{"id":14573,"date":"2017-05-23T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T11:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/?p=14573"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:49:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T12:49:05","slug":"insider-guide-to-japan-izakaya-japanese-gastropub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/23\/insider-guide-to-japan-izakaya-japanese-gastropub\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Insider Guide videos: The Izakaya (Japanese gastropub)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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Don&#8217;t know anyone in Japan? All is not lost.<\/p>\n<h2>Insider Guide videos<\/h2>\n<p>Brett Plotz, one of our Insiders in Tokyo, has put together a series of Insider Guide videos to help you on your way \u2013 kicking off with an Insider&#8217;s Guide to&#8230; The <em>Izakaya<\/em> (Japan&#8217;s answer to the gastropub).<\/p>\n<p>Put down that guidebook, sit back and take it all in&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKTZdR95AOg?list=PLbiNmfWg9MhTVYEzkLuKQBOFZAqmj3G4t\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Fancy catching up with Brett in Japan? Join him on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/japan-small-group-tours\/i-cj\/classic-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classic Japan<\/a> small group tour to bask\u00a0in a hot spring bath at the foot of Mount Fuji, drink sake with an apprentice geisha in Kyoto and, of course, tuck into a meal or two at an <em>Izakaya<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-half-width wp-image-14582\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-720x480.jpg\" alt=\"Plate of food at an Izakaya, Japan\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-564x376.jpg 564w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0349-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Like this post? 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