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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Nice!
Yeah.
Nice, nice.
Uh, perfect timing there.
Yeah, thank you.
I would like to talk about my daily routines.
Daily routines.
When I go to, not my daily, when I go to Minatomi-rai.
Please.
So, I told you that last time.
I ended my explanation with me arriving at Sakuragi-cho.
I would first go to Yokohama, then walk to Minatomi-rai station, right?
And then I would peak into the Starbucks, which I used to work for, but I never talked to them.
And then what I would do next is...
Yeah, I kind of say things that might, you know,
an impression that I don't interested in your story.
I'm thinking that nobody are interested in your Minatomi-rai routine.
But actually, I guess there are so many people who are interested in your Minatomi-rai routines
and where to go and your recommendations.
Right, right, right, right.
Yeah, so.
Yeah.
If you take it as like my recommendation of places to go, I mean, that would be a really good recommendation.
Yeah.
Actually, you were living and working in that town.
Yeah, that's true.
So, like, I'm like the local guy.
Yeah.
Right.
So that can be quite a good, you know, guide.
That's true.
That's true.
So when you get off at Minatomi-rai, you peek into Starbucks.
And then what I would do is I would...
Can you name the place of the Starbucks?
Starbucks, Sakuragicho Ekimai-ten.
Oh, okay.
I mean, there's only one Starbucks.
Okay.
Oh, just, you know, just the front of the station.
Yeah, exactly.
That one.
Yeah, that one.
Okay.
That one.
And then what I would do is I would walk the streets.
So this is in a mall.
Yeah.
And the mall has a...
...Jugyo-in iriguchi.
Okay.
I would go in front of the Jugyo-in iriguchi.
I mean, okay.
To, like, remember all the memories that I've accumulated at that spot.
Okay.
Okay.
And then I would walk through the...
See, I don't have the Jugyo-in card, so I can't go in, right?
Of course.
So I would go take a different route.
And then, so from the store to the Jugyo-in entrance, it's a little bit far.
And you have to take...
You have to go actually go in the mall to get to the store.
It's not all Jugyo-in tsuro.
You have to go in the mall.
So I would take the same route that I would go if I were to shukkin.
I would remember the times that I was like, "Oh, ima kara, roku-jikan shukkin,
hachi-jikan shukkin kai, iya da na."
Remember all that stuff, right?
Hitaru.
Yeah.
Okay.
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I would take the road, but never go into the store because then I'll have to talk to them, right?
That's never going to happen.
I can talk to them and buy some coffee.
No, never.
Never.
It's never going to happen.
After that, I would either take the stairs.
You know the "Arukuhodo"?
Ah, okay.
Yeah, that goes directly into Landmark Tower.
I would go there or I would take the ground floor and go walk right next to the ship.
You know the huge ship that's being displayed that no one knows what that is?
Nihonmaru.
Oh, okay.
You knew that?
Yeah.
Is that famous?
I guess.
The name.
Wow.
But I don't know what the ship is for.
Okay.
I guess it's, you know, the name on it.
Oh, right.
It does have a name on it.
Yeah.
But I feel like 90% of the people does not know what that is and why there's a ship there.
But I guess, you know, Yokohama is, you know.
Yeah.
Pity, right?
Yeah.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
Yeah, I guess that's Uraga.
Oh, is that Uraga?
I don't know Japanese history.
You know, wasn't Yokohama like the port for the world and all that shit?
Like that's like the international fuckers would like
they would come into Yokohama and do like fuck around and stuff.
Yeah.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
International port city.
Exactly.
So I would either walk right next to the ship and then I would go to Queen Square.
Queen Square Starbucks.
That's where I used to work as well.
Oh, Starbucks again.
Yeah, Starbucks again.
That's my first temple.
Okay.
So you get into the Starbucks.
I would never get into the Starbucks because I would just look behind the windows.
I would go in front of a window and I would watch the employees do their own thing.
Stranger.
Oh, that's him right there.
I know him.
I don't know any of those guys.
Oh, him right there.
Oh, he's still working.
That's so stranger.
Yeah, I'm such a stranger, but they're too busy noticing me.
They've never noticed me.
But I did fail once.
I did fail once.
I accidentally ran into the employee that were during break.
And that was so awkward.
Why?
Of course I didn't pretend to be awkward.
I was like, oh my God.
Hey, I was like, oh my God, I can't believe I ran into you here.
It's such a nice.
Oh, Queensland's such a.
But all I was thinking was I want to get the fuck out of here.
Oh, that's sad.
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That's sad.
I know.
Thank God that person doesn't speak English, doesn't know the context.
Right.
If that guy would have listened to this one, he'd probably be devastated.
Oh my God.
That's what he was thinking.
Yeah.
But okay.
Guys study English.
I would then see anywhere you go.
You know, it's such a great place.
What a guide.
My next option.
My next option would be to go to.
What do you mean next option?
Next option.
Right now you are.
Now you're in.
Let's say that now you're in Starbucks or Starbucks.
Okay.
So if you're in Landmark, if you're in Landmark, I would.
So there are several stores in Landmark Mall, but they all suck.
All of the stores in there.
It's terrible.
Like, really?
What kind of store is like, who would go here?
Is most of the stores that are in Landmark.
Yeah, it's terrible.
I didn't know that.
But it's fun to walk around.
Like, you never buy anything, but it's fun to walk around.
Okay.
Just see around.
Yeah.
Like the only like practical stores there are is like H&M or maybe I forgot.
It's either H&M or Zara I forgot.
But like either that or Gap or McDonald's.
Those are the only practical stores.
Or Godiva.
That's like the.
Really?
Or Seijyoshi.
Those are like the practical stores.
Other than that, it's like you just walk around in it.
You just walk and then not buy anything.
That's the majority of the store.
Yeah.
I'm not going to take any criticism from this.
It's your opinion.
That's our opinion.
I mean, I love Inadomirab.
So I would either I would go upstairs and look at some of the shit stores, or I would
go downstairs and look at some of the shit stores.
But I wouldn't go too far up.
If you go really high, there's like a bookstore or something like that.
What are you going to do at a bookstore?
I mean, you have your own bookstore at your own town.
Like, what are you going to do going to Minato Mirai?
What are you going to look?
Yeah.
I visited twice.
Okay.
All right.
Good for you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
But you're not going to find anything interesting.
So you're just going to walk down on.
And you're going to pass through Shake Shack.
Yeah.
If you go deeper down into Shake Shack, you're going to go into Queen Square.
So that's where I have my store that I used to work for.
Okay.
Right.
Okay.
In Queen Square, there's a sports shop.
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Oh.
Okay.
Sports.
I forgot what it was.
But there's some sort of a sports shop.
I would...
There's a bench in front of the sports shop.
I would sit there because that's where I used to sit during my break at Starbucks.
It's right in front of the bathroom.
Okay.
Yeah.
I would sit there, chill a little bit.
And then after that, I would either go to Markiz.
There's a shopping mall called Markiz right next to Queen Square.
They've got a lot of practical stores.
A lot.
They got Uniqlo.
They got shoe shops.
They got all the North Face, all the popular brands.
If you want to really shop, go to Markiz.
Don't go to Landmark Tower or Queen Square.
No, no, no.
Go to Markiz.
They got all the practical ones.
Okay.
All right.
After that, I would go to Rinko Park.
That's good.
Okay.
That's by the shore.
Oh, yeah.
Or...
Oh, there's a really good spot in Queen Square.
Queen Square, okay.
I think if you go up above Queen Square, there's a shop called, I think, LL Beans or something.
LB Beans.
LL Beans or something like that.
What kind of store is that?
It's an American apparel shop.
Okay.
LL Beans.
Yeah, something like that.
LL Beans or something like that.
And the view from...
There's a terrace, right?
It's so beautiful, especially at night.
You get to see the Yu Enchi that's in Minato Mirai.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is that inside of the LL Beans?
It's outside the LL Beans.
So see, it's like a half terrace kind of place, right?
There's not many people there because you can only see the terrace only leads to LL Beans and no one goes there.
So you're not going to find many people there.
Oh, great.
Right.
So that's a place I recommend.
Okay.
Right.
In Queens.
In Queen Square.
Okay, great.
Yeah.
Right.
And then after that...
Yeah, it's a hidden place.
It's a great place to chill.
There's also a bench there so you can maybe buy some takeout and eat there.
It's really good.
Nice.
Yeah.
Go to Rinko Park or across the street to get to World Porters.
World Porters, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then if you get to World Porters, I would go to Hammerhead.
That's fairly a new chill spot.
Hammerhead, Yokohama.
Where is that?
Hammerhead, right here.
This is Hammerhead.
Oh, is that...
It's further down from World Porters.
It's right...
It's behind it.
Oh, what?
No, never heard of it?
Oh, okay.
It's a new place.
They're all expensive.
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The shops there are ridiculously high priced.
So you're not going to want to eat there.
But it's beautiful.
Ah.
This is like a...
Oh.
I maybe know the place.
You know the place?
Hammerhead, yeah.
They've got some chill place.
Like a really good looking, good vibes restaurant.
Or maybe not though.
I went there.
This one.
Okay, so this is, I think...
Not the Hammer.
This is not Hammerhead.
This is a place called something in Wok.
Okay.
It's like a street.
Marine and Wok.
Yeah, it's a street.
It's an open street kind of mall.
Yeah, is it a pizza store in there?
Pieholic, no?
Oh, yeah.
Maybe that one.
Pie or pizza store.
Yeah, I went to Pieholic as well.
I went there before.
Not bad.
Not bad.
Yeah.
But there's a lot of apparel shops.
I didn't know the Hammerhead Shark.
Yeah.
Hammerhead.
Hammerhead.
Hammerhead.
Yeah.
So after I go to Marine Wok, I would probably go to Akarenga.
Yeah.
After that, I would go to Zonohana Park.
Okay.
What do you do in Akarenga?
Akarenga, you just walk around because usually there's events that's going on,
right, in Akarenga.
Beer festival.
Exactly.
So if there's an event, it's fun.
If not, it's boring.
So.
Okay.
So after that, I'd go to Zonohana Park.
And after that,
I would
I would take a walk at the
see, there's a street that's really Oshare.
Oshare.
Oshare.
Yeah, I call it Oshare now.
It's funny.
Yeah.
That's
which street was it?
I think it was called the.
So you wrote
O-S-A-R-E
in your head.
You can pronounce that Oshare.
Read in English way.
It's Oshare.
I now say Oshare.
It just slipped out.
Yeah.
There's a street.
Which street was it?
So
Minato-tori.
Minato-odori.
That's recommended.
That's Oshare.
Another one.
Kannai-odori.
That's Oshare as well.
They got some Oshare shops.
And another recommend
Honmachi-dori.
That's also good.
Okay.
Yeah.
I would walk around those streets.
Minato-dori, I may know that.
Oh, you know that?
Yeah.
Long trees.
Yeah.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yokohama Bay Stadium over there.
Yes, exactly.
That's really close.
Yeah.
Yes.
Oshare.
That's Oshare.
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And then after that,
I would either go to Isasaki-choja-machi.
Oh, okay.
Very, very sketchy.
Very like dirty.
Okay.
Yeah, very like...
I guess I've never been there.
Oh, never been there?
Yeah.
It's more, it's more
Jutaku.
Ah, okay.
Is that close to Minato-mirai or?
Oh, it's a bit far from those.
It's a bit far.
But walkable.
Okay.
Walkable though.
There's a Shoten-gai in Isasaki-choja-machi.
Fun to walk around.
Oh, right.
Yeah.
After that, maybe I'd go to Nogai.
Nogai?
Nogai.
It's right behind, right the other side of the Minato-mirai.
Yeah.
Right the other side of Sakuragi-cho.
It's a nomia guy.
If you've never been to Nogai, you've got to go to Nogai.
Yeah.
There's a lot of like aesthetic nomias there.
Yeah.
It's cheap.
Yeah.
It's crowded.
It's dirty.
It's loud.
Loud.
It's drunk.
Not much manners.
Yeah.
Dirty.
Dirty.
Rats.
Lots of rats.
Yeah.
But delicious.
But delicious.
A lot of Jojo.
Fun.
Fun.
Very.
You guys have a good time.
If you're there with your old buddies, you're going to have a good time.
Yeah.
Don't go there for dates.
Go there with your friends.
Yeah.
You can.
Oh, it's true.
It's true.
All right.
But not like that.
You can't go for it.
You're not going to find any like.
Yeah. Those fancy.
Yeah. Not fancy.
French, Italian.
Yeah.
So if your partner is like really like, you know.
Yeah.
Casual.
Yeah. If your partner is casual and like is okay with like getting their hands dirty.
I mean, Nogi is a good place for you.
But if your girlfriend is like, you know, like, oh, like,
only like I only go to Hilton's Hotel.
Like Ritz-Carlton is my place.
Well, then you're not going to find it.
You're not going to find any good place.
I had those girls.
Okay.
Okay.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yeah. I know what I'm talking about.
Yeah. Of course.
So that's a good place for, you know, see if she's.
That's good.
If she's down to earth.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
It's a good place.
You can determine if she's going to eat up your money or not.
Yeah.
All right.
So then I'd go back to Sakuragi-cho or maybe walk to Yokohama again.
Again.
Yeah.
What a walk.
Yeah, I know.
I'm such a walker.
All right.
I've never returned back to Yokohama.
Really?
Yeah. I mean, if you're not tired, you can walk.
Yeah.
Wow.
If you are tired, just get on it.
It's like a good idea.
I think go back.
Right.
It's a full day.
So it's fun.
It's really fun.
There's so many other places you should go to.
But that's the.
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Yeah.
Some places that I missed are like.
What do you call this?
Oogong.
Oogong-cho?
Yeah.
I never knew how to read it.
But like the riverside of it, there's some really interesting places there.
Oh, really?
What do you mean interesting?
Like artsy place.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
It's so like artful.
It's interesting.
I've also missed places like the.
Baywalk.
Baywalk.
Yokohama Baywalk.
Baywalk.
What's that? Baywalk.
Baycota.
That's more on the Yokohama side.
It's still very beautiful at night.
Which one is that?
Baycota.
You don't know Baycota?
Which one is that?
Baycota in Yokohama, man.
Yokohama Baycota.
Man, you seriously never heard of Baycota, man?
I've heard the name, but I'm not sure which one is the Baycota.
Oh, so where is that?
This one.
Man.
Where is that?
Here, let me give you a street view.
Oh, yeah. Thank you.
Here, right here.
This is right there.
All right, it's not working.
That's
Sakuragicho Station.
Okay.
So right here, this is, I mean, it's too up close.
Maybe you won't be able to really know what it is.
But this is the Baycota.
No?
Don't recognize?
It's connected to the Yokohama Station.
It is connected to Yokohama Station.
Yes.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
That's also beautiful at night.
What I also missed was the.
There's a lot of Yaki spots.
That's really nice.
So these specific spots, we're going to have to cover that on the next episode.
Right. That was the general, like, path.
What I would do if I would go to Minato-Mirai.
So you do everything on your foot.
Yeah.
Okay.
I do.
That's what you do.
That's what I do.
Okay.
Yeah.
Right.
It's fine, guys.
Yeah.
Yeah.
20 minutes.
Yeah.
We've been doing it for 20 minutes.
That's quite long.
I'm sorry, guys.
I'm sorry that was quite long.
Yeah, I'm sure.
But that was an interesting one.
Yeah.
If you know Minato-Mirai, I mean, it's interesting, right?
Yeah.
So.
Great.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Yep.