00:00 John Daub: That's where we get all those wonderful buses. Tetsugaku no Michi (Philosopher's Path), also known as the Philosopher's Path or the Path of Philosophy, depending on the way you like to say it in English. Either way, it's just a path and it leads this way. And joining me in this adventure for enlightenment is Kevin Reilly, the philosopher in the rain. That's right. And again, this is in front of Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion), which is considered the Silver Pavilion. That's up there if you go left and up the road there. And right here is an explanation of the Philosopher's Path or the Philosopher's Walk, Tetsugaku no Michi.

00:44 John Daub: It says here that the passage was completed in 1890 at the foot of the Higashiyama mountain range. It was extended in 1912. The walking trails run alongside the cherry tree-lined Lake Biwa Canal, around 1.8 kilometers. So basically this takes you all the way to Kiyomizu-dera if you walk straight. In 1968, the enthusiasm of local residents completed the passage as a walking trail, which is really nice. That's right there in the second paragraph. And we are drenched. I am not going to get any drier than I am right now.

01:17 John Daub: So I might as well go live in Kyoto on a day like this, right? I mean, it's been a pretty awful wet day. So let's go down the Tetsugaku no Michi or the Philosopher's Walk just a little bit and give you a sample of what you would get if you walked from Ginkaku-ji towards Kiyomizu-dera and the other shrines and temples.

01:51 John Daub: Alright, so we have already a lot of shops around here. So I guess on a normal sunny day, there'd be a lot more tourists filling these shops. But today, only the enlightened ones would continue to walk. And what we have here is a bus full of enlightened students making their way up the stairway. That's kind of ironic. They don't look as enlightened as they should be. I think it's because they'd rather be in school on a day like this. Of all the days that you want to have a field trip, this is the least most desirable day.

02:27 John Daub: They just look very, very cold and like they just don't want to be here. Teacher-sensei, take us back to school!

02:49 John Daub: I guess we should take the path. Here's the way, hold on. We have a road and then we have a path. We're taking the real path of philosophy right now. It's very, very pretty. And on a morning, if you stayed in a hotel around here, in a morning this would be a really nice walk but not today. But I was just saying if there was a positive spin that we could put on it being so wet it's that it makes things look even greener and the colors are more vivid, make it beautiful. Yeah and ducks are happy. The ducks are very happy. I haven't seen any yet have you? They're smart enough to stay out of the rain, they're probably hiding in a pipe somewhere.

03:40 John Daub: But I guess if this is the Philosopher's Path and this being Kyoto I would assume lots of really intelligent people far more intelligent than us that would not be walking in the rain have crossed this path. Oh boy so if you do come to Kyoto and you're thinking about walking it this is what you'll get however this is a rainy day and if it were the cherry blossom season it's just lined with cherry blossoms which is absolutely beautiful. I've been here once during the cherry blossom season and let me turn the camera around and when I was here during the cherry blossom season Kevin it was just a couple days after the peak and it was really really beautiful because the petals would fall every time a little breeze would come and all you would see are just white white it looked like white snow white petals of snow would fall down onto the river the canal down here and onto the path it was really magical looking scene.

05:05 Kevin Reilly: Oh what are they serving in there I think it just yeah I think it's they're serving happiness today that would be warmth yeah yeah they're serving warmth.

05:11 John Daub: Oh hey where are you from? I'm from Germany. Hey nice weather today huh. Oh that's cool. A little even in the rain even in the rain we meet some people so that's pretty cool uh from Germany he said yes yeah. I don't feel do you feel any smarter?

05:43 Kevin Reilly: What are the things Kevin and I hold on I get itch what are the things Kevin and I were talking about is if we walk the philosopher's path will we get smarter it feels I don't think. Yeah, I think the smart people decided to stay off of the path.

05:58 John Daub: We can philosophize about that all day, though. We're in search of a cafe, but actually, hold on a second. Whoa, low-hanging fruit. Oh!

06:12 John Daub: So we're actually in Kyoto to film an episode of the Only Japan main channel. So just visited Ginkaku-ji, which is the Silver Pavilion. Thank you, Nosh. Get a monster for Gretchen. You know, Gretchen actually is just teasing me with that. She told me, she said I don't have to actually get the monster. But we're going to use it for coffee. And Gretchen, if you're watching, be happy that you're in Phoenix, Arizona, where the temperature is about 40-something degrees Celsius because it's freezing. And look at this. I mean, there's like, it's rain, freezing. You don't want to be here at this time.

06:52 John Daub: Yeah, strike first, strike hard. Oh, is that a carp? Check that out. That's a massive carp. That's a big one. Whoa! Check that out. Grandpa carp. That is a, that's a grandfather indeed. That's a big, big carp. I don't think I've ever seen, is he going down the rapids? Oh, I thought he was going to go for it. He's going to hang there. He's going to hang out. Wait for the food to come to him. That's smart. Wait for the food to come to him. Is that how you do it? Oh, yeah. That's how you do it. Hang out downstream and let the food come to you.

07:31 John Daub: Oh, this is too deep. Water in my shoes, water in my shoes. Oh, man. Not, not a pretty day to be wearing these shoes that are not waterproof.

07:45 Kevin Reilly: You have, you have waterproof Gore-Tex hiking boots on.

07:48 John Daub: I got the hiking boots, yeah. Smart man. But you also. My feet are warm. Yeah. But you also, like, we didn't really prepare for, for the rain. No, no jacket, no nothing. No nothing. We had to pick these umbrellas up at a convenience store. Yes. But it was sunny and hot yesterday. It was so nice yesterday. It's very unusual. See what I say. See what I say. It's so unusual that the weather changes this quickly.

08:17 John Daub: Hey, it's nylon. Oh, I remember about 18 years ago when I first came here, I got something from that. That's a Haagen-Dazs vending machine. Do you remember that? Yeah, yeah. I haven't seen one in a long time. Yeah.

08:32 John Daub: I'm going, I'm going off the path of philosophy. I'm not getting any smarter. I'm just getting wetter. This looks like a coffee shop. Nice and warm. Yeah. That looks good. Well, you know what? Anything looks better than where we are right now. Oh, look at all those warm people. No, I can't go in now. If I go in now, I'm going to quit. Coffee to go. Oh, no. Why? I am on the go. But I just can't. We can't do it yet. Coffee journey. I'm liking these signs, though. It's like they read my mind.

09:11 John Daub: Oh, Gretchen writes in. It's 79 degrees. Oh, and you're complaining. No way. That's perfect. No, Gretchen. That's perfect. What's that Celsius? That's a nice warm day, right? That's a pretty warm day. 30 degrees? About 30 Celsius, I think. Yes. It's 28 to 32 degrees Celsius. Gretchen, you're in pain. I'm in paradise right now because we're in. And you got a nice dry heat there, too. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. In Phoenix, Arizona. Not like our wet, snotty heat that we get. No, right now, we're actually, this is very, very uncomfortable. I'm wet. Absolutely, I mean, to the bone, wet. My bag is wet. I have a camera, GH5, with some lenses. I think they're going to be okay. Kevin's doing his best to protect my batteries and stuff.

10:01 Kevin Reilly: I don't think they're going to make it.

10:03 John Daub: I lost. I lost my GoPro on the bus. So I'm going to have to get, let the GoPro camera on the bus, but I think we might be able to get it back. Okay. Froggy. So ice cream, not an ice cream day, but I'm digging the froggy and the Kyoto's paper goods and accessories. A little shout out to Suzuki, right? That's what Suzuki, Suzuki is the name of the shop there.

10:34 John Daub: All right. So the path of philosophy continues. I'm digging this over here. There's another cafe. Do you see that? That does look very, very stylish. In a way, this seems like a more forested Nakameguro river in Tokyo. There's a river, which would be right down here. The canal that's right here. And along the canal in Nakameguro, there's lots of restaurants, very stylish places. In a way it's similar to this, but this is more natural. I wish we could walk in the south of this. That's why I'm off of the path. Kevin, I'm not on the path of philosophy because the path of philosophy is flooded. There's too much going on on the path of philosophy. So we're just going to, we're just going to chill out on the, on the road of, of ignorance. This is, this is the path where cars will come and you will get hit. And yet we don't care because they're already drenched and soaked. And if I were to sit down. Take us to a nice warm hospital then. Ah, hey now. Oh man, a nice warm hospital bed.

11:46 John Daub: We're actually, we're actually thinking the grass is greener on the other side right now. Even though it's pretty darn green here in the rain. It's just, um, oh boy. My back is absolutely, here, can you hold this for a second?

11:59 Kevin Reilly: Kevin? Sure.

12:01 John Daub: All right. My back. Oh no. Hello, I'm in charge now. Bring me a Cali, a rainy California. Oh, I'm in charge now. It never rains in California, right? That's what the song says anyways. Yeah. All right. It's, it's, it's, it's a lot of power to be holding, Kevin. Yeah. It doesn't go to my head. Don't let that power go to my head. We're on the path of philosophy. All right.

12:37 John Daub: That's kind of nice living along this part, right? Yeah. Yeah. I can just listen to the, I can just listen to the pitter patter of rain on the umbrella all day. It's better for you on the other side of the camera because you don't have to suffer through the wet back, the wetness of it all. So let me give you, let me give you just a couple of minutes of silence as we walk the path of philosophy towards a destination unknown. There's actually, we're not really sure where we're going. There's another nice little cafe, warm lighting in there. Looks very warm. Why are we the only ones out here? Is there a reason why? Does somebody know something we don't know? We're the only ones out here. I think other people read the weather report. I think they might've seen the weather report, Kevin. I think indeed. Whew. It's coming down now. I didn't think it could get any harder. I was wrong.

14:07 John Daub: That's a nice little cafe. Yeah. I like how you can walk the path and look into the houses a little bit. Yeah. People are warm and dry, you know.

14:40 John Daub: All right. Thankfully, there is a map to the lost local sightseeing guide map. Where are we? We're here. No, we didn't even go that far. What? We got to go all the way. There's no way. No. No. Kevin. We're just like at the beginning of the path of death. Why? Ah. It says here, but it does say philosopher's path. That's kind of cool. I'm glad we found this sign. That's all I'm glad for. I'm glad to have my friend Kevin here. I feel like I can suffer with you. Yeah. So where does it say? Where's the river that we wanted to go to? Kamogawa. That's the ... I don't even see it, dude. I don't think that helped. I can't see it. You just made it worse. Oh, no. Oh, there's ... Wait, wait. There's Nanzen-ji. From Nanzen-ji, I believe we're very close to the ... We're very close to Kyoto City. Yeah. And there's Gion, I think. Is that Gion down there? We act like we know where we are. We're totally lost. Oh, no, no. I think I know where we are. There's a subway. There's Keage Station. There's a subway. And there's Nanzen-ji. All right. So we have to make our way to Nanzen-ji, but that's going to take forever, dude. No. We're going to have to go to the subway. We have to go off the path. All right. Dude, this is coming down hard. No. Look at the path. It's all flooded. What? Why are we out here? This is like rainy season now. Well, I can't believe we're even live streaming this. This is insane.

16:35 John Daub: You know what? I would start running, but I don't know which direction to run. All right. You know what? Take it that way. Yeah. I'm going to think ... Oh, look at this. Look at this smart ... They're very smart. They're completely covered in plastic. That's what I'm talking about. That's the way we should have been. We should have covered ourselves in plastic. Konnichiwa. Oh, we made a mistake. We should have done this another day. I'm complaining in the rain. Complaining in the rain. What a crappy afternoon, but it's really green and wet.

17:17 John Daub: Okay. YouTube. YouTube. You cannot demonetize it, because that was a different royalty-free version of singing in the rain. Yeah, yeah. That was our own version. That was our own version.

17:33 John Daub: All right. So a little hint, thanks, Notch. A little bit of insight information. Now, these vending machines ... If you ever do get lost, the vending machines have the address on it of where you are. So you can find ... You see that white thing in the middle of the screen? It will tell you where you are. So if you can't find a street sign, find a vending machine and you'll be able to navigate. Did you know that?

17:56 Kevin Reilly: You know what, I didn't know that. I didn't even notice that.

17:59 John Daub: You didn't notice that? Oh, so I still know some stuff more than...

18:06 John Daub: John gave two bucks for new shoes. Thanks, John. I think John's going to need them by the end of today. Oh man, this is not good. Alright, hitchhiking? I don't know. I think if we go straight we'll get there eventually. You know, there's not even a taxi. There's not a car. There's not a taxi. There's nothing. There's nothing coming this way or the other way. This is weird. This is a ghost town. No! Just no, we can't even get a taxi. Alright, should we try to... Yeah, if you're watching this, you happen to have a car in Kyoto, help! In fact, keep your car in your garage and pull out the boat. We could use a boat. Yeah. You know, this redefines the word stream. This live stream literally is a stream. That's right. Cause the water is flowing underneath my feet. It could just, like, flow down. Oh, this is the first car we've seen in a long time. Wait for us! We've got plenty of space for two very wet men shivering. As we look for alcohol. This is a booze shop. These are the moments that make us drink. At least it's dry in there, but we can... we'll march on. That's kind of neat pretty random there's a booze shop with art on it Kyoto is one of the best places for sake all the vending machines have turned to cold since the spring it's now late spring so it's supposed to be warm but it's not even the beer is too cold I wish they had hot hot sake or something oh man Yamada bakery looks sold out of bread it's just not our day look at the shelves look bare do you think she knows where we are I don't know where we are either thanks for the taxi money shoot you for but but but she writes it here possible taxi possible there's nothing nothing nothing.

21:07 John Daub: This stream I bet you it starts you we hear lightning and Thunder wouldn't that just make it it would make it the perfect live stream everybody this stream is live by the way this is a live stream live stream everybody click the like button if you want more live stream let's see if we can get to as many likes as possible they're liking the puns any more.

21:39 Kevin Reilly: Kevin yeah haha wow like a nightmare like a wet dream oh boy literally drenched.

22:06 John Daub: Mud the you see my back it's completely drenched yeah your shirt your shoulder getting the getting the worst of it my feet are a lost cause that point out.

22:22 Kevin Reilly: That my feet are toasty warm oh good you got the go for a shop and they can order a taxi for you that would be too easy.

22:36 John Daub: Well we got to the what's got two thumbs and is soaking wet we are wait no is this where the bus came no this is where we like walked in a big circle what all right you got GP hold on a second I got another iPhone okay can't hold this hold this area here the road just looks like the whole the roads you like to say that's killed it doesn't work there we go hey all right you know what I'm gonna get behind you uh-huh oh well oh well I'm gonna get behind you we could hit shank but I think they're all going in the wrong direction now so and I'm not too sure which way we want to hit take no dick with it no we got cars now yeah I put the C around but I have no idea how to how to run it he just gave it to me it's coming down hey doing great thanks for a little yeah.

23:41 Kevin Reilly: He's in charge until he's screwing it up is what you meant to say right this one's not good this one's not good.

23:47 John Daub: Oh hey it's like at all there's a car behind us John's trying to navigate I don't think we have an idea where we are even I think I think I know where we are all right oh thank you thank you somebody plugging my channel for me oh yeah come on sketch it everybody oh I just stepped in a puddle and I don't care anymore that's how bad things have gotten okay so if we walk this way Kevin um we get to hand hand jingle we get to what hand jingle oh yeah hand jingle it's a big one it's actually quite uh quite beautiful yeah isn't bad yeah so everybody we've left the Philosopher's Path it just wasn't wasn't a smart thing smart thing to do so we're now walking through Central Kyoto but this is Central this is sort of sent out the city but it's basically sort of B joshigaki higashii yeah east side east side of Kyoto these ten to Kyoto we got to shout because uh it's just noisy from the rain buy the cop card we should commit a crime and get a free ride they put us in a nice work clothes oh man it is beautiful though check this out here I'm gonna turn the camera around we have these mountains uh we have mountains all around here and we're gonna do a lot of this I'm not gonna pull this table there's like more of this in front but we're gonna climb around the trees and we're but we've Aufginia King among those trees and a quick bit more of Koi Green Per pizza and those [?].

25:31 John Daub: Kyoto is surrounded by mountains on the east side. I wouldn't say surrounded, but it's all along the east side. And when you get into openings like we are right now, it's very beautiful. Oh, this... Yeah, another stream. Actually, you know, there's a little bit of a bowl. Yeah. That's why it gets so muggy in summer. I think this road is big enough to catch a taxi. What do you think?

26:06 Kevin Reilly: Yeah, it could be. You'd have to get across, though.

26:08 John Daub: Alright, let's cross the street at the next one, and we're going to wait for a taxi. I can't. We can't do this. This is bad. My feet are waterlogged. My shirt is wet. It's cold. Do you have any other complaints to add to my list?

26:26 Kevin Reilly: I've been hearing them all day. All day. Yeah. What's your complaint? I'm just wet. You're just wet? Yeah. That's too simple. We need more complaints. I'm thirsty. Thirsty? I'm really going for a coffee right about now. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay, coffee time. Coffee would be good.

26:50 John Daub: If we can get across the street here, I think we'd be able to find maybe even a bus. We've been trying. We took a taxi this morning to Ginkaku-ji. This is a bus stop, so on the other side... Oh, there's a bus stop! There's the bus! No! There's the bus!

27:24 John Daub: Oh, hey, it's your favorite bus, 203. You remember that one? Oh, yeah, yeah. It's the 205. How many times they came out and we didn't need them. Okay. Alright, so we're here. Shitakawa Street. I'm at the point where I've given up trying to keep my feet dry. It's just not worth it. All these buses and none of them are available. Oh, man. Oh, here we are. Where's this bus going? I've got to pick it up the middle of the road. Bus help! I have no idea where the bus is going to go. Can we just get on this bus? Just go anywhere. I'll go wherever it's going. Just get me off the streets. This bus is going to get on a nice warm bus. Do you remember that time? Like two hours ago when I said, we're going to miss that nice warm bus? Why are we getting off? We sure do. I am now remembering that time. Alright, hold on. Okay. Where is this bus going? It's going to... Gion? I think it's going to Gion, no? Yeah. Shijo. Yeah. Should we go to Shijo? Let's go.

28:56 John Daub: We're on a nice dry bus now. Remember that we're not getting off, are we? Oh, no. How far can we go? How far do you think we can go? We have to pay when we get off. Okay. But it's one price, right? Kyoto buses are one price. Yeah. 230 yen. 230. About two dollars. Oh, my gosh. The bus is more by distance. Okay. I think it was Zou's. The price keeps going up. You know what, Kevin? I forgot that my back was drenched. Yeah. And I think I'm getting this seat drenched. But... I don't think we're the only ones today. I don't know if the seat is wet because of the person before me or because of me. I think it was... It was wet before I sat down. No, actually, we do that... We do that in Osaka. That was in Fenshi-Sai someplace. It depends on the bus lines. Okay. The ticket that says where you're going on. This is a city bus. Yeah, this is a Kyoto city bus. Yeah, but it's one price. One price.

30:15 John Daub: So, where's Kevin? He's down here. See, he's got a plane here. He's got a bus. So, I think we're just going to end the livestream here. We're safe and warm and heading towards Gion now. We just jumped on a bus. I have an IC card so I can just get off and on anytime I want. Did you charge your IC card? No. No, I didn't. Oh, no. I didn't get an ATM for sure. Oh, okay. Well, I can give you some cash. Don't worry about it. But we're not turning and I'm going to use GPS. I got to get off the livestream. So, I'm going to turn to use GPS to find out where we're going. Because I don't want to go too far. And we still have a little bit more to shoot. But it's almost like a lost cause. It really is. This day has just been... I'm stuck on the bus. Yeah. I'm just going to stay on until it gets to the garage. Yeah. And kick me out. Yeah. All right, everybody. So, thanks for joining us on the wettest livestream in the history. If you ever wanted to see a stream, we were in the stream. Literally. Like... And yeah. We're going to go get a coffee. We might do a livestream on Instagram or something. But for today, we're going to just focus on... Yeah. We're going to focus on filming the rest of the day and see you again tomorrow. We're going to go get some food tomorrow, right? Yeah. I think you should change the title. You started off with the... Philosopher's Pass. I think it's just, yeah. Lost and wet in Kyoto. Yeah. The lost path or something. Yeah. Philosophers get lost on the path or lost in space, lost in stream. Yeah. All right, everybody. So, see you next time. Bye bye from Kyoto. Slightly wet. It's going to take us hours to dry off. Bye, everybody.