as I was editing I realize that some of the audio on this got a little bit

messed up some of it you can only hear out of one side there's a weird crackle

in other parts off anyways I just wanted to take a second to say I'm sorry the

rest of it turned out really good so I hope you enjoy it and let's get back to

it today I'm introducing you to what just might be Tokyo's best restaurant

and I'm not just going off of TripAdvisor reviews mind you this place

is the number one restaurant in the title area of Tokyo and if I'm not

mistaken at the time of this video is that like top 10 in Tokyo what makes

this restaurant so special is not just the fact that it has amazing food and it

does but the fact that this food comes along with a live traditional Sugata

shamisen and Mineo performance for anybody out there who doesn't know what

Tsugaru samisen is I will link a video right there where the owner of this

restaurant actually helped me para you know what I can barely hold my tongue

I'm getting really hungry so let's put all this aside let's head to the

this is it right here this restaurant is called keiko and it is about the best

restaurant that you can go to in Tokyo I've said it like a hundred times let's

just head it now the owner has been nice enough to let us in early to check this

place out so so let's do that now aside from being an amazing place to eat with

really good food and you know we'll get all that in a minute this place is

absolutely gorgeous all right so let me give you guys like a five second tour

before people start coming in and I can't do it let's start with the dining

area this is the main dining area here in addition to which there is a bar

section right over here you can get your drink on and if all

that isn't enough for you and you want something a little more detached a

little more private there's a room back here as well and in addition to all of

that there's still a separate more private room in case you want to have

events and you know private dining and parties and all that you can come right

in here sit at this nice quiet little table enjoy a meal and the performance

sing for you like right here and for those of you who aren't the biggest fan

of sitting on the floor it's totally okay early a non-issue regular viewers

will know that obviously I love this place because of the shamisen the food

is also amazing but there's one more really really incredible thing about

this place that I just love so much and it is this gentleman right here this

is the restaurants proprietor hold I greet is one of the most interesting and

fun people ever meet in every single person who comes in this restaurant in

fact all those people who comment on TripAdvisor

are like not only is the restaurant great but the proprietor is so nice and

he beats English did you introduce yourself how are you my name is today if

goodie or I can only do the speak English how long have you owned this

restaurant our home this was 30 years yeah but you know he that attire yep

yeah all the wood 100 yeah a hundred years old I knew it was old but I didn't

realize that the wood in this building is a hundred years old that is amazing

the building itself was moved piece by piece

50 years ago would originally comes from an old Japanese water mill see they're

the pigs for the water mill in this area right here this is the stage but hold

tight we'll get to that one of the really interesting backstories to this

place is that there's this really famous manga series in Japan called my darling

is a foreigner it started out with one book and then it took off I'll link

something below so you can check it but the authors of that book actually came

out to this restaurant during a day trip in a Saxa and featured cold ice on and

the restaurant right in the book check this out let me let me show you this

there we go right there so these are the authors the author and her husband and

then on the next page right here they show cool ice up on top of being

TripAdvisor famous book famous and just an all-around amazing guy cool I son is

also a world-renowned top class shamisen player one of the best and most

it that you'll ever get to hear after I introduced the whole restaurant and

everything like that what I'm gonna do is I'm going to give you guys an

opportunity just to watch a full performance from the restaurant I'm just

gonna leave it right at the end there so you guys can enjoy that because oh boy

is it good even before the performance starts the

atmosphere of this place is just so peaceful and beautiful you really feel

like you've come to Japan it's really it is really a true like dining experience

am i smiling too much I feel like I'm smiling too much I love this place

I'm like torn between getting shots of it and just digging in

super quick ten-second rundown of the food there are two main options a single

lunchbox for 2500 yen which has no tempura or the double lunchbox

which I have right here for 3500 yen and it comes with a delicious plate of

tempura it's tiny and if you are interested in the shamisen side of

things you can definitely check out that what is a shamisen video that I linked

before if you want a little more detail I also did QA that was all about time he

said that I will dig right there for you so go nuts that was a good meal and

there's not really much else to say it's an amazing restaurant and fantastic

people thank you very much alright guys that is pretty much it about Kiko but

what's your favourite restaurant whether it be in Japan or wherever you are leave

it in the comments below don't forget to give that like button some love it means

a lot to me and as promised we're gonna finish this up with a full run of Sugata

de Jong got a boo she like cold ice on yourself