00:00:00 John Daub: Welcome to Otaru, one of the coolest towns in Hokkaido. Dude, there's the Lambo, Peter. I just started the stream. We can't talk over one another. But that's the Lambo we saw in Hirafu yesterday, just went by. Well, this is Otaru, one of the coolest cities in Hokkaido, if not Japan. In this episode, we're taking you on a street view walk through the warehouse district, over to one of my favorite places where the old clock is, and they have these amazing music boxes that I bought for Kanae. This is a really classical area.

00:00:42 Peter von Gomm: The station for Otaru is this way.

00:00:45 John Daub: We're not going there today, but it's a straight walk. It is such a convenient city to come to by ferry or by train. The ferry terminal, believe it or not, is just right there, like 10 minutes. I once came by the Niigata ferry. I walked from the ferry terminal to the train station, took me 15 minutes, and I stopped off on the way for a kaisendon (seafood rice bowl) breakfast. Pretty cool.

00:01:10 Peter von Gomm: Peter has found the other attraction, the mini Hachiko.

00:01:15 John Daub: Isn't that a cute little happi jacket? It's got a happi (festive jacket) and a tenugui (hand towel), which are part of the Kickstarter and on sale if you support the Kickstarter. This project, 11 more days, 478 backers. With 12 short of jumping into Lake Akan. If we get 12, we jump into the lake, fully clothed. I mean, in a swimsuit.

00:01:41 Peter von Gomm: You said buck naked.

00:01:43 John Daub: I said Buck Rogers. Nobody says Buck Rogers anymore, 70s boy. Let's cross the street and get this underway. Wait, turn to the left for a second. I want you to show them this majestic building. All of these warehouses along here are from the Meiji era. They were hopping back in the day. This was the grain warehouse, where they distributed grain throughout the region. And along here is the Otaru Canal. This was a lot of barges came along here and offloaded and loaded supplies for the region. Very cool.

00:02:20 Peter von Gomm: They had a bunch of yatai (food stalls) and street food here last night. If you saw the Kickstarter backer update, it looks completely different during the day, doesn't it?

00:02:29 John Daub: I see Brent Downey is in the house, and so is Michael Sassano. How are you guys doing? These are gas lamps. They're actually real. They're still using gas. They have the mantles inside. And it's a really romantic feel all along here at nighttime. It's really cool. This is, right now is the Summerfest here in Otaru. And there was live music in that warehouse down there along the outdoor balcony. That was really cool.

00:03:00 Peter von Gomm: When we drove, we rode into here last night, they had a band playing from what looked like an apartment. And they had it on the fourth floor, and they were lit up this window. And they're playing out the window. That was awesome on the balcony. Kind of smooth jazz.

00:03:17 John Daub: They also have these dudes, you see them all over Japan. They're the rickshaw drivers. And yeah, they can give you a tour around. A lot of them do speak English. This is the boat, I believe, that takes you around cruising, which I would have loved to have done, but it's actually starting to rain. We're in a little bit of a hurry to get to Sapporo to avoid the rain. But that view over there from the bridge is pretty nice. Yeah, the ferry port is just over here. You can get the ferry to Niigata, I believe. Here's one of the rickshaw drivers doing his thing. Those guys are in great shape. Nightbot just shared the link for the Blu-rays in high definition from 2017, Hitchhiking from Kagoshima to Wakkanai. You can check that out if you want. It is awesome. It's about two and a half hours of pure adventure. I hitchhiked the whole country back five years ago now. And Hokkaido was a big part of that.

00:04:33 John Daub: Should we announce our stretch goals for this project? We've already passed 3.5 million yen, which was go to Hakodate. Which is amazing. So we're booking that trip probably as soon as we get to the RV camper so we can get a decent airfare, because all the airfare is really high now. Then if we get 500 backers, which we're 12 short of, we jump in Lake Akan.

00:04:59 Peter von Gomm: You said naked.

00:05:03 John Daub: We can't do that. That's illegal. You've got to butter me up, though. Some booze or something. Speaking of booze and cruise, we've got some cruise right here. These are the two boats that you can get in and cruise the canals. And it's a really neat way to see Otaru. They're actually getting their rain jackets on so you know. This is not a good sign for this live stream as we get into the water. We need to keep on moving. You can see it hitting the canal, the water in here. It's all right. We should be able to survive 15 minutes or so.

00:05:42 Peter von Gomm: We had a fantastic beer last night, didn't we? We're going to walk right by there. The Otaru Brewery. We did a kanpai, end of day.

00:05:53 John Daub: John just had to show off with a giant joki mug. You're the one who got the beer. Oh, you're the one who wanted to drink the nacho off and get the little dinky beer? It's a pilsner. It's got almost no alcohol in it.

00:06:12 Peter von Gomm: Here's the pier area for Otaru. So if you're coming by ferry from Maizuru or Niigata, you'll be coming right over there. And I remember the ferry came in like at 5:30 in the morning, didn't it? Pretty early. It's an overnight ferry, which is a great way to travel, by the way. The majority of bikers who come to Hokkaido come by ferry. So you get on the ferry with your bike or your car, ride it all night. They've got a bath on the ferry. Take a bath with the views of the ocean outside. It's so fun.

00:07:02 John Daub: See, I got some weird stories with that bath. I've ridden that Niigata to Otaru Ferry a few times. And one time there was a storm and that bath was sloshing. You're going left and right on that bath there. So you have to pick your bath times pretty responsibly. I mean, do it quick. Get it out of the way maybe. Which is great if you come sweating to get to the ferry, puffing and puffing. Also, take the bath early, get it out of the way. So the warehouse district here has really always been one of the coolest places to come. At night, there's the Otaru Brewery which is super cool inside. It's like going into Germany, like the Hofbrauhaus. It's a little bit darker than the Hofbrauhaus. And Joseph says, hello from Slovakia. I can't sleep. Something for beer. It would be socially acceptable to partake right now. No, we can't. Not on bikes. But tonight in Sapporo, we will. Thank you very much.

00:08:16 Peter von Gomm: This is just kind of a shopping mall. That actually will take you out to the canal if you walk through there.

00:08:27 John Daub: This is where we went last night. It's the Otaru beer. Some of their original Otaru beer here. Since 1995. Here's the brewery that we were inside last night. That closes at 11. Almost nobody in there. It was maybe five or six people, so definitely safe. You can see, you can get one for the road right there, but it's not open right now. It opens at 11:30. Yeah, but such a cool atmosphere, these old warehouses. As with any town that has a warehouse district, it's always a fun place to go. This is Bikuryudonki [?]. I guess this is a chain restaurant. I've been here a couple times, so it's got a really nice atmosphere inside there, so I think you're going not for the Bikuryudonki, but you're going for the atmosphere. This looks like a wedding hall, a petite wedding. Hey, Katayama's in the house. So is UFO Bob. How you guys doing? Hey, Katayama. Hello. UFO Bob. Everybody else? Shane's here. I see the whole gang's here. Jokey Paul Live, how you doing? Joy, Jotty.

00:09:47 Peter von Gomm: Rain is just sprinkling, so we got three days of kind of wet, sloshy weather coming up.

00:09:55 John Daub: Don't say that. Don't jinx it. We have been so lucky up until now. I think in order to make it better, you need to embrace it.

00:10:08 Peter von Gomm: I already have.

00:10:09 John Daub: Wow, so this is like a yakiniku seafood place, just to grill your own seafood. I'm getting that kind of a vibe. Maybe have some uni? No, I'll pass on that for a while. Had a little bit too much of the food. It was quite good, the one we had. Look at the colors. They kind of toned down the green, didn't they? That is not your saturation, folks. They changed the colors of the family mark to make it more subdued. To fit into the neighborhood a bit better. A darker green. They do that sometimes. 7-Eleven, I've seen all black signs to fit in with the neighborhood. That's pretty cool. Like in Kamakura does that. Wood tones and things. This is really cool over here. That actually might be real stained glass, unlike our room in the Kitakiri Canadian Club had peeling stained glass windows, really. Let's cross here. I hope that is a super cool town. For motorcyclists, a lot of people ride through here. I've noticed down that main street, the signs are all in English as well. So you have here the cruise dock, Asakusa Bridge. English, Russian, Chinese, Korean. Very cool.

00:12:04 Peter von Gomm: Is that intravenous to Milo [?]? You know, they could have finished the arms, don't you think? They run out of stone or what?

00:12:18 John Daub: If you're going to make a replica, might as well just finish the arms. I think that makes it more unique. Wow, look at this place. I could see myself enjoying a coffee right here. This is the type of thing you don't see in Tokyo, like these open decks on the canals of Tokyo. T.Y. Harbor is one of my faves. But you don't see this in Japan much at all. Like this outdoor, on the canals, on the river type of dining or drinking. This is a really cool thing that you see here in Otaru. And in Hokkaido, actually. They embrace the outdoors a little bit better. Pam grabs something to drink. Hey guys, okay, let's make a stop here. This is the canal that's quite famous in Otaru. And they take advantage of that. Make it really scenic. Lovely brick. The colors are classic. This is a really cute information shack over here. Wood log cabin. That's cool. Everything sort of all just fits together. The pieces work. And this canal district at night, again, totally different. Really good nightlife. Diana Martin, thanks for the update. 473 backers at the moment. That's why we're here. Manhole! This one has the sky and the canal in blue. I like it. You can see the gas light there. It's a nice manhole. It's a lot of details. All right, let's cross the street here. I wonder what this is. It's a lighthouse for the canal. Otaru Denukikoji, it says. I'd like to grab a beer in there. Whoa! You see what they've done here with that melon? Kaiseki don reminds me too much of yesterday, and I had my weight in uni, so.

00:14:26 Peter von Gomm: You didn't want to eat any. I was sharing it with you. I knew how much you loved it.

00:14:31 John Daub: That's not sharing. I'm a giver. You gave it all. I do, for my friends. What is, what do we got here? Buckets of water. This is showing the old warehouse town of Otaru, I believe. I like these little additions. Some of the shops that are in this area now.

00:14:56 Peter von Gomm: Peter has disappeared. Hey, John. Look how cute they are. Come in here. They got dresses on. Did you see that?

00:15:05 John Daub: Oh, my gosh. So, obviously, these are not open right now, but these are little restaurants. Just a little tour. The last one was closed. Some interesting little restaurants through here. They're closed right now, but they kind of made it look like this miniature old town. That's the map I was just showing people outside. So, that's this area. This is so cool in here. I love this tower up here. You have to look up. It's like a New Orleans type of thing. There's more alleys here. Check it out. This is fun. This guy is interesting. Look at him. He loves his dango (rice dumplings). This is the Popura Farm. That's where you get the cantaloupe with the cream. That looks good. We're going to get our share of cantaloupe or melon. And then, in a few days, August 5th. You bought it? August 6th. All you can eat. You bought a melon. It's pretty cool. Oh, look at this over here. Oh, these people have written their reviews and comments on. Look at this guy. He's a great artist. They give you a piece of paper and you can write a note and they tack it up here. Watch out, John. Oh, that's the statue of the guy. Do you think? It might be the owner. Who knows? Cool little area. Mika Bar. I think that is him when he was a kid. All right. Let's get back onto the street. We got kind of a ways to walk here. Peter, we got kind of a ways to walk here.

00:17:15 Peter von Gomm: Why are you hiding? Why is he following me? Just leave me alone for a bit, will you? It's creepy.

00:17:22 John Daub: That's cool. Somebody said that looks like you. A joy said that looks like you. A little bit. You look like you're wearing glasses. Well, I don't have any round glasses like that. Sort of. But I do like dango. Just like that little guy. I like dango, too. All right. Back to the street. This is a super cool area. Again, we're just a little bit too early for lunch. Wow. That butterfly went right through me. Where's your music box place?

00:17:54 Peter von Gomm: It's straight about five minutes this way.

00:18:00 John Daub: Okay. Hey, Carissa's here. And she did you love your trip so far? See here. Looking forward to the postcard. Yeah. That Dakota's postcard art is so awesome. You have it right here. I do. Peter's got it. And if anyone wants another postcard, today's the last day for the Ube melon postcards. Jeffrey, thanks for pledging 9,000 yen. The Only in Japan motorcycle adventure. Thank you. Just got the notification. Great. Thank you. This is available for the next, I guess, in the U.S., 12 hours. This is the Ube Melon Harvest postcard. And a Toy Story stamp. That's neat. And here's the postcard for the project. Just the art. Should I angle it down or. Okay. Yeah, this is good. There's the fox in the Furano lavender. There's us riding the motorcycles. We have melon helmets on to represent the melons of Hokkaido. Toby's there. Cows. We're going to be milking cows and eating dairy. And that's the oni of Noboribetsu either chasing us or coming out to say hello. And that's Mount Yotei, which we circled around yesterday. Yeah, we did, but we couldn't see it. Couldn't see it. It was a bit cloudy. I think we had some views of it from somewhere. These are nice. Nice bikes. Yeah, we're enjoying the bikes that we got from Rental819. Great, great touring bikes. You'll be seeing those in the documentary as well. I think it's not too far from here. That scary pumpkin over there. What an Easter egg. I think it's a big Easter egg in this town. Oh, Roy's chocolate. You see the sign for it? Oh my God, there's potato chips. Oh, that's good stuff. Should we follow this canal and then make a left here?

00:19:51 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, I'm following you.

00:19:52 John Daub: I don't know. Do you have your Google map? Maybe. I do not know where this place is. There's a good chance I'm lost. Yeah, Otaru also in the winter has a very different vibe. Snow everywhere. It's so incredibly serene along that canal. Hey, William, is this pledge 4444? Yeah. He's got the time sale. Nice. Postcard, documentary set. Thank you, William. Thank you, William. That means we're like 10 people away from the jumping in the river, jumping in the lake. What music box place, John's music box place?

00:20:34 Peter von Gomm: Just look for the clock. Music box museum. So we'll just take this road straight there. Yeah, we'll take a left here. Thank you, Peter. Watch out, there's a car coming. So scenic. It's better with the blue skies. But I have to tell you, I'm kind of enjoying this weather in a way because it could be way, way hotter, right? It's about a 10 minute walk from here.

00:21:13 Peter von Gomm: Oh, is it? Okay, if we hustle, like we can make it eight. Well, let's hustle. Let's get some hustle. Here's some wind chimes. It's Nipsey Hustle. And while we're hustling, I'm going to stop here for a minute. As you do. A New York second. Watch the car coming up behind you, the truck. It's very tight here. All right, let's go.

00:21:49 John Daub: Okay, I'm just going to keep on moving. I'm going to keep on moving. You can see that it's a very sturdy building. And even all these old warehouses or buildings are just so cool. I think it's a warehouse because you can see the very strong doors that close in to prevent fire from destroying their cash crop. Well, and also to preserve the goods they're keeping inside. It's a storehouse. It could be a bank as well. This is the kind of stores that I'm talking about, and we're going to be taking you to one of the most famous ones. They're all very Ghibli looking, you see? Like inside. They're all very Ghibli looking stuff and this one has glass and other sorts of things. I probably went inside there. This is the former Otaru branch of the Hyakujusan Bank. 110 Bank is Hyakujusan. This is the history. You have to pause in the playback to see it. Wow, this is a really nice little street here.

00:22:57 Peter von Gomm: Peter was confused about the meaning of this, weren't you Peter?

00:23:05 John Daub: Yeah, I thought it was kind of profane. Well, it is flammable. Oh, okay, I thought you said propane. Not propane. Boo. Speed bumps, that means speed bumps. Ah, okay. Thank you. These really little stylish stores and there's a bunch of them this street will take you to. The clock at the end of it. Yeah, it's so cool, this old Meiji architecture. Yeah, it's gotta look up to really appreciate it. Really fun. Along this street, I love it, they have wind chimes. And this little tinkling sound, it's supposed to cool you down. But actually the rain is. Hey, Hamto just pledged 11,500, I think it was. Thank you, Hamto. Hamto, thank you. Wow, this is great. Wow, that looks like it was a bank or something in a former life. This one across the street too, look at the really solid looking windows. Every building is historical, they have a historical sign outside of every building. The former Hokkaimillet Company. Whoa. Timber frame with firestone exterior, a tiled gable roof, iron window shutters, whoa. It says the interior is a blend of western and Japanese styles with sawabuchi, board and batten ceiling. Looks like a sword or a mustache. Potato head mustache. Pringles can. It's closed though. Hokkaido Mill. Cafe, whoo. We're actually gonna possibly do another live stream at this ice cream place that Peter knows about, so that's why we're not gonna be stopping off to get the ice cream. We're saving it up for 11, it doesn't open till 11, yeah, it's pretty crazy. What time is it now? 9:30 we started. 10 a bit, 10 after, a little after 10. Okay, well we're almost there, I think I see our destination. This is the vibe that you get in Otaru and I think it's pretty cool. I think you can walk this town and really enjoy it for a night and a day, maybe two nights. It's a chill town and at night again, once again, there's music in the summer, there's yatai, street stands, there's this feeling of, I don't know, just fun, like it's not Japan, right? It's just a different era of Japan, right? That's preserved. You don't see a lot of preserved Japan of the Meiji era and this town has a load of it.

00:27:10 Peter von Gomm: Whoa. Harley. Yeah, it's got a lot of stuff on there. How do they not fall? Whoa, they even have free Wi-Fi here. All those girls are trying to get into the YouTube stream. They can come back, I'm not against that. Interesting, take a look back here, you see the word Kamui, you see Kamui often in Otaru. In Hokkaido, it's an Ainu word, K-A-M-U-I, and it's a spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology. And this place here is called Hokkaido Most Real Ainu Kamui, the Legend of Kamui Begins. That's close. Yeah, it might be an art gallery or something. It'd be good, a bagel with cream cheese and custom ordered. But you see that often in Hokkaido. We'll be going to Kamui Wakka in the upper northeast corner in a few days, which is the onsen hot spring, the waterfall that we're going to go through, which will be really cool. Yeah, Matt Gamer writes, the legend ended. The legend's just taking a break.

00:28:42 John Daub: This is Sakaimachi, right there, which is the world machi [?]. You know, Otaru being a port city, I think had a mixture of different cultures. Look at that glass work. Japanese glass is some of the best in the world. The Italians might take offense at that as well as American glass makers and all. Other glass makers, doesn't matter where. But they make some pretty darn good glass here. Do you have any Japanese made glass? Pottery, yeah. I have some Kakiemon. No thanks. Shokuhin Seifun. I don't want any seafood for a little while. It was just too good. I'm savoring last night. Still? Yeah. I'll be savoring that for a few more days. Okay, I think we see our goal coming up. But we're going to take it nice and easy. Look at that building. It's like made of this really weird stone that looks like textured stone. Look at that. I love it. It says the former Kubo store. Going to cross here, take a look. Originally constructed for a Kubo store, purveyor of sundries and miscellaneous items. Huh. Oh. There's a coffee shop in here. Oh, wow. Thank you, Steven. Maybe we can put that to some good use right now. I wouldn't mind getting a snack or something. You had breakfast. I kind of skipped it. It's called intermittent fasting, but it's hard when you're traveling. Just want to eat. Well, it's important to make sure you get some nutritious food when you're biking. That's true, but I also have a storehouse down here. The last half year has been pretty rough, so I'm okay. It takes them from the storage to the unit. Living off the reserves. So we're almost there. Just another 10 minutes. Those are the best cookies. I don't know if I was supposed to say that. I didn't do that, but I liked it. Ring your bell. Oh, that's a really nice shop as well. I've been in it several years. So when I was hitchhiking. Soft cream. When I was hitchhiking in 2017, I was picked up by a couple from Sapporo, and they picked me up in Hakodate. And we drove up to Noboribetsu, and they said that I could drive up with Sapporo, but I wanted to stay in Noboribetsu. I had to see my friend there. And I was like, I'm going to go to Hakodate. And well, I got their phone number, and they said, you can stay with us. Just give us a call when you get to Sapporo Station. We'll pick you up. They make mochi. Every morning at 5 a.m., they were making mochi. So it's in the hitchhiking documentary, which is on sale. I went in there, and I filmed them making the mochi from scratch in the morning, and then they sell it to the stores. It makes delivery runs, which is so cool. That's a fun memory. But on the next day, they said if I had another day, they would drive me to Otaru. And they did, and they showed me around this area. And that's where I got, whoa, those who have ordered the daimyo packages might remember that ramen I got. That was some hardcore ramen. Peter, you need a Furano underwear. You need underwear, period. You can get Melon Kuma's rear end on the back. Perhaps. Maybe have the one that has uni on it. They've got crabs. I think I can afford it. Thanks to the underwear fund, which is now defunct. What the heck is a story here? Go ahead and touch it. That's all right. No, go ahead. That's okay. But I'll put my face through there if you want. Okay. All right. Screenshot. Send it to Blue Bright. All right. Reach around. Reach around. Okay, good. All right. Thank you. Reach around. Oh, I was supposed to. Good use for underwear. Bundy fun. Okay, we've got some approval here. There's a ramen shop. You saw it off. Oh, that does smell good. For breakfast. Have you ever had ramen for breakfast?

00:33:48 Peter von Gomm: I have. Ooh, matcha soft cream. Oh, that is a solid green. Yeah, I like that. God, if we weren't having ice cream in two hours, I might be in on that. You said it's a big ice cream? Okay, all right. It's pretty muggy, isn't it? It's getting there. Not compared to Tokyo. I think you have forgotten, my friend, at how Tokyo's weather is. It mugs you like a sauna. Well, it's like mid-30s now every day in Tokyo. Yeah, this is paradise. You see Santa there? It's kind of creepy this time of year. There's nothing creepy about Santa Claus. His head is stuck on the side of a wall, maybe. So where is this clock place, John?

00:34:48 John Daub: Straight ahead. A lot of street food. We're just too early for it. You gotta get here at 11. But we're leaving at 11, so. There's a lot going on down here, isn't there? Yeah. Hey, Katayama, for the John. Katayama, we're beyond this! What's that? Underwear fund. Oh, God. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, I'll look for something like traditional underwear at Lake Akan, maybe made by Ainu craft artisans, okay? That's what I'll look for. Made from the reeds. Artistic underwear, yeah. Made from the reeds and sewn like that. I'll see if I can find it at Akan. They have a lot of stores. Hopefully they're open when we go there, but. I'm sure there's gonna be a place to get some stylish underwear that should appease the underwear people. I have enough! I wash it every day. I get a backup and I have a second day and a backup. Who needs more than two pairs of underwear? Three, I got three. You have three? The ones that's backup. Okay. I wish you'd start wearing those. I am. It's in a rotation. The other ones are standing up on their own. It's a rotation, Peter. Yours are, because they're all stinky and unwashed in your bag, sticking to the side. They're in a Ziploc. Ziploc. Yeah, like six days in a Ziploc. I'd like to see that petri dish. You're gonna see it. You're gonna probably gonna. It's gonna infect you, I'm sure. A beanstalk growing out of it. I'm sure. Wash. That's where it's at. Well, I did, but it didn't dry inside. Hey, Michael, thank you for. Michael, thank you for pledging for the postcard and documentary. Just saw that coming in. Look at this building. That's a massive storehouse. And we're getting it. Here's the end of it, Peter, so. Oh, thank goodness. Look at the seafood shop. Yeah, you can smell it. Yeah. Ooh, big crab leg. Holy moly. Dude, crab leg's like this long. What? Look in there. Oh, my God. Yeah. That'd be great on the barbie. What kind of crab is this?

00:37:24 Peter von Gomm: This is a crab crab. Canaba? Canaba. Canaba crab. Oh, okay. Thank you. How about around here? No, it's more of a Russian one. Oh, Russian. Oh, I see. Thank you. It's called kanaba. Oh. From the Russian area, they get it. Oh, yeah, they gotta pay royalties. That's why the price is probably jacked up a bit. Mm. So this is, again, a glass can. They make some of the best glass in Japan here in Otaru. But there is a connection because I guess Otaru is a northern port. We're trading with Russia and Korea here. Sure. So you'll see signs, multi-language signs all through Hokkaido, actually. And it's a shame because there's a big connection between Hokkaido and Russia. Like, I wish there was more friendship and they'd just give us back our islands. Please. Say please. Stolen during World War II. If you look at the history. Or just given away. Probably, actually, most likely America's fault. But at the end, it was just chaos at the end of any war, which is why war stinks. John Lennon. Peace. Mm. Another tourist information site. I've seen three now. Whoa. Lots of tourist information places. Yeah, there was a lot of tourists here usually. But they're kind of not there yet. Okay, we're almost to John's music box.

00:38:54 John Daub: Paradise. It's not mine. It's the world's. It's a gift to the world, Peter. It's not mine to give. Ooh, fromage. That looks good for your breakfast, doesn't it? Yeah, it does. Holy moly. And they're open, too. Oh, wow. That could be good for my breakfast part two. French toast. Oh, katayama. Did the Coca-Cola arrive? I can't remember if I put that in the box or not. Just let me know. Gosh, I have one bought. I don't know if I put it in the box this morning. I'll have to look it up next month. Because katayama is someone who is a collector. This one might be pretty cool, don't you think? What do you think? Oh, okay, good. That one's pretty cool. They have Coca-Cola cans kind of customized with Japanese on it, which is really cool. This is a great building over here. Well, that's it. Yeah, I know. That's why it's so great. That's the music box one. And I went in there. I'm like, whoa. I had no real caring for music boxes. But then when you see them, you're like, this is the coolest thing ever. I want to get one. What size did you get? One that would fit in my bag because I was hitchhiking, but one that wasn't the smallest one because she would know. And it's like a hand crank thing? Crank it up? No, it's a finger crank. You twist it. Have you ever had a music box? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But like the crank up type. I haven't. I'm a boy. Boys don't have music box. You freak. It was my sister's. Okay. Sorry. And by the way, boys do have music boxes. They're just freak. No, I want one. When you go in, you'll see why. Um, all Taro, I get because of its connection, I guess a European background. They have lots of things, know how from abroad. And one of them was clocks. And there's a history which I don't know. So you'll have to look up. I just know it's fascinating. And as we look back here and we get it, we'll end the stream. I thought you're going to blend the live stream. Uh, at the end. I mean, I don't know if you can see it at this point here, but if you look back here, it's just such a wonderful, unique city with a completely different vibe than any other city. Somewhat like Kobe. Kobe just kind of Kobe-ish, kind of Yokohama-ish, like a port city. But it's different, right? So we're going to show you just a little bit inside this music box place. And then, um, we got to get back to the bikes because that hotel is nickel and diming us. Yeah. We have to check out by 11. What time is it now? 10:25. All right. We're going to hightail it back and get out of there. All right. Let's just check out this music box and we're going to do a quick pan around for the documentary as well. Gosh. Should we take a taxi back? Yeah, maybe. Beautiful. All right. I'm just going to show you in here really quickly. It doesn't say no cameras. Hey, POV Sam's here. Hey, Sam. Hey, friend. Thanks for, thanks for commenting on an update. Tip to reduce hand fatigue. Support. This is good. Support your body by squeezing the gas tank or with or your thighs and relax your hands. That's I've been extending my hands out to when I'm on straightaways and stuff because you don't really need to use it other than grip it. I think it's just about building confidence. Thank you POV Sam. Let's go inside.

00:43:00 Peter von Gomm: Right? Aren't these just beautiful? It makes you want to have one. Well, I can see somebody perhaps liking it. Faberge eggs. Yeah. Made in Japan. It's not really my style but. Well, you just said you want, you, you have one in your kit. I can see somebody. My sister had one. Wow, it's loads. They have all different kinds of sizes. Here's Marilyn Monroe. That's really nice. Can I would, would like that, wouldn't she? Would she? Yeah, but she said don't get her anything. No, she's just being, that's the, that's the, you're supposed to say that. Oh, wait. All right, close it. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Don't do it. Are you supposed to do that? I don't know. Oh, weird. Well, that's how you, that's how you wind it. Interesting. Wow. Muy elegante. Yeah, it could be Russian influence, right? I think it might very well be. Or in exchange of knowledge. These are kind of cool. It has the oni with the, look at this one, John. Yeah, and perhaps Japan does it better. Oh, there's like Okinawa. Yeah. I'll just walk through here a little bit more. It looks like a playground in here. Just a really delicate one. So, everybody's got a playground. I think one of these is a music box. Well, not all of them. Some of them just play music and to be honest, I haven't been here in five years. It's just a memory I had, but so. You don't see this kind of stuff in other places around Japan. This is just special and unique. Hell no, yeah. I've never seen anything like this. Right? And the size of it too. Yeah, it's massive. Because it's such a niche thing, I think you don't really see a store this big dedicated to it. But you get that here. All right, we've got to get on the move. So, this is seriously super awesome, isn't it? I love this store. Peter's the one who's reminding me we've got to go. But I think any walk should end here and get a music box because they're pretty awesome.

00:46:00 John Daub: There you go. That is pretty awesome. You might even still hear Peter's mic, but Otaru. Otaru's a pretty cool city and I think if you are in Sapporo, you've got to spend at least a night here or make a day trip. But you're going to want to stay the night because there's so many cool places to eat and drink and the vibe is just so much friendlier and different. It's like a fusion of all these other cultures, but they found a way to make it uniquely Japanese too. And that's what's really cool about Otaru and that's why I'll always be coming back here on any trip that I do to Japan. And that and the ferry comes through here. So if you take the ferry, you don't really have a choice.

00:46:37 Peter von Gomm: Any last comments? Yeah, I just was looking very forward to coming here to Otaru on this trip and I'm so glad we stopped by. We had more time, but we're here for a night and a day. We got to see it at night time. We got to see it during the day. I'm happy. Ooh, it's clock time. Brought a crowd in. That was cool. Now everyone's going to buy a music box.

00:47:26 John Daub: Yeah. All right, everybody. See you later. We're on the road now back to motorcycling and we'll be in Sapporo tonight and probably do a live stream from Susukino. Just show you around town there. And thanks for backing this project. We're here. We're here to make that documentary and it's coming along pretty good.

00:47:44 Peter von Gomm: Yes, it is.

00:47:45 John Daub: Yeah. See you later. Bye.