00:00:04 John Daub: Feast your eyes on that. Right in front of you is Akihabara. You know what you're looking at. There's a Sega building and some anime characters. Very easy. And if we pan to the left, you're going to see the canals. And then the Chuo Line going above there. Just over here is Kanae, and over there is our lunch.

00:00:29 John Daub: We're about to go to the hidden and very secret Japanese sandwich vending machine underneath the train tracks. It's so new that no one else has covered it except for us. This used to be some mom-and-pop businesses, but they had to sell out. Right there, which looks like a little restaurant, is one of the cutest little vending machine corners in the city. It's very clean, with a Boss coffee vending machine. And right there in the middle, next to the ice cream vending machine, is this Mansei sandwich vending machine. We have the katsu sando, one of my favorites, and it's going to be our lunch—a hamburg sandwich. There's a volume hide katsu sandwich if you need more, and then there's a regular katsu sando. Hide katsu, yeah.

00:01:33 Kanae Daub: Kanai, what do you like? That's double? Yeah.

00:01:42 John Daub: How hungry are you?

00:01:45 Kanae Daub: I'm hungry.

00:01:46 John Daub: Because this lunch is on me. We also have dessert here. This place has everything. And to get here, it's about a five-minute walk from Akihabara Station. You don't have to go too far. There's a map in the description. And it's across from the Mansei Akihabara, which is their office building. Right over there. And you can see the shinkansen making its way from here. So there's definitely have a view. And if you walk straight that way, that's where the creepy vending machine area of Akihabara is—that Peter von Gomm and I went to a couple of years ago. There's the Yamanote Line going by. So there's a lot to offer in this underground, under-bridge area. Look at the lights here. It's so festive—like eating at an izakaya (Japanese pub).

00:02:32 John Daub: Alright, it's up to you. I gave you that thousand yen, right? You're going for the volume? I don't know. What's the difference between the hide katsu and the original? This is 1.5 up, so you get 1.5 times the portion size in this one. That's about 900 yen. There's a hamburg one—that's about 700 yen. And then there's the regular katsu sando, which is the man katsu sando. I'm kind of curious about what the difference is. Should we try all of them? Let's try them all. Let's do something crazy.

00:03:23 Kanae Daub: Can you eat all?

00:03:24 John Daub: No. So you don't need to go for the volume, okay? We're going to get three. No egg. It's wash, right? Yeah, no egg. Let's go for the original one first. Try this and then we're going to get a hide katsu. And you can also pay... Oh, you can't pay by Suica or IC card. Nosh. Thank you. This one's on Nosh. And let the vending machine do all the work.

00:04:21 John Daub: Kanae is hungry. I'm hungry too. Hey! Oh, you came with some kind of prize. Look at that pig. No, it's cow. Miss Piggy. Where's Kermit? All right. Hold on. I'm going to get one too. I did my research and I knew it would be 650 yen for the hide katsu sandwich. Oh, it's a cow. The only pig has it right. It's not Miss Piggy. It's a cow.

00:04:51 Kanae Daub: I like Miss Piggy.

00:04:52 John Daub: Which one are you going to have? I'm going to get the regular hide katsu sandwich. And I'm going for the one right in the middle. You're going for the hide katsu? It's volume feeling? No, it's a normal one. No, no. Here it comes. Go. Go. Get the sandwich. That's a pig. Isn't it a pig? That's a pig.

00:05:30 John Daub: What I love best about it is that there's a table here. Check this out. You can actually eat your lunch and wash your hands here. This is like a restaurant. If only they had chopsticks. Oh, wait. Oh, yeah. It looks like it's broken. You need the special thing. That would be epic. Wash your hands right here. There's also a table in the back there. So if anyone is in the area, come and join us for a sandwich.

00:06:00 John Daub: Oh, Kanae's going to get a drink here. I'm putting the tripod on. This is fun. You guys want to see us eat it, don't you? It's time for you to participate with us and click the like button. Let's see if we can get to 300 likes. We're going to unbox it and you will pick which one goes first. Oh, did you go for the coffee? Oh, you got the tea. Oh, look, the Boss Coffee always has some weird ones in here. It's got onion soup, corn soup, and the creamy cappuccino, which I got last time at Hie Shrine Park near Tokyo Tower. I think I'm going to try for this onion soup, actually. Yeah, let's go for the onion soup. Why not? A consomme? I like a good consomme. It's a bistro. I'm going to rename this Akihabara Vending Machine Bistro. All right, show me the can. Oh, it's hot? Oh, yeah, it is hot. It is really hot. All right, we're going to have some fun.

00:07:11 John Daub: Let's bring it over here. Hello. Oh, how are you doing? We're live streaming a sandwich vending machine.

00:07:26 Passerby: I watched your live stream a few times. Oh, thank you. And I caught them.

00:07:29 John Daub: Where are you from?

00:07:30 Passerby: Bucharest, Romania.

00:07:31 John Daub: Oh, wow. We got a lot of friends in Cluj and Arad. Yeah, we spoke one time about T-Kut. All right. Welcome aboard. Do you need a sandwich?

00:07:44 Passerby: No, you can try some sandwich. Bunujwa, right? Bunujwa.

00:07:50 John Daub: All right, let's do the sandwich unboxing. I can't do it as good as Peter von Gomm, but I can do it. Have a good lunch. Thank you very much. Still wondering about... Oh, yeah. Where are you headed besides Akihabara?

00:08:04 Passerby: No, in particular, just roaming around. It's the first day today.

00:08:10 John Daub: Oh, welcome to Japan.

00:08:12 Passerby: Yeah, I landed last night.

00:08:14 John Daub: Oh, wow. Do you have jet lag?

00:08:15 Passerby: Yes. I slept two hours.

00:08:19 John Daub: How long did you stay?

00:08:21 Passerby: Ten days.

00:08:22 John Daub: Okay. It's a good trip. And you're just in Tokyo? I want to go to Tokyo and Osaka and Hiroshima. Good. Fantastic. You should get a nice clear view of Mount Fuji. Winter is the best time. There's some snow up there. It would be nice. It was nice meeting you.

00:08:48 Passerby: Nice to meet you too. I think I'll meet someone that I watch. You've got some friends in Japan. Have a nice day. Thank you. Bye. Have a good lunch.

00:09:01 John Daub: You too. Bye bye. All right. That was nice. We are now in Bucharest, Romania.

00:09:08 John Daub: Okay. This is the hide katsu sando. This is a normal size. And Kanae can unbox the other one. Hold on a second, Kanae. Don't get ahead of yourself. We have to unbox this together. It comes with a shibori (wet tissue). And it's unwrapping... Oh, that is a pretty sandwich. This is a hide katsu sandwich. It's breaded and deep-fried pork and it's got some sauce in there. Do you see that? Let's take it out. One piece here. They've cut off the crust. It's perfect in every way. Beautiful. It's a beautiful sandwich.

00:10:05 John Daub: All right, next up, let's unbox this one. The table shakes. Oh, sorry. That's what I'm saying. Don't, yeah. We gotta keep it nice and steady for the beautiful unboxing. Oh, okay. Thanks. You got half of it open. Good job. Here we go. This is a normal katsu sando, right? So what's different? Oh, we lost the shibori here. All right. The opening is the same. Ah, okay. This is, there's more to it. The cuts look bigger and the pork looks different. It looks like a slightly different color to it. Interesting. I can already smell the sauce. Do you see it's been dipped in a tangy sauce that goes great with this sandwich. Beautiful in every way. A sandwich is very much, can be a work of art. So here are the two side by side. I guess you can kind of see the difference in the colors, right? Yeah. You can kind of see a little bit. And for almost the same price, you get a lot more of this one because this is a cheaper cut of pork. Then hide katsu. Hide katsu is a different cut of pork, more premium cut. Yeah. What was this here? Did you look at this one, Kanae? What was this? I saw the bag. Oh, it's a bag? How cool is that? Yes. Bag. All right. So you can take it. So you can buy it and then carry it with you to take it somewhere else because usually you will buy a sandwich on the go. You can take it to your home. But we're not going to, we're going to eat it at the little Akihabara vending machine bistro.

00:12:05 John Daub: Oh, I didn't wash my hands. All the way to Oshimori. Yeah. What's amazing is that the table here is so clean, right? This is a public vending machine corner underneath a train track and it's immaculate. It's even lit up with Christmas lights around the end of it and chochin (paper lanterns) to make it festive like a Japanese izakaya. All right. My hands are clean. Why don't you pick up your piece of katsu and we're going to show the camera. You can hear the train going above. All right. Put it side by side. It looks like yours is a little bit smaller. Yeah. Hold it steady. Okay. It's a little bit smaller. Yours is a little bit whiter meat and mine's a little bit pinker. Oh yeah. Let's see if the taste is any good. It's akami (lean meat). Yeah. Hire (tenderloin). All right. Let's try it. Yours is hire? No, yours is hire. Oh, mine's hire. Yeah. I've taken one of Kanae's for comparison. You can have one of mine. Yeah. You're going to share. Oh, I get it. I try John's one. Soup and sandwich at the vending machine.

00:14:08 John Daub: The hide katsu is more tender. It's softer meat and this one is a little bit harder, but I can't really tell too much of a difference between the taste. They both have that tangy sauce. The bread is the same. It's just a cut of the pork and it's a better cut of pork. Hide katsu is a better cut of pork. It's just a little bit softer. So I don't know. If you're hungry, go for the original. And if you want a little bit of premium cut, you go for the hide katsu.

00:14:37 Kanae Daub: Yeah. Hide katsu is more healthy. Right? Healthy part of life.

00:14:44 John Daub: Is it? I guess so. Yeah. So akami, it's the end part of the... This is really good. You want to try? It's got a little pepper in it. So it's a consomme soup. A little bit oily, just a little bit, but it's got some pepper in it to give it some spice to it. Very, very good. Yeah, it's good.

00:15:34 John Daub: This vending machine area, not only is it clean, but this is the company right here and they have a little menu. This is definitely a bistro, Kanae. This is a vending machine bistro. Yeah. Unbelievable. I don't know how long this is going to be here. I know that it just opened. I know that there's a camera in operation so you should feel safe and I do know that they have these really nice mission lights. They give it like an izakaya feel to it. At nighttime, it's even more stunning, but stay tuned. There might be some dessert in the very near future because we investigate the ice cream vending machine.

00:16:24 John Daub: Investigate the ice cream vending machine. I wish there was some karashi (spicy mustard). The spicy mustard. I don't have it in my bag. You can have it in your bag. I do like that it comes with a free bag. That's what this is, a bag that you can carry it with. Innovative. This is a fortune! Oh, this is a fortune! I didn't get one! I got the daikichi (great luck). Daikichi is very very good. It's a good fortune. Happy. You want this one? Yeah. I'm almost full.

00:17:28 John Daub: I was wondering what to do for a livestream today. And I knew about this vending machine. I said, alright let's do this. But just down the street at Mister Donut, they have Pokemon donuts right now. Pikachu donuts that look really good. So I was like, maybe I'll do that later on this week. Mmm, it's a nice view.

00:18:12 John Daub: I'm going to clean up after yourself. Yeah. I'm going to take this with me. And we use this shibori to wipe the table. So the next person who comes will have a clean place. Always leave the area cleaner than you found it. Because in Japan we always think about the next person after us. Restrooms, stalls, and bathrooms, toilet areas are usually quite clean in Japan because the person using it before will make sure that they clean up after themselves. And you always appreciate that in Japan. I don't see that a lot in other countries, right? Kind of dirty. Toilet is a toilet but doesn't have to be a toilet. Respect!

00:19:03 John Daub: Delicious soup using special ideas from our coffee making. So this has been inspired by their coffee making. It's written right here. Yeah, inspired by their coffee making. How is that?

00:19:25 Kanae Daub: Amazing.

00:19:26 John Daub: Do you need an ice cream? When do you have to go?

00:19:31 Kanae Daub: You take her. Oh, soon.

00:19:34 John Daub: So Kanae's got to go soon, she's got to teach ballet. Do you want ice cream or you don't want?

00:19:41 Kanae Daub: No, because I feel it's a little cold. I don't think I need one.

00:19:45 John Daub: We can share. We could share. Sharing? Let's see what we got here. We got a lunch box. Enjoy the sandwiches and keep up the great live streams. Thank you Binary Lunchbox. Jonathan Lim, enjoy for the dessert. Jonathan, we are standing right in front of it for some dessert. And again, thank you Nosh. That was good, appreciate it. Wow. This one has, they all have waffle cones. Do you see that? They all have waffle cones on there. This is a waffle cone vanilla. This is a waffle cone chocolate. This is a cheesecake. Green tea. Raw, nama caramel. Strawberry, cookies and cream. Tiramisu. Tiramisu, but in a waffle cone tiramisu. I'm sold on that one. This one has nuts and gateau chocolat. Like a macadamia nuts. This is mint without the waffle cones. These don't have the waffle cones. Whoa, this looks like a butter. A raisin butter sandwich from Hokkaido. Very famous. Smash it up in there in a waffle cone. This one with anko (red bean paste). And this is a soda, Japanese soda flavored, which is really good. You wanna share a tiramisu? Cause it's new. Look at that, I mean, brand new.

00:21:15 John Daub: Alright, this one doesn't take Suica either. I got a ton of coins. Right now inside it's at minus 23. Can I push the button? Wait, wait for it. Wait for it. Come on, give us 300 likes. There's 800 likes. Just do it. We got 20 likes away. As soon as we get to 300 likes, I'm gonna push the button. Just do it. 295, 295, there's 5 likes away. Ah, 331. Whoa, boom. That was fast. That was awesome. We just went up 120 likes in like 5 seconds, that's crazy. And Venino. Thank you so much. We love your content, hugs to Kanae. Thank you. There you go. Right back to ya. Aloha from Kauai, thank you. Kawai? Oh, that's in Hawaii. Aloha. Alright, time for a tiramisu. Break it open. I'm very serious about my tiramisu. Love from India. Philippines, Spain. This woman is gorgeous. Talking to me? San Francisco, Singapore. Thank you, Kanae.

00:23:00 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:23:02 John Daub: Somebody wrote in Fukuoka. Less J, more K. What did they mean by that? I don't know what they meant. Yay. She reminds me of like a flat top haircut. Yes. Ice cream cones are supposed to have a swirl on it. I guess you leave that there. You can go first, I have sensitive teeth.

00:23:31 Kanae Daub: Yeah, she got a couple. Very sensitive.

00:23:34 John Daub: I don't have sensitive teeth. You don't? Alright, go for it. Does it taste like tiramisu? Okay, I'll try. Good? I can taste tiramisu. Oh really? Yeah, and mascarpone cheese. Okay. I can smell it. I got sensitive teeth. You better go to a dentist. I tried to use that Sensodyne. It never worked. It's a toothpaste for sensitive teeth. You have to suck on it and melt it. I'm not the only one. Daniel is the same. Daniel has sensitive teeth. So you eat it like this. Like right? Looks like an old guy without teeth. Like this. That's how I have to eat ice cream. I can do it like this but then it hurts. But it's good. Yeah. Tastes like tiramisu. This is the American way. This is the John way. What? Nothing's coming out, it's still hard. It's gonna drop it off from here. That's why you eat it fast. You eat it fast? Oh yeah. Whether you're 5 or 45, it doesn't matter. Eating the cone from the bottom up is the best way, it really is. Don't think ahead. Sensodyne teeth. Don't think ahead. Just do it. I am crazy. I'm dangerous. It does not go well with the consomme soup. I love it. Tiramisu and consomme soup. What is it? No, you can finish it off. Really? I'm nice.

00:26:35 John Daub: So for those of you just joining us, we're gonna go back here and take a look at the options here. This is a Boss vending machine. This is the one where Tommy Lee Jones is very famous for, for decades. He was part of this one. You got some tomato juice, some Natchan, which is apple juice. Craft coffee, craft tea. This is a new thing that's been coming up in the Boss vending machines. Pepsi is part of the Suntory group. So you're gonna see some Pepsi shots and little strained sodas. This is a Tansan sui (sparkling water), which is just a sparkling water with no sugar. That's new. As well as the very famous Suntory water, which is probably the most popular brand. And down here we had the consomme corn soup and like a fluffy cappuccino going on there. And I got the green tea, which is always gonna be the most popular. And they have various random coffees. Boss coffee is one of the more popular ones. Georgia is the one made by Japan. And we stopped off at this vending machine for our lunch. And there's three, four different kinds of sandwiches. Three different kinds of sandwiches with different volumes. This is the normal katsu sando, which is pork. If you can't eat pork you got some beef in there. Then there's a volume hide katsu sando and a normal hide katsu sando. And down here there is a very big sandwich. There's some volume to that. There's two in there. And there you go. That's our mission today. That was our lunch. And that tasted really good. And you can do a full meal here.

00:28:09 John Daub: Ah you ate it all! I did give it to you but I didn't think you would do it. I gave it to you but I didn't think you would do it. I thought you would give like one bite of the chocolate waffle. It's alright. No it's okay. I'll live. It's just a sandwich. Just a waffle ice cream. My feelings aren't hurt. I'll live. There's more in my future. And I won't be the only one. Not heartbroken or disappointed. Another cone will come. Yeah. Two sandwiches. You have the choice to get whatever you want if you come here to Akihabara and try this vending machine. I kind of think it's a cool idea. I like the bistro. The nice wood table here. The sink without water. You can buy water for 100 yen and wash your hands I guess. But the options there.

00:29:16 John Daub: If you have any questions, leave comments below. Because we're going to—for the next 15 minutes—Akihabara back to the station. Why not, right? Because we're here. Why not take a little tour around Akihabara? There's some other vending machines. By the way, the ramen vending machine is gone. The ramen vending machine was, they stopped serving ramen in the can about three years ago. So if you're looking for that, that's gone. The creepy vending machine is down over there. That's the one, Akihabara's vending machine house of horror, I believe is the one live stream that I did with Peter von Gomm two years ago. One of the most popular ones on this channel. Definitely subscribe if you like this kind of content. Vinny no really likes Kanae. You're very welcome. Thank you. You're very welcome. I don't know. Kanae's got more fans than me. I'm somewhat jealous. No, it's all right. It's okay. I let it, let it be. Let it be. It's a Beatles song. Just let it be. We're going to go take a walk down here. Yeah, we're going to take it. The hide katsu was 650 yen, if Katayama was wondering. And the original sandwich was 700 yen. So about $7, and $9 for the volume. So you get like one and a half for 200 yen more and then double sandwich. Family sized. It does pay off. It is cheaper to get the bigger size. So if you're on a date, get this one. If you're too cheap to share, you can save 200 yen since 1949. Great year.

00:31:08 John Daub: Great year. All right. We got to take a thumbnail. So we got to come back with this, with the sandwiches. So don't throw them away. That's not gomi (trash). I can come back. Yeah. I'll come back and take a better thumbnail. I don't know. We'll take this with us. That's what I'm saying. This can go here because it's, it doesn't match with the tiramisu taste. I'm going to leave it with tiramisu then consomme. Like everywhere else, Japanese vending machines have recycle areas, which is great. Most people will drink right in front of the vending machine really quickly and then recycle it. Especially canned coffee. They slam it. It's nice. Yeah. Where's the security camera? Do you see? Oh, there it is right up there. So you will be protected. There's a security camera. I did use the bag. Oh, can I wait? I got a bag too. Didn't I? Yeah. I got a bag. Do you want to put this in that bag? Yeah. Good thinking. Fast thinking. Veneno, just enjoy your time. I wish I could invite you in person, but so it is all I can do. And I like both Kanae and John, but feels kind of creepy if I'll send hugs to John. No, you can send hugs to me. I give hugs to people all the time, right? Yeah. I give hugs to people all the time. It's not creepy at all. Some hugs. I'm not offended. We're all here on this marble going through space for a very limited time. Make the best of it.

00:33:12 John Daub: This is where there's a really nice craft beer place, the Hitachino. And there's the cafe above here, where you could see the trains from an all-glass cafe. You're in between the rail tracks. This is in this building. How do I know? Because Scotty from Strange Parts and I had lunch up there. I was up there about six months ago. Nature in the city. So let's go walk about. We ate some sandwiches. Time to burn it off. I love this canal. What university is that over there? That's Meiji Daigaku? The tall building where the construction is. Is that Meiji? It's daigaku (university). Yeah, I think so. A lot of the universities are in this area. Yeah. There's the Chuo, the Sobu—is that the Sobu Line, right? The university is over here. Yeah. The light in Tokyo flickers like that because of the frequency. It's 100 megahertz. So it's hard to balance out the shutter speed. You have to have 100 shutter speed to avoid the flicker or shoot in PAL 50 or PAL 25. Kind of lines up with the flicker. Okay. Osaka has 60, I believe. So you don't have the flicker problem in Kansai. Just in Tokyo.

00:35:16 John Daub: Question on manhole covers. Manhole covers are cherry blossoms and they're kind of boring. Oh, that guy got pulled over. It's like an episode of CHiPs. So is that Jon or Ponch? It's hard to tell from this distance. I'm going to have to say it's a Jon Baker. CHiPs is a 1970s police comedy show from the United States. Central, California Highway Patrol is what CHiPs remembered.

00:36:09 John Daub: I was having a... [inaudible]. I lost it. I lost the song. And they had this weird... And then they had shots of Ponch looking real cool. Wow. All the ladies loved it back in the 80s. Oh man, my mom had a crush on him. Sad. Look at this. I like how cute they are kind of lined up like that. Yeah, a mini UFO catcher. You get mini prizes but the price is not as mini. Oh it's 100 but they're all like 100 yen. Gonna use the Niagara Falls or the triangle method. I learned all that in a University of UFO Catcher University. Taiyaki! Whoa that's bacon egg taiyaki. Did you see that they got bacon egg taiyaki? Yeah all right. We got it we got to come back for that. Hello. Yeah oh wow hi I'm John Daub and nice to meet you we come here often.

00:37:43 Passerby: Wonderful. Yeah my life last day here not actually going out tomorrow.

00:37:48 John Daub: Well you found two friends right here.

00:38:11 John Daub: Standing by the metal rock thing I couldn't hear too much she's from Serbia. I couldn't hear too much I wanted to walk way but I know that that would like come over here and talk but I can't do that either so we're gonna walk underneath the Chuo Line and then we can say goodbye I know Kanae has to go to teach and I got to... Oh hello welcome to Akihabara oh you're watching yeah I got the notification I was just down the street. Oh how can we come to Akihabara we meet everybody pretty good have some carrot takeaway from Dallas all right how long you here for what have you seen that has overwhelmed you. Oh that means in about two hours you're gonna fall asleep we're trying real hard not to yeah fight it yeah thanks for saying hi that was awesome they found us we should stalk them and see where they're going I'm curious I'm always wondering where people are gonna go to next but where do they go so it's like copyrighted music I'm trying to walk all right by the way there's another vending machine let's show the people the other vending machine here let's cross the street here it's the mystery vending machine.

00:39:50 John Daub: Yeah I got Simon and Martina's Christmas present there yeah cost me a thousand yen I don't think they use it anymore but I will take you there and see if they still got that same present sometimes the sometimes the CEO of the company comes to this vending machine it's the most popular one so he's always refilling it he told me I've met him there on chance twice over the last two years after filming that episode just walking by through here I go hey there he is and then he shows me what what's inside again he goes to go ahead just take it just he's very nice guy he's a very nice guy all right let's go and take a look at this vending machine and then we can sign off a little bit in a little bit. This area of Akihabara has a ton of tourists I guess there's a hotel or something down here but you can see this alley here is where Super Potato is about 150 meters this way and a lot of these 1980 electronic discount shops that sell parts monitors cables a lot of it is recycled all underneath here in Akihabara there's a place where you can get some used games and DVDs inside of here find some things and then right there in the corner do you see it where the Colonel is is this the all you can eat there's an all you can eat Kentucky Fried Chicken in Tokyo all you can eat and drink this is not the one though it's the one right there yeah this is the um mystery vending machine this is where I got um Peter's Christmas present as well and I got Simon and Martina Christmas present I got a bunch of friends yeah it's called the King's Treasure Box and uh you might Universal Studios Japan yeah you might and there's one box I think you can only put one box at a time and when it's sold out goes red and then this president he usually comes and parks his car right here or here where that truck is he'll park his car and then he'll load it real fast move on to the next one he comes here I think he said at least twice a day to refill it he's such a smart he's such an entrepreneur the guy he's a good guy he's a good guy he's a good guy who's made these boxes he took old um book machine vending machines and converted it into um a vending a mystery vending machine like this where you can get treasure I don't know should we do it I don't need anything should we do it I don't know if we can get oh yeah I'll do it if we get to 600 likes I'll do it and you can only like once if you get to 600 likes I will I will get something or I could be overridden by I might I might it's up to you guys 600 likes I will I will dump this 1000 yen note into this vending machine look how slow it's going up all right oh there it is okay all right can I do it yeah just do it pray it's ten dollars going in there I used Nosh money for this not for the sandwich just kidding just kidding just kidding just kidding it doesn't work oh my god it's sold out it's all sold out they're all sold out that's crazy that guy hold on that's um 5 10 15 20. that's 200 each time it sells out he comes here like two three times a day so he's making like he's got about like 50 of these you do the math if you need to fix it I'm so much I gotta hang out with the CEO more often he's buying saved another thousand yeah I know another one down the street but I know you have to go I'm so sorry look if he does come I will come back here and do this again okay let's do our Christmas shopping here should we do a Christmas shopping yes Neil kids really yeah talk to my brother your presents are coming from this vending machine all right sorry or maybe not sorry maybe you're going to get something great like like one of these uh old school retro game retro games maybe you're going to get again a Nintendo 3DS maybe you're going to get a PlayStation maybe you're going to get a drone yeah drone these look old school drones but no GPS but it's a drone or sushi this could be yours if Santa smiles down on you and gives you that.

00:45:28 Passerby: All right hello you've tracked us down yes okay hi I'm John I'm Justin nice to meet you Justin where are you from I work in Princeton I'm a lending guy so Jersey okay all right Jersey exit seven eight 13. exit 13. okay that's not very close yeah I said before where you work yes we used to live on 7a okay down there past the Great Adventure down into the woods how's your trip going it's going good yeah you've been here for over a week now okay is that a Hawkeye I see on your yes it is uh-oh Iowa Hawkeyes yes pretty strong took care of Minnesota yeah big guy I know he knows awesome what was the score the last time oh don't yeah it was yeah I think is Iowa still in it for the Big Ten Championship oh we can't win it it's between Minnesota and Wisconsin yeah just want to know who we have to beat Wisconsin again probably Wisconsin again great where you up to now roaming free just want roaming free that's the freedom I was at the Imperial Garden and Bob goes you're about to start streaming here so I'm like all right you got here fast you got it back yeah I got to give more heads up more notice right I gotta give more notice so you found us thanks Justin thank you so much yeah thank you for everything thank you.

00:47:08 John Daub: Justin from New Jersey it's a Hawkeye I forgot my I forgot once again you found me cards I I keep forgetting that oh Steve Technophile Santa says hello well it I will walk just until halfway here and then Kanae's gotta go doka oh they paved the road here it's cleaner look at this I just noticed this is where you would go and there's the abura soba aburi soba right yeah that's where um Randy Santel ate his challenge but the the one in Kanda he took that down hard man that's not easy there's another ramen and they had I think they used to have oh the Kobe beef ramen shop went out of out of business they used to have Kobe there's the Ninja Cafe place so they've gone out of business a little bit there used to be a Kobe beef um ramen shop over there oh yeah sure sorry about it oh there you are okay thank you so much man you're welcome have a good trip all right they caught us Nosh I really gotta get those cards we're getting them we always meet so many friends here just wandering around live so just come over to this end of the street here this is Super Potato right here this is where all the magic happens or happened since it's all retro games yeah this is you haven't been in here or no I haven't seen Japanese go yes I haven't and sometimes confusing said no I haven't yes I have yeah so that's the entrance to it um up there on the third fourth and fifth floors is heaven for many for yeah but you don't play games tonight doesn't play games yeah so if you don't because we don't play games we can't I have our family call family ah the family that was like decades ago though right Santa Claus Santa Claus gave it to her so you're saying I should give you Santa Claus Santa Claus should bring you games oh all right okay we're gonna end the live stream over there this is where the ramen vending machine used to be hello we missed it I can I come on we can do it run this is where the vending machine the ramen vending machine used to be this is where I filmed the main channel episode right here on the back I've I've taken here like a few times on live streams but this is where oh they changed it now let's see it's only Oden there you go this one has uh kanmo daikon this one has daikon in it and this one has oh durian cider pass I don't know you want it so Oden these are hot be careful when you do come here it's about three dollars and these are cold and by the way there's no fork I believe that there's no fork that comes with it you have to dip your hand in there she's like she's kind of doesn't want in on that you want you want a can you want a can oh I'm okay I'm full this is cool yeah I'm looking for a machine because that stinks because I I asked people to like and I'll get one and then it was sold out I feel I feel people are were like cheated for the like I respect their likes this is a locker machine so you can leave your lock that's pretty cool like right here on the corner it's a locker 200 yen is pretty reasonable too and there's more maids so there you go everybody Akihabara what do you think come out here there's a lot of negi (green onions) on top of it's pretty outrageous so there you go everybody so you're off the hook can I you can go to work and I'm gonna go back to work back at back at the office we love coming Akihabara there's always some kind of mysterious vending machine something new always happening in Akihabara this time it was a sandwich vending machine on the corner there I'm gonna go back there and I gotta take a better thumbnail I think um with the sandwich you don't have to come I'll do it but um I believe the creepy vending machine is still there the corner it's supposed to be an art installation where they're like make an art like some sort of statement about society or something I couldn't figure it out all I know is that there's a homeless dude living upstairs you can smell it whoever's up there didn't smell a little Randy um yeah so there you go if you have any questions leave it in the comments below we're at discord.gg/onlyinjapan you can join our community it's free I think we get about 3500 people in there always talking about the show afterwards love Japan any questions that you have you can go in there get the answers our moderators are standing by to make sure you behave yourself but we have a pretty good clean community there um clean cut any questions Queen of Taco says goodbye thank you so much for buying us lunch as well as Nosh and Jonathan and Binary Lunchbox a lot of love guys see you from Tokyo have a good day Kanae see you back home I don't know do you want it uh