00:00:00 John Daub: Welcome to Ginza on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. This live stream brings you some sweets and Christmas cheer. That's right, we have first off sparkling wine Japanese Kit Kats. Look at that. It's beautiful. And second we have Japanese sake with cherry blossoms. Oh nice. Third we have a whiskey barrel aged Kit Kats which is this guy right here. Welcome Peter von Gomm.

00:00:37 Peter von Gomm: Hello guys. How do you do today? Thanks. I'm good. Salutations. Good to see you. Good to always be. This is my playground John, Ginza.

00:00:43 John Daub: It is. It's really nice. I like being here in Ginza on the weekends. We are somewhat in a spike or surge so we have to be very very careful. Stay away from people that we don't know. I know him. Right. Therefore it might be okay. We are wearing the same kind of flat caps.

00:01:00 Peter von Gomm: Right. It's very nice. Yours is who had who had the cap first? Probably you. I bought this in Spain more than 25 years ago. Oh the hat. The hat. Wow.

00:01:08 John Daub: What are you talking about? Masks? Well I was wearing flat caps when I was three. I got a photo to prove it. Actually it was more like nine. You call them flat caps? Well whatever you know. It's not really flat. I guess you can call them a lot of different things. These are called driving drivers. Drivers driving Miss Daisy caps. Yeah something like that.

00:01:31 John Daub: So yeah these are the KitKat choices for today. Actually the aged whiskey barrel KitKats don't come out until December 15th.

00:01:41 Peter von Gomm: What a ripoff. You said they're not totally aged right. They need another 10 days here.

00:01:48 John Daub: What I want to know is these are the sparkling wine and the Japanese sake. Now do they actually have a traceable alcohol content because I'm on my scooter today and I would prefer not to drive.

00:02:02 Peter von Gomm: No there's no alcohol in there. There's there is a officer here who is showing everybody to no no he's he's telling everybody to wear masks no bicycles. Okay but he should probably be telling people to keep their masks on. Maybe I think he has one of those those things. Yeah. Hey Irvin hello. Irvin Irvon. Greetings sir. Yeah I'll get him some real whiskey so he can drive. You to drive home in style. Don't do that. Don't do that.

00:02:37 John Daub: Is it from the lens? Is that dirty? I don't think it's dirt. I don't think so. It's brand new. So the aged whiskey this KitKat shop is just down the street here and they've got a huge selection of really interesting flavors chocolate success. The chocolate tier. Yeah. Yeah. But sadly that's the whiskey barrel one is not another what is today's the sixth i know another week the press release did not say what day so i went in here just thinking i strolled in there and go how you doing you sashay i'll have i'll get two whiskey aged barrels i want the 18 year ones i said 18 years and she said sorry those maybe it's because they only have the five-year ones i don't know maybe we should go back and find out it's the same lady from the last time i went there a year ago she really likes working there she remembered me too i'm the guy who ordered like 32 uh uh kit kats for our dime u.s supporters last christmas yeah does she look a bit tipsy maybe she's been getting into that actually she looked a year younger very weird i don't know all right let's go out here in the sun so these kit kats can melt um so i got here one these have been in the freezer so they're more sparkling this is what it looks like outside of the package i like the fact that they have a dog who's in this moonlight and slightly tipsy because he's smiling at you that's a shiba inu is it yeah is pretty incredible that that um hatcho is on on this right well yeah hatcho wasn't a shiba inu but it's a it's another breed the japanese breed yeah is that supposed to be hachiko i don't know all i know is that they they both they both have them in there there's it's pretty cool that's it's nice packaging yeah that blue why don't you why don't you open it up i'll hold these here all right give it a go is there a uh golden certificate inside maybe maybe i don't know you win the key to the city look i was i was wondering if it would be bubbling when it hit the sun hit the air no i guess not it's white chocolate yeah and uh run of the mill yeah let's i'll take a bite so kit kats always have the same kind of ubiquitous taste that's right infused with the the flavor that's they're they're uh featuring okay should we do at the same time hold on should we no we better not cheers all right we can't talk knows where your hands have been i don't know where my hands have been oh you can smell the sake or the is it which one i don't smell anything oh yeah take off two of your masks try it yeah let's go wow you can really taste the alcohol right it's pretty good wait by tasting the alcohol does mean that they have they have chemically made alcohol taste or is it alcohol I think they've enhanced it they've certainly enhanced the alcohol flavor yeah does it's really good isn't it yeah I like it I like it it's got one just a subtle strawberry taste in there right strawberry yeah right with strawberry sparkling wine and very very the fine print I'm pushing it through to you Shane it's coming to you oh no chain you missed it it went out the other side oh that's not funny that's not funny that's not funny all right yeah I got one more here oh oh you can see her in the middle you see that color yeah there's some strawberry color inside there so tasty well she walked right by my kick my hand people aren't social distancing I mean no we're not moving you think people should stay the heck away from us there's not a lot of social distancing going on here hey now you should we tell people should we go around and yeah if they social distance we will get close to them and offer them a KitKat all right um we also have sake flavor so we try that down the street.

00:07:18 Peter von Gomm: It's like straight into the Sun and this is the iPhone 11 Pro it's handling pretty good it's sunlight and makes you feel like you're in the sun and you're in the sun and it's really great overall I do want to point out that I ones I got before are the iPhone 11's so I don't necessarily wonder if I need to get the 12 pro upgrade but Peter has a 12 pro and he likes it yeah I was telling John I do like it I didn't have the pro version of the iPhone 11 so I was always feeling inferior to me not you but just to those who possessed the three lenses.

00:08:00 John Daub: We don't really even care about the function of calling people.

00:08:03 Peter von Gomm: Yeah.

00:08:04 John Daub: It's how the phone is.

00:08:06 Peter von Gomm: Really.

00:08:06 John Daub: It's true story.

00:08:07 Peter von Gomm: That's all it's about is how good the pictures are or video is.

00:08:11 John Daub: I actually don't really care about the calling people at all.

00:08:16 Peter von Gomm: Yeah.

00:08:17 John Daub: Nobody ever calls.

00:08:17 Peter von Gomm: You do Line or some of the other apps.

00:08:20 John Daub: What's App.

00:08:21 Peter von Gomm: Short messages.

00:08:22 John Daub: We don't use WhatsApp in Japan.

00:08:25 Peter von Gomm: No.

00:08:25 John Daub: We use Line.

00:08:27 Peter von Gomm: Do you have any WhatsApp friends?

00:08:29 John Daub: Somebody tried to get me to join and I said no.

00:08:32 Peter von Gomm: You rejected him?

00:08:33 John Daub: Somebody in the stage, a friend of mine. I was like, dude, we don't use that. WhatsApp is big in India too. He's like, John, give me your WhatsApp. I'm like, no, I don't have it. Like, what? Are you serious? We got Line, man.

00:08:45 Peter von Gomm: Yeah.

00:08:46 John Daub: Speaking of Line, there's no Line in front of the app.

00:08:49 Peter von Gomm: Oh, there's a small line.

00:08:51 John Daub: It's around the corner.

00:08:51 Peter von Gomm: It's around the corner.

00:08:52 John Daub: I saw them queuing up over there.

00:08:54 Peter von Gomm: Really?

00:08:54 John Daub: Yeah. Also, I just hooked up my Mac Mini last night. Very excited.

00:09:00 Peter von Gomm: Well, they got a new color for the apple up there.

00:09:01 John Daub: It's bloody.

00:09:03 Peter von Gomm: Huh. Why would they make a bloody apple? That's like that Cinderella or something, right? And that was a pumpkin.

00:09:10 John Daub: Which one had the bloody apple?

00:09:11 Peter von Gomm: I don't know. Sounds like a horror movie that you saw.

00:09:14 John Daub: No, there was a, she ate the bloody apple and then the dwarfs came. Wasn't it?

00:09:23 Peter von Gomm: What was that?

00:09:25 John Daub: No idea.

00:09:26 Peter von Gomm: Oh, Snow White.

00:09:27 John Daub: She ate the apple and then the dwarfs came. I remember that. That was in the, no?

00:09:34 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, right? The dwarfs. Do you remember Sneezy? What was the other one? Easy? Queasy?

00:09:41 John Daub: I don't know what you're talking about. I don't.

00:09:43 Peter von Gomm: You don't know Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? You gotta be serious. Oh, my gosh. Those aren't ringing bells. We should have Joji here.

00:09:49 John Daub: I don't let him see stuff like that.

00:09:51 Peter von Gomm: You don't let him see stuff like that?

00:09:53 John Daub: Is it because of the bloody apple?

00:09:55 Peter von Gomm: Maybe.

00:09:58 John Daub: You know what? I don't know. Hey, you know what? I can buy you some bread. You want some bread or you want real food?

00:10:02 Peter von Gomm: You mean for lunch?

00:10:04 John Daub: Yeah.

00:10:06 Peter von Gomm: I would prefer a meal.

00:10:06 John Daub: You want a real meal? You don't want an ebikatsu sando? Seriously. That is a real meal. It's between two pieces of highly...

00:10:15 Peter von Gomm: Well, that could be like an appetizer.

00:10:17 John Daub: Appetizer? Forget that, then. How about the cafe upstairs? It's really good.

00:10:22 Peter von Gomm: I don't want to go inside anywhere.

00:10:23 John Daub: Do you want to sit inside?

00:10:25 Peter von Gomm: No.

00:10:25 John Daub: Well, that's why I offered the sandwich. That's a meal. This is like, this sounds like a Seinfeld episode, right? It's like... Where he had to take the dude to Mendy's and said he ordered soup and then that soup wasn't a meal.

00:10:41 Peter von Gomm: That was a good one.

00:10:46 John Daub: Different generation. I don't think I've ever seen a full Seinfeld episode.

00:10:47 Peter von Gomm: You've never seen Seinfeld? What's wrong with you? Are you even American?

00:10:53 John Daub: We live with that. Number one show on TV. During our golden age.

00:10:56 Peter von Gomm: That's subjective.

00:10:57 John Daub: Golden era.

00:10:58 Peter von Gomm: That's subjective.

00:10:58 John Daub: That's subjective? What was better? Friends? Cheers?

00:11:02 Peter von Gomm: No, I liked Cheers. But there was actually no show that I was like, just waiting, anticipating for the night to come Thursday night at 8 o'clock or whatever for any show. I just never really...

00:11:17 John Daub: You never did that?

00:11:17 Peter von Gomm: I never got sucked into any program like that.

00:11:21 John Daub: Jennifer French is demanding more Kit Kats. So what do we have here? I can't remember what I got. This is the... This tree that's not blocked off. So these are Sakura Japanese sake Kit Kats. With Himeji Castle. And cherry blossoms in here. Oh! I have some bad news, Peter. Oh! These expire January. These are a year old.

00:11:48 Peter von Gomm: Wow. Are they still good?

00:11:49 John Daub: Let's try them. Only one way to find out. Oh my gosh. I didn't know they expired a year ago. Maybe the alcohol will have... The content will look better. Maybe... Yeah, it aged.

00:12:03 Peter von Gomm: These are antiques. This would be considered a classic. It's expired by 11 months.

00:12:11 John Daub: How did I... How did that happen? I have a Kit Kat archives. That's why.

00:12:18 Peter von Gomm: Shall we?

00:12:19 John Daub: Yeah, go ahead. Open her up. I'll open this for you.

00:12:21 Peter von Gomm: Sake is not supposed to be drank quickly, too.

00:12:25 John Daub: No, no. I got my own.

00:12:26 Peter von Gomm: Oh, you're trying to get out of it. Because you don't want to get sick. You're so smart, son. Hey, look. I was one of the brightest kids in the class in second grade. Check it out here. I was the one... Because I was the one doing that to the other kids. Go ahead. You can eat the paste. It's edible. Right? And kids are eating the paste. Ooh. Oh, it's kind of pinkish. Was it like that before? It's slightly warped. What's the flavor supposed to be? Kit Sake. Well... You know that. Actually, we're... It's more like mold now.

00:13:02 John Daub: No.

00:13:03 Peter von Gomm: Well, it's got a weird smell, dude. You go first.

00:13:05 John Daub: What do you mean? Because it's sake. You doubt?

00:13:09 Peter von Gomm: You doubt...

00:13:16 John Daub: Wow. No, you take a first bite.

00:13:16 Peter von Gomm: No, you're not going to take a...

00:13:18 John Daub: You're not going to take a bite. No, you're not. Come on, Jim Jones. You go first.

00:13:22 Peter von Gomm: All right. Is that a promise?

00:13:24 John Daub: Pinky swear.

00:13:26 Peter von Gomm: Pinky swear. And you're not allowed to touch. So it has to be an air pinky swear. Now, don't touch it. Don't... Right? Okay. Pinky swear. Pinky swear. You better do what you say.

00:13:36 John Daub: All right. Okay. You go first. I wouldn't smell it first.

00:13:37 Peter von Gomm: It smells like Toys R Us. The kid... It smells like the baby section of Toys R Us. You know that smell? That smell with, like, baby shampoo.

00:13:55 John Daub: It smells like... Oh, God. You're right. It smells like the... Right? It's got a... Yeah. It's some sort of... And Toys R Us is, like, out of business. It smells like... Yeah, the baby... The baby toy section of Toys R Us.

00:14:07 Peter von Gomm: All right. Stop making it worse and just eat it for crap's sake.

00:14:09 John Daub: Oh, come on. That's a bite. That was a little chipmunk bite. Do a proper bite. Dude, come on. You're the one that brought me out here. Take a bite.

00:14:25 Peter von Gomm: And do it. I'm not going to chew until you take a bite. Look at these nice Harleys. I'm not going to chew until you take a bite. Do it. Do it.

00:14:43 John Daub: Dude, that's not a bite. I can taste it, though. Oh, it's kind of... I can taste that baby shampoo from Toys R Us. Baby shampoo.

00:14:52 Peter von Gomm: Now, that was so not a bite. You... I bit both of them. Prove your point. Look at this, people. This is what you get with PVG Live. Hamster bite. That's the... Yeah, we'll see you... We'll see you... Live tomorrow.

00:15:10 John Daub: All right, I'll take another one. All right, good. Solidarity. This way, if we both go to the infirmary, we can say we've had equal portions. Therefore, we receive equal portions of penicillin.

00:15:23 Peter von Gomm: All right. I'm putting the rest in my pocket. The bite's not as bad as the one.

00:15:26 John Daub: That's true. And thank goodness there's no bark in it. Unless it's cinnamon bark. And that's kind of... Did you know that cinnamon is a bark? I was in Sri Lanka. Our taxi driver, he stopped in the park. He got a knife. And he... And he knifed a tree. Took off a piece of bark and started chewing it. And then we were like... I know, and he gave us a piece. I ate it. And it was cinnamon. I know.

00:15:55 Peter von Gomm: All right. That was really... Okay, you want to throw it away? Just put it back in the bag. Don't let Kanae Daub eat these things.

00:16:02 John Daub: No, Kanae doesn't eat it. She doesn't like Kit Kats. That's why... If she'd be more successful, she'd have the Kit Kats, maybe. Although she's quite successful.

00:16:12 Peter von Gomm: The reason why Kit Kats are so popular in Japan is...

00:16:16 John Daub: Because they have multiple flavors?

00:16:18 Peter von Gomm: Probably.

00:16:20 John Daub: I don't know. Well, no, because the sound... Kit Kat sounds like... A onomatopoeia for success or something. Kit Kat. So if people eat it, they believe they'll get successful by eating it in tests. So a lot of students will have a Kit Kat before an examination.

00:16:36 Peter von Gomm: Huh. I never heard of that. But the reason why it's really popular is because tourists buy them. And there's no tourists. So Kit Kats are kind of probably teetering right now.

00:16:41 John Daub: Yeah, they're hating life right now. Yeah. This is Wako, which has the nicest toys. It's the nicest toilet in Japan on the 10th floor up there. It's made of gold. I went in there. I was just shocked when I got in there because it was the nicest toilet. And nobody... It was like a throne. I opened the door and it was glistening. Wow. And somebody was going, ahhh. And nobody's going to want to go there now knowing that your butt cheeks have been on that throne.

00:17:07 Peter von Gomm: I'm sure they changed it. That was like eight years ago.

00:17:09 John Daub: Hey, Raymond Centeno's here. It's always a good time to have both John and PVG. Hello to both of you. Jennifer French, always good. Air to the Ron. Sparkly wine. Strawberry. Strawberry. Strong flavor. I got that in my Tokyo treat box. Hey, Air to the Ron, you should be using the only in Japan Daimyo boxes, not Tokyo treats. Hmm. Well, we're going to need something to wash these poison down.

00:17:35 Peter von Gomm: You want to wash the poison down?

00:17:35 John Daub: Yeah. I might take you up on that. That's a sandal. Are you serious? Well, you can walk in and eat. I don't want to go sit down. I don't mind walking and eating. I'm okay breaking the rules. Everybody says in Japan, don't walk and eat. I said, I see people doing it all the time. Mostly in the mirror, but do you want to get, do you need it? Oh, you can't drink any. I'm okay. If you want to walk down a little bit.

00:18:02 John Daub: All right. We've walked down here a bit. All right. I do have to, but I would like to get that horrific taste out of my mouth.

00:18:06 Peter von Gomm: That's true. We can wash it down with some, you can wash it down with a champagne Kit Kat maybe. Oh, yeah. Now you're talking. Yeah. Well, we can get some, we didn't open that one yet, right?

00:18:19 John Daub: Oh, you know what I can do? Do you like that? Uh, the Akebono, um, Akebono Mochi.

00:18:25 Peter von Gomm: I've never heard of it. Are you serious? No. Seriously. No, the Akebono confectionary. You don't know what I'm talking about?

00:18:34 John Daub: No. Who are you?

00:18:36 Peter von Gomm: I'm Peter von Gomm. Who are you?

00:18:39 John Daub: I'm Peter von Gomm too. I'm the voice of the ANA safety video. Pleasure to meet you. Akebono, what is it? Akebono? Akebono chocolate. Okay. No, I don't know. Oh, no. The, um, Mochateria. I don't know. I don't know. Okay. Just, just follow me. All right. Just follow my lead. And just be nonchalant. Don't get too excited, okay?

00:19:03 Peter von Gomm: Okay. I'm gonna ruin my cred. This is my hood. You really get excited?

00:19:11 John Daub: B5-0812. Win the Rambo? Thank you. Right here. You don't know Akebono? It's infamous. Oh, sweet. It's got like a strawberry. Oh, yes. Peter, we gotta get that. Look at that. They got the strawberry mochi out. It looks really good. Strawberry mochi. Daifuku. Do you know what a daifuku is?

00:19:34 Peter von Gomm: Big sack? What's a big yofuku? Uh, daifuku. No. Daifuku? Daifuku. It's mochi and, uh, it's, um, mochi and anko bean, you know, wrapped up with some goodie inside.

00:19:47 John Daub: A goodie, like a cracker, inside a Cracker Jack box? Toy surprise? Something like that. You have to be careful when you swallow it?

00:19:56 Peter von Gomm: Maybe. Okay. Thanks for the heads up. So... You want one or you don't? You wanna skip it?

00:20:02 John Daub: Yeah, yeah, sure. I'll try one. I'll try one. I want that one. Get a distance.

00:20:26 John Daub: Almost everybody's wearing a mask, but it is... So which one are you recommending that we get?

00:20:30 Peter von Gomm: Strawberry.

00:20:31 John Daub: Okay. Of course, strawberry. If you'd like to see some strawberry daifuku (strawberry-filled mochi), click the thumbs up right now. Maybe we should try two different ones. No. Like one of these guys. Well, I'm getting strawberry. What do you want?

00:20:47 Peter von Gomm: I guess. So I'll let you pick. So I'm gonna take your advice and I guess I'll do strawberry too.

00:20:57 John Daub: Yeah. I like the pulsating lights. It makes it seem more exciting. Whoa, strawberry is like $4 for one. Kind of like an alien life form.

00:21:26 Peter von Gomm: It is. But the speed of their service is really slow because they want you to feel really important. So they take their time. When you do get to the front of the line, you feel special.

00:21:45 John Daub: You've never had this before?

00:21:45 Peter von Gomm: Never. In your entire life? Are you serious? Look at that. I know. A little peak on the top.

00:21:51 John Daub: Oh, you dirty minded old man.

00:21:53 Peter von Gomm: No, I didn't even think of that.

00:21:55 John Daub: No, you're just totally thinking it.

00:21:57 Peter von Gomm: I did not think that. But now that you mention it.

00:21:57 John Daub: You were thinking it. That's why you pointed it out. Don't deny it. Ichigo daifuku futatsu. I can just say the rated R version.

00:22:14 Peter von Gomm: You say rated R version?

00:22:15 John Daub: Yeah. I'm gonna get some for Kanae Daub after the stream. I'm gonna get some for Kanae Daub after the stream. I'm gonna get some for Kanae Daub after the stream.

00:22:40 John Daub: Alright, I gave Peter a thousand yen. I gave Peter a thousand yen. It's a fact that you have to wait in line here. And I've done this so many times before. It's just amazing. Um, let's see if we can get the 500 likes and then I will eat this right here in front of you.

00:23:05 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. What do you think? Can we get there? You have about a minute before Peter comes out.

00:23:12 John Daub: We have a minute before Peter comes out. It's up to you folks. 500 likes. We need it. We ask for it. Contribute to the community of Mochi. Before Peter comes out. You have just seconds. You can do it community. I believe. I believe in you. I believe I can fry. I believe we can touch the sky. All you gotta do is click it.

00:23:55 Peter von Gomm: Are we social distancing?

00:23:58 John Daub: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go. You have no mask. Where's your mask? It's here, my mask.

00:24:07 Peter von Gomm: All right. I just want to take picture. But you should take off your mask.

00:24:11 John Daub: Oh gosh, that pigeon almost bit the dust. Careful.

00:24:19 Peter von Gomm: All right. Hi. Hello. Yeah. Of course. Yeah, we can take picture now. All right. But you should take off your mask. I want to say my friend. Okay, do it quickly. Yeah, my friend. They like you. Oh, that's nice. Yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Come here. Okay. You should take off mask. Okay, good. Thank you so much. Thank you. Have a nice day. Bye-bye.

00:24:49 John Daub: All right. He's so happy. Do it quick because we want our strawberries. Oh, I got it. Oh, that double mask is hard. Safety. Safety.

00:25:03 Peter von Gomm: Here we go. All right. I'm not carrying any of the masks because I'm trying to discourage people from meeting me.

00:25:11 John Daub: I'm going to the sun pedestrian walking area. Or we can eat it this way and put the gimbal here. Well, I just stay away from people. Let's see. Look at that. And you get to see the city street. Isn't it nice?

00:25:32 Peter von Gomm: Lovely. The cooking was at the cooking Ninja. Hey, I was. And there is anything. Thank you. Cooking Ninja WX Turbo.

00:25:41 John Daub: Wait a minute. These ones don't look as naughty as they did in the window. Dude, it's totally dirty minded. All right. Show me the good stuff here. In the windows, the good stuff. They sort of do. Well, you just want the pink to come out more, right? Maybe it does. If you squeeze it, go ahead and squeeze it. I know what you're thinking. I saw those. I said that you're the one. I can't see your smile, but I see your eyes and there was smiling. I was not. They'll put them together. It should be like this. So basically you're saying that. You should have a bra on. Is that what you're saying? Just say it. No, I know what you're thinking. Squeeze it. Go ahead. You get up. Pick one up and hand it to me. Did you alcohol your hands?

00:26:19 Peter von Gomm: All right. No, you pick it up and grab. Put it on my hands, but do it like a gentleman. Well, it's still warm. It's warm to the touch. That's some volume to it. Yeah, that's some volume to it.

00:26:34 John Daub: All right. I alcohols my hands. Why didn't you get the big one? Why you? You are so smiling on that. Okay. This is daifuku (strawberry-filled mochi). It is mochi with the red bean paste and a strawberry inside. You're here for the strawberries. This goes good with our champagne Kit Kats.

00:27:00 Peter von Gomm: You don't think you're getting off that hook for lunch, John, just because you bought these things.

00:27:02 John Daub: What? This is lunch.

00:27:08 Peter von Gomm: Do it. This way. You like to take a bite and show the guts. It's so nasty.

00:27:15 John Daub: I do that, too. I'm glad you took us here. This is really good. Hmm. Nice. You would make this even better.

00:27:28 Peter von Gomm: What? To have one of those white strawberries inside.

00:27:33 John Daub: Oh, yeah. The white strawberries of Japan. It's pretty good. Really good. It's like the perfect combination of the mochi and the anko (red bean paste), which is slightly...

00:27:56 Peter von Gomm: John, careful. I'm going to need mouth to mouth. Not from you. Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

00:28:06 John Daub: The mochi and the semi-sweet anko and then that juicy, sweet strawberry. Awesome combination. It's pretty good. I love the daifuku here in front of Ginza. Whenever I come here, I always get a couple. I take some back to Kanae Daub. Thank you, Irvin and John Kimura as well. Thank you, John Kimura. I'm going to take some back home, share with the family.

00:28:27 Peter von Gomm: I'm going to try to see if I can keep some of the mochi here in my truck. I'm going to have to cheek like a hamster for the next hour because I want to eat it later.

00:28:37 John Daub: You should. It might improve your enunciation. Really? Yeah. Are you saying that because I suck at narrating? So if I can keep the mochi here for an hour, we can have lunch and then I can have dessert. Does it work like that? Hamsters can do it. Totally. What about you?

00:28:55 Peter von Gomm: I don't know. Chip and dale. That's what I say. So where's the other half? No, I can't do it. I ate it accidentally. It's too good.

00:29:04 John Daub: I'll try it then. It's good. Dozens of people die in Japan.

00:29:11 Peter von Gomm: What? What? You said you were going to do that.

00:29:13 John Daub: That's true. I thought we were in solidarity here, dude.

00:29:16 Peter von Gomm: I just ate it. You win. I'm going to do it?

00:29:23 John Daub: Yeah. Oh, you ate it. Oh. Joji would love to see your daddy do this, I think. Oh! Yeah. That's so good. It's really good, right?

00:29:35 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. Wow. It's worth every single yen. That was, yeah, 381 yen. Like you said, it has a lot of volume. It's heavy. It's voluptuous. It is. What does voluptuous actually mean? It's voluminous. Voluminous. Volume. Voluminous. It's volume. But these are voluptuous as well. They're voluminous and they're voluptuous. I didn't know what voluptuous meant for a very long time. I just knew that it was used in certain situations. Double V.

00:30:05 John Daub: Alright, let's go walk around the alley and loop around. I'm going to go to the other side. I'll just walk around the alley and look for it. Where did you want to get lunch at the… We have to do takeout, right? Because we don't want to… You better put your mask on. Put your mask on. Voluminous. Thank you. Tsunay Rob SC. Trevor Beck, you both need something nice to drink from a vending machine right now. Alright. There's one right down the street. Alright, Trevor. You're on, buddy. And, Trevor, we trust. It's good advice.

00:30:37 Peter von Gomm: Oh, this is the Manneken Pis (peeing statue from Belgium) and they have… They make waffles. They make waffles pretty good. Now I've got some... Oh you got mochi flour on your on your mask so you can breathe that in naturally. You're not gonna lick it. It's gross. N-A-S-T-Y. N-A-S-T-Y. N-A-S-T-Y. N-A-S-T-Y.

00:31:13 John Daub: Wong Jeff X put this towards some chocolate and champagne for you and Kanae Daub thank you. We're gonna be... last year we were at... you know what last year we went to Asakusa Sensoji for the countdown and there are millions of people out there and this year there's like nobody it's gonna be deserted. It's gonna be really really... this is my favorite prefectural store Nagano and inside here they have Nagano beer, Nagano vegetables, and Nagano oyaki (stuffed dumplings). Do you like oyaki? They're like hot pockets for... Can I get the car? It says 500 [?] have been to their shop really I've been by the way I've been there like probably a third of this so maybe a third of this is me because I have a point card. Nagano has really good apples. Would that... that would be lunch I'll get you an apple for lunch that's lunch that counts as lunch. Johnny Appleseed? Yeah. I want a proper lunch. But they're still a pretty good price. Yeah. 20 yen for one of those? They got they have a lot of really good they have apple jam as well and apple vinegar and apple beer. In fact their mascot is is right there it's a dude with an apple head. That's cute.

00:32:26 Peter von Gomm: It is really cute. Thank You Wong I really appreciate that. Cookie Ninja said get me a cookie. Cookie Ninja asked give me a cookie.

00:32:41 John Daub: We actually Cookie Ninja we had the cookie but you just didn't know because you're so quick. Does that work? No because ninjas are stealthy. Don't tell my secret places. I mean you and I had a drink at a vending machine once and oh it's right here. Okay good good. There's some places I will not share with the general public even our friends here because they're not all these there's some people who are not you know I don't know yeah yeah that sushi place yeah okay what would you like it's on me.

00:33:18 Peter von Gomm: It's not on me. No it's not on you it's on Cookie Monster. It's on Cookie Ninja and oh no no no no it's on a Trevor yeah thank you Trevor. I would like something. What's this? Corn chowder. Whoa that's lunch no that's lunch actually that's shrimp bisque and and corn chowder. I want to try one of these and also something else. So that's your lunch then.

00:33:49 John Daub: Oh no no no still an appetizer we're still in the appetizer phase John. All right push it. Push it real good. I like that song. It's piping hot I'm sure. Am I supposed to give you the change back? Crack that whip. You didn't ask for the change from the others. Never change. Oh right yeah where is the change? Oh are they gonna bury it six feet under too now look that's the mind of a demented voice artist youtuber. All right all change must be accounted for. James Bond has to return all. Is that a good idea? Is that all all mine? All right hand it over hand it over. I'm pretty sure it looks right. Oh my gosh that's a lot of volume there that's weighs as much as the so what do we have in the other machines here? Oh look boss bistro has a competitor. You try that one. Well you you got the shrimp bisque this is corn soup and the other one was corn soup. My sister would absolutely gag looking at that she hates like chunks of corn. Ugh okay. If I put it that way you don't want it either. Chunks of corn. This looks less this looks even chunkier. Ugh all right you know what I'm gonna go with go with this series then. We should get one of each. Why'd you go for the shrimp? Because it looks more elegant and opulent. Don't you have a shrimp allergy? Some people got a shrimp allergy. Okay. You don't buy corn potage from a vending machine. Then why would I then? Now why would I buy it? You get shrimp bisque. Wait so with this rationale I'm I would I should buy the same thing as you. Why am I worse? I don't think I need to explain that. Just don't listen to him. Tough love. Oh they played a little jingle. Fuck nice and hot. That's a nice jingle. Yeah you didn't get the jingle you know why? Let's hold them up. Because this is what we do on YouTube. We hold them up. Corn potage and ebi no bisque. Shrimp bisque. So the C is for corn and the E is for ebi which means shrimp bisque. Yeah. Let's try it. That'd be cool if your ring opened it you know like you had some sort of attachment to your ring. My Joji ring. My son's. Oh he got it for you? No no no no it has his name on it. Alright. Oh okay. Well hey now. That's nice of you. Wow it's pretty good. It's not bad. That's surprisingly refreshing. Yeah. This is it has a subtle subtle seafood-y flavor. It does watch that that one year old expired sake Kit Kat away doesn't it? Long gone. It's long gone. It's down the tube yeah. It's long gone. Well that strawberry got rid of that.

00:37:01 Peter von Gomm: So what's your year been like? Now we're getting close to the end of 2020. Um we started this live stream you know we were at Tokyo Tower we did a couple of live streams and the world's changed and come back again and gone again.

00:37:13 John Daub: Right. What's what's what what how's this year been? Besides the fact that I've gotten a lot fatter and you've gotten thinner. I don't even know that's possible.

00:37:22 Peter von Gomm: I have not gotten thinner. Okay. I've got a gut. And my wife is saying, yada. Oji-san no karada natte-ru. Yada. You can translate that. Here's a papa bod a dad's bod. Yeah daddy gut. From yeah just being sitting at home not doing a lot of stuff.

00:37:39 John Daub: You're not doing yoga on your balcony?

00:37:40 Peter von Gomm: No I'm still doing that. Okay. Yeah it's not my guts not that bad yet. Mine is. Yeah I know. Um yeah this year it's been a weird year but uh I'm blessed. I I can't complain too much. I still have uh a good a good uh stream of work coming. Hmm. And uh yeah no complaints there. I've been very lucky. Um but uh yeah it's it's for everybody it's weird. There's been some some disappointing bits work wise of course. Um but yeah blessed as are you sir.

00:38:18 John Daub: Yes we are very very blessed. Um here in Japan we haven't seen anywhere near the trouble that other countries have seen thankfully. Um so. Um so uh very very blessed.

00:38:32 Peter von Gomm: Yeah indeed. Yeah I can I second that. But we're ready to kick 2020 to the curb.

00:38:37 John Daub: Really?

00:38:38 Peter von Gomm: I think I think everybody would second that motion.

00:38:40 John Daub: Accelerate? Yeah let's get let's get 2020 behind us and get 2021 rocking in the freeway. I I I know a lot of you are looking forward to getting rid of uh 2020 and moving into the the next um travel where you can come back to Japan. Yeah. So many people had to cancel thousands of dollars of travel. Yeah. Tickets and stuff. Well most people could rebook it but. Yeah. It's not the same. Let me finish my bisque.

00:39:04 Peter von Gomm: All right take your time. I'll I'll hang out with these cool ladies over here. Yeah do. How you doing? She's looking at me. Kind of stalker cam. It's kind of creepy. He's really taking his time. Hey were there chunks of crab uh shrimp in there? Well blended. I had chunks yeah. Slightly.

00:39:58 John Daub: You're not getting a six pack? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Where's your watch band store? It's down uh behind Ginza 6. Yeah. Oh is this is where this is where um somebody took me for lunch down here once. They had some really good restaurants. Sometimes in the alleys you can find pretty good restaurants in here but you there's no sign. So only locals know. Wasn't there a really popular place the uh sushi place that you love that you took me to once around here? Uh Kyubey? I don't remember. Kyubey is just right over there by the way. Hold on. sun here yeah these are the the alleys of Ginza are so so much better than the main street this is a single somebody said there's a singapore chain that that opened up here and um what is it like a i don't know but sometimes sometimes sometimes they give me free samples and it's so good but i never buy it but apparently really popular in singapore and maybe malaysia too beautiful day in ginza everybody so i'm joined here by peter von gomm for those of us joining us to the live stream peter is well known as the man who what looks for trouble and finds it today is no exception when he's not here in japan he's playing negan on walking dead he's shaved his beard and put his baseball bat with barbed wire away it's in my it's tell us i have the uh the foldable ones my backpack telescopes so how does it feel being imprisoned on walking dead well the food's not bad that's right food's not bad zombie meat is is uh something else oh i saw our friend who got busted by the cops last time we were here you remember yeah yeah yeah he was uh he does like puppet violinning right i keep giving him oh he sneezed back away back away sneezer this is called a hang drum all right a hand drum no hang hang drum okay so what's he doing just sitting there let's go and listen to him let's go hold on i need some cash to give the guy i support my local artist artisians let's give some give some cash here actually you know what i'll just give him all the coins i'll give him all the coins from uh that peter gave me yeah i'll give him all the coins that peter gave me that's pretty cool it's a good sound let's go let's go spread some love i've got more coins all that sound is coming from that drum let's move on that's awesome i've never seen him like it look at the case he has for it too uh yellow is i'm gonna ask for change okay is that is that is that okay if you if you don't have change can you pick through his tip jar because he's playing i think and take you can say here's a tenor i'm just gonna take back eleven yo would never do that unless i needed it for the subway all right let's let's give let's spread it around oh he doesn't he's not doing anything so he can't get a tip but that dude that he playing he plays it um yurakucho too because the police know him now here apparently the uh puppet guy yeah whoa that looks like chucky turned green grover grover grover's got the rona no kermit you mean kermit well he's really metamorphosed dude that is worrying grover wasn't green like that grover was not that's pretty i don't know nasty it looks like all right moving on no we need more street performers hold the gimbal and you show us what you got we could do a little mr bean thing you know where he puts out a little napkin and then he dances you can be i'll be the clapper you can be the dancer i'll clap and then pretend like we're greek or something with the hats on greek hats greek fisherman hats and we can do a greek dance oppa oppa what is that what do you say you don't know any greek yasu means hello i know one bad word in greek yasuyani i like the the uh for your eyes only the greek in the james bond movie because you have what the greek's called uh what do you uh i forget what he said uh mafia dude you have uh i forget the word that was my only that was my second greek word and i forgot it uh so we're walking down chuo dori after eating some um strange kit kats and uh kind of exploring the neighborhood here on a nice sunday afternoon and what was the other thing called from akebono what's that all right the uh daifuku i seriously you've been here for that many years and you've never had a daifuku i haven't been to osaka either until last week are you serious you've never been to osaka peter is using the force i'm going back this week again no i mean because you're blocking the sunlight you should get some vitamin d man but i can't see well i guess what i took my head tip your hat down yeah the hat's full i guess and put your hands out to get the vitamin d i think that's how it works it's very bright oh hey maybe your girlfriend's over here what's her name um rika rika doll yeah she remembered you from the last time oh that's nasty that sounds like something that you would go to the restroom for a case of the pvgs that's where i need to go what oh they're afterwards okay hey robert rod just checking in thanks robert rotunner's here for the street performance Thank you. Okay, I'm gonna up the contribution next time I see him. Always take care of your street performers. A little bit goes a long way. They bring a little bit of cheer into our lives. They do indeed. I think big. Especially now, I think a lot of people aren't doing too well. So you have to spread it around a little bit more. Onitsuka Tiger. It's a great story. If you ever read the book by the Nike president, Shoe Dog. The Nike president, Phil? Yeah, he wrote a really good book called Shoe Dog. And he talks about how he was going to join. He was selling Onitsuka Tigers in the US. Then they screwed him over. So he decided to destroy them. Yeah, and then he did. And Onitsuka Tiger is like in the Stone Ages compared to... I'm from Portland, Oregon. That's where Nike's headquarters is. Oh, yeah. So the first shoes that he made, he made a... The sole was from a waffle iron. He took... He didn't make that. That was the coach for the Oregon track team. The Ducks? Oregon State? The Beavers? Yeah. His mentor and the coach that he was trained under came up with the waffle iron. Okay, okay. Not Phil Knight. Okay. I'm sorry to spread false information. And you're from that area. You should read Shoe Dog. See? Well, that's what Phil told me. Books, man, is knowledge, is power. Shoe Dog. It's true. It was... So Phil Knight is... I was very well written book. I was really surprised and pleasantly surprised. Yeah. There's not much else down here. Why don't we... Okay. ...U-turn. I'm getting a suntan. Yeah, it feels good. Hey, you're gonna do the decibel thing? It went up. It went up. Do something, Peter. Everybody, all 1,000 people clap your hands at the same time. Do it now. No, nothing. Oh, it went up. It went up one. If it's a natural sound, you can't get in trouble for... If you're happy and you know it... ...for crows. ...for crows. Call like a crow. You didn't even do it. That's weird. It's malfunctioning. All right, you clap and I'll call. Ready? Three, two... One. Oh, wow. That was awesome. All right. So the upper number is the decibels of sound decibels and the bottom one is vibrations. Yeah, something like that. Something like that. Oh, so why don't I call and you kick it and I'll run and you stay there? There's that giant Spike Lee again. What? How? Why? Why is he big in Japan? I can't understand. He's huge in Japan. Is he? Spike? The Spike? Well, on there, look at the size of him. He is pretty big in Ginza. I don't know about other places. Really. All right, so we go in the alleys here, pick a fight. I've got that barbed-wired baseball bat in my backpack. I knew it. You are Negan. I knew it. I've been working pretty hard. Are you going to be taking the holidays off and just sit around? Well, you wouldn't admit it. No. I'm not going to. We usually go to Hiroshima for Oshogatsu (New Year), for the New Year. That's where my wife's family is from. You're going to go, Matt? No, we're not going to. Oh. I think we're going to maybe just stay around town. Okay. Yeah, they're kind of discouraging travel right now. I totally understand. I'm staying in my neighborhood and you're not that far away from here either, so. Yeah. Yeah, so we're just going to kick around Tokyo and... No Roppongi? No. No, no, no. I have not gone out clubbing for New Year's in like 10 years since I think we went to... Whoa! Check out that car! That's a McLaren. Dude, they got busted by the cops too. That's awesome. Dude, get in there and drive away. That's not a McLaren. That's a Lamborghini, dude. Oh my gosh, why is he in front of the cops here? All right, let's go check it out. This is the greatest stream ever now. Look at those hubcaps. That is awesome. Why? Did they get busted? And they coned it off. You'd better. Get in there and just... Get in. I'll take a picture. That is the greatest car ever. I like how they put like protectors on the seats and stuff. He's probably just stopped in to get his driver's license renewed. You can't do that at a Koban (police box). You cannot. If you got that dude's cash, you can do anything you want. That's true. Where are we going this way? I don't know. The other way. I just got excited when I saw the car. Fast and Furious is alive and well here apparently. And you know what? You can come to Ginza and just watch cars go by. It's impressive. Isn't it? I mean, in Japan, it's not normal to buy cars like that because you try to live within your means, right? Nobody ever wants to be different. Nobody ever wants to be extravagant. But then in Ginza, extravagance goes a long way. That's a fair point. People... Like that's a pretty pricey Benz. You know what? Somebody told me that... Oh, no. Kanae was the one. One of her friends bought a Mercedes Benz. And it broke in the first two days. Oh, geez. A brand new one? Yeah. So her friend went into the Mercedes Benz dealer and tried to argue it and said, Look, you sold me a lemon. Oh, this place looks pretty good. Just one night. And the dealer... This comes from Kanae. She doesn't make stuff up so much. The dealer said she'll... No, if you want a car that doesn't break down, buy Japanese. Oh, really? He said... I'm not joking. This is third-hand information. If you want a car that doesn't break down, buy Japanese. So they did. They bought a Lexus. Turned it in on the spot. I don't know what happened. I guess... In Japan, there's something called cooling off. You ever heard this before? If you ever make a purchase in Japan of... I think it's over a thousand dollars. You have ten days to cool off. Cooling off... Return it and get your money back. Yeah. Wow. Apparently. So I guess after two days, you're still in the cooling off period. I like this law very much. So if you have buyer's remorse, you can get your money back. I don't know if it works with houses. That'd be pretty interesting. But speaking of interesting, check out this store. This is another reason why I like the alleys of Ginza. You just never know what you're going to find in here. Perfect for Christmas. I don't feel Christmas spirit here in Ginza, though, this year. It feels pretty weak. Yeah, but beyond these doors, we can't take photos. So it's a small one up there. A small one up there. How did your house change in the states when you were growing up? Did you have any woodcracker figures or anything for Christmas? We did. They were above the fireplace. You had a mantle. We did have a mantle. Wow. Hey, Vaan is here. The Vaan chick. Oh, Vaan. Hello, Vaan. Peter, I remember we thought that Vaan was a guy for the longest time. He's still around. We love Vaan. He has a big heart. Vaan has a huge heart. Here's Tokyo Tower. What is this? Yeah, thrasos. Thank you, Bfits0815. You'll have what the Greeks call thrasos (guts). He said that to Raja Moore. We can go. Thrasos. Yeah, thrasos. That's an awesome word. And then I asked my Greek friend. I told her, you have what the Greeks call thrasos. She's Greek and she said, what? I don't know. It must be from North Greece or something. And she's from South Greece. Yeah, quoting James Bond sometimes the cultural reference is a little bit off. Speaking of James Bond. Yeah. Sean Connery, rest in peace. Yeah. We lost a good one. You have what the Greeks call thrasos. She goes, what? I don't know. That was so funny. I said, you know, you cannot speak your own language. And she said, that's not Greek. That's, I don't know. Would you wear a golden gun? Oh, no. Okay, then I'm not going to buy it. Okay, let's get out of here. She's like trying to upsell us. Sorry, we're just walking. This company started in 1764. Fine, watch me. Wow. Oh, that's where you want to get the band. Okay, well, we can end. Let's go around the corner and end this and then we can go. Yeah. Go get some lunch. My shop is in the corner. My shop's on the other side. Oh, really? So we're behind Ginza 6, which is a new department store. They have an amazing little balcony. You can see some dudes chillaxing up there. There's one up on the roof, which is even better. Check out that Lawson's. Wow, that's, that looks like. Well, there's a tourist service center right here in the middle. Oh, yeah. You want to go pretend you're a tourist? Not particularly. Okay. But maybe she has an idea for a good lunch around here. I was thinking of going to Narita airport and pretending like I'm a tourist and then taking people to like budget accommodations and pretend, go undercover as a backpacker. Wouldn't that be pretty cool? No. Go undercover as a backpacker to find out what? Well, I don't know what the backpacker seems like anymore. I haven't backpacked since 2003. Oh, that's interesting. So see what like the tourist information office recommends you do once you arrive at Narita? I think it's totally different. Yeah, I don't think it's the same as when I was backpacking 15 years ago. Well, you know right now, the hotel prices, I'm going to Osaka again for work and staying at a really nice hotel, it's 6,000 yen a night. What? Yeah. There's not a lot of budget options. People just expect if you're coming to Japan that you got some cash, man. Yeah. There's a Lambo here. There's a Lambo. There's another Lambo. There's another Lambo. What's going on? I like this one better. That one was a little bit too ostentatious. Is it the same car and they just did one of those Grand Theft Auto paint jobs? The other one was a convertible. It's insane that- The real one. That looked like a Toyota. That's another Benz. Even the bicycles are high class, it's a Giant. Wow, there's a Porsche. Oh, it's a Ferrari? Hang on. What did you call that bicycle? Did you say G-ant? Yeah, it's a G-ant. It's not Giant? No, I thought it was Italian. G-ant or something. Giani. Giovanni. Why? Why are you laughing? What do you call it? Giant? Well, I think that's a little bit presumptuous. You think? It's not that big. So what do you call that bicycle that starts with a P? P-E-O? P-E-O? P-E-O-T? P-E-O-G? Wait, P-E-O? Peugeot? Oh, you got it right. Well, I have French friends. It's not Puget? It's not Puget. It's a G-ant. You gotta look this up, man. That's classic. G-ant? You didn't know that? I don't even know that, actually, so I don't know what I'm talking about. Oh, my word. Alright. Which way should we go? Are we gonna end it? Okay. Okay, let's end it on the side streets here, on the main street here. Get some fun, less sun for everybody, and then turn them loose. Yeah, I gotta get back. We gotta send out the postcards for our Patreon supporters on Monday. Oh, good. How many postcards in your club do you have now? Many, many, many, many. It's a good postcard. It's our year-end postcard. Wow. We got a good one this month. Yeah. And so, and now the mail is actually... The mail is on again, yeah. I'm gonna negotiate what's going by plane now again. So, one of the good things, right, the mail for Australia is back on. Good. And the mail for the United States is actually blazing fast. We had stuff going in three, four days from normal mail because there's a lot of... I guess they have private flights now. They had to work out contracts and deals, which is one of the reasons why... Oh, wow. They were using commercial airlines, which weren't running. Now they're using private planes. Right. So they had to renegotiate the contracts with the airlines. The airlines took a hit because they do show up. They're shuttle mail. That's right. So what do you guys think of Ginza on the weekend and KitKat with booze? If you like it, give us a thumbs up and maybe we'll, you know, do something again soon. Peter is a quite busy man. I'm sure I'll see him again before the New Year's. You have a lot to be thankful for. Indeed. Yeah. Thanks for joining us on the Champs-Élysées of Ginza. Yeah. All of you G-Aunt owners, be sure and... Yeah. You say it sarcastically like it isn't G-Aunt. It is totally G-Aunt. Isn't it? Who says giant? Who says G-Aunt? I don't know. Somebody edge-maked us. I think it's Giant. We just don't know. G-Aunt. You say it's G-Aunt. I say it's Giant. All right. I don't know. G-Aunt. You're going to say it with a G-Aunt. That's sort of inflection on your voice. That's your Ferris Bueller Cameron, right? I know what you're doing with air. Okay, look. Carrie says it's G-Aunt, too. Look. Really? Is it really? She said it's G-Aunt. How does she spell it? It's G-Aunt. That's how it's spelled on the bike, bicycle, Carrie. That does not help that much. What's the name of that nursery rhyme? The Jolly Green G-Aunt? Manzo writes in here it's G-Aunt. G-Aunt. G-Aunt. G-Aunt. Okay. It's G-Aunt or Giant. Ervin or Ervon. Ervin. But Ervon says it's Ervin. So, I don't know. Maybe Ervon has been wrong this whole time. I don't think he's wrong about his own name. Those are pretty cool shoes. Ask Ervon if he rides a G-Aunt. I don't know what that means. Have a great day, everybody. Meg, thank you so much. Appreciate it. I got to buy this guy some lunch. Later, Gator. Bye, guys.