00:00:00 John Daub: Hey everybody, I'm here in the center of Tokyo with Jennifer, but I don't know where she is. There she is. Did that work? She wanted to do that. It started. You're on. Okay, bonjour. You're live. So the question is, you were just in France, right? Yes. I was in the US a couple weeks ago. We just got back from traveling abroad to visit our families. So the question is, is Japan our home? Do you think it's your home? And we're going to answer that while walking because that's what we do.

00:00:35 John Daub: It's pretty cold. So how was your trip? You just got back like three days ago. Exactly. And I'm starting to recover from the jet lag. Yeah. I haven't recovered from the jet lag. I'm still jet lagged after a while. So where are we right now? This is Kudanshita-Jimbōchō area. We're walking towards Jimbōchō. This is one of the areas that I like. You can see it has a real downtown Tokyo feel to it. And like always, she wants to eat.

00:01:13 Jennifer: Feed me.

00:01:15 John Daub: I should have filmed this because he's really bad. I was like, so where are we going to eat? And he was like, I don't know. No, I don't know. There is no food. And I'm like, I'm going back home if you're not feeding me. She picked Kudanshita. That's Yasukuni Shrine right there. I'll tell you what, there's nothing there. Everything is over on this side. So I'm like, why do you want to meet there? It's because I had a meeting before meeting you. My light is green. Green light. I can see lots of kanban (signs). Kanban. How do you say kanban? Kanban? Food. Oh yeah. Lots of food signs.

00:02:01 Jennifer: Yes.

00:02:01 John Daub: So back there where we were is the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, and I don't know why it's so controversial. I guess because it's where the war criminals are buried. That's what they say. And this is Yasukuni-dōri. And we're walking towards Jimbōchō, which is pretty much central Tokyo, right?

00:02:19 Jennifer: It is. And I remember that once we came here. Right. And we had a very delicious ebi-fry, was it?

00:02:28 John Daub: That is a secret place. I'm not introducing that to anybody. Okay. I don't want to introduce that to anybody. Yeah, but. Shhh. I'm serious. Okay. Yeah, but I don't even remember where it is. Oh good. You don't even know where. The reason, it's one of these places, I don't tell you all the secrets. I tell you enough. That's one of the deep secrets that I told Jennifer, and now she's telling everybody. She wants to tell everybody, don't you?

00:02:54 Jennifer: I'm not telling where the place is.

00:02:56 John Daub: What about this place? Soba, I don't eat soba. So there's McDonald's. How about McDonald's? You want a quarter pounder?

00:03:03 Jennifer: No, merci. I don't want to end up like you.

00:03:06 John Daub: So this is a soba. This one smells good, right? Komachi soba. It smells really good. It looks good.

00:03:14 Jennifer: It smells good, but no.

00:03:16 John Daub: So, magnificent meal already is giving super chance to feed you. Oh my god. Yeah. Time to feed Jennifer. This is soba. Yeah. No. Not soba. God, that looks so good though. Are you sure?

00:03:29 Jennifer: I don't feel like soba right now.

00:03:31 John Daub: I do. I can smell. Can you smell it? Yeah, it smells good. It smells good. I feel like tendon. That's the secret place I'm not telling anybody about. You're not supposed to talk about it. Don't talk about Fight Tendon Club. Okay? I was going to say Fight Club, but it's a peace loving shop. So, hey, remember we went to a very nice coffee shop. Old coffee shop. That was nice.

00:03:57 Jennifer: Yeah. That's pretty nice.

00:04:00 John Daub: Yeah. This is one of the canals in Tokyo. Tokyo is not like Venice or Amsterdam, but it is a canal city. People don't know that about Tokyo. All of the highways around Tokyo, if you see the Nihonbashi episode I made about six months ago, you'll know. All the highways were constructed over the waterways and the canals. And that's because it was the only property that was available to build the highways. And you can see there's a canal right there going straight through the center of the city. Just wanted to point that out. Feed Jennifer. Everyone's right. Feed Jennifer. Yes. All right. We're going to do our best. But the question is, is Japan our home? And five minutes into the live stream, this is the title of the live stream. This title might change. But, you know, when I was away, I thought I was going to visit the U.S. And when I was coming back to Japan, I felt like I was coming home. What about you?

00:05:05 Jennifer: I feel the same because... No, okay. Let's say that Bordeaux is my home. Yeah. But I was there in France for two weeks and a half. Okay. It had been a long time. I hadn't taken a long trip. I hadn't been away that long. And honestly, after ten days, I'm like, oh my God, still a week to go. I want to go back to Japan, you know? Yeah. I feel like, yeah, I'm just so used to the lifestyle here. Right. The way things are. My friends are here. My work is here. Right. All my friends...

00:05:43 John Daub: You know, when you get to... After 20 years of living in Japan, it's almost half my life has been spent here. It's... Yeah, you know.

00:05:49 Jennifer: Yeah. I agree.

00:05:51 John Daub: Could you go back and be happy being, you know, French? You're French, but you're... Oh my... You know that's... To live there. That's the question I asked myself this time. I was like, oh my God, if I had to come back tomorrow, would I be happy here? That's why I made this livestream. This is why it's a good question. Could you do it?

00:06:08 Jennifer: And honestly, I was scared. I thought, oh my God, I don't know. I don't know if... No. No. I don't think I could go back, especially now. No. Because I have everything here. And when I was back... Your doggies are here. Yeah. Also. But I went back home and I was like, oh my God, I like my house and I like my life here. Yeah.

00:06:31 John Daub: So it's not like it's... Well, yeah, we are visiting our country now. We are not going back to our country, I think. Yeah. Right? Well, that's really good. I think... Jennifer makes a good point. This is... Our lives are pretty much settled here. Everything is set. I have my own company. My company is established here. So I think after you've figured out who you are, what you do, my value probably, at least I like to see it from my own country, is to represent the United States here in Japan. So I'm always going to be American. But that's the part of me that has a value to Japan. And I think between the two cultures, that's why I make this show. That's why I do this show. So, yeah.

00:07:20 Jennifer: Also, you know, I think... Sometimes when you go back home, don't you feel like you don't know... Sometimes it's a little... You feel kind of weird because you don't know how to handle things and people. Yeah. Because you're so used to other... I don't know how to say that in English, but your references are not the same. Yeah. And I'm still French, but sometimes I feel like I have forgotten how to handle things. Because I don't have those references. Yeah.

00:07:53 John Daub: I feel the same way. When I was in New York, the way that people are, it's different than the way that people are here. And I'm used to dealing with non-confrontational, non-committal people. I'm not used to tipping at restaurants, for example. Right. I'm not used to tipping for anything. Everything is included. That was a big culture shock for me going back. But all in all, you know, I'm just so used to... It really is a lifestyle here. I guess we're institutionalized. Does that make any sense? Yeah.

00:08:23 Jennifer: But also, you know, the fact that it's... Yeah. You know, people don't fight here. And we... They try to be... We avoid confrontation. Yeah. Yeah. And also, you know, it's like really daily things, but like the service here is so important. Like you go to a restaurant, you go to a shop, they give you a good service. Yeah. And in France, sometimes I think it's like a good service. I have the feeling I have to beg for things, you know, like, and I have to say thank you when I am the customer. This is kind of weird because they are here... If you choose to be a waiter or to work, you know, in a shop, you are here to give a service.

00:09:04 John Daub: But the food, but the food, I mean, in France, the food is very good, no? The service might suck, but the food... Yeah, but this is not good. I mean, if you go to a restaurant eating properly, eating good food, that's the minimum the restaurant should offer. But what is the difference? The service. If the service is not good, you don't want to go back to the restaurant. The atmosphere? Atmosphere is the third criteria. Oh, that's the third. Yeah. And you... Is there a fourth? Because if the stuff doesn't make you feel comfortable, you don't want to go back to the restaurant. That's true. It's more important than the atmosphere, the restaurant itself. Well, some people might say that the atmosphere is quite important. I don't... I'd rather eat, you know, that's like Disney, right? You're paying for the atmosphere, if anything.

00:09:50 John Daub: So, we've now just entered into Jimbōchō. Jimbōchō. And you can see it's... This is more downtown area. This is also very close to Tokyo Dome. Tokyo Dome. We were right there. Tokyo Dome is that way. Yeah. Tokyo Dome is that way about five, ten minute walk from here. Yeah, Jimbōchō. You can see the sign. This is also... My shoes hit you. My shoes hit you. This is also where... I used to work at Shueisha, which is the magazine maker, the animation, the manga makers for Shōnen Jump. Their offices are right there. Okay. So, I know this neighborhood.

00:10:41 Jennifer: But... So, hold on a second. Okay. Because you titled this thing, Is Japan Our Home? I think we answered the question, right? I think we answered the question. The answer is yes. Really? Because where else are we going to go? I don't know. I don't know. And so, I guess the next question is feed me, right? That's a... I can sort of feel it. Feel the point. Feel it. What about this place? No, but don't... Didn't you want to do another live stream later on? I don't know. If you find a place to eat, then we could do another live stream on the food. But if we can't, then... The reason why it's a question for the title of this because we didn't know where to eat. So, we're just basically wandering the... We can find that... This is live streaming, right? Going on the food hunt with us. Anything can happen. Voila. All right.

00:11:35 John Daub: So, like... This is a restaurant. This is Shanghai. Yes. I saw Shanghai. Oh, there's lots of restaurants. You know what? Otoya is considered... I like that. It's very good. It's like fast food. But in New York, they have an Otoya and it's like considered fine dining, sort of. It's kind of fine dining. I don't like that. It's pricey. You know what? I like... Attends. Izakaya. Because you can... The not McDonald's fund. Voila. Not McDonald's. Of course not. Super Chat came in and said, not the McDonald's. I can't take you to McDonald's now. Okay. I like Izakaya because you can find so many different dishes and...

00:12:22 Jennifer: That's true. Don't you feel like a non-Avi? But Izakaya is for drinking.

00:12:26 John Daub: This is an... This is interesting. This is an unagi-don. So they put unagi... And it's... It's 500 yen. How do they make it... How do they make money off of that? Unagi is quite expensive. That's... This must be a... Una-don for 390. You know, in China, they... I guess you pay by vending machine, too. In China... Let me play the teacher. No, but in China, they produce lots of unagi. So they... It's imported unagi, that's for sure. Okay.

00:12:59 Jennifer: I have a question. I haven't had unagi in... Oh, you want to go to Otoya? I want namabiru (draft beer). Namabiru. She has drinks. I did not have... I did not have one drop of alcohol yesterday, believe it or not. So... I don't believe it. You should. I don't believe it. I should. So, today, I think... I should not. I need proof. We're not going? Check the recycle... Oh, is Otoya your choice? No.

00:13:23 John Daub: So we go a little bit more and... I'm not going to the... After you told me that the unagi comes from... Well, I don't have any problems with the... I don't have any problems with China, but I know that the unagi there, they put a lot of antibiotics in the water. Yeah, right. And I had an allergic reaction to the unagi. Maybe that's what you need right now, seeing that you're a walking dead. Yeah, I haven't gotten much sleep. I've been working quite hard lately. You work too hard. Oh, gosh. It's like window shopping when you... Yeah. This is a very famous... Is this Shinsenkaikan? Yeah, this is a very famous Chinese restaurant. I mean, they got like... I thought there was a scorpion, but it's a crab. They got... The kaku-ni looks very good, huh? No, it's not. No, this is one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city. No, it is. Chouronpo. Wow, it's so spicy. With the naga-beer. Chouronpo. Yeah. Oh, gosh, look at that. I could feed you that, but it's plastic. I think you need a reservation for this place, I think. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. I used to come here with... It's a fan. I used to come here with one of the directors at Shueisha, and he would treat me there. And it would... There's a lot of off-menu stuff that maybe... I shouldn't talk about. I don't know. I don't know. This is like 10 years ago. Like what? This is like 10 years ago. I don't know if it's changed, but... Oh, there's the Butcher's Kitchen. What is this? There's the Butcher's Kitchen. I always like going down there. It's a meat place. Is it a chain chain or a... No, it's not a chain. Oh, really? What kind? I don't know if they'll let me... They have everything there. I can treat you to that. I really like meat. Oh, we've got to cross the street. Can you run? All right, run, run!

00:15:04 Jennifer: Is she running? Where is she? Okay. The light is blinking! Look! The light is blinking! Hold on a second.

00:15:15 John Daub: Is it good quality? I don't know. That's what you'll have to judge. For me, it's not bad. But for you, you're like a food critique, and you have a different standard. No. We can decide when we're in Hong Kong. What a gentleman. Oh, come on. We had to make the lunch. Unless you wanted to... Unless you... Watching wanted to stand by the light for five minutes, we had to run. Right? We ran for you. Maybe it's good to run a little to burn a few calories and then... Build up an appetite? Namabiru. Okay. Today's lesson is going to be how to say, give me a... How do you say namabiru? Give me a draft beer. Draft beer.

00:16:06 John Daub: So this area, Jimbōchō, is famous for books. It has to do because a lot of the publishers have their offices here, but Jimbōchō is famous for books. There's an old bookshop here, you can see. And then it's famous for Indian curry. Oh, Indian curry. I like Indian curry. Yeah, there's a lot of Indian curry. You can see here's some old bookshops. This is one of like a hundred of them, and a lot of these books are decades old. It smells it. It's a customer. Oh, a customer. I'm surprised they have automatic doors. There's still a lot of people who collect books, and this is where you would come. It's famous for that. And Meiji University is just about 500 meters that way. Whoa! I know this is a chain, though. I can't take Jennifer here. You can see the tempura. I'm not against chains. But it would be nice if there were... Look, it's hot. It's tempura. And this is an udon shop. Oh, this is Hanamaru. This is the chain. It's not bad. We get better. One of the other secret things about... Okay, you know what? I'm just going to make another Jimbōchō episode that's about the secrets of this place. Because there's a lot of secrets. And you, Jennifer, don't even know about them. Okay?

00:17:34 Jennifer: I will stalk you and find out about those places. I can do that.

00:17:40 John Daub: You could do that, but you won't. You have to find out. No, of course not. Oh, yeah. And this... Remember when we did the coffee shop? Look at the Coke... Yeah, the Coke machines have the... No, that was our second live stream, I think. Yeah, they don't have the Coke coffee here. Although I like this one. When I first came to Japan, I liked this coffee because it's like half sugar. Literally the sweetest coffee I've ever had in my life. It's that one. The Max Coffee. It wasn't always available in Tokyo. The Max Coffee was only available in Tochigi and other places around Kanto, but not the city.

00:18:18 Jennifer: I don't know, but when I lived in the countryside, we always had the Max Coffee.

00:18:24 John Daub: Alright, let's... This street looks nice, no? That's one of the secrets. Don't tell the people the secrets. Really? So this is... The side streets have lots of cafes. And these are some of the oldest cafes in Tokyo. Sounds nice. I want to save this for another live stream. Okay, yeah, right. No, you wanted to go to a business place or whatever. Alright, let's just... We might as well just do a walk-by. Let's do a walk-by. Alright, walk-by. We should go somewhere. I'm catching a cold because of you.

00:19:01 Jennifer: Because of me? What did I do? No, I didn't drink anything before. I thought...

00:19:07 John Daub: This is Sabōru 2 and Sabōru 1. It's a coffee shop. Yeah, it's a coffee shop. You wouldn't like it. It's smoking in there. But it's really old school. They have set menus. It's very inexpensive. It's set menus. It's very old inside. It rings a bell. Yeah. You can see the atmosphere in it is old school Japan. And they allow... It's smoking, so you wouldn't like it. Yeah. And if you get... It looks like a hobbit's house, right? Besides, we want to eat, right? Yeah. Do you? Yeah, I want to... I can have something, sure. Because then you're going home and you're going to be working and working. And then you can see also here. This place looks good too. I like... You know, we're in the center of Tokyo and this place has... This place looks nice. It's cheap, huh? Yeah. It's Toshiko. But this is like a tree in an alley in central Tokyo. This is still one of the coolest cafes in the city. And I didn't want... You know what? And you may introduce this to people. Sorry about that. We got to do another live stream, I guess. Peek-a-boo! You and your peek-a-boo. So we can do it here or we can go to the other place. I think it's open. It's still quite early though. What place? I'm going to take you around. You're a virtual space? Yeah. You know, around the room, they're queuing. Oh, to go in? It's a red face apparently. Oh. This is a nice area. That's why it's a secret. Look, you know, you go around telling people they all come here and that ruins it. And then the line gets longer. Yeah, but if they don't follow the whole thing, they won't know how to come here if you don't give your... So basically you're saying that people aren't watching this? I think that they are. Yes, they are. But they have to follow. They have to follow from where we started. Oh yeah, they know where. They can figure it out. People are pretty smart. So we're deep in an alley. Focus on the girls. Focus on the girls. The girls of the girls. I'm focusing on the girls. The girls. The girls. The girls. Getting Jennifer angry. So did you want to go there?

00:21:31 Jennifer: No.

00:21:32 John Daub: I'm going to take you to the butcher place. But the thing is, I have to tell you something. Alright. I spent two weeks in France. And in France, basically, people, they eat meat at lunchtime, dinnertime. Only at breakfast, they don't eat meat. So I feel like... It's okay. I've been back for three days. But like, I felt like eating vegetables when I came back here because I had so much meat there. You want to be fed vegetables, we can go to a farm field. I've been out in the countryside filming for the last three months. In Tokyo, you eat meat. Oh, look at that. Art. It's pretty nice. It is pretty nice. I know. This is a really special place in Tokyo. I really like Jimbōchō. It has a special vibe to it. They have lots of restaurants here too, huh? Jennifer's post was really a hint. Feed her. Okay, lady. Noreman, she says that we have to feed you right away. Yes. I'm getting the hint. Thank you for your support, guys. Because if not, maybe you wouldn't feed me so well, you know? I have no comment. No, no, no. Okay. Cross the street. Watch your step. Watch yourself. I think you're so tired. Okay, how about takoyaki?

00:22:47 Jennifer: No. No? But... We can have this anywhere, anytime. Yeah.

00:22:52 John Daub: So let's do something special. Takoyaki. Cha-cha-cha. Do they have a takeout booth? They do. Don't you want to eat the takoyaki off of the street? No. Oh, look. Oh, no. It's too cold for that. Okay. All right, all right. You know what? All right. Let's go see. Gyoza. I'm going to be releasing a video on the media. I'm going to be releasing a video on the mainstream channel tomorrow, and I have to go back to work.

00:23:20 Jennifer: Am I on it? No, you're not on it. Wait, did I make a mistake? Yes. You made the mistake not having me on it.

00:23:29 John Daub: It might have been the next intersection. Oh, wait. Okay. There's a place where you can get a drink and some food. Okay. What kind? I don't know. But it was pretty good food. Ah, okay. I think. Japanese? No. Sort of. No, but, attends, attends, attends. What are our options? Right now, we're going towards the Imperial Palace where the Emperor lives, and he did not invite us for dinner. That's our option. Oh, my. All right. So, basically, I think we should just search for a restaurant and then maybe do a second live stream. Okay. All right. Or just go back to one of the restaurants we saw there, but it would take time, so we can just think. Yeah. And then. All right. You can see right now we're walking towards the Imperial Palace, and there's not much down here. We've gone off of the main street. So, yeah, we've got to go back. All right. Comment from JTG1018, I can hear Jennifer's stomach feed her. I hear you. Okay. You lead the way. Lead the way. Follow her. She knows where she's going. You know where you're going, don't you? Lost in Jimbōchō. I have to retitle this. Live stream. Lost in Jimbōchō. So, we live stream. I guess so. You don't cut it? I don't know. It's going to be two hours. You see the end of the street there? That's where I think the restaurant is. I always get the two exits to the station. You sure it's a good restaurant? Look, they serve meat, and they serve, they have a rosemary chicken. Oh, okay. Now you're talking to me, mister. All right. Let's go do that. Okay. And you know what? I like that place. They know me. Okay. So, you know what? I'm going to entertain you. Maybe. I haven't been in a while, though. I'm going to entertain you until we get to that. Let's see. How fast can you walk? Did you ever tell them about the... Where did you... ...about the O'Puppy? The what? O'Puppy. What's that? It's a Japanese comic. Oh. And he sings O'Puppy. You don't know? She's delirious from lack of food. She's delirious from lack of food. I'm very sorry, folks. I really do have to give her some gasoline because she has gone totally nuts. I can't even understand her references anymore. What are you... That's because you never watch TV. You make it. That's true. You don't know O'Puppy? I've heard of it. Oh my God. Are you saying it right? O'Puppy? Is it O'Puppy? I don't know. You're a fraud. I don't know. You haven't been living in Japan. That's not true. Everybody knows O'Puppy. People ask me what kind of music I like. My favorite is O'Puppy. My favorite kind of music is royalty-free music. That's the only kind of music I listen to because that's the music that I can use. That's a good one. It's a good one. Why? It's not bad. You can dance to royalty-free music. You really can. Natural Smile Dental Clinic. I like that. Here. The dentists in Japan are not very good. I think that's the place that I was at before. Yeah, that was it. I had... You see that little bistro? It looks cozy, yeah? I believe so. I think I like it. But this isn't the meat place. No, it's okay. This is the... Grill and beer. Voila. This is... Oh, sorry. This is where I ate last time with Mommy from Shueisha. She did a tour of the office a few months ago. There's never anybody in here. So we can nice-tune this room? I guess so. Do you want to go see the meat place first? Yes. All right. Let's go do it. It's this way. If everybody's not bored with seeing us walking and me being crazy? I prefer Crazy Jennifer. Crazy Jennifer is much more interesting than normal Jennifer. So that's what? The butcher's place? Yeah, I forget what it's called. Mother's Butcher Mother. I forget. It's not very appealing, that name, I think. There's... There's a... There's like five butcher shops that are restaurants here or something. It's something of a trend. Oh, there it is. Is that on the corner? On the first floor with the lights? Uh-huh. Yeah, that might be it. First and second floor? Yeah, that's it, I think. I always approach it from a different entrance. Why is that? Well, because I approach it from a different entrance. Oh, okay. I don't know. Sometimes they ask you, do you have a reservation? And I say, I don't have any reservation. Just set me at the bar. Oh, puppy. Oh, puppy, whatever that means. If you say, oh, puppy, they won't take you in. No, they won't. Will they? No. Oh. Maybe. That's not it. Okay, so let's go back. Okay, let's go back. And there's a beer and meat cafe. Okay, go. You know where to go? That way. All right, so should we end the live stream? That way. Okay. Ah, you... But why not... Why don't we... Let's go. Why don't we do a live stream when we get in? What's the problem? Because there is nobody. It should be okay. Okay. I mean, you're the boss, but... All right, you know what? We're gonna... Let's go to that restaurant and then just do a second live stream. Okay. A Feed Jennifer live stream. Are we gonna cut the live stream here? Ah, I see, I see. Because it's going like 30 minutes long. Right. And yeah, Morito Butchers. That's it. Yeah. I was looking for Morito Butchers. I like that place. Some of the people, they know Morito Butchers. I'm on the wrong side. It's actually... It was on the other side. You're tired, huh? I am tired. All right. So you know what? We're gonna go... We're gonna cut this live stream and go to the other place. We're gonna Feed Jennifer. Okay? Yes, please. All right. See you later. All right. See you in the next live stream in like one minute. Something like that. All right. Bye bye. Oh, it's white.