00:33 John Daub: I guess I saw it for the first time—it was an internet sensation—and now it's on my table. That's right, this is Peter's Christmas present: the Japanese lap pillow. Because everyone should have one of these in their house. Look at this. This is crazy. All right, I gotta get out of the wrapping. Don't ask me why I bought this. I would've borrowed somebody else's, except I know nobody who has one. So I'm like one of the first people ever.

04:06 John Daub: Oh wow, it's like in a bag—if I open it, it's open for good. I will have purchased this if I open this bag. Oh, I looked right up the skirt. I feel wrong—this feels so wrong. This is not... not good. Look at the feet dangling. What is wrong? What is Japan? What is wrong with this? This is not normal. You gotta see it from all angles.

04:51 John Daub: Okay, here we go. Let's get the music back in. This is the female bosom lap pillow. Yes, it is. Made with the finest fibers that are made in China. Yet it's so strange. I know you want to take a peek, but that's not what we do on the show. Where's the rest of her, you ask? Well, I don't know. Oh, it comes like this—it's stitched together so the poor girl can't come apart. The skirt is made out of some sort of spandex material, and oh, she is wearing pants, I think.

06:07 John Daub: Alright, so this is only the most bizarre item I have ever purchased on Amazon, and there it is in Japan in its whole. I'm sorry for just tossing you like that—I'm very confused. I don't know how I should approach this. Do I show it the respect of a human being, or treat it like a pillow? Because honestly, when you go on amazon.co.jp and you find all sorts of things in there, you see this—a lot of things can go wrong. And if people have these images, I mean, just from the camera it's hard to tell exactly if you don't see the top what this could be. It does look like somebody.

07:08 John Daub: Now the question though I think you're probably asking yourself on the internet is, is it comfortable? Does it function as a pillow? Because if this is not a good pillow, what's the point of buying it, right? Is this something you can use every day? Is it sleep-worthy, that should be on your bed? And if you're over 18, I see nothing wrong with that. Is it machine washable? These are questions the internet has, and I knew nobody who had this. So it was just a matter of time before somebody bought one of these—and that somebody would be me. So we're just going to try and see.

07:54 John Daub: Okay, I don't know why anybody would want to sleep on somebody's lap—it's a little bit weird. But there apparently are some dudes here that have mother issues or something where they need this pillow. It just relaxes them. And that's all I'm going to say about that. So without further ado, is this pillow good? There's only one way to find out.

08:26 John Daub: That is really nice. I need the music—I can't do this without the music. Yeah, it's soft. This works. Okay, turn this music off. You know, this actually is pretty comfortable. There's something about the slope of it and this wall here—it just feels comfortable. I can see how this could have uses other than just male curiosity. I think it actually does feel... And that's construction next door—they're renovating this building. This would be comfortable.

09:33 John Daub: It doesn't smell great—it smells like it just came out of a factory. But never in my life did I ever think I would actually buy a lap pillow. And never in my life did I think that this would be comfortable like this. I was going to not keep this—I'm very reluctant to even talk about this topic. I did smell it, and if you're going to put your face on it, you're going to have to smell it. And if it doesn't smell good, I'm not going to recommend this product. This more or less is a product review. It smells slightly like when you get a new shirt from Uniqlo or Gap or something before you wash it. And I don't think it's machine washable—I don't see any labels.

10:38 John Daub: How deep should I go to look for the label? That's a question. I have to ask the internet, because if I wasn't on a livestream right now, I would probably look at every nook and cranny. But we are livestreaming and I just don't feel like it's appropriate—it feels wrong, very wrong. Yeah, I was going to see if Peter had any comments. He's apparently watching this livestream. Peter, please, if you do want anything to add, I just want to stay the heck away from this. I don't blame you. We are here for you—she is here for you. And by the way, wanted to introduce you to your Christmas present for 2018: slightly used, slightly drooled on, yet very, very comfortable.

11:29 John Daub: When I ordered this on Amazon, you have a choice of skirt color and that's about it—you could get the black skirt or a red skirt. And for me, red was better because if it was black and white, there's not enough color, not enough contrast. Red is the way to go, I think. And they've done a really good job of making it like a lap. Now granted, some ladies might be a little bit bigger, and I think they should have different sizes of the pillow because not everybody likes these skinny legs—they're kind of like bird legs. But yet, it's very springy. And if you're the type of dude that likes to lay on your girlfriend's lap or your mom's if you're a kid still living at home in his 30s with mommy issues.

12:37 John Daub: If I was a mom, I'm not going to lie, I might buy this for my delinquent son who won't leave the house. I think this would be a perfect present. Look, son, I know you have mommy issues, so I got this for you. And her legs are better than mine because mine are all worn out from you laying on mine. So this is really freaky. I wanted to share this experience with you. I want to thank you for the super chats—you guys have more than paid off for the pillow. What do you think the cost of this is? I'm also going to write this in the description of this video and put a link if you want to go to amazon.co.jp and take a look.

13:24 John Daub: The price fluctuates between $15 and $25—it just depends on what exactly you're going to pay, which person you buy it from. I do not think that these are actually... and the construction guys have now entered my balcony. Oh my lord, okay, you gotta check this out—they're like looking inside and watching what I'm doing. They're actually on my balcony. What do they think? Should I stop the livestream? What do you think they think? It's pretty bizarre, right? Should I just show them? But essentially, my point is that they're watching me—this is wrong.

14:26 John Daub: If you want to buy this lap pillow, I think you can have this sent to you from Amazon—they do send internationally. And perhaps even for the people who have these mommy issues, it is sold in the United States. They're made in China, of course, and you could probably find places in the US that sell these. But the price here in Japan is about $20, believe it or not. Yes, I'm nervous because there's now people outside my window that are watching. But that's okay because I'm a type of guy who does these livestreams—this is the only Japan Go channel. They're not cleaning my windows—they're actually busting it out. You guys want to see what the construction workers are doing? They're measuring the windows now—they're gonna be busting that out.

15:14 John Daub: But the bottom line is that if you did want a pillow like this, it would cost about $20 in Japan. And the feeling lasts—I don't want to say a lifetime, maybe like 10 minutes. But it just depends on how important it is. But wait, I'm not done yet. Hold on a second—I'll let Lap Girl keep you company. Stay right there. I have one more box. You thought I was done? I'm not done—I got one more.

16:07 John Daub: So this pillow goes to the needs of mama's boys that just need a little bit of lap time. This inside here is for the other side—for the ladies. And I'm gonna unbox this in a minute, but I can't do this in one livestream—we've been going for like 15 minutes. So I'm gonna unbox this in the next livestream because this deserves its own show. This inside here is also part of the "just what Japan" kind of thing, and it definitely deserves its own show. So I'm gonna have to give this a thumbs up—because it's so weird, and yet so comfortable. It's so wrong, and yet so right. It's one of those essential things that I think you need if you have, you know, mentally disturbed or something like that. But I'm glad I got a chance to introduce it to you, and I want to thank everybody for the super chats—it paid for this.

17:17 John Daub: I'm gonna unbox this tomorrow around the same time, so hope you guys are curious about what's inside this box. Yesterday I did two livestreams with cheese, so we've done a pretty unusual week so far—because this is my last week in this apartment, and I want to show you stuff that is just off the wall, crazy, including playing off-the-wall music from the 1980s. This is royalty-free music provided by YouTube, which doesn't need any accreditation. Alright everybody, thank you for joining me on this livestream in my tatami room (traditional Japanese mat room). This is probably gonna be the second to last livestream here in this apartment—I'm gonna be in a new neighborhood, a new place in Tokyo.

18:02 John Daub: The livestreams will be going on. Starting in May, we're gonna be more central in the city of Tokyo, and we're gonna have even more amazing midnight snack runs—because I can now walk to places in the city, walk to the deepest center of Tokyo. And this is gonna be really awesome. I want to say thank you for clicking the like button and sharing this video and subscribing—being a subscriber means that you will get live notifications and join me live on the other side of the world as I enjoy my pillow. And I will see you tomorrow on the next livestream as we unbox what's behind me—I guarantee you, this one is for the ladies. Okay? This one's for the ladies. And you know, I probably should have a lady here, but in a way I do. See you everybody—have a great day, a great night, wherever you are in the world. Enjoy the scene for the next 20 seconds as I just get out of here, because this is just kind of weird. See you everybody—I think that's about enough. Alright, you guys get out of here. See you next time.