00:00:02 John Daub: Hello and welcome to an amazing event in Hibiya Park, one of many that they have here. One of my favorite places to come. How you doing? Greetings, everybody. We're going to be talking in this livestream about how Japanese learn about personal responsibilities and why it is important, and why the way that Japanese do it is not necessary for all people to do it. We just have a way here in Japan. This event is pretty cool. Do you have the flyer?

00:00:28 Kanae Daub: Yes.

00:00:30 John Daub: It's called Farm and Kids. And it's a way where kids can learn that the food that's in the supermarket doesn't actually come from the supermarket. It's a way where kids can get connected with the food that they eat. And it's pretty interesting that they do something like this because I've never seen anything like it. However, the city of Tokyo and the government of Japan does these kind of programs to familiarize kids with what is actually around them in their environment. Like, the food that they eat does not come in a cellophane package. It actually comes from a farm. So we're going to meet a lot of farmers around here and see how kids interact with that, but we're also going to be talking about our personal experiences in Japan and how we've been shaped by this. Jiko sekinin.

00:01:15 Kanae Daub: Yes.

00:01:15 John Daub: Right. The word is called jiko sekinin. Sekinin means responsibility. Jiko is self. Yeah. So this is a big concept in Japan, and it's a part of Japanese culture that I think if you're gonna be living here, you have to know. But if you're gonna be a guest and a visitor and a tourist, you don't have to know it, but it's good to know it and understand what's going on around you. So let's walk around a little bit and show you the thumbnail was of a Yurikara, who is a — who sounds like Kanai. Yurikara-san is not here. She left. She's a mascot. You see, the kids are learning about tractors because they've never ridden one in Tokyo. Right. So now they get a chance to do it, which is so cute. So they can understand — you know, it actually is a hard job to make the food that's in the supermarket, to make the spinach or the onions or the potatoes. It requires a lot of effort. That's the purpose of this festival and also to eat, because we got a ton of street food. Look at that. There's some meat and some corn that's grilling on the barbecue over there. They're farmers, right? Just local people now in the city of Tokyo to educate people.

My own personal experience — it could best be highlighted with I guess Japanese personal responsibility can best be highlighted with the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in 2014. Do you guys remember that they had the stadium Japan had played in the soccer games, the football games in the stadium, and after the games, Japanese cleaned up the trash that was right in front of them, and it made worldwide news. And we in Japan were pretty like curious — like, why is that big news? This is what we normally do. We take our trash home with us, and people went so far as to start cleaning everybody else's trash. That's just because we feel that we — oh, there's another mascot. So, Kanai, why do you think Japanese cleaned the stadiums in Rio? Do you remember? Is it like they feel guilty if they don't do it, or —

00:03:28 Kanae Daub: Why?

00:03:29 John Daub: Yeah. I think it's because people, when they see something in front of them, they want to clean it because if they leave it behind, they feel bad about that.

00:03:38 Kanae Daub: Yeah, we feel good if they're clean.

00:03:41 John Daub: Right.

00:03:42 Kanae Daub: So we are thinking and we are learning. If you don't feel bad, if you don't feel good, you don't need to do to the other person. So you understand my meaning?

00:04:00 John Daub: I think I do. But I think if you left the mess that was in front of you, you would feel bad about that. So if you clean it up, it maybe is a little bit extra work, but you feel good about what you just did, and you can sleep a lot better at night. But why do people feel like that?

00:04:18 Kanae Daub: We are think, you know?

00:04:22 John Daub: Yeah, you know?

00:04:25 Kanae Daub: Yes. So if nobody there but somebody look at you, there's an expression.

00:04:31 John Daub: Yeah, I'm gonna be doing this in a main channel episode, but there's an expression why people are so honest, why people are — hold on a second. There is — it is pretty fair why people are so — why Japanese are the way that they are in this respect. It's very interesting, but it's also a good concept. Now check — all right, I just have to show you this because everyone's coming around the Yurikara Japanese mascot. Let's go check him out. If we go a little bit around this festival, we're gonna see some of the stuff that they're doing on the farm and introducing it to kids. It's pretty interesting. This is elephant? I don't know what he is. What's his name? He's got a T — Yorizo. This one is called Yorizo. That's pretty cute.

00:05:28 Kanae Daub: He's moving.

00:05:29 John Daub: He's moving his nose. Did you see that? What is that? I love Japanese mascots. Who came up with that idea? Do it again. Do it again. That's awesome. All right, when there's kids and adults like me, you're going to want to have Yurikara around.

Personal responsibility in Japan is something that you learn in schools as a kid. So we cannot expect — Japanese companies don't expect American workers to have the same values, and vice versa. But one of the things that I think the challenges that Japanese companies have and why they're hesitant to hire Westerners is because that they don't have the same values, which is team — the team spirit. So person at the jiko sekinin also is part of the team spirit. You have a personal responsibility not just to clean up after yourself and around you, but also to put the community before self sometimes. And you learn that in school. It's something that's really deep and ingrained inside of you. And we don't have that taught to us in America. It's more about the self, which is not a bad thing. But I think that Westerners, Americans, and this is own experience, we can do really well in Japanese companies if we know what's expected of us. And Japan is doing a better job — Japanese companies of giving the expectations to Western workers in companies, and that's helping them see why they need to do something with the team to have that jiko sekinin. So if your Japanese company's not doing that, they're probably not doing a good job. The best way to get Westerners to have that same spirit is to explain to them what is expected of them. And I think it's happening more and more. This is pretty cool. Like that hat I'm talking about. Can I get one of those? This is awesome, right? Yeah. What I'm saying is the assumption that Western workers cannot — that's a rice — that's awesome. All right, let's go wear one of these.

That — just because you're a Westerner does not mean that you can't learn the same values as Japanese. You just — Japanese companies have to do a good job of explaining the expectations of what it is that they need. And then I know that, for example, myself has done a pretty good job, I think, of being a team player and working for the community. Steven Tice for the snacks. Thank you, Steven. We got some — Steven gave us some snack money. Thank you, Steven. All right, I want to wear a rice hat. That's so cute. Yes, I do. Kanai, you want to wear a rice hat?

00:08:40 Kanae Daub: No, I want to get my picture with the rice.

00:08:41 John Daub: Hey, you guys, I'm a big kid. I totally want to get a rice — rice picture.

00:09:11 Kanae Daub: Oh, that's so cute.

00:09:14 John Daub: Can I — can you do it or should I do it? You can do it. I'm gonna do it. You guys take a screenshot. Okay? Just take a screenshot. You're gonna do this. All right, this is so cute. Can adults do it too? Oh, is this a K?

00:09:50 Kanae Daub: Yeah, you can do it if you have kids spirit.

00:09:14 John Daub: I got a kid spirit here. Hold the camera. I want a rice picture.

00:09:23 Kanae Daub: Kids are waiting.

00:09:24 John Daub: I know.

00:10:21 John Daub: So he was telling me that farmers will hold that rice and it's up to 60kg that they're holding, and they'll hold two. So that's like 120kg, probably on the end of a stick or something. That's crazy. So yeah, farmers deserve a lot of respect for what they do. I like this — that the kids can come and learn about that. Mr. Das is in the house. You guys look inebriated. I get his jokes. David, Kimona, have something good. Thank you, David. Good eyes here. All right, I'm gonna — while we're taking a look at more kids, and we're gonna keep it really — we're not gonna zoom in on anybody. I just want to give you a feeling of what's going on here. They're learning about onions here. That's pretty cool. Shopping for onions — yeah, these are the little teeny — oh, what is it? Oh, these are for tulips. I thought they were little onions. So they're picking out of the basket little tulips that they can grow into — stuff that's really cool, and they're doing it with their parents. I love this. Flower bulbs. Nosh Rightson. Thank you. Get this — get one for 400 yen. Should we get one? I don't know. Look, I used to teach kids, so I get in that spirit. I taught kids for seven years, and the kids would always share with me and I would share with them. So I feel like a big kid, which is sometimes a little creepy. It's all right, I guess my intentions are good. Check it out — oh, Ringo. Oh, so Nagano sweets — the apples in Nagano are so big. Okay, delicious. They've got such big ones. These are called Jonah Golds. Jonah Golds? Yeah. Look at this. You want to try some Ringo juice? Can I? Let's try some. All right, let's get one. And these are bags of rice here. Namaringo juice. All right, this looks so good. Very nice. Look at that — oh, man, that looks so good. What's this one? Or Ninja? That's carrot juice there.

00:13:26 Kanae Daub: I'm curious about this.

00:13:32 John Daub: That's so sweet. Am I?

00:13:41 Kanae Daub: Wow.

00:13:44 John Daub: That's why I love to come to these kinds of events. I learned so much about Japan from coming to these events and talking with people that they come from all over Japan to come to the spot to teach about their local areas as well. I saw like kids were milking a cow over there — so then they understand that the milk, which is genius. I want to find that they learn that the milk does not come from a carton. It actually comes from a real cow. And if you never go through school and actually milk a cow, I think you don't connect with nature in the way that they do here in Japan. That's so important — to learn about the food that you eat and the ingredients that you are putting in your — oh, that's not a cow. That's a goat or sheep. What is it? Animals in Tokyo roaming free. It's crazy. Ah, look at that little guy. Look at this little baby in the car, on the stroller. What is that? How you doing, kid? How old are you? Oh, look at the little Shigekun. He was born November 4th. So he's one year old.

00:15:03 Kanae Daub: What kind of animal? Shigekun is a yagi, a cow.

00:15:03 John Daub: That's a little baby cow. I want him, Shigekun, to wake up. He just feels maybe scared because there's a lot of people — missed his mommy. Yeah, maybe his mom had made this. The kid's looking for the cow — that was me. Sorry. The kids freaked out. Sorry, kid. Oh, look how happy the sheep is getting stroked by the little girl. They're brushing him. And look how happy the sheep is. I love this. Hey, sheep. Oh, look, he's getting some love over there by the kid. Look at — look at this. The goat getting some massive love over there. Oh, that's so precious. Look at that. I love this. Look at his smile. Look at the sheep smiling.

00:16:12 Kanae Daub: She's smiling.

00:16:20 John Daub: She's freaking out.

00:16:23 Kanae Daub: That was classic.

00:16:24 John Daub: That was way too awesome. Well, I mean, if you came face to face with a goat and you never seen one before, and it's real and moving, I'd be freaked out too if I was like three. You can't — this is so precious. It's just a way for kids to learn about — learn about school. I like — the festival here has set up across the way there a stage. And they've had teachers and instructors with the kids come up on stage and learn about things. And when they do it on stage, they teach everybody who's watching as well. So it's pretty neat that they've set this up — pretty well. Extremely well. Mr. Das, that apple juice was a little strong. Aguri suri. It's from Chiba. How do I know? Because Chibakun is right there. That's the mascot for Chiba prefecture. Oh, so this is like jams and stuff. So the kids can come here and make it. How cool is that? They're making kome — what's that?

00:17:51 Kanae Daub: How can I say in English? But this is rice — yeah, made by rice. But it's very good.

00:18:00 John Daub: Like dough.

00:18:00 Kanae Daub: Can make dough.

00:18:02 John Daub: Like dough from rice. And what do they make from that? They just eat it.

00:18:06 Kanae Daub: Yeah, normally it's made by ground —

00:18:11 John Daub: From the ground? Yeah. Oh, look at that. So here's a —

00:18:14 Kanae Daub: It's made by rice.

00:18:15 John Daub: Oh, wow. Okay, interesting. Arigatou. Okay, very cool. Let's keep on moving. Take a look at what else I got here. We're learning — oh, this is a rice cleaner. Check this out. So they've gotten the rice harvest here. Do you see that? This is rice in its rawest form. And now he's showing the kids how to get the rice off of the — off of the tree. I've never seen this before. This is old school.

00:19:09 John Daub: This is so interesting. And you see the rice on the end of the sticks here? The kid is putting it into this machine where he's working it by his foot — a foot pedal. And they're doing it together. And the rice is coming on the other end. And then he shows the kid how much rice he took. That's so interesting. Can I do this too? Can I — you do it? Can I? You do it. Oh, one child. Sorry, it's only for kids. How old are you, Kanai? 32, going on 5. That's how old I — 45 going on 5. All right, let me show you what rice looks like in its rawest form. So this is rice. Check it out. And after it's been dried like this in the sun. And this is the time when they harvest at the end, you can see the kernels on there. That's rice. That's genmai, which is brown rice. Yeah. You can see down here — yeah. And that's put in the machine. And then a rice polisher will polish it down. So then you can get to the white rice. Usually it would polish it down to 10% or 15% for sake — all the way down to 50% is just thrown away. They just want the starch. So this is genmai after it's been, you know, after the machine that they showed you. Have you ever seen that machine, Kanai?

00:19:09 Kanae Daub: No.

00:19:09 John Daub: Right. It's extraordinary. Ah, here's another like tutorial. Oh, he's teaching the kids about spinach. I want to know about spinach. Learning about spinach from the farmer directly. That's so cool. And here's the experience — so kids can go out to the farm and learn about it. This is Nagano prefecture, actually, right there. Nagano. I love that, that the farmers are coming to Tokyo to do this. Thank you. Oh, coriander — pakuchi. Ah, yeah, we need this for — can we — Thai curry for dinner. Kanai. All right, Kanai adds in tofu in her Thai curry, which is really delicious. Yes, got taikari tonight. Curry tonight. They're harvesting it. This is the best view I can give you guys of two legs. Hi. I love coriander. Actually, there's a pakuchi boom now in Japan over the last two years. You couldn't find it in any of the stores. Now everyone is growing it. It smells so good. Coriander. Oh, this is — what is that? Strawberries? Persimmon. Persimmons. Oh, look — oh, khaki. This is khaki. Look at that. That's so cool. So learning to peel it — I mean, they can do that at home, but it's also learning about where it comes from, from a tree. So there's a lot of stuff that kids — you just don't get that experience in the city. So it's cool that everybody's coming here. So, Kanai, when you were in elementary school — like these kids, going back a couple of decades — so like what — what did you study in school for jiko sekinin? Yeah. What did you study?

00:23:56 Kanae Daub: We did clean up and we did serving the lunch — kyushoku. And yeah, normally we have some few teams, few groups in the class. So we have to decide — we have to decide leader and sub leader at the group.

00:24:21 John Daub: The group.

00:24:22 Kanae Daub: Then when we going to — we have — we eat lunch. So one group is serving group, one group is other group. So we —

00:24:40 John Daub: We.

00:24:41 Kanae Daub: Then after the lunch we have —

00:24:51 John Daub: I don't know.

00:24:52 Kanae Daub: All school is same rule. But my school, my elementary school has a clean cleanup time after the lunch. So one group is going to — one group clean up in the classroom. One group clean up a bathroom. One group clean up other science room.

00:25:20 John Daub: Right.

00:25:20 Kanae Daub: Then we do — then we have to finish it up. We can't play.

00:25:27 John Daub: So if you don't do your job, you can't go outside and play. Kids, they're watching. Is that fair? If parents — if you think that's fair, click the — look, click the thumb — the like button right now. If you think we need this instituted in other countries, click the like button. Basically, there's a wheel right in the classroom — a wheel that they change, and then your group — right. Yeah, I know this because I went to a couple of universities — to elementary schools in Japan. You can see the wheel, and then the groups know what the responsibility is for that day because the wheel has changed and it shows — your job is to clean the bathrooms. Your job is to serve the food. Your job is to clean this area or wash the floors or something. And then from this, kids learn responsibility that like if one of these jobs goes unfulfilled, the kids won't eat. The bathrooms will be dirty — things. You'll blame each other for not doing your responsibilities. This starts at such a young age. How old were you when you started to learn this?

00:26:30 Kanae Daub: I don't know.

00:26:31 John Daub: You got it. This is a like button click for this, I think.

00:26:34 Kanae Daub: Preschool.

00:26:34 John Daub: Preschool?

00:26:35 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:26:36 John Daub: Yeah. Wow. So that's like — 3, 4 years old. You start to learn personal responsibility.

00:26:46 Kanae Daub: Yes. Then — yeah. My sister is working at preschool school as a teacher and she teaches kids. So after you change the clothes, you have to —

00:26:57 John Daub: Yeah.

00:26:58 Kanae Daub: You have to fold your clothes — for your cloth.

00:27:01 John Daub: You have to fold your clothes. Yes.

00:27:02 Kanae Daub: Then put your bag.

00:27:05 John Daub: I didn't have to do that.

00:27:06 Kanae Daub: Then put your bag.

00:27:08 John Daub: My mom was really easy on me then. But it seems that sometimes the kids — I don't know the flip side of this. On the outside, it looks like when kids are out of the home, they can do whatever they want. Like the kids are just running around. It seems like not so — not sometimes. Maybe it's parent by parent. I don't know. Sometimes parents don't teach. It's not like a general thing, but most parents are pretty good with teaching responsibilities. And then some kids will be running around like crazy. I don't know. But I think we don't see everything that's behind the scenes. Basically, we don't see what it's like at home, actually. And Japanese parents are quite kibishi. Were your parents kibishi?

00:27:55 Kanae Daub: Yes. My mom was strict, but — yeah, but I — I like my mom. That's why I have her.

00:28:06 John Daub: I have confidence and courage — yeah, because of her mom. Yeah.

00:28:12 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:28:12 John Daub: That's why our house is so clean because she gives Kanai — gives me motivation to clean up more. Just look at her eyes sometimes. It's really funny.

00:28:24 Kanae Daub: It's like a spirit for us.

00:28:26 John Daub: Yeah.

00:28:27 Kanae Daub: So I don't know why you — yeah, you asked me why you do cleanup, why you do this. I don't know why.

00:28:36 John Daub: It's Japanese, so it seems weird that I asked that question at all. Like, why would you do this? It seems weird.

00:28:43 Kanae Daub: It's usual.

00:28:43 John Daub: It's usual. Yeah. It's not weird at all. I am walking across the bridge — look at kids should be doing that. Hey, should let the kids do it. I'll do it. You guys need some help? Look at that. Personal responsibility. Probably volunteers too.

00:29:07 Kanae Daub: I think we learned a lot about dankodo — like teamwork. Japanese is very —

00:29:11 John Daub: How do you say that word again? Is team — yeah.

00:29:19 Kanae Daub: To work with team —

00:29:20 John Daub: To work with koodoo.

00:29:22 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:29:23 John Daub: Dantai koodoo.

00:29:24 Kanae Daub: We would say make sure the line — so at the dandelo and in a class, we have to make line.

00:29:33 John Daub: Yeah.

00:29:34 Kanae Daub: Very straight — like this. At the school, then we do like this.

00:29:40 John Daub: What happens if you don't do it? What happens if you're lying?

00:29:43 Kanae Daub: So you have just make space from like this — next to person.

00:29:48 John Daub: Yeah.

00:29:49 Kanae Daub: It's a small —

00:29:53 John Daub: You had to learn how to line up properly in school.

00:29:59 Kanae Daub: So if you have to tight be the small wire.

00:30:03 John Daub: I didn't learn that in school. Yeah, but I don't know. Do you think maybe people are too kibishi? It's like such a small thing — no. Is that important for Japan?

00:30:14 Kanae Daub: Yeah. Sometimes it might be too strict, too much, but it's the reason. So Japan is very clean everywhere.

00:30:29 John Daub: That's a good — good point. Yeah. That's why there are no trash cans. People will take their trash home with them and separate it in their house. All right, imagine you gotta carry a trash bag to take it home with you sometimes. And you can't find a trash can. Now there's a dark side to this. Let's walk this way. This seems like just food. Hey, Mr. Das, I found something you might like. I might have to, you know, get something because Mr. Das very powerful. All right, let's take a look here. There's a beer factory with meat. Smells good. This is natural farming. They're calling us over. All right, I guess we're gonna have to go over, but we'll come back here. I just want to talk about the dark side — you know, like, we raise the beef, we raise the chicken, but sometimes they have to make a sacrifice for all of us, which I've introduced in some of the other videos. All right, let's put that to the side. Talk about the dark side of the jiko sekinin. Sometimes there's a dark side, like — and you can tell that the sun has gone away. And your hair looks great, by the way. Yeah. Jiko sekinin is also sometimes an excuse for bullying. Like, sometimes use that — like, oh, you didn't do it. You're not one of us.

00:31:47 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:31:48 John Daub: And it seems like they can — they will bully you. So that's a kind of a dark side. It happens too often. And kids — kids need to be monitored with this team thing too. Because sometimes you can feel like you are not a part of the team anymore just because of one mistake. And they don't — yeah. And then they — they cannot recover because kids are kids. So that's a dark side of this. Some teachers have to do a good job of monitoring the jikosekinin and make sure it's not abused too. Because we also have to look out for the individual. That's why I think I'm really fortunate because I come from America, but I've lived here for 20 years — because I have a — I can understand both sides. I can understand how jiko sekinin can be a bad thing and a good thing. And how this works well and also works has some flaws — where sometimes you have to think of the self in the American way because it makes us stronger. And sometimes we have to think about the team, which makes our community stronger. I think it's a good balance. That's why when globalization takes place and we learn from each other and not just focus on ourselves, but on how we can get better — the system works better. So I think I got a pretty good formula. Society.

00:33:06 Kanae Daub: Yeah. I can understand both sides.

00:33:09 John Daub: Yeah. Were you ever bullied as a kid?

00:33:12 Kanae Daub: Me?

00:33:12 John Daub: Yeah.

00:33:13 Kanae Daub: Yeah, kind of.

00:33:14 John Daub: Really? Who? Give me their names, addresses, phone numbers. I don't care if it was 30 years ago. I'll take them down. Yeah.

00:33:24 Kanae Daub: But yeah, Japanese have this problem at all.

00:33:28 John Daub: Yeah.

00:33:29 Kanae Daub: So we like important in our country, important for teamwork. But some people can't do it. Yeah, it's kind of — but some people can't do it. But if that one person can't do it, do it, do it, as people say, then if you can feel like very lonely and you're not feel bad. So it's bad — it's bad part. Yeah.

00:34:05 John Daub: This is — and this is the dark side, everybody, I think. And this is where America, I think, is really good. Because America is — I always like to believe that we pick up the people — not the government does it, but we as a society pick up people that are in need. And we have a lot of heart in the United States. This is how I feel. We help a lot of countries around the world. You might not agree with me. This is just coming from me, my opinion. And because we focus on the self, we also focus on other people as well in that way — not just always looking at the community, but case by case, more. Whereas in Japan, we'll look at the community. I don't know. That's just — this is my opinion. But I like that part about America and I love that about the support, especially here in the comments. You can see people are very supportive of Kanai — you can do it, you can do it. And then Japanese probably will be critical, like, why don't you speak English better? And why are you representing Japan? Right, who picked you? I'm serious. So Japanese could be very critical. And also Americans could be more forgiving. And I think that that's also a very important — and quality — that's also another reason why we have a lot of heart. Americans do. I believe in it. We need a balance. Yes. Vote for me. 2020. I'm gonna talk like this. Get a beer over there. Yeah, Italian bombshell. She's on your side, Kanai. She loves your hair and says also you are the Japanese bombshell. Kanai is a beautiful example of a beautiful Japanese woman. Exactly. Thank you. Very strong. Kanai, your inspiration is Chica Biling girl, right?

00:35:53 Kanae Daub: Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:35:56 John Daub: I like Chika. Yeah, you can say about anything you want.

00:35:59 Kanae Daub: Yeah, I'm —

00:36:00 John Daub: I'm country.

00:36:01 Kanae Daub: I'm big fan of the wedding — Archikar. Yeah, she's a YouTube — she has a YouTube channel. I learned a lot from her channel.

00:36:11 John Daub: Yeah.

00:36:12 Kanae Daub: English.

00:36:13 John Daub: I'd love to meet Ms. Chika. I'm a big fan too. I learned from her about you. So Chika — incredible YouTuber who teaches about a lot of stuff. Probably has a lot to say about this too. Very passionate about people who bully Kanai — they go down, I take them down. Show yourselves. Come out from these trees and present yourself in front of me. You'll not farewell my wrath too much. I went too far. So here's the event with this livestream. I'm so happy, you guys. If you want to see some street food now, I'm not gonna start a livestream — we're just gonna eat some food for the next like 15 minutes or so. So if you like to see the street — some street food, let's get to 350 likes right here. I'm gonna hold you ransom. I don't know. They have beer pork over there. Kanai, that looks really good. Beer pork. Does that mean that you can't eat it? She can't drink alcohol. She has allergy to alcohol. You can eat beer pork?

00:37:24 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:37:25 John Daub: This is a big deal.

00:37:26 Kanae Daub: Cookies, orange.

00:37:27 John Daub: Oh, okay. You want to get one? I can't go — you — either you go or I go. Because I can't go because of the music. Yeah, she's like — she's like saying, come to me, but I can't take the camera 'cuz they have copyrighted music. So either you can go or I can go. Okay. Rex is his paper. The Rex is a paper — no, bully you. No. The YouTuber peoples — all the viewers are bullying me. Last time at and Kawagoe, they said, why do you always make Kanai go? And I said, well, then she's got to hold the stick and entertain you — you. So it's either me or her. So this time for all the bullies on me, I didn't do anything wrong. We're gonna do rock, paper, scissors. Ready?

00:38:03 Kanae Daub: Okay.

00:38:03 John Daub: All right. If the winner — wait, does the winner go or the winner stays? So the winner gets to stay. All right. Rock is paper — go. Okay, hey, I win! I stay. Now it's democracy. All right, she's gotta go. It's democracy. All right, can I — you go? I don't know. Let's — I gotta go because they got — all right, let's go together now. I — I give up. All right, we'll go. All right, let's get a — let's get a drink. So I'll take — oh, I'll take an M-size — M-size Pale Ale. Is pale good or session IPA? And then you can get some of the beer pork. Just get whatever you like. It's on Mr. Das. Sorry, I just — volunteered. She tried to go. I was actually at the camera — this way. I just — sorry, I put it out there, Mr. Das. I just saw because you already gave a super chat, so it's all right. We're gonna get — we're gonna get something. I know it's not Asahi, though. I hope it's okay. You guys are so kind. So, Kate, for some food — food mood. Funny. We're gonna get more than this. There's so much food over there. And actually, I like to come here because we're not just supporting, like, a chain when we eat here. We're supporting local businesses. And this is — this is why I'm buying the food here because one, I'm hungry, and two, like, we are farmers making barley by natural farming. I love that they're here as a small stand, and I feel like we're supporting our local community. And that's really good. So I'm not drinking for me — I'm drinking for the community because the community needs me to drink beer. You're holding that beer like you know what you're doing. This is great. I support my local business. Arigatou. All right, oh, you got the pork stick.

00:40:11 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:40:12 John Daub: All right, so this is good — locally sourced organic pork. Thank you, Pig. We say Itadakimasu. Yeah, this is like the same — we had a beer and a pork stick last week at Kawagoe. If you did not see, that livestream was awesome. That was a great livestream. It's not fermented pork — shona rock, right? This is locally sourced pork. Stuff just happens in a livestream. That was — let's go figure out what they did. All right, try the pork. I'll try the beer at the same time. Three, two, one. That's good.

00:41:10 Kanae Daub: So good.

00:41:11 John Daub: That's so good. You want some of my beer? I have to offer because it's kind of —

00:41:18 Kanae Daub: Someone get me. This is so good. I don't want to give it to you.

00:41:23 John Daub: I'm gonna share. Oh, it's good.

00:41:40 Kanae Daub: Yeah, it's good. It's very soft.

00:41:40 John Daub: It's called natural farming. Oh, these are more farms. All right. Thank you. I love the logo on it. Why did they explode? What — what exploded? Oh, it's this machine. Oh, that's like popcorn. What are they doing? It's like —

00:42:14 Kanae Daub: It's rice.

00:42:14 John Daub: Oh, they exploded, and then all the rice explodes, and then you can eat it. This is rice made by — by children. Oh, look at this. So they put it in there and they exploded it. Look. That's what we heard before. And he's — he's loading it up for another one. That's awesome. It smells so good. It smells like burnt popcorn, but not overly burned. Just burned enough. Oh, that's great. So that's what we heard. This is a — what is it, like a blowtorch or something? Oh, no, it's pressurized popcorn. I saw this on the Food Ranger. He went to, like, deep China, and they did it by exploding it. All right, we'll come back later. That's your part. You can eat the pork. No, you — rocks is paper. Okay, rocks is paper. Okay, you get it? You get it? Yeah. It's okay. She said merci. That's for Danny, our friend in beer pork — Rich Master dried some beer pork and then Mr. Das. All right, this one, we're putting a hit out on the bullies. You got it. Danny is one of our friends. We met in Montreal. And merci — little Canadian. Quebec for the French that are watching. That was French Canadian, everybody. All right, let's go. Ask them where they're from. Where is the Paradise Beer Factory? Is it in Chiba? Is it in — yeah, ask them where it's from. Try to get a mace because we want to support them. I love my local business. It's fun — fun being at an event, man. The great thing about — oh, she got — she got a pamphlet. Let's get some more food. All right, tell us all about this place. Paradise Beer Factory from Kashima. Where's that? Kashima — ah, Chiba. Okay, that's great. And they have like — oh, so it tells you it takes two hours to get there from Tokyo Station. And they have a stand out there, and they have freshly made meat and food in a farm. That's awesome. And a restaurant.

00:44:50 Kanae Daub: Sorry, it's Ibaraki.

00:44:52 John Daub: Oh, Ibaraki. Okay, okay, now I got it. Wonderful. I love Ibaraki. I've got three livestreams, including a sushi drive-thru sushi episode. I said drive to twice because it was probably the success of that video is because the drive-thru girl more than the sushi and the driving. I don't know. She was really good. She was really good. All right, so here we're learning about — learning about pigs. It's very nice. And then here is — oh, wow. Can you hold my brewski? I can't — hey, there's Danny! We love Danny. Oh, look at this. And down there — actually, this is a good way to learn about meat. They have here the parts of the pig — the head, the ham, the loin, the belly, the ribs. And the reality is that — yeah, the meat does not come from the supermarket. You have to cut up the pig. And kids gotta learn that. I think what you get at the supermarket is not exactly what — it's not just meat and wrapper. It's a living — it was a living creature. Kids should learn that. And the line — this line is huge. Kanai, look at this line. What is it for? They can get pork. This is the pork area. Whoa. Look at this T-shirt. We love Japanese pork. Yay. Wow — nationwide. Wow. And kids can learn about pork here. Very cool. Thank you. All right, we got some tissues in China, right? Malignant disease for pig — swine fever is outbreaking. Okay. Enraged. So we should be — yeah, very serious. So that we promoted not to bring this animal product into Japan. Oh, great. This is important information.

00:47:19 Kanae Daub: Yes.

00:47:20 John Daub: Yeah. So we have about 1,000 people watching. Don't bring pork products into Japan. It's three years in prison. Yeah, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan. So please be careful. Do not bring meat products into Japan. Thank you.

00:47:43 Kanae Daub: Thank you very much.

00:47:43 John Daub: Yeah, it's a good message. Can we just walk here? Oh, what is the guy — no way. Can you dress like this? Can you dress like this? Only in Japan. Only in Japan. Oh, this is great. Look at the way he's dressed — like a superhero. I was like, how long can you do — how long can you say boo? Is he timing her? He's timing how long — you could say that. Boo is what pigs say, right? Yeah. Can I try? Is there an age limit? If there's a note — oh, this is for kids. Sorry. I would totally win. I'm — and I'm very competitive. Look, look, America — you have Marvel and Superman and Aquaman and all those people with muscles that are adults that look all manly and stuff. Not in Japan. Our superheroes are right there, okay? These are our superheroes. Does — and we love them even more. Pork man, he's got a footfall in his head.

00:49:05 Kanae Daub: He's asking — what is your favorite food?

00:49:09 John Daub: What is your favorite food? We got Pork Man waiting.

00:49:12 Kanae Daub: She's going to say pork.

00:49:16 John Daub: She — she's on the — oh, she gonna say buta. How long? 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 — 8.59 seconds. 9 seconds. But the man is generous. But the man is generous. We love you, Buta-man. He's strong. He is strong. I like — he's a nice guy. All right, let's buy some food tonight. I'm getting hungry. All this talk of pork is making us hungry. I love that. We — we shouted out a message to the forestry — Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. We love you. Oh, hello! You found us — you're on a livestream! We love pork. It's just — it's very confusing. How are you? Where — where are you from? Belgium. Okay, welcome. It's a long trip — so I had to come three times. Oh, this is your third time. Oh, wonderful. So how long have you been in Japan on this trip? This trip — six days. What? Have you seen the karaoke? You're still hangover from last night. So that's how you do it. High five. Yeah. That's how you do a Japan trip. We're still a little bit hungover from last night, and then come to a street food festival. I like that. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Are you staying near here? In — oh, okay, wow. That took like 20 minutes to come here, right? 20, 30 minutes. That's why I stream for one hour — people can find us. You're from — ah, from Brussels — no, close to Antwerp. My friend lives in Hoogstraten — oh. It's close to our city, so I love Hoogstraten. Yeah. It's not far away. I — I get — one of my best friends lives in Hoogstraten, and we traveled around for years and years, 20 years ago. So I'm — I — when I go to Belgium, we go to — he had — he had a supermarket chain called Jan Brujens, his grandfather's chain. But he sold — I guess he had to sell them now — they're Muslim — I was from Holland. But they're all over Hoogstraten as well. I didn't know that. Look for Jan Brujens — B-R-U-J something — Jan, right? He's — he's a character. He's a — he's such a fun guy. Yeah. You guys want a beer or something? Yes, please. Yeah, let's go find some. I beat you. There's one over there. We're going back into the middle here. So let's go learn about — let's learn about Japanese farms and personal responsibilities. Do you have — in Belgium, do you learn about personal responsibility in school? Like if you see some trash in front of you, you should clean it up or not really?

00:52:51 Kanae Daub: We do it.

00:52:53 John Daub: We do it. Yeah. It's not something we learn. So I'm glad that it's not just — it's not just the USA. Who doesn't — who doesn't learn about that at a young age? That's okay. I guess everybody has their own family values, so we all — we learn that from our families. I believe there's this — so the other foods on the other side. Do we have any other foods in this area? A Frankfurt's. Do they have any beer? Oh, yeah, well, you can get a beer here. They make it in Ibaraki. Local brood? Yeah, about in a — two hours north. Yeah, up in the farm. And what else did they have here? They had strawberry something, right? I don't know. I'm looking for another beer — place to support local — local businesses. And then over there, there was — there was a bunch in the front. Let's go — let's go into the front. Yeah, let's go into the front. I just feels bad because now I'm drinking — I'm drinking beer and I can't — should you share? I don't know. I like this beer. Let's cross the bridge and learn some more. I want to find the milking cow — find the milking cow. This is rare to have such a warm day in November, I think — I think 'cuz the sun is out. It'll be pretty cold tonight. But we — we dress in layers in November. Yeah, 'cuz it gets — if it's sunny, it gets hot. What's it like in Belgium right now? In Belgium it's 4° now — so cold. I can hear you still sweating. Yeah, it's really old, but most Japanese wear jackets now, so — okay. So halted and people — yeah, people a little bit more conservative. They don't want to be cold — they'd rather be a little warmer. Oh, there's some more rice. That's from Nagaoka in Niigata, but it's only for kids, which stinks. Do you guys want to wear the rice hat? Oh, a — can I — we should get the kusadango — no, the — no, no, no — the — the plate — the one that we had in — yeah. That's so good. Let's get some kusadango. Hey, Cliff, this is the least I could do to support you guys. I'm glad to be witnessing this journey with all of you. Thanks, Cliff. You are with us, brother. It's like we're — we're all together — our whole community is in here. So thanks for joining us. All right, let's get some stuff. All right, this is cheese. Look, they got some cheese over here — the cheese girls. It's the apple juice friends. Oh, there's amazake. Look at the rice from Chiba — wow, brand new rice. The rice harvest just ended about a week ago. A couple weeks ago we went down, Kanai and I went down to Fukui to harvest the rice, and it was pretty cool to do that — that experience and, and then we ate the rice, which is even cooler. Oh look, the line is so long — now for the rice hat, I got to — oh yeah, I did, I did. Was this is no rice hat for you guys? No. No. Maybe. No. Okay. Next time — it's not for everybody. So you have to be a big boy — it's a lot of responsibility to wear the rice hat. You must have courage beyond — oh, just you go.

00:57:40 Kanae Daub: Last night.

00:57:41 John Daub: Oh, we wanted to go to Ichi — is a festival. That livestream got like 400,000 views last — last year, which is crazy. All right, let's get some beer for the for our friends here. All right — I, I smelled beer on in this direction. Yeah. So this area — usually Hibiya has amazing festivals. I'm gonna be back here next week. Believe it or not, there's a — one of my favorite festivals is here in this park next week. And I'll try to do another livestream. I did — I did a livestream there last year. So if you want to see that, you can go and do it. I'm just gonna do it again because it's so delicious. But there was a lot that I did not introduce in last year's livestream. Someone — oh look, they got like egg pudding and they make such — this is a Hio — a Hioko-san. From where? Yeah, from Okayama is very famous. Yeah, just taking a raw egg. Japanese eggs are so fresh and so good. The chickens have eating really good food. So the yolk is orange — it's not yellow, it's orange in Japan. And I'm not exactly sure why, but I know that they eat really good food and the eggs are so fresh that they will just crack an egg on top of rice. And we call them tamago kake gohan. Tamago kake gohan is so good. Did — did we — no, you didn't go to Hua in that time. We — we met in — we met Jan and Antwerp, I think.

00:59:43 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:59:44 John Daub: Yeah. We met Yan and Antwerp. But we went — we went past Hoogstraten. Yeah, Kanai and I went to Europe about four years ago on another train trip. And we met our friend Jan, which is good. Do you see the beer? They had beer here — they did. I — I — I'm — I swear they had beer. I think they got it somewhere. Straight ahead is Yoshinoya — Yoshinoya is here to kind of to learn about meat. I know that they had beer here. I saw it. I saw beer here. I know I saw — I hear some beer. Yeah, yeah. Wow. Yeah, which one is good? Here they have a blueberry beer. Wow — Wen beer, kitty beer — all six — it's all $5. That's pretty good. Which ones do you want?

01:01:22 Kanae Daub: I want a blueberry.

01:01:24 John Daub: Okay. Oh, yeah. Do you have — yeah, we'll treat you guys. Yeah, I'm — I'm okay. I have enough beer. Is this Mr. Das approved? I don't know. Thank you. Yeah, I think you're supposed to drink the craft beer by cup, I think. Yeah. Oh, this is Rincon —

01:02:54 Kanae Daub: Lotus — lotus root. We say renkon in Japanese. You guys got beer? Good — it's nice fish.

01:03:36 John Daub: Oh, wow.

01:03:36 Kanae Daub: Oh, he's kind of business mode for main channel. Is it a lotus? Yeah, lotus root. They have deep-fried lotus.

01:04:19 John Daub: I want to do that. Sorry, I used my nose to turn around. I want to go and show lotus roots, which is pretty unique vegetable. So I gave him my business card. I want to get in that too. I want to get in there too. Look at the little girl — she's inside the tractor posing. I want to see her. Why don't they teach her how to turn the ignition button on — push the button. That's so cute. So how is your beer? You got the blueberry. What's that taste like? Little touch of blueberry — very good. And this one is the the wizen. Yeah, that one's got a little sweet but still a little bit — so it's quite nice. Yeah. Mr. Das, this is — this is all a — Mr. Das, one of our supporters here, and he's saying to go for round two. We love you, Mr. Das. We will — I might do that actually. In order to do that, we'll have to get to 500 likes that too. It's dangerous. This is participation of the community — because again, personal responsibility is — you need to encourage us. It's your responsibility. Does that make any sense? Let's go — can I — let's go look at this Yoshinoya. Let's look at this Yoshinoya. It's nice. You get — oh, sorry. What are your names? I didn't get your name. My name is John. Natalie. Natalie and Thomas. And that's Kanai. Yeah. Natalie and Thomas from Belgium. Very nice to meet you. I'm sorry, that's my — my bad. So this is called the Yoshinoya Orange Dream. And guess what? Is that like the Yoshinoya mascot? What? No. What is this mascot? I love this mascot. The kids are pulling on its nose ring. That's kind of cruel. That's kind of not — that's kind of tough. That's so cute. Look at the — look at the — yeah, this is Yoshinoya's. You guys want a picture? Okay. All right. Natalie and Thomas are going in to pose with the Yoshinoya. Hey, you want to get the Yoshinoya truck in there? All right, I'll get in on it. It's moving. What is this? This is awesome. This is the greatest thing ever. All right, we took a picture. It's moving. His nose is moving. I've never seen the Yoshinoya's mascot. How cute is that? Yopi is the Yoshinoya mascot's name. I've never seen that before. Yopi-chan. Look how big he is. That's a lot of meat in there. He's appealing. I've met mascots that were not happy and I'd say mascot appeal. And they have to appeal or else they're not doing their job. Mascot should be fun. There are also human mascots, like half mascot, half human — like this man here. He's — he's half — he's — he's half mascot for Yoshinoya. That could be the beard talking. So there you go. This is the experience. I hope that you enjoyed it. I'm really happy that Natalie and Thomas could join us. So thanks guys for joining us on this livestream. Welcome to Japan. We'll keep you fully inebriated. The best way to get over hangover from karaoke is to drink more beer. Everybody knows that. Mr. Das, thank you. Yeah. And thank you, Kanai, for sharing your insight. Learning about personal responsibility and sharing that knowledge is very important. Rest of the world — globalization starts here with Only in Japan Go. Click that subscribe button if you like what you see. Click that like button if you want to encourage us to do more. You can make a difference — put it out there. The last 20 seconds is of this amazing crowd as we learn personal responsibility through food. Have a great day. Great night, everybody. See you in the next livestream. That was fun.