This is Teru 44 years old in a suburb of Tokyo and he's just waking up for work

彼の名は TERU

He's not a morning person and as much as he wants to get the day started like his Japanese counterparts

東京郊外に住む44歳

he often finds himself back asleep on the couch with his cute dog, you make

今日は仕事だから今起きてきたところだ

Oh, his wife is up. He also has two boys, but just like their dad. They enjoy their sleep, too

TERUは朝が苦手だから

His wife is making a koroke sandwich for breakfast, which is fairly uncommon for japanese, but it sure looks scrumptious

ソファで二度寝しちまうことがよくある

Do you often need a karaoke sandwich for breakfast?

その時は可愛いワンコ YUMEと一緒だ

So it only takes him a few minutes in the bathroom to get ready in the morning and that sink shower surely helps

あ、嫁さんが起きてきたぞ

Teddy drives about 10 to 15 minutes every day to get to work since public transportation in tokyo is so ubiquitous and reasonable

TERUには息子が2人いんだけど

Driving a car to work is quite rare. In fact only five percent of the people who live in Tokyo own a car

とーちゃんと一緒で、今朝はゆっくり寝てるみてぇだ

So it's quite a nice luxury to own one

今朝の朝食はコロッケサンド

His shop is located in Jutakugai

日本の朝食としては珍しいかな

Which means an area where people live once you step outside of the center city area

でもめっちゃうまそうだぞ

You can find chill areas like this with a friendly vibe

TERU、コロッケサンドは朝よく食うのか？

So i'm back with another day in the life teru should be coming just around the corner. He drove to work today

洗面所で数分で準備ができる

Let's see what time he went to sleep last night

さくっと頭洗うだけだから楽チンだ

Good morning. So what time did you sleep last night? And what are you going to do now?

通勤は車で１０−１５分

Teru runs a local butcher shop

東京の公共交通機関は すげー発達してるし安いから

Which has been in his family for 73 years. It's named after his family

車通勤をするのは結構珍しい方なんだ

Yanagi and ya is a japanese word that is commonly used at the end of store names

事実、東京都民で車を持ってるのは たったの５％なんだぞ

So he's a third generation butcher as his grandfather passed this shop down to his father and his father passed it down to him

だから車を持つことはラグジュアリーなんだ

The first thing he does is to prepare the showcase. He turns on the refrigerator and cleans the shelves

彼のお店は「住宅街」ってところにあるんだ

So, how long does it take you to clean in the morning

「住宅街」は人が住むエリアって意味

Now he has to take out the garbage from the previous day

東京都心部から少し離れると

In Tokyo businesses are required to pay for their trash in this case with coupon stickers in his ward 120 liter bag

ここみてぇなフレドリーな雰囲気の地域があるんだ

This size costs about 1.50 cents each time

1日密着シリーズが帰ってきたぞ！

Now it's time to prepare the meat

TERUがそろそろあの角から来るはず

First he brings up the meat from the refrigerator room and stores it back in the showcase

車で来るはずなんだ 昨日何時に起きたか聞いてみようぜ

while also taking a mental inventory the showcase has about 60 different kinds of meat which requires a lot of

昨日何時に寝たんだ？

Preparation so from here on out it's his responsibility to continually fill the empty spaces in the showcase

今から何すんだ？

So, what's your favorite meat

TERUは精肉店「柳屋」の店主

Although he started officially working with his dad when he was 18

1947年創業３代続く精肉店なんだ

He actually got his first start when he was still in elementary school at his uncle's butcher shop

店名には苗字の「柳」を使ってる

Closer to home than his dad's shop

「屋」は日本のお店の名前の 最後によくついてるんだ

He would stand on a crate behind the showcase and greet customers as well as wash dishes in the back

TERUは柳家の三代目

He also learned a great deal on how to cut meat from his uncle a skill. He would continue to hone later down the road

店はTERUのじーちゃんからとーちゃんに引き継がれて

Okay, so what's the difference between that last meet and this one

とーちゃんからTERUに引き継がれたってわけ

Right here

まず最初にするのはショーケースの準備

In Japan thinly sliced meat is commonly used in everyday home cooking more often than thick steak meat

冷蔵庫の電源を入れて、棚を掃除するぞ

It's part of a butcher's job to know how to slice the meats in various thicknesses so we can be served in japanese dishes

朝の掃除はどのくらい時間かかるんだ？

Such as Shabu-Shabu

次は前日のゴミを出すぞ

Shogayaki and Yakiniku

東京では事業者はゴミ出しが有料なんだ

So, how is your meat different than say the neighborhood supermarkets?

処理券を貼って出さなきゃなんねぇ

Which is famous for having a strict grading criteria for its meat as only thirty percent of the cows in Miyagi

ここの区では、この２０リットルの袋のサイズで 約$1.50なんだって

Prefecture are good enough to be certified with that premium A5 medal and all Japanese beef is considered Wagyu

毎回だぞ！

but not all Wagyu is considered A5 and the specific sendai farm that produces Teru's A5 wagyu feeds its cows with an original blend of

よっしゃ、ようやく肉の準備の開始だ

Three kinds of wheat in addition to steamed rice just as we humans eat

まずは冷蔵庫にある肉をショーケースに移す作業

One of his morning tasks is to prepare shipments from an online supermarket in Japan called cook pad mart

同時にどの肉が補充が必要か記憶する

It sells higher-end groceries from farms and local shops like teresa

ショーケースには約６０種類の肉があるから

Now Teru goes out and makes personal meat deliveries to local businesses such as restaurants and even child daycare facilities

準備はなかなか大変だぞー

In fact this cafe uses tattoos meat to make their in-house signature curry, where are you going now?

1日を通して、ショーケースの空いたスペースを 埋めていくのはTERUの仕事だ

Being the local butcher he works closely with the community and naturally develops many worthwhile relationships with its members

一番好きな肉はなんだ？

That's the final stop a vietnamese restaurant

肉屋として働いて何年くれーなんだ？

The butcher shop is now open for business

１８歳から正式にとーちゃんの元で 肉屋として働き始めたわけだけど

So the stores finally opened and when tedu was making deliveries his two staff already arrived

叔父さんの肉屋が家から近かったこともあって 小学生の頃から手伝いをしてたんだ

Even though the store is already open. They still have a lot of prep to do

踏み台に立って接客したり 洗い物をしたり

Let's go check out what else they have to do to correct the story

子供の頃に伯父さんから 肉の切り方とかたくさん学ぶことができたんだって

What's that

今もそこで学んだことを活かせてんだ

So Yanagiya doesn't only sell meat but also fried dishes like Kuroke cheese

さっきの肉とこの肉の違いはなんだ？

And Hamkatsu damn I'm getting hungry

日本では薄切り肉が家庭料理でよく使われるんだ

Generally Japanese housewives pick them up when they don't have time to cook or want to add one more dish to the table

分厚いステーキ肉よりな

Oh and looks like the shop uses a water fryer

様々な厚さで肉をスライスするのも 肉屋の仕事だ

Which keeps the oil fresh by separating the frying waste and preventing the oil from oxidizing

日本料理で使いやすいように

While one staff prepares the fried goods, the other staff takes care of the customers and of course Teru continues to cut meat

例えば、しゃぶしゃぶや生姜焼き、焼肉とか！

so in a Japanese butcher shop

その辺のスーパーの肉とここの肉の違いってなんだ？

You'll notice there's a lot more raw meat products when compared to sausages hams marinated meats and skewers as this is what customers prefer

柳屋の牛肉は全てA5の仙台牛だ

Oh, that's a cook pad mart shipping service he was preparing for earlier this morning

仙台牛は、厳しい基準が 設けられてることで知られていて

Teru what's that for?

宮城県で出荷される食肉のおよそ３割しか 「仙台牛」の称号を得られねぇんだ

As a butcher and owner it's part of his job to find and develop partnerships in order to create new products to attract customers

それから、日本の牛肉は和牛だけど

Wow, that looks delicious

和牛が全部A5な訳じゃねぇぞ

So he was looking into making an original bacon for his shop and through his meat producer

TERUが買い付けしてる仙台牛の生産者は

He was introduced to this sausage shop and although his family already has established fenders

麦を中心としたオリジナル配合の餌で ３種類の麦や炊いた米も与えてるんだって

He says it's still his responsibility to develop evolve and adapt his business

人間かよ！

So you've probably already noticed that all of us are wearing masks I actually wanted to ask Teru how it's affected his business

オンラインスーパー「CookPadマート」の 出荷を準備するのも朝の業務だ

Let's go ask him now

TERUの店みたいなローカルショップから質の高い 食材を買うことができるアプリなんだ

Teru, so how is the business doing this pandemic?

次は近所のメシ屋や保育園へ 自ら配達に出向くぞ

How about now?

因みにこのカフェとはコラボしてて TERUの店の肉を使ったカレーを作ってもらってんだ

For everyone's safety, he limits the number of customers up to three at a time in order to maintain social distancing

次はどこにいくんだ

Ask customers to wear masks and they clean the store throughout the day

ローカルな精肉屋として、

So it's just after one. It's quiet down a little bit. Let's go ask them some questions. So why did you decide to work here?

地元コミュニティのメンバーと 価値のある良い関係を築いてるんだ

And how about you?

これが最後のストップ ベトナム料理屋

Nice I feel like everyone loves him in this area

開店だ！

Time for deliveries and look at the size of that pig

店がやっと開店したぞ

Incredible never thought I'd see a guy carrying a pig on his shoulder on the streets of Tokyo

TERUが配達をしている間に スタッフが２名出勤したみてぇだな

Oh and there's a poultry and the beef delivery, too

店は開いてるけど まだ準備することがあるみてぇだぞ

Where are you going now?

他に何をする必要があるのか、聞いてみようぜ

Finally lunch time. He usually takes a short lunch at a nearby cafe or simply goes for takeout today

そりゃなんだ！？

He's quickly eating at one of the shops. He delivered to earlier

柳屋は、肉だけじゃなくて揚げ物も売ってんだ

What's that?

コロッケやチーズとんかつ、ハムカツとか！

So before it gets busy around 4 pm when all the housewives come to shop for dinner

オラ、腹減ってきたぞ

He usually ships the bones from the pork meat

日本の主婦は、時間がねぇ時や 食卓に一品足したい時にこういう惣菜を買うんだ

What part is that?

あ、店で使ってるのはウォーターフライヤーだな

Apparently, refrigerating the meat with the bone in and no vacuum pack helps evaporate moisture which then condenses the meat and creates a deeper

これを使うとオイルを新鮮に保てるんだ

Umami flavor at his shop

揚げカスが油層から落下することで 油の酸化を防ぐんだ

The pork is stored bone in but the beef is too big to store that way

揚げ物を一人がする間、もう一人が接客をする

So the vendor delivers the beef with bone stripped Umami rich and vacuum sealed

そして、TERUは肉を切り続ける

These little details make a huge difference in taste. So Teru works diligently to provide his customers with the best meat possible

見ての通り、日本の精肉店は 欧米と比べると生肉の割合がかなり多いんだ

Oh, that's curry from the cafe, it smells amazing

ソーセージやハム、味付き肉に串肉よりもな

As part of his job. He also trains the staff how to prepare and package products for sale as well as how to cut the meat

生肉のが需要が高いからだ

So it's three in the afternoon and he's still cutting me like I thought that maybe by the afternoon and towards the end of the day

あ、CookPadマートのピックアップだ

All of the stuff he cut he can just use but he's still cutting me. It's amazing

朝準備してたやつを渡すんだな

So as mentioned earlier the shop only serves A5 meat, which is the highest quality of meat you can get in

TERU,それはなんだ？

Japan, based on their own grating system factory in qualities, like yield firmness texture and marbling nothing beats A5 Wagyu beef

客を引きつける新商品の開発のために パートナーシップを組むのも肉屋の店主の役目だ

So as I'm looking around I'm actually pretty curious as what's the most expensive meat in the shop. Let's go ask Teru

こりゃうまそうだ

It seems like the store is getting busy

元々、TERUは店で販売するオリジナルのベーコンを 作りたいと思ってたんだ

And it's pretty clear that Teru loves everything about being a butcher including communicating with his customers

肉の問屋からこのソーセージ屋を 紹介してもらったんだって

Oh a customer is buying the premium A5 beefsteak and included in the wrapping is a white square block in

会社にはすでに業者とのつながりがあるけど

Japan butchers commonly provide three blocks of b-fat to cook the steak with the Wagyu fat provided has a sweet flavor called "Wagyukou"

ビジネスの拡大のために事業開拓をするのも TERUの仕事なんだ

And it adds a distinct scent and flavor to the dish

すでに気づいてると思うけど みんなマスクを着用してるよな

So two hours before the store closes Teru and his staff start cleaning the store

コロナ渦がどうビジネスに 影響したか聞いてみようぜ

They wash every single knife chopping board sanitize a whole store also to thoroughly clean each machine

自粛期間中、ビジネスには影響したのか？

He takes it apart piece by piece every night. I wonder if every country is this meticulous about cleaning?

今は？

So Teru tells me that refrigerated meat usually expires within three to five days. But his shop almost never has any dead stock

みんなの安全のため、入店は 一度に３名までに限定してて

Are you done for today?

ソーシャルディスタンスを守るためにな

So before going home he needs to make a couple deliveries

それと、入店時のマスク着用の呼びかけと 店内の定期的な清掃・消毒をしてるんだ

He drops off pork at a Tonkatsu restaurant and the pork bones. He cut out earlier at a ramen shop.

今１時過ぎでちょっと落ち着いてきた

I guess little goes to waste at his shop

質問しに行こうぜ

Yay, finally home, it looks like they're having ski yucky for dinner. And of course using it

なんでここで働こうと思ったんだ？

Ah that looks incredible

あなたは？

So this is how Teru ends his night

この辺の人はみんなTERUのことが好きなんだな！

He spends time with his family having dinner

入荷の時間だ！

And then after that, he'll probably have a bath spend some more time with his family and then go to sleep by 12 o'clock

すんげーでっけー豚だぞ！

That's pretty much a day in the life of a Japanese. Butcher

東京の道で、肩に豚肉をかつぐ男なんて そうそう見られねぇぞ！

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鶏肉と牛肉の入荷もあるみてぇだぞ

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次はどこにいくんだ？

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TERUは普段近くのカフェでさくっと食うか