Tokyo's Craziest Super Store Adventure
Tokyo's Craziest Super Store Adventure
Overview
In this live stream adventure, John Daub is joined by his friend Peter von Gomm for an impromptu exploration of a massive Don Quijote (Don Quixote) discount store near Tokyo Dome. Broadcasting live on 4G, they navigate the chaotic aisles of the multi-story shop, showcasing the sheer variety of products available—from everyday groceries and electronics to bizarre cosplay costumes and adult novelty items.
The duo humorously examines summer-specific goods like jinbei (summer casual wear) and yukata (light kimono), discussing cultural etiquette around festivals and fireworks. They also delve into the weird and wonderful world of Japanese consumer products, including energy drinks, pet food for beetles, ceramic knives, and a controversial selection of men's underwear.
Throughout the video, John and Peter banter about life in Japan, sharing anecdotes about camping on islands, encountering giant centipedes, and the quirks of Japanese shopping culture. The stream culminates in Peter finally selecting a pair of underwear to purchase, followed by a plan to grab food and continue their Tokyo night.
Highlights
- 00:00:32 John explains the live stream lag due to the busy Tokyo Dome area.
- 00:03:27 Introduction to Genki drinks (energy drinks) and their various ingredients.
- 00:06:06 Peter recounts being bitten by a mukade (giant centipede) on Niijima.
- 00:07:13 Discussion on ceramic knives and their durability compared to steel.
- 00:10:19 Examining bottles of umeshu (plum wine) and how it is made.
- 00:14:42 Peter explains jinbei (summer casual wear) and festival attire.
- 00:17:29 Peter reveals the real reason he came to the store: to buy underwear.
- 00:18:50 Discovering realistic-looking gas cartridge guns and BB pellets.
- 00:26:31 Looking at mamachari (mom bikes) and discussing bicycle prices in Japan.
- 00:31:41 Finding character-themed facial masks like Pikachu and Gremlins.
- 00:33:05 John attempts to ride a two-wheeled scooter inside the store.
- 00:48:32 Waiting outside to confirm if Peter actually buys the controversial underwear.
Timeline / Chapters
- 00:00:00 Intro at Tokyo Dome City; entering Don Quijote.
- 00:01:58 First floor exploration: drugstore, hair wax, and energy drinks.
- 00:05:07 Pet section: dog food and beetle jelly.
- 00:06:49 Kitchen appliances: knives, bento boxes, and gadgets.
- 00:10:19 Alcohol section: umeshu and sake.
- 00:11:39 Supermarket section: melons and produce.
- 00:13:38 Moving to the second floor; cosplay section.
- 00:14:42 Summer clothing: jinbei, yukata, and geta.
- 00:17:29 The underwear section; Peter's shopping goal.
- 00:18:50 Toy guns and Halloween costumes.
- 00:26:09 Bicycle section: mamachari and test riding.
- 00:28:30 Electronics: fans and air fresheners.
- 00:31:41 Beauty section: facial masks.
- 00:33:05 John tries a scooter; minor mishap.
- 00:35:40 Peter finalizes his underwear choice.
- 00:45:46 Peter changes his mind on the underwear style.
- 00:48:32 Outro outside the store; waiting for Peter at the register.
Japan Travel Tips
- Don Quijote Stores: These discount chains are open late (often 24 hours) and sell everything from groceries to electronics and cosmetics. Great for souvenirs.
- Tax-Free Shopping: Many Don Quijote locations offer tax-free shopping for tourists with a passport.
- Summer Attire: If visiting in summer, look for jinbei or yukata for festivals. Sets often include the obi (sash) and geta (clogs).
- Melon Prices: While famous expensive melons exist, affordable options like Andes or Quincy melons are available in supermarkets.
- Bicycles: Mamachari (utility bikes) are common. New ones can be pricey (around 15,000 yen historically), so consider repair costs vs. replacement.
- Energy Drinks: Japanese Genki drinks vary widely in potency and price; some contain unique ingredients like snake venom or high caffeine.
Japanese Language & Culture Notes
- Don Quijote (Don Quixote): A famous discount store chain known for its crowded, maze-like layout and eclectic product range. Named after the literary character.
- Jinbei: Traditional Japanese summer clothing made of lightweight cotton or linen, often worn at fireworks festivals.
- Yukata: A casual summer kimono, typically worn at festivals or ryokan. Often sold in sets with accessories.
- Geta: Traditional wooden clogs worn with yukata or jinbei. Plastic versions are common for casual use.
- Mamachari: Literally "mother's chariot," these are utility bicycles used for daily shopping and transport.
- Umeshu: Plum wine made by steeping ume (plums) in shochu (distilled spirit) and sugar.
- Mukade: Giant centipede found in Japan; known for painful bites.
- Kawaii: Meaning "cute," a central aesthetic in Japanese culture, seen in products like character facial masks.
Food & Drink Guide
- Genki Drinks (Energy Drinks): 00:03:27 Various brands with vitamins and caffeine; some expensive ones contain snake venom.
- Hepa Can: 00:04:03 Liver support drink.
- Ukon: 00:04:49 Hangover prevention drink often consumed before drinking alcohol.
- Umeshu (Plum Wine): 00:10:19 Fermented plum spirit; available in premium and affordable versions.
- Melons: 00:11:39 Andes and Quincy melons available for around $5, debunking the myth that all Japanese melons are expensive.
- Takenoko (Bamboo Shoots): 00:12:27 Fresh produce found in the supermarket section.
- Instant Curry: 00:13:11 Packaged curry roux or ready-to-eat meals.
- Dried Squid: 00:47:00 Snack item seen near the exit.
People
- John Daub: Host of Only in Japan Go. American expat living in Japan for 30+ years. Curious, conversational, and guides the tour.
- Peter von Gomm: John's friend and fellow American expat. Joins John for the shopping trip, provides commentary, and shops for underwear.
- Vaughn / Paul: Viewers mentioned who sent spending money donations during the live stream.
- Elisa: Mentioned by Peter regarding Pokemon underwear.
Key Takeaways
- Don Quijote stores are a microcosm of Japanese consumer culture, offering everything from practical to absurd.
- Summer in Japan involves specific clothing (jinbei, yukata) and products (cooling fans, beer glasses).
- Japanese product packaging often features characters (Pokemon, Gremlins) even for practical items like facial masks.
- Live streaming in crowded areas like Tokyo Dome can suffer from signal lag.
- Humor and friendship drive the exploration; nothing is off-limits in the store aisles.
Notable Quotes
- 00:03:27 "Japan has tons of these, what they call Genki drinks. The flavor is always kind of the same though, you know?"
- 00:06:06 "I did get bitten by a mukade (giant centipede), which is one of those giant, I'm not kidding you, it's a centipede about that long."
- 00:15:33 "Yeah, but they're very, very lightweight and... Wait, women don't normally wear jinbei. Like the Yankee girls, like the gangster girls."
- 00:20:37 "That's a line I don't cross. I've never been in the adult area. Uh, whether it's like video stores or stuff like that."
- 00:26:31 "Most of them are one-speeders. And this is the normal, typical bicycle in Japan. Called a mamachari. Or a mother's chariot."
- 00:36:42 "We don't judge on this channel. You are who you are."
- 00:48:32 "50 minutes of basically nothing of two dudes just kind of checking out a department store."
Related Topics
- Don Quijote Shopping Guides
- Tokyo Summer Festivals
- Japanese Convenience Store Foods
- Expat Life in Tokyo
- Japanese Beauty Products
Search Tags
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Full Transcript
00:00:03 John Daub: Hello everybody, we're live! We're live in Tokyo! Remember this guy? Yeah, I know, I'm crashing the party. Again.
00:00:12 Peter von Gomm: Oh, really? Wow, a moray eel. It has lots of sharp teeth, right? That's a moray eel.
00:00:20 John Daub: Moray eel, okay. Wow. It's beautiful though, isn't it? It's pretty crazy.
00:00:32 John Daub: I'm sorry about the lag issues. We might have some lag issues because there's a lot of activity going on here at Tokyo Dome. You can see this is the jet coaster. There's lots of shops, lots of people. It's not going to be maybe the best signal in the world, but we're going to give it our best shot.
00:00:52 John Daub: What did you tell them where the Tokyo Dome is? The Tokyo Dome is just over there. That's where the Tokyo Giants play baseball, but they're off today. I checked the schedule.
00:01:04 Peter von Gomm: Ah. There's often lots of bands playing there.
00:01:09 John Daub: Oh, really? I didn't check that. That's why there's no game plan.
00:01:12 Peter von Gomm: You need to buy something, right?
00:01:16 John Daub: I do, I do. But I'm a little bit embarrassed to say what it is.
00:01:24 Peter von Gomm: Why?
00:01:25 John Daub: It's personal. Anyhow, this is a one-stop shopping, so anything goes in here. Let's go have a look.
00:01:39 John Daub: Yeah, no problem. What floor is it on?
00:01:54 Peter von Gomm: I don't think the second.
00:01:58 John Daub: Oh, really? It's an escalator here. Let's have a quick look on the first floor. This shop is so colorful. Wow, they got everything here, right? We weren't kidding when we said this is one-stop shopping.
00:02:22 Peter von Gomm: Whoa, I need that. Nail clippers.
00:02:24 John Daub: Nail clippers. Whoa, hair gel. What the heck is that? Oh my gosh. What is that? It's hair wax.
00:02:40 Peter von Gomm: Hair wax? You could use that on your legs, bro.
00:02:41 John Daub: You could use that on my chest. I didn't know that you could buy hair wax, body wax here.
00:02:52 Peter von Gomm: Why would you do that? I'm proud of my chest hair. At least one person did.
00:03:01 John Daub: What can I say? So this is like the drugstore section. I'm gonna show you guys. Show them the Genki drinks.
00:03:15 Peter von Gomm: Oh yeah, Genki drinks (energy drinks).
00:03:27 John Daub: So Japan has tons of these, what they call Genki drinks. The flavor is always kind of the same though, you know? But they have different kinds of vitamins in them. Some actually even have, if you look at the ingredients, they have like snake venom. Some of the more expensive ones. That's pretty crazy. This is a Hepa Can.
00:04:02 Peter von Gomm: Hepa Can?
00:04:03 John Daub: What is it? That's pretty crazy. I don't know, I've tried drinking these before and I get too energetic. Some of them are loaded with caffeine, like a lot of caffeine.
00:04:16 Peter von Gomm: BB Chocolat. Is that chocolate-tasted?
00:04:18 John Daub: I'm not sure. So most of these, you can tell, I guess the potency of it might depend on the price. Some of them are really expensive and some of them are not. And the cheaper ones, I figure they're less potent. That's about $5 and this one's about $10.
00:04:37 Peter von Gomm: Do you ever, when you go out drinking, do you ever try the Ukon? There's one called Ukon, which is supposed to prevent hangovers. So a lot of people drink it before they start drinking.
00:04:49 John Daub: Ah, no, I don't drink that much.
00:04:53 Peter von Gomm: Am I with the same John?
00:04:57 John Daub: I'm not going to admit that I drink a lot, but I don't.
00:05:07 Peter von Gomm: Wow, dog food! Do you think Japanese dog food is healthier than foreign dog food? What do they have dog food sushi here? That looks pretty healthy. Jerky. That's a cute greenie.
00:05:34 John Daub: Hey Vaughn, thank you very much. I will be buying something. Vaughn gave us some spending money.
00:05:40 Peter von Gomm: Oh cool, thanks. I like the name Vaughn. Yeah, you got Vaughn in your name. So this is the animal food and care section. Why do Japanese kids collect bugs? Yeah, they love beetles. And this is the beetles food. It's like a jelly. And you open it and you put it inside the beetle cage.
00:06:04 John Daub: Have you ever encountered these in nature?
00:06:06 Peter von Gomm: No, I have not. But you know what, I did get bitten by a mukade (giant centipede), which is one of those giant, I'm not kidding you, it's a centipede about that long. In Japan? Yeah, on Niijima.
00:06:19 John Daub: You were on one of the islands recently, right?
00:06:20 Peter von Gomm: No, I was camping at Hachijojima and I saw one of these bugs with the big antennas. It was on my foot. It didn't bite. I kicked the thing, it was right near my tent, right at the entrance of the tent. It really freaked me out.
00:06:33 John Daub: Was it a centipede?
00:06:34 Peter von Gomm: No, it looked like this. You should have brought it home.
00:06:41 John Daub: No, I'm not going to bring that home.
00:06:43 Peter von Gomm: You pay your rent. These things go for a lot of money here.
00:06:47 John Daub: Oh really? How much is that?
00:06:49 Peter von Gomm: Oh, the bugs. Let's take a look at some other stuff. Here's the kitchen appliances. So basically, in Don Quixote (discount chain store), there's a mishmash of everything available. Knives here, kitchen utensils, bento boxes.
00:07:09 John Daub: Where are the bento boxes? Okay, here's some bento boxes and chopsticks.
00:07:13 Peter von Gomm: Can I just point this out real quick? Do you guys, where you are, do you have ceramic knives? These things are actually, they're made of ceramic. They're really sharp and they're very durable. But I've never seen them other than in Japan.
00:07:30 John Daub: Really? Yeah. I've never bought a knife outside of Japan, actually. Ceramic kitchen knife. I don't know, man. And it's about $30. I know that they're pretty sharp. When I made the show once about Seki, about knives there, they told me that the ceramic knives are pretty sharp, but not durable.
00:07:51 Peter von Gomm: Oh really? I thought they were pretty durable.
00:07:53 John Daub: Not when you abuse them. Yeah, you don't sort of whittle them. Wow, look at some of these things. This thing is for, you hold the carrots so you don't cut your hands. Oh, and this one you plug it in to the lemon and you can juice it. I could use this, actually. They got a lot of stuff I've never seen before outside of Japan. Bottle opener. This is a tomato peeler. We got that at home. And here are the bento boxes. Not anything extraordinary, actually. Not a really big selection of bento boxes.
00:08:34 Peter von Gomm: A pomade toothbrush. Why don't I have one of these? It's a little bit more fun when they have anime characters on them. This is more your speed over here.
00:08:48 John Daub: It's your besties lunchbox. No, no, no, no, no. Look at these, these are so cute. So these are bento boxes for kitties.
00:09:04 Peter von Gomm: Oh wow, check it out, these are like Japanese beard glasses. Oh these are great, I've got some of these at home. They keep the bento boxes. Yeah, they keep the wabi-sabi (imperfectly perfect), uh, they keep your drink cool. Yeah they do, I love this one. And actually, what's really good about these is that when you pour the beer in, it gives you a really good head on the beer.
00:09:31 John Daub: It's true, it's true. That's what they, uh, that's how they build them. Yeah.
00:09:35 John Daub: Alright, I'm just gonna keep going. Just gonna walk you through Don Quixote, and you know, finding stuff that might be interesting.
00:09:50 Peter von Gomm: Peter! Maybe we should go to the second floor? Yeah, I need to get my stuff.
00:09:56 John Daub: Yeah. There's not too much more, there's not too much more really to show you. Yeah, in the summer this is impressive because you have the summer displays, because in the summer people drink a lot of beer.
00:10:19 Peter von Gomm: This is called umeshu (plum wine), and basically it's like, uh, they, shochu (distilled spirit), and, uh, that's fermented. Yeah, you just put the ume (plums) in there and just let it sit. That looks like premium stuff. Ume is plum. Sometimes, I like the ones with not too many plums. This has too many. I don't, I'm not into, that means you get less booze, you get more plums.
00:10:38 John Daub: I thought you didn't drink much.
00:10:41 Peter von Gomm: Oh. Right. Huh? Anyways, let's keep going. Way to ruin that, Peter.
00:10:54 John Daub: Okay, Paul, Paul gave us seven bucks to buy something cool. Umeshu OK?
00:10:59 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, umeshu OK. Wait, that's got only two in it, right? That's right, so that's more your speed. Okay, well, maybe we'll come back and buy one for the. Oh, look at that! Here's a little baby one, just for John.
00:11:10 John Daub: Oh, look at that. It's cute. Why is this just for me?
00:11:15 Peter von Gomm: Because you don't drink much.
00:11:17 John Daub: That's right, I don't drink much. Yeah, this is the top shelf, umeshu up here. Yeah. Oh, they got sake as well, and Don Quixote. They really do have everything. Got everything. So let's come back through here on our way out. Alright. Gonna make a stop back through here. Here's the produce. Wow!
00:11:39 John Daub: Everyone says, alright, everybody says that Japanese melons are really expensive. That's not entirely true. Yeah. These ones are not so. Japanese melons are, you can find them reasonably priced. This is about five dollars. But, it's not gonna taste the same. It's not very big either. It's about the size of a grapefruit.
00:11:59 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, that's an Andes melon. And this is a Quincy melon. It's the size of a coconut, but this one's from Yamagata. So you don't have to pay a lot of money to eat a melon here. That's sort of a myth. You don't have to pay a lot for melon, but you can find. You can get the cheap ones, but you can also find really expensive. Yeah, you can find them really expensive too.
00:12:25 John Daub: I love this stuff. What's that?
00:12:27 Peter von Gomm: Takenoko (bamboo shoots), which is bamboo shoots, yeah.
00:12:34 John Daub: That's quite good.
00:12:36 Peter von Gomm: Okay. He likes everything. Find something you don't like.
00:12:42 John Daub: Alright, now it's turned into a normal supermarket. This is basically a normal supermarket. This is just a supermarket. I think I'm ready for the second floor. Let's make it to the second floor. Jeez! Follow me. Oh, that's like instant ramen? Okay. Whoa, curry! There's nothing like a little bit of curry.
00:13:11 Peter von Gomm: Oh, look at this. That guy's got a better tan than I do. I swear. Is he Japanese? Yeah, he looks like it. Yeah. He's darker than me. He's been slaving over the stove for a while. Kind of changed his hue. He's either, he might be a chain smoker. I know a lot of chain smokers they get dark from the smoke. Yeah.
00:13:36 John Daub: Alright, let's go upstairs.
00:13:38 Peter von Gomm: Take the stairs. Yeah. The stairs upstairs. I like your One Piece hat. You look like the pirate from One Piece.
00:13:48 John Daub: This one? Whoa, check it out! There's like a merry-go-round on the ceiling.
00:13:57 Peter von Gomm: Oh, really? It's funky. How do you ride it? If it's up on the ceiling, you can't ride it. Alright, there's an escalator and there's also stairs. This one at Tokyo Dome is a brand new one. Right, right. Yeah. Usually everything is really, really narrow, but not here. And they have a cosplay section as well.
00:14:20 John Daub: Oh, where? Yeah. Uh. I haven't been up here before. Let's around here. Peter's on the prowl, searching for something.
00:14:42 Peter von Gomm: Let's show them the jinbei (summer casual wear). Oh, okay. So in the summertime, in Tokyo especially, and lots of Japan, it's very, very humid. So they wear, let's call it, jinbei. The guys wear jinbei. They go to fireworks, and you may have seen John wear it before.
00:15:03 John Daub: Oh, yeah. Hey, I found your hat!
00:15:04 Peter von Gomm: Let's be twins. Put it on. You're from South America. I'm gonna go... Let's go find a pan flute for him to play. It's Peruvian. That's pretty cool. Oh, okay, the jinbei, yeah. Tell it, preach on, Dr. Peter. So these are jinbei.
00:15:31 John Daub: That looks like a Hawaiian shirt.
00:15:33 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, but they're very, very lightweight and. Wait, women don't normally wear jinbei. Like the Yankee girls, like the gangster girls. Like the gang girls. They kind of wear these. Really? And also, with jinbei, you gotta wear geta (wooden clogs). Oh, the geta. Yeah, these are geta. Oh, yeah, these are the plastic ones. I had a pair of these when I went to the Dogo Onsen. These are the cool ones. I don't think they're that cool. When you walk in them, they have a nice wood clinky sound. Not these, because there's plastic on them. It's rubber. Rubber. We can take that off. But more important is something that people don't see is that there are purses or bags that are supposed to go with the yukata (light kimono), because you don't have. Right. When you get a yukata or a kimono, you don't have pockets. You put things in your sleeve, because the sleeves are sagging. Right. Or you carry something like this. Or you make a mess and destroy the store like P.H.O.
00:16:44 John Daub: It's important that everything be kind of matching, right? Like you don't carry like an Hermes handbag when you wear a jinbei or a kimono. You gotta have a bag that matches it. At least the girls do. The guys still have like their wallets.
00:17:03 Peter von Gomm: Hey, where's Waldo? He's right here. No, wait! Wait a second. Are these underwear? Oh my god. This is... Where's Waldo underwear? Whoa! Pokemon underwear! No way! Large size. I guess large size is not for kids, right?
00:17:23 John Daub: So basically it's adults who are wearing these underwears.
00:17:29 Peter von Gomm: Well, John, this actually brings us to why I needed to come here.
00:17:34 John Daub: Well, wait. Let's just go through. These are the pre-set yukata. Japanese cotton kimonos for fireworks season. And you get it here. You get for women the obi (sash), the yukata. Everything comes in a set. And often they come with the geta all in it. And it's quite affordable. So unless you're going to be unless you're going to wear it more than a couple of times, which most people don't do, this is probably the way to go. Problem is though that the patterns are mass produced, so other people have the same. Yeah, so you'll be walking past someone and go, hey, you got the same one as me! Because, you know, they got it at Don Quixote and there's like a million of them. Most people want original patterns.
00:18:17 Peter von Gomm: Oh, you gotta have a sensu (folding fan). Sensu? Elisa said that she'd get the Pokemon underwear. I think they're for guys.
00:18:28 John Daub: Elisa's pretty brave.
00:18:31 Peter von Gomm: Alright. So what were you looking for?
00:18:35 John Daub: Yeah. Oh, okay. What were you looking for? Whoa, models! Dude, is that a gun? Wait a minute. It's like Clint Eastwood's. Wait a minute, wait a minute. This is not cool. I thought guns were forbidden here.
00:18:50 Peter von Gomm: This is a six-inch Hi-Sun. Oh, these are gas cartridge guns. These are gas cartridges, Peter. They're not real. But they... What do they shoot? Um... Well, here's the gas for the gas guns. Gun power. Gun power. So they just make a noise then. They're not actually shooting. No, no, no, no. Oh, they actually do shoot pellets. Oh, wow. These are 0.12 gram BBs. Wow. Is that gonna hurt? Would that hurt? Yeah. Hell yeah. Look at that. It's like an Uzi. You know what? If you shoot those pellets with an Uzi, it's gonna hurt. Yeah. How much are they? How much is the Uzi? Uh, the Uzi is... Priceless. It's a price. Oh, here it is. Well, that's $39.80. That's pretty affordable. Whoa. $40 for this. Plus the air. Look at how real this thing looks. Uh, well, I don't know. Have you ever seen a real one? Well... Have you seen a real Uzi before?
00:19:52 John Daub: I've seen TV shows that have them. And it looks pretty authentic. I mean, if I was a cop and I saw somebody carrying one of these... Peter, Peter, Peter. I found your Halloween costume.
00:20:01 Peter von Gomm: What is it? I was referring to this one, Peter. Yeah, my... We know how... Bring out my Catholic side. Yeah. Peter's been a pretty good boy. So the dressing room is over there. In the back.
00:20:25 John Daub: We gotta pan down. Pan down. Okay. So... Oh, here's the adult corner. Oh, crap. No, we can't... I'm not going in there.
00:20:37 Peter von Gomm: What... It's... I'll take a peek. I'll tell you what's behind the Christmas tree. Alright. Peter's gonna take a peek in there. Hurry up. Hurry up. Come back and get me in about 30 minutes. Alright? Alright. I... That's a line I don't cross. I've never been in the adult area. Uh, whether it's like video stores or stuff like that. It's like... You know, once you cross that line, you never go back.
00:21:04 John Daub: Peter has crossed that line. I don't... I don't wanna go in there. That's not for me.
00:21:10 Peter von Gomm: Oh, there you are. You're finished. Yeah. You're finished. That was fast. Well, actually, there's some products in there that a friend of mine has... did the, uh... narration for.
00:21:19 John Daub: Oh, really? Japan makes special toys.
00:21:22 Peter von Gomm: I see. Yeah. And he did the narration for that. That guy looks pretty tough. I could kick your butt. And, by the way, here's my butt. I don't know. How do you say that in Japanese?
00:21:37 John Daub: Wait, what the heck is that? Look at that. These are pretty cool costumes, though. I... I don't know. Like, this one, I could... I could see myself maybe wearing... Choran Menkosu. Yeah, these are like characters from manga, like, um, gang members. These... I never understood what the fascination was to dress up like this. But a lot of people in Japan do this. Like, bodysuits. Yeah. I don't get it. They have them in all colors, including this one. I don't know why his... his, um, groin is bulging. I mean, they made a point to... to illustrate the bulge. It says here, um, pichiri mo kori. Why is it pichiri mo kori? I don't know what to... I don't know. Nonbi. Okay. Nonbi nonbi. Nonbi. Pichiri mo kori. Is this a wig? Large size. This obviously would not be big enough for either of us, so... Dude, is this a wig? I... Why did I guess that? Oh my god. No. No. No. No. This is so wrong. No, no, no, no, no. We gotta get outta here. I don't... Dude, why would you want a wig like that? I don't know. There's some weird... I'm gonna... I'm gonna be honest... I'm gonna be honest with you. There's some weird people in Japan that, um, like, they're fascinated with this kind of stuff. I'm not... I'm not really into it, Peter, but... Um, maybe we'll come back later when we're off the livestream. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. We'll be behind the wall for some time. Okay, okay, okay. Alright.
00:23:16 Peter von Gomm: Alright, Peter is metamorphosizing. You ready? Yeah. Alright, three, two, one. Okay. Go away. Go away? Okay, okay. I think it's supposed to be a squid. Um... They have a lot of these... Oh! Stormtrooper! Star Wars. Stormtrooper. Oh, that's not what I... That's not the droid I was looking for. I don't know how that goes. I'm not the droid you're looking for. That's not... Is that Putin? That looks like Putin. It's Bluten. It's Bluten? This is, uh... The blue... What's that called? Blue Mangrove? Oh, right. Blue Mangrove. But he does look like Putin a little bit. It's a Bluten. It's a Bluten, mate. No offense to the... to the leaders. The Russian people. Some silly masks and stuff. Basically, yeah, it's like... When you come for Halloween, you come to the Quixote because they have loads of things. Um... But they've got it all year round, right? Like, what the heck is this? Why would... Why would you want this? What is it? It's all part of their cosplay. So you carry this? It's part of your costume? Yeah. So you put it on your back, maybe? I don't know. Like a backpack? Oh, I see. It's got a... It's got a little hang thing, so you hang it on your wall. Oh! Hang it on the wall and... I mean, I would play with this for hours. So you put this on... You put this on your wall? I guess. I guess. I mean, I could see... If I was 12, I would love this. Hey, Dad! Come here and touch my wall. Alright, that wasn't very funny. Wait, okay, and then there's the... Golden poo? Is that a hat? I guess it's a hat. Yeah, let's put that on you. No, no, no, no, no, no. Come on, come on, come on. No, no, no, no, no. Come on, JD. No, no, no, no, no. So there's some lines that even I don't want to cross.
00:25:42 John Daub: Oh, someone's trapped! There's somebody trapped in a... inflatable raft. Did you see the person trapped in the inflatable raft up there? No. Oh, yeah. Hey, let me get her down. Hold on a second. I'm gonna get her down. Ah, she's so heavy! She's so heavy! That's not cool. Hey, what were you here to get?
00:26:09 Peter von Gomm: Peter? Peter? What was he... Where'd he go? Whoa, bicycles! These are mamachari (mom bikes) one-speed bikes. Except they're not, because this doesn't have... This has more than one speed. Most of them are one-speeders. And this is the normal, typical bicycle in Japan. Called a mamachari. Or a mother's chariot.
00:26:31 John Daub: There you are. Yep. I'm back. Thought we lost you with that raft lady. Do you have a mamachari?
00:26:36 Peter von Gomm: I do. It has a flat tire, though. I'm debating if I need to buy a new one, or should I invest to fix the tire, because to get a new tire costs like half the price of this. So do you throw the bicycle away, or do you...
00:26:51 John Daub: I remember when I first came to Japan many, many years ago, I bought a mamachari. You still have it?
00:27:01 Peter von Gomm: No, no, it's long gone. I couldn't get my head around the price. I remember looking at it, it was like, this one I got was 15,000. And I was like, 15,000? I was still jet-lagged, and just... I was in this whole new world, and I had no idea what that price meant. And finally, I figured it out. 150. It's amazing, because the price has gone down. Right. Inflation is very, very even 20 years ago, the prices really haven't changed.
00:27:30 John Daub: Hey, Peter, Peter, Peter! Can we take it out for a test drive around the store?
00:27:34 Peter von Gomm: Uh, I don't know, we could probably ring the bell. This is the ubiquitous mamachari bell. Here we go. Are you ready? Okay, hold on. Are you proud of yourself? But it's very important to do that as you're riding down the road, when you're near other bicyclists or people. That's why they're on here.
00:27:58 John Daub: I know a guy, there's a crazy... A crazy foreigner that I know of. Who are you referring to? I won't call him a friend, but I know of him. He has one of those horns right? Oh yeah. So when he's walking down a crowded sidewalk, he honks that thing. Ah, yeah. To get people to move out of the way. It works. It works. I think... He's a nutcase. I think some people would pay to see you ride around the store. Would you pay to see him ride around the store?
00:28:30 Peter von Gomm: I would pay to see you ride around the store.
00:28:32 John Daub: Yeah, you'd be paying to see me arrested as well, probably. Bail money. Alright, we're taking donations for Peter's bail money. What were you here to get? That's so hard to... What is this? Toothpicks. Why is the toothpick in a plastic... There's some stuff I just don't know what it is. Electric razors. Honestly, you can get just about everything here. Rice cookers, um, pillows, air conditioners, they stock every single part of the store has been utilized.
00:29:13 Peter von Gomm: Where'd he go? Thank you HGRMN for the donation to our shopping spree. Oh, a fan. I'm a fan of these fans. These are like next generation fans. You know, there's also the fans where there's nothing spinning inside of it, and they have them here as well. I don't know... I don't know how... Look, there it is. There it is. How do they do that? It's blowing. I don't know, but there's no rotor on it, like, spinning. I don't know how it blows the wind. It's like the, uh, Dyson. Bladeless fan, right? I guess. Trying to be Mr. Know-It-All. Can't bring him anywhere. Makes you feel like an idiot. Okay, right.
00:30:23 John Daub: Alright, that's the stuff that you cover up. You use this to cover up other smells. You don't smoke it. Why would they have this here? Obviously, um, hemp is illegal. The drugs are illegal here, but they're here. Like, everything to hide... Anything with hemp in it. Hemp you can't even bring into Japan. You try to order it online. But they have hemp products.
00:30:52 Peter von Gomm: I used to work at a university as an RA, a resident advisor, and if I found all this stuff in one of the residents' rooms, yeah, you could tell he's a drug addict, right? And look... You were the resident narc?
00:31:02 John Daub: I was a narc. I didn't do stuff, but, I mean, like, obviously, they would be American, all the bad... Right, right. Why, you know, there's no other country except for this one. I take offense. I pledge allegiance to this air freshener. I take offense to that. I'm very proud. I'm proud of my country.
00:31:28 Peter von Gomm: Alright, dude, um, I'm getting tired and hungry. Let's get what you came here to get.
00:31:34 John Daub: Alright, alright. Here's your size. Whatever it is. Wait, whoa, cool! Have you ever seen these before?
00:31:41 Peter von Gomm: What is this? A mask? It's a facial mask, right? Yeah, but the mask has patterns on it. So there's the... what it looks like. Yeah, they're like, uh, moist facial masks.
00:31:58 John Daub: Yeah, you know what? I don't wanna admit it to anybody, but I do, um, clay packs sometimes.
00:32:03 Peter von Gomm: But you just admitted to quite a people.
00:32:06 John Daub: Yeah, I do the clay pack sometimes.
00:32:10 Peter von Gomm: Oh, so that explains your beautiful lips. But I mean, wouldn't you if they had Pokemon masks? Oh, these things are really cool. Wait, hold on. Wouldn't you use a face pack if you were into Pokemon or Gremlins? Dude, Gizmo face pack. I'm so into Gizmo. These are cute. Pikachu face pack. What does it look like on your face? Oh, like this. He has some mean looking eyebrows. And it makes your face feel better. And it tightens your pores. Yeah. And they're $4. Here's a Dalmatian. You want to look like a Dalmatian? That's pretty cute. Kawaii (cute).
00:33:05 John Daub: Alright, I want to show you this toy that I think is really cool. I'd love to play with it. I see kids in my neighborhood riding these. You know what I'm talking about?
00:33:17 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, have you ever rode these? No. You're just tall enough to get that down. I hope you can put it back. It's two wheels. I'm sure you guys have seen these before. Right around the store. Right around the store. Come on. No way. Do it, dude. No way. There's no way I'm going to crash. Well, you can take it at least five meters or something, right? I might as well do it to the beat of the music. You do it to the beat of the music. Why is it a dance club music right here? It's pretty crazy. Come on, take it down the road. Do it. Dude, there's no way. Oh, you can do it. You totally can do it. Make us all proud. There's 500 of us watching. Do it. Do it. Thanks, Mr. GURPS. Stop holding the wall. That's cheating. Do you want me to launch you? Hold on. I'll launch you. You actually kind of like, you got to swizzle it, twist it back and forth. All right. All right. Let go. Oh, he's doing it. You're doing it. You're doing it. I saw you. Oh, shit. I don't know him. I don't know him. I don't know him. I don't know who he was. Who's that strange foreign man? Apparently, there's a clean up in aisle three.
00:34:58 John Daub: All right. I'm going to go check the damage. Hold on. You don't look suspicious at all, sir. Are you trying to... Why are you putting that camera on me? I don't know. Don't worry. I mean, there's no damage. It's fine. He put it back. There it is. Okay. He just had a fall down. He just fell down. It was just the plastic cover. You didn't fall down. We might have dramatized that a little bit too much. That's okay. Where are you taking us now, Peter?
00:35:40 Peter von Gomm: Oh, okay. Yeah. So, let's get down to business here. All right. Follow me. All right. We're following. Follow him. Shoes. It looks that very rubbery smell. Yeah. You know, it smells... Neoprene. Every store, I think, in the world has a distinctive smell. Like Costco has a smell. Uh-oh. I think it's a... Where's the... Did you find it? All right. So, yeah. All right.
00:36:22 John Daub: I have no idea what he's going to buy. And for a disclaimer, I don't care. This is your personal life. I don't question who you are and what you do. Okay. I don't judge. Okay. Don't... We don't judge on this channel. You are who you are. All right. I'm proud of, you know, Peter and his work. But... You'll still be my friend if I wear these?
00:36:42 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. Black. Black. Black. I don't think they have your size. Extra small. Extra small seems so down. Okay. Now, would... How would this go down in the States or anywhere outside of Japan? All right. Feedback to everybody. People would be protesting this to no end, right? But... Well, what... What's the big deal? Well, get the title of it. Well, I'm... I... Does it come with an insert? Am I going to... I mean it... If this is gonna make me look like this, I'm gonna buy them in every color. I'm a black man. Come on, man. It's sort of a... This guy's the same color as me, actually. No, he is. It's the same color as me. You got a great tan. I got it from the island, yeah. Excellent. I'm envious. But yeah, there's the backside. But I do need some underpants, but I think maybe this is not... Why would you share that with us? Well, I'm not getting these ones. Okay. Why not? Actually, why not? I mean, you get two pair for a discount. It's 1790. Yeah. Well, what's the other one? I think this is more your style because... How do you get this off? Did you break it again? Well, it's that or... What do you guys think of... This is more your style. And look, they even show you what the back looks like. Right. You've been working out too, right? Squats and stuff? Yeah. Squat thrusts? I would fill those out nicely, but yeah, it's... Super bikini. Why would you... Why would anyone wear this? I don't know. But it's between those or sappy. Wait, low rise. Orange is the new orange. Orange? Wait, they spelled rise with a Z. That's pretty cool, right? Sappy. It's like if your name... What do you guys think? Oh. It's going to be black man or sap. Is that black man my size? All right. I'm going to put a poll in this... In the video. Okay. Here, I'm going to break it and put a poll and you guys can vote which one you like. Which one you should get. Black man... Seriously, you need underwear? I do. I do. But I'm afraid this... The M size is going to be... I wish they had underoos. You remember the underoos from the 1980s? Oh, I think I saw some around the corner here. No. Underoos are awesome. Underwear is fun to wear. I think I need another pair. Remember that song? Do you remember that song? Yeah, I do. I do. But before we get to that, I just found the holy grail of the black man undies. No, wait. What? What? What? I thought it was just limited to that. It's the entire exhibit. How did you find this? Oh, my lord. Did you just... Radar. Dude, look at that. Holy crap. As I said, you know, as I said... We don't judge Peter's personal life and... Wait, hold on. Okay. I'm just saying. We don't judge you. We love Peter for who he is and his styles. Now that we've discovered an entire collection... Oh, wait. Wait, this is where we were just before. So we've gone in a complete circle. Well, this is as close as you can get to the underoos. So this was the underoos where we were. Okay. But I'm more interested in finding out what... So we have all these different styles, Peter. We have red line because there's a red line. Oh, my god. Are you serious? Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. I don't even know. Could you imagine if Walmart carried this brand? No. No. Right? Oh, my gosh. I mean, this one's... The line is called cool down. Apparently there's no shrinkage. Front and back. Front and back. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. I'm done with this. Super T back. Wait. You have to show the back? Black man's got enough air time. These are made for women. All right. I'm done. I'm done with this. Yeah. I think you should just get it and buy it and then we'll go. Okay. All right. But I can't get anything this revealing. I would just... If you're looking for something thinner, there's some dental floss over in the oral hygiene section. Working for me. All right. Well, why don't you make up your mind and we'll be over here... Okay. ...and show us what you come up with. Okay. All right. You have to try them on. Trying them on would not be good for any of us. Okay. I'm going to try them on.
00:41:36 John Daub: You know what? I knew that they had that here. Peter and I found a couple of them. Thank you, Paul. Can you give us two push-ups? All right. Okay. I'll do that. Actually, Peter and I found the two of them. We didn't find the wall of that underwear series. And I'm kind of wondering what he's going to choose. Oh, there's a Charlie Brown shirt. That's pretty cool. Ten bucks. So when Peter's ready, he's going to indicate which one he likes. This is pretty crazy. The things you find at Don Quixote. What a day it's been.
00:42:25 Peter von Gomm: Peter, are you ready? Yes. All right, Peter. Just come out this way with your choice. Okay. Make sure it's not offensive. It's not. It's a family show. I showed the folks already. I'm going with orange. Oh, sappy. Yeah. Really? Yeah, because I'm feeling kind of sappy. I like that. I can walk around in your underwear and no one would know it was your underwear, really, because of the color. And I could get incarcerated and bring my own clothes to jail. Yeah. I guess if you're wearing those underwears when you got arrested, for breaking products at the store, they wouldn't make you take that off. He didn't really break that product. It was just a plastic cover, and he put it back on. I checked and verified. Your good friends all know that I'm pretty smart.
00:43:18 John Daub: Peter, I need you to hold it and then just hold it right here. This? No, just stand right here. Okay. Just do it. Now hold this. Okay. And just aim it over there, okay? All right. All right. What are you going to do? Some strip tees for us or something? Just hold it there for a second, okay? Oh, yeah. What was that all about? Nothing. Just it's something between me. It's just something between me and some other people. Okay. Sorry. All right. Let's kick it. Let's get out of here. All right. Let's get out of here. Can you bring your bag? Yeah, give me my bag. This has all the batteries and stuff I have to travel with. Okay. Okay. Oh, what an adventure. I hope you enjoyed the Don Quixote walkthrough. Oh, I'm actually looking for suitcases. I hope you enjoyed the Don Quixote walkthrough. It's been a pretty crazy adventure. But Peter's going to get his underwear. I'm surprised it's not the Black Man series. And then we're going to go to the movies. And then we're going to go check out another place, maybe get some food. And if we find something interesting, we're going to be live broadcasting again. So definitely stick to the channel and make sure your notifications are on. And again, this is the Only in Japan Go channel. This is different from the main channel. So just do live streams and it's usually pretty crazy or fun. You know, just something unplanned like this. And if you're interested, please subscribe to the channel. I appreciate it. Like this. Like this. Unplanned. Black Man. Get that away from my face, man. So. Basically, there's no plan with the ship. This doesn't look too bad. He said I look South American. Is that true? So, yeah. I just have fun and show you different areas of Japan. So please subscribe if you think this is really valuable. Again, all of these are live. We're live right now, which is pretty cool to have this technology. I broadcast on 4G using DJI Osmo. And Peter, are you done? Because I'm really, really hungry.
00:45:46 Peter von Gomm: I may have had a change of heart. Yeah. Change of heart. What do you guys think of these ones? See the right? It says, a man has freedom as a man. Dream, love, and everything else. Black Man makes you to be free. It is a nice taste. It doesn't really say that. I put that up to the camera. I need proof. It really does say that. This is crazy. And we are streaming live. And the back is normal. FYI. The back is normal. All right. That's interesting. So we're streaming live. And if you want to get notifications and see this live as well, subscribe to the Only Japan Go channel. Make sure the notifications are on. So hit the bell and you'll get notifications most of the time. Some people say that they don't come, but they come for the most part. All right, Peter, I get out of here. So go buy. Seriously. Buy this or get whatever. Whatever you're comfortable with. I don't judge. We don't judge on the show. So you get that. Get down to the register and I'll meet you outside. Okay. See you guys in a minute. Okay. I'll see. He's going to see me in a bit. I get out of here. I think the music's getting on my nerves just a little bit. It's better. It's better that they play this music because they used to. Wow. That looks like Vern. I'm a kid from the 1980s. So that looks like Vern. Remember? Hey, Vern. How you doing, Vern? That was the comedy character from the 1980s. The redneck Vern. I'm getting out of here. Don Quixote is a pretty cool store. Wow. Dried squid. $3. Fireworks. All right. We made a clean getaway. Don Quixote. Yeah. Do you think he's really going to buy the underwear?
00:48:32 John Daub: I don't know. You can see behind me Tokyo Dome. When I started the live stream and we found the underwear. I mean, he was really interested in it, but I didn't know if he was going to buy it. I'm actually going to wait here and confirm. I'm going to see if the register becomes here to buy. It is pretty crazy that they do have an aquarium as part of the store's outer appearance. Like who does that? Just only in Tokyo, right? You can see there's the Thunder Dolphin roller coaster and onsen in here called LaQua. LaQua. I think I can't remember the name. I've never been there. There's the Tokyo Dome Hotel. Traffic in downtown Tokyo. Thank you. We're live. So Peter and I are going to go someplace to get a bite to eat. If we find someplace that's interesting, we're going to live broadcast again. If not, well, then maybe we're not going to do that. But you can check out the Only Japan Facebook page. And I usually put the link there as well as the notifications. If you're a subscriber to the Only Japan Go channel. I hope you enjoyed this. 50 minutes of basically nothing of two dudes just kind of checking out a department store. I apologize for the signals. Sometimes we had a weak signal in the beginning, but it looks like it was okay. The end. Here he comes. Now. Are you getting it? Are you serious? He's pretty serious. Oh my gosh. He's actually buying it. Now. The question is more. Is he actually going to wear it? I don't want to know because you don't judge in the show. No, we kind of just let things ride. We're going to see if he can get it up his way. It's his problem. Okay. Yeah. So we've got something interesting. We're going to live broadcast this again. So thanks everybody for joining. I'm going to turn the camera around for the last 20 seconds. See if Peter can buy. I'm cranking up to see Peter will buy his black man underwear. If we live stream again, we can confirm you confirm if we did. So there you go. The last 20 seconds. Don Quixote. Thank you very much everybody for watching this live stream wherever you are in the world. Good evening. Good night. Good morning and see you again soon.