Yeah, actually we have three sizes like small, medium, large. Uh, start from 150, 200, and 300 and some more.
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We have a big one too, like a three-pound steak. And we got a big one. And some people, they eat like 500 just for a person, you know, but this meat, you know, it's not too fatty. So we can if we hungry, we
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can eat, you know. I really smell. Yeah, bro. Okay, here you go. Whoa. All right.
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This is like a belly, crunchy and tasty. I like you saying y [laughter] good. Okay. So, now I'm finished the first step. Okay.
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This is only first step. Yeah. First step, bro. Sorry. Like that. Look at this. Beautiful. Looks super crispy. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. This one for smoke. Smoking. Yeah.
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Oh, so you got to smoke, I think. With like a wood chip, but this chip is like kind of from like a whiskey barrel, you know, the barrel, right?
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They like kind of reuse. Oh, reuse. Yeah. And they're making a smoking chip like you know. So the smell good. I put it like that.
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The volcano log. Oh, from Mount Fuji. Oh, really? Yes. Just put here. Smoke it.
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Yeah, man. Smoke. Smoke it. Yeah. Smoke it. Smoke it. Okay. So, um, I think it's okay now.
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Yeah. But like inside is still there. Mhm. Shouldn't be too, too cooked here. Mhm.
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Okay. So, I show you hats and wow. Yep. So good. See? Wow. Freaking pink.
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Yeah. You can see this like color is kind of dark, right? Because our oil is this like fat, you know, the fat from this scalp.
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Oh, really? Leaves. Yeah. So when we clean up the whole like fat to take it off from meat and then we put the whole fat like show this we have so many like a kind of fat pad. So we just when we
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like fry this it like fat is came out. Oh and then we keep continue that way.
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That's very interesting. The taste is super good. Oh, you know, here you go. Oh, thank you.
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Here you go. Okay, this is the one. All right. Okay, so enjoy. Thank you.
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I got a Wagyu beef steak and the 300 grams and also the special taco from this Monkey Cinema restaurant. And of course, I got a beer. But first, I come by. Come by.
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You guys know like I'm a tour guide and I've eaten, I've eaten a lot of the Wagyu [music], but this is my first time to see like this super lean, like a meaty.
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Wow. Looks so juicy. Huh? You know, like this is really, really like thick, but it's easy to like chew and it's super tender and I mean like I would say soft and also this is super meaty and red. I thought this
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[music] would be too much for me. But yeah, 300 gram of this one 'cause like he explained this one is not that super fatty or something. That's why you can eat and mess and redness.
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[music] You don't need a knife actually. You can just in a bite and wild.
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Really wild. You know, I know you guys traveling to Japan [music] maybe one week and two weeks and you've been eating a lot of Japanese food. Sometimes you kind of miss your back home cuisine.
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Especially you like meat and steak. This is it. Next one. Taco. Taco. And he told me you should squeeze the lime first.
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Guys, I'm not, you know, overreacting this. Well, but the thing is I would never resent here in Japan. Maybe you guys have to come here and just try by yourself and maybe you'll see like some kind of differences but this one is more
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like a mix of like the western and also Japanese like you know materials [music] those kind of stuff really good stuff what makes this place Monkey restaurant makes really crazy not only for meat and the taco. But here's the
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one more thing. This shelf. It's just a shelf but you'll see. Let's go. Before we get there, [music] let me show you something real quick. Right above this restaurant, there's actually [music] a place you can stay. It's simple, cozy, and right in
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the middle of Osaka. You eat downstairs, hang out with the people, then just head upstairs and crash. If you want to stay somewhere that feels local and connected to the culture, this is a solid choice.
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It's actually door. It's really dark in here, but let's go. Yo, look at this. This is mini cinema.
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So you can actually see the movie with beer and after eating even before eating you can watch movie here. You can just chill and relax like this. After eating the Katasan he's a movie director. He made some movies. So I'm going to watch
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that movie. Stay tuned. [music] Why boo? Imagine movie ends here but you can see movie stars in real life. Let's go.
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Welcome Super J. You know what? When I come Osaka, I always drink in here. Super job dank son. And actually, he invited me to the Monkey's name restaurant and stuff.
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And I'm going to drink. Brother. Hey. Hey. Here. Because of you, man. Thank you. Thank you, bro. Thank you, bro. [laughter] All the way from Australia. You want to be in the video?
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Sure, man. Where you from? I'm from Australia. Australia. Yeah. We saw your video, man. We did heaps of research and we said, "No," [laughter] "we're just going with this guy. He likes to drink, so we'll follow his step." So,
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thank you, bro. Thank you, bro. Excited to see you. [laughter] See, you can meet a lot of people and people watching my video and coming here.
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Yeah. Nice to meet you. It's a really good place. Yeah. [screaming] Oh yeah. Come by.
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By yesterday. Uh, my name is Kieran. Kan, you live in Hill? I live in Osaka. That's right.
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You live in Osaka. So, where are you from? I'm from Toronto, Canada. Baby, let's go Blue Jays.
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Bro, I'm a Dodgers fan. [laughter] That's actually I met him here and this is my second time to meet him. But you know vibe really good.
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He's a very good customer. So like if you see him just cheers with him.
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Speaking of speaking by So I got the send again. So you can have two drinks and then choose stories or two drinks and it could test you. Or if you're full, you don't have to eat. You can just get the three drink for this
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one is from like 6 to 8. So you got to rush. Yeah. I never had any racism like everybody's good people. I know.
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So here if you want to cheer with the shakan and dangitan you also do. So you're going to see what's going to happen.
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Okay. Everybody come by together. See this is amazing. This is how you enjoy local.
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[laughter] [laughter] [laughter] What easier uh recommend recommended drink. Oh yes, this is my recommendation.
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Let's go on a three-day vendor. Not yet. Not yet. [laughter] Later. It's really flavorful and it's not a sweet sweet, but you can still like taste a short burly.
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You know, it's really smooth and easy to drink. But I'm sure this is really strong.
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Oh, where's money? [laughter] It's not waste of money. Yeah. Let's see what I get.
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You know what? [laughter] Places like this let you taste the movie word they created and actually meet the people in it. But it's not just about the film. It's good food, good drinks, and fun people. Only good people, only
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good vibes. This is Super Job. I'm And it doesn't stop here. Just near Chroma Market, there's another place like this at 60 years old house built with recycled materials and used as a real movie location. [music] Different
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genres, different cultures, all mixed in one place. This place Harakiri rock and roll is a place to slow down. You can come here to talk, [music] chill, and not rush anywhere. Music lovers and the people who care about feeling over
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trends somehow all end up here. Suddenly, you're in [music] Jamaica. Authentic Jamaican food, real liquor, and real stories. It feels like a little Jamaica hidden in Osaka. A true hidden gem corner shop. At this place, closes get a second life. Moners and vintage
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pieces are carefully reworked and given new meaning. Older stories, new everyday wear made to live with someone again.
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PCC. This place mixe
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shopping. Vintage [music] originals remitted pieces and a carefully selected brands. All [music] tourism with a respect for fashion story. It's about finding one piece that really clicks with you. Everything you've seen so far comes from the same group. A creative
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collective that refuses to stay in one lane and it takes fun ideas seriously enough to make them real. This is you clan [ __ ] [laughter] Yeah. So here we are.
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Okay. Where are we though? Nobody here, right? [laughter] Oh, actually here is like under the railway.
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Oh yeah. Yeah. So I show you something. Yep. So this is like our project.
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Okay. It's like I told you here is like under the railway and so now we have something like kind of collaborate with this railway company.
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Oh, that's very cool. actually like here has like a little like the empty spot.
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So we have project to ask them like you know to do something if the concept is like like a republic we making on on our republic but this is kind of like experiment right experiment. So we see how it goes what we can do. Oh,
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and then we invite a lot of artists to do something together and then so yeah, check it out.
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Oh, cool. [laughter] Behind this wall. Uhhuh. This is that like a first step. Yeah, first step.
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The first chamber. Yeah. But so many things to do. This is This is crazy, right?
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It's [ __ ] crazy. [laughter] This area is called Naningoa. Nanoya Republic. Nigo Republic.
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Yes. So is mean like uh like what the [ __ ] [laughter] [screaming] They started by breaking down walls. And what they are building ISN'T JUST A PLACE. [screaming] IT'S A republic of the mind.
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People here are welcoming. They talk to you. They pull you in. And when you step into places like this and meet people like that, you are not just a tourist anymore. That's why Osaka is different.
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Thank you for watching. And if you ever come to Osaka, [music] don't just see the city. for me to people.
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Smile, [ __ ] [laughter]
Topics:OsakaJapan travelWagyu beeflocal culturehidden gemsMonkey CinemaJapanese foodcommunity spacesOsaka nightlifevintage shopping
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