00:00:06 John Daub: Hey everybody, welcome aboard the ship to Ogasawara. 1,000 kilometers, 25 hours to get to the island, Chichijima. That there is the last look that I'll have of the city of Tokyo for the next two weeks just about. I'm leaving here September 1st, 2018. Hey everybody, I'm leaving here September 1st, 2018 to go to Ogasawara and do a report for the main channel, Only in Japan, about the islands, about scuba diving, about Hachijojima, about the culture, the history. There's so much stuff out there in the Pacific. I just couldn't stay in the city anymore.

00:00:43 John Daub: We have about 15 minutes before we actually depart. So I'm gonna take you around the boat and show you what I can for right now. And then I'm gonna film for the main episode. So join me for the next 15 minutes or so and I'll show you what this boat like. And will I be comfortable for the next 25 hours? I think so. There's a restaurant, there's beer and food, there's people. I should be okay.

00:01:09 John Daub: You can see over there is the Rainbow Bridge. That there is Odaiba and I was there the other day for a meeting. This is pretty cool. That's Fuji TV building and Odaiba Beach and that's the space boat, I believe, going that way. This is another kind of boat. This is not the space boat. All right, I'm gonna take you inside the boat for a little bit or to the other side and see if we can get some views. Pretty cool. Apparently we can go up another flight. Let's do that.

00:01:59 John Daub: Hey guys, I also released a new video on amezaiku (traditional Japanese candy) that you might want to check out. I released it about 30 minutes ago. So thanks very much for watching that. Wow, this is so cool. Check it out. There's a picnic area. I think I'm gonna be spending a couple hours here. Oh, and they're still loading, just loading the boat. There's a bionic arm.

00:02:30 John Daub: So I'm actually gonna turn the wide-angle lens on the other side so you can get a better view of this. Hey, guys. You can see is going to the island of Chichijima and Hahajima. There's a lot of cargo and the only transport between the two islands is this boat. So there's a lot of stuff that the hotels and the residents—there's over 3,000 residents, and I don't know how many tourists. There's gonna be one more in 25 hours. There's gonna be a couple thousand more because this boat is full. Haha-jima. Haha. That actually means mother and Chichi-jima means father so it's the father island and the mother island.

00:03:14 John Daub: This is the same town where Iwo Jima is or Iwoto which is famous for World War II battle. It's not too far away but it is. It's like far but it's closer than where I am now. You get a really good view of Tokyo Bay. Let's go up one more flight of steps. Alright, now we're on the top of the deck. Look at all the people up here saying goodbye to their loved ones.

00:03:44 John Daub: The great thing about this area, this dock, I like it better than the other one in Odaiba is that if you do have loved ones, you can see them right there. They can go to the second floor of the port, the pier, the ticket center. This is the ticket center. It's down there on the first floor. The second floor is a park. I like that. It's kind of an echo, kind of a green area in the city. I like to come here and have a drink with my friends or just kind of sit and relax. But it's also a great place where you can say goodbye to people and wave. And in the distance is Hamamatsucho and Daimon and Tokyo Tower might be over there.

00:04:26 John Daub: The ticket for second class economy was $250. That's the cheapest ticket. So it's not really cheap to go there. Alright, and I'm coming back on second class. I'm going to go to the second class premium which is like a small capsule hotel looking thing. So that cost me almost $400. And with taxes and stuff, I think it's about $700 round trip for me. But you can do it with $500 or so. I just kind of want to get a variation of the different kind of accommodations on the ferry.

00:05:04 John Daub: That there. Hey, George, thank you very much for the... George Lopez, thank you for the super chat. I will buy some candy. That there is the monorail that goes towards... either that's the Yurikamome line or the monorail. I'm not quite sure. But maybe we'll be lucky enough to see it go by. That's the last technology, technologically advanced transportation besides a car I'm going to see for the next two weeks. Hey, Ren3. Ren3 is also on a trip here in Japan. Great to see your journey begin. Hope 4G lasts a bit. Going into the sea, heading back to Canada on the 3rd. Getting back to Yonago. Awesome.

00:05:50 John Daub: So Ren3 is... he's traveling by ferry. He's going to Japan. He's going by Shinkansen all over the country. And we featured Ren3 in an episode last week about traveling by JR Pass. And they're still loading the boat. You can see down there. These are all going to Ogasawara. They got a lot of stuff. I hope it's like stuff for the restaurant because I'm going to be eating a lot... trying to get a feel for the local cuisine. Oh there it is. Check it out. There goes the train. From a boat to a train. It's pretty cool. Yeah, that's a local train. That's the Yurikamome Line going towards Odaiba, the Rainbow Bridge.

00:06:31 John Daub: And you can see the mast that's actually just kind of representative of this pier, Takeshiba Pier, because this is where a lot of the boats, all the boats I think, going towards the Tokyo Islands depart from here. I'm moving the wide-angle lens to the other side, guys. Bear with me for a second. Here we are, we're back. I do have some food, but actually there's some restaurants here, so I know people on this boat do not starve. That's for sure.

00:07:06 John Daub: I like to sit down on the, there's a lot of places to sit down and relax up here on deck. There's a lot of vending machines, there's a place where you can get draft beer. One of the guys told me when I was waiting in line. So I bet you at night it gets a little bit crazy maybe, a little bit. But wouldn't be a fun boat trip if it wasn't just a little bit crazy. All right, on the other side here, you get a nice view of, what's that over there? That looks like Kachidoki Bridge. And actually that's around the area where I live, in Chūō-ku. This is Minato-ku, I believe. That's St. Luke's Hospital, and you can see Kachidoki Bridge and Tsukiji is in the distance. And on the left side is Tokyo. That is Tokyo Skytree. It's pretty cool to see Tokyo off in style aboard a ship.

00:08:08 John Daub: All right, let's go down below deck for a minute before we lose signal because I got a feeling they're just warming up. Hey, Mix, check it out. They got the engines going on hard, so we're going to be taking off soon. I don't know if we're going to be able to go down to where I'm staying and have signal, but I'm going to take you down there in like one minute or less. Don't time it because I don't think I'm going to be able to make it. These are the life rafts if you've never been aboard a boat. There's still a couple of people getting on. You can see the line down there. People are getting on with their suitcases.

00:08:46 John Daub: Hey, Professor Dell is in the house. When is the next band meetup? Can you do it in early October? I might be able to. I'm leaving on a couple of location shoots in early October, but for the professor, maybe we can swing it. Is that the bell to depart? Hey, we're leaving. That's probably how much lunch is going to cost because it's certainly not cheap. I'm serious. The restaurant looks a little pricey. All right, we're about to depart. You can feel the excitement building just a little bit, right? All right, let me take you inside. Let me see if I can get a quick look inside. No, this is not the Titanic, but it kind of might look like the Titanic.

00:10:11 John Daub: I'm inside of the boat now. This is the third floor and now this is the fifth floor. There's one of the shops, Shop Dolphin. I guess that's a shop where you can buy stuff like a convenience store. It's closed. These are really classic. Classy berths. I don't think you can see any of them. They're all closed, but they look pretty classy to me because they've got frames for the number. And you come with a scanning key. That's pretty cool to open it. Going upstairs to say goodbye. I'm the only one going down. Hey, guys. I'm not going to be able to show you the berth that I'm staying in. I'm not able to show you where I'm staying, but that's just a little bit of the boat. I'm just going to stay here until the boat takes off. Shove's off, should we say. See you guys later, land lovers.

00:11:20 John Daub: Sorry, we got disconnected. There's not a really good signal inside of the boat. It's pretty locked up pretty tight. So this is the ferry that goes to Ogasawara for those of us joining us. I'll be on this boat for 25 hours. I've already made a couple of friends. One of them is a surfer from Okinawa. The other one was a dude who was kind of already drunk. I'll just say people were ready for this trip. And there's a typhoon coming. Guys, this is the thing that's kind of worrying me.

00:11:52 John Daub: I did bring some food with me. I brought some stuff that I can use, I can eat on the island. It's kind of my stash. But they get stuff there. I mean, it's not like Aogashima. Aogashima was even more remote where I'm going now because the only way to get there is by helicopter and one boat from Hachijojima. This is easier, believe it or not. There's a boat that leaves every week and they take a lot of cargo with them. So I think that there's more... There's a bigger population on Chichijima in Ogasawara than Aogashima. So if you compare the two videos, this is going to be a different experience. And every island in Tokyo has a different experience, which is something that I think you really need to really know before you start off on any adventure going towards the Tokyo Islands.

00:12:42 John Daub: And you can see on the other side, lonely people. You know, Kanae was going to be here. But I thought that this boat was going to be here. I thought it was going to depart at 3 p.m. But it was at 11, so she's still working. And I feel real sad about that because it would be nice... I'm going to wave to Kanae right now. I'll see her in two weeks and be able to call her when I come back. From the island, I mean. I'm not going to know when I come back. I'll call her when I get to the island. There's a lot of people just watching me YouTube. I'm taking you guys with me.

00:13:24 John Daub: So on this island, I believe there's 4G LTE, so I might be able to do some live streams. We'll see what we can do. But no promises. I might have to film and upload videos. But I will bring you at least five episodes of Only Japan Go while I'm on the go. That's the reason of the channel. When I go on location shoots, I can take you with me. That's why I do this live streaming. And for the last month or so, I've been at home and the live streams have been kind of boring. Hey, we got home. We're at Haneda Airport. Check this out. You can see one of the airplanes going into Haneda.

00:13:58 John Daub: So we've seen the monorail. We've seen the Yurikamome Line. And now we're seeing an airplane going into Haneda. And you're on a boat. And guys, this entire trip is completely funded by Patreon. So I want to thank everybody on Patreon once again. I did it in the beginning of the stream, but I wouldn't be going without that support. This trip is going to cost me between $3,500 to $5,000 with the scuba diving and the equipment rental and the hotel and traveling to Hahajima and this ticket. It's not a cheap excursion. And that's what makes this really unique because I like to go to places that ordinary people might not want to go to because of the costs. Yeah, we could do that here because we got your support, everybody. And that's why I'm taking you with me. That's why I do this.

00:14:50 John Daub: The hotels there, most of them are like between 7,000 to 10,000 yen, which is like a lot of money. It's almost $100. Plus the food. Everything's a little bit more expensive. I wouldn't say a little bit more, but we're going to find out. So that's why I've estimated like $1,500 difference. But at minimum, it's already going to be $3,500. I believe. I budgeted that anyways. All right, let's go one more time to the other side. Oh, that's not Space Boat, but it could be if you have a vivid imagination. This boat's going to Odaiba. But that's not one of the bus boats. They have a boat bus system. That one is a private one.

00:15:33 John Daub: Hey guys, wow, I see so many Super Chats coming in here. I really appreciate the support. I'm starving, by the way. Oscar, hey John, I'd love to go to Japan someday. Have fun. Hey Oscar, until you can make it, buddy, I'm going to live stream for you, okay? And I'm live streaming for everybody else who can't make it to Japan. No matter where you are in the world, I'm going to be here. Chicken on Biscuits is here. Hey, Johnny. So we're going to have some fun. Over there, you can see the cranes. That is where the Olympic Village is being built. You guys see that? So we might have a sweet view of the Olympic Village. That's coming along pretty good, that project.

00:16:14 John Daub: So you can already see on the side there the structure of the Olympic Village, the outline there, the skeleton of it. It's pretty cool. They'll be done in advance. The stadium is designed by Kengo Kuma, who also did a new Yamanote Line station, which was released two days ago. Some news on that. It's pretty cool. I know I met Kengo Kuma, so I'm going to try to get an interview with him and get inside. He's outside of the stadium. I get a chance to have drinks with him and talk with him a little bit. He's a pretty nice guy. So I'm looking forward to that. Probably sometime next year when we get closer to the Olympics. And I'll bring you guys with me.

00:16:55 John Daub: And there's Alan from My Life Japan. Tokyo is changing so much. It's true. The pace of change in the city is so fast right now. And it's exciting. It's an exciting vibe in the city of Tokyo. And it's only going to just get bigger and bigger. And 2019 comes. And then 2020. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like. I can't imagine what it's going to be like in 2020. I'm so excited. Let's go up one more flight of stairs. And then I'm going to say goodbye to you all.

00:17:29 John Daub: I see Peter's in the house. Peter, I was hoping that you would come with me. But I guess he has a day job. Ha ha! So this is it, guys. I'm going to be saying goodbye to you. I'm saying goodbye to Kanae. I'm going to try to give her a call while I get there. But I still have a signal to say goodbye. She takes priority. One thing you don't want to do, everybody, is don't climb this ladder. So don't drink and climb. I'm talking directly to PBG here. Sounds like something you'd do with your doll collection. Nothing wrong with that.

00:18:28 John Daub: A lot of students. Kanae told me that university doesn't start for another couple of weeks. So a lot of students, which is why there's not as much accommodation right now. Found a room. Found a room at the last minute. I got lucky. I'll be staying not too far away from the dock and the town. But I'm going to try to rent a motorcycle when I get there. Maybe like a moped kind of a thing. All right, guys. So thanks for watching. Hit that Like button. If you get to 250 likes, I'll consider doing a live stream when I arrive. We're kind of light with 100 likes. You guys know what to do. Shout out to everybody for the support.

00:19:23 John Daub: So we've gotten a lot of super chats. Thank you all, guys. I will be updating you, especially on Patreon, because this trip is funded by you. Putting pictures and on Instagram so you guys can see where I'm doing, where I am, how the trip is going. You can follow along on Instagram and on YouTube right here. I'll try to do as many live streams as I can. But my job and my focus is to actually make videos for the main channel. So that's what I'm going to be doing. You can't do both. I can't live stream and make videos. So with that, I'm going to say goodbye.

00:20:00 John Daub: There's a typhoon in the Pacific. It's a super typhoon, they called it. I think it was like Jebi was the name of it, name or something like that. But I don't think it will impact this boat a lot. But another guy in line told me that we might have some small waves, and he was laughing. I don't know how to feel about that. He said we have some small waves. Tsu-nami. Like nami. It means wave. So yeah, there's that. I'll have a pretty good report in 25 hours, let's just say. So whatever you're doing now, put down a reservation to watch in 25 hours or something, okay?

00:20:39 John Daub: All right, guys. I'm going to take off. There goes the Yurikamome line back to Shimbashi Station. So have a good one wherever you are. Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel, and I'll see you on the other side. What do you mean, legendary laughter? 25 hours later. I'm going to look even worse. I didn't sleep last night, guys. And by the way, one more thing. Go and watch the video on the main channel that I just uploaded. It could use some love. I want to try to launch this thing, and let's see if we can get this thing to viral trending level. It's up to you guys. Liking, sharing, and supporting is why I do, why YouTubers do this.

00:21:17 John Daub: This is why Peter does it. This is why Alan in My Life Japan does it. We like to share with you guys. We like to share the experience of living in Japan with you. This makes it fun for us too. And that's why we do this. Thank you. We just love to do stuff like this. So I'll see you on the other side. Peace. Leave a comment below and definitely hit the like button. I'll see you in 25 hours, maybe. Just depends on the waves. Waves. Heh. Bye, everybody. Aloha. Can you say that? We're going to the tropics. This is almost, almost, almost to Okinawa if you look on the map. Ogasawara, Chichi island, Chichijima. See ya, everybody.