00:08 John Daub: Hey everybody, we're in the Yurakucho Tokyo Sports Arena. See all these cameras raised? It's for the mascots making one final curtain call. Wow, there's a lot of cameras raised here. It's kind of special to be a part of this. I always wondered what happens to those mascots after the Olympics are over. They make a curtain call, I guess. And here they come. Whoa! We're not in the best spot, but we can see the head. There's Miraitowa and Someity.

00:45 John Daub: Ah, that's nice to see them one last time. I'm waving for you. They were interesting mascots, and technically, according to the Olympic bylaws and stuff, they're not supposed to be male and female, but I guess it didn't really matter. They're cute, and they're nice, and they're friendly. And it doesn't look like we're going to get... oh, we're not allowed to take photos? What is that? Okay. See, I don't think I'm going to get a chance to take a look at this, so we're just going to put this away here.

01:35 John Daub: I also wanted to show you around really quickly. They also have an arigato (thank you) fire sale. All the stuff here is like 50% off, which is crazy. But the prices of this stuff are pretty insane. The t-shirts are down to just $13. It's like half price. Pretty crazy.

02:24 John Daub: Let's even get a different angle. Oh, I wanted to get one of these. Check it out. These are like the bandanas with the mascot on there. Well, I paid full price for this. So even these t-shirts are down. So this fire sale is taking place until the 24th of this month, and not all the goods are here, but there's a lot of stuff. This towel, for example, $10. Wow. Might have to pick up one of those.

03:08 John Daub: Or an Olympic umbrella. Hey, now. This is actually a pretty nice looking umbrella. Oh, it's for like barbecues and stuff. It's not actually for the fire. It's actually for use in the rain. But the fact that there's an Olympic boogie board, I did not know this existed. And they're down for the plushies here. They're down to just some tea. So not a lot of them. And these headbands. There's like almost no talking. It's so quiet in here because people are respecting the rules. Yeah, that's really amazing. So the t-shirts are 50% off. I'm gonna have to pick up one or two of them. I'll even have some of the masks.

04:36 John Daub: So the line is so long, I simply don't think I'm gonna be able to go and see the mascots over there. But I'm glad that they're doing this. So I'll take you around this part of the store. This is the front of the Yurakucho store. And then I'm gonna take you around the outside of it. Brandania, I am absolutely gonna pick up some stuff. Oh, I wanted to get this one. Check it out. Before I leave, I want to show you this really quickly. Look at this. I'm gonna get one of these. This is the Olympic colored neckle. That's so cool. So I'm gonna get that for them. For Kanae, absolutely.

05:31 John Daub: And they also have the chopsticks also. Check it out. The Olympic chopsticks are now on sale for $12 each. They were $25 for one. So that's pretty crazy. So I'm happy that the prices are reduced so I can get something. It's human prices now.

06:14 John Daub: Skateboarding was an official event. And this is kinda cool. An image trainer. So you could sort of make that. That's so cool. The Olympic masks. Alright, so that was kinda neat. So this is the Olympic arigato sale.

07:20 John Daub: They do have some really serious looking merch here. Like these sake cups. But everything 50% off. Wow. They have some memorabilia too. That's pretty cool. Check it out. These balls have been signed. And if you don't know, Molten is a Japanese company. They make the Olympic basketball. It's not Wilson or Spalding, but Molten. Does handball and a lot of other sports. It's kinda cool to see all this stuff on display. WXR Turbo's in the house. RX Turbo, sorry. Wow. And here's the final goodbye. Arigato means thank you in Japanese. And these are the Someity and Miraitowa. And it took me ages to learn their names. Yeah, they are. So I can take a selfie here.

08:59 John Daub: So this is the bed. This is interesting. Everyone, I slept on this cardboard bed. Wow. This is the bed that the athletes slept on made out of cardboard. It really is. Look at this. Look at it. They were really made out of cardboard. Check out the back of it. How do I get one of these? I would like to buy one of these for my own house. I wonder if these are on sale. Wow. That's awesome. And the bedspread on there. So they were made... They were pretty strong. Oh, these are the wheelchairs for the rugby events. Or some of the other events. You can see them on display. I like this. Whoa. Hey, I see Michael Sassano's here.

10:00 John Daub: Yeah, I'm gonna go get some stuff here. I don't wanna wait in line with the livestream. So I'm gonna leave and then come back. But this is really cool. They also have some of the snacks that I sent the Daimyo supporters before. Check it out. It's a little Miraitowa. And 50% off. That's just craziness. Seriously, I'm gonna get some stuff now. Any suggestions? So we preserved this record. So now we know what the arigato fire sale looks like at the end of the Olympics. They actually do have a fire sale. This is good to know. They have some baskets, even for kids. And here's a collection of other things. They have all the pins from Tokyo 2020. Amanda from NBC Miami probably has all of them. She showed me her pin collection. Very cool.

10:53 John Daub: So I'm gonna leave here. This is the arigato fire sale. Arigato gozaimasu. Thank you. Thank you very much. I'll be back. That's pretty awesome. So there are signs everywhere not to film and I wanted to be respectful. I figured like it's a media event, you'd be able to film. But I guess with the other people there, you don't really want to get their faces and protect the privacy. I understand that. That's the way it is. But it's kind of weird too.

11:30 John Daub: Patio87's got it right. Like Beijing 2022 is like three months away. So the next Olympics was going to be starting in like three, four months, which is just craziness. But I'm kind of happy though that they're doing this. I thought that this place was closed. Yeah, Joy, that's right. The Olympics, Winter Olympics are starting like any... Like in less than six months. It's January, February, isn't it? I'm not quite sure.

11:56 John Daub: This is right outside the Yurakucho station. And I was here last time inside of here was for the Rugby World Cup where they had viewing parties when the world was a different world. But everything here is... You could see they took away all the signs except for this door. So when I arrived at the station, I went this way and I was freaked out because... They removed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stuff, all the banners and everything. They're gone. The only thing that really remains in the city of Tokyo right now that shows the Olympics. They've gotten rid of almost all the 2020 stuff. Are these posters for the official arigato sale. And I'm gonna get some action now. 50% off. This is crazy. And the mascots make an appearance three times a day. I'm just shocked that there were so many people here.

12:48 John Daub: Question. Cobra Bebop. Really serious question. When you first went to Japan, was it pretty much like the Tom Selleck movie Mr. Baseball with the teaching instead of baseball? Sort of. I haven't seen that movie in ages. It was sort of like that. But... I don't know. The first... My first week here... There's people coming. So I should be polite. So the first week I was in Japan, I was training for an English teaching job. So it was very much... Teaching before the fun. Like literally, I was jet lagged. First day arrived in Japan, they're teaching me how to become an English teacher back in 1998. So... In that sense, yes.

13:42 John Daub: Very serious question. So there you have it. I'm happy that I was able to film something. This is the end of the Olympics. And yes, mascots do have a farewell party. And this would be it. Right outside of Yurakucho. Just until the 24th. So if you're in Tokyo... Which is like that most of you... Get on the Shinkansen (bullet train) and make your way... Make your way to Yurakucho station for the fire sale. Because it's pretty cool. I better go in and get some stuff.

14:14 John Daub: That's the international forum where they held some of the weightlifting events. So this is... You know, a place where they had... And oh, that's the Osaka store where I had takoyaki the other day. Hey, Suzette S is here! Awesome! You know what? I will do an Instagram live tonight. And I will show you all of the... All the merch that I did get at this. And all my Olympic merch on Instagram live tonight I will present to you. And I'm gonna get some for Kanae. And I'm actually gonna buy some to take back home. We're thinking... In fact, we just bought tickets to go back to the United States for the Christmas holiday. And taking Leo with us. So I'm gonna get some merch to take home as well from here. And I will show you tonight on Instagram live what I got. And it should be pretty good stuff.

15:01 John Daub: But before I leave, I wanna just point out one thing. The shakudama (spherical fireworks shells) for the Nagano fireworks festival, the Only in Japan. We're doing our own fireworks festival and I'm live streaming it here. I've opened that up. Now one massive... You can buy one. And one massive number 10 fireworks shell is... It's about 100,000 yen which is close to like 950 dollars. I know it's pretty expensive. But last year, 10 people bought them. And we're hoping that we get, you know, a few more people. We have one sale... Two sales. Including me. I bought one for Ryo to celebrate the birth... His birth this year. So if you'd like to support our own fireworks festival, we're doing a second one. The first main fireworks festival is in Nagano on November 3rd. And I'm gonna be live streaming that. We funded that. 100% awesome. The second stretch goal was... Is in Yamanashi on November 28th. And this is all funded by you. Meaning we need to sell some shakudama. We need to get some number 10 fireworks shells. So if you'd like to dedicate one or... You can... If you have a channel you want to promote or an event in your life that you want to celebrate, you can send me stickers or decals or a note or a letter. I will glue that on to the outside of the number 10 fireworks shell. And we will launch it. And I will announce it live as it happens. Just like I did in Katakai.

16:22 John Daub: I'm gonna be... You're gonna see the one for Leo going up there. And you're gonna see one from another backer. So we have two. So we need to get eight more maybe. And we also have star mines which are much larger. If you don't have that kind of cash and like I'm scrounging to get that too, you can join our Discord server and find some people to create a coalition of fireworks lovers. And you can have five people up to... I think five people would be good to buy a shakudama together. And I will shout out your names and everything just the same. You can find a coalition of people to work together. That'd be pretty cool.

17:01 John Daub: Thanks everybody for watching. As another Shinkansen rolls in from Kyoto. This was a cool event. And I'm glad that I got a chance to say one last time goodbye to the mascots. They are super popular amongst people with free time on a weekday. I was kind of amazed. But there you go. The official Tokyo 2020 fire sale, arigato sale is now until the 24th. See everybody. And bye bye Olympics. This is it. Literally, this is the end of the Olympics. I'm almost sad. I didn't think that this was going to be... They're going to do something like this, but they did. Don't forget to click that like button. David Kimura, you got it, buddy. I'm getting some stuff here. Suzette and David, thanks so much everybody. I'll see you in another live stream really soon. Right, Instagram tonight. I'll show you the merch I buy.