This is how to experience the real Tokyo (English and Japanese subtitles)

Welcome home to the great city of Tokyo and beyond with #nagomivisit What is it like to eat and cook at local homes in Tokyo and all across Japan? Traveling to Japan soon? Join a Nagomi Visit to get off the beaten path and see the real Japan with us! Participate with family and friends or go solo. Experience both urban and rural Japan. Trying new foods is just the beginning. *Japanese and English subtitles available. Meet some of our Nagomi Visit hosts. This video embodies the Nagomi experience. More about Nagomi Visit: http://www.nagomivisit.com/how Map showing Nagomi Visit host areas: http://goo.gl/PZqNZQ Cooking Visit: http://www.nagomivisit.com/cooking-visit Nagomi Visit on BBC World News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01xg8y4 ============================================================== Transcript Introduction: Tokyo. These are the sites you often see of Tokyo. However, there is one thing you just can't miss if you want to see the real Tokyo. Meeting the people. Come visit us when you come to Japan. We want to welcome you to our homes. Meet our family and friends and share our lives with you. Experience Tokyo like a local. See you in Tokyo. Host interviews: If I was traveling somewhere I would definitely want to learn how the locals live. Your travel destination will become more than just a location but a memory where you had a nice time with a friend. Because of this i want those visiting Tokyo to enjoy Tokyo as I do as a local. I do love traveling. I felt it would be interesting to talk about traveling with visitors coming to my home from all around the world. It is easy to have a great time especially when you are having a conversation over food. I truly hope visitors will enjoy my home cooking. It’s always interesting to see when guests are surprised that our restroom and bathroom are separate, or that we have storage space under our floors. It’s a great opportunity for us to learn about other cultures of course but also to learn more about ourselves too through conversation. We’ve had past guests visit us again when they came back to Japan, and we’ve also met others in their home country when we went to visit. We always hope to become friends with you. Everyone in our family wants our guests to see the inside of Japan not shown in guidebooks. We want to talk about lands and culture, guests and us, each other. It is very fun and we think time is running so fast. We live 50 mins by train from Tokyo Station. Our home is an old farm house, you can see various aspects of a traditional Japanese home like a Buddhist and Shinto altar, and tatami floors. If you love rice, we would love you to taste our home grown rice, our mother’s homemade tempura, and our next door neighbor’s famous Japanese-style potato salad. Not just our family but even our neighbors all hope you enjoy your time in Japan. You’ll get to see our apartment’s automated parking garage, tatami mat floors, where we keep our futons and such. The experience may be small but very rich and full of various aspects of the real Japan. We hope to keep in touch with all our guests. Remember you are always welcome in Tokyo! ==============================================================