00:00:01 John Daub: Hello everybody! Welcome to the city of Tokyo. This is Shinjuku, one of the very famous neighborhoods here in Tokyo that a lot of people like to stay in. They like to stay here because it's so vibrant. There's the Shinjuku main post office right there, telling you that we are exactly in Shinjuku. There's the government building right there, the metropolitan building that's a very famous, beautiful view of the city of Tokyo up there. And in this live stream, I wanted to talk to you about where is the best area to live in Tokyo.

00:00:31 John Daub: Where is the best area in the city of Tokyo to stay, to eat, to visit, to be? How you doing everybody? Before I start, I want to get something at the vending machine. I am absolutely dehydrating. It's so hot here. Summer seems to have started today. The sun is out. And I need your help here. What do you think looks good? The varieties are endless. I might just get water.

00:01:03 John Daub: What is this? Icy Spark. It's one of these weird new Coca-Cola drinks. Nihon Coca-Cola. Very strong. You know what? I like this, but they put sugar in it though. That's what I found. They put sugar in it. So I can't get that. Why would you put sugar in carbonated water? So I'm going to get this Mount Fuji water because I like Mount Fuji. All right. I have 8,000 yen left. Good old Mount Fuji water. Can't go wrong with that.

00:01:40 John Daub: I see Irvin's in the house. And a Map Camera. Actually, Irvin, I went to Map Camera and I sold my Panasonic S5 with the 20 to 60 millimeter lens and a Sigma lens, 24 to 70 right there at Map Camera. That's why I started right at this. Irvin knows me well. Hi, John. Let me be your beverage supporter today. You got it, Michael. I'll see if I can find something better than sugary carbonated water. That's where I was today. On the fifth floor is where you can get your beverage. You can sell things in it. They asked me to wait for an hour up there on the fifth floor. Come back in an hour. So I figured I might as well do a live stream and talk about this because I've been getting asked a lot. Where's the best place to stay? Let's go over this in pieces. Okay. Where's the best place to stay in Tokyo? And if you're watching this, this is 2021. We're in the middle of a pandemic. That's why I have a mask on. Masks are required everywhere in Tokyo. Check it out. It's like masks. Can't get around it.

00:02:46 John Daub: Welcome. I see Shane is here matching, matching the three amigos. How you doing, Shane? All right. So I want to start with where do you stay? Now, Shinjuku is one of the top destinations to stay. Another one is Shibuya. Another one is Asakusa. Some people are staying more and more in Ginza as well, Yurakucho area. Those are all really vibrant places. Shinjuku is really popular because it has a wide range of accommodations.

00:03:16 John Daub: And there's also some places that are both cheap, like capsule hotels, under $30 a night, which is really good for this area. But it can get really pricey, up to $1,000 a night in some of the really pricey hotels. What is it? The Park Hyatt Hotel and the Hilton. And there's a couple of other hotels where the sky is the limit. Some international chains are here. And it is a very vibrant place. This is West Shinjuku.

00:03:46 John Daub: It's not just one area of the city. This is a massive place. There are tons of places to eat here. A lot of them are at night. Very vibrant and if you want lunch, you don't have to look very far to find a very decent bowl of ramen. These are all about over five dollars, little pricey for a bowl of ramen. That one's got like some deep-fried chicken on there. Wow. It's good, but you don't have to travel far for food, entertainment, hotels. The train station, everything is pretty central here in Shinjuku. It's crowded. It's vibrant. There's a lot of energy here and this is the choice for a lot of people.

00:04:36 John Daub: It's not so central though. If you want to get to Asakusa or Ginza or Akihabara, that's across town. But you can jump on the Yamanote line and get there pretty quickly. That's something to keep in mind when you are staying in Tokyo. Where are you located on the Yamanote line? Where are you located in the city that allows you to travel from place to place? Ginza and Yurakucho is a little bit more central because you are not that far away from Asakusa, which is the cultural heart of Tokyo. You're not that far away from Shinjuku, Shibuya. It's all within like 30 minutes. Everything is less than 30 minutes on the train. From Shinjuku you might have to travel a little bit further to get to these locations.

00:05:23 John Daub: Shinjuku is pretty close to Harajuku and Shibuya and Ikebukuro so that also makes Shinjuku a pretty ideal place. But if you want to go to the airport, Shinjuku is maybe the most inconvenient. Maybe Ikebukuro might be a little bit more inconvenient of the places. Pesa writes and he likes Shinjuku. It's not just because the Hilton is nearby. It's also because you can shop for a lot of electronics. This is the Yodobashi Camera main headquarters. They have a bigger one in Akihabara which we saw the other day but Shinjuku's got it all man and that's another reason why I think it's a good choice.

00:06:07 John Daub: Personally though I prefer Asakusa or Asakusa depending on if you're a pronunciation snob. Asakusa is the way that you would say it for foreign tourists. I like staying there because it is very cultural, very traditional and it's quiet at night. It's a place where you can find a lot more traditional izakaya (Japanese pubs). Food is not meant for businessmen or tourists. It's more of a place where you would go out and have traditional Japanese style kaiseki (multi-course meal) or something like that. You can feel the history in Asakusa and that's what makes it really special. But the hotels there are quieter and I don't know if that's something that you want to consider because it is very loud here. Depending on where your hotel is you can have a lot of street noise in Shinjuku especially at that capsule hotel. I'm not sure I probably will never be staying in a capsule hotel anymore. I'm done with them unless it's a last resort but they can be quite loud in Shinjuku and not just on the street but also because it's so crowded there's a lot of people.

00:07:12 John Daub: Asakusa is almost the other side right so if you have a family that might be a better option because walking the streets at night it's so quiet and so peaceful that might be the ticket for a lot of people. Shibuya is I wouldn't say Shibuya is a great place to stay but people are going to disagree with me. It just depends on what you want. Shibuya is also a very vibrant place but I think it's a little dirty so is Shinjuku but I think there's less options in Shibuya than there are in Shinjuku. So if you're going to stay on this side of the city I think that Shinjuku would be a better option.

00:07:43 John Daub: Ikebukuro is a good option too if you've stayed in all the other places. Ikebukuro is nice because it's got more university students in that area so it's got a different feel. Things are cheaper in Ikebukuro. There's a lot more one coin restaurants (500 yen meals). There's a lot more things geared towards university students and you get that through the vibe of that area. Ikebukuro is a pretty big station that's Seibu or used to be the biggest in the world for eating.

00:08:13 John Daub: Boy that's a tough one like again like Shinjuku's got the food it's got the shopping it's got the entertainment it's got the rail networks really close by so I would say for your first trip to Japan Shinjuku or Asakusa would be the two best choices. The third choice would be the Yurakucho Ginza area just because I think it's very central there's a lot of things to do and you're going to have to go to the Yurakucho Ginza area. I know it's a lot of places to explore. I've been to Ginza and that's my backyard so I know it quite well but there's a lot of history there. Yurakucho is a new area there's a lot of restaurants underneath the Yamanote line. There's a lot of places to explore that has a different vibe than everywhere else and Ginza is this really cool balance between the energy of Shinjuku and that traditional feeling of Japan that it's also more quiet in this area.

00:09:19 John Daub: Up and coming places and we're walking around I'm going to walk back towards the Odakyu and the Keio Shinjuku station. I'm also walking around to see what businesses have gone out of business as the game center that the Taito game center is gone. I started off this live stream by looking in that direction. Up and coming places include Ryogoku which is not that far away from Asakusa and also right around this Tokyo Skytree. These are areas that are in shitamachi (old town) that have a really cool vibe to it. Ryogoku is where sumo wrestling is based so there's the sumo stadium the sumo arena and there's also the Edo-Tokyo Museum but it's a little bit far away from places however the Ryogoku neighborhood is very traditional and you're going to find some very interesting restaurants to eat that are different. A lot of them are based there's even a couple I believe there's more than one that have a sumo ring inside of the restaurant so that might be a place to stay if you have a family.

00:10:23 John Daub: You're going to have to get on the train line it's connected with JR which is one two stops Asakusa-bashi then Akihabara two stops to Akihabara from Ryogoku. It's also on the Oedo line which is like the Yamanote line. It'll take you around the city of Tokyo so you don't have to change trains to get to Shinjuku from Ryogoku so that's a good place that you might want to stay if the hotel is a little bit cheaper. It's a possibility and then there's also the places up in north of Tokyo. Katsushika-ku it's very traditional those areas have they still have ryokan (traditional inns) you can feel the history up there and it's a lot cheaper but again you're quite far from the center of Tokyo so you have to consider what exactly do you want to get out of your trip where you stay is a big deal because then you just walk outside your door and you're here you're in Shinjuku west where there's this many gachapon (capsule toys) which is insane right that's good.

00:11:23 John Daub: So what do you think here I want to hear from you. Spike021 writes in here had the most amazing sukiyaki at a shop last year right near where you are John family family owned and an older lady serving taking orders gave me and other patrons homemade fabric sakura pins. That is awesome that's what I like about even in Shinjuku you can find family-run businesses here another good thing about Shinjuku is that it is quite used to doing the shopping and the shopping tourism we're gonna walk here take a look at some of these gachapon tourism uh since 2013-14-15 it was a totally different city Tokyo was a different city there there weren't a lot of western tourists everybody was coming from China and and still yesterday I introduced more than 50 of the tourists come from China Korea so western tourists speaking English wasn't a really big deal then a lot of people in the city of Tokyo especially here in Shinjuku can speak English because they're used to western tourists.

00:12:36 John Daub: There's just some weird why would you get the Easter Island moai in yoga positions why would you do that it's the craziness of gachapon that makes you love them so much right oh flip phones oh this is the first that's the first flip phone that I had the DoCoMo 502iT hyper what that's so awesome that's exact color too whoa if you're up for coffee Blue Bottle Coffee is at the bottom of Shinjuku station I always go there on every trip where it's in peso or you know you got your money let's see what we can do I'm actually into this one I remember this one this Sharp TV this is the first TV one seg TV that would pick up TV signals and you could flip the phone to the side to make it look like a widescreen TV this is the first video phone that I have that the DoCoMo 900iV. It turns sideways and this is the record button and you can put an SD card in here and record video I use this all the time. I still got these this phone and this one. I still have them.

00:13:49 John Daub: Alright, I'm getting this. This is too nostalgic. These are all from the 2001-2002. What? I'm like, whoa nostalgia city. Bizarre, I got 300 yen here, you know what's gonna happen. You hang out here this song sticks in your head. It's worse than that popcorn song. You'll never get it out of your head. Alright, I'm going for nostalgia. I don't ask me why there is no why with gachapon. You just do it. Alright peso. Thanks, but this isn't probably what you wanted. Give me my phone back. Oh, it's so small.

00:14:42 John Daub: Cabook scare Meister rates in here kabuki show is the best. Again, you cannot deny the fact that Shinjuku has entertainment on so many different levels. This is my first phone in Japan 1999 or 2000 I got this phone. It was the first color flip phone. I gotta try I want to get that 900iV. I'll try again later. This is so cool. So I have a mini version. I'll take a picture put it on Instagram. Whoa, this is so weird. All right. I'm happy now. I have a mini version of a phone that I bought 20 years ago. It's crazy. Doesn't make any sense. Yeah Carlos writes in Leo's first phone. Yeah this might be too small where you might eat it. Why do they got these retro Nissan cars in here? That makes no sense. I love it. God, I could drain so much money here.

00:15:48 John Daub: Nasha broad has animals peeing and pooing got a look for something there and I think I promised some Demon Slayer stuff to take a look here. I got to go back and get my stuff from Map Camera urban. So look at it even has the battery right there. I had an extra battery because it wouldn't last. That's pretty cool. Does it open it opens? No way. I used to do the Captain Kirk. Wow that is so awesome. Don't tell me the antenna extends. Okay, it doesn't do that. It doesn't work who wrote that. That's so cool. It's got the DoCoMo FOMA logo. Bizarre saya M. Shinjuku has the best the patchinko food. That's debatable.

00:16:42 John Daub: Well, that's debatable and queen of tacos. Hi John. We have a trip plan for October a hotel is in Kabukicho. Oh, do you think it will be safe in that area? Queen of tacos it will be safe in that area. I don't think you're gonna be going well I always say be a little bit suspect after about 11 o'clock between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Weird stuff tend to happen outside in Kabukicho, but it's perfectly safe I would say about five years ago. It wasn't as safe as it is today Kabukicho is such a vibrant area. It's become fun and more touristy, but you should definitely if your hotel is there no complaints. You're gonna love it. And I think October should be just fine for travel. I'm pretty excited. I'm excited to hear that.

00:17:40 John Daub: Hahaha. Well gachapon just one way to get people my age to dump some money. Carlos writes in here. Why be out after 11 p.m. Unless you're going to a club. That's true. They've got a lot of them. But you might be coming back from another area to your hotel. The thing is I think if you have a lot of things and attractions you want to do in Kabukicho that's a reason to stay there. The reason why I like Asakusa is because at night it's so cool to walk the streets there, but if you walk there at night, you have to take the train back to your hotel so it just depends like we have to think what do you want if you're looking for more cultural stuff? You might want to stay in Asakusa if you're looking for more that feeling of pop Japan. I would say maybe Shinjuku is good.

00:18:30 John Daub: Akihabara is not on my list of places to stay unless you specifically have something in mind that you want to buy like figures or you want to visit a lot of maid cafes. Akihabara is not on my list of places to stay. I think that there's some good stuff there, but it lacks the restaurants. Ueno is a far better choice. But then again, even Ueno, I would put that in my maybe like 10th in my top 10. Yanaka. Yanaka is a wonderful place, but just keep in mind it is a little bit far from the other areas. But again, it depends on what you're looking for. Yanaka has got a lot of really cool old restaurants, a lot of places, definitely family run. You won't find a lot of chains in there, but you'll also feel old Tokyo there. But you really have to stay there to absorb it. The thing is, a lot of places will close early in the Yanaka area up in the northern part of Tokyo. But that's a wonderful place to stay.

00:19:50 John Daub: Wilfred writes in here, Ikebukuro is the best area to stay. I'm not going to debate that. That is definitely in the top five. But yeah, I think for your first trip, I wouldn't pick Ikebukuro. I would pick either Shinjuku or I would pick Asakusa. And third would be Yurakucho because it's just so central. You have the JR line. It's close to Tokyo Station. It's easy to get to the airports from Yurakucho.

00:20:17 John Daub: A lot of these businesses have not popped back up. This was something else. Now it's called an Aladdin, which is a pachinko place. This is new. This was not here last a couple of months ago when I was walking around the streets of western Shinjuku. Now within Shinjuku, and this is the Hey Wisdom is here. You think November from Canada is fine for tourists? I believe so. It's really hard to say. That's right. John is back in town. You got that right. John is going to have a mask tan. It's going to be white here and then brown from above. It's going to freak out my son. Look like a mask. Yeah, raccoon.

00:21:08 John Daub: Now here's where it gets difficult. Okay. I just told you that maybe Shinjuku is the best place. But you also within Shinjuku have maybe half a dozen areas that you can stay in, which makes it even more complex. This is West Shinjuku. And this would be the playground of West Shinjuku. These are low-rise buildings, a place that they're starting with a redevelopment in a couple of years. Maybe some of these businesses will be gone. But you have a pretty cool view. It is definitely lively until 1 a.m. West Shinjuku is a nice place. But I would say Shinjuku Sanchome might be a more interesting place to stay. That is between Shinjuku Station and Kabukicho. A lot of shops there. It's very close to the Yamanote Line. It's close to the Toei Shinjuku Line and the Oedo Line, which is another circle line around there. You can't go wrong with Shinjuku Sanchome or Kabukicho for that matter. It's just a very convenient location.

00:22:13 John Daub: There's a soba shop right there. Standing only. Whoa! Steak place. I can smell it on the street. Ramen and steak. Look at that. In lights. That's Shinjuku. Do you see these lights going around it? Food is like a movie, alright? Food is like entertainment here. That's Shinjuku. So you do have that vibe. If you're going out, if you're under the age of... It also could be a good place to stay. It's also a case of how old you are too. My tastes in places have changed over the years.

00:22:56 John Daub: When I moved to Tokyo in 2004 for the first time... I lived out in the countryside for the first six years. When I moved to Tokyo in 2004, I liked going to Shibuya. I used to live in Futako-Tamagawa. I would take the train ten minutes to Shibuya and I loved that area. I liked that vibe around Hachiko. It would be easy to make friends with people. But nowadays I try to avoid Harajuku. I try to avoid Shinjuku. And Shibuya just because I want to get away from the people.

00:23:36 John Daub: So again, it just depends also. Maybe if you want that quiet place, you're going to stay up in Asakusa or Yanaka. Or even Ueno might be a little bit quieter. Ueno is a compromise between the powerful and energetic Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku area. Ikebukuro. Ueno is on the way. I think it's on the Yamanote line. And I believe it's very easy to get to Narita Airport. Asakusa is also very convenient for Narita Airport too.

00:24:04 John Daub: Here's the Taito Game Center that's out of business. You can see they pulled the signs down. It's kind of sad. It's got kind of like a Six Flags, like Frontierland kind of look to it, doesn't it? Noshabroad right in here. Yotsuya is a pretty short walk from Shinjuku and right next to Akasaka-cho. Really enjoyed the more local experiences and little restaurants. But not far from the busy, bustling city areas too. Nosh is absolutely right. Akasaka-cho is an under-the-radar area. If you have your pencils or pens right now and you have like a Lonely Planet or guidebook that you're using, pencil in Akasaka-cho. It is a neighborhood that I actually introduced on Only in Japan Go with Tadayama Japan. I don't know if they're still Tadayama Japan. Nice people over there. They have a guest house in that area. I wanted to highlight the Akasaka-cho area. I was impressed. It is so, it's such a unique neighborhood because when you look at the big city that is Shinjuku, you're only a couple of stops on the subway or a 30-minute walk to Akasaka-cho. That is a really quiet place to stay and still be in the center of all of the city. So I would put that on my map too. That's the Yotsuya and Akasaka-cho area, which is about two stops. A little bit inwards towards the Imperial Palace, I believe. Yeah, from Shinjuku Sanchome, then Yotsuya would be the next stop. Yeah, Ichi. Wow, there's a lot of names in my mind here. Yotsuya and Ichigaya is also another place. A lot of universities in the Ichigaya area. So that center quieter, a little bit more traditional, but somewhat separated from the bustle, which is not a bad thing if that's where you want to stay.

00:25:58 John Daub: But if it's your first time in Japan, it's pretty cool to exit your hotel and you're like right here with all the neon lights and the buzz and the ramen shops. Right? That's pretty exciting. Wasim writes in here, I'm going to GRID's Asakusa-bashi for my first trip. Asakusa-bashi is a wonderful place. That is right between Ryogoku and Asakusa, pretty much. So Asakusa-bashi is a wonderful place and it's walking distance to Akihabara. But I think Asakusa-bashi also has a Showa (postwar era) feel to it. I'm glad that you brought that place up. A Showa feel to it. So it feels like you're in the 1960s, like trapped in 1960s.

00:26:39 John Daub: Some of the shops there are... Look at that ajitama (marinated egg) on there. Whoa, that big piece of chashu (braised pork) steak popping out. This is Ichiryu Ramen. Very nice. Gosh, I'm going to have to do a ramen live stream. I do have a ramen episode coming on the main channel in the next three episodes I'm editing right now. Whoa, look at this set. Check it out. You get a chahan (fried rice) and a ramen set for under 1000 yen. That is a really good deal.

00:27:31 John Daub: LT, love it. From Hong Kong. Keep it up. Oh man, I am melting right now. I'm melting. Over the next couple of minutes, I want to take some of your questions directly. About where are the best places to stay. On our Discord server, we actually have I believe we have an accommodation place where you can discuss where is a good place to stay. I want to when I travel around Japan again, attack Osaka's places to stay. Kyoto's places to stay. Kanazawa. Hiroshima. And kind of look at the areas within. And some of the hotels that I've stayed in. And some of the places that you've stayed at. We can debate this in the Discord server. And we have almost 13,000 members in there. Trading stories and experiences that will definitely help you. If you have a question, ask in our Discord server about accommodations. And there will be I'm sure that there's somebody who has stayed in one of those hotels that has pictures and honest reviews that you can trust. At least that's my hope for the Discord server.

00:28:34 John Daub: Nagoya John's here. Hoping the ramen empire stays strong. Yeah, I hope so too. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you, Nagoya John. Angel Forever 59X, all the food looks delicious there. It looks delicious right where I'm standing. I just like, I'm looking at this gyoza. Man, it's spicy gyoza. Getting hungry. The smell's right now wafting in my direction. Insane.

00:29:02 John Daub: So, the question is, me to you. Are there any good brunch places nearby? That's a tough one. Brunch. A lot of restaurants open at 11. I would just call it lunch. If you want brunch, like breakfast stuff, there's this restaurant called Eggs 'n Things and the Hawaii restaurants are quite popular here there's some Hawaiian based pancake places that you'll find. What's one of the bills is a chain I don't know if that's Australian or what there's a like a chain of pancake restaurants you can find a lot of them around here but if you're staying in Japan at a hotel I would say get the breakfast unless you don't need to eat a lot then you could just get like a scone at Starbucks or something or something from the convenience store yeah bills is Australian a lot of my Japanese friends like to go to bills but then I see the check it's like how did a stack of pancakes cost 30 dollars I don't.

00:29:53 John Daub: Can I and the baby are doing well um Leo's getting bigger and bigger and uh Can I um is doing well she's doing well Denny's is still there so his Royal Host these are all places that are open through the night so if you need a place to stay after you go clubbing or something and you're waiting for the last the first train in the morning i usually will jump into Denny's or Royal Host or Jonathan's that's how i survived they're everywhere um i used to live out in Edogawa so a taxi would have cost like over a hundred dollars so i would just hole up in a Denny's or something and enjoy the drink bar.

00:30:45 John Daub: Hey arnold b74 lunch thank you can i can i take that do you mind if i just take that back uh to kanai then i'll get something to go then that's awesome thank you i appreciate that very much um when i uber is kind of new and uber all right that's a good question this is something to consider in where you stay a lot of people survive on uber traveling around japan uber in japan is not that strong at least from my research and my own use uber was only uber black and uber black because um uber could not compete against the japanese taxi industry and lobbying in government interest really made it hard for uber it's an episode that i'd love to produce but they only had uber black which is a premium and it was 30 more than normal taxis the uber black they were white gloved men in suits that came in larger vehicles to take people and a lot of westerners would use them it was perfect for a lot of luggage so no complaints my dad when my family when they visited from the u.s we they he used uber and it was just easy to get on the app it was something that he knew but he paid a premium 30 more for the uber blacks but he was a great guy and the drivers could speak english and they were very friendly and gave peace of mind so there were some advantages to that but just keep in mind that if you do use uber in japan um as far as i know unless it's changed it was just uber black.

00:32:07 John Daub: Yeah d mobs in the house have a cool beer oh man you have no idea how hot i am arnold i will take lunch home to my wife thank you so much my friend i really do appreciate that very much warren van toronto's in the house are there a lot of uh uh let's not say that there's no place that's kid friendly except you don't take your kids around at 1am okay just don't do that and it you should be fine hey look they got a coca-cola truck the boxes are small yeah so the um every place is kid friendly just just don't hang around with you like 1am in shinjuku with your kids okay that doesn't make any sense you wouldn't do that in any city right let's go let's go to the bronx and hang out with our get the baby stroller out and walk around the bronx at 1 30 in the morning like why would you do that.

00:33:08 John Daub: Jet lag is another issue if you do have jet lag shinjuku is a place that's open all night and shibuya too so if you're coming from uh the west that might be something you want to consider however i think going for morning walks at like three or four in the morning around asakusa might be safer and it does it definitely has a very surreal feeling to it nobody around in the summer the sun comes up at 4 or 4 15. so it's even weirder so you have that going on there this is the old taito game center that went out of business i did a live stream on that about two months ago right before it went out of business to document it and it's kind of sad to see it gone now.

00:34:01 John Daub: So to sum up john needs to get a beer and a ramen but shinjuku would be the top location that i would recommend to everybody to stay if they come to japan shinjuku seems to have it all from entertainment to location to if you're jet lag things for you to still do in the middle of the night the the areas I would say Shinjuku West is pretty cool but Shinjuku the east side around Shinjuku Sanchome or Kabukicho is also a pretty good option just keep in mind in the middle of the night you're not going to want to walk around Kabukicho too much especially Friday and Saturday there's out there a little bit sketchy people outside but you're probably going to be okay sketchy people in Japan are like sometimes normal people in New York maybe I don't know.

00:34:43 John Daub: Well I see right soon when is the next uh featuring with with Paolo from Tokyo you two are my fave Paolo is a good friend he also has a son around the same in the same grade as as Leo and we talk often I'm not sure we both kind of it's a good question Ryan K for a drink of choice thank you I'm kind of dehydrated here um I can't say enough good things about Paolo he's been so helpful um also being a dad he's a couple of months ahead of me so he's got good advice he's already been there um but I don't know maybe we're trying to trying to hang out we don't usually uh like publicly do stuff like that but uh hung out with him in in January uh him and his wife uh before can I before Leo was born and maybe we will in a month or so um when Leo gets just a little bit bigger and the state of emergency ends but a very good guy and he he's a very hard-working uh creator so I've got a lot of good stuff to say day in the life of John Daub I can guarantee you it's going to be interesting a lot of stuff going on I might just learn something young buckaroo.

00:36:02 John Daub: All right that's all I have here um uh the other place in Shinjuku is Shinjuku south which is where the um Microsoft building is there's a um the um what is it a woman place there's a couple of restaurants on there the south is not so good but if you're going to stay in south you might as well just stay in Yotsuya I think Shinjuku west or Shinjuku east probably the best thanks so much for watching everybody I like meats I like karamiso negiramen it's my favorite thanks so much for watching everybody if you have any questions leave them in the comments below check out the um uh check out the uh discord if you're interested in more accommodation options and new episode coming on the main channel really soon if you haven't already check out the eki ben episode where peter and I jump on the tohoku shinkansen and ride up for three and a half hours eating seven eki ben it's trending I just made that up it's a good video cool all right and nosh rates in here all right thank you nosh for the for the update have a good day everybody I'll see you in the next live stream mar hello from texas thanks thanks so much you.