00:01 John Daub: Hey! We are back after a very long flight from JFK. We've gone from Tokyo to the United States and then back to Tokyo over the course of the last two weeks. In this episode I want to talk about the procedures, the things we had to go through at the airport on both sides. My wife and son are asleep, jet lagged, and I'm doing okay. As you probably know, when you travel from the United States back to Japan, you get jet lagged in a weird way. You wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning every morning like it was in the afternoon with a lot of energy. So I'm sure I'll crash in a couple of hours.

00:43 John Daub: Let me explain the procedure from the United States to Japan since that's what a lot of you are probably going to have to go through. This will give you a good indication when travel opens up what possibly is a situation you'll have to go through. By the way, I am enjoying down here a really delicious sushi. It's one of the first things, this and ramen, that you probably want to eat if you haven't been in Japan for a while. Ramen. That's next.

01:14 John Daub: To get into Japan from the United States was pretty hard. Going the other way, I'll explain at the end, but that was super easy and painless. This is the procedure from the United States to Japan at this time, July 5th, 2022, July 6th. I think it's even July 7th today. So I'm sure it's going to change over the next couple of months. We had to get this blue paper on arrival from Japan, and we had to carry this blue paper everywhere in the airport. Once we got off the plane, the moment we disembarked, there was somebody there to give us this paper. They were holding your hand from the moment you exited. Literally, we come off the plane, we're in the tube to get out, and before we even got to the gate, while we're still in that tunnel, there's somebody in there checking your app and making sure that you have all the correct paperwork and separating those that have not finished it and those that have.

02:18 John Daub: This app that I have on the screen behind me is called the MySOS app. You can see right there. It's a red app. It has a ton of confirmations that you have to do to get through the menu. You have to pick the country in which you want to use it, which is probably Japan. There's a ton of confirmations. Then you have to enter in your passport information. The interface takes the data, the information that Japan requires and puts it in a really nice package for them. So on arrival, it's super easy. Now it starts off as red.

03:18 John Daub: After you enter in your passport and all this information, there are four things that you need to get in order to return back to Japan. The first thing is to register your passport and all this information on the app. The second thing is to get your vaccination paperwork and have that ready because you have to insert this into the app with proof. So I'm glad that before we departed we went to the city office here in Japan and we had an official document printed out with all our first two shots and then our booster shot was listed there with the type of the maker, the type, the date. It was all very official looking on this piece of paper with a QR code on it. After you enter in your passport information and you've gone through all the checklists you have to take a picture of that and upload it via the app. So basically there's a government official that is on the other end of this. They verify the document that you've uploaded.

04:46 John Daub: If you're an American citizen and you have some sort of documentation on your shot you can upload those photos via the app and they're just going to look at those pictures and verify it. They want everything basically verified before you enter Japan. And I'm going to tell you why in a minute why this is such an advantage at this time. So we had that from Japan, Kanae and myself. We took the pictures and we uploaded it and within four or five hours somebody on the other side had verified it and that step was completed. So we had verified that we had been vaccinated. If you're unvaccinated you can't use this app and therefore you won't be able to be fast tracked to get through. The MySOS app is basically a fast track option to get through all the procedures and I have a feeling that it's going to be around for a while. So you're going to want to get comfortable with this.

06:12 John Daub: After we had verified our vaccination certificates, that's step one, we get a little check mark. It's checked off on the app. Next, you have to do a pledge. The pledge, it's just a bunch of stuff that you don't really have to do if you're coming from the United States. Basically, they've separated the world into certain colors. And I believe we were in the color that was able to come into Japan without any quarantining whatsoever. Most of the countries are now in that situation where you can just go to Japan without any quarantine. There's a lot of people that don't have any quarantine without any PCR tests on arrival, if you do the Fast-Track, which is great. So I just want you to make sure you check the MOFA, which is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website to see if your country is fast-tracked or not and then if you can't, then you can use this and get in really quickly. Again, if you're not vaccinated, you cannot use the fast-track. You have to go through the quarantine and the PCR tests on arrival situation, which takes a lot of time.

07:55 John Daub: The third step was a lot harder and this was a critical one before right now at this current time. Japan requires a PCR test and a proof of negative and that you're not coronavirus infected 72 hours before the flight which makes no sense to me because you could have been infected like 48 hours before the test. It's just a bureaucratic procedure that is really the hardest thing that we had to do on the entire trip. It was painful. I was freaking out. I'm thankful for my friend Ellis who lives up in North Jersey who was able and David who were able to scout this out and help me out and give me ideas. Kanae is a Japanese national she's not American so to go to any of the CVS or Walgreens or Rite Aid a lot of the pharmacies in the United States offer PCR testing for travel they're for American citizens only though because you have to book these all online there's nothing you can do no workaround like a human element to it it's all automated and they're required to be done by the government and that's why it's called the CVS.

09:10 John Daub: They require a US ID like a driver's license or a state ID in order to be PCR tested and I'm guessing it's because it's subsidized by the local or federal government or something. Each test is roughly a hundred and thirty US dollars for PCR test the turnaround time is one to two days. We were doing it on the July 4th holiday so there was a lot of risk involved with doing it so it wasn't the perfect option but with about 65 hours out I went to CVS and it worked for me. Try to do a walk-in and they wouldn't allow us to do it. I could schedule an appointment, but Kanae couldn't because they required a state ID. In fact, you'd have to park your car outside of the CVS or Walgreens and somebody would come and bring you the package after you showed them your ID. So that's how strict that they were. So it was impossible for Kanae to get a PCR test. Leo, who is 15 months old, cannot be tested. So if you're traveling to Japan with a toddler or a child under four years of age, you do not, I repeat, you do not need to get a PCR test to enter Japan with a baby.

10:29 John Daub: We have 60 hours left and we're freaking out because we can't get a simple PCR test at the hospital. We can't get a PCR test at a pharmacy. We thought maybe we'd be able to get the PCR test at the airport. But our flight was at 3 p.m. We'd have to check in at, like, noon. And I didn't want to go to the airport at 9 a.m., to be honest with you. Six hours in advance, that just ruins everything. And on top of that, you have a 14-hour flight, which took exactly 14 hours because there was a delay. So what we did was we went to another airport that had PCR tests. We went to Newark Liberty International Airport, which is very convenient on the New Jersey Turnpike if you're coming from New Jersey or around there. I think that's a lot easier to get to than JFK Airport. And inside of the Newark Liberty Airport, there was a place that allowed us to do a 45-minute PCR test.

11:48 John Daub: The document that they gave me was in Japanese. It was the official form that they filled out, which was super useful. So I was glad that we did it there. However, this PCR test is ridiculous to have to do it 72 hours before the flight. You should probably do it like right before you get on the plane, I think. Then maybe it has some value to test the other passengers around you. But 72 hours before, there are people coughing and sneezing and it's still an airplane flight. There's nothing you can really do about it. At this stage, people are getting hospitalized. We were walking around the US. Almost nobody had masks on. You get over it. You get sick, okay. You have to get over it. But in general, it's not that bad. In Japan, there's a different mode and a different way to approach this. Which makes it very expensive.

12:50 John Daub: Basically, what I'm trying to say is that it cost me and Kanae, both of us, it cost us $500. $250 each for this PCR test. I repeat, $250 each to have this 45-minute turnaround PCR test that was accepted by the government of Japan to have no issues. The advantages, we were done in 45 minutes. The documents were perfect. We took a picture of it. We get in here, that's nuts. $500. We got the documents. And the people at this place, the lady here was not so nice. She looked like she was asleep half the time. But the nurses and the staff there were super friendly, super nice. I know they're not associated with the pricing of it. We didn't give them any grief. The price is the price. They did an extremely good job. And they understood that travelers have a lot of stress on them. And we were very happy to have friendly people working at these booths here.

14:15 John Daub: We got the papers. I took pictures of it. Uploaded it via the app. Within 10 hours, we had been registered. So we were done. We didn't have anything else. We had a pledge. We had our passport information. We had our vaccine shots. And then we had our 72 hours before the flight vaccination proof. All uploaded via the app. Those documents. The app turns from this red color to blue. And when you have a blue color, the airline doesn't even really check. They just want to see the app. And then if you show the app and it looks blue and it says you're registered, that's all they want to see. You don't even need the paperwork. We weren't asked to show the paperwork. We didn't have to go to the airport at all, to the airlines, or to Japan when we entered. Because it was all photographed and verified before we arrived. This is the beauty of it all.

15:21 John Daub: So at the airport at JFK, we didn't really have to do anything except show that app that we were registered and we went through all of the procedures needed. That was really the best part. What kind of stunk was that one suitcase was over the weight limit and we had to shift that into another bag. But that's another story. ANA is a little bit strict, but it worked out okay. By the way, it's $60 if one of your bags is overweight to have to pay for that. So we saved $60 by shifting it around. Thank you ANA, you made that very painless to do that. I really appreciate that.

15:56 John Daub: Alright, so we got on the airplane. We went to the lounge. The weird thing is that when we arrived at JFK, two weeks before the trip, in the arrivals, nobody had masks on except for staff. Everybody at the arrivals was maskless and it was like a culture shock for us. We had masks on, but nobody else did. My dad was waiting there, no mask. That's the way that people do it in the US and that's cool. In fact, we got pretty used to not wearing a mask and it was hard for us to return after two weeks of not having to wear one. Again, hospitalizations, I think there were only eight people in the entire city of Tokyo that are in a hospital for COVID right now. So it's not really too much of an issue.

16:39 John Daub: But going into the departures at JFK, masks were required. And although a lot of people had them on, but most of them didn't have it on. You know, like it was down here or there were four girls that were backpacking, had no masks on. And I don't know, this wasn't an issue for us so much. It was just a curiosity. The TSA didn't ask anybody to put their masks on. So they have signs that say, please wear masks. Nobody will force you to wear the mask in JFK. Now, when you got on the airplane, it was a lot stricter. And they make announcements via automated. So it's not actually the flight attendant. It's like an automated announcement. So it's all impartial. That although some countries might have looser mask rules, ANA asks everybody except when eating to wear a mask. And they played that several times during the flight. And I think that caught some non-Japanese off guard a little bit. And for the most part, people had masks on. But if you're sitting close to someone who's sick, it's not going to make much of a difference. But I think it makes people feel more comfortable. And that's a big deal, especially to the Japanese passengers.

18:07 John Daub: Then we arrived into Japan. I had my American passport. And I had this piece of paper. And we sped right through. We were fast passed. Because we were traveling with a child, Leo had to go. Everybody went to the left side. We went to the right. And we thought, uh-oh, we got flagged. But actually, it was the opposite. So before you make any arguments, like, no, I want to go with the other people. I know that this seems bad when you get pulled to the side. That's the worst of the worst, right? You get pulled to the side. Okay, wait, this is bad. Are they profiling me or something? But it was actually a good thing. So sometimes this doesn't work out to your advantage.

18:50 John Daub: We got pulled around to where there's an area where there's no people. And they checked our paperwork, this. And then they checked the QR code that comes associated with the app. And we had to touch it to a scanner. And then after that, we were through. They said, "Okay." And we walked through there. And then we could see the other passengers were queuing up. And because we had a baby with us, we went right through. Which is super, super useful. So sometimes getting pulled to the side is not bad. You just have to be a little patient. And let the procedure do its thing. The thing with Japan is that they've thought out this process pretty good. So it's almost like a factory line.

19:34 John Daub: After we've gotten through there, we go all the way to immigration. And my wife is a Japanese citizen. So I'm American. So she can come with me. And if you're Japanese and watching this, take note. If you're going with someone who is American and is like your husband or your wife, you can go to the American. You don't have to go to the foreigner line, which is awfully long. You can go with the American citizen and go in together as family. So you don't need to go through the massive line. It makes no sense to separate a family. And it was the same thing here. But my wife came to the foreigner line. And I had to do the two fingers and get my picture taken while Leo and Kanae just watched me do that. And it's kind of, I don't know, it feels like degrading a little bit to give your fingerprints and then take a picture like a criminal. It's just sort of uncomfortable. But it's the procedure. I don't complain about it. I'm just telling you what it is like.

20:46 John Daub: This is what the paper looks like. So you can see it. It says here, Japanese Government Quarantine Service Official. And please show it to the immigration officer. And that blue paper is what you need to get in. And don't take a screenshot and try to Xerox copy it. You're just going to get in trouble. They literally will hand you the paper if you already have it that's very suspicious, okay? So don't try to do it.

21:23 John Daub: We got our bags. It was a lot more challenging. But getting that 72 hour before flight PCR test was because we had to drive a long way to the airport. It's just not fair that foreign nationals can't get PCR tested without US ID. It doesn't make sense. A PCR test is a PCR test, I guess. But it's not. So anyways, we got it done. We got our PCR test 60 hours before the flight. So everything was good. We're feeling good. So I don't think we got sick or anything. We survived. We got jet lagged. But that's part of traveling. I'll take some questions here if you have any. I hope that this is useful information for those that watched all 22 minutes. You are incredible.

22:30 John Daub: By the way, at Haneda Airport, I'm guessing that some foreign nationals thought that it was possible to take someone else's residence card and passport and enter. And let me tell you right now, don't do it. Because they had public service announcements through the airport to tell, in English, to tell foreigners not to enter on somebody else's residence card or passport. You will be arrested and deported and fined a ridiculous amount of money. And I'm guessing they only show that because somebody tried to do it, which is pretty cheeky. So don't try to enter on somebody's residence card or fake it, too, because these residence cards are not like student IDs. OK, they're pretty solid government official government disbursed identification. You know, you need to register. There's like a lot of security checks involved.

24:05 John Daub: The blu-rays for the hitchhiking trip are being sold inside the United States. They only take a couple of days to arrive if you're from the US and a little bit longer if you're abroad but they're being sent from the United States right now so if you want a blu-ray for my hitchhiking trip in 2017 they're available and it's an amazing two and a half hour adventure with the directors audio which will explain what's going on so if you want to see the entire country of Japan through hitchhiking that's there.

24:37 John Daub: Do you have to quarantine in Japan or Korea? Zero quarantine. Again this is all brand new. Can I and I exited the airport, that's it. As long as you pre-registered you have no COVID you can go right through there's no PCR testing if you've pre-registered for this there's no PCR test upon arrival either zero quarantine no PCR tests on arrival in Japan if you're fast-tracked with the MySOS app. If you aren't fast-tracked I don't know what happens to you I have to be honest with you I'm guessing that if you're not fast-tracked or you're not vaccinated you have to go you get another piece of paper I think it was I can't remember was it yellow or pink and maybe it's like yellow is like you're partially registered on the MySOS app or pink meaning nothing and if you go in there I believe they took everybody that was not fast-tracked into a separate area and I'm guessing that's where you would go to get PCR tested and it's probably going to take you three to five hours.

26:00 John Daub: You don't need to be vaccinated to enter Japan you just need to be vaccinated to be fast-tracked into Japan and I'll tell you what after the 14-hour flight you want to be fast-tracked because we were so tired. I wanted to do a live stream at Haneda airport to see if any foreign tourists were coming in through this package tour thing but we were just so exhausted and we were traveling with a baby I'm like just take a picture tell people you're home and we'll do this live stream tomorrow. You'll need the PCR receipt too yeah you know what if even though we took a picture and we uploaded it to the app make sure that you keep all of your paperwork don't throw it out keep all of your paperwork just in case because they might want to see that. Japan is a country that respects paperwork official documents they love it all right so have as many official documents as you possibly can.

27:26 John Daub: Or not good before you arrive. This is important because imagine you arrived in Japan, the airline said it was okay, you got to Japan and the government says that it's not okay. This would be a complete disaster and you would have to get a flight back and Japan would make you do that. But this MySOS app that you see right there, it makes me confirm a bunch of stuff here, it's really good and it just takes the pain out of the procedures to enter into Japan. I believe you have to agree to being tracked through this app. So there's a lot of privacy issues maybe you might not want to take but it's there. We don't, I'll probably delete the app now to be honest with you because I'm not gonna, I don't have any plans to travel for a while but as long as you have the documentation you can use this app in it, it's really, really useful.

28:22 John Daub: Jon, you want to start? You're looking good, dude. It could be I got a lot of sunshine and a lot of rest, and I didn't drink a lot of alcohol, and I did eat a lot of pizza and not healthy stuff. So that could be why maybe I'm smiling a little bit more, a little more rested.

28:40 John Daub: Speaking of that, Peter von Gomm and I are meeting up tomorrow to do the finishing touches on our motorcycle trip, but the trip is already outlined. We're doing motorcycles for five days and a camper vehicle, a camper car for four days for the long stretches because it's just kind of crazy to do a 500-kilometer really long rides on a motorcycle. It's not that much fun, I think. And we wanted to rent this RV. So it's basically, it's a big RV, and we're going to be taking that through the big loop and the motorcycles with another loop of Hokkaido. It's going to be amazing. Everything, all the accommodations are done. We're just doing the Kickstarter to try to raise funds for it, but we're going to do it anyways. We do hope that we can raise enough money to pay off some of the stuff that would be associated with this trip and maybe make a little bit more. Who knows. We will make a pretty incredible documentary, Motorcycle 7.

30:07 John Daub: We got drones. We have actually a discount on some of the motorcycle clothing, and I believe that company is going to film us for a day so that we get like kind of a cameraman out of it for one of the days. But we're going to need somebody to help. We have an assistant booking all the stuff, so there are some costs associated to it. We've been trying to limit the amount of money that would be needed for it, but it is actually more expensive than I thought to rent a motorcycle. I think it's about $150 to $200 a day or something. Peter's in charge of that part. But we're going to see him tomorrow and discuss the final details before we launch the Kickstarter. The Kickstarter will go through the trip, so it doesn't end just because the trip has ended. We'll keep going through there, and there'll be a good solid month to try to raise funds for this end share.

31:12 John Daub: We're going to do tenugui, which are these you know the Karate Kid bandanas? I believe we're going to make a few hundred Karate Kid bandanas and sell those. We have Dakota, who's done the artwork for our other Kickstarter projects. Dakota is doing a motorcycle art with a big demon, which are the oni at the onsen chasing us on our motorcycles. And I told them to put melons and other things that associate some Ainu art. So it's going to be a really incredible design. This motorcycle trip, what I want to do personally, it's not just about the motorcycle trip. It's about kind of discovering Hokkaido in a different way, and I want to focus on the Ainu culture, learn a lot more about it. I've kind of gotten to know it a little bit through traveling through Hokkaido, but this time we want to stop off at some of the newer Ainu museums that are doing a really good job of promoting the culture and add this into the documentary to give it a really special look at the land that we drive through. That was originally the land of the Ainu people, who are the indigenous people of Hokkaido in Japan. So we want to give them their due for sure and try to share as much information that we discover about it, as well as eat a lot of delicious food and show you the camping and the motorcycle life up there.

32:38 John Daub: If you have any feedback on that, I would love to hear it from you in the comments, because we can always use some more advice on places to stop and rider houses and things like this. It's going to be a lot of fun. Any other questions before we end this? I'm really thankful that you guys made it to this long time no-see livestream.

33:00 John Daub: Who's driving the RV? We both are. We'll both be driving the RV. I don't think you need a truck license or anything like that. I hope not. When it comes to Japan opening up, I just want you guys to understand that Japan has their own way to do things. And you don't have to agree with it, but never argue about it either. Never get angry, especially when you enter Japan, about the procedures. It is what it is. And it's probably all political, whatever it is. The steps are there. And the easiest way to get from A to Z is just to go through all the hurdles. It's pretty easy to do.

34:14 John Daub: I think that in a couple of months after this election, which I believe I think it finished already, maybe these procedures will go away and things are only going to get easier. Basically, when this Omicron hit in November of 2021, they shut down again. And they've been making it easier and easier and easier. Every step has been easier. We didn't have to quarantine this time. We didn't have to do a PCR test on arrival this time. We went from the gate to our luggage and into a taxi in 30 minutes, in less than 30 minutes, which is great. So if there's anything that I can leave you with, with this is that we went from the preparing everything on the app was painful. But once we've done that from the gate to the taxi, it took us 30 minutes. And that's pretty darn good.

35:09 John Daub: In the United States, coming from Japan to the US. The procedures were really easy at the ANA gate at Haneda Airport. We had to sign some documents, and I had to do some more documents because she's not American. And that's it. We arrived in the US as though there was no pandemic. It was awesome in a way, but kind of scary because there was this dude who was just hacking up. Yeah, I felt bad for the people around him. Luckily, we were in premium economy and got kind of, we moved through the line faster than everybody else. Leo was attached to my chest in a baby harness and we booked. I always like to, I don't want to be downwind. You know, I did an African Safari in 2001. And one thing that our guide said was, the elephants can smell you downwind. So we have to be upwind. So the elephants don't know we're around. Same thing with people. I like to get off of the crowded subways. I like to be first and get up those steps, not have to get all that downwind thousands of people. You know, I don't know what's in that wind. I'm being silly.

36:27 John Daub: If you do have any questions about this, anytime, feel free to leave a comment. And I do scout these out in the first couple of days. We have a Discord community and we talk about this stuff. It's changing all the time. And I know that a lot of you have been waiting to get to Japan. Some of you might even have given up on Japan. But if you're watching this, you probably haven't given up on Japan. You just feel like you have, but you're still watching. Things are getting better. I didn't see any other travelers, just residents of Japan and citizens and a couple of business travelers. The lounge had some business travelers there. On the plane.

37:07 John Daub: There's a lot of people that were on the plane before we even got on the plane. These are people that were in transit. So if you are in transit and you're going through Narita or Haneda, I don't know if you actually leave the plane. When we left, they announced that everybody who's a resident of Japan or planning to stay in Japan, please leave. If you are transferring, please stay on the plane. So transfers could not deplane with us. There's a totally different procedures. And I don't think you can go anywhere inside of the airport. I'm not sure, but I got the idea. And this was about half of the plane. Americans are transferring to go to another area of the world with ANA. They were just flying through Haneda. They bundle you up into this special group and probably take you with a liaison to your plane. That was my guess. The other people that were around me that had to stay had no idea what they were going to do.

38:41 John Daub: Did you hear the rumor that Japan is possibly going to allow remote working visas either this year or next year? I doubt it. But I don't know if they are. I've been getting a lot of requests from local areas to do episodes on working holidays. So I think that's sort of a big theme of 2023. And I think that those that are coming to Japan, the costs and the pain to come in here is quite high. It's getting better. You probably want to stay for more than two weeks. So doing a working holiday is probably a good idea. From the feeling I'm getting from the request to do working holiday material, it could be. So the transfers had to stay on the plane and no if you transfer, you cannot go into Japan and no Japan is not a visa free country anymore. You need a visa to come here if you're a tourist. And no, I didn't see any tours on the plane. Zero. The plane was full with returnees, Japanese citizens and business travelers and people traveling through to other countries.

40:09 John Daub: Can we get a kei car video? John, I'm working on that. I got a lot of stuff happening. Everything's delayed because they got nothing done in the US on the main channel. It's like, I think I edited maybe one video. I think I edited one minute of the melon video, which is absolutely awful. So I'm way behind. But I have this summer. I have seven location shoots already scheduled. Seven location shoots scheduled in different places around Japan this summer. That's July and August. So I'm going to be really busy, especially in August. It's crazy with the Hokkaido motorcycle trip. It's going to be insane.

40:55 John Daub: No quarantining. The MySOS app makes it pretty easy. Kanae and I are doing fine. Kanae and Leo are still asleep. I bought Kanae some sushi. Mine is getting warmer. Look at that. Isn't this the most beautiful thing. I dedicate this to our whole community. I will eat this with happiness. And to Motosako7, we'll be eating some sushi for you on the trip. Real sushi. Gosh, you don't know how much I've been dying for this. A good sushi doesn't smell like fish. It's really good. So I'm going to eat this now for lunch.

41:43 John Daub: We'll do another live stream. Actually, I have a video. I took a lot of video about traveling with a toddler. Using the bassinet for ANA in particular. They're a lot stricter than a lot of the other airlines. The child can't be more than 22 pounds or 10 kilograms. And Leo was 9.6 or something. And I hope that he didn't gain weight. I think he lost it from running around. But it was an interesting experience to travel with a toddler. And I'm going to use that into an Only in Japan Go informational video with Kanae's help to explain to you some of the stuff we had to go through. Because there wasn't still enough information on this for travelers that are coming and going with kids. It's just a completely different way to travel. And no, we didn't get a lot of sleep. And yes, we did get a chance to enjoy the trip a little bit.

42:35 John Daub: Here's this is the bassinet. And you can see Leo was crying. But he was sleeping. He's crying because he's sleepy. It does look like he's a little Purdue chicken. Frozen chicken. Like a turkey. In this basket. Except the turkey's still alive because you can see the eyes and it's creepy. His legs are sticking out on the other side. Sleepy crying is normal. It is. I sometimes will sleep and cry too. Sometimes I can't sleep and I cry. It's the same thing. Look at the legs sticking out. You see the legs sticking out? It's so funny. But this was such a great thing to have. And we were able to take advantage of the premium economy seats. But I think if you have a baby over two years old, you probably just want to get a third economy seat. Then you can sleep a little bit better. Use the car seat or something. But if you can use the bassinet, use it. Because my gosh, it really helped out a lot with space. And he slept pretty well. Actually.

44:12 John Daub: He needed some sort of background. And the sound of the air, he didn't really mind that. Actually, if he's snacking on something while we were going up, he didn't cry because of the air pressure. But when we were coming down into Tokyo, that was the only time of the four ascents and descents that he cried because he wasn't eating on something. Because of the air pressure in his ears. Doesn't know how to deal with that yet. But maybe he's a pro now. He didn't want to drink the juice because of his ears hurt. And so for about three minutes, he was freaking out and the flight attendant came.

44:54 John Daub: Leo is kind of a ladies man, ladies boy. He seems to find the women and he approaches them or talks to them. Our waitress, we went to a restaurant to get waffles for breakfast when we were in Vermont and the waitress was blonde. And he was just fascinated with her too much. And on the playground, there were other American kids and he would run into the girls. Just saying. I thought it was funny. He knows what he wants. He wants just to play. I'm making more out of it than it is, but he just wants to play. But with girls.

45:53 John Daub: Tomorrow I'll be meeting up with PBG, and we'll be talking a little bit about the Hokkaido trip, as well as catch up because it's been a few weeks. But the livestreams are back. He's a stud like his pappy. Oh, I am not. Trust me. I am not. I'm awful. In fact, it took forever to ask, can I go out on a date? And one day we'll even, yeah, I'm awful. So he's way better than me. I'm actually jealous of his ability to not be shy around pretty girls. I hope he stays like this because he'll do fine in high school. He has to make up for my deficiencies there. I think he will.

46:39 John Daub: All right, everybody. Thanks. Thanks so much. We're having fun here. Thanks so much for watching and we'll be back with PBG tomorrow. And yeah, this month's postcard on the Patreon is the U-Buri melon harvest. I'm inside of one of the greenhouses showing you a family harvesting the beautiful U-Buri melons. That's a great thing. All right, guys. We'll see each other real soon. Thank you. I'll see you next time. See you guys. Bye.