00:04:00 John Daub: Welcome to Yokohama! This is Yamashita Park and it's a beautiful day and a perfect time to just go for a little walk. I thought it would take you from here, wrap around Yamashita Park and go over towards Chinatown. And I think after this video you're going to have a pretty good idea of what it's like to be in Yokohama in this area. How you doing? I'm in Yokohama. I came here to film an episode at a small factory, a small business that has changed its strategy in the era of the pandemic. And I'm going to be editing this and putting it on a new channel maybe next week or really soon. But I don't want to waste a day. So let's enjoy walking around this area.

00:54:00 John Daub: Now Yamashita Park right here. This park was built in 1930 I believe. And Yokohama is one of the most important port cities in Japan. There's Nagasaki, there's Kobe, a lot of them. But this one was very important to Edo when this was the capital and still is. You can see a lot of history by walking around this area and maybe we'll see some of the buildings. It was very Western influenced because a lot of Western ships, travelers came through this port. And that influence stays today. As you can see straight ahead, there's the red brick warehouse. Red brick is not normal in Japan. It's like a Western thing. But you can see it here in Yokohama. Very beautiful.

01:55:00 John Daub: Now what I'm panning around to is showing you Minato Mirai, which is what I like to call Yokohama's playground. It's got a Ferris wheel. That hotel. I think that's the InterContinental. And the Landmark Tower used to be the tallest building in Japan. And now that goes to... I think there's a building down in Osaka which has taken it over. And the Skytree of course is a lot bigger. But at night from this spot, looking at the city, it's just glowing. It's so beautiful over there. Yeah, there's the Cup Noodle Museum. There's so many museums in Yokohama. People are out and about enjoying the afternoon.

02:50:00 John Daub: Starting on the 19th, Kanae and I can travel outside of the Tokyo-Yokohama-Chiba area. And we're really looking forward to that. So we have two more days before Japan opens up. So from this point... I think that's the Bay Bridge. But it's an amazing bridge in Yokohama as well. You always see that bridge when you're leaving from Haneda Airport, getting onto a plane and traveling towards Miyazaki or towards Yonago or some of the other points to the west. You'll always see this bridge outside of your window if you're sitting on the right side, I believe. Okay, let's get going. I don't know Yokohama as well as I know Tokyo and some other places. But I do know that it's one of the most peaceful, relaxing cities in Japan.

04:07:00 John Daub: I do have some good news. I got a new mask. So I'm better covered than I was before. So you'll get to see my mask popping up. I've been sitting by myself for a while. Now I see there's Toby (crow) in the distance. Or his nicer cousins. I think that's the Hikawa Maru, which is now just a museum. But it's nice to see that ship in dock. Adds a lot of color to this park. This is mask number one. This allows me to breathe a little bit better. Now this doesn't protect me from catching a virus. But it does protect other people by reducing the amount of droplets. So I'm better than I was yesterday. I listened to the viewers who said stop wearing that government issue mask. And we're going to be getting rid of this scraggly hair pretty soon. What a beautiful afternoon.

05:28:00 John Daub: Alright, straight ahead is a water fountain that sort of defines Yamashita Park. Beautiful green grass to sit in here. Since the state of emergency ended in Tokyo and we're moving closer to step three, it's gotten a little bit relaxed. Some say too relaxed. But it's important because Japan is officially in a recession. And we must get out there and spend some money. We've got to throw around some money to help this economy. Next up is in July I believe some countries, nationalities will be able to travel here to Japan. Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Thailand, China. We'll be limited to 250 tourists is in the news. I don't know how they do that. But probably business travelers will be first.

07:08:00 John Daub: It's one of the port towers. And if you go straight this way, guess what is in front of us? The infamous, notorious, extremely delicious Chinatown. Maybe we're going to get some street food over here. I do love the manhole covers in Yokohama. There it is right there. Hey, Trevor Beck's here. Hey John, watch out for Toby (crow). But it looks hot out there so get something to drink and stay hydrated. Thank you. I am watching out for these Tobys (crow). There's so many of them. That is the Yokohama manhole cover. And the bridge that I just showed you is on it. Beautiful. It is a bay city. It is a city on the water. So you're going to see that culture in the stamps and the manhole covers and all sorts of things around.

08:26:00 John Daub: I came by rental car. I parked underneath that building. Guess what? It's just, it's grown life and it just sprouts out of the sides. There's nothing I can do. No hair gel. No wax. Nothing can save me. The only thing that could is possibly growing it out even further and making it a thing. Or giving Kanae access to the clippers and letting her do what she wants to do. I'm not sure if I want to do that. Hairdressers are open, yeah. I figure I'll let Kanae have a go at it. And after she messes that up, or maybe even does a good job, I'll go to my barber who I've been seeing for the last 14 years or so and get it fixed the next day.

09:29:00 John Daub: Here's a little bit of the history. So Yokohama looked very Western back in 1872. There were gas lights lining the streets here. And the lights were imported from Glasgow in Scotland. And you can see it's in these pictures here. That's pretty interesting to see. It looks like something from Europe or like the U.S. And we have pictures of Japanese rickshaw drivers. Pretty cool. I love the fact that they put in, I think it's just about every city around the world, but they put little teeny reminders of where the city came from because every city has an amazing story to tell. Yokohama has one for sure. Including where we're going right now.

10:33:00 John Daub: Yeah, there is a new Toby (crow) emoji. Has anybody found it? From members? You will find, you will unlock some amazing emoji from this show. Some of them are little inside jokes. Please do not, wherever you are in the world, stay positive and do not turn to the dark side. Whatever you do. Darth Toby (crow). You don't want Darth Toby (crow) to be your master. It's just, it's not going to work for you. You think it would. You think he's cool until he chokes you with that power of the dark side. So just remember who Toby (crow) is before you decide to wander in that direction.

11:32:00 John Daub: Let's see if we can get a drink here. What do we got in the vending machines? Good old water. I like the sound of that. They got mugi cha (barley tea) right there. Keating loves sports is the name of their Pocari Sweat and Gatorade. That's interesting. Sparkling grape. That looks like it'd be super sweet right there. Oh, wow. They have a super pineapple. That looks pretty hardcore. I don't know. None of these look like they're doing it for me. I might just get water. That's really boring. Sometimes you just got to do something for yourself here. Some cold water would really hit the spot. This is no ordinary water. This is French water. Volvic.

12:39:00 John Daub: For those of you who are just tuning in, welcome to Yokohama. This is an inconvenient hour for most of the United States. Everybody on the East Coast is asleep. Volvic is yucky. Hey, Volvic is cold and John is thirsty. You'd have to be very, very yucky in order for me to agree with that. Tastes like water. I don't know. I'm not complaining. Oh, that hits the spot. So I've been, a lot of you might already know that the cat is out of the bag. The longer I spend in Japan, the more I start forgetting some of the expressions that I grew up knowing really well. But the cat is out of the bag. So I will be making a new announcement on big news because it's finished. There's some content coming. There's a new sheriff in town. All the other YouTubers that thought that the party was on because old JD was off the radar. Guess what? He be back. He be back hard.

14:17:00 John Daub: Welcome to Chinatown. As we enter these gates, touch wall here, we will find a surprising array of delicious foods. Succulent. Juicy. Like the last time I came here, it was with Kanae. We ordered some juicy steamed dumplings or something. I forget what it was. But the juice came out and squirted all over the place. It's kind of a funny moment. That was a really good live stream. Kanae and I, we did a street food binge down here. So that's where we are right now. And I thought I would get something for the ride back. I drove out here. That's the first time I ever drove to Yokohama from Tokyo. Oh, I ate this last time.

15:48:00 John Daub: Should we get some Peking duck? I don't know. I guess we could. What do you think? Let's go in here. I'm going to save that for a happy ending. Well, I want to get a steamed dumpling. Oh man, I'm dying for a steamed dumpling. Some strawberry. Whoa. Mask on. Hey, I'm your father. No, thank you to tapioca. Has anybody been down this road before? If you've been to Yokohama Chinatown, admit it now. Say it, don't spray it. Let me know if you've been here. And if you have, tell me a place that's really delicious because I'd love to get a... See, I don't know which steamed dumplings are good. They all look pretty good, don't they?

17:05:00 John Daub: Ario, welcome to Travelers. I saw we had some new members signing up. That's awesome. Welcome aboard, everybody. Plush Vader is here. Almuzaz858. How you doing? And Vstrom1000. Welcome, Traveler. Even if you are not a member, you are still a Traveler. Because you're with me, all right? Everybody's with me, all right? Everybody, you're watching. Some people were saying, is the content, do we have to pay? No, you don't have to pay. You're watching it for free. Just don't worry about it, all right? Like, I understand the concept too because there's a window here. Like, oh, look at the food. I want to eat it. Oh, I can't. My hand's touching the... My hand can't get to the food. I understand. It's not like that. You can see. Just don't touch.

18:17:00 John Daub: What is that? That is a pakuchi, which is coriander gyoza. Oh, my word. That looks so good. Coriander gyoza. I like that. It's got... They put the flour in there that bakes around the dumplings like this. That's really good. It's a great idea. It looks like we're in China. Yee-haw. Do you see that flicker? It's actually not flickering. It's called the Kanto flicker, what I call it. In the Kanto area of Japan, the frequency or the hertz is 50, which, unless the shutter speed is at 100, it will flicker in all your videos, or you can change your video settings to PAL and then PAL 50. Matches up pretty good with the flicker and then you can change the shutter speed. It's so annoying making videos in Japan because of the flicker.

19:31:00 John Daub: Look at the rotating food. Rotating food is always good. Somebody lost their shoe. It's time to eat. Everyone who wants to eat, click the like button. Do it now. Oh, this is where Kanae and I ate. Kanae and I ate a steamed dumpling there. It's hard to know where the... I think they all have the same steamed dumplings, right? No steamed dumpling is better than another one. Are they? Is there a better one? Let's ask this guy. Oh, he is a steamed dumpling man. He makes the dumplings by putting the flour between his pecs. That's how he folds it over. That looks really good. What do you think? I think Kanae and I ate here. This is where we ate last time. This is where Kanae and I sprayed the juices all over. But there's other stuff besides dumplings now. Check it out. Oh, wait. Check that out up here. We have a chicken iri negi pie. Chicken and negi (leek) pie. That's very popular in Taiwan.

21:22:00 John Daub: All right, let's try that. Shall we try a chicken iri negi pie? Actually, the fukahireman (shark fin bun) looks good too. The fukahireman looks really good too. I'm lost. So what should I get? I'll get here. The fukahireman or the chicken leeks pie. Up to you. The internet must speak. Speak now. Get both. Marcus, I can't do that. I get a date with the Peking duck. Chicken pie. Okay. Looks like I'll get the chicken pie. Chicken iri negi pie. Onegaishimasu. She had to order it inside. That's what it looks like right there. Dude, that's like a burrito. Awesome. I'm gonna get you.

23:09:00 John Daub: Rolled scallion pancake. I guess that's what it is. Yeah. Anyone ever do this? Can they really tell the future? Because I would love to know. With all the changes in my life going on here. Knowing what's going to come next would really help. Read that. Can anyone read this? Take a screenshot. Read it. Dude, she took my order and she just left. She took my order and left and didn't come back. Oh, Kirin beer. If Mr. Das was here, I would get it. Mr. Das isn't here. But I can't because I'm driving. Oh, I forgot. I'm driving. Shoot. I'm driving, therefore. You will have a long, happy life. Julie, I love you. Thank you. That's so nice. Thank you. Toto, I'm driving, man. I would. I came here by car. I would.

24:27:00 John Daub: How's everybody doing? I started getting a mask tan. Meaning it's dark here and it's all pale on the inside. Why would I Uber home when I have a rent-a-car to return in four hours? Uber home. Come back and pick up the car because somebody said to get a $4 beer. The math doesn't work out. If someone sent me like a $600 super chat, I might do it. That'd be ridiculous. Don't do that. Just don't do that. Nobody do that. That's crazy. I take it back. Boy, this isn't street food. It's like boiling in there. Oh, that hurts. How long can you do this for? One, two, three. Okay. Oh, it smells like steamed dumpling. There's not a lot you can do except wait. Stick your face in the steam. Ray, that steam is like 200 degrees, man. I will not look the same if I were to do that. Boy, this takes a long time. I guess they're making it fresh. They got to go and... The chicken's fresh. Look what... I made a friend down here. How you doing, little guy? What's up?

26:25:00 John Daub: Part of me wants to just let him out. I want to let you go, buddy. But where are you going to go? The park is a good like one kilometer away to get back to the park, buddy. Yeah, I do want to save little guy. I want to take him with me. He probably would snap and bite my finger off, though. That's... Sometimes a savior sometimes is painful. Not only does he feed on my finger, he gets his freedom. That doesn't sound like a good deal. Welcome to R-A-J, Ramza. Welcome. You're a traveler. And you're always with me, all of you guys. All right, we're moments away from me getting this chicken thing. I should have ordered a steamed dumpling. I had no idea. It says here it's the number one. That one looks really good, too. The Tei Mari Gyoza. Look at that. Is it, like, cheese crusted on that thing? Oh, man.

27:30:00 John Daub: Brendan, here's for hand sanitizer. You don't need to sterilize with steam. Yeah, technically, I kind of did sterilize my hands with steam, didn't I? Good call. Thanks for reminding me about that. I actually do have alcohol wipes here. So let me do that right now. Good call, Brendan. Thank you. Keep your hands clean. And your face clean. Keep your feet clean. Keep it all clean. Thanks for hanging out with me while I'm waiting for my chicken negi pie. Yes, thank you. It's hot. Oh, really? It's hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Whoa. Enter the chicken pie. Oh, this is really hot. Okay. There's no place to really eat this thing. So I guess you just eat it on the corner. All right, let's do this. This is so hot. No way.

28:42:00 John Daub: Look, I've learned from my lessons of takoyaki. If you eat on the street, let it cool. It is so hot. It does look really good. Hold on. Oh, my. I can't eat this yet. It's too hot. Ah, it's burning my hands through the paper. Oh, gosh. Yeah, it looks really good. All right, I can do this. I can do this. Just do it slowly. Remember takoyaki. Remember you've lost the skin on the top of the roof of my mouth many, many times. Ha. This is the... Ha. Ha. Ha. I'm hungry. Oh, man. That's good. That's really good. They put the negi in the pancake around it. And that pancake is like mochi mochi. You know, like a little bit springy there. Now I can see why this is number one. Very good.

30:20:00 John Daub: Look, there were a lot of people who said that this was the best takoyaki I've ever had. They're walking and eating. Chicken, negi, pie. All right. By the time I get to the... I'm going to walk down Chinatown here. By the time I get to the Peking Duck place, this will be gone. Pro tip, poke a hole in takoyaki to let the heat out. Denise, you're a genius. Even when I do that, I still don't have the patience to wait for the takoyaki to cool down. Even after you make the hole, Denise, you still have to wait a little bit, right? Because I can't do that. I'm incapable. It does look good, doesn't it? I like the piece of lettuce in there and the leeks. It feels like I am eating vegetables. I am healthy. Look at that massive tapioca on there. Blackburn, welcome.

32:19:00 John Daub: Oh, look. The vending machine has China patterns on them. That's pretty nice. Do they have anything interesting? No. The usual. I love the alleys. You always have to check out the alleys. There's the Ichigo milk. And our good friend from Men in Black is the boss in Japan. He's been the boss of Japan for a long time. Tommy Lee. He comes to Japan, I think, something like three times a year to do the ads. And they love him at Suntory Boss Coffee. Not a lot of people here. Wow, look at that fried squid. That's a pretty nice pattern. They deep fried the squid like that. That's awesome. Whoa. They're making dumplings. That's so beautiful. I just love dumplings. The gooey goodness with treasure inside. Oh, man. Look at this. That's what I'm talking about.

34:59:00 John Daub: Let's get some Peking duck. I can't travel to China, but thankfully ducks can fly. And they fly from China to Yokohama. And that's where they become Peking duck. I guess the Peking ducks are scared of Peking because there's so many Peking duck restaurants. They fly this way. And they don't realize that there are Peking duck restaurants here, too. Whoa. Some neat looking gourmet dumplings there. A set of four for $6. Should I get that or should I get the Peking duck? Because I feel bad. Should I get these here? What do you guys think? Should I get the Peking duck or the number one ninki dumplings? People say get both. I can't do that.

36:42:00 John Daub: Hello. Excuse me. Four of them. And the number one ninki dumplings. What is it? The market? Yes, the market. $6. $6.80. $7.00. Thank you. Should I put alcohol on it? I think you're supposed to put after you touch it. You use alcohol. That's pretty good. Pick the chopsticks from the back. Nobody. It's all good. Hey, did Mikey eat here? That's awesome. I found a table. All right, let's give this a try here. While they're steaming dumplings on the window here. All right, I'm gonna try the green one. So it's a black vinegar that I put on top of it. So this takes the place of the Peking duck. So this looks like it's green. I guess it's pork inside there. Let's dissect it. Oh, look at the juice that popped out of there. Dudes and ladies. Oh, there's like a pork meatball in there. Of course there is. I knew that before I bought it because it said so.

38:46:00 John Daub: All right, this is going to be hot. Take it easy. Michael Sassano, duck, do it. Oh, Michael, why'd you have to do that when I'm just buying this one? I ate that duck in another live stream with Kanae, and I remember it wasn't that good. Can I get off on a technicality? It wasn't actually that good. It's pretty good. Daichan says, don't act. Can I respond, don't comment? No, this doesn't work with the audience. I just burned, you know what's going through my mind? I've burned my mouth too many times. I've lost skin on the roof of my mouth too many times. I know better. I wish I could put a thermometer in there and know exactly what the temperature is before you know, you know. It's perfect.

40:41:00 John Daub: He's putting steamed dumplings. He just put it in front of me, and then he closed it so he can't see it. It's pretty awesome. Oh, man, that is really good. You know why? I don't know how they did this. Listen. So it's like a dumpling on the top, and it's like a cookie, crunchy on the bottom. It's like a cookie on the bottom. The consistency of it is really good. Dude, it sprayed on the gimbal. Where's my towel? Brendan, where's my towel? I gotta get that off. The gimbal's not waterproof. Here. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gimbal smells like pork. Don't bite into it. It was a squirter. Like that dude in Ginza the other day. His job was to squirt alcohol into people's hands. That's delightful. You have to do this carefully. Good. Very good. Very, very good.

42:36:00 John Daub: See, Tenube World. The dumpling is done with dough, mixed meat, and soup. And is jelly. So when the dumpling's cooked, the soup is inside. No. No, because the dumpling chef showed me. No. I'm a chef as well. Hey. Thanks for that information. Dumplings are good. I can see that, like, pastry chefs and dumpling chefs. I could see a chef just specializing in dumplings. And make a lot of money doing that. And be really fat. That was so worth it. That was so worth it. Ah, hi. Oh, look, there's a little sink outside. Hey, gimbal. I can wash my gimbal. Gimbal, wash yourself. I'm washing the body of your guys'. Good grammar, John. That's smart, to put an auto-sink on the street. Nice. Gimbal has been washed.

44:27:00 John Daub: I am not hungry at all. Gosh, Michael, why did you have to go do that? To be so kind. I'm going to have to rain check that. There's no way I can eat more. And Kanae's going to kill me. I fear her more than Michael. Oh, my God. John, apple pies. For Kanae. Milei Mele. Oh, where is that? I didn't see any apple pies places. But I'm making one more stop on the way home. To get something for Kanae at a dessert shop. So, there's another famous... No, I'm not going to do it. I can't. Because I can't fit it. There's no place. I'm going to get in big, big trouble. I'm a whipped man. I have the marks to prove it. Whipped. Whipped by wife. I've tried Brandon. Feed Kanae. I've never seen a monster vending machine. Never seen that before. What a little adventure. That was a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing an hour with me, guys. I'm so full.

45:57:00 John Daub: Take the duck home. Street food duck is not really that good. And you know what? I'm not taking Kanae duck anything. Kanae hates duck meat. She loves ducks. If I brought her Peking duck, she'd slap me. What do you think I am? I said, no, no, no. Who wrote that? All right, who's the dude who wrote bring duck home? Oh, Doki Doki? I'm going to tell Kanae to slap Doki Doki because it's not my fault. All right? Look, Kanae, I didn't do it. I'm just fulfilling your request from Doki Doki. Doki Doki told me to bring you duck. Doesn't Doki Doki know that I don't like duck? No, nobody knows. Now they know. But they're still suggesting it because it's the internet and that's what they do. They make you do things that you don't want to do. How would I know? I love having a conversation with Doki Doki through livestream. Doki Doki, you wouldn't know. It's not your fault, Doki Doki. We're good now. All right? We're good. Doki Doki, rest easy. I will protect you from Kanae's wrath. I'll only say that you suggested it, but I had the brains to not go through with the plan. I had the discipline not to buy it.

47:46:00 John Daub: C'est très bon. It's the French water. All right, guys, I'm going down here. You want to see the car? I'm going to take you with me until we have no signal. If we go to Minecraft on this, you know, I tried my best to bring you with me. And we all fail. All right? We're not, we're all going to fail. Let's see what we can do. I have a rental. It's a Toyota Aqua. And it's more of the affordable cars. But I love the episode that I just filmed because it's, it supports a local business that came up with a really good idea. I think you're going to like this episode. I'll tease it next week, but give me some time to edit. I want to finish as many episodes as I can. So I'm working pretty hard. So as soon as I get home, I'm going to be doing that. This parking garage was pretty darn expensive too. I just took what I could get. Actually, Shane's contribution probably going to pay for parking, buddy. Let's be honest here.

49:19:00 John Daub: Taking you into the belly of the beast. Oh, you're going to freak out. You know why? All right. You're going to freak out at the cars down here. All right. But just watch left and right as I walk to the car. If it's Minecraft, then you're going to be seeing Minecraft Ferraris and all these amazing cars. This is crazy. Watch. You guys still with me? There's two Ferraris right there. On the other side, there's a Porsche and one of these Mercedes-Benz-looking SUV things. And then there's a Camaro from the 1960s. That's an awesome-looking muscle car. There's even more. And then you're going to get to a cheap little Toyota. That's mine. My sweet ride. There's another Beemer. What is that? A Porsche? What is with this parking garage? That's some kind of car. There's a Porsche right there. What's up with this parking garage? And here's my car pulled in the opposite way. Everybody backs in except for John. Did you see? I walked past all these amazing cars. And I feel like I'm going to die. I'm in the wrong spot.

51:13:00 John Daub: Here's the masks that I bought. I bought some for Kanae. Handmade. Nice. All right, everybody. That was a good way to end it, right? It's shocking to be in here. Ryan, don't say that. I can't even say that word out loud. But I think that this might be that parking lot. Anything can happen in a live stream. That's not what I should be saying right now, but it's true. Anything can happen in a live stream. And then end of story. All right. Thanks so much for watching and sharing a couple of hours, an hour with me as I ate a little bit. That was my lunch, actually. I'm on my way back home to Tokyo. I returned the car. But it's been a pretty interesting day. It's nice to be back filming episodes for edited video again. And there is that announcement coming really soon. I put in the community tab all of the social media that you can catch me at. So if you're not getting the notifications or you want more places, go check that out. Discord and Patreon are the two places as well. As well as on Instagram stories and Facebook and blah, blah, blah. All the social media. You know the routine. It's all in there. Oh, baby. None of you are contagious, right? Thank you for telling me the date. See you guys. Have a good day. Have a good night wherever you're in the world. If you're on the West Coast, get to bed. It's late. I'm on my way back to Tokyo. Possibly a haircut tonight or it's going to be happening really, really soon. I promise. Because this has got to go. I can't work in these conditions. It's just too unbearable. Look at that. What is this? What is this? That's a good like half foot. Bye, guys.