00:00:06 John Daub: Here comes the Yamanote Line into Tokyo Station. This is how most people will get here. They'll be taking the Yamanote Line or the Marunouchi Line which goes to the other side of the station. The Yamanote Line is probably the busiest train in the city of Tokyo. It's certainly the most famous one. How you doing everybody? We're going to be walking from Tokyo Station to Ginza. This is one of my favorite walks, one of the walks that I've done quite a bit because it's not easy to get to Ginza from Tokyo Station unless you take a taxi or a bus, but walking is not that bad. It's only about a 10-15 minute walk.

00:00:50 John Daub: Of course this is going to take us much longer because there's things to stop and see along the way. Let's get going. How you doing everybody? Welcome aboard. Hey folks, we're live. You might want to refresh your browser. If the stream ever lags or goes offline, refresh your browser and it should come back on. We're inside of the belly of the beast. The signal's not going to be as great in here, but in about 30 seconds we're going to be outside of the gate here.

00:01:38 John Daub: There's a Shinkansen on the left side, the Tokaido and the Tohoku Shinkansen, and behind us, that way, that is the Yamanote Line. And all the local train lines that we came on to get here. It's all connected inside of the station. And in another live stream, I actually showed you how you can get onto the Shinkansen platform for just $1.25. If you want to go there, take pictures, you don't actually need a Shinkansen, a JR Pass or a ticket. You can get a platform ticket, which costs 140 yen or $1.25 to get on there. And that adventure was pretty cool. You can't ride the Shinkansen, but you can go and see it.

00:02:23 John Daub: We're going to be leaving the Yaesu Central exit here. Yaesu, there's two sides of Tokyo Station. There's the Marunouchi side and then there's the Yaesu side. Yaesu is the new entrance or exit. I have my Ikaika, which is the Osaka Suica variety. And then the Marunouchi, which is the old red brick entrance that faces the Imperial Palace. Now you can go this way towards Nihonbashi, but we're going to go this way. This is the expressway.

00:02:56 John Daub: If this is your first time to Tokyo Station, welcome! If you've been watching Only in Japan Go, oh, there's some rugby fans. There's been a ton of rugby fans. You can tell they're just bigger and stronger, more imposing looking. Lots of rugby people here. In fact, Japan has been abuzz by the behavior of some of the rugby fans. Some of the people don't know the customs and traditions and laws and rules of the country. They just go like this. Alright, here's the central exit for you.

00:03:34 John Daub: We're going to walk out a little ways and you're going to be able to see the front of the Yaesu entrance. Now this has all been redone. About 20 years ago when I came, this façade of Tokyo Station was such a boring brown color and it said Tokyo Station, really, really old and retro like. And they have done a great job of renovating it. It's just been so beautiful right now. The Yaesu exit gets the respect it deserves. Up there above is the Daimaru Department Store and Grand Tokyo Hotel. It's all brand new, maybe about five years. But there's a ton of construction on the side. And now you can see the roof of Tokyo Station.

00:04:29 John Daub: The taxi queue is over here. And there's a lot of local buses. This is one of the local buses that you can use to get to Odaiba. There's lots of buses. If you don't know the bus routes, it's good to learn that. There's the friendly airport limousine. There's tons of buses that go towards Narita. And they're 1,000 yen. It's a lot cheaper than taking the Narita Express. So this one's going to Tokyo Big Sight. You can see kind of flickering. There's a many that are newer. They look like English taxi cabs. A lot more spacious. The boot is a little bit bigger for the luggage. But it's still about the same amount of space.

00:05:19 John Daub: So if you've got a lot of luggage, you might want to take a bus. This walk is probably going to take us about 30 minutes to get there. But on the way, there's about five or six stops that we're going to make to show you some of the history. Some of the amazing aspects of the city of Tokyo on this side. Once again, if you're lagging, you can click the refresh button if you're watching this live. The playback should be buttery smooth. Here we go.

00:05:50 Fan: Can I take a picture with you? We watch you on YouTube.

00:05:52 John Daub: Oh, yeah. Sure, sure. I was just getting warmed up here. How you doing? Where are you from?

00:05:57 Fan: Buffalo, New York.

00:05:58 John Daub: Wow. Yeah. Go Bills. Awesome meeting you. Nice to see you too. Hi. Welcome to Japan. You just got in yesterday. Have a good trip. Have a good one. All right. Let's cross the street here.

00:06:16 John Daub: Now, this here is, we would call this like a pop-up shop. It's just something that's going to be here for now. They said in December, according to the taxi driver that drove us, Kanae and I, to Tokyo Station, it's going to be gone in December. It's called The Farm Tokyo. And it's a barbecue spot. It used to be a skyscraper. They tore it down. Now it's something else. It's kind of neat. I like the fact that they imported a tractor. Let's take a look at the menu here. And I might be back.

00:07:00 John Daub: A lot of the Rugby World Cup spectators and visitors will come in here and partying at night. It's gotten a little crazy. The Farm. It apparently will be closing at the end of this month. And then they start construction on the real building. It's a little pricey. These places are a little pricey. But you get to hang out inside of the station in a place that's going to be a skyscraper soon. So that's kind of neat.

00:07:32 John Daub: Just so everybody knows, this is the iPhone 11 Pro. But it does not have the wide, super wide lens yet. YouTube has not activated the ability to pull into the third lens. So you can't go super wide yet, which is a shame because you would see like 50% more. I think with the super wide. This is as wide as the iPhone 11 Pro goes in a live stream. The color should be a little bit better. And the signal should be stronger. So far it has not been. We won't penalize them too much. We're still getting used to working with the new phone. Hello. If you do have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to ask several times because I might miss it. The first two or three.

00:08:35 John Daub: So this bus getting out right here is one of the many airport buses. The JR buses and the Keisei buses are all 1000 yen. So that means that if you are looking for a cheap way to get to Narita Airport, that's it. Still under an hour to get to Narita. And the Keisei bus is just over there on the Yaesu side, not the Marunouchi side. And the JR buses is where the highway buses are and they'll let you off here. So then you'll be let off right in front of the station, which is more convenient than being let off at the station unless you're riding the Shinkansen. Then I guess you can get off at the station. Yeah, I never actually have ridden the JR buses. I've only ridden the Keisei one and for 1000 yen. It's a pretty darn good deal.

00:09:27 John Daub: Now on the left here and we've gone just straight across from the Yaesu Central exit. You can see right there tons and tons of bars and nightlife. This is where a lot of the businessmen will go in the area after hours to celebrate with their coworkers. Lots of kushikatsu places, a lot of izakayas (Japanese pubs), cheap eats and expensive eats too. And then if you go between the alleys, you'll discover little shops as well. This side is a little bit more subdued and we're walking now out to an area in front of the station called Kyobashi. K-Y-O-B-A-S-H-I.

00:10:10 John Daub: David Lewis writes in. Hey, John from Melbourne. Grab a beer along the walk. I absolutely will. I'm going to be looking for it. And Allison Lynn writes in. Buy yourself some cream puffs. Oh, some shu cream. We will be stopping in a convenience store. I don't know if shu cream mixes well with beer, though. But we'll see what we can do with that. Appreciate that, guys. It's 7-Eleven across the street.

00:10:39 John Daub: A lot of the buildings here, they go up about eight or nine floors and it's pretty consistent. Back in the 1980s and 90s when they were kind of rebuilding this area, none of them went higher than this. And it's only been in the last five years that the buildings have gotten a lot taller. They'll go up maybe 30% higher. It could be because of the construction materials are better now or they're safer because of the earthquakes. I'm not sure. But you can see the building laws have been followed as well. Between the buildings, you have to have one meter space. Do you see that? It's pretty consistent between all of the buildings there. 50 centimeters and 50 centimeters. Unless it's a public walkway and then it has to be a little bit wider. I know that because I did an episode on NHK about this.

00:11:49 John Daub: Anyways, let me just go back to this building here. This is called Meidi-Ya. This market right there. And its history goes back to 1885, I want to say. Isono-san is the founder of it. And he went to Tokyo University. I used to come to this shop all the time. 20 years ago, I didn't have a lot of places to go to get foreign foods. And one of the things I liked when I was 26 years old, 25 years old was Cherry Coke. And they had that here. This is a shop where you could find all sorts of Western stuff.

00:12:39 John Daub: But this shop was founded in 1933, this building here, and it has not changed in style much at all. There's been some renovations. I remember seeing it renovated, but it's a good contrast between the newer buildings around it. But what made this shop really important to me was this is where I would get some of my spaghetti and pasta sauces and things like this that you couldn't find in the Japanese supermarkets. You can get that in Meidi-Ya. And it was a Tokyo University graduate that went to London for a few years. And he came back by ship. I think it was the Yokohama Maru was the name of the ship. And he sailed back as purser of the ship, stopping in all the ports and seeing the business that was taking place between the ship and other companies.

00:13:28 John Daub: And he got back to Tokyo. He's like back to Yokohama and said, I'm starting Meidi-Ya. And he did. Since then, it's been really, really popular. They have about four or five shops. And I think they have one in Kyoto and one in Yokohama and two in Tokyo, I believe. But they also make their own products like jams and things like this that are harder to get in Japan. But now globalization is catching up to Meidi-Ya and I don't need to go here anymore. I can go to Costco. But 20 years ago, this was a big deal.

00:14:02 John Daub: Back there is this street here. That's where Takashimaya is, which opened in 1831 in Kyoto. And that's one of the most prestigious department stores in Japan. This one's kind of neat to go into because it still looks like the 1930s inside there. And it's still got that reputation of being really high class omotenashi (hospitality) service. Where when you enter, they all bow at 10 a.m. It's pretty nice thing to see. Go to a department store at 10 a.m. and watch the morning bow as all the customers file in. And all of the service people give an amazing amount of respect to you. Customer is God in Japan.

00:14:44 John Daub: That department store is just this way. About 250 meters. And finished renovations. So it's looking really nice right now. Takashimaya started as a secondhand shop selling like textiles, old kimono textiles. A very humble beginning turning into an amazing chain of department stores. Of course, like Amazon and other technology and stuff has caught up to them. But I still like to go in there and take a look at some of the stuff. And on the roof, they got a beer garden in the summer. All right, guys. I can't see the screen because the sun is in my eyes. So if there's anything happening, just tap me on the shoulder and I'll be able to respond.

00:15:39 John Daub: And here the air is a little bit different between the buildings. This is the end of Kyobashi right here. And this is a store that I go to quite often that's coming up after the Lawson's on the right side. Kyobashi station is right underneath us right now. And if you go to the left, you'll come to a station called Takaracho. That's on the Asakusa line. And that's also a stop where you can get... Gosh, the cars here are pretty darn cool. This is Chuo Dori (Central Avenue). So you're going to see like the best of the best driving through this one. If you want to be seen and heard apparently.

00:16:29 John Daub: So this building right here is pretty impressive. You see trees growing off of the first five floors of it. This is new. I'd say three years old. I remember when they were constructing it. This is the headquarters for Bridgestone. Bridgestone is also my bicycle. I got a Bridgestone bike. That's like the Rolls Royce of bikes, sort of maybe. They also make tires. And the Daishichi Japanese sake bar is down in the basement. I like this Daishichi. Because they were one of the first... I got a chance to meet the CEO of Daishichi at a book signing. Talked to him for a long time. And we did a business card exchange. And then kept in touch. And then he invited me to come down to his brewery and take a look.

00:17:27 John Daub: So I actually spent the night at the Daishichi brewery in the test center camping. And in the morning the shacho (president) tapped us on the shoulder, woke us up. And we had a tour of the brewery. And that's the episode on the main channel. And you can see which is super interesting. Here's some of the list of the restaurants here. This is stuff that you can't see on Google Street View. If you walk around, you just can't zoom in close enough to see the actual restaurants in there. But there's some good looking ones. Look at the gyoza. Oh man, I love it when they get the crusty stuff all around it. This one is called Hyang Yong. Chinese restaurant. But even though it says Chinese restaurant, it's definitely Japanese influenced. There's a good looking okonomiyaki in the basement.

00:18:23 John Daub: Yeah. And I like the vibe of this building. It's very, a lot of trees, very natural. It's almost like you're walking through a park. This is on the way to Ginza. Sometimes walking is the best way. You would miss this if you didn't. There's a little vegetable stand selling produce right in the front there.

00:19:00 Alex: Hello.

00:19:01 John Daub: Oh, hello. I almost tapped you on the shoulder. You did tap me on the shoulder. Is the screen still black?

00:19:04 Alex: Yeah, welcome aboard. I was literally headed to Tokyo station and Ginza today.

00:19:07 John Daub: Wow. Yeah. Coincidence. Well, then you have to join me for the next 15 minutes. I would love to. All right. Alex is here visiting from Germany. Actually staying nearby, right?

00:19:19 Alex: Yes, right. Yeah, you're still at the APA Hotel?

00:19:22 John Daub: Yeah. Nihonbashi. Higashi Nihonbashi.

00:19:28 John Daub: Now, Kyobashi's history, this building is interesting because it takes Kyobashi back to its founding. It used to be a market-like atmosphere. You can see that in this picture. And after the Great Kanto Earthquake of the 1920s, do you know when the Great Kanto Earthquake was, Alex?

00:19:46 Alex: No. Maybe. 2011?

00:19:49 John Daub: No, that was the Tohoku Earthquake. The Great Kanto Earthquake was the one in the 20th century. It destroyed Nihonbashi, the markets there. So they moved the fish market to Tsukiji back in the early 20th century. But this area used to be a very vibrant market. And what they've done with this building with all the trees around it is they've kind of brought back the feel of the market, bringing in some local vendors selling produce and fruits and things like that. I like that. You don't see that in a lot of the cities. And even the building itself shows some of the nature. So good job to the architects and designers. And Bridgestone probably had something to do with it.

00:20:25 John Daub: All right. Did you eat lunch?

00:20:31 Alex: Not yet. Breakfast.

00:20:34 John Daub: This is Montbell. This is a shop that I like to go to to get my camping stuff. I usually will wear some Montbell stuff. I think it's an Osaka-based company. And they're growing really fast in Japan. Sponsor me, Montbell.

00:20:54 Alex: Sponsor me. He's saying that out loud in case they don't know. I'm watching at the same time.

00:21:02 John Daub: All right. Mr. Potter's in the house. Alex, I am a fan, my friend. Alex, you have fans. Mr. Potter's a big fan of Alex's. Look at that. You have a YouTube channel?

00:21:13 Alex: Not yet.

00:21:19 John Daub: And Alex, say hello again. It is quite early for beer. I just want to point that out. And Alex is 19?

00:21:25 Alex: 18.

00:21:28 John Daub: 18? That would be legal in Germany, right?

00:21:30 Alex: At 16.

00:21:32 John Daub: At 16? But in Japan, it's not.

00:21:36 Alex: No.

00:21:42 John Daub: Or go to some... You can gamble, right?

00:21:44 Alex: Yeah, or like adult activities. But you can't... At 18, but you can't drink. It's not fair. It's confusing.

00:21:54 John Daub: You should have like an international exemption card.

00:21:58 Alex: Yes. I'm proven to be a good citizen in my country for hours.

00:22:04 John Daub: Good. Let's drink.

00:22:38 John Daub: Other side of the right there that retro looking building that's the police department museum the Tokyo Police Department museum and that might be an interesting little walkthrough usually the police the Tokyo Police Department mascot is there which is kind of freaky little alien mascot but on the other side of this bridge which is the expressway is Kyobashi so this separates neighborhoods marker I guess that's the word mr. Potter I hope you caught up on your sleep Alex did you get enough sleep yeah good Japanese time zone yeah you need something to drink let's go let's go get the super chats to good use see here this one 7-eleven and is quite busy get some I don't know if I'm gonna get a cream puff.

00:23:37 John Daub: I was shu cream puff but we can we'll work on it we'll work on it let's go inside get something what's your pleasure we've got all sorts of pops and teas this is the original the original cafe au lait and then Starbucks has their own there's too many choices so so teas and soft drinks I like a good refreshing tea this is new never seen that before witty latte I might go with jasmine tea I'm gonna go with some jasmine tea what do you like oh that's it you just up this is the 7-eleven tea and this is the very premium jasmine tea I see you have expensive taste all right let's get it oh no it's all right thank you this music is putting me to sleep.

00:25:14 Alex: I asked you in the chat that it's okay if I join today again because I didn't want to be rude I not actually see the chat because the sun was in my eyes yeah people in the chat told me just go just do it that's how we work yeah if you're watching on a browser you can click refresh.

00:25:44 John Daub: The 7-Eleven is famous this was in my why doesn't japan have any trash cans story and do you know alex why japan does not have any trash cans because of bombs that's one reason the other one is that um they found that the streets were cleaner when there were no trash cans because people took the trash home it's crazy right people would take their trash home we're more responsible and with the trash cans the crows would come oh yeah the crows would come and then that would create that's a rolls royce how do they pull right in front of us that's a rolls man are we gonna let the rolls go by the the uh the crows didn't come and then in the end it was a lot cleaner so i thought that was pretty interesting now on the weekend do you know that they closed who goes the rolls yeah they closed wow that's awesome british racing green is that the color it's a pretty sweet ride it just stinks like money it smelled like money they closed the streets on the weekend which gives you a pedestrian type of feel so that's why i wanted to come to akihabara in the evening because yeah chiyoda dori goes all the way up to akihabara if you go the other way just keep walking straight up there is one of kanai's favorite restaurants called eggs and things and they're really good.

00:27:01 John Daub: It's like a hawaiian breakfast place she goes crazy she's jack are we gonna eggs eggs and things i'm like uh once a month because it's expensive it's like a stack of pancakes and the coffee is 20 that's actually kind of expensive for a stack of pancakes and coffee just for breakfast and we have i have a belgian waffle maker and i make waffles all the time for her but she still likes to go because they get a nice balcony welcome to ginza now we're in ichome this is um the famous walkway why are we walking on the sidewalk when we can enjoy the middle of the streets in ginza look at this the glare is killing my eyes i like how every part of tokyo has a whole different feeling to it.

00:28:04 Alex: Yeah is berlin like that yes a lot it's a lie right i'm when i went there in 1997 you could tell the difference very drastic difference between the east and the west yes it's kind of still that way oh really the architecture and stuff yes yes like many locals still can't tell if they are like in east or west berlin because it just looks different okay actually can i and i just booked a ticket we're going to vienna for christmas and then we're we're we're going to spend um four or five nights in germany um in nuremberg first and then maybe munich and then there's a place down in the south near the austrian border that looks like it's really pretty with uh the christmas market i guess the eagles nest was there i'm not sure that looked really nice we haven't booked a hotel or anything but thinking about that there's ginza there's a sign right there so that marks the first neighborhood here it should be a lot of fun.

00:29:10 John Daub: We had so such a great experience um in munich at the christmas market last year like a lot of people said i haven't had food for so many years it's a lot of food we kind of just wanted to go one more time because if we have kids in the future it's like when are we going to be able to come back so i enjoyed the live streams yeah those were fun and we met the fake we we met the fake the fake french jennifer the fake french japanese jennifer came in the live stream at the end it was the most hilarious thing i think it was all record it was that does anybody remember in the archives from last christmas in the german germany christmas market meet up in munich at the end of the live stream this this this woman came out of nowhere speaking just like jennifer and the same kind of bubbliness with the bottle of champagne and she cracked it open on the street and she said hello jennifer it was the most like surreal thing and i was looking oh go ahead what she knew her i didn't know her she knew who me i was and she said she'd met with uh jennifer and then jennifer said to me i don't know who that person is so like the most surreal surreal moment um and then she came to the hotel later on the next day when we were checking out and then just said hi and i she gave me a letter to give to jennifer and i gave it to jennifer and jennifer said i still don't know who she is but that live stream is so epic at the end and kanai and i were freezing too because we were live streaming at the same time we didn't want to stop because it was so fun.

00:30:48 John Daub: Now everyone sees that we're walking down the middle of the street and they're not doing the same thing too this this i believe shuts down around 12 12 30 so sometimes just takes a crazy person to start walking down the middle of the street for everybody else to start doing it too lida sometimes they have performances you'll see people with weird dogs and in costumes and outfits and last time peter and i walked down this main street and we saw a full-size rika doll which is the barbie doll of japan it's very creepy fake head made me uncomfortable but peter went right right for her kind of asked her out on a date something i don't know what he was doing it's pretty funny.

00:31:41 John Daub: Here's the other side of the street just to give you a look back. We've come quite a long way this intersection right here is ginza and this is the luxury intersection because we have Cartier we have both both cartier louis vuitton and then coach is his coach chanel it's just a really high priced intersection of ginza and japanese like the brands but it's been chinese tourists who've been keeping them afloat japanese consumers are the toughest in the world to serve because for these kinds of high quality bags they count the stitching they'll count the stitching in a louis vuitton bag and if the stitching is off by one they return it.

00:32:40 Alex: I see like when I went to Akihabara for the first time like the in the tax free stores all the staff were Chinese people actually because there are so many tourists that's right ten years ago I was teaching at a school called Gaba right behind here and some of the students were coming in to learn English so they could talk to the to the Chinese tourists but in the end they had to learn Chinese because it was just better business for them. That was ten years ago.

00:33:07 John Daub: Here is the line for the iPhone 11 Pro there's actually a line and it's the people who are mostly chinese and foreign tourists that are buying it in this line the reason is japanese are buying it online and having it sent to them they don't need to stand in a line anymore, but foreign tourists have to show the passport so this line could take over an hour just even it being the short you have to show your passport and so some other information to get your iPhone and people they want to prevent people from buying like ten of them and taking it back to their country the japanese iphones are a little bit annoying just so you know you can't turn off the clicking sound for the camera and things like this there's certain laws that japan has with smartphones just so you know a little bit annoying it's that it's nice though that they close off the streets here on the weekends.

00:34:01 John Daub: Oh man, it's getting hot. Oh Kimura-ya. No. All right, we got it. We got a dude. We got to get a sandwich there. Mr. Potter writes and asked Alex why he decided to travel to Japan so long?

00:34:16 Alex: It's a good question actually, I just wanted to go like as soon as I can. I didn't want to be dependent on anybody else and just to get in touch with the people with the locals I'm also like try to learn Japanese so if I would walk around with german or english speaking friends all the time would be probably the amount of japanese would be like non-existent.

00:34:47 John Daub: Have you been using the Japanese a lot?

00:34:48 Alex: Yeah, like so far I went to Shibuya every evening and the what does it call again like the little is a kaya alleyway? Hello, like the tracks of oh, yeah. Yeah, what is that place?

00:35:06 John Daub: It's one of the yokochos down there they built it right on the Shibuya River because they couldn't build anything else there. You couldn't build high-rise buildings there because the land was so bad, but they found a way to do it and the station is now has a skyscraper all around it and they're talking about tearing out that market which would have been a such a bad thing because it's a lot of history in there just a little teeny you sit like this next to the person, right? How much but they're a little how much did you pay for dinner?

00:35:38 Alex: Well, eat there the some of the places do have like a cover charge. Yeah before you go there like 500 500 yen so you have to be careful but it was alright it's worth worth worth the experience. I think so.

00:35:56 John Daub: I you should people ask me how much is budget do you need to come to Japan and my answer is I don't know. I don't think if you can think like that too much because you're gonna see things that you just have to experience think about how what is the cost of you to actually come to Japan and to come back again? It's not just in the plane ticket. It's also in your time so you have to consider that when you decide whether or not you want to do something because of the price the experience lasts a lifetime. It's priceless. It is so you just have to say yes.

00:36:29 John Daub: Kimura-ya is one of the oldest bakeries the Emperor had bread for the first time from Kimura-ya. That's how the story goes and he loved this this weird food called bread so much I guess he blessed it or something and now it's really big Kimura-ya is very famous and I love getting here. They also have have you eaten the ebi katsu sando from here?

00:36:55 Alex: No, no.

00:37:00 John Daub: Oh really. All right. Well, maybe we can split one. I can't eat the whole thing. All right, let's go get an ebi katsu sando. Are we gonna do this? I ate this enough I ate this in the sandwich episode and it's so good. So good. I gotta say it twice so let me get a thought you get oh, you see that one again. Let's see a thousand I bet you it's more than more than $10 for a sandwich. It's kind of kind of insane, but let's let's see there it is. There it is. Oh, no, it's exactly it's exactly $10 look at that. It's it really is a work of art. I'm getting this and recipe sandwiches are also pretty good here really good here because the bread is excellent. Let's get this.

00:38:04 John Daub: Hi that mommy bread looks good hi, does a that looks so good smells so good in here too. You have no idea because you're like not there. Oh grab that seat grab that seat get a run. No. No old lady. Don't go there. You run like an old man old lady you got to do it like that you run and point at people and look angry no if you eat it if you take that seat, I'll eat you alive that's how the look of anger. I'm putting the tripod on right here. So we're gonna do a ebi katsu sandwich. All right. Stay right there. I'm going in the shade.

00:39:26 Alex: My first time in the real job I'm gonna go to the Japanese bakery. Oh really? Yeah, does that compare look how dark? There's like no way around it. We're like super dark here in the shadows let's see how good this iPhone Pro 11 Pro is working what did you think this is not this isn't the typical bakery though. This is sort of I don't know like it's your traditional Japanese bakery.

00:39:42 John Daub: Okay. So what's the difference between like usual? The the usual ones now just three kinds there's the traditional Japanese bakery like this where where the anpan is the main item it's a bread with the red bean paste in it and they have half of the shop on the on the front it's just different kinds of anpan simple breads with red bean paste of different flavors in it, which is unique the second type is the French bakery that French bakeries where they they make croissants and overpriced bread which costs like ten times more than the Japanese bakeries which usually cost about a hundred yen and they're just really really soft japanese like soft bread and they're bizarre. We should go to one of those check all of them out. Yeah, how Paul PA you L is a good French bakery here but we have this and we're gonna eat this quickly and responsibly, you're choking. You have your tea yes, it's hot cheers is really hot. This is the ebi katsu sando ginza highly highly recommend anyone who has $10 to blow to try this out here, it's really good.

00:41:11 John Daub: Again, the value for me of this iPhone 11 Pro is not it's not the color it's the wide lens, which is not even available yet we did give us a shibori so you have to eat it the way we are I go ahead take care thank you take a piece security man is really hot. Oh, it's about this wide inside the box good, huh? What do you think? That's good. What is the what kind of cream is it inside? What kind of cream? I don't know. I think it's like I'm either hold a second. It could be like a like a butter or maybe a mayonnaise. I don't know what that is it tastes like mayonnaise. It could be like a mayonnaise and something mix. I'm not sure. Which is better than looking at two dudes eat on the street. Look at the Ginza people walking by. We don't quite know what the sauce is. I'm pretty sure it's a Kewpie mayonnaise with something else in it. Really pleasant afternoon. Couldn't ask for a better day. There's a typhoon that came by. It hit Korea pretty hard. But it's gone by. The wind was really strong this morning. It's gone down now. It's left us with really beautiful sunny skies.

00:43:53 John Daub: That's Mikimoto. Which is this massive pearl shop. I don't know if it's a good idea to buy pearls here. Or down in Mieken where they find them. But Mikimoto is a very famous brand. If you're interested in the settings, I guess. You'd want to get it from here. That's Wako. The Nissan building. Which has this new facade to it. And then the Nissan logo. And then Mitsukoshi. Which is another very famous department store. And in the basement, they have an amazing food depachika (department store basement food hall). Like a food supermarket. Tons and tons of interesting things. And they're getting ready for some kind of photo shoot in front of us as well.

00:44:39 John Daub: Nobuto writes in. Can you say hi to Justin? Justin Zielinski, please. Hi Justin Zielinski. He said you didn't see you. His two super chats. Oh, okay. Let me look and see. Again, it's hard for me to see the screen. There's Justin. Have a drink courtesy of Nobuto. You guys are working together. Ando1135 writes in. Solo trips are fun. Hope you're having fun, Alex.

00:45:15 Alex: Thanks. I am. My girlfriend Nobuto is your biggest fan. We miss Japan. So Justin and Nobuto. Thank you both of you so much. Sorry I missed it. The sun was in my eyes. I couldn't really see. I didn't see much of anything. Actually, I think my mom is your biggest fan.

00:45:35 John Daub: Oh, really? I've been watching the main channel episodes with her. To prove that I'm well prepared. Good. I'm worried. Thank you, Alex's mom. Is she back in Germany?

00:45:50 Alex: Yes. Has she been to Japan before? No. That's why she was worried about the random Asian country I suddenly want to go to. But I think I convinced her that it's... It's safe.

00:46:06 John Daub: Oh, it's pretty safe here in Japan. You can see they're doing some kind of wedding photos out in the middle of the street. Again, because you can come out here and film on the weekends, it makes it an ideal location for pretty romantic shots in the open when there's no cars going by. Look at that dress. That's crazy. She's got to be boiling hot in that thing. Because it's a sunny day, we got a lot of the sunbrellas out. Or higasa (parasols), they call them in Japanese.

00:46:50 John Daub: So what does that mean? You know, some of the things that you've experienced... When I... When you came, it was like you were just off of the plane, Alex. What have you seen since then? And what can you report to us on your progress visiting Japan?

00:47:07 Alex: So, I've visited like always, spent like a whole day in single specific areas of Tokyo. So like I spent one day in Shinjuku, Shibuya. Just getting there. Getting lost and walking around. Experiencing the different like the back streets and... Yeah. Getting in touch with the locals. I loved it.

00:47:31 John Daub: Yeah, locals I think are... When you get off of the beaten track and you can... You get out of your comfort zone. A lot of people are a little bit afraid to go into places where... I don't know, there's no English menu or something.

00:47:48 Alex: Yes, I really try like... I feel like it's like the... I have those two weeks here so... I have to get out of my comfort zone to get the full experience out of it.

00:48:00 John Daub: Yeah, that's really great. I think that that's the perfect plan. When you come to a country so different like Japan, you have to... If you want an adventure, you have to get out of your comfort zone and go to places and push yourself, right?

00:48:14 Alex: Yeah. That's also like one of the main reasons for solo traveling.

00:48:18 John Daub: Yeah. You're gonna go back to Germany a changed man.

00:48:21 Alex: Yes. I guess that's... You came here a boy, you're leaving Japan a man. Although you could drink alcohol two years ago so... It's different.

00:48:35 John Daub: Oh man. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side. Kanai is so excited to go to Germany, to go back to Europe. Of course she loves Japan but I guess for Japanese there's so much mystique about Germany and the history. And the beauty of it. And then here, I guess in Germany coming to a place like Japan is... Mind blowing.

00:48:58 Alex: Mind blowing, yeah.

00:49:04 John Daub: Yeah. We're really excited. We're leaving to go to Germany, to Vienna on... which is Austria on the 5th. There's very very cheap flights from ANA from Tokyo to Vienna right now. I don't know why. And then we take a train to Prague. We don't even stay in Vienna. We go straight to Prague. For two nights. Then we go to Germany for the rest of the trip. And then one night in Vienna before going home.

00:49:31 Alex: Sounds like a good plan.

00:49:32 John Daub: Do you know any really nice small towns in Germany that might have good Christmas markets? I love Christmas markets. I don't know why. If it's the spirit of it, you know.

00:49:42 Alex: To be honest, I know like if you live in Berlin you rarely leave it. Yeah. Because Berlin alone is like so... Yeah. So wide and so... It's a big big city, right?

00:49:59 John Daub: There's a city called Rothenburg I was thinking of going to near Nuremberg. Okay. It looks like a pretty interesting Christmas market. The thing is in Japan our Christmas is awful. There's no passion, no spirit, no meaning behind it. It's just shopping.

00:50:16 Alex: And KFC, right? And KFC, yes! There's KFC and then there's also like the 24th which is big date night for couples. And they go out and the love hotels are all filled with couples. That's the night where boyfriends and girlfriends really, you know, meet like that. So that's special for them.

00:50:40 John Daub: But when I go to like Bavaria especially, like southern Germany and the Alps, the Christmas there is just so nice. I don't know. Alright, so there you go. Do you have any questions about Japan, Alex?

00:51:00 Alex: I feel like I'm well prepared but I will just see what happens. See what happens. Are there any more recommendations in Tokyo? How much time do you have?

00:51:11 John Daub: How much time do I have? Mr. Potter writes in once again. He will be your first subscriber. Thank you. So Mr. Potter's got your back. And thank you Justin and Nobuto. I really appreciate it. I know Nobuto for a long time has been a fan of yours. He's been in the live stream chatting. So I really appreciate the support. Yeah, there's a ton of different... I'm looking at some of the questions here. If you do have any questions, the next couple of minutes we'll do that and I'm going to sign off. Markets that sell food items for Christmas are so good too. Yeah, the hot sugar almonds and the warm spiced wine and the chocolate and the sausages. So many different types of foods there. I don't even know what to say. I have to do my homework. How many likes to extend? 400? Yeah, I will keep going if we get 400 likes. You have 5 minutes to do it. Audience participation. I'll take you to the next intersection. I have liked already.

00:52:26 Alex: Is Alex staying at an Airbnb? Why don't you tell us about... Why did you pick APA Hotel?

00:52:30 John Daub: It was just like random choice. It was just like random choice. After booking, actually I learned that it's like a huge chain here. But it's okay. I like it so far. To me, that's my good old trusty, always available and pretty affordable hotel. I've never had a problem with it. The service has been pretty good. I don't like the rooms because they put a lot of advertisements in it. They might be a little bit too small. But the price is good. And it's clean. And they got washers and dryers. Did you guys have a washer and dryer?

00:53:04 Alex: Not in the room, but... Not a lot of hotels have that. They make you do their laundry service, which is like $20 for a shirt. So yeah. At APA Hotel, I don't have any complaints other than the owner is a little crazy.

00:53:21 John Daub: But we are close to 400. What? How did that happen? How did that happen? Yeah. Also, Halloween is getting into full gear. And there's a lot of Halloween decorations. People are already starting to chatter about the Shibuya Halloween. I think it's crazy. I saw videos of trucks getting thrown over. I know! I guess when young people drink, they get a little out of hand. And things can get crazy. It's getting better. The police presence is huge. But in general, it's a lot better than it used to be.

00:54:06 John Daub: The tradition is that the Shibuya is a little bit more expensive. There used to be a Yamanote line where foreigners would get on. It was advertised in the adverts of a free paper of which subway train line has the party car. And that Shinagawa foreigners would dress up and they would go inside the Yamanote subway line and they would have a party disregarding any of the rules. And any Japanese who got onto the car was very uncomfortable. Because it was just like, who are these foreigners partying in there? The train would go around the Yamanote line and then when they got to Shinagawa the police would just arrest them or break it up. After a couple of years, they just arrested them. And then after the third or fourth year the police were stationed on the platform and it ended. Sort of. Some people tried and were arrested. Or deported, I believe. There were some deportations.

00:55:12 John Daub: If you get arrested, it's like 21 days at least, right? Yeah. They can hold you for 21 days for no reason. But if you confess usually they'll let you out right away. It's about confessing. Usually they won't arrest you unless they have a solid case on you anyways. Like footage, video of you doing it, witnesses and everything. They don't just hold you for no reason. I've been here for 20 years and I've never been arrested. It's not like something that just happens. You have to try to get arrested. You have to really do something bad to get arrested in Japan.

00:55:53 John Daub: I guess it was about 5 or 6 years ago they started this Halloween it used to be in Roppongi they had the big Halloween parties because that's where a lot of foreigners go for drinking. I guess it was 5 years ago Shibuya shut down the area and started this Halloween party thing. It's been good for the local economy but it also creates more trouble than it's worth. Last year was sort of bad. I guess the cars. Some dude tried to fight a police officer and some people were on top of a car and somebody got drunk and jumped off of a car. I don't know. See Japan is reactive. We gotta go for 500 likes now. We're gonna leave in a second. Japan is reactive. We have a lot of freedoms and this is important. If you break the rules in Japan like fly a drone I know you shouldn't fly drones in the city of Tokyo just don't do it. There are signs all over the place. But if you do it and you break the law and you say why not, what's the problem? What happens is that the law stops it for everybody and then the result is that we all lose that privilege. That's how they do it. They see a problem and they react to it and then they ban it for everybody.

00:57:09 John Daub: The reason why Japan's laws for drones are so bad is because some jackass flew his drone under the roof of the Prime Minister and then within a week they just banned all drones. We used to be able to fly them in Yoyogi Park to get rid of it. Glenda writes in here are there pumpkins in Japan? Yes, there are. But they're not. This one's for Kanae. We have one sandwich for Kanae. I'm bringing you a sandwich. Kanae, this is yours. She might be watching. She's got ballet practice today. She's teaching ballet. Alright, Alec, should we go to the next intersection for the people? We're doing it for you. This is where I wear a hat. It's a disaster. We can go to the Ginza. To the Wako store. I love the Wako store. I cancelled my meetup yesterday because of the high winds. It would have been impossible to livestream.

00:58:28 John Daub: Instead of looking at my overexposed face because the sun is in it I'm squinting to see your comments here. We're going to be hanging a right and taking you to the next intersection where I think it's a little bit better. Because they shut down the streets, this is where I did the opening to the sandwich episode. Right there, where those two people are standing in the middle of the screen. Kanai and I live within a bicycle ride of here, so we like to come here on the weekends sometimes to chillax. TV companies will come here to interview people as well. It's an easy interview. Pick up place for interviewees. I'm going to be in Fukuoka on the 7th. a live stream with Kanae. So you're going to expect a live stream from the other side of Japan.

00:59:33 John Daub: Do you want to try? Let's go to the other side. There's a police box, this reflector building. The police are most famous for preventing crime but also for giving directions. If you get lost, ask a police officer. In any other country, you would never do that but in Japan, the police are here to give directions. police the what they will do the police will bring you here and then show you where to go how do i know because i've done that too been lost all right so these are the places here i don't know if we're gonna get one i'm kind of full from that sandwich but these shops here have the most amazing confections check it out this is a chestnut and marron this looks so good what strawberry and the other one is blueberry but if you go over here this is where things get real have you ever had a daifuku oh no you have the mochi around yeah the mochi around the red bean paste and uh this is the best in the city i think it's so good it flickers do you see that the more i zoom the faster it gets the flicker it's just the um electronic the voltage here in japan it's 50 megahertz or something do you want one should we get one for alex have you had these before no oh well then we're gonna have to get one usually they have strawberries in it do you want one with a chestnut or uh oh wait what's this one this one is with sweet vinegar so that has sweet vinegar and an apricot i think in there so that looks pretty good that's mochi you can try that one got a thousand.

01:01:39 John Daub: I love this guy's hairstyle he's got the best hair in japan at that very good full head of hair that makes me and peter jealous oh i should get one too um that one looks good too with the beans in there i'm gonna go kuri daifuku some people are getting freaked out with the flashing light sorry this wako kuri daifuku oh did you get yours yeah oh i got it i had two yen hey matsumi's here all right matsumi i'll get one for kanai on the way back that's nice of you michael's here as well thank you michael i should have given her my two yen oh that's all right it's too late now i'm gonna get back a lot of coins now thank you thank you ah mr potter says thank you thank you miss thank you mr potter let's go over here to the corner this is where kanai and i ate daifuku in the corner here once yes it's still here we're going to do the same thing we did all right um so alex is our star today this is this is ridiculous i'm with the tripod up here.

01:04:46 John Daub: Alright, so this is what came in this bag here. You can seal it if you want to eat it for later. Matsumi, I will be taking some back for Kanae on my way back home. I'm going straight home after this. She's at ballet. She's teaching ballet right now. She teaches kids ballet. She'll be back at 5pm. So she's going to be quite happy with that. This is heavy. This has some volume too. And you can see the little chestnut burned into the top of it. You see that? You get the same one. Oh, you got the one with the apricot in there. There you go. Alright, let's try this. Itadakimasu. That's a good chestnut. The flavors. Mmm. Apricot? Yes. Wow. One of many wows when eating Japanese food. It's totally Japanese. It's totally different flavors in your mouth compared to Western cuisine.

01:06:11 John Daub: This one, the red bean paste is so naturally sweet. I'm sure they add a little bit of sugar to it. But like, this is seasonal. This is Akebono. And in the winter, they'll use strawberries because strawberries is a winter fruit here. They're in greenhouses. They're really sweet dessert strawberries. In the fall, they use chestnuts. In the spring, they'll use other seasonal ingredients. I can't. What would they use in the spring? I can't remember. But it's really good. I love this. Oh, sakura. They use cherry blossoms in the spring. Oh, man. It's really good mochi, too. Wow. You won't need dinner, huh? You're not gonna need dinner. That's so good. good words cannot describe the awesomeness of Ginza honestly it doesn't seem like a street food here but there totally is the other place next to Akebono is called Rokumeikan right there also some really good cookies and things like that sold right onto the street here.

01:07:50 John Daub: And the last thing I'm going to show you before we head off is when you come to Ginza get off of that main avenue Chuo Dori it's really cool but the magic of Ginza is in the alleys the magic of Ginza is like right here take a left and you can see they have pumpkin butter waffles here this is the Belgian waffle chain Manneken so Halloween is in full swing so is the Aloha spirit I am not getting in there no matter how much the super chat don't even try don't try I don't know I you know I never heard of this chain here but it's always filled with with foreign tourists this is Hageten Hageten is a tendon which is tempura on rice like a donburi and let me see I can get you really quick and quickly show you what I'm talking about it is it's it I've eaten here a couple of times but it's always been foreign tourists there the price is a little bit pricey but the tendon is is pretty good though I've never had a bad one but I know that the chef gets a little impatient because there's all these westerners who have no idea what they're doing and they're asking silly questions or they're they can't speak any Japanese and I can tell that the chef is getting a little bit testy sometimes sometimes and this is my favorite shop here this is the Ginza sorry, the 7-11. I'm not Ginza Nagano shop and inside here you can get a lot of the Nagano craft beer which is really good let's see if they got anything seasonal because we're almost at 500 likes just take a quick look inside oh they do they have the um Nagano brown ale how cool is that all right I might have to get some so I'm getting kanai some daifuku I'm getting John some brown ale beer all right and I like this one the apple apple guy drinking a beer that's not a bad beer either it's regional I don't think anyone would would card you if you got one but people watching you can't do that amazake I didn't know this is toro roku this is a different kind dobroku is the different kind of Japanese sake you don't really see that often but the reason why dobroku is more popular than Japanese sake why some people brew it is because the taxes are lower to do it it's it's made in a different way just like um um different ingredients dobroku oh they have Nagano Nagano flavored potato chips this matsumoto castle I never I've never seen that before very cool and my favorite katsudon restaurant is nearby but I'm not showing you where that is live stream people because this is some secrets got to go down with the boat the skipper's taking that secret down with him.

01:11:27 John Daub: Hey mark wright's in here thank you for taking time to stop and say hi today thank you to all the people watching this video and at Tokyo Station go bills hey thanks mark I wish I'd I wish I'd more time which had more time very impressed with the bills young quarterback by the way very impressed at his development the Wyoming Wyoming product I'll be cheering on the bills next week or this week what are we talking about it's Saturday Saturday this is some short shorts all right we're gonna say oh then the rugby big World Cup still going on I'm gonna see if I can go to an event and just bring you the vibe from outside of that I gotta check the schedule but as I said can I and I are gonna be in Fukuoka from the 7th to the 11th we come back on the on the 11th really late at night and PBG is going down with us so it should be a pretty epic trip I'll try to livestream on the 7th but I'll be out of communique from the 8th 9th 10th and 11th because I'm not allowed to broadcast the TV show that we're producing down there we'll be riding a train that's luxurious has many stars that's all I could say I didn't say I could not tell people what I was doing because I just can't film but yeah it's a it's a Discovery Channel episode they invited can I and I down there very cool and then I invited PBG he's crashing pay it forward always invite your friends if you can remember remember who your friends are and and whenever an opportunity comes you you bring your friends with you never never forget who your friends are it's Discovery Channel worldwide I guess is there world world one I don't know it's the main one the big one the hostess is the English speaker so it's not a Discovery Channel Japan oh there's a shinkansen going by do you see it boom gone.

01:13:56 John Daub: And we're gonna end right here we didn't get the 500 likes underneath us right there is the um sukiyabashi Jiro do you know that guy Jiro sushi 300 for dinner which is actually pretty cheap for high-end sushi but he's he's like a hundred years old now his shop is underneath that building to your right have I no but I've eaten that high-end sushi that cost me the same amount of money and I could tell you I was it worth it I don't I didn't I I think so I don't put a value on it because it's it was about an experience like we were talking about I'll probably not go again well motorbike gang of one I probably won't go to high-end sushi very often oh there's a that's the is that the Rolls Royce we saw before no it's a different color I don't know if I'd do it again but I I wouldn't mind trying there but I heard he's not there anymore his son took over he was like 70 himself so um I'm not sure watch the screen as we hit 500 likes yeah we just did it which he wanted me to keep going this is the Sony this is the Sony Plaza they the the Sony building is used to be here they took it away built the park I think that's really commendable but none of business and he is anything inside here is something that I would use Tokyo FM broadcasts here out of this trailer sometimes but I don't know it's I think they're gonna be building it next year a new building so bye bye to the park alright well'll go one more look we're good we'll go to the Okinawa store okay all right all right we're extending the live stream by three minutes because we hit 500 don't even try to get to a thousand if you get to a thousand I will what will I do I'll I will go back and buy all those beers and drink all of them no I never speak a promise I'm pretty sure we're not gonna get to a thousand anyways always make a crazy promise and watch what happens the internet goes crap I will I will put that where that burger right in front of us I will wear it if we get to a thousand light I'll rub it all over my shirt thousand likes people are liking it it's not a good sign it's getting scary I don't think there's no way we'll get to a thousand so you can make crazy promises.

01:16:42 John Daub: This this short building I love jeans I always have stories about this area that building there is on the bottom part there's a cinema in there and I'm I've been going to that cinema for years just a long time your action cinema also on the other side there's another cinema your action show is kind of the entertainment district from the 1990s I guess all the way back to the 70s 80s and I believe I don't know the history too much about it but your actually the kanji for it means like fun doc darker rocker our AKU and we're about 2-3 minutes away walking down Yurakucho's cinema back to Tokyo Station because we're wrapping around away from my Katsudon restaurant which I love. I think I've taken Peter there twice too. And we're going to go to the Okinawa store which is one of my favorites to get some sea salt cookies they have from Okinawa. There is a Tokyo Hands here. It's not as big as the one in Shibuya. I recommend going to the one in Shibuya and the one in Shinjuku instead.

01:18:02 John Daub: Hey, Chicken on Biscuits. Long time no see. YouTube master of the live and pure dedication on the commitment. Follow, donate. Thank you, Chicken on Biscuits. You too are a viewing master. I know you've been watching for years now. I can't believe I've been live streaming since the beginning part of 2017. It's crazy. Technology has evolved even though this one had some problems because of the new phone. I'm using the iPhone 11 Pro right now, but it wasn't like that. Some art. Art. I've never seen movies up here in the Toei Cinema. That's good though that they still... Japanese cinema is not... Have you ever watched a Japanese movie, Alex?

01:18:44 Alex: Actually on the plane. On the airplane. Oh, okay. I don't know what the name was again. It's like Kurosawa movie from the 1950s. It was like comedy, action comedy mixture. And I watched it with Japanese audio and English. I watched it with Japanese subtitles to get into the Japanese speaking mood. Was it entertaining? It was, yeah. It was funny.

01:19:18 John Daub: Sometimes Japanese actors tend to overact because in everyday life people have poker faces and not so emotional in real everyday life. But if you do a drama that's just like everyday life, like in real, it's pretty boring, right? Yeah, I see. That's the dilemma that Japanese TV has. It's everyday life. It's pretty non-eventful and boring compared to the Jersey Shore, for example. So people, they overact and it comes off as non-authentic. But Japanese actors have come a long, long way of perfecting the craft. And I think it's like the kabuki or the live performances are way better than the ones on TV and on the cinema. But again, cinema has come a long, long way in just 20 years. It's the standards. And quality of acting has gone a long way. Wow, look at all these little stickers here. I was re-watching one of my old... Oh, there's the Tokyo Hands. That is one of the most... Have you been in Tokyo Hands?

01:20:23 Alex: It is like the... Shibuya. Oh, in Shibuya, yeah.

01:20:29 John Daub: They have everything in there. It's just so weird. You walk around there and just... You can't stop looking around at weird stuff that you want to buy. Same with Don Quixote. Yeah, Don Quixote. You can spend an entire day in there. Did you find what Peter and I were looking for? What were you looking for? They had these underwears. It was called Black Man Underwear. They had like a special... This was only in Japan. If they tried to sell that in the United States, there'd be riots. I don't know. I don't know how it would go over. But it was the most racist thing. And we found it. The Don Quixote. It was insane. We did a live stream on it. At the end, Peter holds it up. And I think he bought it. He bought two pairs.

01:21:26 John Daub: This is the Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa. And Kanazawa is famous for gold. And you can get the gold leaf ice cream cone here. It's about five... I think it's $10. The sheet of gold, I was told, costs no more than 100 yen. It depends on the quality, between 100 and 200 yen. So they jack up the price by double. so the profit margin is pretty good on these golden ice creams. I know why they do it. And there's the mascot for Ishikawa Prefecture, one of the 47 prefectures. This one's on the Sea of Japan. Kanai and I were there a couple months ago. Really, really nice place. Mr. Potter writes in again. Your biggest fan, Alex. Will you stay in Tokyo for your next week? John is wearing black man underwear right now. No, I am not, Mr. Potter. And how do you know? Chicken on biscuits. This gets every video on this channel. Absolutely. How do you know what I'm wearing? I guess you can tell from my mood. I do feel a little bit freer.

01:22:35 John Daub: And here's the Okinawa store. Back here, this is a cafe that opened about 10 years ago, the Cafe de Ginza. It's not an old institution, but it's kind of a neat cafe. In the summer, they'll open up the windows, and you can look down to the street. Japanese think we're in front of the Okinawa store. Oh, look, they're giving out free shochu. Is that free? They're giving out free booze. Should I try some? Oh, what is that? It's like a bar out here. Alex is not allowed to have that on camera. You're not allowed to have it on camera. Oh, it's 100 yen. That's pretty affordable. But yeah, it's not free. It's 100 yen, but still, that's like free. It's an open bar. Look at the right off of the road, and they're drinking booze. Look at this. Right off of the road, and they're drinking Okinawa shochu and sake, the hard stuff. That's pretty awesome. You're from America, right? No, you do not. No, you do not. Should I try one? All right, I'm trying one just to say thank you to everybody. Alex can be the cameraman. Here you go, Alex. Hold her gently. Yes. Her name is Lucille. She's a baseball bat. Just kidding. It's a Walking Dead reference. Oh, the screen is off. Yeah, no signal. How'd that happen?