Day in the Life of a Japanese Butcher Shop Owner

A Day in the Life of a Japanese Wagyu Butcher Shop Owner in Tokyo. This Japanese Butcher living in Tokyo Japan offers premium A5 Japanese wagyu beef, Japanese pork, Japanese chicken and various curated meats. This is an average day living in Tokyo as well as average day working in tokyo as a meat butcher. You'll get a glimpse into Japan work culture for this field. Teru, 44 years old, runs a local Japanese meat butcher shop in Tokyo, Yanagiya, which has been in his family for 73 years. It’s named after his family, Yanagi. Yanagiya only sells A5 Sendai Gyu Beef, which is famous for having a strict grading criteria for it’s meat, as only 30 % of the cows in Miyagi prefecture are good enough to be certified with premium A5 medal. All Japanese beef is considered wagyu beef, but not all Wagyu beef is A5 grade. A5 wagyu beef is the highest quality of meat you can get in Japan based on it’s beef grading system. Basically, you have Yield Grade and a Quality Grade, hence A AND 5. The Yield Grade, is the amount of meat you can get from the cow, and is graded either A, B or C, A being the highest mark. While the Quality grade, depends on 4 categories, marbling, color & brightness, firmness and texture, and finally color, luster and quality of fat. Each is graded from 1 being poor all the way to 5 excellent. In order to achieve an overall 5 grade, the meat must receive a 5 in every category. So Receiving all 5’s but 1 4 in a category, won’t cut and it’d result in an overall grade of 4. If you look closely at the Wagyu beef, you can see what the Japanese call Sashi, or in English the marbling or thin stips of fat in the beef. Without this excellent marbling, the meat wouldn’t be considered grade 5 quality. Watch more Japan Day in the Life Series (Playlist): https://bit.ly/2FXYTwz Help support the channel and get my Ja-pan Merch https://tokyozebra.com/merch Yanagiya IG: @seinikuyanagiya - Instagram: seinikuyanagiya FB: Facebook: seinikuyanagiya Map: https://goo.gl/maps/Kz2KGnhtWnaM1DJf8 See what I'm doing behind the scenes - Tokyo Zebra channel tokyozebra Join my Paolo from TOKYO community site to get Answers to Questions about Japan travels, etiquette, food, etc. and to connect and share information about Japan. https://paolofrom.tokyo/discord __ Channel Support __ Want to help SUPPORT my channel, buy me a BEER or Maiko and I DINNER? Thank you in advance! PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/paolofromtokyo Venmo: PaolofromTokyo (venmo.com/paolofromtokyo) Patreon: Patreon: paolofromtokyo Join YouTube Channel Memberships https://www.youtube.com/paolofromtoky... OR Check out the SHIRTS I wear in my videos https://tokyozebra.com/merch __ Business __ Want me to feature your business in my video? [email protected] Want to send me stuff? For ADDRESS https://goo.gl/QB1Fnq __ For more info about me __ I'm from TOKYO JAPAN, I've been living here for a long time. I'll be your Tokyo Travel Guide, taking you to the spots I love as well as showing you what to do all around Japan and maybe sometimes overseas. I'm also into Tech so you'll see a few videos about my drone and other cool toys I discover. In short, the channel is all about what I Love, Japan, Food, Travel, Tech and most likely coming FROM-TOKYO, my home. Website https://www.tokyozebra.com/about Instagram: Instagram: paolofromtokyo Facebook: Facebook: paolofromtokyo TikTok TikTok: paolo.fromtokyo __ Help me with Translations? __- https://amara.org/en/teams/paolo-from... __ My Film Gear __ Main Camera (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2GlSvyy (International) http://geni.us/pyBIG7S Main Wide Lens (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2o5B00B (International) https://geni.us/DDbpW Main Portrait/Night Lens (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2NzjcCd (International) http://geni.us/TahYv4x Powered Mic (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2B7HnUM (International) http://geni.us/ZaFl4a Mic (USA Link) https://amzn.to/30VtlPV (International) https://geni.us/lVurdzT Wireless Mic (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2NFngkI (International) http://geni.us/WPtio9w Portable TriPod (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2LKhM6e (International) http://geni.us/DfeI Gimbal (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2PYmjYA (International) https://geni.us/amgYR3 Drone (Original) (USA Link) https://amzn.to/2K6qrAW (International) http://geni.us/UFAFl3c Access to Music in video: http://share.epidemicsound.com/zsbS8