00:00:00 John Daub: Welcome to my apartment. This is the final chapter in what has been an incredible Japan baby registry where I allowed a lot of viewers to go into our registry on Amazon and pick some things that either you had suggested to me to add or that Kanae and I thought maybe we would need. Actually, we had two already of these. As the packages came in, we had to open them because our apartment is not that big. Behind me, you can see what just came in over the last 36 hours. It's absolutely crazy. I can't say thank you enough to everybody. And there's an important message that I want to say in a second.

00:00:54 John Daub: It's incredible, and it goes behind some of these boxes too. This is all because of you. So I have to say thank you. And this is an important lesson, I think, for our baby. Ryo is his name—R-I-O in Japanese, which could be loosely translated as Leo in English. So it kind of straddles both America and Japan, the West and the East coming together. Ryo has kanji, and Kanae and I will explain the meaning of the kanji in another live stream coming up.

00:01:11 John Daub: Right now Kanae is in the maternity home, which is an amazing deal. The city of Tokyo—at least the ward we live in, Chuo Ward—subsidizes the stay in the maternity home by up to 80 or 85% of the costs covered by the local government. So it made a lot of sense for Kanae to go there where she gets massages, three gourmet-like meals that are really good for breastfeeding. There's certain benefits to that. The maternity home is just down the street, about a 10- or 15-minute walk from me, which is great—one of the conveniences of living in Tokyo. We had a baby about 10 days ago, and he's getting bigger every day. Fatherhood has been pretty incredible. The first thing I realized was that there are a lot of fathers watching, and a lot of them have reached out with advice. All of it is very welcome. If you have some advice, leave it in the comments below because I can definitely use it. I'm not getting a lot of rest. I'm now reading a book about the first year of being a parent. It's really important to be prepared. Kanae is learning some skills at the maternity home that she's going to teach me when she comes back.

00:03:09 John Daub: Japan is incredible like that. I guess because we don't have as many babies as a lot of the West, the population is declining here. However, there is a baby boom going on thanks to the pandemic. So there's something good that came out of this. I also want to ask your thoughts on one more thing: what do you think about the name? Should we keep it RIO, which means river in Spanish? It's no longer a boy or girl name—it's just sort of a name like Chris or Pat, or it kind of feels like Rio de Janeiro, has a fun feeling to it. His middle name will be James, or we might just switch. I don't know how the US birth certificate works in regards to the Japan name. Or should we take it as Leo? RIO is the Japanese alphabet hiragana. R seems to be more standard internationally for RIO. Just leave some comments because I will read them after this live stream. Keep the name—you know, I think I love the name Rio. There's a lot of Rio, like Rio Grande. In Japanese, they call Leonardo DiCaprio "Rayonardo" or something—it's kind of confusing. So it might be good to be consistent with Rio instead of Leo. Maybe I'll let the kid decide. Keep Rio—it's different because I think there's gonna be a lot of kids in school with the name Kai. We almost thought about the name Kai, but I got a feeling there's a Kai boom. It seemed better to give him a name that was more unique. And he came out—I just felt like that was the name. We didn't name him until we met him and got a chance to feel out his personality. That was important to give respect to the kid, and see what situation arises when he is born too, because in the Native American world, if you see like a wolf in the background, the boy might be named Wolf, which is actually a pretty cool name.

00:06:01 John Daub: All right, let's get to the boxes. The internet is saying Rio—keep it. This is something we will definitely consider. This is why I ask you. This registry has been overwhelming. We received over 120 gifts. I'm going to show you the registry here, including Aaron Buggy—we call it because Aaron got that. And this just came yesterday, the Mama Roo 4.0. Like there's some really amazing items. I actually bought the Medela myself—I couldn't let anybody else buy that. The Panasonic baby monitor—some of the prices actually went up, but we put this on the registry and every item was purchased. It's incredible. There's even this baby kimono, which is so cute that we're going to be using in the one-month ceremony that we take him to the shrine. This is a baby warmer, nice mat. Of course, we got some total items that were favorites. Some really nice stuff. And I can't say thank you enough for baby milk, baby wipes, a lion that he can chew on. Of course, we have to have Richard Scarry books for a little bit later on, breast pump holder. I think Kirsten bought that one in Hawaii. So some really good stuff.

00:07:42 John Daub: We don't actually have a PO box if you want to send stuff to us, and I apologize for that. People are so generous—you're awesome, everyone. Rio was born with many pre-existing virtual aunts and uncles. He absolutely was. And this is the message that I want to tell everybody. A lot of you who contributed to the registry have children of your own. If you do have some items, please email me or leave it in the comments below and I will add it to the registry. We don't know what more we could use. After you see the unboxing, you'll get an idea that this is a lot of stuff. Unfortunately, we reached the maximum order of ducks, so we have 10 of these. This one was purchased by Kiki, and I have a feeling there's more in there. Basically, this kid is going to be surrounded by ducks—Leo the lion with ducks. It's going to be really cute and fun. The message is a lot of you are parents, and I've been getting advice from you, but I want Leo to feel loved and understand what I do. I want our son to have great appreciation, be able to say thank you, and share. This registry has been overwhelming, and I cannot believe how generous and kind our community is.

00:09:52 John Daub: We've done some really great things like the fireworks project—we raised $60,000 to help the fireworks industry here in Japan put on our own show up in Omagari, Akita prefecture. We've contributed a thousand dollars to NPO Florence, which is helping little babies and kids that might not have parents or are struggling to take care of their kids. We've been able to really help with community-wide things, and we're going to do some more with all the generous people we have here in Japan—hopefully more stuff up in Tohoku. People who suffered after the tsunami and earthquake 10 years ago are still hurting up there. But I really want Leo to understand this moment. Another reason why I'm live streaming it is he is loved by so many people. And in this pandemic, especially, a lot of people feel alone or lonely, or not loved, or they can't meet their loved ones. But through technology, we can—we're so connected globally. This pandemic has brought a lot of people closer together in different ways. When he grows up and sees this at five or six years old, I'm going to have to explain to him he has a lot of virtual aunts and uncles. I really have to explain this to him so he understands to say thank you, to be humble and to share. Maybe these gifts I'll allow him to give to his friends after he's done with them, and help him understand what it means to share, to give to charity, to help other people, and not just think about yourself. This registry has opened all of our eyes because you're going to see some amazing love in these packages and some fun stuff too. If you have children, I want them to hear from me: thank you so much—what you and your parents have done is amazing. You've brought so much joy to our family because you were thinking about other people too. If we keep doing this and focus this community to do some more good, this is a community I'm so happy to be a part of until the day I die, which will be never.

00:13:04 John Daub: Gojira 13, have a fireworks shell built in Rio's honor. We actually bought two shakudama (star mines). It was a pretty cool show, cool story—the fireworks project. Without further ado, let's get to this because this is going to take a while. If you have any questions, you can try to chat. It's very hard for me to see the chat, so I will maybe put it onto the screen. By the way, I do have a new channel if you're not subscribed to the new Only in Japan channel. This last video is doing quite well with almost 170,000 views. This one you're going to want to see—this condiment video is amazing. There's some good episodes, like a story down in Nagoya.

00:14:32 John Daub: Some of these might not have the cards in it, so hopefully I'll be able to say thank you from a card. This comes from Jade S. Thank you so much, Jade. This is cool. I used to work in a factory—I've got strong hands from opening cardboard boxes, a fact that I've said like 16 times. This is really important—this is a bassinet for the baby to catch him in the bath that we have because he kept slipping down, and this keeps him from falling in there. So in a way, you probably saved our baby's life, Jade. Thank you—this is a great gift. Peter, when it comes to children, some surprise always show up. Let this help cover anything that might not be in the registry. Love from Uncle Pete. Thank you. We're already discovering we actually didn't have enough diapers—I'm already doing diaper runs. One of the things in the registry, we had diapers, but they were a little bit bigger. They're going to be really handy in about three months, but he was undersized a little bit—he came a week early. So we needed the smallest diapers.

00:16:15 John Daub: Spring Knicks, congratulations—wishing you and the family all the best. Cobra Bebop, your channel has obviously meant a lot to the people—I'm sure you will be back at a million subs sooner or later. Starting over has been so hard, Cobra Bebop. But this is the thing I want the kids to know: sometimes in life, you have to work with what you're given and find the route that you're going to take. Instead of complaining, your dream, your wishes—instead we need diapers, and look at this—there's diapers here. This is awesome. Alicia L., sending loves and support from Mrs. Quills. Thank you so much—this is exactly what I'm taking to Kanae. I go to see her in about an hour. This is the perfect size. Thank you for this, and we might put a little bit more in the registry if anyone is interested in helping out. Really appreciate it, Mrs. Quills. Wait, there's more—did you get this too? This is the Richard Scarry book that we all loved as a kid. But look at this—it's in Japanese. This is going to be so much fun for me to read too. I love Richard Scarry's illustrations—I remember as a kid I couldn't stop looking at them. They're fascinating. We want to raise him bilingual. I learned Japanese through reading Chibi Maruko-chan and children's books at first because everything is in hiragana, not kanji. This is really good for babies and foreigners learning Japanese.

00:19:13 John Daub: Amazon Japan sometimes delivers same day because Tokyo is so small. Tape is hard—this is going to take a while. Amazon did a really good job of gift wrapping this one. Matt Engstrom, look up the Schuster device—it will help the baby sleep extremely fast. Peter was in town recently, but I was over visiting Kanae when he was in the area. Hopefully he'll come and meet the baby really soon. Uncle Peter is much beloved by everybody. Patty Highland for the diaper—you got it. Second Breakfast is here again—not in registry fund. Thank you. I hope you guys are staying safe down there in Mexico. We love King Wong. Diaper fund incoming—actually, we'll be stopping at the diaper store. Kaizen2013V, hello from Canada. Thank you for all the content throughout the years—congratulations to both of us. Thank you so much for watching. If I missed any, I do apologize—I will go back and try my best. The YouTube app's been a little bit weird with bugs where I can't read some comments. But I'll do my best to go back and say thank you to everybody. This is from somebody who wanted to name the baby Nosh—Bands D-Real Select. Thank you from D-Real Selects. Feed lots of yummy food drinks all the time, surrounded by amazing friends. Nagoya John's here. No way—is this the box? You individually wrapped each one of these ducks? Oh my gosh—what can I say? Maybe we should have named the baby something else. That's crazy—I was not expecting each duck to be individually wrapped. That's the way they do things in Japan—they individually wrap everything.

00:22:30 John Daub: Christopher K., thank you from Canada. This is something that Kanae had added and we really needed—baby brushes, natural and easy. Thank you, John Wakamatsu. Children are extremely important. Thank you. We've both worked on stolen babies until it's made really hard to get a baby going. This is something where we hope people can see the problem at school. It came to me recently when we were at the New York Times, and we wanted to find a place to keep the baby and get a mom to have this thing. Of course a god is supposed to do it to your demon, but it wasn't because she was planning on bringing kids to the animal evictions. Have gone away, you know—so it was one of the three businesses people started doing. Unusual hair—I noticed it's different than my hair. Congratulations from Ting and Christopher K. Wow, lots and lots of gifts. I learned my lesson—break down the boxes while you can because afterwards it helps a lot. I stopped using the razor blade because somebody said I was gonna destroy myself and never have kids again. This package is individually wrapped beautifully. This comes from another Leo—Leonardo PS the third, Jerry Cho Chang 2006. Thank you—gift otanoshimi kudasai (enjoy your gift). I appreciate it very much. Lee was wondering if the hat had come—it has. This is the cutest hat in the world—it's got little cars on it, and one of the cars a panda is driving. It's unique—you're gonna see him wearing this to get the sun out of his eyes. Thank you so much.

00:25:29 John Daub: Margaret W.—happy for you, too much love, Johnny and Maggie. Thank you. Look at this lion—it's so colorful. If I was a kid I'd be fascinated—different patterns, circles, textures, and his face is so cute. Leo is Latin for lion, so this would be cool to put in his crib or suspend for him to pull on or play with. We're gonna put it to good use—it's a French company, Taggies. Awesome—thank you so much. There's no end to this. Mr. Das is in the house—if it's lunch time it's sake time, maybe tonight. I'm planning to try to see some cherry blossoms this evening, so if you're a subscriber you will have a wonderful time. From Cameron V—enjoy your gift. Thank you, Cameron—Rio in his address, which is pretty cool. Break down the box—your gift came in a beautiful bag of paper. It's another duck—so that makes five. Thank you, Cameron—that was a big box for one duck. We have a real zoo in this house. Size can be deceptive because this is from Ravi—a thank you, Ravi. Congratulations, loads of love and good health wishes to Baby Daub from Ravi in Singapore. Wow, it is a gift card from Amazon. These will help us when we have things that aren't on the registry that we need to buy. Sumida rubber duck parade or race—maybe we'll do it in a typhoon or bathtub. We got so many ducks we can spare a few. This allows us to buy things not on the list that I know are going to come up, as well as the super chats—super appreciated, our virtual aunts and uncles and cousins.

00:29:50 John Daub: This is from Sang-hyo Lee—thank you. It's a drama from the 1980s that I wish they hadn't canceled—anybody remember The Greatest American Hero? Could it be, believe it or not—it's a wooden train. This is something I really wanted. Thank you so much—this is going to be something we're going to be playing with really soon. We wanted wooden toys, stuff that wasn't plastic—this is exactly what we were looking for. No lead in the paint—we checked online. Appreciate it—awesome. If this is a duck in here I'm going to be a little bit upset—this is a big box for a duck. This is Kanae's stuff—private, for women. Oops, I forgot she's still ordering Amazon too for feminine things. Sorry, Kanae. This is from our friend Kristin in Hawaii, Honolulu. Congratulations, John and Kanae—enjoy your gift. Thank you so much—a lot of the things in the registry came from Kristin. She's a mother herself and has been giving us really great advice. The spirit of Hawaii, a lot of aloha coming in from Kristin. This is a really important safety thing that floats in the bathtub so the baby doesn't go under the water—you put it around their neck, but you're still holding them. It keeps their head above water in the bathtub too—not just for the pool. Parents should put this on their list. This is a baby nightlight that we wanted because in our room we didn't have one—this is something we're really going to use a lot. You touch it and change the strength of the light. Another Richard Scarry book—this one's in English. I love these books—the illustrations. My favorite is Lowly Worm—I always connected with him because he was in every picture somewhere in the background. Richard Scarry's got a great sense of humor. This is the Medela breast pump shirt—looks kind of funny but super practical. The pumps go through it so you don't have to hold them. This is so useful—thankful somebody got it, Kristen. Tonight this is diaper number two—I'm bringing them all to the maternity home. Diaper number three—the Pampers might be a little bit bigger, but super necessary because Leo's getting really big. Thank you so much for all the gifts from Hawaii. Mahalo.

00:35:35 John Daub: Imagi-Le gave the ducks their own names—we're gonna name the ducks after the people who purchased them, which means D-Real Selects gets his own duck. Isiuri—wish you Kanae and Leo the best. Jason's in the house—nice to see you, buddy. That means Carrie's probably here too, having lunch in Australia. This is from Joanne A.—thank you so much. Joanne's also a supporter on Patreon for so long—you're part of the family big time. A little something for baby Daub to treat yourselves from Joanne A. Thank you very much—it's in a beautiful envelope. We're going to use this for items we haven't thought of. Baby is feeling loved here too. I'm promising you right now I'm not buying beer with the gift money—it's all going to Leo. No beer getting bought with this. This is from Kenneth H.—hope you enjoy this DBZ gift. Congrats on the baby, Johnny and Kanae from Justin S. Thank you, Justin—appreciate it very much from San Fran. We have so many viewers from California—we have to go to California. Even though everybody seems to be going to Texas, we like California and Texas—our second biggest. Texas and California and Alaska—but we have so many viewers from Alaska too. Kanae was like, why did you order this? When you see it on him, you will know. This is a Dragon Ball Z shirt for babies—this is gonna be awesome. When we get him on, we'll get a picture maybe. Come on, you had to get some fun gifts. I don't wanna be parents that aren't fun.

00:39:32 John Daub: This one comes from Diego L.—congratulations, John and Kanae. Really happy for you guys. Thank you, Diego. Oh no—there's two of them. Sometimes in the registry I only put one, but we ended up with two. Look at how cute that is—isn't this cute? I don't know how we got two, but I'm not gonna complain. It's got snaps off so you can change diapers. Although you'd think if he's wearing a Dragon Ball Z outfit, he'd be able to change his own diaper. Kanae has to understand we need some fun stuff—although the duckies might have been too much. This comes from Matthew H.—dear John and Kanae, congrats to the new addition. Oh wow—this is pretty big. What is it, Matthew? Look at what they did—a really good job of making this dramatic. This is another Richard Scarry book in Japanese—hardcover. Hey, there's Lowly Worm. This one is bilingual—you can see the words in both English and Japanese. This is good for him to learn both. Boshi hat (baby hat)—nice. Thank you so much for this book—I'm so happy we got some good stuff, some books, because for me this is going to be a lot of fun to read them. One of my greatest memories as a kid was having books read to me—it brought a sense of adventure to places I never thought I would go. Books can do that—another reason to turn off the TV and pick up a book. I want the kid to read a lot because reading is fundamental.

00:43:50 John Daub: This comes from Amy W.—this is kind of neat. Amy, thank you—this is a cloud-shaped bowl and silverware—not silver, plastic—for the baby. This fits inside so we can travel with these. Thank you so much—this is something I wanted. In the last unboxing we got baby chopsticks that the baby can use without them falling out—useful for beginners with chopsticks. The Amazon marketplace is filled with small businesses, so we supported one—I'm pretty happy because I'm a small business owner too. This comes from James—thank you, James. These are baby sheets, and I think James bought some more bedding. We've gone through—we have two, but we're washing one while using the other, so these are super helpful. Now like literally now—I'm gonna wash these and start to use them. Maria—congrats to you and Kanae, get the Baby Einstein. We had a couple from Baby Einstein—if you can recommend anything in the comments after the video, I will add it to the registry. Hello from the Greek in Cali. Chicago African—my family are immigrants from the US. When my little brother was born, my mom got a gift from an American that she thought was weird but ended up liking the most—it was a diaper trash can. Even when full, the smell was magically gone—you need one. I got a diaper trash can right here, but there's deodorizer too, and it gets rid of all the odor. In the summer coming up fast, this could be bad—so the diaper trash can is gonna be a lifesaver. The best present was a diaper trash can—that's smart. There's a lot of things we just don't think about.

00:48:02 John Daub: This was something we needed that was hard to get purchased. Amaz—these help sanitize the baby bottles, nipples, and pacifiers—you put this in water. Very important but not as fun. Thank you—I appreciate it very much. This one from Aichi prefecture—sent from far away. This big box for this little thing—a pacifier with a little teeny polar bear. Kanae likes polar bears—she's never met one in person. D-Real Selects—we just opened your package 20 minutes ago. James, thank you so much for the pacifier—I will be using this maybe really soon. The packaging is kind of outrageous—like a gacha capsule. This comes from Miho K.—from Australia. Big congratulations to Jonathan and I—we are so happy for you guys. Our friends from Australia that come to visit Japan—Miho, Matt, and Haruna. Thank you so much—good day, mate. Hope to come down and visit you guys. Appreciate the gift card—we'll put it to good use. Another one from Yeti R. Papa poop hole—so you know it's gotta be good. This is a towel that's thin and easy to dry—waterproof. This happened the other day—I call it a pee-nami. You're changing the diaper and pee starts spraying out like a geyser—not in the diaper, sometimes on himself because of the angle of the dangle. It got everything wet—so this is going to be so useful right now. The angle of the dangle is directly proportional to the heat of the... Thank you from John W.—our friend from Brooklyn. Congratulations. One of these for a daimyo (feudal lord). Feels good when you get bags of air—keeps everything nice and compact.

00:54:00 John Daub: Hi, John and Kanae—after unboxing, relax and enjoy Rio from Xander, Zyara, and Zyaren. Thank you—our three Xs. Wonderful. From Elvis Camera—this is awesome. We actually have one from Kiki—one for each room. Having two is not a bad thing—you can put two eyes on one, two hats. This is going to scare Kanae—she's scared of Mr. Potato Head. What's better than one? Two. This one comes from James I as well—thank you, James. These socks are so needed—we've already lost like three. He kicks them off and they disappear—like losing a sock in the dryer, but easier when small. We're going to put GPS tags on them. I don't want to open Kanae's gifts. Dust bunnies are using the socks like sweaters. That's a Stephen King show from when I was a kid—Cat's Eye. They left the closet door open and trolls came in and stole the breath of little kids with daggers while sleeping. Freaked me out for years—even now I make sure closet doors are closed. You don't want anything in there to get out. And if you watch Halloween, Michael Myers still finds you in the closet. Congrats, JK and baby Daub from Sia M. Thank you, Sia. We researched a lot of gifts—this is a baby carrier you can use front and back. Baby Bjorn—Scandinavians know how to take care of kids. This is going to be used daily when we start taking him out not too long from now. Great gift—from California.

00:59:00 John Daub: Mike—congrats, John. Use the boxes to build a fort—I kind of am. You have no idea—I couldn't get in my house. The Amazon guy saw all the boxes and was just smiling. This is from our good friend Laura and Randy down in Ecuador. Laura is coming to Japan to study with her son Kobe—a beautiful, handsome 18-year-old who knows exactly what he's doing. Baby wipes—this is exactly what we need. We have enough baby wipes till the end of time. Thank you so much, Laura—this is a lot. Smells good. How many are left? Too many—and we're 60 minutes in. If somebody wants to take down time codes, I will put in a chapter playlist. This one comes from Scott M.—thank you, Scott. This box is for this flat thing—weird they don't put it in an envelope. Sky High Nick—thank you. Congrats on your baby from Ohio—go Bucks. Hard to see that team up north in the Sweet 16, but I cheered on the Big Ten reluctantly. Look at this big album—a lifetime of blessings to Leo and your family. Great message—I'm so happy. This is one of my favorite books—the world's best word book ever, 50th anniversary. The pictures are amazing—we're going to use this for a long time, not just Leo but any other child, and pass it along to teach sharing.

01:03:08 John Daub: We don't have a PO box yet, but I'm working on it. If the new channel can get back up and we make more income, we can move to a bigger apartment. We're doing our best—that's on me to make better content. I've done it before—I used to work in a factory. This is formula in capsules—so useful and convenient. Kanae is breastfeeding, but maybe not forever. This and baby wipes—we're set with formula between zero and one. Thank you so much. Has any adult ever tried formula? I wonder what it tastes like—what are we feeding our children? Shouldn't we know? They could make it as good as coffee. Tastes like milk—horrible, barf, smell is terrible. So why do babies like it? Maybe that's why they don't like vegetables. This is from Penny—I love that name. Penny from the UK—enjoy your time together as a family. Penny and Kiki get extra shouts in my apartment—I'm quite loud. These are Hinoki (Japanese cypress) building blocks—they smell amazing, like sake barrels. I'm going to close the box and smell them until he's old enough to play. Thank you—these are basic wooden toys from Japanese cedar. Japan has a lot of hinoki—I love the smell.

01:08:07 John Daub: Baby Bjorn is back—they really know how to do boxes. Another set with bib, fork, spoon, and cup to complement. We have enough baby wear for this baby and the next—I don't think we need a pink one. Thank you so much, Penny. This is from Rights and Michael Watson—we're getting to the big items. Did you get a diaper bag? We have a diaper pail. Oh, this is something I need today—from Randy, Uncle Ranjit from the UK. These are little teeny gloves because the baby scratches himself when cutting nails. We can tighten them and tie bows—he's going to wear these today. From Uncle Ranjit, who I talk to a lot on Patreon. This is from Sakura—congratulations, John and Kanae. Only in Japan item—extraordinary baby items you can't find outside. This is a noodle cutter for udon (thick noodles) and spaghetti—you put it on the bottom of a tray and cut into little pieces so they don't choke. Lifesaver—comes in a case for travel to restaurants. Only in Japan for sure—thank you.

01:11:55 John Daub: Jeremy—congrats, John and Kanae, may the family be blessed with laughter and joy always from D-Real Selects. They put your card in twice because they loved it. More gloves—Uncle Ranjit and D-Real Selects, you made glove paradise. More gloves is good. I can put this on the Totoro too. The bigger items—from Daniel M. Gift for baby Daub from Daniel Mc—thank you. Daniel didn't just get one—he got three. Now that brings the total to eight ducks. Thank you, Daniel—this is gonna be fun for bath time. Quacky ducks. The other night doing nighttime cherry blossoms, we raided the Sumida River ducks—they went quack quack quack and flew off. This is from Katayama—one of our moderators. Enjoy your breakfasts—we went through these quickly. Kanae needs this because almond milk is delicious, and if she eats almonds it makes... do the math. May you have a healthy child for every duck received—no, Nosh. Having such a wonderful day until the thought of five children. This experience with one is enough to make Kanae realize five is a lot. Thank you everybody so far—this has been a non-stop 75-minute party.

01:16:28 John Daub: This is from our good friend Ted, TDSTR. Thank you so much—let's see what it is. Kanae is awake now—she was sleeping. Hey Kanae, if you're watching, can we call? She's eating lunch. Don't stop until you get a girl—dangerous words. My mother felt the same and ended up with three boys. This is very useful—you take breast milk, freeze it, and reuse. Label for the date—very necessary. Thank you for the freezer bags. Now the big items—from Cheryl P. Congrats—I hope these help you like OIJ Discord help my trip to Tokyo. Hugs from Cheryl P. Discord has connected this community like none other. We have a Patreon-only Discord where I post photos and notes, and a general one for food, travel, anime, manga, Japanese learning. We have one of the best communities about Japan—you're seeing it right now. This is a boiling disinfection set—we can boil bottles or use tablets without boiling. Super useful—we also have a bottle dryer coming. Thank you—this makes life easier. Sweet Mama from Tokyo Milano—a cape for breastfeeding. Super useful if she's around guys. For me, mothers should openly breastfeed—it's natural. But everybody's different—in Japan, people look for privacy. Public displays of affection not common here either.

01:23:08 John Daub: This comes from Haley K—baby formula recommended by the hospital. HiHi Baby Formula—popular in Japan. Trust me, these will get used. Baby shampoo, laundry soap that Kanae likes—Baby Arao. We use this all the time—super helpful refills, very soft light soap. HaleyKPhotography.net—free baby session. And from the Kuzniaks here in Tokyo—congrats on Leo. Thank you—much appreciated for this gift of food. Ramsey Silent—flowers to help on the way to number two. Ramsey Silent keeps me honest and our house smelling good. Nicholas G.—enjoy your gift, our friend from New York. We have a lot of friends and viewers in New York—every time I go home I stop there. New York gets a bad rap, but people who come say hi have huge hearts—the city is friendly with so much energy. This is the album we want—packages where the baby stamps his hand to memorialize, then frame it. When he's 100—he'll live to 600 with 3D printed organs—he'll show his grandkids. Nicholas, thank you—you'll be a big part of that.

01:28:07 John Daub: Sia M just got home—happy to catch it. You're getting efficient at opening boxes—thought it would take two or three hours, but hour and a half. Now the bigger items—this is a baby steel diaper pail we're using immediately. Thank you for this gift of preventative nasal disease. Really cool—different compartments, lock, childproof, keeps smell in. Deodorizer pail—you don't have to open the whole thing. Kanae knows how to do it. This one from unknown—hopefully card inside. From Kathy Z.—congrats, John and Kanae from Rich and Kathy. Awesome—gift wrapping beautiful. This is a big bag—would have been more fun with Kanae, but I couldn't keep the boxes here. Weekend good for joining. This is the high chair—wanted it. Jealous baby gets a high chair before me. We'll put it together soon—made of wood, not Ikea. You can make it a floor chair or raise it half a meter for high chair—flexible and practical. Smells really good—the wood smells better than yesterday's dinner.

01:34:58 John Daub: Fisher-Price jungle—this is a jumper. Thank you so much—this is going to be so much fun. Jumping jungle gym with bungee cords—less than 100-meter drop, just five centimeters. Looks fun—interactive, attach things. When I was a kid, I wanted a door frame jumper, but people said dangerous. Jump Johnny Jump Up from the 1970s—have pictures of me naked in summertime. This from Lindsey who lives in Tokyo with three kids—she said this thing is so useful. No card—secret Santa. Thank you—this rocks the baby by Bluetooth. Mama can cook, put baby here, it goes like this, plays music. Extraordinary technology. We'll figure out who and say thank you. Cardboard dust in my lungs—I did not learn that in the factory. From Armando B.—100% cotton blankets. Blankets used to be cotton, then polyester—these we definitely wanted. Lifesavers—we'll wash in baby detergent. Taking to Kanae today. From Katayama again—these are really good. Not for s'mores—for hummus. Whole wheat crackers—asked how they are. We don't eat them much in Japan, a little sweet. Thank you—having for lunch. Not duck food—human food. Don't feed ducks human crackers—that's weird. Toby (crow) gets nothing.

01:45:05 John Daub: Navin R—very needed gift. Taking to Kanae today—she asked for three bags. Leo is a poop machine. Thinking of recording an album of songs based on baby situations—one called Poop Machine. Enjoy your gift—Leo will. This is the last one—look at the destruction. Kanae, look at your house—look what I've done. Eyes of a madman—106 minutes. Each diaper you purchase, I have to change—but greatly appreciated. More diapers, more efficient you become. From Janine B.—enjoy your gift. This is Shinkansen de Iko (Let's Go Shinkansen)—book about Shinkansen. A lot of gifts people asked me to add. This is crazy—what I call love. If you have ideas for the registry, put in comments—I'll add. This will be the last round. Do you enjoy these baby videos? Click like, subscribe—maybe a fourth round. We are riding this on April 3rd with Peter—JR East giving us our own Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori. Celebration at each station platform for Only in Japan. Live stream from Tokyo Station—we have permission. This is what you subscribe for—the more subscribers, more access. As pandemic ends, live streaming cool places.

01:49:14 John Daub: I love your videos—congratulations on your precious baby boy. It goes by fast—enjoy every moment. Thank you for super chats—I probably missed some. Lisa O—blind baby food taste test? Invite Satoshi and Shinichi—they might like baby food from around the world. Recommend to Tabby Eats channel—baby food challenge would get a million views. I'll try it. Look at this book—like a conductor. When kid, wanted to be bus or truck driver. Map of Japan with Shinkansen—Dr. Yellow. Full foldout—the greatest book ever. Reading tonight—all hiragana. Amazing end to epic unboxing. Ryan Nick—tour the entire private Shinkansen. I'll do that—walk from grand class to the other end. 100 people, social distancing—party Shinkansen for JR East Tohoku Rail Pass. Shout out to JR East—they've done something amazing. Five days unlimited Shinkansen in Tohoku starting Tokyo—20,000 yen steal. One trip to Omagari 14,600 yen. For foreign residents with passport—encourages tourism. Live stream Peter and I at JR Rail Cafe Tokyo Station—monthly from there on travel stories. As new channel grows, no doubt million subs again. 80% not subscribed yet—confusing, but old channel I don't make videos for anymore. Brand is mine—trademarked Only in Japan.

01:55:42 John Daub: I'm at an age where I don't get upset much—nothing I could do. For my happiness and helping Japan—I do this for love of story, not money. No better feeling than idea to fruition—viewers enjoy work like chef making food. Different directions—sad, but 2021 brought new ideas. So thankful for goods and support. If you have children, tell them somebody on the other side of the world appreciates your kindness. Giving and sharing—something we should teach as social media makes us insular. This brings us together. Thank you—see you in next live stream. Leave questions in comments. I need sleep and cleaning—sorry Kanae if watching, it won't look like this when you get back. Baby's gonna be fine.