00:00:05 John Daub: Hello everybody. That's in the middle of Tokyo Bay: the Olympic rings, Tokyo Tower, and the Rainbow Bridge that leads from the city to this island, which is Odaiba. A beautiful beach on this side. There's a shopping mall. There's a lot of places to enjoy yourself, entertain yourself, but it's pretty much empty today for obvious reasons.

00:00:30 John Daub: How you doing everybody? I'm here. I came here by bicycle. We are all trying to stay inside and only go out for essential things just like everywhere else. There's been no declaration, state of emergency, or anything like that. So we're free to go out and do this. I come to get some exercise out by bicycle. Beautiful loop around Tokyo Bay.

00:00:53 John Daub: But yesterday they announced that the Olympics would be postponed until 2021. I wanted to give some thoughts on that and get your feedback on this as well. We're also going to look around Odaiba, this area, and get an idea of what it's like all over. Yeah, I might take a look at DiverCity. That's where the big Gundam statue is, life-size. And I believe it wasn't too long ago that they brought these Olympic rings in. And it is such a beautiful sight. You have the cherry blossoms in front of us, the rings right there, and then the city of Tokyo, Tokyo Tower in the background.

00:01:32 John Daub: This is where Peter von Gomm and I were standing less than 24 hours ago talking about this in shock. They hadn't actually made the announcement. And now that they have, we get a chance to think about it. See, it is really quiet. This is a very famous hotel as well. So I'll go over to where the shops are. Also introduce you to the replica Statue of Liberty, which is something that is really cool. Actually, my friends Dan and Lincoln were staying in this hotel last year around this time. It's crazy how time has flown. That in front of us is the Fuji TV building. And we're going to walk over here to the Aqua City and take a look at the beach area. And maybe I'll go to DiverCity. Depends on how you, the viewers, think.

00:02:29 John Daub: Yeah, so the Olympics have been postponed. And what this makes me think is, thank goodness that they made the decision. In a couple of months now that this has been raging in Japan. We had this event start in January where somebody brought this back here and was infected. And we had other tourists coming here and we didn't know what was going on. We thought that the rates were normal. You know, we seemed like we were safe last week and everybody went out. Physical distancing, whatever we're calling it these days. And it seems like it's on the rise here in Japan and Tokyo, just like everywhere else in the world. And it is a little bit scary.

00:03:17 John Daub: I might not be able to go out as much. So when they finally announced that they were going to postpone, I was like, what took them so long? And the answer is simply, it was a smart thing to do, to wait until the end to see what happens. And also, if I think about it from Tokyo's point of view to wait and hold off as well, it's also a business decision. And what I'm learning with flights, canceled flights and canceled hotels, it's when they declare it as a state of emergency and things get so bad that people start to make concessions. And I'm sure that the business side of the Olympics played a huge part in that decision yesterday.

00:04:01 John Daub: Yeah. Let's walk now to the end of the pier here. So for those of you who couldn't, a lot of people have been coming to watch live streams because you can't make it to Japan now. And through these because I'm a resident here, I've been living here for 23 years, I can bring you with me. There really isn't a lot of people here. It is a weekday but even so typically there's a ton of people on a day like this. It's a little bit unusual. So we have not decided when in the summer it's going to take place. We don't know the specifics on everything but we do know that the biggest question mark is the economy and what is Japan gonna be like in 2021, what's Japan gonna be like in a couple of months, what's New York gonna be like in a couple of months. We just don't know.

00:04:58 John Daub: And we have some more questions and answers but I'll tell you right now a great number of hotels, restaurants, local businesses and you can see down here there they've really done a beautiful job of creating decks and spaces for the crowds that were coming for the summer. These will have to be put on layaway for another year. They're not gonna do too well and it's gonna be a very tough act for the governments all over the world. It's the same everywhere of making sure that local business owners don't go belly up before the Olympics come. Beautiful day, isn't it? It's a tough day to do a talk like this, huh?

00:05:41 John Daub: On the right side here is the Statue of Liberty. It's a replica of the Statue of Liberty. It's maybe one tenth the size of the original but it's still ten times bigger than me and for Americans that come here it's always kind of a neat thing. Whenever I'm feeling homesick you come and you see the Statue of Liberty you remember America represents behind a cherry blossom tree. Look at that. Most of the blossoms are at a hundred percent bloomed in many places and then here some of the trees depending on the variety of cherry blossom is maybe 50% or 10% and it's all 100% bloomed. This one looks like it's just starting, but it's in a cooler area than the other places. There she is, the Statue of Liberty replica.

00:06:35 John Daub: So 2021 is more than a year away. The games are now. So we reset the clock. I'm very interested to see if they reset the clocks at Tokyo Station and some of the other locations to see if it's official, official. Right? We will see. And if that's the case, then it really starts to hit home. But I hadn't actually been out here to the Olympic rings on Tokyo Bay. I've seen them on the news, and it's pretty nice. So I wonder if this barge is going to be here for a year. There's just so many questions. How are the hotels going to manage? How are the restaurants? How are all of the things that were supposed to just pop up for a year? How does the city manage all of that? We were ramping up for the games and what is required now.

00:07:42 John Daub: There's a cruise ship going by there. That might be the one going to Ogasawara. No, that leaves at 11 p.m., doesn't it? Or is it three? That could be the ship going to Ogasawara, the famous Rainbow Bridge. So it's why I come out here into the beautiful day to kind of contemplate. And this is a social media, folks. If you have a comment and what are your thoughts on the Olympics being postponed, you can leave a comment below or write in the chat here.

00:08:14 John Daub: For me, I'm going to be here. I was very, very excited about the Olympics taking place this summer. And I was devastated. But I knew I wasn't as devastated because I knew that it was going to be done. And I could understand why Japan was hesitant to do it. You don't cancel something until, you know, it's been declared like this is the end. You have to do it now. And when Canada bowed out and Australia was talking about it too, you could tell, like, OK, now it's an emergency. Now they can discuss and now we can negotiate with the IOC and with the international community and with everybody else and say it's a good thing for everybody to postpone this. Everybody was on board then. And I think that that's a business thing. The Olympics are so much a business thing that I sometimes don't know if that love for the games is the same as it was when I was a kid. The 1976 Montreal games in 1980 and '84 in Los Angeles.

00:09:12 John Daub: Look at the Rainbow Bridge through the cherry blossoms. People are as excited about the Olympics. I'll tell you this. I'm extremely excited about the Olympics taking place in 2021. Now they decided—I don't know. What do you guys think about this? They decided that they're not going to rename it Tokyo 2021. They're going to keep it as Tokyo 2020, even though it's taking place next year. Weird. Not weird. I don't know. But PVG, a friend of mine, Peter von Gomm, he went out, he went out today and started buying T-shirts and memorabilia because he thinks that it might have a collector's value. I might have given him the idea. So he went out and he's getting all of the merch.

00:09:56 John Daub: I went out as well. And I'm actually going to put these in a mailbox here. This is for Melissa and Tang in Singapore. Melissa's in Texas. I'm going to be putting this in a mailbox, but it has the Olympic stamp on it. I think I could show you that. See, this is the Olympic torch stamp. I went out there and I bought 30 stamps because I think they're going to be collector's items. I don't know what to do with the torch. They were debating it on the news yesterday. I think they're going to keep it lit for a year. And then some people are also debating they return the flame back to Greece and redo it in 2021. But if you're going to keep the name as Tokyo 2020, I think you have to keep the torch lit for a year. And it's not that hard to do because we've been keeping a torch lit at Hiroshima to remember the victims. On August 6, 1945, that fire has been burning ever since then. They found a way to keep that going. And in fact, they have three or four flames that are saved in undisclosed locations in case it ever goes out. Flames do go out. So I think they're going to keep the flame lit for a year. A lot of it is just speculation.

00:11:08 John Daub: Let's look over here. And I'd love to hear your point of view on this. This is where the spaceboat, my friend, the spaceboat makes docks over here. And I saw it on the way when I came in by bicycle. The news event yesterday, the meetings, they showed pictures of it. It looked like to me like the war room from the White House with important people making this decision. And the looks on the faces of the people were just like so they told the story. And you can go back and look at that. I believe that the press has made that all public.

00:11:51 John Daub: So when the announcements came yesterday, official announcements, I was, yeah. And I really, you know what? For me, I kind of understood. I knew it was going to happen. But I think for people in Japan, there's a relief. But people also didn't really like I told you last weekend during the blossoms, people were almost disregarding the situation that was going on all around the world. We felt like we were invincible. And I don't know if politicians were giving that. I don't know if they're giving that to people because of the Olympics. We're just not sure. But my biggest fear is that we're going to see a big spike here in Tokyo. And if you're thinking about traveling here, you know, just get home. I won't be going outside much next week. I am worried.

00:12:46 John Daub: Kanae Daub is also quite worried. Kanae has a ballet competition, a ballet performance for her students. She teaches modern ballet and dance to kids. And it's scheduled for April, and she still doesn't know what to do because the message from politicians is not clear. There's no state of emergency, but everything seems to be fine. The numbers are low. What does that mean? Is it testing? Are the hospitals not overrun today? Yesterday we got news that a hospital in Taito Ward had discovered that one of the doctors was sick. I believe it's still a breaking story, but it's starting to get worrying. A Japanese celebrity, Tarento (TV personality) [?], got sick as well. So I think it's starting to hit Japan more now, starting to understand more.

00:13:44 John Daub: Let me take you out to the beach, and then I'll swing over to the Gundam as we talk about this. I'm watching the chat and seeing if you have any feedback. Under Abe, Japan has become a very incapable nation. But PC24? I mean, it's social media. I get that. But my argument is, who else could lead? Japan doesn't really have a lot of strong leaders. And I would say, if you compare Prime Minister Abe to people in the past, I think he's been more than competent. I think the world right now lacks leadership. And he's doing his best. Nobody's perfect, but he's doing his best for what he thinks for Japan. I have a lot of respect for the tough decisions that he's made. It's not easy. But he's putting Japan first, just like all the other countries are putting their first.

00:14:43 John Daub: There you go. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It's going to stay like that. They invested too much into it. You can't change it. It's just on layaway. He's making firm decisions. And it's not easy. And yeah, I'm thankful that we have somebody who's been there for more than a year, who knows the government and the way things work. And he's respected here enough. And he's had his scandals. Politics is not easy here. But he's doing a good job. And he's well respected because he's been at this job for a long time. This is his second go at it. And I'll do whatever I can to support whoever is here and making some progress.

00:15:30 John Daub: Hope this isn't too much of a tough call. Mayor Koike, who is the mayor of Tokyo, is somebody who is also very well respected. Her love for the City of Tokyo is unquestioned. She really cares so much about this place. To see the disappointment at this being delayed, I can tell it really was tough for her.

00:15:49 John Daub: Where did that duck go?! He just disappeared like a fish. Where'd he go? Did you see him? Where'd he go?! That was weird. It was a duck went under the water never came up again. This is where they were supposed to hold the triathlon. And now I know why. They decided not to hold the triathlon here. He'd have ducks been underneath there for like it. What has it been a minute now? Is that normal? This is where the triathlon was supposed to be and people would do that the swimming part around here, but they found that the city harbor was not clean enough to do it. Just like most city places and that duck went under and never came back up unless he's swimming to the other side of the harbor. That makes he was a fish duck. Honestly, do you see him? It's like the Loch Ness monster now. I just saw a shadow of a duck go underneath and never came back and come back up. All right enough duck. Let's just keep going. Just don't go in the water. That's weird.

00:17:19 John Daub: Yeah, there's construction going on the beach here. I'm gonna pivot and go back up and take you towards the Gundam statue. So this is the boardwalk that we would watch in the summer. This is such a beautiful place to come but today not so much. In fact, I can't even go any further. Who yelled goose? I said duck three times someone said goose. I still don't see that duck come up. I swear there was a duck there. Didn't come up for air or anything. Bizarre. What are you good enough for the fish and the fish bit him back? I don't know. I got more questions than answers.

00:18:10 John Daub: Probably a loon like a Looney Tunes loon like think it was funny. This is the Suijo Bus (water bus). That's the official name for the spaceboat really. Suijo Bus (water bus) and each one is named the Himiko, the Hotaluna. They have names to it. I just call them spaceboat and they're still running but there's not as many. All right, let's go over towards the Gundam statue. Very very few people out here and the ones that are here are like students and families that live here.

00:19:10 John Daub: Yeah, so the boats look like they're running pretty normally. But I don't see a lot of the yakatabune (traditional party boat). They have been cancelled because people have gotten sick on them. They're the boats where people would drink on these flat boats that could go up and down the river. But they've been considered quote-unquote cluster areas where people will get sick from there being in a closed place for a long time. And a lot of them are probably going to go out of business because they just can't keep up with the services, no income coming in. It is very interesting times.

00:19:48 John Daub: I know a lot of you who are like stuck at home. I'm laughing because I'm trying to imagine where everybody is right now if you're watching in front of the TV or what but right now it's such a beautiful day in Tokyo. I thought I would take you for a walk and then kind of contemplate where we're going with this. So I see a lot not a lot of thoughts on the Olympics here. Do you think in 15 months is enough time? Do you think 2021 is enough distance? Do you think we should do it in 2022 which is I think it's a World Cup here, isn't it? It seems like 2021 seems like a perfect time right which for me is fine I don't mind waiting another year. Yeah 2022 is the winter Olympics.

00:20:53 John Daub: Brendan Walker writes in here there's something for the PVC Olympics merch hoarding. He sent me pictures this morning where he was walking around. He said this stuff's gonna be priceless. Needless to say that he does not know yet that they're not actually changing it to Tokyo 2021. It's staying Tokyo 2020. So the merch is going to be the same as before. If they did change it to 2021, what do you guys think? Is that a good idea? Do you think it would be better to change it to Tokyo 2021? I hope he keeps the receipt. I wonder if he's going to take it back. Do you think Peter should take back his 2020 merch? I did buy extra stamps because I thought it'd be valuable, but I just like stamps.

00:22:02 John Daub: This is the walkway. We call this, I guess it's very similar to the boardwalk. On the other one, the shopping mall is called Decks. This one's called Aqua City. And this one is usually on the weekend it's filled with people, especially young people holding hands on dates. This is maybe one of the biggest date spots in Tokyo. Well, where do you want to go? Odaiba. Lots of restaurants, shops, a beach to hang out, lots of places to sit, some nature parks, Statue of Liberty.

00:22:35 John Daub: This is the view from Tokyo live, everybody. You can see Tokyo Tower just over the Rainbow Bridge. It's so quiet here in Tokyo. The cherry blossoms are out. You can see them in every corner of the city. Cherry blossoms are all over the world right now, but they're just really special here in Japan because of the connection to nature. There's the Yurikamome Line (New Urban Transit Yurikamome), the driverless train that cruises across the Rainbow Bridge. Yurikamome Line (New Urban Transit Yurikamome). And this is pretty much where we've been walking today. It's a good chance to see Odaiba. I've been here before in a live stream, but as you walk, a lot of thoughts come into your mind about the future.

00:23:31 John Daub: So for me, I feel the next two weeks are going to be, the next month is going to be really tough for Japan. It's obviously the world and things that—can you get any louder speaker? I'm going to have to get out of here. Copyright music. Get out of here. Stupid mall. Damn, that's a blasting. I guess from here it sounds better. I'm running because it's copyright music. I've been in Japan for a long time. I know what happens. They take away your money. They take away your lifeline. I don't want that to happen.

00:24:38 John Daub: So wow. The wind's really picked up. So I'm taking you to see Gundam just because you have clicked the like button. And let's see if we can get the 500 likes before we get to Gundam. It's up to you. If your love for robots that are really big is there, click like. Fuji TV building. I made a show for Fuji TV back in 2008. It was a sponsor video for DHC. And we filmed some of the scenes in the basement. They have a lot of studios of course. That was fun.

00:25:21 John Daub: Let's go this way. If we do go straight it takes us to the Oedo Onsen Monogatari (Edo Period Hot Spring Theme Park). It's one of the few really fun onsen (hot spring bath) public baths. And they've been affected as well of course. Public areas. You just sort of want to avoid that right now. So this is a pretty big walkway. We can social distance ourselves. We're about 5 minutes away from seeing the statue.

00:26:14 John Daub: Welcome everybody. Thank you to Tokyo Live on a beautiful sunny day. Just wanted to bring you out here and just go over the next year for Japan. What do I do? What do I do as a creator? You know what I mean? Like what? I can't talk about this all the time. I can't talk about all the stuff that's on the TV. I don't even like to say the words. And it's not just because this platform doesn't like those words. But it's also just because people—I'm tired of hearing those words. And I want something more positive.

00:26:57 John Daub: So ultimately the decision to postpone the Olympics for a year is going to be really really good. Not only because everybody can participate, we hope. Everybody can train. I hope the athletes aren't drinking beer and eating Cheetos with chopsticks like we talked about yesterday. I hope they stay in shape for a year. Olympic athletes if you're watching, stay in shape so you can be competitive. It'll be places where it's not—places unaffected like Kazakhstan that might have the best athletes now. I don't know. I'd love to go there by the way. Almaty looks like a really fun city.

00:27:47 John Daub: Alright. Let's take a shortcut and go down. It's gonna be fun. The Olympics is a—I don't—I'm with Nosh on this. And I said this in our Discord server. I'm with Nosh on this. I don't actually care too much about the sporting events and stuff. I don't have tickets. I gave up because it was just too hard to get them. I was confused on the process and said I don't need them. What I care about more is everything that surrounds the Olympics.

00:28:20 John Daub: I remember I was in Sydney in the year 2000 and in 1999 actually. I was living on Bondi Beach at a youth hostel for three months. That's as long as you can stay in Australia on a visa there as a tourist. So I came in I think it was November, December, January. And I left February I believe. And I was living on Bondi Beach in a hostel. And the buzz was all about the 2000 Olympics. They had the stadium built. The city seemed so energized. Oh there's the statue right there.

00:29:01 John Daub: And a lot of friends from Sydney actually left the city during the Olympics. And one of the things that they regret is not staying. Because they said they will never see their city again like that. They wish they hadn't left and gotten scared by the crowds and seen their city like that: alive, electric. And I don't want to miss that with the city of Tokyo. And I want Tokyo to have its moment. And that moment is not this summer. That moment is in 2021. When this entire shadow that's over the world—if they had it it would be with a shadow. And now everything looks like that now. And I think 2021 looks so bright.

00:29:44 John Daub: It was the IOC president that said it gives us hope. Something to look forward to now in 2021 as we all come together to try to beat this thing. And if we need some extra help we have a life-size, a real-sized Gundam statue to help us. So let's say we don't know what's underneath the basalt and it's just a piece of the Pacific Ocean. Let's be honest not many things can go that deep. But if something from the depth of the Pacific did come out we are ready in Japan. I don't know about your country. In fact, I think the Olympics should be robots competing. That way we don't have any problem, right? Every country should build robots and then we'll have the robots compete. That's what we should turn this into. I mean, who are we fooling? That's the cure. Robot Olympics. The robots should be the celebrities.

00:30:43 John Daub: There's nobody here! Oh I shouldn't say nobody but this is incredible. There's like almost—I've never seen it this non-crowded before. I've been here dozens of times I've never seen it this uncrowded. Tom Barnes writes in here five bucks for self-isolation Australia and also because the Gundam statue is amazing. Thanks Tom and Philip. Philip is here thanks for Philip from Australia. Number one tough looking statue, huh? Thank you to the Hawaiians. Juan L writes in did you ride your bike? I did I did. I'll walk towards my bike at the end here.

00:31:37 John Daub: Lisa—oh I missed that in the beginning. Keep it lit, a promise of life returning to normal. Absolutely. And I think you know I am going out. I'm not wearing a mask. I do carry them in my pocket just in case I go in crowded areas and stuff. It's more for other people. If you're in a crowded area and you can't social distance you need to have it. So it gives other people peace of mind but also who knows what my condition is. But it scientifically doesn't make any sense because social distancing to waste a mask and go through boxes and boxes of them when medical professionals and other people that are in high risk need these boxes. To me I've had angry people saying wear a mask and they just don't understand. There's nobody within two meters of me. There's nobody. It's like five meters away so relax.

00:32:34 John Daub: Oh there's the Ferris wheel, Venus Fort which is another shopping mall on the other side but I'm not sure I want to go right there. My friend Joe who is the biggest YouTuber in the Middle East in the Arab world—he rented a—we rented a family. I was helping him out that's really cool and he took his rental family up in the Ferris wheel on his channel. Joe Hatab is his name, Joe Space H-A-T-T-A-B. That's cool you got free Wi-Fi I guess if you use this QR code. Can you guys get free Wi-Fi in your house by searching that code does it work for you?

00:33:29 John Daub: Most of the masks don't work anyways as a preventative measure. The paper mask that Peter von Gomm was wearing yesterday doesn't work for viruses it just works for pollen that's it. It's pretty cool right the Gundam statue. We're live from Tokyo everybody's watching if not you're watching in the back and that's cool too. Continue the story I lost my focus what was I talking about? I get lots of stories I can talk for like a week telling you stories from travel and from Japan.

00:34:15 John Daub: I want to enter the Gundam. If there was ever a time to hijack the Gundam—I mean that like in a good way you know to save the world and stuff—it would be now. I think you enter in through his foot. See I think there's a door down there I'm not sure how you get in. I know more questions than answers for Gundam here. Yeah just don't touch your mouth don't touch your face don't touch anything except for the gimbal. I don't touch stuff. I went to the post office I bring my own pen. All right little things add up. My hands are chapped from using the alcohol pumps every time I do go to places but I'm using lotion and next time I'll put some of these on.

00:35:09 John Daub: And I'll have to go to a variety of places week we're going to be staying home a lot except Kanae and I are going to rent a car and we've been renting cars once a week we haven't done it this week yet to go out on adventures. Next week we're gonna I want to still drive around Mount Fuji and make an episode out of that it'd be a lot of fun. But the thing with the Go channel here is that I can take you with me in my pocket through this medium and it's really cool. But I'll say it yeah but the reason why these live streams are important for just historical purposes this is what Tokyo is like right now and it's like so quiet almost no business in the shopping malls. I'm not going in there.

00:35:59 John Daub: The Olympic village I talked about that yesterday. I was thinking of Kanae not too far away from there. We're thinking of maybe moving into one of them for a year or something if they're rented out. Apparently they've all been rented out I'm not sure but they have rental agreements so I don't know if they just void those rental agreements of the people who are going to live in it this year after the Olympics or what. Like where the Olympic athletes gonna live now if they've rented out the Olympic village. I mean there's contracts to think about here this is a sticky situation. Oh look at that cherry blossom tree. Let's go take a look and I repeat once again cherry blossom trees do not make cherries. There's not going to be a bunch of cherries falling off this tree and stop asking that people.

00:36:49 John Daub: This one's a double. What how is this a double a dual colored tree? Have you ever seen this before? That's a dual colored tree that's a double colored tree. What nature moves in mysterious ways. I've never seen the dual colored. It's like fireworks. Has this been engineered this way this beautiful? Have you seen anybody else seen a dual colored tree like this? I'll move over to the other side here I've never seen. There's one down here it's a dark pink there's another one that's white and then this one is both like it couldn't make up its mind. Let's just do both colors and then we'll see what happens next time. Those that can't go outside to see anything can enjoy this and even these flowers some of them are like hey I'm pink I'm white no just spot let's do polka dots compromise gorgeous right.

00:38:24 John Daub: So the Olympic village is something that's in question the venues they have to make money somehow and so they're gonna maybe they'll have some events if this gets better in the spring maybe next year they start doing events. The stadium probably had events scheduled for next year they're gonna have to be moved. How they juggle this I don't know but perhaps if someone is good at management they can probably Tokyo is hiring like crisis management anybody any crisis managers out there? That's the Fuji TV building yeah iconic design it is very much reminds me a little bit without the ball on it reminds me a little bit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. Tocho (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building).

00:39:30 John Daub: So I'm hearing that the bicolor cherry tree is not uncommon but it's uncommon for Japan. I haven't seen it many places before. Marty's here oh the Blu-ray came already cool thanks. I'm going hitchhiking with you tonight John you're welcome. So focused on the victory in 2021. 2021 goal will victory a common enemy. Yeah that's going to be the victory the victory dance for the end of this will be the culmination of the Olympics in 2021. Let's be hopeful.

00:40:10 John Daub: And that's going to be I think the 2020 Olympics 2021 Olympics is going to be even bigger now because it has a story to it right? I think this is even better. Alright the world has to come together and defeat this thing that's been eating us and now we're doing our victory lap together there's sports now we can compete again anyways it's a better story and stories is what people connect with. And now Japan has postponed it now we have even another year to think about Japan. I get another year to bring videos to people about visiting Japan. I just gotta find a way to do that through the next few months. Yeah it's gonna be a lot of fun but first it's gonna be really tough.

00:41:22 John Daub: And you know it's very easy though at this time to be distancing myself socially from people physically from people. Straight ahead is the Rainbow Bridge if you're joining us now. There's the Tokyo Tower above the bridge it's a beautiful view from here one of the top date spots from Japan. There's this replica of the Statue of Liberty and at the end of this and this is where I'll say goodbye to you the Olympic rings.

00:41:50 John Daub: So the title of this is Tokyo Summer Games 2020 but and the but is right now. My message is just be safe think of your family go out only when you need to. Listen to your leaders like we've been watching the mayor of New York and the governor of Washington state and some of the other people and the Italian leaders that are just banging the desk and saying stay home don't do it don't go outside. They're the legs of Tokyo Tower. Just stay safe but you know all of us that are watching the 1,100 people that are watching live right now we're all connected around the world by this by the show joining us we're all together joining right now in this broadcast.

00:42:47 John Daub: That's what it looks like at night isn't it beautiful that's why people come here for dates it's really nice. It's nicer in the day too but we're all connected so you can write in where you want because we're at the end of this it's always nice to see where all of your neighbors now the 1,100 people watching this is a community where you're watching it from and click that like button because I'll be back tomorrow. They're the Olympic rings on the left side of the screen now coming into view. I'll take you to where we started because that's the best view of them all so we're gonna end where we started. I like that full loop.

00:43:40 John Daub: Across Carlos I think it was just out of your shock to be okay ashes in Mumbai. I see that India was in the news today in Japan and India's doing its best to try to contain it. Melbourne Guatemala we have everybody around the world El Paso Texas awesome Anaheim Honolulu. Will Japan put up a statue of you as a voice of Japan Alan if only. I get some I get a lot of friends here okay Iceland take care over there Montreal Des Moines how you doing Belgium Mexico New Mexico it's great San Francisco.

00:44:25 John Daub: You know I got a lot of friends here um it's part of the job I love to talk to people. I know people on the vending machine business and I was thinking about getting a vending machine and just putting stuff in it for Only in Japan and then selling it from a vending machine so if you go there and want to get gifts and stuff you'll be able to do that from a vending machine anytime 24/7 it would be pretty cool yeah I think that would be the ultimate.

00:45:16 John Daub: Das is here I love this view screenshot it this should be the postcard with a big question mark on the side of the Olympic 2020 next to it very cool. Not a lot of boats out there either. Yeah I have about 23 postcards left here two that are going out today to Tang in Singapore and to Melissa in Texas and if you want one we got the Olympic torch stamp which is sort of funny considering like we got to send the torch back or something got to send the fire back but if you want one with the collectors torch stamp for the Olympic stamp on the back of it go over to Patreon now and join us there. I sent postcards every month. I'm also a stamp geek I love the designs of Japan hand stamps and it helps to support the show because a lot of unknowns now.

00:46:23 John Daub: Thanks so much for watching I'll be back. I want to do some more neighborhood walks before things get bad but I've been riding bicycles now for over three weeks not taking public transportation. I'm getting in pretty good shape. I don't ride the trains I stay away from people but it'd be pretty neat to do some neighborhood walks and neighborhoods where there aren't a lot of people or rent cars. But Kanae and I are also as we told you a couple of weeks ago gonna do some shows from home. I have some freeze-dried food that I want to show you there's some stuff I've been compiling in case it's not good to go outside but we're still gonna have to do it creators still got to create so yeah there's no end to the stuff that we can do.

00:47:07 John Daub: Shimokitazawa is how I've already done look last fall you can see that one it's already up there we walk through there and a couple of fans came and found me. I get a lot of people that are watching this right now and they're like Shimokitazawa and we shared like a what was it like something in a wrap sandwich or something that was kind of neat. What was that well it was like a sushi wasn't it some weird sushi yeah.

00:47:31 John Daub: So there you go guys have a good day have a good night wherever you are. We don't know what the future is going to be like but we see here we have 1,100 people watching and we're all connected um and we're gonna be okay. So let these rings here and this view of a beautiful sunny day with cherry blossoms at the base of it be a hope and everything's gonna be okay you're gonna be we're all gonna make it through this. And at the end of the tunnel where there's a big light it says Olympics 2020 Tokyo 2021 it's still kind of confusing but we'll figure it out because we're together that's important. Bye everyone. Can't a boat go past here and make it interesting oh there's one.