Japanese Living Room Camping #stayhome in Tokyo
# Japanese Living Room Camping #stayhome in Tokyo
## Overview
In this April 2020 livestream filmed during Tokyo's state of emergency, John Daub transforms his living room into a camping destination with an indoor campfire, tent, and outdoor cooking setup. Joined by his wife Kanae for her first "indoor camping" experience, John explores snacks from Family Mart, attempts to introduce her to Western-style baked beans (with predictable results), and engages with viewers throughout the evening.
The video captures a unique moment in time—Tokyo residents adapting to stay-at-home life while finding creative ways to maintain normalcy. John demonstrates how to safely use a portable gas burner indoors (with proper ventilation), shares Japanese tongue twisters, gives Kanae a "camping badge" headlamp, and provides an earnest discussion about Governor Koike's leadership during the pandemic. The relaxed, conversational tone makes this a comforting watch during an uncertain period.
## Highlights
- [00:00:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=8s) John welcomes viewers to his living room for "indoor camping" and introduces Kanae to the stream
- [00:03:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=224s) Eating dried squid tentacles from Family Mart—Kanae reveals they taste better with mayonnaise and soy sauce
- [00:06:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=385s) Trying extra spicy *mappy* peanuts with *sansho* (Japanese Sichuan pepper) that causes a numbing sensation
- [00:09:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=575s) Showing the cooler contents: natto, eggs, and cheesecake souffle pudding
- [00:10:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=640s) A tour inside the tent, which is rated for two people and can be set up in three minutes
- [00:21:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1278s) John and Kanae exchange tongue twisters—English and Japanese (*hayakuchi kotoba*, including the famous *sumomomo momomomo momono uchi*)
- [00:22:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1353s) Kanae's first taste of baked beans—she rates them 0.5 out of 10, calling them "way too sweet"
- [00:27:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1645s) Eating cheesecake pudding, which Kanae enjoys far more than the beans
- [00:30:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1839s) Kanae receives her "camping badge"—a headlamp for completing her first indoor camping experience
- [00:32:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1969s) John and Kanae discuss Governor Koike's strong leadership and the "stay home" campaign during Tokyo's state of emergency
## Timeline / Chapters
**00:00–05:00 — Opening & Indoor Camping Setup**
John welcomes viewers to another indoor camping livestream from his Tokyo living room. He introduces Kanae, explains why he uses a specific campfire video (copyright concerns), and demonstrates safe indoor gas burner use with windows open for ventilation. They open sake with a cherry blossom pattern and tease baked beans from Costco.
**05:00–10:00 — Snack Tasting Session**
Family Mart dried squid tentacles make an appearance—Kanae demonstrates how to eat them and reveals she prefers them with mayonnaise and soy sauce. John tries extra spicy *mappy* peanuts, which contain *sansho* (numbing Sichuan pepper), creating a unique sensation John describes as "like ice progressing through your tongue."
**10:00–15:00 — Tent Tour & Temperature Check**
Kanae enters the tent for a tour. John checks the temperature difference between inside and outside the tent (about 10 degrees cooler). They discuss what it's like being confined at home during the pandemic, noting it was a sunny day they wanted to spend outdoors.
**15:00–25:00 — Cooking Baked Beans Outdoors**
The cooking begins—John and Kanae use the gas burner to heat baked beans. John explains that baked beans are rare in Japanese supermarkets. Kanae reveals she tried s'mores in America before. They attempt Japanese and English tongue twisters together, including the famous *sumomomo momomomo momono uchi*.
**25:00–30:00 — Bean Tasting Results**
Kanae tries the baked beans and rates them 0.5 out of 10, saying they're "way too sweet." John agrees and explains this is why baked beans never caught on in Japan. They discuss taco nights with Costco tortillas and John reveals he prefers natto. They review the ingredient label showing 34% sugar content.
**30:00–35:00 — Camping Badges & Ghost Stories**
Kanae receives her "camping badge"—a headlamp John wore in earlier episodes. Viewers request ghost stories. John previews upcoming content: a new Amazon camping purchase (to be unboxed later), freeze-dried survival food, and a future camping nabe episode with shoyu and miso varieties.
**35:00–45:00 — Tokyo's State of Emergency Discussion**
An extended conversation about Governor Koike's leadership. John explains the difference between Tokyo's city mayor and prefecture governor roles. They discuss the "stay home" campaign, why English phrases have more impact in Japan, social distancing challenges, and the cars with speakers (*okapi*) broadcasting emergency messages. Kanae shares her experience asking an elderly woman to practice social distancing at the supermarket.
**45:00–50:00 — Closing & Goodnight**
John demonstrates his new 450-lumen Petzl headlamp with red light mode. They wind down, say goodnight to viewers, and encourage people to join their Discord server.
## Japan Travel Tips
- **Safety first for indoor cooking:** When using any gas burner or portable stove indoors, always ensure windows and doors are open to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Place the stove on a stable, heat-resistant surface away from flammable materials.
- **Finding Western ingredients in Tokyo:** Specialty international grocery stores like National Azabu in Hiroo carry imported items like graham crackers. Costco has Western staples including baked beans and tortillas, though these are rare in regular Japanese supermarkets.
- **Convenience store snacks:** Family Mart, 7-Eleven, and Lawson offer unique Japanese snacks worth exploring—dried squid (*surume*), spicy peanuts, and various *dofu* varieties.
- **Understanding Tokyo's dual leadership:** Tokyo's governor (Koike) serves both as prefectural governor and de facto city leader, which is unusual compared to other global cities where city and state governance are separate.
- **English phrases in Japan:** Japanese businesses and governments sometimes use English phrases intentionally because they carry more impact or urgency—examples include "premium," "stay home," and "social distance."
## Japanese Language & Culture Notes
- **Tongue twisters (*hayakuchi kotoba*):** Japanese tongue twisters like *sumomomo momomomo momono uchi* (sumomomo... peach house) are considered particularly difficult. John attempts these with Kanae, highlighting how different languages challenge different speech organs.
- **Sansho (*sansho*):** Japanese Sichuan pepper that creates a unique "numbing" sensation distinct from普通的辣味 (regular spiciness). It progressively numbs the tongue, described by John as "like ice progressing through your mouth."
- **The "stay home" campaign:** Governor Koike deliberately used English "stay home" instead of Japanese *uchi ni naka soto ni dekakunai* because English phrases carry more visual and emotional impact. Japanese ads often use English for emphasis.
- **Social distancing in Japan:** The concept is borrowed directly as *soccharu disutansu* (written in katakana). Japanese society traditionally values physical closeness, so social distancing represents a significant cultural adjustment.
- **Camping badges:** The tradition of earning and collecting badges (headlamps, gear) adds gamification to the camping experience and serves as memorable milestones for Kanae's participation.
- **Okapi (*okāpi*):** Emergency broadcast vehicles driving through neighborhoods with loudspeakers, a practice John notes he hadn't heard before but noticed during the state of emergency period.
## Food & Drink Guide
| Item | Description | Source | Price | John's/Kanae's Reaction |
|------|-------------|--------|-------|------------------------|
| **Saké** (sakura-pattern) | Flushed sake with cherry blossom design | Not specified | Free (already owned) | John brings it out for the occasion |
| **Dried squid tentacles** (*surume*) | Fried dried squid snacks | Family Mart | ~¥200-300 | Chewy, better with mayonnaise and soy sauce (Kanae's preference) |
| **Extra spicy peanuts** (*mappy 映射 dofu*) | Peanuts coated with spicy seasoning including *sansho* | Family Mart | ~¥150-200 | John experiences intense numbing sensation; "hits different parts of your mouth" |
| **Baked beans** (Heinz) | Western-style beans in sweet tomato sauce | Costco | ~¥400-500 for multi-pack | Kanae rates 0.5/10 ("too sweet"); John agrees. Contains 34% sugar. |
| **Natto** | Fermented soybeans | Refrigerator (pre-existing) | ~¥200-300 | John's favorite; Kanae mentions she prefers this over baked beans |
| **Cheesecake souffle pudding** | Light, custard-like dessert | Not specified (likely convenience store) | ~¥200 | Both enjoy; much less sweet than the beans |
| **S'mores** | Graham crackers, chocolate, marshmallows | Would need National Azabu for crackers | N/A | Kanae has tried these before in America; graham crackers unavailable in regular Japanese stores |
## People
- **John Daub:** Host and creator of Only in Japan Go. An American who has lived in Japan for over 30 years, John's warm, curious personality shines as he guides Kanae through her first indoor camping experience. He balances humor with responsible safety messaging about indoor cooking.
- **Kanae Daub:** John's Japanese wife, appearing for her first indoor camping stream. Her candid reactions—especially to the baked beans and spicy peanuts—provide authentic entertainment. She shares insights about Japanese culture, social distancing experiences, and tongue twisters with viewers.
- **Okapi, Pozo, Tony P, Alice, Massive Finns, Goku 95:** Active chat commenters who contribute reactions, questions, and encouragement throughout the stream. Their engagement helps create the live stream community atmosphere.
## Key Takeaways
1. **Indoor camping can be safe and fun** when proper precautions are taken—specifically, ensuring excellent ventilation when using any combustion-based equipment indoors to prevent carbon monoxide.
2. **Baked beans are not popular in Japan** because Western-style varieties are excessively sweet (34% sugar content), clashing with Japanese palate preferences.
3. **The Japanese government used English strategically** during the COVID-19 emergency because foreign phrases carry more visual and emotional impact than native Japanese equivalents.
4. **Cultural adaptation takes time**—even in a society known for compliance, social distancing required explicit visual markers (floor tape, waiting lines) and verbal reminders.
5. **Finding creative activities** like indoor camping can help maintain mental health and community connection during isolation periods.
6. **Sansho** (Japanese Sichuan pepper) provides a unique "numbing" spiciness distinct from capsaicin-based heat, making it a distinctly Japanese flavor experience.
## Notable Quotes
> [00:01:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=79s) **John Daub:** "There's something called carbon monoxide. It's a smell, odorless poison. And you don't want that."
> [00:05:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=346s) **Kanae Daub:** "People eat this with mayonnaise." / **John Daub:** "Yeah, I like it with mayonnaise and soy sauce."
> [00:08:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=520s) **John Daub:** "Spicy is just fire in your mouth. This hits like only one part of your mouth and then numbs it... It's like in the back of your tongue, and it progresses to the front and just numbs everything."
> [00:23:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1436s) **John Daub:** "The reason why these are not popular in Japan, they're way, way, way too sweet."
> [00:24:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=1454s) **Kanae Daub:** [Rating baked beans] "0.5 out of 10." / **John Daub:** "5. That's pretty good. Sometimes the answers are different. That's why I ask."
> [00:36:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=2183s) **Kanae Daub:** "The old woman walking to John... she stand really really close to him... I couldn't say but John said to the woman... we need some distance for safety... then she said ah yes she says it better than i would have."
> [00:37:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=2272s) **John Daub:** "She said this is for your family, for your friend, for your life. I was really impressed with her speech today."
> [00:42:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_v6LkCfTI&t=2524s) **John Daub:** "And we learned that she is okay with the camp in the living room. As long as I clean up."
## Related Topics
- Only in Japan Go indoor camping series
- Convenience store snack explorations (Family Mart, Lawson, 7-Eleven)
- Japanese hot pot (*nabe*) culture and recipes
- Tokyo's COVID-19 state of emergency experience
- Cross-cultural food experiences in Japan
- Japanese emergency broadcast systems
- Living room survival activities during quarantine
## Search Tags
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Full Transcript
00:00:08 John Daub: Oh, hi there everybody. Welcome to Tokyo. This is my living room and yes, we are indoor camping once again. This time instead of bringing just camping gear and a TV, I brought this lady. This is Kanae. How you doing Kanae?
00:00:23 Kanae Daub: I'm good, I'm good. I'm in a tent.
00:00:26 John Daub: Yeah, you're in a tent. She's here because I might have made her come. But nonetheless, it's going to be really fun. I know she really deep down wanted to be here or in the bed in the room next door. Either or.
00:00:40 John Daub: But anyways, besides the point, today we have not moved location. We're still here because if I use video from a creek, a babbling creek with a fire, YouTube might flag that as a copyright violation. So we've used this one, which is safer for all of us. The fire is at a nice safe distance so we won't get burned. This one, however, is not. So we're going to be using this indoors.
00:01:05 John Daub: Now the secret with using a gas burner indoors is one, make sure that no one, nothing is near there. You ideally would want it on a table. Two, make sure that the windows and doors are open because you're indoors. There's something called carbon monoxide. It's a smell, odorless poison. And you don't want that. You want to make sure we have the windows open so we have a cross breeze going through. If you ever do, and people, Japanese actually do have gas burners on tables for nabe, even in the restaurants. You're going to want to make sure you have really good ventilation. That is the caveat to using any kind of stove inside of the house. People have been using this for hundreds of years. Maybe not like this, but fires. So I got to get back to the stove.
00:01:52 John Daub: I got to get Kanae a drink. You always offer your guest drink, even though she lives here. She's a guest.
00:02:01 John Daub: So what do we got here, Kanae?
00:02:02 Kanae Daub: Oh, I gave you the drink.
00:02:06 John Daub: That's right, because this might be the second time that we do this live stream. I got here in a saké... It's like Groundhog's Day because we just did this.
00:02:15 Kanae Daub: Yeah, this is a sakura pattern.
00:02:17 John Daub: It's very good. Also in the refrigerator, we have this.
00:02:20 John Daub: And Kanae has never had, believe it or not, baked beans in a delicious, deliciously rich tomato sauce. Never in her entire life has she had this. There's 57 varieties. I don't know why. We got this at Costco and we're going to try this because for me, this seems like camping food.
00:02:41 John Daub: Have I ever tried it? Of course I have. Like people in the West, we grow up with franks and beans, right?
00:02:54 John Daub: So we're going to cook some of that. But before that, let's try some snacks here. I got the spicy one, which looks crazy spicy. We're going to give this a try as well as Kanae. You have something that we opened already because she just couldn't wait. Why don't you show us these tentacles?
00:03:14 Kanae Daub: It's a squid.
00:03:21 John Daub: So this is fried dried squid. And it smells like... it smells like a seafood restaurant now in here. Show me the packaging. See the package. Wow. So I got this at Family Mart today and I knew that she likes these. You might not. They're sort of creepy looking. Like tentacles. Somebody said that this looks like something from the movie Aliens. So if you put it on your face, you can freak out your friends, maybe. So let's give this a try. It's really hard.
00:03:49 Kanae Daub: It's hard squid.
00:03:52 John Daub: I do it. Shotgun it.
00:03:58 John Daub: Good. Good. It's the end of that. Can I have a squid?
00:04:10 John Daub: Which one looks the freakiest? Is there a more scary one? Please be careful. Your teeth. All right. Careful with my teeth. This looks like from the movie Aliens to the thing that grabs onto your face. Some people are using it as face masks. They came up with the alien looking face mask. It's pretty cool. The Internet has some pretty neat things on it. Let's give this a try. This is squid tentacles dried and hard.
00:05:03 John Daub: It's like jerky. They're called face huggers.
00:05:30 John Daub: That's pretty good. It's really chewy. I'm going to be chewing this for like... No, it's not a gummy. It's like, I don't know. Imagine that you left the gummy bears out for a week in the air and they got slightly hard, but you're still soft. That's what it is. I was a living creature. Could sounds like something that could be out there, but this is from the deep sea. People eat this. They're hard. They're funny.
00:05:45 Kanae Daub: Me too.
00:05:47 John Daub: People eat this with mayonnaise.
00:05:50 Kanae Daub: Yeah, I like it with mayonnaise and soy sauce.
00:05:53 John Daub: I should have said something because I got some mayonnaise here. So, I know.
00:06:20 Kanae Daub: She said close my mouth.
00:06:25 John Daub: Next up on the snack run. Where is this? Moppy... called Moppy, which is extra spicy like marble dofu. This is the kanji for the Ma and the Moppy dofu. Extra spicy peanuts. These are peanuts with fire. All right, give these a try. Extra spicy peanuts.
00:07:03 John Daub: Okapi wants to camp with you too. Animal sighting. Kanae, behave yourself. He's watching in the dark. There's an animal watching in the dark. Did you see that? Stay over there. Just give me one peanut.
00:07:45 John Daub: What makes these so spicy here? Oh, there's a... That's like cut up chili peppers here. Whoa. We're gonna have to shotgun this thing. This calls for something to put the fire out with.
00:08:24 John Daub: Everybody, Kanpai! Welcome to indoor camping. Oh. What is that? There's like a numbing... I can't feel anything. It's shaking.
00:08:39 Kanae Daub: It's sansho.
00:08:41 John Daub: Sansho. There's a sansho spice in it that makes you, like, lose your taste.
00:08:57 John Daub: That's a different kind of spicy. It hits a different... Spicy is just fire in your mouth. This hits like only one part of your mouth and then numbs it. It's like in that movie Day After Tomorrow. You remember where, like, things were freezing and you saw the ice coming down towards... You know, like gradually freezing, and you can see the ice progressing. It's like in the back of your tongue, and it progresses to the front and just numbs everything. It's a good movie.
00:09:33 John Daub: All right, we got to take this seriously. All right, we got some natto. I took this out of the refrigerator. I took an egg because I figured, you know, maybe we'll fry an egg just because we can. It's not because we want to. It's just because we can. And I got this because this, kind of like this, but I forgot to get spoons for it.
00:09:58 Kanae Daub: Oh, that is my favorite, yeah.
00:10:01 John Daub: This is a cheesecake souffle pudding. You might have seen that in an earlier live stream. All right, you want to go in the tent?
00:10:14 John Daub: All right, go on inside. All right, we're inside the tent now.
00:10:42 John Daub: I think this can fit two people. It's supposed to be rated for two people. Get some air in here because I'm breathing fire. So what do you think about what's going on in Tokyo?
00:10:54 John Daub: Yesterday, Kanae did a Q&A with everybody. It's question and answer. I can do it like this. So yesterday, Kanae did a Q&A with everybody and answered some of your questions. We had some follow-up questions. And I appreciate all the interest in that. She did a pretty good job.
00:11:31 John Daub: To know what? What? And tonight, I just got... your video has been removed. Guidelines describe content we allow and don't allow. I don't understand what that means. Okay.
00:11:43 John Daub: YouTube just sent me a notification about what happened with the last video. I'm not really sure. I'm not allowed to camp in your house, maybe. Be careful. You're moving the camera here.
00:11:56 John Daub: But I... When you are in isolation and you... Oh. Did it again. I can't do it. These walls are not actually solid. They're actually held up by two poles that are quite flexible. Putting up a tent is faster than it used to be like 40, 50 years ago. They have engineering now. You can put this up in like three minutes, which is pretty cool.
00:12:22 John Daub: What? Are you having fun in Tokyo, Kanae? Inside the house? I don't know what else.
00:12:45 Kanae Daub: It's kind of hard because we look out the window today and it was so sunny today. Yeah, of course. I want to back normal life as soon as possible.
00:12:51 John Daub: Do you hear the sounds outside this tent, Kanae?
00:12:56 Kanae Daub: Yes, of course. We are outside.
00:13:01 John Daub: This is pretty weird to be inside the tent like this. So we're going to go outside and cook up some dinner because it is after midnight. It doesn't seem like that. But for us, it's after midnight. So let's go. Watch out for the bears.
00:13:27 John Daub: It's cold out here. Actually, I can tell really quickly.
00:13:31 Kanae Daub: Yeah, yeah. It's much cooler outside here.
00:13:33 John Daub: Because I opened the window.
00:13:36 Kanae Daub: Oh, yeah. Because we have the window.
00:13:37 John Daub: So the temperature difference is like, I don't know, like 10 degrees cooler out here. That's why I can wear this sweater. This is April. This is April 9th. But today was windy.
00:13:56 John Daub: Good. So let's get moving and cook some dinner here.
00:14:12 John Daub: You gonna make beans for us?
00:14:15 Kanae Daub: Yeah. Shall we?
00:14:19 John Daub: Yankee beans, Yankee beans. I love my Yankee beans. Keep it away from everything here.
00:15:39 John Daub: So, this is, um, this is Heinz beans and these are actually not popular in Japan. Meaning, like...
00:15:52 John Daub: He's a wild animal, Kanae. Do you know what you've just done? Put him back in the wild. He likes to be alone. He shouldn't be eating human food.
00:16:06 John Daub: Yeah, so these beans are not very popular. They're called um, baked beans, but I don't know. I guess you have to bake them first, but they're not very popular in Japan. Like, if you want popular beans, you have to get for the natto.
00:16:29 John Daub: Here we go. Alright, we should turn on the fire first. Why don't you go ahead and do that, because you're better at that than me. Remember how this goes? You want to put beans in here?
00:16:51 John Daub: What does it smell like? Does it smell good?
00:17:01 Kanae Daub: It's like beans.
00:17:30 John Daub: It does feel like we're actually camping.
00:17:38 Kanae Daub: You really?
00:17:40 John Daub: Yeah. We can put some vegetables in here. Now they say in here, yeah, they say in here that these beans are, so we're just heating it up a little bit. Yeah, go ahead and put it up there. Beans are something that you don't need to... Wait, hold on. Somebody said that beans are something that you don't need to... What does it say? It says they put water in here? That you put water in the baked beans, really?
00:18:21 John Daub: Or you can microwave it in two and a half minutes, which is kind of easy. I wish we had a microwave.
00:18:48 John Daub: It's really, really hard to find English beans in regular Japanese supermarkets. But the reason why is there's something about having this... I'm going to... Actually, let's have Kanae figure out why she might not like this. I get a feeling she's not going to like it because Japanese typically don't like these kinds of beans. I don't know why. We're going to figure this out.
00:19:20 John Daub: We had a couple other viewers try this out at home. And if you do... And they made some s'mores. We went all over the place looking for graham crackers on the internet.
00:19:41 John Daub: They don't have graham crackers here in Japan. It's crazy, right?
00:19:50 John Daub: Have you ever had s'mores before? Marshmallows?
00:19:58 Kanae Daub: You have?
00:20:00 John Daub: So she's had s'mores before. Where? In America? Not in Japan.
00:20:24 John Daub: I've never seen graham... Oh, yeah. Oh, you know who has it? National Azabu, probably. In Hiro. Near Azabu Juban. I think, I'm pretty sure that they have it there.
00:20:45 John Daub: Do you know any camping songs, Kanae?
00:20:46 Kanae Daub: Mime, mime, mime.
00:20:53 John Daub: I've never heard that before. Here, give me the spoon here. Mime, mime, mime. I've never heard that before.
00:21:19 John Daub: Very interesting. Nursery rhymes. How about some tongue twisters? Do you know any tongue twisters?
00:21:31 Kanae Daub: Hayakuchi kotoba. Oh, in Japanese? Yeah, Japanese tongue twisters. Hayakuchi kotoba. There are a lot.
00:21:37 John Daub: All right, for example?
00:21:40 Kanae Daub: Sumomomo momomomo momono uchi.
00:21:46 John Daub: I just give up. It just sounds like you're doing just a bunch of gibberish. Sumomo... Momo means peach, right?
00:21:56 Kanae Daub: Mm-hmm.
00:21:56 John Daub: Say that again. Say it again. Say that about ten times.
00:22:17 John Daub: It's pretty hardcore, pretty hardcore tongue twisters. How about this one? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? You gotta pick ones that Japanese can't say with R's and L's.
00:22:31 Kanae Daub: Yeah, I can.
00:22:37 John Daub: All right, good. The beans are done. Oh, it's steaming.
00:22:46 Kanae Daub: Yeah.
00:22:47 John Daub: Here we go. Get that bowl here. Yankee beans, Yankee beans. I love some Yankee beans.
00:23:00 John Daub: You gonna try first? I would. I'm not as hungry. I just eat?
00:23:14 Kanae Daub: Give it a try. Like this?
00:23:18 John Daub: Yeah, look, beans are the most... Baked beans in cowboy movies, exactly. Fang Off has it. Baked beans is the... It's what you eat at camps. But sometimes I see these beans at hotel breakfast. Really? Oh, right. They got Western breakfasts at some international hotels. They serve baked beans.
00:23:41 John Daub: Alright, how are they?
00:23:56 John Daub: They're not barbecue flavor, Bill. Sweet. Exactly.
00:24:01 John Daub: The reason why these are not popular in Japan, they're way, way, way too sweet. And I don't know why baked beans have to be so sweet. But that's why they're not.
00:24:13 John Daub: How many out of 10?
00:24:20 Kanae Daub: 0.5.
00:24:22 John Daub: 0.5 out of 10. 5. That's pretty good. Sometimes the answers are different. That's why I ask.
00:24:37 Kanae Daub: Actually, if I can put the beans on soup, it's better taste for me.
00:24:40 John Daub: We had taco nights the other day. Taco night is we got some tortillas from Costco a few weeks ago. And we had, you know, like you make your own soft tacos. Not the hard tacos. But the soft tacos. And I also made these baked beans because we have to eat it with something. Right? She wouldn't eat it. She said it smelled too sweet.
00:25:05 John Daub: Do you know any other camp sounds? The problem with some camp songs is that you just get demonetized from YouTube and they cut off the stream. If you... Right. That's why you can't do karaoke. Can't do karaoke.
00:25:30 John Daub: Karaoke is banned in Tokyo right now. Right? They banned karaoke. Wait. Did they ban karaoke or did they actually ban like all karaoke or just karaoke places?
00:25:41 Kanae Daub: Karaoke places.
00:25:42 John Daub: Ah. So we could do karaoke here. Just not in a place.
00:25:52 John Daub: I love beans. They're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you eat more.
00:26:04 Kanae Daub: I like Indian beans curry. Dal.
00:26:09 John Daub: Dal. Oh, dal curry is really good. Yeah. Indian dal curry.
00:26:16 John Daub: So let's go in here and try out. What we got? What we got? What we got? I brought this as comparison to try to... I think you've seen natto. You don't... You know, we don't need to go that. We don't need to go that far. I like natto. Everybody likes natto. Here you go. Into dessert? No. We're moving straight into dessert. Wow. Because the beans is... You know what? I like the... I like beans, but I don't know. I think I've been in Japan too long maybe. Or maybe you need sausages with it and you need hot dogs and beans. But the problem with the beans is that... Actually, let's just share one because I don't know. It's like... It's midnight. And we should, you know, technically we shouldn't be eating, Princessa. But we got dessert because I thought that it would be nice ending to today to end with cheesecake pudding.
00:27:34 John Daub: People have seen this before. Because we... I ate this in the Family Mart Sweets episode.
00:28:42 John Daub: So good. So the dessert is not as sweet as the beans. The beans were sweeter. Oh beans beans. What is it? Can you show me the beans? The can? I just want to see what the main ingredients are. Where does sugar on in the ingredients here? I think they put a lot of sugar.
00:29:17 Kanae Daub: Beans is 51% tomatoes, 34% sugar and water, water and sugar and spirit vinegar, modified corn flour, salt, spice extracts, herb extract.
00:29:32 John Daub: Alrighty then. The beans were sweeter than the pudding. That's crazy. Give me the beans please. Can I see? I want it. Well, I got pudding in my mouth. This is kind of gross to me. I don't know how to mix them. But when you're camping, you know, stuff... This is richer than that.
00:30:21 John Daub: There's nothing wrong with that. So because this is Kanae's first time camping in our indoor camping spot today, she has earned... Do you have your headlamp here? You go. You have earned this, Kanae. This is the headlamp that I wore in the first episode. Wear this with pride. Yeah, and if you camp again, if you come out camping again for living room camping, you will earn... Oh, you have to twist it. That's right. If you camp the second time, you earn this one.
00:30:51 John Daub: You have a light now. It's a fashion statement. It's a fashion statement for campers, not for me and you, but for other people maybe.
00:30:57 John Daub: Pozo tell Kanae a ghost story. I, you know what? Okay, okay, hold on. There's so many that I know from being a kid. I have to write them down. I don't want to tell it wrong. It's different, Pozo. It's different because if I tell it and I mess it up, there's gonna be like a thousand people are gonna be after me. I have one. The one with the hook, the guy with the hook. You know that? You never heard that one? That's so scary.
00:31:23 Kanae Daub: I don't want to hear that.
00:31:27 John Daub: That's so scary. Well, I'll say it really fast and I'll use words you don't understand, then it's easier. We need a camping... cali... it's like anything... So, camping book... camping...
00:31:49 John Daub: So, camping book, camping... Using it using an outdoor stove, I checked this out on the internet. A wild sushi and you can use it indoors as long as the windows open. What's dangerous about it is carbon monoxide. So you want to make sure that you have windows open. But people actually use these inside of houses and in Japan we have an Iwatani, a grill that we use on tables as well. So we researched it, but you really need to have experience doing this and this isn't something that you should be doing if anybody is at home. I would be very, very careful with doing something like that. Next time we'll bring out the Iwatani grill that we use with nabe. This is stuff that you also have at barbecues. And I'm glad that you brought this up. It's stuff that you also have at barbecues. But both of them are used, can be used indoors. You want to make sure that the windows open. The biggest problem is carbon monoxide. Yeah, it's not a good... it's something you want to be very careful with.
00:32:58 John Daub: And Tony P is here. Yeah, as we go in through this isolation, this period where in Tokyo we just cannot go outside, the mayor of... guys, thank you so much. The thumbs up really do help, especially if you want to see these videos and make sure they come up in your notifications. Clicking the thumbs up also will help you get the notifications because YouTube will deem that as something that you want to see more of. The situation in Tokyo changed yet today, yesterday and today. After the state of emergency and not being... I guess people were not listening so much to the mayor of Tokyo. Today, Mayor Koike got on TV and laid out things. And from tomorrow, cinemas will close, barber shops will close, karaoke will close. Just essential services will stay open. Supermarkets will have limited hours now. Schools will stay closed. Department stores will be going to be closed. Only food.
00:33:49 John Daub: You could say the governor of Tokyo. I still call her Mayor Koike because she's the mayor of the city of Tokyo, but she's also the governor of the whole state of Tokyo, which is a lot of power. Tokyo is pretty big. It goes all the way out to Ogasawara, which is a 24-hour ride. And we've got to go to Ogasawara too. But today she really was strong, and I thought she showed some really incredible leadership by shutting everything down. People just were not getting it unless you have this kind of a very serious... like hammer. And that's what happened today. And she did it in a very respectful way. And trying to make sure the business owners that are affected by these shutdowns are compensated in some way. There's no good. Nobody wins in this.
00:35:05 John Daub: All right, that's the thing. We are all staying inside of our house. AGK writes in here: no, no lockdown in Bali, just no international flights to Bali. You know, if it's... I guess Bali is an island as long as it's not on Bali, then it won't come in if you lock everybody out, I suppose. But Japan's also an island here too. And we just be really right now. We're being very careful, just to stay away from people. What the mayor said and you guys can maybe tell me your thoughts on this. And Alice... Kanae, she said reduce your contact points by 80 percent. Contact point meaning don't go to the barber shop, don't go out to eat, anybody. And if you meet a hundred people every day, try to cut that down to 20. You know, just try really hard to cut down the amount of people that you come in contact with.
00:36:01 John Daub: Also was the social distancing. Japanese are still not doing a good job with that. The convenience stores and the supermarkets just recently put tape down so you know the distance that you have to stand in line so you're not on top of people. Yesterday when we had to go to the supermarket on Thursday for a run before the weekend, tell people what happened. Can I... What did I say to the person? To the... Yes, we are standing next to register. Yeah, then the old woman walking to John... she stand really really close to him. And we thought, oh oh. We said, oh. Then I couldn't say but John said to the woman... so maybe you maybe we need to... so sorry about that, but we need to some distance, distance for safety. Then she said, ah yes. She says it better than I would have.
00:37:11 John Daub: Yeah, we... it takes time to people getting used to the social distance in Tokyo. It's kind of new. Yeah, yeah. Everybody, people don't want to get in the way, but everyone has been watching the news. And I think that the social distancing... and they call it nihongo... they are saying social distance. Yeah, we say social, social distance. And society... Korea... Korea... But usually everyone is social distancing... social distance... by katakana.
00:37:52 John Daub: Yes. Social distance. And the governor of Tokyo, she wrote on the way she goes: stay home in English. Stay home. Because if you say it in Japanese, it has one meaning, but if you stay in English, people remember that more because it's unique. Like "stay home." That's so simple. Then what you would say: uchi ni naka soto ni dekakunai. Because like it's just not the same. Yeah, she said this is for your family, for your friend, for your life. Yeah, I was really impressed with her speech today. And it just came on in the afternoon. So we've been doing this for about two weeks about just staying inside most of the time. I just shaved off my beard. Yeah, in Japanese it's too long. Dan Dan's gotta write... it's just not as fun. It doesn't have the same impact when you say some... The reason why there's English you'll see sometimes weird English phrases is because it has an impact. Like premium beer... Like premium beer. What does that mean? Premium or diamond? It just gives it some impact to it. And when you say "stay home," it kind of has a stronger meaning, right? Like but some Japanese people said if she or other government... say use English. Yeah, so it's complicated. So especially older, elderly people... can't understand like overshoot clusters. Yeah, so some people said please use... a lot of these words that are established because of what's going on came from like what happened in the world already. Because this has been going out outside in the world. The world media has already dubbed some of these things like clusters. So Japanese media takes those words and uses that to introduce to the Japanese. Cluster overshoot means to go over... to flatten the line. They don't want to go above the line, so overshoot. So a big word that they're using in Japan. And what's the other one? Yeah, stay home is the one for today. Stay home is easy, right? Home, everybody knows home. Stay yeah, I think that's pretty... social distancing. But you know, but I think that it's when you separate from politics when you divide into people, or when you love them and then they spend time to other parts of the person. But it's interesting because in Japanese we have hiragana, katakana, Japanese kanji, and we also have romaji, which is the English letters. And each one is used in a different like hot and cold meaning. If you use roman letters, it has a different feeling for people. It's very complex in that way.
00:40:24 John Daub: But it's interesting because now we have cars like loud speakers from the cars saying stay home. Like the car goes around with the speaker. Does anybody else have this going watching this? The cars, the vans, like kuruma... speak out. Yeah, you didn't hear. I've been hearing this. The cars going around telling people not to go outside. Today twice. Really? I was like editing and reading books and sending postcards to poor people. Thank you very much. So yeah, I was listening. I could hear the sounds of the streets a little bit because we had the windows open. But people they have a car going around with speakers telling people to stay... stay home. Don't go outside. It is good. It's really good. And I think it's starting to sink in with that. And as we all know... But it's even better now than that. So I got a feeling it's gonna get worse before it gets better for the next two weeks because people didn't get the message. It's really hard. I go running mostly at midnight, like around this time, because there's nobody out. And I can go running about 10 kilometers around and then not have any problems. But you can get exercise. But it's the same rules everywhere. The same rules everywhere.
00:41:54 Kanae Daub: Kanae does not like baked beans. They're too sweet. But she does like pudding and natto.
00:42:05 John Daub: And we learned that she is okay with the camp in the living room. As long as I clean up. Right? I have to clean up.
00:42:17 John Daub: What are we going to do next time for the camp? So we're going to do like two or three more camp things and introduce something interesting. Because I ordered something. Every time I order something new. Whoa. So what do we have? What's new this time? This lamp here. This goes up to 450 lumens. All right. Wait. And if I push this here, it does a red. And then it blinks like this. And I can turn it off. And if I hold it down...
00:42:50 John Daub: Wow. Yeah. It does this. How do I turn it back to the light? No, I want to get the... You have a lit light. Oh, there you go. It's 450 lumens. It's like you're just lighting up the entire room with this. I could turn this off. Hold on. I'm proud of my light. Basically because there's nothing else that I really need. I needed this. Like this is reading level. This is blind the deer in the headlights level. It's pretty powerful.
00:43:22 Kanae Daub: Can I want to try yours now?
00:43:23 John Daub: You got to twist it. It's a hundred yen.
00:43:27 Kanae Daub: Oh. You can focus it down.
00:43:30 John Daub: Oh, this. No, it's good. Oh, you have it up. You have it upside down. You put it the wrong way. Having a headlight is a badge. It's a badge of camping. It's a badge of honor. Wow. And if you come to the camp next time, you'll graduate to the next level, which is you'll get your own, your own light. This is a Petzl. I'm very proud of my Petzl. Wear this around the house.
00:44:00 Kanae Daub: I like that so much. I was wearing it yesterday too, and I wasn't even camping. It's nice. It's comfortable.
00:44:09 John Daub: It's like anytime, if anything ever happens, I'm covered. I can see in the dark. If somebody tries to enter the house or there's some sort of apocalypse, I will have this to blind people. Yeah, it's good for emergency.
00:44:20 John Daub: It is. It very is. And it's got rechargeable batteries, which I like. All right. So why don't you have a drink, rest in the tent, Kanae. We're going to just relax for a couple of minutes. Let you enjoy our camping spot here. I've turned on off of the main light, so the video will get a little bit more pixelated, but I think that this is something you guys can try at home. I'm glad that Kanae can come out. She's blinding you guys. It was not that light. It was not that light. That bright. But we are having some fun here.
00:44:55 John Daub: Probably we're going to try to do some... It's not a pretzel. OCD Stig writes in. Is it a pretzel? Pretzel. Brand. I don't know. They're good with lighting. What? That's nice. 100 yen shop. It is good. Yeah, it's pretty cool. You can get that for 100 yen. This is not 100 yen. This is next level stuff. It's for mining. Yeah, I could do this. I could go splunkering. I just haven't used that word in like a while. I haven't used that word in like 15 years. Jillian NYC: So happy Kanae joined for camping. Hope to see her on the live stream more. I think she's going to be in the live stream more because there's nowhere else that she can really go. We just basically... Like, how often have you used splunkering? It's been... I think there was a video game too. I haven't used it since I played that video game Splunker.
00:45:53 John Daub: But yeah, you know, I think that we'll do some more camping thing next time. We're going to do some camping. We're going to do some camping nabe, I think. Yeah, I think so. We're going to get the Iwatani out and we're going to do some camping nabe, which should be a lot of fun. Japanese nabe is really, really popular. And maybe sometime next week, maybe Monday, Tuesday, we're going to do another camp probably with the same campfire because it's copyrighted to use other ones and bring you Japanese nabe. And Kanae is going to make you have your own recipe, right?
00:46:19 Kanae Daub: Shoyu.
00:46:21 John Daub: Shoyu nabe and miso nabe. Miso nabe and shoyu nabe. Konosu nabe.
00:46:28 Kanae Daub: Yeah.
00:46:29 John Daub: So the next camping one is we're going to do nabe episode together. Together, all of us. Camping nabe. All right. And let me tell you this. I got something from Amazon. It's coming. It's a camping thing. And it's going to be a surprise. I'm not telling anybody what it is. So next time we're going to have an unboxing of something. I'm not even going to say what it is because we're going to do that in the next camping episode. But we have tomorrow we're going to be doing Japanese freeze dried food for survival. So I got some Japanese freeze dried stuff and you're going to join me in the kitchen and we're going to make that. Yeah. It's going to be, I think it's going to be pretty interesting. And that's our lunch, by the way, Kanae. So we're going to do that one probably before you go to bed. We'll have that going. So I'm kind of excited about that.
00:47:19 John Daub: So I'm going to just say good night to everybody. Bye. Good night, everybody, because we got to go to bed. Leave your questions below and tell me how irresponsible it is to use camping gear inside of the camping burners inside. But just be careful. The only thing you have to really, really careful with is make sure it's on low and make sure an adult is there. And also, please do not do it without the windows opening. We have a cross breeze coming through our house once again. Just be really careful with that. We'll have the Iwatani out for next time. Good night, everybody. Good night. Stay home. Stay home. Enjoy reading your book as we pretend like we're enjoying the wilderness. Just pretend. I'm going to read one more.
00:48:10 John Daub: We're feeling really cozy. Father of Man 25, you guys are awesome. I hope... I got to read to you guys. I hope that I'm as lucky as you someday, John. Oh, that's nice. I hope so, too. Rashad Matthews: Blessings, John. I've been enjoying the Discord. Oh, I'm glad you're enjoying the Discord. Our moderator will put the link there if you guys want to join us. We're getting closer to 10,000 people on our Discord server. Yeah. Good boy. That's great. All right, just... We're going to go back to pretending like we're not looking at you and just camping. Found some wildlife. I spotted some wildlife. Doesn't like the beans. Like the...