00:00:00 John Daub: Welcome to the backside of the famous Gundam statue in Odaiba. Look at this thing! How you doing everybody? I'm here in front of DiverCity in Odaiba here in Tokyo and I came here by bicycle and was just completely shocked. Where is everybody? What? This is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city of Tokyo. A life-size Gundam mobile suit that you could climb in and fly away. Debatable. And there's not a soul in sight. I've never been here where there's nobody watching. No one's taking pictures or standing here. It's surreal to me. Hey Jason, how you doing? Michael, Mark Ward, welcome as a traveler. Look at this, right? And the people that are here, they like work here. Even the Gundam Cafe is so silent. Look, there's nobody there.

00:01:13 John Daub: There's our bicycles and I'm going to introduce you to a special guest this morning who's also riding with me for a little bit. But during this pandemic, I really wanted to just bring you here for like 10 minutes because we got to go, we're going to be riding across the Rainbow Bridge for a video that a friend of mine is making that I'm helping out with. But just, I want you all to absorb this because not often will you come to Tokyo and see this sight. Not a soul in sight.

00:01:44 John Daub: Hey, been a while to catch it live. Great to get a look outside to get out. Looking great. Thank you. Have my government issued mask just in case. We're going to go inside now. I just thought this was like a historical thing. This is the Gundam statue and it says that the shows still are taking place despite no people every two hours, which is so sad. We came here at the end of the one at 11 o'clock. There's a kid.

00:02:52 John Daub: All right, let's show you a little bit inside of DiverCity Shopping Mall and show you how empty it is. I guess you entered the mobile suit from the leg. Maybe. All right, check it out. Hey, Greg, I think I'm behind you. That wasn't him. I think he's looking for me inside. That's our guest. How you doing? See me reflected in the window. Just look at how empty it is.

00:04:00 John Daub: It's kind of a historical thing. This is really crazy, right? And look what they've done here with the tables. So you can't sit next to each other. You can't sit at this seat is what it means. So there's space between the seatings. Everybody stays safe if there's distancing. Not everybody is actually applying to that. But I thought that was super interesting. And there's the Hanamaru [?] people getting udon over there. Hey, Bradshaw Studio.

00:04:44 John Daub: And you can see up there the shops are so quiet. Not a soul on the escalator. It's pretty lonely. There he is. How you doing? What did you get? You did not buy a tapioca drink. They're so out of style.

00:05:27 Greg: Finally.

00:05:28 John Daub: Finally. Why is it that?

00:05:30 Greg: Is it bad? Is it? I don't know. Is it noticeable?

00:05:34 John Daub: I can see. That's what the hat is for. So did you pay for that drink with your bandit mask on? Or did they just say walk away?

00:05:43 Greg: No, they said stay two meters away.

00:05:45 John Daub: That makes sense. Good. So what are you doing today, Greg? You want to tell everybody?

00:05:51 Greg: I'm biking all around Tokyo from the east side with Edogawa where it hits Chiba all the way to the west side where it hits Kanagawa.

00:06:01 John Daub: So that's Tamagawa to the Edogawa.

00:06:05 Greg: Yeah, like there and back again. So it's about 100 kilometers.

00:06:09 John Daub: Whoa. And I'm joining you for like five kilometers.

00:06:12 Greg: You're just joining me for the eating part of it. That's it.

00:06:14 John Daub: Is that it? That's right. I got to go back home. That's it. All right. I'm just here for a very short portion of Greg's trip, but it's a lot of fun. I guess we could try to do the Rainbow Bridge. What do you think?

00:06:24 Greg: Well, I'm going across. If you have time, I don't think you have time. I think you can like...

00:06:28 John Daub: I have... What time is it?

00:06:31 Greg: See, you're like me. My watch is my phone. I don't know.

00:06:34 John Daub: Yeah, it is. 11:40.

00:06:36 Greg:

00:06:36 John Daub: I got an hour and 20 minutes. But you're going to... I guess we could just go for it. Do you need to go around Odaiba a little bit more? Can we just go for it?

00:06:43 Greg: Let's go for it. Sure.

00:06:47 John Daub: I mean, if I'm like five minutes late to the meeting, that's okay, right? Kanai, Kanai, are you watching? I'll be back on time, baby.

00:06:53 Greg: I don't know. Sometimes she's watching.

00:06:55 John Daub: So I'm trying to stay socially distant.

00:06:58 Greg: Yeah.

00:06:59 John Daub: We don't want to get anybody sick. Although you're probably okay, but you never know. You never know. All right, cool. Let's get on the road then. I'm just going to end this live stream. This is Greg's time. I'm here for Greg. So we're going to... I just wanted to bring you this experience here.

00:07:14 John Daub: How are you doing, Greg, the last couple of weeks?

00:07:18 Greg: Just editing like crazy, like coronavirus video.

00:07:21 John Daub: That was a long, long video. The coronavirus video he just put up there.

00:07:25 Greg: I have another one. You're going to be in the next one.

00:07:27 John Daub: I'm in the next video. Awesome. I'm going to be on Life Where I'm From. I'm excited. I'm a big fan. Long time listener, first time caller.

00:07:38 Greg: You got to say that.

00:07:41 John Daub: But yeah, the video that Greg put out there about three days ago and the timeline of the COVID-19 is amazing. It really lays out from the beginning, which was January 16th. Nothing really happened for that first month. Although you all know that I started doing these live streams around the January 20th when the first cases started hitting and people were really worried about canceling a trip. I made this like a coronavirus channel.

00:08:09 Greg: It's true.

00:08:12 John Daub: All right, folks. Absorb this, okay? I got to make this at least 10 minutes, Greg, because an eight-minute live stream would anger people. I think some people.

00:08:23 Greg: It's okay. I have to drink my bubble tea.

00:08:25 John Daub: Oh, Raymond Centeno. I don't recall seeing DiverCity or Odaiba so empty. Neither have I. It's empty. I took the camera back here just to absorb how crazy this is right now. Irvan is in the house. Hey, Greg. Wish you made more videos. They're all awesome.

00:08:52 Greg: Yeah. Okay, so your kids are in school, so that makes sense. If you have a family, being in this pandemic is not exactly the ideal situation.

00:09:02 John Daub: Greg, you look so small compared to Gundam. He could just pick you up and squeeze you with love and slightly taller.

00:09:13 Greg: Yeah.

00:09:14 John Daub: Greg said it's a bit taller. You want to do a dance? I want no one's watching. You can dance if you want. It's cool. You can do it. I won't tell anyone.

00:09:32 John Daub: Now, this is Odaiba. On the other side is what's the name of that shopping mall over there near the Statue of Liberty?

00:09:40 Greg: Aqua City.

00:09:41 John Daub: Aqua City. This is DiverCity. This is kind of a newer one. There's a round one up there. But a lot of the shops are still kind of closed. Some of them have reopened. It is a Monday. Kids are back at school. People are back at work. But that's why no one's really in this leisure land called Odaiba. This is a date spot. Oedo Onsen is over there. Rainbow Bridge is that way. And if you want to cross the Rainbow Bridge, you can watch Greg's video in a month or just go to my live stream, which is available right now. I already crossed it on the Go channel.

00:10:12 Greg: Yeah.

00:10:13 John Daub: This bubble tea ain't that great.

00:10:15 Greg: It's not that good? But the one I went to buy myself. My place is really good. I'm surprised. This one's like bleh.

00:10:21 John Daub: I think they just reopened these shops. So probably a tapioca has been sitting there for a couple of months. But thanks for supporting small businesses. Tea Craftworks is what it's called. I do think that they're really happy to see people again. And some of them, I'm sure, are quite worried to be starting jobs. We had one viewer who in Belgium was ordered to go back to work. And these people are essential workers and have to be on the front line. So respect to those that are out there serving us. Hungry bike riders.

00:10:57 Greg: Yeah.

00:10:58 John Daub: It is a nice day. It's going to be about 30 degrees Celsius, which is hot and sweaty. It's just cool enough where I can still wear wool hats to hold down the fort.

00:11:12 Greg: It's awful.

00:11:13 John Daub: I think we're going to do the haircut this week in the next couple of days.

00:11:17 Greg: Please.

00:11:19 John Daub: I'm polluting people's views.

00:11:22 Greg: I guess so. Hat hair.

00:11:25 John Daub: So there you go, everybody. This is just a little slice of life from here. And it's nice to see that Greg. By the way, no drones here. All right. I'm talking to you, person with drone. Jeff Ang, DiverCity, Missing Japan. It's a shame that a lot of people couldn't, had to cancel their trips in March, April, May, June, July, August. We'll talk about September in a couple of months.

00:11:48 Greg: When do you think it's going to open up? July. To foreign tourists? July? I don't know. Business people will be pretty soon, actually, though. They're already planning on it. They're doing stuff with New Zealand, Australia, I think Singapore, Taiwan.

00:12:06 John Daub: You don't usually wear your hair this short, do you?

00:12:09 Greg: Right when I get it cut, it can be this short. No, it's a little bit longer, usually. But we only have a shaver to work with, so what can you do?

00:12:18 John Daub: You can't do this. This is my second time cutting hair.

00:12:22 Greg: Really? Yeah. I bought clippers in March, and just never used it, because when I say, Can I? It's time to cut my hair, she opens her eyes and goes, Yes!

00:12:30 John Daub: It's time to cut John's hair! And I decided to, alright, let's wait a little while. My wife is excited as well. I don't know why.

00:12:36 Greg: Why? Yeah, I know! Why are wives so excited to cut people's hair? To cut our hair, husband's hair? Is this a form of revenge? Do they think it hurts us if we cut? Will we bleed?

00:12:48 John Daub: No. Depends where you cut and where you bleed.

00:12:54 Greg: Yeah.

00:12:54 John Daub: I got a meeting at 1pm, so I gotta get back home. But, how could I not come out and support Greg's video? I didn't want you to be lonely out here, Greg.

00:13:06 Greg: It's all good. I'm fine.

00:13:07 John Daub: You sure? Because it's just you and Gundam. You never know what's gonna happen. It's pretty creepy out here. Alright, guys. Have a good day. Have a good night, wherever you are in the world. Thanks for watching. Thanks for being a member. I'm gonna do a video on the memberships as soon as I can. But, for obvious reasons, it might not be, like, for a little while. At least not today. People are angry, like, I just got here! I gotta get to work. Bye.