(Travel Situation Update) Japan Price Hike in February 2025, and New Nozomi Shinkansen Rule Ep.549

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Hey, guys, welcome back to Rion's TV.

Today we are in Akihabara Station.

Even it's a weekday, there are so many people in the town.

Let's go to the electric town street.

And, here we go.

We are at iconic gate of Akihabara with the Main

Street unfortunately it's a little bit

cloudy today there are so many sunny

days in February however this week there

are so many cloudy days and rainy days

so in this video I will give you guys a

travel s update I'm planning to walk

from akih througho to aaka I will share

the recent Japan travel news hope you

guys can see Japan's Trav sttion through

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walking speaking of today's temperature

it's 7° lowest is 0° window is 4 m per

second 28% humidity according to the

weather forecast this week will be the

coldest week in Japan so probably if we

don't see snow in Tokyo this week we

don't see snow in Tokyo this year in to

Hoku region snowing so heavily and so

many flights are cancelled however not

in Tokyo though oh look at that still

they are selling the

huro it's the

hubo which is the lucky B usually they

sell it in the 1 of January but seems

like still they have a stuff left it

only cost 3,000 Japanese but inside

20,000 Japanese

stuff well it's a good deal however you

just don't know what you get it's like

the gacha but the gacha you can choose a

category however that one the only thing

that you know is the something anime

stuff so if you are interesting find it

good luck speaking of the travel

situation in Japan because of the Luna

New Year there are so many Chinese

traveler from

China there is a big holiday in China so

that's why there are so many Chinese to

arest in Japan oh look at that now s got

the fer menu

items they get the luxury pork cutlet

with SAA pric is 1,700 Japanese Yen they

usually sell the katong with 500

Japanese y so that's a fancy stuff yep

seems like akal Fu SOA it gets

fancier well Fuji SOA is a good and

cheap chain restaurants however very

thinking about the place well they

should increase the price though because

this is a travel spot probably for

locals like me feels a little bit

expensive however probably for travelers

still feels cheaper H original price was

too good price so that's sh anyways

let's keep walking so now we arrive to

the main street of

akaba this street we SE Zone on Sunday

however not in the

weekday I'm sturbing let me get some

small

snack here we go maybe you wondering why

I say snack and you got a drink actually

this is a soup inside there is a rice as

well it's the Polish before I drink it I

need to shake it and

yep let's

compage

you it has a nice

grav sorry I was too

excited never mind so it is a nice crab

flavor soup and inside there are few

Rices so you feel like you are eating

the porridge

it is hot in the cold winter that's

perfect it's like the C po juice in

Japan there are the rice but it is very

soft so if you don't like the soft rice

not for you however if you like the very

soft parage recommended

price is 130 J G all right so let's keep

walking oh really they have a vending

machines but uh no trash canun so where

can i trash it says do not to rubbish

here but

uh yeah that's so unfortunate well I've

been saying that that's a problem in

Japan but as of 20125 February we still

don't have the trash Canam much and the

town unfortunately

it's okay I got the trouble body now so

let's keep

walking compared to January we've been

hearing so many Chinese

languages last time when we visit here

there were more English speaker over

here so the situation has changed

because of the Lunar New Year holiday

well Tokyo still better because Tokyo is

always crowded however Osaka and the

Kyoto it gets worse according to the

internet

info if you are visiting Osaka and Koto

around this season you got to be careful

oh there are vending machines do we have

trash can over

here maybe not maybe yes let me see so

far we don't have oh we got it

no really no

leering I can't understand it they are

selling the drink but uh no trash can

well I believe this place used to be the

trash can but uh not

anymore probably this one too this place

is Speedy trash can however not

anymore it's unfortunate but it's also

sh let's keep

walking last time when we were here they

had the new year sale but not anymore in

February

oh what's going on there something in

middle of the street I'm wondering if F

drop it maybe buy the Mario Kart by the

way yep the group tourist everywhere

around this Lunar New Year

season and now we are at gacha area but

seems like not that many people over

here

though oh my goodness look at this Kap

interesting ult man's back guys in steam

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room and that's a zodiac

Kapone seems like not that cute though

oh my goodness look at this G the cat in

the C so cute you can place it in the

refrigerator

and I miss my hometown oaka what else we

have we have more the box to read it do

we have something interesting over here

let me

see oh my goodness it's a

Shu it's popular gummy in Japan it's

super sour when I was a kid I used to

love it but recently I haven't seen for

a while let's go back to the main

street title station which is the game

center they must having a busy day

last time when I visit here in January

there are not that many M but there are

so many M trying to find a customer on

the

street now we at donkey Hotel of the

main

street oh look at that finally we found

one yes the trash

G so happy I found you

oops yep definitely we need more trash

can oh here there is a coin Locker 2

price is only 200 Japanese Yen and the

bigger one is only 300 Japanese Yen so

if you need a coin Locker probably this

back street one will be cheaper and

there's a classic Street Fighter game I

think this is a Street Fighter 2 turbo

price is 100 Japanese for time so NY oh

actually it's the dash one so new W

Street Fighter 2 tab all right so let's

go let's keep

walking we are almost at end of the

Treet of akih now we are heading

tooo Street that's the Pepper Lunch

seems like not that many people here so

why not today let's eat Pepper

Lunch so here here they have so many

different kinds of steak and also

hamburger steak as

well those are comes with rice however I

love the hamburger

steak let's get this one all right so

200 g 980 Japanese and the regular one

and also the large size at the same

price if you at the Mis soup it will be

a little bit

expensive that's okay today let me get

only the Hamburg

steak so here we go and

order we can pay with the credit card

over

here there we

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go so we can get water

here all right here we go looks pretty

good let's do it

all right sweet let's e so the hurg

steak it's well the Japanese unique food

actually there are beef they mix with

the bread powder so it makes softer and

a nice flavor the some hamburger steak

is more like you know the bread flavor

however this placees the hamburger steak

is more meat flavor so that's why I love

it it's really hot and I have a K up

which is a c tongue if I eat the hot

food I always burn my tongue so I got to

be careful so let me make it

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cooler all right so I think that's

enough

that with you you can stay mixed with

the bread powder it becomes much softer

and also healthier

speaking of this pepper ranch if you

order the steak sometimes the is harder

sometimes not you know if you are lucky

maybe you can find a me however if you

order this work stick you can always

have the S ni need so I

recommend whenever I come to Pepper

Ranch I usually order the rice and Mis

soup you can add it with 240 Japanese

which is pretty good and also the lunch

time sometimes they a good feel but

maybe not in

the speaking of the Hamburg steak in the

pepper ranch I used to love the Hamburg

steak however they had the food

incidence in

2023 actually they got the food poison

from Hamburg steak after that I didn't

eat their Hamburg steak at the pepper

ranch for a while but yeah I think it's

been a year and then after the incident

probably they made a better operation

system so I trust

them hopefully nothing happened

though well should be

okay well I think before the incidence

it was more like low meat inside the

Hamburg steak but now it's totally

cooked so maybe that's how they solve

the problem

speaking of the hamburger steak it's

really popular food in Japan and many

restaurants seres Hamburg steak however

some Hamburg steak restaurant serve the

Hamburg steak inside still e the low

meat because last year there were so

many Hamburg steak food poison news so

if you are visiting the some restaurant

during their trip eating Hamburg steak

make sure to find a Hamburg steak

restaurant was well done cooked yeah

that's one of the travel Ti from me as

long as it's well done it's pretty good

definitely I

recommend thinking about the storage

atmosphere probably I prefer the Big G

dony which is the other hamburger steak

restaurant however if just thinking

about the taste this pepper raches

hamburger s is also one with the best

thinking about the price and the quality

so definitely if you visit here I

recommend you to try this hurg

St and we can return the bre over here

good all right let's keep

walking so it was less than 1,000

Japanese loving it one problem is that

you know usually my cloth after eating

that it becomes the meat smell but you

if you go to the Yakiniku we'll have the

same problem well so maybe if you care

about the smell of the clothes probably

you can try it next time however if you

are just right before going back to the

hotel or you know you planning to wash

the clothes then you don't have to worry

that much and now I just clean up my

lenses this is a pen that I usually use

it's from Haka very useful for all right

so let's keep walking toward to

Amo I think it's still okay that usually

when you smell something if you are in

that room it's hard to realize that you

have that smell so it's okay never mind

so let's keep working it's the ikin

steaky the same company's different

restaurant speaking of the new rules of

shinkansen starting from March we have a

minor change in Noami shinkansen before

car number one to car number three it

was the non-reserved seat so that you

don't have to pay extra and those non

res seed usually there are not that many

people on the weekday however starting

from the March it will be from car

number one to two so one car changes to

the reserve seat area so probably in the

future no machine guns and non-reserved

seat area will be more crowded I always

use the no machine gense non Reserve

seed whenever I go back to Osaka because

usually there are fewer people and we

don't have to extra however huh the

situation might be changed I will give

you guys the update again it's starting

from the March

2025 so if you visiting Japan just keep

in your mind now we are in the Box tree

of akih habala okachi Mai station is

almost there from akih habala to AMO

Street it's about 10 minutes walking

distance so if you don't mind to walk

you can just walk from there to here we

arrive to okachi Machi station usually

they have some event over here how about

today seems like no event today

Pon is chilling around though that's the

another entrance of okachimachi station

and that's the entrance of AMO Street

AMO Street is one of the most popular

travel spot for people from China so

probably it will be super crowded let's

keep walking oh seems like they are

building something over here so let's

go yep still entrance but uh def tree

it's more crowded compared to the reg

time it is the week day but seems

like not that long line for the Takaki

spot now oh I think that's something

new there is a small game center or

maybe small Gap place here after pass

this street we are getting to the

crowded area the restaurant section well

actually it's not as bad as I thought I

thought it will be more crowded over

here maybe because still it's not the

dinner time

yet

huh yeah this tree could be crowded more

maybe if we visit here on the

weekend more

though well but still so many people

enjoying the food so and now we are

almost at the main

entrance y That's the entrance ofo

Street and that's the entrance of

Street well technically still AMO Street

continues we are almost at wo station

now now we at Rena

station yes

Panda oh there's a baby panda in Wen now

sha and L

day well I'm not sure already you can

meet or not to the baby panda but you

know after they start showing the baby P

must be there will be so many people at

the wo

Zoo many people crazy about p and you

have to wait for very long time so if

you want to watch the baby P you got be

ready for the line yeah it's like the

Disneyland probably they will make the

lot on the internet

though so now we arri to the entrance of

Reno station seems like they sto playing

this 3D stuff in front of the ven

station that's okay let's go check

inside the station let's keep

fing oh seems like they are making

something new over here

H maybe they are fixing the

roof they usually have this small local

food event in the Square but not today

maybe on the weekend or maybe because

they are fixing the roof I have no idea

but no event

today now we are heading to AA by the G

let's

go technically you can walk from wo to

Asaka if you walk it takes about 30

minutes but if you use the station only

three stations away only takes 5 minutes

so this time let's use the

train let's

go leaving from platform number

two oh seems like the train is arriving

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now never mind that's the other

side that's wait

oh wait another train arrived to the

other side but not our train yet here we

go finally train has arrived and it

seems like it's very crowded probably

all of them heading to

aaka or maybe they are taking off the

train at

wio all right let's keep walking

now we ar to as

station

stationed as always so let's keep

walking toward to

Temple yep it's the week day maybe

because of the Lunar New Year by the way

Lunar New Year in Japanese Q shorts Q

shuts from uo to Asaka it cost 178

Japanese

that's the mikosi

mikosi usually we use this for the mat

Festival it looks so

a we can just use exit number one for

the S Temple after you get out from the

exit you will get here it's almost the

entrance of s Temple Kamari

Mong things like people works for rich

they are having a busy day today too huh

now we arve to S

Temple actually it's not bad as I

thought all right so let's keep walking

to the nak

Street let's

go yep feels like weekend of

stre but again it is a week day though

the reason why whenever I make a channel

update visiting the same place and the

popular spot is that if I visit the

popular spot of Toyo probably many

people have visited here and they can

compare the last time when they visit

here and this time also if you are the

regular viewer of mine you can always

compare the last time when I filmed this

place and this time when I visit you can

always compare how crowded in each

Seasons so hope my video will help for

next Japan trip and if you're planning

to visit Japan in the future please

don't forget to subscribe to the channel

too recently I tried to make a video of

popular spot and the non-popular spot to

try to take a turn so hope you enjoy

both of

videos from here we can see the Tokyo

Sky Tree

beautifully now we arrive to the gate of

s sege Temple after pass here already

there's the main

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building well I can tell there are so

many people from

China because I can hear so many Chinese

languages the picture I saw

aoto and Osaka yep Asaka still

better well because it's a windy day the

lantern is

shaking let's go check the arcade too

and

back oh they usually have the masi food

store over here but not today

huh

interesting now we arrived to Nisha

T oh maybe because of the

time it's really

quiet I thought even this time too there

will be so many people here but uh

actually it's not

huh after the store is closed despite of

this atmosphere this Nish Sando area

will be quiet now it's time for

pigeons well if I were the traveler even

the store is

closing but I enjoy walking this

atmosphere though yeah compared to the

super crowded

place well I think you can feel Japan

more and we are almost at the back

street you see the bicycle

parking and Elder people that means yes

we at the L

spot yep I explained in the previous

video well if you want to see if you at

the local area or not you can always

check if there are the bicycle parking

on the street and if there are the older

people and the street yep here there is

Elder people and also the bicycle

parking on the street so yep it is a

local area we at the back street now ah

what is that they are making some

advertisement oh so actually they are

advertising of the asak

Yoko nice

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so actually asako is located here why

not let's go exploring the Asaka yokoo

by the way yokoo means Ali there's a

unic on the first floor and

asako seems like loc at in the fourth

floor let's go

sweet haven't we there yet so I'm

excited oh seems like that's a

restaurant area they have a Yakitori

skewers and also

monjayaki K and unagi that's

interesting let me see what else we have

there is a small picture spot here too

fooding

com so many wi Chimes but there's no

wind

so the wind Chim is not ringing though

and it's a

retro telephone seems like we can go

outside there are pretty much no

one it will be a perfect spot to take a

rest huh because we can see the Tokyo

Sky Tree beautifully and also aaka town

too yeah if you are tired of the crowd

in Asaka I think this will be the

perfect spot especially during the busy

time we can't find a place to eat easily

but here seems like not that popular

yet pretty nice it's the sushi

restaurant

and KATU

KATU it's the playground for the kids

huh and it seems like they have a little

M stuff speaking of the price monak Kei

it's

1,649 Japanese Yen and the steak

2,749 Japanese Yen compared to the other

places maybe a bit expensive but you

know thinking about wearing aaka I think

it's

shoganai very nice atmosphere ah maybe I

better try monaki here next time that's

a cute place to eat huh they have all

you can drink and eat price is

3,828 Japanese for men and the

3,388 Japanese for ladies they also

sells the chip sweets

too

nice how about here oh they have a

salmon and iura

bow and look at that interesting so

magur don't they are me tuna egg and the

Tunas that's interesting oh also they

have a s which is the 1,000 japanes and

drinking you can order the two drinks

and also they have a small dish of two

price is only 1,100 Japanese Yen it's

only on the weekday noon time though

that sounds good unfortunately it

already passed 5:00 p.m. so maybe we can

try it next

time I'm not sure about the Cy because I

haven't tried there but seems like

that's a nice spot probably I will visit

aaka in the future too

probably so yeah we can try it next time

now we are walking toward to the

Riverside look at the sky it's already

5:00 p.m. but still Sun hasn't set yet

in January when it become 5:00 p.m.

already outside gets very dark because

the sunset time was 4:30 however it

becomes February now so sunset time

today it's 5:12 it will be longer and

longer I'm a daytime traveler however

I'm not really a morning person so yes

sunset time gets late and late

definitely that's a good news for

me yeah I know if you wake up earlier

then it wouldn't be that problem but

again I'm not really a morning person

so L it so after pass this street we are

going back to the main

street it's very few people in this

arcade all right here we go we came back

to the main street oh interesting look

at that we have a EO here

it's the Asaka version of IO

H wow I think they increased the

price I'm not sure oh wait wait the

regular noodle is 950 Japanese so yeah

because I see this 1,390 Japanese I

thought that's expensive for iuo but

maybe because of the stuff that they

have on the raming I don't know well the

best part of Japanese chain restaurant

was that even if you go to the very

popular spot or very busy street they

always have the same price well they

always had the same price but recently

you know starting from the con

restaurants and many other restaurant

too now they have a different price even

it's the same chain restaurants so

that's something we got to change

because of that rule whenever I visit

the very popular touristic spot I always

try to find the chain restaurant if I

want to save money however now since

they are changing the price yeah now

it's more harder to pick the restaurant

well maybe if you are the traveler you

have no idea but for

locals yeah we got the new problem but

it's okay you know I think that's

natural thing because if you visit the

big city usually the rents are more

expensive so the price supposed to be

different too anyways that's something

new in Japan it started from several

years ago however it was only for

several chain restaurants but probably

after 2025 it will be more and more

chain restaurant we all change the price

depends on the places yeah now we are

almost at AAA

Tempo here we go but we are just passing

by we are going to the Riverside

now so that's the exit we came out from

the station and now we see the Asahi

headquarter with golden

something the sky already it's getting

darker oh wait before going to the

rivers side let's go to this aaka

underground

District this Asaka underground Street

for me I don't know it's kind of scary

maybe because it's

old

yep interesting atmosphere right can you

believe it's a

sua we still have this kind of retro

price here it's the DVD store

and the hair salon the cut is only 800

Japanese Yen that's pretty good

price and

here they are liing the water from

somewhere it was not raining

though it's an interesting street

but not that many Travelers

here if you want to have a little

Adventure next to Asaka

maybe you can visit here

too oh there's a literal arcade game too

that's nice all right so let's go to the

Riverside I like this area because it's

like this spot in the movie just going

to the downstairs and you are going to

the totally different world compared to

the place where you were

let's keep all right now we

arrived to the reaper

side I always love the scenery over

here

fantastic well right now it's 6° it gets

a little bit cold out here however

compared to the regular winter I think

this year it was wmer anyways hope you

could see the town's atmosphere and you

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too well this week I was thinking to

visit Nico yes finally because it's

snowing over there must be beautiful but

unfortunately seems like it was raining

this week so probably next week if the

weather gets better or maybe we can just

visit some different area such as

Hokkaido or tow region but yeah this

week due to the heavy snow many flights

are cancelled well I believe they're

having the sap yukim 3 which is the snow

Festival but uh many people having a

problem going there well I was did there

2 years ago though if you haven't please

don't forget to check my this video

anyways so hope everyone enjoys the

video wait it's so windy now anyways

hope everyone enjoys the video so see

you soon in the next video

see have a great day byebye

oh it's going to be a good day when I

see you coming down the road