00:00:18 John Daub: Hello everybody, so I just got on the train heading towards Asakusa. The signal doesn't get cut off but I thought I would take a moment and... are you there? Are you there? Sorry, we're having some technical difficulties because apparently I'm going through a lot of tunnels. But there's still nobody on this train except for me. So I thought I would do a livestream and yet the signal is going in and out. I apologize. So I'll take some questions if you have them. The signal might go out again if that happens.

00:00:50 John Daub: Oh boy. So what questions you got? Where are you from? I'm from the United States. I live in Tokyo.

00:01:01 John Daub: Anything else about Japan maybe? Secret organization broke down John's stream. Not so... maybe. It's hard to say. It's really hard to say. Hello everybody. It's working now. So let's... I'll just wait here until you guys have a question.

00:01:24 John Daub: I'll be right back. I'll be right back. The exit is on the right. If you leave Kinugawa Park, you'll be at Kinugawa Onsen. Where will you be at tomorrow? I'm going to be editing video tomorrow. I got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow so I'll be editing video. This train will be arriving shortly at Kinugawa... Kinugawa K... calling.

00:01:50 John Daub: Are you alone? Yeah, the whole train is mine right now. There's nobody on this train. From Takahashi to Kinugawa... calling. How long is the train trip? From where I got on, it's 3 hours and 4 minutes.

00:02:03 John Daub: Where is the orange jacket? It's at home. It's been washed a few times. It's doing good. It doesn't stink or anything from that hitchhiking trip. It's wearable. So I'll bring it out this fall a couple of times.

00:02:18 John Daub: How many hours from Fukushima to Tokyo? I'm not in Fukushima City. Fukushima is pretty big. So I'm leaving... I left from a place called Aizu. And Aizu is... I can show you where I'm on the map, okay? I'm sort of in the middle of Japan. You see the map there? I'm in the middle of Japan. Fukushima is this prefecture here. And I'm in the middle of it. So... yeah, I'm not leaving from Fukushima City. I guess it's easier to see if I turn it down. No! I'm here. I'm literally in the middle of the mountains. I guess this would explain why. Can you see? This would explain why my signal is so bad.

00:03:04 John Daub: Yeah, there you go. So... Fukushima is huge. So... it's about... If you take the Shinkansen... There's no Shinkansen where I went. This is the... another express train. Nobody's getting on. This is crazy. I'm still the only one in this carriage.

00:03:29 John Daub: Will Shige-san be working with you in the future? I don't know. Shige-san... He lives in Fukushima, so... We might. I don't know. I'd like to do more in Fukushima. So we're gonna see. But he's... He lives in Fukushima, so... Hopefully I'll be able to see him again. I'd love it if he came to Tokyo. We'd go out and have drinks. Get Peter and some other people.

00:03:50 John Daub: I have questions. Do you run your own business in Japan? Not sure, Brad. Yes, I have a business. I have my own company. I started it 12 years ago. And... yeah, it's... it's a... it's a small company. But it's an established company in Japan. The longer you have a company in Japan, and the older you are, the more people trust it, and the more you build a reputation for it.

00:04:13 John Daub: Is it hard to establish a business in Japan? Very hard when I started mine 12 years ago. But it's getting a little bit easier. Do you prepare your own taxes? Yes, I do.

00:04:26 John Daub: Is Japan friendly for foreign business owners? Yeah. I think if you're creating jobs and you're making money for your company, of course, it's going to be very happy. Japan needs more entrepreneurs, I think. I started my company as a communications company to teach people about stuff. And that's the purpose of the company. I started first streaming on iTunes. Not streaming. I started... uploading videos to iTunes in 2006 before YouTube was even... I think YouTube just started that year in 2006. I was... I was on iTunes. And I had my own server, and I was giving out bandwidth, and people were downloading.

00:05:09 John Daub: That's a massive onsen. Check that onsen out. Wow. I'm in the middle of nowhere. That's Asaya Hotel. This thing is massive. This must be Kinugawa Onsen. Wow, can you see the sign? It's behind that building right there. Kinugawa Onsen. Massive. Oh my word. People get on the train now.

00:05:39 John Daub: So sorry for that. That was pretty big. Um, but... where was I?

00:05:47 John Daub: Is it necessary for every... Is Japanese necessary for every job? No. These are great questions, by the way. You don't need Japanese for every job, but... I mean, I want you to think about this for a second. In any other country that you go to and you want to work in that country, if you cannot speak the local language, do you think you're going to find a job anywhere else in the world? It's pretty hard. If you speak English, that's not a passport to a job. You can be an English teacher. You might be able to work for a foreign company. But your ability to speak Japanese will probably control your destiny here. And if you can't speak Japanese, don't expect to get a good paying job or expect to have a career here. It's sort of... yeah. You probably will need to... you probably will need to learn Japanese, but it's not necessary. It's a really good question because a lot of people ask me about how to get work here.

00:06:39 John Daub: How old are you? I'm 43 years old. Can you teach me Japanese? No. I don't know. I don't really teach language. When is your next driving test? December 14th. And December 11th, I'm taking a practice exam with this type of taxi car that they made me drive at the exam last time. And the guy's pretty... it's gonna cost me 150 bucks for that lesson too. So, it's... yeah.

00:07:11 John Daub: Would you move back to America? Why? No. I could, but I'm not. Jen, could you make a religion about... can I make a religion about you? What does that mean? I don't know. If you want to.

00:07:27 John Daub: We're just passing through a station. There's a station master. There's one person on the platform, and that's it. There's nobody else on the platform. This is kind of... this is getting a little creepy.

00:07:45 John Daub: I miss Shige. Shige misses you. Do you smoke? I don't smoke anything, actually. So, you don't have to worry. I don't smoke cigarettes or anything. I'm a runner. Runners, they don't smoke. My mother was a smoker, and she doesn't anymore. But I always hated that as a kid. And so when I went to college, and people were smoking, I never had a desire to do it. And once you get past age 20, I think if you didn't smoke, you're not going to start. There's no pressure for me to smoke. So I don't really need it.

00:08:33 John Daub: What was your favorite thing you did in Fukushima? I ate today, and I put it on Instagram just now. So definitely check out Instagram, OnlyJapanTV. I ate the best sauce katsudon. This breaded pork cutlet, and it's like smothered in a tangy soy-based sauce. That's what I wrote on Instagram, is the description. It was the best sauce katsudon I've ever had. And that was a very spiritual experience, I think. That sauce katsudon... do I have a picture on this? It was so good. But what was the best thing about this trip was meeting the people. I always love the people. And that's, I think, the biggest attraction for me traveling anywhere in the world. Yeah, the food is good, but it's always the people. It's the people who cook the food. It's always the people that are in the restaurant. So this stuff is the most important.

00:09:35 John Daub: So... oh, here it is. Here's the picture. I put it on Instagram. That is the sauce katsudon. And it was just like out of sight. I can't even describe to you how amazing it was. I also... didn't I take some video of this? I'm pretty sure I did. I also said goodbye to the lady. And, yeah, that was... oh, this is the other phone. It's on this one. That sauce katsu was good. I loved the onsen. I liked working with Gak. Or Wada-san at the end. And with... Mia. That's her last name, by the way. That's not her first name. Mia and Shige. And I liked working with these people. That was a lot of fun. For me, it's always... again, it's always the people. I've stayed in some really amazing yokan before. I've eaten some amazing food before. That's stuff I'll do again in the future. But, again, like it's always the people. I don't know when I'm gonna see them again. I hope soon. They're really nice. And I get attached to people just like everybody else does. So, it was sad to say goodbye on the platform.

00:10:50 John Daub: Does Mia... Mia. M-I-Y-A is her name. Have an Instagram? I don't know. I don't think so. I think she just uses Facebook or something. But she's not... she's not any kind of a celebrity or anything. So she doesn't have... I think most of her stuff is gonna be private.

00:11:06 John Daub: Any anime recommendations? Probably... to learn Japanese and Japanese culture, I would say pick up Sezai-san. I know it's not like... it's not the most exciting anime or manga or anime. But for me, that's how I learned Japanese culture and language. Sezai-san. About how a Japanese family works through anime. And it's not the kind of anime maybe you're thinking of. But to me, that would be the one I recommend the most to everybody. Sezai-san. S-A-Z-A-E-S-A-N. Her name is Sezai-san. I love that anime.

00:11:47 John Daub: Any plans to livestream with Peter soon? Yeah. Probably... I talked to him a little bit yesterday. Maybe sometime this week if we can. Or by the weekend. He has some great ideas. Peter is... he's one of the most talented people I know. Like with everything. Because he has that sort of perfectionism in him. That he always gets better and better and better at the stuff he does. And... he just started YouTube and I know he's gonna get better and better and better at it. So I think it's good if... maybe somebody's coming. I think it's good if all of us help Peter with his channel. And support what he's doing. And then let's see... and Kevin as well. And Jennifer as well. And let's see how their channel evolves.

00:12:35 John Daub: You... a lot of you have been following Only in Japan for... We just crossed the station. That's the train going the other way towards Aizu-Wakamatsu. It's starting to rain here in Tokyo. In this part of Japan. So I think... you've been following my channel for a few years maybe. I think it's interesting to see how these people who are starting their channels evolve theirs. And it's exciting for me to see the same stuff that they're going through. And overcoming and using their creativity to make something out of nothing. Which is just a story. Peter's episodes have been pretty good actually. They're pretty creative. I'm surprised.

00:13:23 John Daub: Do you have any plans to make video about Japanese football? Match atmosphere or something? Somebody asked me about that. Yeah, Kuma's Kitchen, Florencia. Somebody asked me about that. And there is American football. I think they're talking about American football. There's American football in Japan. And I was asked to cover that but I didn't have any time this year. I'm going to cover this next year. Because it's like bizarre. The universities here in Japan, they have American football teams. And some of these players are pretty good. I don't know if they make it in the US. And I don't even know. Maybe one out of all of them could make the NFL like they do in baseball. Major League Baseball. But it would be interesting to see some Japanese playing American football. Or Japanese, like Western sports. And to see how they do in that. They're very competitive.

00:14:06 John Daub: John, can you dab? Look dude, dab is over. Alright. Dabbing has been done for like several years now. I never did that because I'm not one of those guys who copy all the sports and athletes who do that. I'm not one of those guys who do this stuff. If they do it, I probably will do the opposite. Because I don't like to do what they do. I do my own thing.

00:14:27 John Daub: John, do you have any plans? I'm going to be honest with you. You can ask me anything. The camera's over here but the chats are over here. I apologize if I'm not looking at you. Do you have any plans to make a video about Japanese football match atmosphere? Or something. Okay, that's the one you asked me. Watch Samurai Champ Blue. One of the best. Okay. Samurai Champ. Okay, I'm going to check it out.

00:14:53 John Daub: Are your trips part of your NHK work? No. These are not part of my NHK work. This is all me. And a lot of these trips are supported by Patreon. I started something called the Postcard Club. There's five postcards left available for five people who want to support the Postcard Club on Patreon. And this support is helping me find my way. And I'm going to be able to do more travel. This particular trip, I want to point this out. I think it's really important for creators to be honest. It was funded mostly by Fukushima Prefecture. And they're trying to bring more attention here and with good purpose. And I'm really happy to have been part of a group that had an idea to help promote Fukushima through onsen and ryokan and other things. And my part of it was the ryokan. Thank you, Leo. My part was to do ryokan, onsen, and food for eight days. And I was really happy to do it.

00:16:07 John Daub: Are you okay come late to the party? Yeah, I'm okay. Are you talking to me? Thanks for the super chat. So this isn't related to NHK at all. I don't do a lot of NHK right now because my schedule. First of all. The NHK is a lot of fun and I love to do it because I like to work with a team. But if I only did NHK, I would be... the payment is not a lot of money actually. If I only did NHK, I probably as a reporter and I'm freelance. I'm not NHK staff. If I did that, I probably would not be able to support myself. It's not a lot of money you make. It's sort of like beer money or food money. It's like a tip. But that's why I can't do it like I used to. But the thing is it's so much fun. And for me, the directors, the teams who do it, they're like... I feel like they're my family. So when they ask me, I will almost always say yes. The only reason I wouldn't would be a scheduling conflict. And I love working with the team at NHK. But when it comes to life, you have to make your own content. And you have to go out and make your own way. And I think YouTube has been a platform, like an awesome platform to do that. It's not always perfect. But it's still the best out there by far.

00:17:35 John Daub: Have you met Peter Barakhan? I've seen him but I haven't met him. I don't know. We have different circles. He's like a lot older than me. I don't know. I'd love to work with him. I don't know if I would collab with him. Does he do YouTube? He's like a TV guy. He's a nice guy. I know people who know him. He has had a segment a few weeks ago on Tokyo Eye. Oh, me. Yeah.

00:18:06 John Daub: Will you be doing any vids, streams during the Olympics? Oh yeah. That's like... the Olympics is like two years away. More than two years away. I don't know what I'm doing in more than two years. I bet you a lot of the YouTubers that are YouTubing now, they won't be here in two years either. You can see it's raining. I'm going back to Tokyo. This is great. This livestream is just for you. I'm not showing you anything. I'm reading your comments. I know sometimes when I'm traveling and doing the livestreams, I don't read the comments all the time because I'm looking around. But this time, I'm just focused on your comments. I thought that would be cool.

00:18:57 John Daub: Why only Japan? No update again. I don't know. What do you mean? No update. Hi bro, your channel is good. Cheers. I appreciate that.

00:19:10 John Daub: Are you going to have ramen for dinner? No. You know what? I'm literally going to just eat tofu and vegetables and water for the next couple of days because I've been eating... I have like... this is new. I'm not really a big person. I never put... I put on like a couple of kilograms, I think. Eating massive amounts of food at Yokon and not exercising. I didn't have time to exercise or go anywhere. So I'm totally not going to be eating any ramen for a while. I've had my share. It's time to detox, I guess.

00:19:50 John Daub: Fukushima seems so cool but I'll actually go to Hiroshima next year. Fukushima is really cool. I think more and more... see, there's the train going the other way. That's going to Aizen. People are actually getting on now. There's people getting on. I think I can stop talking. It's not really crowded. So... what was I saying? Yeah, Fukushima is a really cool place to visit. Hiroshima is... look, there's a course. One reason why I was so... I didn't have the time to do this, to be honest with you. But the reason why I really wanted to do this was because there's a course that all foreign visitors to Japan seem to take. They fly in the Narita or to Kansai. Alright. And then they spend a few days there. And then they take the train to Kyoto. They spend some time there. They might go to like Takayama. But they'll go then to Himeji, see the castle. They'll go to Hiroshima, see Miyajima. And then they'll come back. Maybe they'll go to Osaka if they have time. Do Tonbori. They do everything that they've seen everybody else doing. That's what 95% of the Western tourists do. The Chinese tourists, I'm not even sure what they do. They're all over the place. They're everywhere in Japan. 80% of the tourists to Japan are from China. Still. And Korea as well as Taiwan and Hong Kong. I'm not sure what the tourists to the east of Japan do. But from the west, the US, Europe, Australia, all of them do the same circuit. If you go off that circuit, you don't see many tourists at all, which is sort of a shame. What I want to do with this year in particular, 2017 before the Olympics comes, is really try to show you more places, options. Especially if it's your second time and you don't want to do what everybody else did. And Fukushima and Tohoku and Tottori and that's the Sea of Japan side of Japan. And Shikoku and Kyushu are awesome, awesome destinations with very few tourists. Lots of food, lots of local cuisine and even friendlier because they want you there. Alright. They're friendlier. I'll tell you what, Miyajima is so overrun with tourists, that island. I think a lot of the people will just get frustrated because there's so many people coming. People who can't speak Japanese and they're just day trippers. It's not authentic. You want authenticity, you go to a place like where I was and it's like in your face Japan. And that's, I think, the experience most of you are looking for. And I wanted to show you a piece of that. So Fukushima is a totally cool place. I've seen a lot of comments coming in.

00:22:29 John Daub: Are you on a JR line? No. This is Tobu. This is Tobu Line. This is from Asakusa. You can take the train to Nikko. It also goes up to Aizu-Wakamatsu and it's cheaper. Like half the price of JR. You don't have to take JR in Japan. Although JR is everywhere.

00:22:45 John Daub: Don't you have a channel set up for 2020 in Tokyo? I do but I haven't made any content yet. I haven't had time. There's been too many location shoots. When is the next vid coming for the main channel? It should be coming this weekend. I just haven't had any time to edit it. I've been on location shoots and even with a laptop, by the time I get back and I back up all the data I took, I have to go to bed or I only get 6 hours of sleep before I have to start the next shoot. So I haven't done a lot of editing for the last month.

00:23:21 John Daub: How tall am I? I'm as tall as I look. I don't know. This is too personal. Thank you, Nosh. Nosh Abroad is one of the moderators and he takes care of any of the people who get out of line. There's a couple of other moderators as well. I do appreciate that very much. I keep it clean.

00:23:41 John Daub: It was to me one of the best streamings you did in Fukushima. Thank you. That was like a streamathon. Like every day. Every time I found something interesting that I didn't film for the main channel.

00:23:57 John Daub: We're back. Sorry. Yeah. We're going through tunnels and stuff like this and the connection isn't so good. So I'm sorry for tuning out. I hope some of you are sticking around. Well, if you don't, then that's pretty good. Then I can take more questions.

00:24:17 John Daub: Yeah, the Tobu Line is notorious for going through mountains. You're not late. You're actually on time. You're checking in now. I'm the Tobu Line coming back from Aizuwakamatsu from Fukushima. The mountains of Fukushima back down to Tokyo. This train goes to Asakusa and arrives in about an hour. So I thought I would take some time to answer some of your questions for those of you who are tuning in right now. Yeah. You can go ahead and ask me anything. I forget what I was talking about because it took 10 minutes to get back online.

00:24:49 John Daub: Will you do any of the other onsen tours in other parts of Japan? I'm doing a video coming up on Tokyo baths. I think Sharla in Japan did one. And she put it up on her channel and I'm working with the same people to make a video about Tokyo sento because I like the history of the public bath in Japan. That's going to be pretty interesting. I do it in a different way than Sharla. I'm only going to go with Peter for the next trip. That would be cool. We're going to see what Peter and I can do together on the next livestream to do maybe a day stream where we go out and we just do a bunch of stuff.

00:25:26 John Daub: The Spectre. Sharla in Japan is moving to Korea. Oh really? Oh that's sad. Hopefully I get a chance to see her before she leaves because usually we have a... last year we had a Christmas party at Simon and Martina's house and Sharla came to that event. So hopefully I get a chance to see her before she leaves then. She works for a group called Breaker. And I really like those people there. And Sharla is one of the nicest people. She's really genuine. She's who she is in real life.

00:25:59 John Daub: When are you going to sing, girl? Oh yeah, yeah. Maybe. You know what? If I do an Ika-roke episode I'll try to sing something for you. How many onsen did you visit, Stan? I think... I want to say 13 but I think it was more. At least I went... yeah. I think it was 13 onsen but I was in more than 13 baths. And I did this all in 8 days and I'm really exhausted because it was constantly on the move. I don't like location shoots like this because I don't have time to go in depth. It's film it and then move on. And that's not the kind of way I like to make the show. I like the algashima style where I'm there for a long time absorbing it and then bringing to you like a really compelling story. Whereas because I'm working with Fukushima on this one they want to cover so much in such a short amount of time. It's almost too much and almost counterproductive. But I think I can make a pretty good video out of this.

00:27:04 John Daub: Thank you. That's a good question. Taylor is a spoiled brat. She... I met her at Simon and Martina's party as well. I thought she was pretty nice. Everybody is pretty nice I guess when you meet them. Is she spoiled? I didn't talk to her that much. I'm not sure. She probably doesn't know much about me either. Because we didn't make any time to talk to each other.

00:27:25 John Daub: I will be heading across to Japan for 2 weeks. Cool. If I see you on my adventure I'll buy you Coke Coffee. Coffee! Yeah! That's okay. You can keep your Coke Coffee. Jennifer spilled hers out. She hated it. I didn't mind it. Maybe once in a lifetime.

00:27:41 John Daub: Are there hidden treasures? In Japan? Like buried? Maybe. There is a place in Nagoya. Atsu... Atsushi... Atsu... Shish... Atsu... Atsu something Ji. Shrine. And Atsu... Atsu... Oh gosh I forget it. But there's a mirror that only the Emperor is allowed to look at. This mirror. And he hasn't looked at it in generations. And every time they put a cloth over the mirror. And when the cloth is about to disintegrate, they just put another one on there. And they keep replacing it. And now it's caked on with layers and layers of cloth because the Emperor hasn't looked at this mirror for such a long time. I thought that was pretty interesting history. That might be treasure. I don't know. There's probably treasure in some of the basements of these shrines as well. Who knows?

00:28:32 John Daub: Is there a World War II bomb still found in Japan? I don't think so. The country was pretty... there could be out in the countryside. It's hard to say. The... there was a... the park I did. The blue flowered park in Hitachi. The... sorry. It was called Hitachi Kaihin Koen. The Hitachi Seaside Park. And that park had an amazing history. Not a lot of people saw that story for some reason. It was one of my best videos I think. I didn't just film the beautiful flowers. I went to the history of that park. It used to be a bombing range for World War II. The Americans... the Japanese used it as a bombing... for bombing practice. And then the Americans turned it into their bombing range. And then after the occupation was finished, they turned it into a park. That's the kind of story that I just love to cover with Japanese history. And they had a museum in it. And a lot of foreign YouTubers go there and they never cover that history. That one is definitely... and there might be bombs that... I believe they're... it was just bomb waste. They exploded everything. And then they made the bomb waste. And they made it into a mountain or something. But it was really good history. That's the kind of stuff I think I want to cover more of.

00:29:52 John Daub: There are ghosts moving in John's wagon every now and then. I hope not. There's really nobody in here. It's kind of creepy.

00:30:01 John Daub: Will you be inviting Mia or Shige as guest... I'd love to do that. You know what? A flock of seagulls. They will be on the main... Shige is going to be a lot in the main channel. And Mia has her own part. In the main channel on the onsen. So I wanted to show the women's point of view. In the same episode. So I filmed Mia wearing a towel. In the female bath. Just to get a different point of view. So they're all going to be in the main episode. That should be coming in December. That episode. I have a lot of editing to do.

00:30:36 John Daub: You spent more than one week in onsen. How do you feel? Me too. That's a pretty interesting question. I took down this Daido blend coffee. They haven't changed the design of this coffee for... I think 40 years. I feel... I feel really tired. I think... yeah, seven days in onsen and ryokan is too much. I feel more exhausted than... I need a vacation from this... from the ryokan. I want to be honest with you. The food was too much. It was too much... it was too... it was an overload of... amazing things to eat. And I think a human needs to take a break. And eat boring food to make an amazing thing more special. Life is a balance, right? And I'm so far like here. Because I was in an awesome hotel room. Awesome ryokan, tatami. Everything. I was eating the best food. I was in luxurious baths with beautiful views. That's too much. And that's unbalanced. And I need to balance it out with hardship. And putting myself in a prison cell. For... for seven days. Life is a balance. You need to work hard. And then you enjoy the time that you have to relax on vacation more. If I work hard during the day, I sleep better. If I don't work hard, I feel bad. It's like if I don't brush my teeth, I can't go to sleep. There's a balance to life, I think. Clean teeth is important to me.

00:32:16 John Daub: What weapons would you want if zombies in this train? Okay. I need... you have to hit the zombies in the head. So I would probably would want... can I have two weapons? Katana would be nice. I like... I would like a sword. A really sharp one. Because then I'd be quicker at getting rid of the zombies. I don't like... you know what? I always found that an axe would be good as well. But the thing is, if you get a sword, you can't get rid of the zombies. If you get the axe in too deep, you can't get it out to go for the next one. So maybe an ice pick would be good. An ice pick and a sword. The problem with guns, you need ammo. And once you run out of ammo, then that's when the zombies bite you. So if I had to pick one, it would not be a gun. Okay. So there you go. A chainsaw. What happens when the chainsaw runs out of gas or battery, right? You know? Did you think of that? Mr. Chainsaw.

00:33:22 John Daub: John... Michonne style. Yeah. I would... you know what? Michonne is the one I think is going to last the longest on the... I'm not watching this season right now. But Michonne is by far, I think, the best. Because she has... she's hardcore with that sword. Nobody can take her out. It's the same... yeah. The same with everybody else who can do hand-to-hand combat. That's how you stay alive in a zombie apocalypse. Run fast. Stay alive and have senses to be around you like some of the other people.

00:33:56 John Daub: So... do you believe in ghosts? Jasmine, I saw a ghost the first year I was in Japan. I don't know if I want to tell this story yet. You know what? Okay. I'm not going to tell this story. I saw a ghost the first year. I'm dead serious. It was... I used to live next to a castle. Okazaki Castle. I lived 50 meters away from the castle. So it was really hollowed grounds. It's really sacred grounds. And I saw a ghost the first year. I wanted to say I S U not. It was there. And I moved... I didn't want to stay in that apartment. And I'll tell you the story at another time. I don't want to waste the story on this. But I do believe in ghosts. And I don't think that they show themselves to everybody. And I don't think they're always evil. I think that... if they have a message to tell you. And you're the chosen one. Then they will find you. And they will communicate to you. And this... it was a woman. She communicated with me. And I'll tell you how in another live stream. And it's a true story. Okay? I'm serious. Look at my face. I'm serious.

00:35:18 John Daub: And now I'm not serious because I'm changing the topic. But the ghost story, I'm serious. I did see ghosts. I'm disappointed in this season of The Walking Dead. Don't tell me anything. We don't get it in Japan. We're like always a year behind. Ghost stories would be cool. Peter had a ghost story on his channel by the way.

00:35:36 John Daub: Where's a good place to eat around Tokyo? Gosh. Where's a good place to eat around London? Yeah. This is really... Tokyo is a massive city. The best place to eat is not... I wouldn't say... is not Shibuya. I can tell you where the best place not to eat is. Shibuya. I don't like Harajuku. You know, Akasaka and Shinbashi. Shinbashi is cheap and it's a pretty authentic place to eat. I'd say that. Yeah, Shinbashi is a place you should check out. Especially in the evening if you like the izakayas and less tourists. That place is pretty authentic.

00:36:24 John Daub: When will your parents visit you again? You know what? My dad... my dad has never visited Japan. He says the plane ride is too long. My mom has been here four times. No one else in my family has ever been here. Except for my cousin. And she went to university at Sophia University for one year. That was pretty cool.

00:36:45 John Daub: Countryside is the place to eat in Japan. Yes. Cecile de Rockstar 2. You are right. Because that's where all the best ingredients are. And you eat like a champion in the countryside. It's the reason... if you really... you know what? If Chris... sorry. If Mark Wiens actually wants to see the real Japan and eat some food, he should go outside of Tokyo and Osaka and Kyoto and all the tourist places and go deep. And I'll introduce him to stuff that will blow his mind. You know, a lot of the people... the thing is, if you put the countryside...

00:37:27 John Daub: How rude. Get out of here. If you... if you don't have Tokyo or Osaka or places that you want to go, nobody's going to watch your lives, your YouTube show on that. I've had trouble in Japan because people don't search for it. But I will introduce people to some amazing food. Deep. That's right. Stand deep. I should do a collaboration with Mark. Yeah, that'd be fun. You know, I would love to do more collaborations with some of the foodies. Because that's something that I don't do every time. I don't do food. I'm more about Japan in general. And food is an integral part of Japanese culture. So, I focus on food but not food specifically.

00:38:20 John Daub: So here... everyone loves food because they have to eat it to survive. Yeah. So, it's important. I didn't know the voices on the train spoke English. Chinese. I don't know what language that was. Um...

00:38:49 John Daub: Are you... where are you off to today? I'm going home. So, it says here the connection's getting bad. I apologize if it cuts off. But I'll keep trying again until we're totally off. So, I'm going to go home.

00:39:02 John Daub: Are there any memes in Japan? I don't know. What are your favorite Japanese food? Your favorite food, John? Pizza. That's my favorite food. Of course. Pizza.

00:39:15 John Daub: What other TV shows are you watching, John? What about Game of Thrones? I haven't seen any Game of Thrones. Season 1. None of them. I'll binge watch it one year. But it won't be this year. When I have time. What other shows am I watching? Nothing really right now. I have no time.

00:39:31 John Daub: People ask me what my favorite music is. I don't know. My favorite music is royalty free music that I can use in the show. I don't listen to pop music at all. Classical music sometimes. Jazz, yes. I don't listen to any popular music. That's why I don't know this dab thing. I don't listen to this stuff. I don't think a lot of the pop music people are very talented, to be honest with you. Some of them are. Yeah. So, I listen to the royale. I have got more respect for royalty free music people because they let me use it in the show. And I want to give them that. I want to give them credit. Where's Kevin Reilly? Probably at home. In Osaka.

00:40:12 John Daub: Would you like to visit North Korea? No. I won't. I've got a lot of friends that have. They told me it's cool but it's maybe not the best time.

00:40:26 John Daub: What's the hourly wage in Japan? That's a great question. Right now the minimum wage, I think it's around, I guess it would be equivalent to like $10 an hour. And that's not a lot actually. And most people don't even get that. Outside of Tokyo, I think it's more like $7 an hour. And a lot of, they call it a baido, arubaito, a part time job. And it's usually very poorly paid. But that's what, you know, a part time job is, or like working in a convenience store, that's not supposed to be your career. Nobody's supposed to do that for making a living. And we all make choices in life. And minimum wage here is very, very low, I think, because most people will find a job doing something else. And they're not even using their education. Education is very high here in Japan. Everybody finishes high school, I think. So, yeah. Not a lot of people, everybody, you know, everybody has a pretty good, makes a pretty good money here in Japan where they can support themselves or their family supports them in one way or another. It's not, it's a different system than in Japan. But in general, the CEOs don't make, if this is the CEOs in the US, Japanese CEOs make like this much. And then the normal person makes this much. The, okay, alright, this is, this is kind of a good thing. I want to explain it to you. This is what my Japanese friend told me about, about salaries in Japan. Alright, when you, you enter a company and you make a base salary, which is not bad, it's actually quite good. And then you get promoted. Your responsibility goes up and your, and your salary goes like this. And then you get promoted again. Your responsibility goes up and your salary goes like this, okay? So even then, when you get to the CEO, you're probably here, but your responsibility is here. In the United States, when you get the CEO, you, your like salary's way up here. And I guess your responsibility is like down here because some of the CEOs aren't, aren't doing such a wonderful job. Japanese CEOs are, are just as competent as in the US, but they get paid way, way less. However, there's a caveat here. Japanese CEOs can use the company money almost like their own. And they do live pretty much for free. They just get receipts and everything is company business for the most part. It's a write-off for the company. So yeah, there's that. And if you have a billion dollar company, you basically have a billion dollars if you're the CEO of that company. However, your salary is not the same as like American CEOs, not even close, okay?

00:43:08 John Daub: Do you have any talk on the Japanese adult industry? Not really, Sir Alfred. I mean, it's a fair question. I think it's an interesting thing in the Japan adult industry is different than in the rest of the world in many ways. I don't know a lot about it. I don't watch it. But I do know that, you know, I was asked by an agent of an adult video star, a woman, to do a YouTube video to interview her. And I thought about it and I turned it down. Okay. Because there's a lot of kids who watch the show. And there's a lot of families, there's a lot of mothers and fathers who write to me and say that they watched this with their son or daughter and that means a lot to me more than I would get for one episode with an adult star about her lifestyle. And, you know, I probably would get more subscribers and more money doing something like this, but to me, the most important thing is to protect your reputation. I probably survive it, you know? But, I don't know. In Japan, your reputation is more than the money, I think. The longer I stay here, the more I realize that. Right now, my reputation is showing a positive light of Japan and not being overly critical, but being honest about it. I like that. I like where I am. I didn't need to do that. But I think it is a story that should be done. Somebody should do it. I will make one on a love hotel soon. So stay tuned. Come to India? I will. You'll get $4 a day wage, minimum. But I will come to India. How's that?

00:44:59 John Daub: So looking at the next one, that's correct, John. What's your opinion would be to say the biggest misconception about Japan? Wow, the biggest misconception about Japan. You know what? I actually talked about this when I was in the ryokan. The biggest misconception that we have as Japanese... as outsiders. The first biggest one that I think I should tell you about is we see Japan as the country Japan. Alright? Japan, Japanese see Japan as areas. They see Japan as 47 prefectures. And I think if you're saying you're taking a trip to Japan, that's sort of disingenuous. You're actually taking a trip to Tokyo. Because Tokyo is one culture. And Aomori is a country. It's a completely different place. I think, yeah, you can get the same kind of food. A little bit. They speak Japanese. But the way that they talk, the way that they walk, the way that they act, I think is different. It's unique. They have their own uniqueness. And Japanese see the prefectures having their own uniqueness. Westerners or foreign tourists don't see that yet. Okay? I see 47 different countries inside of Japan. Like Europe has all these countries, right? I've been living in Japan for almost 20 years. I see 47 different countries to visit. Alright? That's what I see. You see, if you're coming to Japan, you see just Japan. That's one misconception, I think. I don't know if that would be considered a misconception, but that's something that I want to highlight more in the next year. The second misconception is that Japanese people are shy. I don't think that that's especially true. I think some people are really shy. I think shy people are really shy. Shyness is a good trait, but here's the thing, okay? Japanese kids are not that shy. They're the first people who come up to me. They'll stand right in front of me. A little teeny kid, 5, 6 years old, look right up to me and start speaking to me in Japanese. And not knowing that even if I'm a foreigner, he doesn't see me as a foreigner. He just speaks to me in Japanese. And I respond to him and I can have a conversation. Not shy at all. It gets around, I guess, when they get to junior high school, they start to get shy about who they are. But inside of every person, they're not shy. They want to break out. Everybody wants to break out. And I think, yeah, if you make an effort to talk to people in Japan, they will make, you'll see that they're not really that shy. They want to talk to you back. And at first, I don't know, I guess I would be shy. But I don't see it as people in Japan being overly shy. I just see them as being, keeping to themselves and being polite. They don't want to disturb you. They have a lot of questions for you. But they don't want to disturb you. And if you break the ice and you talk to them, doors open up. Man, man. I've gotten to where I am by talking to strangers. And not being shy myself. And people talk to me back. Like Shige. Remember Shige, who you met in the streams? He's not shy. He's polite, you know. There's politeness and then there's shy. In my opinion, I think that there's politeness and then there's shyness. And shyness is a part of being polite. So, that's a misconception, I think. The misconception that Japanese don't like having sex is a misconception. That's why the birth rate is low. I think that's a misconception. I think the birth rate is low because it's expensive to have kids. And people want to live their lives. And people are working more. And they just don't have kids. It's not because they don't want to. There's lots of reasons. Spaces are getting smaller in Tokyo. There's no reason to have lots of kids. People don't feel the need. There's lots of misconceptions, I think. And the only way to see it, the media is never going to cover it properly. Even the media in Japan doesn't cover it properly. I think you have to talk to people. And here's the thing, going back to what I said about a minute ago. There's 47 prefectures, countries in Japan. The way people think in Aomori is different than the way people think in Tokyo. You can't generalize Japan. This is like the same with the United States. People in New York think differently than in Los Angeles. People in Kyushu think differently than people in Hokkaido. I guarantee it. So, don't think that Japanese people think the same. That's another thing. I think that in Sapporo, people were really outgoing. Compared to Tokyo. I think Tokyo people are the most, I guess, shy or polite. Because there's so many people from everywhere. People don't know each other. They're all strangers from different areas of Japan. A melting pot, Tokyo is. So people are more cautious. Yeah. So, there's so many misconceptions. But the biggest one, I think, is Japanese are Japanese. It's 99.9% Japanese people. But, never the place. People in Fukushima are different than people in Tokyo. It's just true. And I can see those differences. But, I don't think you would be able to see it unless you were here for a while.

00:50:34 John Daub: How long is your train journey? Let's see where I am. Not too much further. This train goes through Nikko. So I'm near Utsunomiya right now. You see Tokyo at the bottom? So I'm near Utsunomiya.

00:50:58 John Daub: Do you like US? Yes! I love the United States. I'm so proud to be a part of the United States. There are so many good things about the United States. And I try to focus on all the positives. Always. Always try to focus on the positives. And there are some things that are not so great. But I think the positives overwhelmingly dwarf the negatives of American society. And if you focus on the negatives, you're only going to see that. But if you focus on the positives, you're only going to see that. The thing I love about America is that people are so friendly. You can wait in line. And you'll know everybody in that line. After a few minutes, people will turn to strangers and just talk to you. I love that. In Japan, people never do that. People don't do that. People don't talk to you. And I miss that, actually. The friendliness. The American friendliness. And the American optimism. I love that, too. There are so many great things about Japan. The United States. That I miss. And I hope I can stay who I am. And that's always a part of me. And I think I'm positive about Japan always. Because that's how I grew up. You know? Optimistic about the future.

00:52:17 John Daub: What kept you here instead of the USA? That's a good question. I don't know. I'm really used to living here now. The next stop is Gotiki. Your ticket may be checked. I'm really used to living here. I'm very used to the lifestyle. I have a life here. I have a business here. I have a family here. I have all my professional connections are here. And to go back to America would be starting over a new life. And I'm 43. I'm not 23 or 33. I'm 43. I believe I can do a lot to help my country, United States, here. And I believe I can do a lot to help the country here in Japan. By being the best person I can be in Japan, doing what I'm doing. And sharing Japan with Americans, with people around the world.

00:53:14 John Daub: I love India as well. That's where my mother's from. I have a lot of family there. Yeah, I haven't seen them in a few years. But yeah, I have a PIO card of people of Indians origin. So I don't need a visa to go to India. India. So that's also part of who I am. And India is awesome because people are pretty tolerant with everybody. That's the one thing. I go around and people call everybody brother and sister in India. I always like that too. They don't do that in the United States. Nobody's like family. People like family in India. That was my sense anyways because maybe I was always with my family. It's hard to say. But I like the closeness of people in India. So that's all a part of who I am.

00:54:12 John Daub: Dob sounds like German. It is. My grandfather was, my father's father was German. Was German. He passed away. His name is also John Dob. He was born in 1912. 1911 or 1912. I forget. 1911. His father or his grandfather emigrated from Germany from Heidelberg to the United States. And they settled in New York. And that's where my dad was born. In New York. And yeah. It's a German last name. I've been to Germany several times. I have family there. I don't know any German and I don't feel the connection to Germany as I do with India. But there's a connection. And with England. My father's, my grandmother was English. She emigrated from Oxfordshire which is, I guess that's not north of London. And they emigrated in the 19, 1920s or 1930s from England to the United States to New York. And that's where my grandfather met my grandmother. In New York. After they'd emigrated. And yeah. My dad was born in New York. So he's an immigrant. He's a son of immigrants. And my mother is. She is an immigrant. Well she's American now. So that's sort of my background.

00:55:34 John Daub: I miss waterfall onsen. I kind of do too. I like that. My fingers were wrinkled for most of those eight days. My skin is kinda dry. The one thing about Japan in the winter is it gets really really really dry. And in the summer it's really really really humid. So. Especially in the mountains it's super dry.

00:55:55 John Daub: You are world diversity in one. Just waiting for some Chinese ancestry. You know I get family in like a two dozen countries did we have family in New Zealand and Poland also you know yeah there's I have some Polish background in me there's some Polish family members of I family everywhere and there's one dog in Japan that would be me and we have them everywhere.

00:56:29 John Daub: Thank You nausea brought I'm always so thankful not just taking care of the stream are you going to take the 23 and me test what is that test I don't know how did your parents meet so my father he's his job is a those big oil tanker ships and that's how that's what he does for a living he's a captain and he traveled the world and my mom was in India and long story short they met in India and fell in love and then I guess she came to America he came to Japan India to pick her up and they went back to America long story short so he was a world traveler just he used ships instead of planes.

00:57:14 John Daub: John is mixed with different races I'm like all of you guys out there just all mixed up I'm the biggest much no there are bigger months than me but I'm a pretty much much a product of a lot of races and imagine if I get married to a Japanese lady here and then we have kids those kids are gonna be messed up good trace at least on my side I'm gonna really mix this kid up you know I have to give him a really diverse name to maybe not a japanese name given we're really like German name or something to really mix it out so no wife no kids I'm not married that doesn't mean it won't be in the future some things I won't talk about yet but yeah life has been really good but I've been really busy the last year I've been on traveling like crazy and this That kind of lifestyle is not good for long relationships. Yeah, 43 is the new 23, somebody said. I think that person who said it was 53. So, 23andMe is a DNA test. You know what, I think these DNA tests, if they're brand new, I'm gonna wait a little bit before I take any DNA tests like that because I never do first generation anything, including the Apple Watch and Apple products. Never take a first generation. Always wait for the second or the third generation. So, give the DNA tests a little bit more time and then I might take it, but I'm not. You know what, I am me and whatever happens, you know, that's life. I don't really need to know.

00:59:05 John Daub: 43 is the new 23. When I get the 53, that'll be the new 2032. It's been around for about two years, really? Okay, so that puts it, the second generation. Maybe next year. Mixed breed alert, oh yeah. I'm reading your comments. I'm reading your comments here. They're coming pretty fast. How do you do super? What does that mean? John, do you believe in Japanese gods? Like believe? Probably not. I believe, I'm spiritual, but I don't, gosh, I'm so mixed. I don't know what religion I believe in. I believe in God. I believe in, I do have a religious background, but I'm gonna keep it to myself.

01:00:01 John Daub: John isn't, I'm not God. I'm not a lowercase God either. John and Jennifer. John, are you a gamer? I, all right, here's the thing. I want to be, but I'm never around to play games. I have this, this is the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 7. I don't have time. I'm literally, if I played games, I'd never edit anything. And like, I know Simon from Simon and Martina. He's a huge gamer. Cause when I go there, he's playing a game. I don't see them very often, but when I go there, he's playing a game. I don't see them very often, but when I go there, he's playing a game. I don't know how he gets time. But in my free time, I'm listening to royalty free music. And I'm thinking about the show, to be honest with you. Or I'm traveling or I'm sleeping.

01:00:49 John Daub: Nintendo Switch might be an idea. I used to be, when I was a kid, I was a massive gamer. Oh my gosh. I played the Nintendo, the original one, with Mike Tyson's punch out. Oh man, I was pretty good at that too. I would just dedicate hours and hours and hours. And I do that with editing now. So I can't say that I'm an awful gamer now. But the thing is, the games are so complex now, it's hard for me to get into it. You have to invest a lot of time to get into the games.

01:01:23 John Daub: But ever since Peter won the job as Spring Man, if you play the Nintendo game Spring Man, Peter is Spring Man. And I also auditioned to be Spring Man. Spring Man! But I didn't win. I was close, but I think they were just telling me that to be nice to me. If Peter went down to Nintendo to Kyoto's office, the head office is in Kyoto, and he did the narrations for Spring Man. So that was pretty cool. So I'm glad he did that and kept it in the family. People that I know.

01:01:55 John Daub: John, what about Trump? I'm not gonna talk about politics. You know what? Whether or not I agree with who the president of the United States is, politically, whoever they are, I'm gonna support the United States. And that's all I wanna say about that. I'm gonna support my country here in Japan. And there was a chance that I could have met President Trump when he was here a couple weeks ago. They told me he was going to a steak restaurant in Roppongi and the standby, and they would tell me to come. So I had my camera and I was gonna go to meet Trump. And then they changed the restaurant to a place in Gifu. And I was gonna go to Ginza instead. I think that was the story. And my friend told me that, yeah, sorry, we got the, he came earlier than expected. Oh, that was it. He came earlier than expected.

01:02:45 John Daub: Leo, thanks for the super chat. So I could have met Trump and I would have been happy to, just like I would have been happy to met Obama or Bush or Clinton. It doesn't really matter. When somebody from overseas, you know, the president of your country comes, despite the party, you go and you meet them. That's just the kind of person I am.

01:03:03 John Daub: Did you speak Japanese? I guess you have good questions, Leo. Did you speak Japanese before you moved to Japan? No, nothing. Not a word. I didn't even know konnichiwa, Leo. I didn't, I didn't know anything.

01:03:17 John Daub: Number two, do you get full amount of super chat? I don't know, actually. I think probably YouTube takes some of it. I would, I would think that they do. Patreon takes some of it. So I, I think so. I'm not sure. That's a good question. And what's your favorite food? Pizza? And in Japan? I don't know. I think probably, probably that sauce katsudon I just had. Because that's what I'm thinking about in my mind. Okonomiyaki, Hiroshima style okonomiyaki is also like really, really high on my list. Yeah, that's a great question. This is the sauce katsudon. I put it on Instagram. This changed my life. This is a life changer. That was so good.

01:04:04 John Daub: Great questions, Leo. Leo, I think it gets like 66%. Really, Nosh? I have no idea. YouTube takes some of it. It takes 33%? All I know is that, um, alright, YouTube gives, has an analytics and tells me how much it's making. But when a super chat comes in, I kind of, I see the total and I go, whoa. And then I just feel, I don't know how much they take. I just feel like you, you guys gave something from the heart and what you felt. And that makes me feel good. And that's, but if they take it 33%, I'm going to ask my, um, um, YouTube, uh, YouTube, um, uh, partner manager about that. That's something I should check up on you. Next time if somebody asks, I'll have a definitive answer.

01:04:53 John Daub: Feed it to Jennifer? Yes! We got to feed Jennifer. She just got back from a trip in Hachijojima, so she's, she's been well fed.

01:05:05 John Daub: What do you think about Latin America? I think Latin America is pretty cool. I don't, I'll be honest with you. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know, I'm going to evolve this. And I don't know if people in Japan can see this, but I don't know if they can see this in Japan. And we're back, right, when we're back. Um, like the 4G was dead in the station there for some reason. Um, yeah, Latin America, I don't want to spend too much time on this, but yeah, I found a picture. I was in, uh, Peru. So I don't know if that's Latin America. I think to me that's Peru. Yeah. That was fun. Your ticket may be checked. Here's one when I was at the equator. That was a pretty cool trip. Look I'm on the north and the south. That was 2003. I traveled all around South America and Central America. I got to see Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua. I stayed just about everywhere. Yeah, I love it. The food was awesome.

01:06:26 John Daub: I don't know what Latin America or Hispanic, I don't think like that. Americans put themselves into groups. African American, Asian American, I think that's stupid. I think it's basically you are who you are. You're American or you are... I don't know why people put themselves into groups to be honest with you. Never thought about it. Same with Latin America. I don't know what Latin America means. I'm just... I just think people are American. They're in the United States. If you're American, you're American. Colombia was good. I love Colombia. I've never seen so many people... A lot of smiles, a lot of... People were very outgoing talking to me. I like Colombia. It was cool. And I didn't even see that much of it. It was just basically Bogota.

01:07:18 John Daub: Did you buy souvenirs for Peter? No. Peter... I really didn't have time to go shopping for souvenirs. I didn't have time to go shopping for souvenirs. I didn't have time to go shopping for souvenirs. Wow, you would've been worldwide. I've been to 71 countries. Many of them more than once.

01:07:55 John Daub: There's nobody on this train. The train is empty. So I'm not bothering anybody. That's why I'm doing the chat for 70 minutes. The train is pretty much empty. Yeah. So I... you know, I'll tell you my story a little bit. I think I explained it in the 360 chat. But when I was... I guess I was in the 60s. When I came to Japan, one of the reasons was because I was curious. I hadn't been to this part of Asia but I loved to travel. And I went to Ohio State University. Most of my friends were not from Ohio. They were from all over the world. Because I worked in an international dormitory. And they all invited me to go visit them. And so I did. And I traveled. And I kept traveling and traveling and traveling until I ran out of money. And then that's... that's when I went to Japan and I got a job teaching children English. And I made a... um... not a lot of money, but I was able to save up enough. I didn't have any school loans because I had a job. I worked through school, most of it. And yeah, I spent the first couple of years traveling and learning about the world. And I got to meet my friends and I saw so many different cultures. It's pretty cool. And this was before 2001, before the terrorist attack. And I found that I was, wow, the world was such an amazing place back then. Easy to travel around. And then after 2001, it got really hard. And I saw a lot.

01:09:15 John Daub: What about UFC? What is UFC? Have you been to Soma yet? Soma in Miyagi Prefecture? Yeah. That's north in Fukushima on the border. Yeah, I've been up there. Minamisoma. I went to Minamisoma and I've been to, wow. I went after the earthquake and the tsunami. We went up there to a couple of places. Minami-sanriko, I think. Wow, there's so many. This was a few years ago. I went back. In fact, there was a video that I made on the main channel called Pokemon With You, the Pokemon Train. And Pokemon Train went to a place called Ishinomaki. See Ishinomaki on the map here? Ishinomaki is, that's a place that I also visited after. And it's changed a lot. And gosh, I can't say this enough. If you're a tourist in Japan and you go to these places, you will be so warmly welcomed by everybody. Because they used to get tourists before this happened. And of course, people didn't go there for a while. But now, if you go up there, Ishinomaki is fine. Everybody wants to tell you their story. So you get all these stories about that day. When I was there. I went to the top of the mountain. I went up with a friend of mine named Mike. And we drove a truck full of food. This was about a month after it happened. And we drove a truck of food up there to people from Tokyo. And my friend Mike, he's one of the nicest people. He doesn't think about himself. He just gives. And he doesn't think about other people. And that one trip I went up with him. And we got Aussie Beef to help us out. And Aussie Beef sponsored. And gave us like, I don't know, like massive amount of steaks. And we barbecued for the people of Ishinomaki. For one night to give them a really fun dinner. I think there were six of us on that trip. Maybe I have a picture. That was such an awesome memory. And when I was up. It wasn't Ishinomaki. I think it was. I can't remember exactly the town. It was between Soma and Ishinomaki, I believe. Kesa Numa. I think it was Kesa Numa. Yeah. So we were in Kesa Numa. And the people were just so friendly and nice. And after the barbecuing. We walked through the city. And we could see a lot of the ruins. It was awful. It looked like a war zone. There were cars flipped. There was a bus. There was a boat. It was pretty bad. And there was a guy. And he was removing his refrigerator. I think he was bringing the refrigerator in. So Mike and I helped him bring the refrigerator into his house. And his house was in awful shape. It had been flooded. And there was sand and gunk on it. And he had wood boards to walk on. And he was still living in there. I guess on the second floor. And then he just. Oh man. I get a little emotional with this story. But he started telling us his story. On that day. You know. He lost his wife and kids. And his kids were outside playing. And his wife went out there to go look for him. Look for them. And then the tsunami came. And they were gone. And he. I would love to go back there. And see how he's doing. But. He showed us pictures of them. Imagine like a one month after. How raw. And he's still living alone. We had some tea with him. And gave him a pat on the back. Show some humanity. You know. You be around people. And then. You know. We had to go. He got a little bit too uncomfortable. Because you don't know where the line is. But. It makes you realize. How important. Our lives are. And the people around us. And. Just like. That. Everything can change. Just like that. He's alone. Just like that. And. Too many stories.

01:14:13 John Daub: After the earthquake. And the tsunami. Almost all of my foreign friends left. Tokyo. Especially the Europeans. They were the first to go. Nothing against the French. But. Everybody who is French. Had a free air flight. Out of Tokyo. And. Americans did not have a flight out. And. There was this fear for radiation. At the time. And. I said. That. This is my home. So. I didn't leave. I stayed. In Tokyo. Despite. All the. Bad stuff that was happening. And. Yeah. We. We called. There was this word going around. Fly gene. You know. Guy gene is foreigner. Fly gene. They were the foreigners who flew away. After the earthquake. And the tsunami. And. Tokyo. Was a ghost town. For. For. Foreign residents. In March. April. May. I think until the summer. All the foreign residents. Out of uncertainty. And fear. Had left. Tokyo. And Japan. But there were a few of us that stuck around. And. We fought it out. We. We made an impact. I think. We kind of helped. In our own little way. And. Yeah. That was. It's those tough times. That I think you remember the most. About Japan. Those were tough days. You know. We didn't have. Super. Markets. Ran out of food. This is Japan. Okay. That earthquake. And tsunami. Was so bad. Tokyo. Ran out of food. For a few days. I think I got some pictures from that day. We ran out of water. We ran out of food. People were stockpiling stuff. It was pretty crazy. Let me see if I. If I can. Pull up some of those pictures. But. I. Yeah. I'll never forget. The aftermath. Yeah.

01:16:19 John Daub: You can see here. The. This is the. My supermarket. There was no water left. They're trying to restock it. But they didn't have any. Any left. They kept running out. It was only like. Really expensive water.

01:16:37 John Daub: What's the difference between American and Japanese TV? Alright. Good. I'm happy to get off that subject. I'm happy to get off that subject.

01:16:50 John Daub: This is a picture of the wine glass I lost. I lost all my wine glasses too.

01:16:59 John Daub: Japanese TV is stupid. And American TV. Has become very. Sophisticated. I don't know. I don't watch a lot of Japanese TV. It's usually too sad. Or too. Not good. Acting is hard in Japan. Because people don't express their emotions like they do in. Their emotions are inside. So when they have to express their emotions. The outer appearance. It's hard when most people are poker faced. In Japan. You can't do that. In acting. You have to show your emotion. And it's hard to do that. I think for Japanese actors. That's my. Don't take that as fact. That's just my opinion. That's one of the reasons why there's not a lot of international Japanese actors that are big. Because they. People have a hard time showing it because Japanese culture in general is not one where you show your emotion. That's the way I feel. So you see that in TV. Acting is not. The best. But the stories are getting better. I think Netflix is making a huge difference. Even with. Netflix Japan. If they can find ways to break into foreign markets. That means they gotta make better shows. So it's great that Netflix Japan is here to push the envelope.

01:17:58 John Daub: The best shows I think are the reality shows where you get to know the people. Like live streaming. You get to know the people. And I think that's where Japan can excel. It's not going to be in scripted acting. At least I don't think so.

01:18:27 John Daub: Japanese game shows. That's a totally different subject. I can talk to you for years about this. Korean actors are amazing. The best in the world. Um. Yeah. You know Korean dramas have a big aisle in the Japanese video stores. They always have. So. I don't watch Korean dramas so I don't know. But I know that a lot of Japanese watch Korean dramas. I didn't know that Koreans showed that much emotion either. But I guess they do. The honest answer is I just don't know enough about Korea. Most of the stuff I know about Korea I know from Sam and Martina. I used to live there. I used to live there. Because I asked them and they told me.

01:19:09 John Daub: Where are you headed to, John? I'm going home. I've been in Fukushima for eight days. Filming?

01:19:19 John Daub: Reality TV is scripted too. Frank. This show isn't scripted. I, I think. I, I, you know. I think it's not scripted but it's, it's just planned. Does that make sense? It's not scripted but it's planned. I think um. Um, these live streams, a lot of them, I will walk through it with Peter, I'll walk through it with Jennifer, and then we'll do it. And it makes for a better live stream because I don't want to waste your time with nothing. We usually, um, have a plan, but it's, anything can happen. It's not a script, it's like a plan. So in that sense, yeah, I guess, I guess you're right.

01:20:03 John Daub: You must be happy to go to beef. What?

01:20:07 John Daub: Hi John, we've seen Peter's house. When are we going to see yours and Jennifer's? Um, I'm thinking of moving soon, so I'm not sure. I might make an episode on that. How's that? And you can see both houses, the new one and the old one. Everybody did a house tour already, so I don't see it as original content, which doesn't fit with my MO. I like to be the first at somewhere. Like, alright, nothing on Sharla, but a lot of viewers told me that Sharla went to the Akihabara vending machine. And the Akihabara shrine. I did that, like, earlier this year with Peter. So, not to say anything, but I got the first. And, uh, I like to, although other YouTubers might have done it, um, I didn't find it. And, um, I like that. I like to be the first one to get to and cover a subject. Because I want to find and research it and not copy someone else. I don't think, I don't think she copied it, but, I mean, I wonder where she learned about it from. Maybe. Possibly. I don't know. Just saying.

01:21:21 John Daub: Most actors in Dirty Hearts are Japanese. It's a good movie. Okay. Um, I mean, if you know a good Japanese movie, I will check it out. Um, definitely write it in the comments or leave me a note.

01:21:33 John Daub: Madagascar? I haven't been there yet. Are you talking about the anime? The cartoon?

01:21:39 John Daub: Which prefecture have you not been to? Um, I've been to all of them. Almost all of them twice. So. Been to all 47 prefectures.

01:21:49 John Daub: When are you moving to another prefecture in Japan? I don't know. Um, I, I need to get a job there. It's all about me working there. I can't go there and just be a tourist. I want to get in touch and learn the culture. That means I have to work there.

01:22:07 John Daub: Um, I said the same and they took credit for it. I don't know what you mean.

01:22:14 John Daub: Questions, questions. What's your favorite movie and video game? Favorite movie? I have to say. Alright, for the last one. For the longest time my favorite movie was Babe. The one with the pig. I loved that movie. The cinematography, the storyline, the underdog comes back and wins. There's everything was, there was everything to love about that movie. Cute animals speaking and just you wanted Babe to win. And that same year Braveheart came out and I loved Braveheart as well. That was the Mel Gibson movie. Um, you know, it's Scotland. I don't have to tell you. The Braveheart won the Academy Award. But, Deeptown I was rooting for Babe. That year made some awesome movies. And Babe, yeah. Babe is, Babe's up there. I can watch that movie a hundred times. That'll do pig. That'll do. It's just, it's just, it's, it's, it's, it was a, it's a darn good movie.

01:23:19 John Daub: Shawshank Redemption was around the same time. That's an awesome movie. But here's the thing, okay. Shawshank Redemption, I can watch that maybe once. Once every couple of years. I, I can't watch that over and over. Babe, man. I can watch that over and over and over again. I didn't, I didn't care for Babe, uh, Babe in the City. But the original Babe was the best. When the, um, uh, the sheep had their own, um, secret password. I mean, there's so many things in that movie that was so genius. This is stuff that I would have written. And then people would say that it was dorky. But that's the kind of person I am. I'm probably more in the Babe script type of person. Than, yeah, the stuff that you might be wanting. You probably saw that in the Fukushima spy episode. Which was pretty fun. It just wasn't very popular on YouTube. Yeah.

01:24:14 John Daub: Um, probably my favorite movie was, would be Lawrence of Arabia as well. If you haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia, watch that movie. That's such a complex movie. I watch that maybe once every year. Lawrence of Arabia is, is a classic. That'll never get old. That's, they used to make movies like that in Hollywood. Where it was an epic movie. It never would, it was a classic from the moment it debuted. It was an epic movie. And they don't do that anymore. They do it for quick. Like, um, people looking for an injection of, um, excitement. Back then it was like, whoa. These were long movies that had amazingly deep stories to them.

01:24:53 John Daub: Um, do you have a celeb crush? A crush. Um, Leo Senpai. Not really. No. I don't, no. I don't really get into the celebrities. There was, um, many, many years ago, I, I don't wanna talk about that. I keep it to myself. I know a lot of the celebrities. I used to do a show, at least in Japan, and um, I used to do a show called TBS Hiroobi. I just haven't been around to do it anymore. They ask me sometimes to help them, um, with interviews for the show, which is sort of cool. But Hiroobi was a, um, do I have it somewhere? When I was on that show, I got to meet a lot of celebrities in Japan. I'd be in the dressing room with them, with those pictures.

01:25:59 John Daub: But, uh, yeah, no celebrity crush, really. I've been on a lot of, um, a lot of Japanese, um, I've been on every Japanese TV channel, I think. On one show or another. For one reason or another. Mostly for, for this show.

01:26:20 John Daub: So this is from, so that's me on, on Hiroobi. You can't hear, but, uh, that was a live TV show that's like a news program in Japan that millions of people watch in Japan. So I, I was pretty honored to be on that. I don't get nervous anymore doing stuff like that. It's just, you just do it. You don't think about it. You plan and you do it. So, yeah. I've been on Hiroobi, like ten times, I think, over the years. So, I, yeah, it's a really cool show. They, they've got a good vibe. It's just fresh, you know. The Hiroobi's, it's always fresh.

01:27:28 John Daub: And that's Megumi-san. Um, Megumi is the navigator of the show. The host. He's so smart. He's so clever. He's, you can see in his eyes, he's thinking fast. And, um, that, that, working with him on that show. Like, just being in the same area of him was, was like huge.

01:27:48 John Daub: I love your videos, John. Uh, Varun. I love your videos. A token for your mobile bandwidth. Thank you. And this is all streaming on, um, Docomo's 4G. So, I appreciate that.

01:28:06 John Daub: Hiro, Hiroobi is for leftist people. You know what? I don't, I don't know. I, I don't talk about politics on the show, though. It could be. Um, politically. So, alright. In Japanese TV, there is a left and a right. Just like Fox News and MSNBC. Alright. If Fox News and MSNBC is like this, the Japanese left and right is like this. Okay? It's not really that different. I don't think. But it's there. And, uh, I don't get into the politics of, in Japan. Um, I know about it. But, you know, when I, when I'm on that show, I talk about in, about tourism. I talk about, um, the places that I've been to. And my experiences. I don't talk about politics. So, I don't know if it's a left or right show. I just know that the Megumi-san is really smart. And he's funny. And he's really nice to me.

01:28:58 John Daub: I know that, um, there's this guy. I thought he was a clown. But he's really, he's really, um, a rock star. Where is he? His name is, um, Damon. Damon. And Damon is, I, I've talked to him a few times. And he's really cool. He's really nice. He's really nice to me as well. And, um, there's a guy who's always on it. And he smiles. And he says hi to me. And he's pretty nice. So, I don't, I don't know the politics of Hiroobi. I just know that it's a, it's a pretty cool show to be on for me. And I have fun. They have good bentos in the studio. They had a, a yakiniku bento. They, they had, um, they let me take the bento home too if I don't eat it. I thought that was pretty nice. And they always, they always let me come in a, in a taxi. And they, they pay for the taxi to go. So I go there in, in style.

01:30:18 John Daub: So I was on, I was on the front page of a newspaper. And, um, do you remember this one? You guys remember this one. That's me and Joseph looking inside the toilet. This is from three years ago. This is the front page of the newspaper in Japan. So, um, I got a chance to be there. I got a chance to be on a lot of, oh, this is Tokyo Eye. It's a Tokyo Eye, Tokyo Eye program. I've been on four different sets of Tokyo Eye. That, that show has changed a lot. Changed a lot over the years.

01:30:57 John Daub: So here's a picture on Hiroobi, okay? This is another day. And, um, in the studio, there's a really amazing guy. His name is, um, his name is, uh, Daemon. He always has makeup. He comes to the studio in makeup. And he's really really nice. And he talks to me sometimes about sumo wrestling. He knows all the sumo wrestling. He knows everything about sumo wrestling. And it's a big honor. And the guy sitting next to me also in here, he's really nice too. And he always says hi to me and welcomes me on the show.

01:31:41 John Daub: And this is the host. His name is Megumi-san. And when we talk, he's so smart. He can... I mean if you watch Hiro-opi, maybe you can't see it. But he's got like this way where he's examining everybody's faces. And he's reading the air. He knows when to ask a certain kind of question to me. It's just like an instinct with him. And he's the ultimate professional. And I... being on that show, I learned so much. Like being able to do the live streams. I think I got experience being on a show like that. Doing live TV. That helped a lot. To kind of see the stuff around you and react to it. And not see yourself. You know? Work with the stuff around you.

01:32:39 John Daub: Daemon looks like a buckethead rockstar. I don't know who buckethead is but... You know what? I have to admit. I've only heard one of Daemon's songs. I should probably listen more. He's a big rock star here. But the only thing I know about him is that he knows sumo really well. And he's a nice guy. That's it. He's a very nice guy.

01:33:06 John Daub: The newer host of Tokyo 2020 is a bit uptight. What do you mean newer host? Is there a new host? It's not Chris anymore? It's not Chris? I thought Chris Pepler was still doing it.

01:33:18 John Daub: John is being called Yokozuna. A bad or good thing in Japan. Yokozuna is a top level sumo wrestler. So it's a good thing. I think. If you're a sumo wrestler.

01:33:32 John Daub: It's Chris Pepler, right? Chris is not new. He's been doing it since I've been doing it. I started... I think the 99th or the 101st episode was my first episode. In 2008. It was my first episode of Tokyo Eye. Almost 10 years ago. I've been doing Tokyo Eye for almost 10 years. But we had a really small studio in NHK. And the show has grown a lot. And I'm really happy to see Tokyo Eye getting this big. I know the show is getting better. I'd like to think the show is getting better. But I think the show needs to challenge itself more.

01:34:13 John Daub: Do you like Miyazaki's movies? Yeah. I like Ghibli's movies. I like the Japanese movies. I don't know if I like the new stuff. You have to prove it to me. But I love Totoro. Sento Chihiro. His delivery service. These are classics. There's no doubt about it. I could watch Totoro a thousand times.

01:34:40 John Daub: Japanology looked so retro 70s in the early seasons. Yeah. Tokyo Eye looked retro 10 years ago. You want to see the Tokyo Eye studio? I think I have a picture. Tokyo Eye studio from 2008 was so... it was ghetto. Like ghetto retro. Because the part that you couldn't see on the top had cardboard boxes all over it. It was a mess. And then the studio was so small. Let me see if I can find one. Here's a picture from my first... Look how young Chris was. Alright. This is my first episode. We both look pretty young. This is me. My first episode of Tokyo Eye. I'm introducing yellow stuff behind it. The brick wall. This is like 1980s stuff. I'm introducing to Chris stuff that I bought. Look how ghetto retro the... I mean it's like... Like it's too urban looking. This show didn't have a big budget back then.

01:35:55 John Daub: The next studio was my favorite. This one was brighter. Chris is mixed. I guess he's Japanese American. I don't know if he's Japanese American. Or Japanese. One of his parents is American. I believe his father and his mother was Japanese. I believe.

01:36:16 John Daub: I'm surprised I don't know. We spend a lot of time talking over the years. Waiting in the studio. Yeah this is by far my favorite.

01:36:29 John Daub: I used to work with a guy named Kevin Cooney. And Kevin. That's Kevin on the right. He was a big, big YouTuber. Way bigger than I was. I still see him as one of the Godfathers of JVloggers. He was... Tokyo Cooney I think was his... This is like years and years ago. Tokyo Cooney. Yeah that was his... YouTube name. One of the most talented people in front of a camera that I've ever met. Just funny, natural, authentic. Did I say funny? Yeah. Because he was a comedian. And he's back in the United States now. And he works for another TV channel. That's what one of the directors from the show told me. We used to always do reports together. And he was fun to work with. Sometimes a little challenging. And we sometimes didn't get along. But that's life.

01:37:29 John Daub: This was Akihabara. I was a rapper. I rapped with the Akihabara rapper. But he's not there anymore. There's just so many wonderful memories. From NHK shows. And the location shoots. If I didn't do this show only in Tokyo I I wouldn't have started. I wouldn't have started only in Japan. I was on the set of this show. Mina de Nihongo. And I got to meet her. She's a really big celebrity here. It's Akiko Wada. On the stage.

01:38:17 John Daub: I didn't really like I didn't really like being in this show. Japanese TV is not as good. I prefer to do this. I prefer this. I got in a maid outfit. They made me. I had no choice. I didn't know what I was wearing. I went to a really cool cafe. I went to a really cool cafe. What was cool about it was The maids The maids were dudes. They were pretty weird. I think it's still a This is a maid cafe. I can have it called New Type. They were really friendly. They were guys. They were cross dressed. I'm not sure. They were maids. They were really good at playing video games with us. They were really friendly. I didn't care. The one guy. I don't know if it was a guy or a girl. He was a maid to me. He said, you want to put the maid dress on? They put me on the spot. I said, sure. I tried it on. It's not the most comfortable dress in the world. I don't know how French maids do it. I don't. There's that. We'll save that for another story.

01:39:53 John Daub: Leo, Why can't idols have boyfriends? I talked with a friend of mine about this. The reason is that there isn't a celebrity in Japan named Becky. I'm sorry if I make a mistake with this story. It's going to be really short. Becky was a She's half English and Japanese. I thought she had some American American in her, but her name is Becky. She's known just as Becky. And last year, there was a big scandal where she had, she's unmarried, by the way, she had an affair with a married guy, a guy, I think, who might have lied to her and told her, you know, stuff that he's leaving his wife and stuff like this. But she had such a clean image, okay? And when the scandal, scandal broke, and it was all his fault, apparently, the scandal broke, they made her out to look like such a wicked person for having an affair, like a housebreak, like she ruined this marriage. And the guy seemed to get off. He was another celebrity. The guy seemed to get off just fine, and she got, she almost lost her career. And I felt a little bit bad about what she was going through, because, my God, in the USA, if you make one mistake, you go to hell. You rehab, and you come back stronger, right? In Japan, you do that. It's usually curtains. Women in Japan have to have that image of being angels. And once that fantasy is over, it breaks the reality, the fantasy for the fans, and then it's over. So Becky's problem was that, Her image was an angel, the good girl, the girl next door that just smiles and is always doing the right thing. And she did the wrong thing, and she ruined her image. And idols are the same. To the fans of Japan, they're above everything. They're on a pedestal. There's the idol, and then there's the fan. And if the idols come down to the same level as everybody else, they lose that fantasy, and it's over. That's why. I think. Is it right? I don't know. We all have different cultures. Do I agree with it? No. Do I care? No. It's not a big deal to me. If they don't want that life, they can get out. They pick that life. And the people who idolize idols are slightly insane, I think. But that's the way the world works. It's the way the world works. Every culture is different, and Japan has their own way. And we have an expression, Junin Toiro. Different strokes for different folks. There's ten people, ten colors. I don't question it. You just say that's the way it is here.

01:42:21 John Daub: What else you got? It's kind of pedophilia. Mr. Potter, you're not wrong. But, you know, I'm not saying that you're wrong. I don't know. I think... I really don't know because I don't know anything about... I don't know what goes through the mind of somebody who is a pedophile. And I don't know if it's the same in the countries. Because look, I mean... When I did the episode on Shonen Jump, I would... This is supposed to be a magazine for boys. And there's pictures of topless women on it. So most of these kids are grown up with that kind of a culture, you know? They're surrounded by this manga culture of like this. And I don't know how much of that sticks and doesn't stick. I think it's different. But it's not good. I just don't know.

01:44:05 John Daub: Ladybeard works here. It wouldn't work anywhere else. Do male idols exist in Japan? I don't know. I don't want to know.

01:44:18 John Daub: Alright, we're getting close to Tokyo. I'm gonna let this livestream. There's people. There's people now. That's a major improvement. So I'm gonna end this livestream in a minute. The bandwidth is probably getting pretty heavy.

01:44:39 John Daub: Do you have any more questions? Where will you be moving? Somewhere in Tokyo, I think. But I'm gonna try to live into local areas more with the show. And try to do livestreaming and more episodes.

01:44:56 John Daub: I've seen a crowd of middle-aged to older men going nuts for Japanese idols. Florencia, they're not going nuts in a sexual way. And I'd say 99% of them don't have any sexual attraction. I think it's a weird attraction. I don't know exactly what it is. I was talking to my friend Kai. He's a reporter in this world. He gives me some information. I'm being perfectly honest here. I don't know what the attraction is for the guys that are in the crowd idolizing the idols.

01:45:30 John Daub: Let me see if I can find Kai. Kai's got a really cool Instagram. So let me plug Kai's Instagram. Sneakermania, I think is his handle name. Yeah, Sneakermania. Alright. Do you see that? Sneakermania. S-N-... E-A-K-E-R-M-A-N-I-A On Instagram. And he's got pictures of a lot of idols at these concerts. And he has access and permission to shoot in there. And he's been on the show many, many times.

01:46:30 John Daub: Next, we'll stop at Kittatenju. But, yeah, Kai knows all this stuff. So he's the person I... Oh, did you just follow him? Cool. Kai Okudara is his name. He knows all this stuff. And he's the person I should ask. I really don't know what goes through those people's minds. But they feel a passion, I guess. That's why they say, Moe! They feel like this desire for even two-dimensional things. It's definitely not sexual. Or it's not the same sexual thing that we feel as Western as maybe. I don't know what it is. It's just totally weird. Only in Japan type of thing. Okay?

01:47:52 John Daub: What's more expensive? The country life or the city life? City life. That's easy. His Insta page is aesthetic.

01:48:04 John Daub: Do you like Supreme? Like Burrito Supreme? Yeah.

01:48:08 John Daub: Are you living there right now? Yeah. ...or do you feel like you're living there dream through the idols? Maybe. You know, Mr. Potter, you could be right there. You know, that might be something I look into more now that people are talking about it.

01:48:24 John Daub: After you arrive in Tokyo, what next, John? Editing, editing, editing, editing, editing. An update on Kickstarter for the DVD project and I have to edit and put videos up. A lot of them. The Postcard Club on Patreon has five postcards left if you want to buy a postcard. Postcard Club has five available. I have to make the design for the next month's postcard and start to send that out. I like doing that. I do. I do owe you a DVD. Can you link any NHK World shows? I don't know. They have a video on demand, but Journeys in Japan is the one I think is on there.

01:49:15 John Daub: Why don't you hire someone and expand a little? I'm actually thinking of doing that. There's a friend of mine recommended a friend who right now would love to help me, but I think he's a little too busy. I haven't had time to meet this friend. I haven't had time to. I haven't been, I've been home three days in the last, so I haven't had time to do that, but in December I will.

01:49:42 John Daub: Next adventure? Probably going to be in Tokyo for a little bit, but in January expect some big things. Okay. Driving test is December 14th.

01:49:54 John Daub: If you ever quit YouTube, what would you be doing then? TV? I don't know. Something will happen. Something will open up. I think this, this experience is a path that leads to the next one. It's not like choosing where it goes. You don't know where it goes and there's YouTubers who will find a career out of this that has nothing to do with YouTube. They'll leave what they're doing to start something else. It's a path that takes you to another direction.

01:50:32 John Daub: What, what? I used to work in a warehouse. Um. It was Ocean Spray was the company and I would repackage big juice bottles. It was a hard, hard job. More than a minimum wage. It was a warehouse job. I'd be like this every day. And one of the people told me, he told me that whatever you do in life, and you know, my parents also told me that something similar to this, but he was pretty specific. He said in life, whether it's repackaging the juice boxes or cleaning a toilet, it doesn't even matter. Do it better. Do it the best that you can and try to do it better than anybody else. And you will always have a job. Another door will open for you to go somewhere else. Someone will always hire you. If you can clean the toilet so clean and be proud of the job that you do and not look down on that, you could probably find a job anywhere because you're that type of person that will get their hands dirty and do something better than anybody else. And that's sort of the philosophy I take. And if you have that, then I don't know. I don't have to worry what's next. What's next will come. If I make my shows the best that I can make it, something will come. Another path will open. Maybe TV. Maybe something else. Game company would be fun. I don't know how to program.

01:52:20 John Daub: Oh, that was Sharla. Went to the vending machines in Sharla Menderchuk channel. Motivational words, even it's short. Thanks for that, John. You're very welcome. I think it's true. And. I think we need to have some humility in life. I honestly think if if you ask somebody, even if it's like a CEO, you know, going clean a toilet and that's your job for today and that that was their mission, they should go in there and be able to clean it cleaner than anything else. And if they can do that mission, I think not only they're humble to get down on their hands and knees, I think that that's a trait that somebody that I would want to hire a person who can do that probably connect with anybody because they don't think highly. Too highly of themselves where they don't where they look down on somebody. I don't know. That's what that's what I took away from the person I worked with at Ocean Spray that that was a pretty big life lesson. I learned a lot from the people working in the warehouse collab with Mark. Maybe I also like Food Ranger. He's pretty cool. The Food Ranger. I watch his shows. Have you been to Shimano Kite? Yeah, I've been there many times in the past. As tourism and food. I've been there many times. Have you been to Fukushima? Have you been affecting your based on your observation? Yeah, a little bit. Tourism is down in Fukushima and I used and I was I said this a few times. I used to live in Fukushima. I mean I I do have a connection to the prefecture. I didn't live there for very long, but it's definitely down. There are some hotels that were kind of empty that shouldn't be because it's too beautiful of a place to be that empty.

01:54:44 John Daub: This is misunderstanding about standing about. That name one minute we're going on like two hours. You know, I tell you, yeah, it is really a tough situation for Fukushima, but like can't say that that one area is the whole prefecture. So we use it to loosely. When referring to that, Fukushima to me is areas. I do want to bond Fukushima City. What do you want? You know, you walk. It's to me. It's. It's. It's really segmented and to drive from one side to the other is over four hours. OK, it's a pretty big prefecture. Hopefully the tourism comes back. It used to be one of the most tourist places. Even the Japanese aren't going enough to Fukushima. OK, it's not. It's not just the foreign tourists. These are 20.

01:55:20 John Daub: I'm thinking of visiting Japan next year, but I don't know where to visit. Could you suggest some ideas? But your first time in Japan, I don't. I think everybody should go and see Tokyo and Osaka and do the stuff. That everybody else does. It just depends on how much time you have. But to go to onsen or ryokan outside of the city center doesn't even matter where. Just pick one and go to an onsen town and stay there for two nights and get to know like the local cuisine and the local culture. And it's going to blow you away. Onsen ryokan is the most traditional Japanese experience that I've had in 20 years of Japan. And that's one reason why even the Japanese go back and they do onsen tours. It's relaxing. You feel like you're in Japan. If that makes sense. Tokyo to me feels like a big city. Culturally, ryokan and that culture of omotenashi and that service, that's Japan. To be outside of the path, go to a ryokan for two nights and just pay. It's like $140, but you get two meals. It's worth it. It's worth it. Stay two nights if you can.

01:56:46 John Daub: Alright. I think that that's about it. Correct onsen is awesome. Yes, it is. It is. It is. I think I've been to 13 of them. Everyone had their own uniqueness, whether it was the bath, the altitude, it was covered or open, there was a river or there was a sea or there was nothing, just trees.

01:57:12 John Daub: All right. Will I ever collab with Abroad in Japan? I don't know. I've met him. He has my number. We do different stuff. I don't want to collab with... I don't see the advantage of collabing with other YouTubers that do sort of the same thing. I like to introduce you to my friends who... I don't know. I think I can help them. I do one with them. I don't think it has any value. To be honest, I think he has his own experiences. I like people who are... This is the same with, I think, Simon and Martina in the same way. They have people that are experts at what they do. My friends are experts at sort of what they do. I like bringing Peter on because Peter has a different perspective and he's been here for 20 years. He's an expert on things Japan. Jennifer's been here for 20 years. Kevin's been here for 20 years. So, we're all kind of long-term residents. I'm 43 and it's different generations too. Different types of topics. Mia is still working in Fukushima. She has more stuff to do there. Shige went back home.

01:58:16 John Daub: Hats off to Nosh Abroad. Yes, indeed. Alright, before I go, big salute to Nosh Abroad for moderating this. I appreciate that. He's done an awesome job. I think I've made Jim a moderator. Maybe we'll make one other person. A moderator when... But Nosh is usually always here. Which I really appreciate. Awesome job moderating this. I appreciate it. Yeah, I'm glad. I think it was Nosh who asked me to get moderators in here as well as Vaughn. And Vaughn, I have no life. Well, my friend, we appreciate you. There's 300 people in here that really appreciate you except for the people whose comments you blocked. They don't really appreciate you. I don't think they really care anyways. So thank you to Nosh Abroad. Salute. We salute you.

01:59:13 John Daub: I'm gonna go. I can tell we're getting into Tokyo. This scene is a lot more urban. Is Toby in the house?

01:59:36 John Daub: Toby is not a moderator. Toby... If I made Toby a moderator, he would ruin it, okay? I know he would find a way to ruin it. You know what he would do? He'd ruin it and then he'd give me a super chat. I'm kidding. I'm teasing him. He's... Toby... Toby is... That's one of the great stories of this year, I think. Toby ruined a livestream in March. Or in April. And then he made up for it by being an awesome person. We just like to tease him. But he's pretty cool.

02:00:14 John Daub: Alright, I'm in Tokyo. This is Kita Senju. We made it to Tokyo. Next stop is Asakusa. So thanks everybody. Leave Toby alone. I'm saying Toby is a nice guy. Toby is still sleeping, I guess. Toby is a nice guy. I'm saying. But we make fun of him because he was mean that one day. Like really hard on me. He wanted me to hitchhike and he didn't want to watch me do the normal stuff. Let me put it this way. Toby has gotten more attention than anybody else. More than Peter, I think. Okay? And Peter loved his attention.

02:01:00 John Daub: Leo, make me one. Leo wants to be a senpai. To be a mom. Oh, moderator. You're getting close, Leo. Getting close. I think that Nosh is doing such an awesome job. Does it take more than one moderator? Some moderators might un-moderate what Nosh does. Nosh's route has pretty good sense. Von, because Von asked me about, he sent me an email, I think, about moderating and we talked a little bit about it. And he, yeah, he made a comment about needing more moderators. and I think he'd do a good job at it. Jim as well. Jim is in Tacoma, Washington. I've talked with him on Skype, video chat a lot, and he's a pretty stand-up nice guy. He's somebody I trust. Jim. Also, I think he's a moderator. If I get to know you, then I would probably make you moderator. I think it's good to have the moderators because it's good to keep it clean. Vaughn, let me John think that. Let John think that. Oh, jeez. Uh-oh.

02:02:27 John Daub: Have I made a big mistake, Vaughn? Yeah, hello, hi, is Jim. Yeah. He supports on Patreon as well, and he always calls in. He always makes time for the show. I know he loves the show. That means a lot to me. I think I made him a moderator.

02:02:51 John Daub: Female. Australia. Cool. You know why? So, Vaughn, I think sometimes I mix up because Peter has Vaughn in his name. You know what makes Vaughn? Peter likes Vaughn because Vaughn has Vaughn in her name. And Peter, I think, also says he. So, is Peter more angry than if you put Vaughn with a capital V? He gets so angry. He gets really angry. I put in the titles once, I put Peter, and Vaughn, so I change it to the small V. But, yeah, he's pretty, he's pretty a perfectionist with his Vaughn. That's good to know, Vaughn. So, yeah, Vaughn is, Vaughn has a big V. So, if you want to make Peter upset, write it, leave a comment on his channel with a big V. Peter, Vaughn, go home with a big V, and that'll really piss him off. Don't tell him I said that. I know you will.

02:04:15 John Daub: Alright, we're here. Not again soon. I gotta go, guys. I'm in Tokyo. We're almost there. I want to show you this, too. Before I go, I want to, I don't say this enough, but I just want to say thank you to everybody. I want to say thank you to everybody who gives this super chat. While I was live streaming, I saw some pretty big numbers. Okay. Dunhill. I hear this is Kita Senju we're rolling into. I just want to say, I think people give from the heart, and that makes me feel really happy. And I see the super chats rolling in because they're very bright. And I answer those because if you care, I mean, if you support the channel like that, then I'm going to support you, too, by answering your question. And it really doesn't mean a lot to me. I try to answer every super chat and I might miss them. I try to actually look at every comment and it moves really, really fast sometimes. And I'm paying attention. Okay. I'm paying attention to my environment and the people around me. But I want to say thank you to everybody who takes the time to write, even the stalkers and spammers. Maybe not so much. I don't think nosh abroad likes the spammers, but I want to thank everybody, though, before I go. It does mean a lot to me. And I think to everybody who's commenting, I see people thanking the people who give the super chats. And that's really nice. And Leo, you gave a lot of super chats today. And I appreciate that. I saw it pop up. And it does make me feel really good. Supported, I think. And that helps a lot. You don't have to, though. So, Florencia, you know what? I know you from Instagram as well. And you don't have to. Look, support the channel any way that you can. You don't have to do it financially. Every time you share a video or like it or leave a comment, that also is really, it all makes me feel really good. Because as a creator, I said this a couple of times before, as a creator, the best thing is that you just watch what I create. That's why I create it. I don't create for the super chats. The super chats are what people, I think, feel here that want to give. And that makes me feel good, too. And as a creator, I put everything that I can into doing this and answer honestly and make a show. That's fun for you. And that's what I do. I try my very best. And it's not always perfect. That's the nature of live streaming. But we did it. We did our best. So thanks, everybody. Have a good night. We're literally arriving at Asakusa.

02:07:33 John Daub: Asakusa. Asakusa. For your information, the tower you can see from the car window, the broadcast tower, Tokyo Skytree. They're not in the Skytree. No kidding. They said you can see the Skytree. You can see the Skytree. They said you can see the Skytree. Where? I don't see it. I don't see it. All right. Well, thanks, everybody. Anyways, guys. Sorry that I couldn't. I mean, I'm getting tired. I'm sorry I couldn't show you the Skytree. That was fun that they announced it. Leo, thank you again, my friend. I don't know. I mean, I'm so appreciative that you like this show so much that you want to give. So thank you, everybody. That was a long one. So have a good night or a good day wherever you are. I'm going to get off this train now because we're here. I'm actually slowing down. Yeah, everybody.