00:02 John Daub: Welcome to Shibuya. This is the Hachiko Crossing, one of the famous places in all of the world. Thousands of people crossing every minute, either in a car or on foot. On foot! That's what we're here to do today. We're going to be walking from here, Shibuya, all the way to Daikanyama, getting away from all these people where the signal might not be so good.

00:25 John Daub: We'll start from here, the most beautiful dog statue in the world. How you doing, Hachiko? I'm going to go touch him, because that's what we do before we start off every trip. How you doing? Alright, bye bye. Let's get this moving.

00:43 John Daub: Now, Daikanyama is one of the most stylish, trendy places in the entire city of Tokyo. It's amazing. We're going from here to an extremely quiet place. Now, you can take the Tokyu Toyoko Line (東急東横線, private railway line) from Shibuya to Daikanyama. But why? Why would you do that, Hachiko? Tell me! You wouldn't. You would walk it, because that's what we do. We walk.

01:14 John Daub: And this is another Tokyo walking adventure. This is what you subscribe for. Thanks so much, and encourage me by clicking the like button if you like these walking tours. You have some fun. Now, I used to do this walk all the time back when I lived in this area in 2004 and 2005. That's right. I used to live near here, in a place called Futako-Tamagawa (二子玉川), which was about three stops on the Den-en-toshi Line (田園都市線, private railway line).

01:42 John Daub: Here's a famous meeting point. This is called the Moai. And although Hachiko is the place where a lot of people meet, this one is also quite famous. There you go. So this is the backside of Shibuya Station, kind of like the other area. And if someone says to you, and you're living here, "Hey, I'll meet you at the Moai at Shibuya Station." Now you know. Just like a local.

02:12 John Daub: We're moving this thing fast, aren't we? Okay, we're going straight from Shibuya. I kind of wanted to get out of here because we've seen this a million times. You've seen this all before. Oh, it's a green light. All right, we're gonna move. Oh, actually, there's an underpass. Should we go? I think I can go this way. Let's play pachinko and bounce around these people here.

02:48 John Daub: All right, there's a walkway up here. I'm just a little bit worried about the signal. The construction is still ongoing in Shibuya Station. Something to think about when you come to the area. There's a map. Basically meaningless. Let's get this going here. This is 246 Highway, which leads all the way to Yokohama, I believe. It goes through Futako-Tamagawa. I know that. But we're gonna be crossing it.

03:27 John Daub: You can see the iconic Yamanote Line (山手線, loop railway line) making its way towards Ebisu. And if we have some time, I will go towards Ebisu. But we're gonna be walking up the hill. I guess it's not really a mountain. To Daikanyama. And Daikanyama, yama of course means mountain. That's why when we say Daikanyama, we kind of mean that.

03:51 John Daub: Okay, let's take a quick look at this construction. It is still ongoing. Beautiful. Almost spring-like weather here in Tokyo. Bradshaw Studios here. Hello to all. How you doing, Bradshaw Studios? This is the construction site. They're still working on this. This is gonna be really beautiful. I can't even remember what this used to be before. But if you could just imagine, like, by Olympic time, I wonder what's gonna be in this place. Probably something very beautiful and stunning and extraordinary.

04:42 John Daub: Piece of history right here. And then up here, you can see, this is that sky point that people are taking viral shots of the city from up there. You can see the corner. That's where you can kind of hang out up there. It's kind of neat. But it's also really neat to see all of the construction going on. This place needed it badly. When I came here, when I moved here, I've been living in Japan for over 22 years, but when I moved to Tokyo in 2004, this place was kind of a mess anyways. It was just a place that was really hard to do construction in. The Olympics was an excuse to do that.

05:35 John Daub: I think that's Shibuya Stream right there. So we did another livestream walking around the new Shibuya Station last month. So the Olympics was an amazing excuse to get a lot of stuff done in Shibuya and inconvenience people. And sometimes, you listening, New York? I know the Olympics isn't a profitable thing, but it will, being an excuse to get infrastructure projects that are much, much needed done. And people in Japan are pretty okay with that, I think. Because when this is all done, it's going to be a beautiful part of the city, Shibuya.

06:20 John Daub: Alright. So we're now leaving Shibuya Station, and we're going to be walking up the mountain. I have two You Found Me cards, only two. So if you do hunt me down, be aware. I give these to the people who find me. Because we're live! It's exciting to be part of something that's going on right now. Okay, so you can see the buildings a little bit better. It's beautiful.

06:54 John Daub: So this highway here is 246. And if you just walk straight, you will get probably to Yokohama, I think. Kawasaki. Alright, we're going to be taking this slope. I used to work, one of my clients when I first started my business here, way back when, had an office on the top of this slope. And I used to have to walk this route all the time back then. Hey, Cobra Bebop! Thanks for the thumbs up. Oh, I can smell the curry! Oh, man!

07:43 John Daub: Alright, follow this tall guy. That's right, Ronald. No crows. Because Shibuya's cleaned up its act, the crows have gone to different paradise grounds with lots of trash. What? Is that Family Mart out of business? What? How'd that happen? Okay, let's begin cross here. Yeah, they're closed up for, or is the entrance here on this side? Ah, here it is. It's still open. It's an iconic one.

08:21 John Daub: This street, by the way, guys, this street here is beautiful during the cherry blossom season, okay? You will not find, and we're going right up here, you're not going to find a prettier place in Shibuya than this street. I've been here a few times for cherry blossoms. You hit it at the right time. But when these trucks aren't here, it's just a nice tunnel. It's one of these hidden cherry blossom tunnels that'll probably be blooming in about, oh, I'd say like six weeks from now. It feels like it'll be blooming today, it's so warm.

09:01 John Daub: Yeah, Daikanyama is not a place that I go to a lot because I'm not a stylish man. And I don't care about stylish stuff so much. But you might. So that's why we're here. Here's an overview of the map really quickly. Um, so there's Shibuya Station. We've just crossed that orange road. And now we're going up here. Do you see? We're taking the middle road here. And we're going up. And I'm going to be taking to a place called Daikanyama T-Site (大倉山 T-SITE, stylish complex with bookstore and cafes). As well as a couple of other areas in the area.

09:47 John Daub: I'm getting winded here. So at the top of the hill is a Jonathan's. And I've had to, oh my client no longer works here. But no longer has an office here. Because it was like 15 years ago. But it's nice to see how the area has changed. Ah, nice to put Shibuya out of the way. Oh, there's a Hachiko bus. 100 yen. Takes you around the area. Now, it's not really that far to walk to Daikanyama. And if you do decide to walk it, we're kind of already there in a way. But if you do decide to walk to Daikanyama, you'll find that you'll discover a lot of things along the way. Which you kind of need.

10:29 John Daub: Alright, so this building here. I used to come and meet my clients I think on the fifth floor here. I think they're still in business though. They're called Surrego [?]. Before that, Smart FM used to make videos for iTunes. Number one. I used to be the number one video podcaster in Japan for like three years. And that's part of the reason why I was in debt. Because the servers on iTunes are not free. We have to pay for that bandwidth. And back in 2007, 8, and 9, that was expensive. I got about $30,000 in debt. Paying for free bandwidth. And never could find a sponsor. So I've been doing videos for... Before YouTube.

11:19 John Daub: Whoa! Kanai's gonna like that. There's a hamburger place. And next to it, a Thai restaurant which looks pretty stylish. And this area is known for that. All of the really famous chefs are like in the Roppongi, Meguro, and Daikanyama area. Alright, let's make our way this way. Smells good. I smell some Thai food. There's some green curry mixed in there with pad thai.

11:56 John Daub: When I got back to Tokyo from Hokkaido the other day, it felt like Tokyo... When I got back to Tokyo from Hokkaido, sorry. It was minus 30 degrees in some areas up north. It felt weird that I could take off my gloves and my hands didn't hurt. It feels like I'm in a tropical area. So I'm really happy to be home. Look at that old staircase. That's so retro. Don't even remember that. I'm gonna have to repair this. Just keep it the way it is. Look at that. Awesome. I'm not gonna walk it, but when something has personality like that, it's pretty much art and it doesn't fit in at all. Looks like a hazard, yeah, but in a cool way.

12:53 John Daub: It takes about 18 minutes to walk. I'd say 15 minutes to walk from Shibuya Station to Daikanyama Station. Alright. Make sure I'm going the right way. If you start going the wrong way, you can get lost. I'm gonna have to walk this way. I'm gonna go to the other side. And this iPhone doesn't have a signal, so I don't know where I am. Keep going. I think if I turn right, I'm okay. Looks like they're selling bentos there. Yeah, that's a takeout bento shop.

13:47 John Daub: Here's the post office. This is the Shibuya Sakura-gaoka Post Office (渋谷桜ヶ丘郵便局), a little small place here. Let's take a look at some of the bentos they have. That's pretty nice. That one looks really good. That's a garlic chicken bento. Karaage bento (唐揚げ弁当, fried chicken bento). And this one has just karaage. I love karaage and that one has a Chinese food here. Alright, let's cross the street. Time to get to Daikanyama.

14:21 John Daub: I have a feeling I was going the wrong way. This is the Sakura-gaoka Post Office intersection. Uh, okay. So I came out here and yeah, I can go this way. I found it. This is the, right here, the Sakura-gaoka Post Office. So, it's coming back to me. This Lawson's, vaguely remember this. Vaguely remember this Lawson's. It's weird. The Goo Dog. Because it's so gooood. It's weird. I saw it up in Hokkaido on Lake Akan. Lawson's is the national chain so they have this all over the place.

15:16 John Daub: Does Daikanyama translate as Radish Mountain? I don't know. I guess so. The history of Tokyo goes way back. Way back to the time where this was like cornfields. I guess daikon fields is another one of the... There used to be some really good clubs back here as well. They're all hidden in the alleys of Daikanyama. So you never know what you're going to find. And these shops here, between the buildings, check it out. Between the buildings, they're always moving. So, there might be a really popular, trendy place for a couple of years. And then, it turns into something else.

15:53 John Daub: Like look at this place. What is it? It's closed right now but it looks like a trendy cafe. I don't know. There's no sign. Kujo-ral [?]. Alrighty then. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. Alright, well said. So who did say that first? How do you quote them?

16:31 John Daub: There's a pizza place coming up and then after the... Before the pizza place, we want to take a left. Which could be right here. This could be the alley. Oh, look at that hill! Have to be careful. That could be it. Let's see if the pizza place is here. Once again, you can get really lost back here. Alright, there's the pizza place. Okay, good. I see the pizza delivery trucks. You see the pizza delivery trucks. Okay, we're going to be going up this way.

17:06 John Daub: Look at this bank of drinks. And then next to it, a photo booth. That's a pretty strange mix. But the ones in Tokyo, they have Dr. Pepper's. And I see this up in... A little bit in Ibaraki, but not all of the vending machines in Japan have Dr. Pepper. Seem like a Tokyo thing. Alright, let's go. Gonna make our way up the hill. See this small alley? Going up towards this building, which is another shopping area.

17:40 John Daub: So if we just keep going straight at the end of the street, we're going to be in... Oh, kitty! Hey, hey, hey! Sometimes you can't see the cat. You can conjure them to come. Food! It's still there. Oh, she's... She's an alley cat. Sometimes, you know, you gotta let them go. Cats... Cats choose you. You don't choose cats. I quote Jennifer on that. Cats choose you. Obviously, I was not the chosen one.

19:20 John Daub: Alright, let's let this car go by. Ah, seishimasu [?]. Cats choose you. You don't choose them. Wow, there's the other Moai inside this person's house. Cool. These are all dead cats [?]. All right, let's go back now. They used to be like, like, people's houses here, residences. Up in this area, there's also the Asakura Jutaku (朝倉宅, historic residence), the former residence of the Asakura family, and it's pretty awesome.

20:15 John Daub: But isn't it an amazing contrast? Just, like, 10 minutes ago, we were in the bustling area of the city pretty loud, and everything just kind of mellows out here. Alright. Alright, so if you look on Google Maps, look, use the satellite, you look down on this building, the roof is all grass. That's important because this area of Tokyo is very, not just stylish, but very eco, very, I don't know, how do I say this? They're very transparent. They're very, they want you to, eco-friendly maybe, but they're like trendsetters. I guess that's the word. They set the trends here.

21:08 John Daub: So it's pretty neat to see this place, kind of a garden on top of the buildings. But if you look at this map here, you can walk in between the buildings and all the roofs here have grass and parks on it. And it's self-sustaining, pretty cool. Can't get in there. I think there's residents in there. You could live here. But the real estate prices to live in this area is darn expensive. Not a soul in the park here.

21:47 John Daub: There's a link in the description that shows where I'm going to, to the T-Site, which is a pretty stylish, bookstore area of the city. And it's a place where a lot of people hang out, I guess. Or no, I'm not from this place. I'll tell you something. If I was, I'd be pretty happy because this is a chill neighborhood. You're like 10 minute walk to Shibuya Station.

22:17 John Daub: Speak loudly. Is there a problem with the audio? Don't know what it could be. Hmm. Reset. All right, we're about 10 minutes away from this T-Site. Pretty nice little apartment complex here. Yes, there's a sound. Usually when you see these big chimneys, it represents a sento (銭湯, public bath). In the distance, you can see Roppongi Hills. Do you see that Mori Tower? So we are up on a hill. Which could be Radish Hill, I guess. Daikon. But that's not the kanji for it.

24:11 John Daub: This is live. Welcome. I'm now going towards Daikanyama's T-Site. It's now 2 o'clock. It's live. There's Kanai and I on the old smartphone. We're now walking towards an area that I want to show you. Look at some of the stylish places here without getting lost. You could actually walk from Shibuya to Nakameguro, which is a nice little town. It's about 20 minutes from here. So I think in this area of Tokyo, you really want to know that you could probably walk just about anywhere. And if it's a really nice day, it's not a bad idea to do that.

25:02 John Daub: Okay, there's a traffic light and we can go around this way. Let's take a look at some of these houses here. Vina Juliet Tokyo residential street walking is about my favorite thing to do. Favorite thing to watch. Yeah, me too. I'm always like walking around this area and Setagaya as well. All these little walled houses, some of them going back like two, three generations and some of them brand new. Look at this house. Looks like it's made out of brick. You don't see that very often in Tokyo.

25:31 John Daub: And that's right next to is like a shack that looks like all that empty land in front of it. You don't see a lot of houses that have that much space. So it's probably goes back to the Edo period that families owned that lot because the lot started to get smaller and smaller. As the Taisho era turned to the Showa era, people would sell the lots and they would get into half and then a third. And they would build instead of two floor apartments, they'd build five floor apartments. So that's how the real estate has been shaping up in Tokyo. It's pretty stylish. Look at the angles and the windows and the corners.

26:23 John Daub: Setagaya used to be a terrace house location. I believe it's like in Gotanda or something. Here's a school. I believe at this light we turn. Yeah, you're going to want to have a Google map that tracks you so you know where you are. Toritsu Isho [?]. The intersections at the top of them will tell you where you are and on the map, it'll name the traffic lights as well. So that's one way where you wouldn't get too lost. So we're right here at that traffic light. So that's good to know.

27:34 John Daub: So I'm going to want to go straight, I think. No, hold on. Oh, wait, look. I found me. I guess the Wi-Fi connected. Okay. I guess I can go around either way. If there's a guy with a stick, we're probably already here. From this T-Site, I'm going to take you over to Daikanyama Station. Have a quick look there. But you can already see, I love these all glass. I almost lived in one in Sangenjaya when I was thinking of moving back in 2004. I lived in Futako-Tamagawa for a year.

28:26 John Daub: All right, calm down there. You're running at me. Like, oh, hi, how you doing? Nice to meet you. Very nice to meet you, too. What's your name? Peso. Peso. I talked to you on the Patreon chat. Okay. Finally. Finally, we meet. Oh, my God. You caught me. It's only my second day here. Whoa. Here you go. You found me. You get a card. How you doing? Doing great. Our first solo trip that's not domestic. Okay. And just used miles and points to get myself to Japan.

28:59 Peso: Good. So you're not scared about the virus?

29:02 John Daub: Well, my parents were really concerned. Like, they were telling me, like, buy masks, buy hand sanitizers, which I tried to avoid. I tried to do. But they're just sold out. I found, like, an online dealer with a really good price. So you have a dealer?

29:15 Peso: Well, there was. It was actually a guy affiliated with 3M. Oh, okay. But then, like, when he's supposed to send them, like, apparently, he said it's in stock. And when I ordered them, it's out of stock, apparently. So I'm stuck buying, like, uh... PETA masks [?]? Well, there's, like, surgical masks. Oh, yeah. And they were, like, two Australian dollars for one single mask.

29:37 John Daub: That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's all right. Just cover your face and... I do have one mask left, which, uh... Is this your mask? Probably gonna use when, like, really close to a bunch of people on the train. Oh, okay. Look at the architecture on this one here. Yeah, that's really nice. This place is beautiful.

29:57 Peso: Where did you come from? How did you track me down?

29:58 John Daub: Uh, um, I was in the Imperial Palace. You were in the Imperial Palace? What? And then you posted the streaming notification. I was like, oh, shoot. I gotta get a taxi. Oh, you got a taxi? You took a taxi here? You're insane, man. That's awesome.

30:16 Peso: So, I thought when you said T-Site, I thought you meant, like, tea, you know, tea.

30:19 John Daub: Yeah, I don't know. I've never been here because this is... This wasn't here 20 years ago. Never been here either. So, this... I guess it could be it. Look at this. This is, like, in between the buildings. What? There's, like, a cafe. Whoa. Ah, man. This is nice.

30:36 Peso: I assume, like, the traditional quesadilla wouldn't be here.

30:38 John Daub: No, these are... Nobody wants a quesadilla because... Modern-modern hipster. It's so... It's something like that. Trendy. The people who like to make reservations a year in advance are the kind of people who live here. I've never made a reservation a year in advance, but I know people who do that. It's actually worth it. The food is so darn good when you do that. Right here? Oh, you mean... If you have to make a reservation a year in advance, there's probably a reason why. Never had to make that one far in advance. Probably the most advanced in terms of any place in Japan was, like, two months. And it was, like, a sushi restaurant. There was only, like, one table for nine people.

31:14 Peso: Yeah. They're usually pretty good. Sushi Saito. I've been there once.

31:17 John Daub: I went a couple of times. I want to go back. Oh, you went to Saito Sushi. Yeah, that was with a couple of my friends that know him well. And... Oh, wow. Look at the ume blossoms (梅, plum blossoms). Are these sakura or...? These are ume, plum blossoms. And this is the season. This is... You want to go up to Mito up in the north there. That's the most famous garden for ume blossoms. It's beautiful, isn't it?

31:41 Peso: Is this, like, the same ones that grow in the Imperial Palace?

31:43 John Daub: Yeah. I like this because I came across, like, similar looking... Yeah, they're all over the place. You might find them there as well. So the ume blossoms are out. If you're worried about... And they're not early. It usually is around this time coming out. Michael Sasano, go and enjoy a couple of beers with me, bro. Thank you so much, Michael. I'm so warm here in Tokyo. This is crazy warm, right?

32:05 Peso: Yeah. It's pretty crazy warm. It's great, though. Like, it's sunlight and, like, the cold as well. So, it's, like, the really nice walking out. Though it can... It changes really quickly. Like, at night, it gets really cold in the morning.

32:19 John Daub: Yeah. It's... I guess it's starting. We call it sankanshio [三寒四温?, three cold four warm cycle] and it gets warm and then cold again and warm and cold again and does that, like, three, four times. There's a term for it. Look at this really stylish bakery. Oh, man. Oh, gosh. I want to go in there and just lay down inside there. Just eat my way across that glass. I find myself getting always really full in Japan. Everything's always so tasty.

32:44 Peso: I know. What do they do? They put, like, tasty drugs in there or something. Like I'm not an egg person, but, like, I would eat raw eggs here. Like I went to a place called Uchi no Tamago in Akasaka and they serve tamago kake gohan (卵かけご飯, raw egg over rice). I find myself eating that every time I go here.

32:59 John Daub: Ah, yeah. Raw eggs are pretty good here. They got that beautiful orange color to it. And then, like, you poke them with a chopstick and then it just, like, screams. Oh, you're gonna see sights like this in Daikanyama where everybody has chihuahuas. How cute is that? Ah, come. Come touch me. Hello. Bye bye. That's so cute.

33:27 John Daub: All right. This is, this is, oh, there's a Starbucks in here. That's a nice looking Starbucks, too. They got electrical outlets to charge your laptop. And there's other cafes here where you can sit outside. This is the perfect day to do that, too. There's another ume blossom over there to the right. This is T-Site, so kind of a hangout place, I think, for families. And there are a lot of young families. And for families living in this area, you just have to have some income?

34:01 Kim: Yeah.

34:03 John Daub: Oh, hello. How you doing? Hey, man. Hey. Hi. Hi. How are you? Good. What are your names?

34:08 Kim and Tom: Kim. And Tom.

34:10 John Daub: Kim and Tom. Nice to meet you. I only have one card. Is that okay?

34:14 Kim and Tom: We can share it.

34:16 John Daub: All right. Thank you. You're welcome. Where are you from?

34:18 Kim and Tom: Netherlands.

34:19 John Daub: Netherlands. Oh. Thank you. Yeah. That's about it. Yeah. Heineken. I know how low and hot it is. Oh, that was a good one. That was a good one. I always wanted to learn Dutch, but then after I struggle, my French just starts speaking English. Say, oh, we're okay. You made an effort. We appreciate it. It's true. It's not that easy to talk. Yeah. How long have you been here in Japan?

34:49 Kim and Tom: Since Friday. We're staying for one month.

34:51 John Daub: One month? Wow. I'm not even allowed to stay that long on a tourist visa. Yeah. You got to get a... Only two weeks for my kind of passport.

35:00 Peso: Oh, what do you have?

35:01 John Daub: Indonesians. Oh, okay. Luckily, we get a visa waiver, but we have to preregister our passport at the diplomatic mission in Indonesia. That's not fair. Our friends in Indonesia, I get like... Actually, yeah, Americans don't have such sometimes struggle. I have lots of friends in Australia, and they backpack for 30 days. I can't be there that long. No. But never mind. I mean, 15 days is already really good. Yeah. But fairly long, yeah. But I still want to come back every time. Get the cheap flight to Korea and come back in. That's what I would do, yeah.

35:29 Peso: To do it in Thailand, when I was a scuba dive master, all the dive masters would do border crossings to Myanmar or Malaysia and come back in and get another 30 days. I never did that. I followed the law.

35:44 John Daub: This is a really stylish bookstore. It's Thai. It used to rent out to the Chinese. They used to rent DVDs, but now they don't because I guess they learned it wasn't a profitable business. Not anymore. Technology has come. They tried to compete with Netflix. I don't think it's going pretty good, going well for them. I've been here. This is a really nice... This is called Aso [?], and I ate here. Was it with Jennifer? I don't remember. I ate here with somebody, and it's an amazing restaurant. You can go in there for lunch. You need a reservation, but fantastic food, and it's kind of places like this that make Daikanyama so famous.

36:20 John Daub: This is new. This didn't exist when I lived in the area. Hey, look. They made friends. They're like best friends now. All right, guys. I'm going to Daikanyama Station. Yeah. Were you in the area? You didn't come far to come say hi, did you?

36:38 Kim and Tom: Harajuku?

36:39 John Daub: Oh. I forgot to mention the T-Site, so I just picked it up. Boom. Just in case. It's easy to find it. Just in time. We're lucky, too. Yeah. We're lucky. Three, two, one. Cheese. Thank you very much. Cheese sometimes doesn't look so good. Cheese. It doesn't always turn out the way the Japanese... What's the Japanese equivalent of it? I thought was- I said cheese. And then quickly go back to it, maybe. Because that's what the Japanese people call it. Yeah. Short time to shine. I don't know. I'm not sure if this, if we can capture all three of us. No. You're going the wrong way. I'm going the wrong way. Oh, nerves, nerves.

37:21 Peso: All right. It's like a meeting a celebrity, right? I'll just take a couple. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. It was very nice meeting you.

37:29 John Daub: Yeah, it's my pleasure. We watch all of your videos in Nellup [?], so. Oh, really? We hit all those views. Oh, thank you. That's the thing here. You're my one of two major sources on Japan tourism. You and Peter Barakan from NHK.

37:40 Peso: Peter Barakan, my mortal NHK frenemy. I never meet the guy, but he's- Japanology plus because you have to follow him. Yeah. He gets around. I remember following him in Ogasawara. and everyone there saying, you know who was just here, Peter Barakan. I said, really? Well, I'm going to do a better job than Peter, and I think my work stands the test of time. I don't think he edits his own stuff either. Do you really have a million subscribers like you do? Wow, he's got a million fans out there. Sure, NHK is a very popular channel.

38:09 John Daub: Thanks guys for coming to find me. Very good. I'm making my way to the station, then I've got to run to a meeting. Oh, okay. Have a nice meeting. Yeah. I'm looking for a soft serve called creme mie [?]. Yeah, it's like the milkiest ice cream ever. My favorite soft serve I can find in Japan. Oh, I didn't know where that is here. There's one in Haneda Airport, there's one in Harajuku. A lot of the times I tried when I was in Hokkaido, they served those little milky creams, specifically the creme mie brand. There was one in Kyoto. But I think they're just everywhere. They're like franchises. I think you're going to be, yeah, if not you'll find something better. That's how it works. You just wander around until you find something better. That's what I do. You bump into everything good here. Yeah. You ask somebody, where's a better ice cream than this place? And they'll probably take you there. That's what happens. They're also very friendly. They take you to places if you need to go. It's really good to meet you. Tom and Kim and Peso. Yeah, I remember Peso. Thanks for keeping in touch too. I'm so glad I got a chance to meet you. Yeah, no worries. Hopefully that's a good advice about the rental car situation. Yeah, and I still haven't gotten a response back from them, but Indonesians have trouble renting cars, right? Yeah. Because in Japan. I'm not recognized in Japan. Because there were different conventions and the different years that you signed the convention. Japan only goes to like 48. 49. 49 and Indonesia is like 68. In 1968. There's three different conventions. Wow. Wow. It's a radical. Crazy. Take care guys. Thank you. Bye. I even put your postcard. All right. Good. Actually, postcards are going out tomorrow. They're in the mail right now. That's awesome. And look, they're talking. I like it when people come to meet me and then they make friends.

39:52 John Daub: All right. I got to go to a meeting at 2:30, guys. So I'm going to bugger off as soon as I take you back to the station. I kind of like these walking tours on days like this. It's a way for me to reset after being in Hokkaido. Look at this shop. It looks like a jungle in there. Florist Igusa [?]. It's awesome. I wish I could make my desk where I edit into a jungle. I want to play background music of like monkeys and stuff. Just background. And waterfall music with animals and just make a canopy. And then when Kanai comes into my office, she'll feel like she's coming to jungle. But I have a feeling like it'll probably increase mosquitoes and stuff and that would be bad. Be careful what you wish for. If I create a jungle in my office, I'm going to get like mosquitoes and bugs and stuff and have to wear mosquito repellent while I edit videos.

41:02 John Daub: Daikanyama. There's a Denmark embassy. What? They have their own road sign. How cool is that? Dansk. I remember when I was in Europe taking the train from Denmark to Sweden and back. To prevent showing passports, people would just say Dansk. Then the guy came to me and he looked at me. I said Dansk. And he just moved on. That's what everybody was saying. So Gammeldansk and Dansk. Yeah, it's one of my favorites. My favorite drinks are Gammeldansk. Here's some of the alleys here. Again, just wandering around Daikanyama is a real treat. There's some more shops down here. Look at that. Hey, TDSTR. Happy 46. Thank you. That's awesome. That's $46 Super Chat for 46. I'm looking forward to seeing you on my 50th birthday. That's funny. Thanks for that. I really do appreciate it.

42:08 John Daub: And Anjin-san 2020, check out the Hillside Terrace designed by Fumihiko Maki. You'll go right past it on your way to the station. I don't know if it's this way though. It's this way. I think it's up on the other direction. Look at the alleys and stuff. They're so pretty here. I got to come back to do a longer view of Daikanyama. It's just such a beautiful area. There is the Jutaku over here. And if you do come, I would go in the morning. There are a lot of tourists. But across the street is the Asakura Jutaku, which is an Asakura residence. And inside there, you'll get to see nice tatami rooms and stuff. And it's a very quiet garden inside there. So you might want to check that out. It's just across the street from the T-Site.

43:27 John Daub: And actually from this intersection, I believe you can cut over to Ebisu Station. And then you'll have a chance to just take the Yamanote Line from there. Now, as you see, it doesn't really take a lot of time to walk from Shibuya to Daikanyama. And you'll find a ton of really amazing things along the way. So I encourage you to just stop taking the subway. And let's be honest, with the crowded subway system and everyone wearing masks and being sick, walking is probably the safest option too, especially on a beautiful day like this.

44:00 John Daub: Here we go. Here is the intersection. And I think I missed Daikanyama Station, huh? Or is it right? It's going to be right around here. Wow, that looks good. Wow, look at that sandwich. Maison Ichi [?]. I think the station was this way. Yeah, the station is over here. Daikanyama Station is on the Toyoko Line. Oh, look at that beautiful ume blossom tree. You see that? Spring has sprung. Sort of. Beautiful. With the nice blue skies. And it's not too windy today. Usually in the spring, the wind is a real deterrent. But this is the side entrance to it.

45:07 John Daub: Follow the crowd. Sometimes when you're in doubt, the crowd, obviously they're going to the station, right? Look at that bakery cafe. That looks so good. That's the kind of places I'm talking about. Sorry, the flicker is because of the voltage. Japan has 100 volts. America has 120. Even though you can still use it with the same plug. But that wrecks havoc for cameras. There's more really trendy cafes. It's quiet here. Flippers. Isn't that pancake place? Man, I love it here. I wish Kanai had a free day. Even the Family Mart, check it out. Do you see this? Even the Family Mart is pretty stylish.

46:23 John Daub: Yeah. I've eaten here. I don't think it was the same place though. Signed all day cafe and bar. And boom. Oh, look at these trucks. It's cute. Loads and loads of shops. These are the kind of shops that you just walk around and never buy anything. You know what I mean? Like, oh, it's so nice to walk around and see these shops, but I'm not going to buy anything. But thanks. Sometimes you do though.

46:54 John Daub: So there you go, everybody. Daikanyama Station. We made it. Thank you so much for watching. It's pretty fun walk. I'm glad that Peso, Tom and Kim from Holland found me and Peso from Indonesia. Thanks, guys. I'm going to go to my meeting now. Have a good day. Have a good night wherever you are in the world. There you go. Daikanyama is pretty cool. You can walk there in about 15 minutes or if you live stream it in 47. It's just like a very short stop from Shibuya. Bye, guys.