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.

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[artygunnar]

Butchers I've seen in America: gigantic pot belly, apron completely drenched in blood
Butchers in Japan: Johnny Depp

[gumelargungun]

Butcher in japan : looking stylish and fashionable
Meanwhile butcher in my country looks like a serial killer with bloodstain everywhere

[patriciaschmitt]

This is the most meticulous butcher shop I have ever seen. Here in North America there are standards too but in Japan, I've noticed throught your vlogs that the cleanliness & sanitation requirements out-do us in every way. There is so much respect there for employers and employees; more appreciative in every way. Teru is an amazing butcher and runs a fantastic business there.

[stanpister]

This guy is an absolute boss. Wakes up. Has a dog. Sleeps on couch. Wakes up again to wife making sandwich and fresh espresso. Drives a toyota truck in Japan. Is a butcher. absolute legend

[ryanbowers]

He wakes up and then goes back to sleep a few minutes later. This one is so relatable.

[RRReviewsX]

This dude is ballin. Sick apartment, sick truck, sick family, looks like 30. Meat doing well for him.

[raymondrangel]

Paolo I’m a truck driver and every little free time i get i watch your video’s you are amazing your voice brings peace and calmness. And you are so respectful and always with a smile please don’t stop making videos because you give people hope and happiness.

[torrenddw]

One of my favorites of the series. The butcher seems like a nice guy who really cares for his staff and customers.

[giovannigonzalez]

This guys life is literally perfect. Runs his family’s generational business. Nice house. Happy family, and is a 44 year old that looks 28.

[undawootah]

This is probably the cleanest butcher shop I've ever seen in my entire life. In my country, it looks like a murder scene

[Groet]

I don't know how many times I've watched this video, it has such a chill vibe.

[spring_]

This was honestly such a pleasure to watch. It just leaves me with a happy feeling because we get to learn more about his profession and he just seems like a great guy :) thank u for making these videos Paolo, they always make my day

[thickac]

Are we going to ignore the fact Teru is above 40. He looks great.

[knper]

The kid telling him which meat they need is more confident than me.

[eugenelee]

Teru looks like the type of person who is the most chill, down to earth person you can ever meet.

[shireysuperslash]

Hes the most chic and stylish butcher I have ever seen. He looks like he own a fashion store in Shinjuku

[wafaeletje]

my first impression of him: he looks like an artist

[VinCent-vkwc]

This is probably the most cleanest, almost bloodless, and coolest meatshop I've ever seen.
A meatshop with a vibe of Starbucks level 👌

[MuhammadAhmed-zrbd]

15:02 how his dog got so happy to see him 🥺❤️

[tamamatu]

I like how they respect his wife and kids privacy.