00:01 John Daub: Alright, I just parked right here in front of the statue of the peeing boy. Check it out. On the map, I'm pretty much in the middle of nowhere. You can see it's just a canyon.

00:26 John Daub: We're doing just a five-minute stop here. First of all, the roads are super narrow. Check it out—just one car can go through there. If another car comes the other way, you have to stop, go in reverse, or they do, and wait in an area like here before the roads get narrow again. Pretty crazy.

00:44 John Daub: But right here behind me is a statue I saw on the map. It's a real thing: the Iya Valley peeing boy statue. It's kind of famous around these parts. Boy, oh boy, is he really high up there with elevation. From this viewpoint, it's pretty amazing, though it's kind of a shame—I thought there'd be at least a trickle.

01:29 John Daub: This is an offering, and I'm putting in some money from all of us for the peeing boy. I gotta watch myself—that's a long drop. The fact we have a signal here is pretty amazing. Pretty clean water down there. Iya is in Tokushima—it's on my route from Kyoto to Kochi.

02:06 John Daub: Is that gonna demonetize—a statue? Who wrote that? Pest Vargas? Really? Just enough space to park the car for a bit, but it's a pretty cool statue. It reminds me of that Manneken Pis in Belgium, but surreal to see it in the middle of nowhere. Honestly, there's nothing else here—just the statue and wilderness.

02:49 John Daub: I'm not sure why he's not peeing, Pest. Maybe no water source. I wish they had a stream from up the mountain, funneled through a tube. That'd be quite a sight—you'd have to come during rainy season for full flow. But it's pretty cool here. The sign says please keep off the fence, so stay on this side. There's a hotel about 700 meters that way, so there is something nearby. Let me walk around for different angles—no one else is here for a while.

03:52 John Daub: It is a shame he's not pee-peeing. We need a stream—this is a live stream, but a different kind. The little boy should be on the other side of the fence, but he's planted there like a rock. Linda, nice to see you—you caught me live as I'm driving to Kochi in my RAV4. It's a beautiful area. I didn't drive this road last night because it was too dark and too narrow, but during the daytime it's really nice.

04:44 John Daub: The road snakes around the entire mountain, going back over to the seaside coast—this is the center of Shikoku. If you look on the map, it's like the middle of Australia. This is one of the sights. There's also an onsen you have to take a cable car to get to—up on top of the mountain. From the road you park, then cable car to the bath. That's Japan for you—bath time is precious, just like pee time. Any questions? This is supposed to be a short one, just like the peeing boy.

05:43 John Daub: There's no yokai out here, but some pretty big spiders—which is somewhat the same. Over there you can see—maybe that's the onsen in the distance on the hill. Looks like it's been groomed for skiing or something, I'm not sure. The peeing boy is a thing. Your car just stopped behind me, so I have friends here—I gotta go get my mask on. There you go—I have documented the peeing boy on Only in Japan Go. Now the channel feels almost complete—just a couple more weird things and I'll be ready for a new playlist.

06:27 John Daub: These trees are gonna be absolutely beautiful in about a month—a couple are already getting yellow, so autumn is here. I'm shocked we have a signal at all. By the way, I asked Toyota Rent-A-Car for one of these "I'm a foreigner" stickers—people are more forgiving and friendlier. I love driving in Japan. It's a magnet—someone could take it, but no one's gonna. How cool is that? Alex Shozo is in the house—long time no see. I see the chomp is here too.

07:27 John Daub: Alright, I'm getting back in now—time to drive back the other way. I feel like I should take a picture with the Sony camera—no? I think one shot is enough. So I'm taking you off the gimbal and putting you back here. We're gonna drive a little before I end this live stream. Peeing boy—that was worth it. Alright, I gotta drive back. Do you want to see this road? I want to show you the road I had to drive on, at least until the signal dies. I have to turn around anyway.

08:46 John Daub: There's like no traffic on this highway, so I can do a K-turn. That'd be funny if I accidentally went over the side—this is the most dangerous K-turn I've ever done. Say goodbye to the peeing boy. Bye-bye, peeing boy. Hello, road of death. I'll take you a few hundred meters to give you a feeling of what it's like driving in Shikoku, on the road to Kochi. It's pretty awesome—this is Iya, a little bit off the beaten path. Should I say a lot off? Is that Warren Von Toronto? It is! Is there a charging station in this town? Yeah, I don't think so.

09:57 John Daub: Okay, you can see it turns into a one-laner. If another car comes, I'm SOL. Look at the cliff—oh, it's scary. That fence won't take this RAV4 at full speed. This is the onsen I was telling you about. Bob Joe super chat: "Don't drive off the cliff." Thank you—I'll try my best, just go slowly. Wow, I'm looking down and see nothing but the bottom—it's a far drop. These cars are parked here for the ryokan, the hotel, so you could stay next to peeing boy if you wanted. I choose not to—stayed in town a little bit.

11:11 John Daub: This isn't too bad—it gets worse further, but this gives you a taste of driving Route 32 through the center of Shikoku. Whoo, glad I'm on this side now—all I see is the bottom, and that bottom is real. Okay, hold on—this is one lane again. This is fine. It's when it narrows in a second—you go around a boulder like right here. They have mirrors so you can see around the corner. So far it's okay—get a little further. Yeah, you gotta go around a boulder—it's one lane, make sure no car coming. Usually 75 to 100 meter stretches, but take it slow. Never be in a hurry—on time for a live stream? It's okay if you're a minute late. It's all about survival.

13:25 John Daub: What do I mean? The edge is near, there is no fear, I shed no tear because I'm in fifth gear. Wish I had a beer—don't hit a deer. To the right I peer as I see that hotel. That's the final shot—we just passed a hotel on a cliff. I wouldn't want to be there during an earthquake—pretty creepy. Sorry for the shake. Make a nice clean look—there you go. Hotel, hotel, earthquake—looks haunted, but there's people there. It's a thing.

14:27 John Daub: Thanks everybody—I'm on the road to Kochi. At 1:30 I'm gonna be live streaming at a fish market in Kochi on the seaside, so I gotta drive for the next hour and 44 minutes. You can see the course on Instagram stories—check that out. This is the course from Kyoto to Kochi—we're in the middle here of what looks like mini Australia, which is Shikoku. Now I have to drive to about here—so about an hour and 50 minutes. This is the scariest stretch, and I need gas. Fish market lunch, then the owner gives us a tour at two—I eat and meet the owner.

15:31 John Daub: Peeing boys over there if you want to see it—now you gotta watch the playback. Don't forget to click the thumbs-up button—like—because that encourages me to keep going, which I would anyway. See everybody on the other side—the safe side, the only side. Oh, this is one lane—see? Alright, I better focus. Ciao.