00:00 John Daub: This is the Taiei convenience store. It's named Nemuro, and they have two things that are really famous here. One of them is the yakitori bento—yakitori being skewered sticks of chicken and vegetables. So delicious. They make that here. And they also have melon pan (melon bread), hot out of the oven. I got a chance to film with Taiei-san, who's the owner of the Taiei convenience stores. He called ahead and said we were coming, and we want to get the fresh melon pan right out of the oven. Made it special. We got a chance to do that. So we're going to go inside here, pick them up, and eat the living daylights out of them.

00:30 John Daub: I'm hungry. Peter's hungry. We're driving in an RV, the Robinson 106, now around Hokkaido after five wonderful days of hitchhiking and motorcycling. And now we're going to get some melon pan. I'm pretty happy about this. A quick shout-out to Japan CRC. Thanks for the RV. Yeah. And if we have some time, we'll drive a little bit through Nemuro and you can take a look at what that looks like. This is Taiei, a local convenience store. I love it here. Here's some of the bentos they got in here. Here's the bakery.

01:36 John Daub: Taiei-san, how much is the melon pan?

01:42 Taiei-san: 100 [yen?].

01:42 John Daub: Yes, yes, yes. Two minutes.

01:47 John Daub: Oh, that's okay. Two minutes.

01:49 John Daub: Two?

01:50 Taiei-san: Two.

01:51 John Daub: Oh, two.

01:54 John Daub: It's freshly baked, right?

01:55 Taiei-san: It's freshly baked.

01:56 John Daub: Wow, that's awesome.

02:00 John Daub: So they just made the melon pan. Hold on, I can get you in here. Oh, look at that, Peter. Oh man, oh, it just came out. That was worth the drive.

02:10 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, it was.

02:12 John Daub: And Dugan's here. Let's do this, Ann. And Movation, thank you. Oh my gosh, I can smell the butter. Get the pictures. Get the pictures. You have no idea how good this smells. They make all of the bread here for the convenience store. It's made fresh. And they even have a yakisoba bread. And there's the yakisoba for the bread. Oh my gosh, this smells. You have no idea how good butter is when it's baked like this.

03:09 Taiei-san: Are you going to eat it right away?

03:11 John Daub: Of course, I'll eat it right away.

03:13 Taiei-san: You're going to eat it?

03:15 John Daub: Yeah, it's still hot.

03:16 John Daub: It's still hot. It's still hot. Oh, it's hot. It's hot. It's really hot. Thanks. Oh, I have one.

03:23 Taiei-san: You do?

03:25 John Daub: Yes, I do. Wow.

03:30 John Daub: Do you want anything else, Peter?

03:33 Peter von Gomm: No, just the melon pan.

03:36 John Daub: OK, just the melon pan. Thanks.

03:44 John Daub: Oh wow, this looks really good too, these cream pans. They've got a lot of good-looking stuff. Oh my gosh, it's hot. It is so hot. Oh Peter, this one is really good too. Let's get two of these for the road. Okay. This is the other one that I've... this is the best one I've ever had here. The melon pan is good, but when you get it with chocolate and whipped cream, holy moly macaroni. It is so delicious. All right, we're gonna get two of these too, okay? It's an eclair melon pan. Delicious. Eclair melon pan. Okay, two eclair melon pan. Yeah, that's for dessert tonight, okay? Go ahead, twist my arm. Twist it. Eat it! Okay, eat it! Okay, all right, let's do this.

04:44 John Daub: Maybe I should get one more for... No, that's enough. Okay, that's enough. I'm being greedy. I ate that last time I was here and it was so darn good. I love this convenience store. They're actually making their famous yakitori bento right now. Check this out. They cook it right in the convenience store and they put it right on the bento. If you're in Nemuro, you've got to stop here. Whoa, stick something on. Ready to go. Yeah, the yakitori. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, let's get some of that. You want to get it for lunch? Yeah, when we're coming back here through lunch. You can get yakitori bento for lunch. Oh my gosh, that looks fantastic. Oh my gosh. Okay, let's buy this. Here. Peter's really enjoying the smell of grilling beef.

05:53 John Daub: So it's steaming up in the bag. Yakitate (freshly baked) melon pan. Shiawase (happiness). Itadakimasu (let's eat).

06:05 Taiei-san: This is... I don't need any money.

06:07 John Daub: What? I don't need any money.

06:09 John Daub: Oh really? Oh, you're so kind.

06:11 John Daub: I'll buy you a clear melon pan.

06:14 Taiei-san: Okay.

06:14 John Daub: Shiba-kun, can I get one?

06:16 Taiei-san: Ah, Tokyo, but...

06:18 John Daub: I'm going to have to pay back.

06:19 Taiei-san: It's 397 [yen].

06:22 John Daub: Oh really? I borrowed it from a news...

06:25 John Daub: I borrowed it from a news...

06:27 Taiei-san: Here. Yes.

06:37 John Daub: Thank you.

06:38 Customer: I've lived here in Tokyo for seven years.

06:39 John Daub: Oh really?

06:40 Customer: Thank you.

06:44 John Daub: You can take a look. Here's the... Guys, you can take a look at the bento really quickly. So they make all these bentos here. It's so nice to have fresh food. This guy lived in Utsunomiya [?]. Yeah! I heard that. He's right on the Yamanote line during high school.

07:08 John Daub: Here's our RV. We're gonna get in here and make this RV smell a lot better than it did last night. Oh wait, you have to clean that smell bucket. Ouch. Should I get a couple of coffees or we're good?

07:27 Peter von Gomm: I'm okay with the coffee we had this morning.

07:30 John Daub: It's a supreme Kuromame [?] coffee. Oh gosh, you gotta... Oh yeah, we had the 7-Eleven supreme coffees. I'm gonna put you guys in the holder here so we can eat this thing and I can relax a little bit. Oh gosh, I'm so hungry. Can we sink our dentures into these right away?

07:50 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, get them out.

07:52 John Daub: I can't believe Taiei-san called ahead and said we were coming. And she wouldn't take my money. She goes, no, we don't need your money. Or something like that. Okay. That's way too kind, Taiei-san. If you're watching, arigato. Arigato.

08:12 John Daub: Alright, hold on. Should we be showing what's in the refrigerator? Uh... later. So the Taiei convenience store here also sells seafood. You don't see fresh seafood at convenience stores ever. And he actually goes to the ichiba (market), gets it, and he sells it right there. Because people buy the things that they want for their everyday life. So I remember going in there and filming a couple months ago for an episode that's coming up on Only in Japan editing. I wanted to film the crabs and I remember, oh, he has crabs there. So Emi, my assistant, called ahead to Taiei-san and he prepared salt-boiled the crab and we're going to eat that for dinner. And maybe we're going to live stream it. It's a Hanasaki crab. It's a very special variety here in Nemuro.

09:04 John Daub: Let's sink our teeth into this while it's still hot. Hot out of the oven. Feeling hot. I've never had melon pan fresh from the oven.

09:16 Peter von Gomm: Are you serious?

09:17 John Daub: No. Oh my gosh.

09:18 John Daub: Come on. Do you have your camera? Let's take a screenshot with this.

09:22 Peter von Gomm: Okay. Right here.

09:23 John Daub: So good. Sugar. Sweet butter baby. Oh my gosh. You got it here? Put it right here. I'm going to get mine out of the wrapper.

09:40 Peter von Gomm: I do it 16:9. Is it 16:9?

09:44 John Daub: That's your video. Oh, I want it up. Video's fine. Just take a screenshot from it. I'm going to take a screenshot here. I'll put it down a little bit. There you go. There you go. All right. Itadakimasu. A little more. Photo. How is it?

10:22 Peter von Gomm: Oh my god. It's a hot sugar soft cookie from heaven.

10:31 John Daub: Yeah. Oh my gosh. Wow. You got to have them out of the oven. It's totally different fresh. Totally different. Give them a close-up of the bite mark.

10:45 Peter von Gomm: That's nasty.

10:46 John Daub: Oh my gosh, it's delicious. Is it WRX? Turbo's in the house? Hey! Welcome. And Chan, I almost literally drooled on myself.

11:04 John Daub: Yeah, tonight, um, what is it? So tonight we're going to eat this crab and I'll probably live stream that as well. We're going to film it for the documentary. This area right now, it's crab season in Hokkaido. Sapporo's got that massive snow crabs. This area of Hokkaido has a different one, the Hanasaki crab is like a hairier and spikier. Yeah, lots of spikes on its body. Yeah, lots of spikes on it. You're going to get a chance to see it. Maybe we'll take them into the back. But we'll show you tomorrow morning the sunrise. We're going to be in an RV park in Rausu. R-A-U-S-U, right? Mm. R-A-U-S-U. If you're looking at the map of Hokkaido, it's the upper right corner, right before this little peninsula, the Shiretoko Peninsula. Little spot here is Rausu. Beautiful area. Oh my gosh.

12:03 John Daub: I love Japanese convenience stores, but there's something great about this because it's family-run. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I'll introduce you to the convenience store more in an episode coming this month. But what they're famous for is the yakitori bento. And if you call ahead, they will take it to the train station. So you can eat it on the train as an ekiben (station bento). Wow. Because there's no ekiben. In fact, you can see there's a truck to pick them up here right now. Hold on. Ah. That's Japanese omotenashi (hospitality). Sorry. Yeah. Sorry, I just dropped you. That's the Taiei truck. I guess they're picking it up to take it to the station, maybe, because the train's leaving soon. Man. Ah! Ah! I'm destroying you guys. You're giving them seasickness. I didn't have... There's trash on the floor. Hold on. Let me tie it. You hold it. Teamwork, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it getting loose? Oh, here it goes. Teamwork. Oh.

13:20 John Daub: So right now, I guess we can give you a project update. We're here on a Kickstarter project. You guys can back it. We got nine days left. 515 backers, I think. We're about two backers away, probably from 4 million yen. Which is incredible. Yeah. Two backers away from 4 million yen. We're driving down to the easternmost point of Hokkaido in Japan. Just the easternmost point of Japan. We're gonna say some comments and then we're gonna drive all the way up to Shiretoko tonight, today. Have an early night and then eat this crab and then tomorrow morning we'll do a live stream on this channel and show you a tour of the RV that we're renting. So you guys can take a look at what we're gonna be driving around for the next 72, 96 hours, four days, we'll be in this mama. We spend the night only once indoors at a log cabin, which is gonna be awesome. And you'll be there with us to share that experience live. This is a live stream, by the way. If you're complaining about 720p, it's a live stream. I can't help it. It's supposed to be rough around the edges. That's what makes it cool. Fuzzy fuzzy face dog asks, is the motorcycle part over?

14:36 Peter von Gomm: Yes it is, unfortunately. But we had an incredible ride.

14:45 John Daub: So this is phase two of this incredible adventure here in Hokkaido. And we'll be doing more motorcycle tours. Yeah, a lot more. And I can't wait to relive this through the documentary because we have already seen and done so many incredible things that it's gonna be an absolute blast putting this together. And when you guys see it, you're gonna really enjoy it. The drone shots alone, man. Yeah. Great drone shots. We had a cameraman for two days and he really helped with the shots that we couldn't have gotten otherwise because we're on a motorcycle. The last stop that we did was at a rider house, these special places where only motorcyclists can stay. Well, anybody can stay there, but it's almost always exclusively motorcyclists because you need to have a vehicle to get there.

15:49 John Daub: You know what? Why don't we take them through Nemuro? Sure. Just really about five minutes. I want to show you this amazing city when it's not raining because the last time I live-streamed this, it was raining pretty strong. Nemuro is very far east Hokkaido. This is really a remote city. But I'm so excited about this.

16:30 Peter von Gomm: Eclair melon pan.

16:33 John Daub: That might have to be its own live stream. Right? I'll put that here. I think you got more on your lap than you did in your mouth. You can still eat it. Do you need help backing out?

16:55 Peter von Gomm: I might need help from a cardiologist after that melon.

17:04 John Daub: Hey, the good stuff. It's real butter. Taste it.

17:11 Peter von Gomm: That's exactly my point. Ah, I see.

17:14 John Daub: So we're going to ride through the town here. I guess I can show it either through this. Somebody just asked, how's the RV handling?

17:27 Peter von Gomm: Really easy to drive. It's not so top heavy and it's a heavy rig, but it's relatively nimble. It has nice acceleration. It's smooth. It's comfortable.

17:41 John Daub: Yeah, I'm liking it. Always better with butter. RVs are better with butter, Peter. And we're going out this way? So we gotta somehow go 180. Watch my screen. Oh yeah. I'm also looking out this side here for pedestrians. We don't want to take a yakitori delivery guy. That would suck. All right. So there's a line of traffic coming in. Jason, hello. Welcome. We're pretty much blocking all these people from coming into the convenience store. Oh shoot. Well, they can kind of come in if you want to. I think they pass nicely. I'm looking forward to that yakitori bento. Yeah, we can get one on the way out of here. We got to come through here at 11 o'clock. There's also one of the most famous sushi places in Japan. Kaiten zushi (conveyor belt sushi). How are we doing?

18:47 Peter von Gomm: We're good. We are good. Take it nice and slow.

18:54 John Daub: All right. There's the sea right there on the left. You saw that as we cruised through. He's got me. I'll drive. Yeah, just keep going straight for a while. I'm going to take you out of the tank here. I'm going to put you in the gimbal. You're going in the gimbal. Shakey shakey. Stabilization. Extra. We're activated. Look at the name of this pachinko place. Slot Laboratory. Early bird. Whoa. We saw a lot of deer driving through here. And we... Go ahead. I was going to say, we haven't had any really good chances to catch the wildlife up close. They've been pretty skittish. Except for that weird ghost dog last night. Yeah! We saw ghost dog, Cujo, last night. And we'll put that in the documentary. Um, creepy stuff here.

20:06 John Daub: Chan, is there... Has there been any challenges with the whole RV thing in Japan? Would there be any issues for people who don't speak Japanese? Would tourists be okay?

20:14 Peter von Gomm: Not at all. It's totally cool. They speak English.

20:16 John Daub: Right. And the contracts are all in English. It's very easy. They give you orientation if you've never even driven an RV before. So Japan CRC has English support. And if you email them, they have a native English speaker, Hiroko-san, who speaks native English. And she will answer all your questions and help you with planning your trip. And that link will be in the description of these live streams. I will put it in there right after this. Yeah. We want you to try. Now, RVing is not for everybody. But actually, it could be. It's just a little bit bigger. You have to have confidence to drive this. But the great thing about renting it in Hokkaido is that as soon as you leave the rental place, there's no traffic around in that area. So it gives you time to get used to driving in it, right? And I needed it last night. Uh, oh, there's Nemuro Station. Right there. Yeah. Just gonna pass it. Yeah, there's Nemuro City Hall. And you can see the rush, the signs are in Russian too here because of the influence of being so close to it. The City Hall is closing down. They're building a new one across right over here, I believe. And I interviewed some of the city officials for the episode coming up. And they were shutting down this office, so there's a lot of movement going on in there. I was on the third floor.

21:41 Peter von Gomm: So go ahead. Taking by the station? Looked kind of interesting. What do you think?

21:44 John Daub: Uh no, we've already been there in the livestream a couple of times. In fact, you could turn left at the next stop. Okay. And we'll go to the port and we'll start to... Are you okay?

21:55 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, it's not a yellow line.

22:00 John Daub: I got the Insta360 going and then I'm helping with the navigation because these navigation systems are a little bit old. Sometimes they take you to the wrong place. So Nemuro seems to be getting a new City Hall, which is good news. And take a left where that car just went. Now, I drove, you see there's a sign, Nosappu is where we're going now to film. I drove, yeah, there it is right there on the map. That island is what do you call it? The Stoot [?]. Yeah, there's squatters on the island and they speak Russian. Oh wow. Yeah, they're trying to get rid of them. Although at the same time, there's a lot of commerce between them, between Russia and Japan. It's just a very difficult time. And there's the only Aeon Mall in the city as well. This is pretty much where... No, there's a couple of really good supermarkets too, but in the center, that's it. There's a place called Nemuroman. Nemuro being the city. Nemuroman is a guesthouse. Probably the most recommended guesthouse to stay in Nemuro. English-speaking staff there, she gave me a bag of chips because that was the second time I was there. Super friendly. She might even be watching. Hello, chips lady. Thank you. Doritos. I liked it a lot. Nachos. I was waiting for the Hanasaki train line. That's what I was filming. So there were periods where I'm just waiting for two hours for the train. It's good to have that bag of chips. And this is the center area of Nemuro.

23:36 Peter von Gomm: Post melon pan. How's that sitting in your belly?

23:38 John Daub: It's good. I could use a coffee to warm it up and melt the butter again for a second. Second helping. Hot butter coffee. Yeah. Oh gosh. Yeah please. But melon pan and hot coffee. That's the best in the world. With maybe that melon pan eclair is going to be pretty good. I just heard the seagull. Seagull is just an awesome sound. That's the sea. And you'll be able to see those contested islands from Russia. Uh, Kunashiri is one of them. Uh, that should be to the left. You want to go all the way down that as far as you go, Peter, then make a right. Okay. This is the Daiso where we're going to come back to get scissors to eat the crabs. That's the only Daiso in the city. It's a 100 yen shop.

24:36 John Daub: Toby's nemesis, the seagull. Chen, they have some 200 and 500 yen stuff that's quote-unquote premium, but most stuff is 108 yen, 110 yen. Sorry. Make a right here. You can see the seaside. I don't know if we can see there's a shrine on an island out in the middle of the sea. You can't see it from here. Look at all those gulls. This looks like... You see that in the distance? All those seagulls. Yeah. What do they know? We don't know. But that roof in the middle is all white. I wonder why. The rain didn't wash it out or they did that all this morning. North Pacific Bank. I think you can get affordable housing here. It's a very good place to live. If you like remote, if you like Montana, you can get a little bit of Montana and the outback, Alaska. Nemuro is kind of in that mold. It's a really cool remote city. It's got a lot of stuff. Really friendly people. I could see myself living here, believe it or not.

26:07 Peter von Gomm: Could your wife and child?

26:09 John Daub: I don't know about that. I could buy a house here. Just friendly. It's easy to make friends here in Nemuro because they don't get a lot of... They get bird-watching tourists. Most of the tourists who come to Nemuro are bird watchers. Oh, that's the yakiniku place that Tai-san took me to eat at. It's pretty good. I could buy a holiday home here.

26:36 John Daub: So Nosappu is about a 30-minute drive from here and we're going to end the live stream. Once again, that melon pan is worth its weight in butter. Hot out of the oven. You have to get it out of the oven and if not, you can microwave it for 15 seconds or something. And that's pretty good too. Taiei's other convenience store is behind here. Spent a lot of time there filming. The vending machine corner. Eric! Serve six. Oh, there's the shrine! I think you could... We'll be able to get to see it for a split second. Eyes peeled, eyes peeled, no. Am I going straight?

27:20 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, just straight all the way. 40 kilometers.

27:25 John Daub: I think you can see it. The shrine. Yeah, there it is for a split second. Did you see it? A split second you can see the shrine. It's on an island. It's pretty nice. Um, just wanted to say hi to both of you. And a red-eyed otaku's here! Cool. With all the great transportation systems, the trains especially here in Boston [?], so many workers have retired that trains are rolling out unattended. Unattended in the stations, wow. So is the eclair melon pan worth its weight in chocolate?

28:04 Peter von Gomm: It's worth its weight in cream. And chocolate.

28:07 John Daub: Well, I haven't tried it yet so I can't attest to that. Oh, it's so good. Is that our dessert for tonight?

28:13 Peter von Gomm: Or are you going to eat it mid-drive?

28:16 John Daub: I'm going to put the crab inside it.

28:18 Peter von Gomm: No, you cannot put the crab in there. It's nasty.

28:22 John Daub: And we got shrimp in the refrigerator that you can just eat raw as is. It's so fresh. They get it from the sea to the market to the store to your stomach all within a matter of hours. Isn't that awesome? That's why these kinds of cities are so awesome to live in. Tokyo, it takes much longer for most things. But in Tokyo, it's awesome. The water comes straight out from the sea. There are some issues with fishing, especially salmon. They have to pay Russia a licensing fee of 3 million a year because the salmon is spawned in Russia. So Russia demands a payment. And I don't know why we pay. I guess it's because it's beneficial to both countries to avoid a war and fighting over it. They just pay it. It's more like a ransom, I guess. But it's a small price to pay to help out the farmers who are... Speaking of farmers, this is a really cool-looking farm. Look at the location and the trees. Do they have cars behind us? All right, you can just pull up slow. We can see some cows here. What a cool farm. Jason! Cows! Log cabins. They go really slow. I can taste the Hokkaido milk. You can smell the dairy air. This documentary is getting more awesome. Wow. I can't wait to milk those cows.

30:02 Peter von Gomm: Oh right. We're milking them tomorrow.

30:04 John Daub: That's tomorrow. Yeah, we're milking these tomorrow. See you guys later. We'll milk you tomorrow. Peter's going to have his paws all over you. And you're going to enjoy it.

30:16 Peter von Gomm: So he says, with all the experience those hands have seen, you should be able to milk a cow pretty well.

30:24 John Daub: What are you blushing? Is that a blush?

30:25 Peter von Gomm: I'm not blushing. Oh. That was an agreement smile. Oh, agreement.

30:29 John Daub: Love this tree line. Cedo farm. Oh yeah. I'm going to go get a car for that. Okay. I did go cow tipping once, but I didn't tip the cow. It was an Ohio thing. Went to Ohio State University from the East Coast, and that was really bizarre. Some cows sleep standing, and some teenagers push them over, but that's so dangerous. Do not do that. Okay? No cow tipping, please. Shane, don't do it. They can get hurt, and then they stop milking. I think it's trees. Maybe they're the natural wind block or something. Could be. There's a tree. There's the sea there. Can we see Kunashiri? You can see the Russian islands, occupied islands is the proper term in Japan. If you're in Russia, then you can say something else. It's like Japan's Northern Territory is what it is, really. If you're in Russia, you can say whatever you want, but we're in Japan, so. I live by the rules. Live by the rules of Japan. J-J-J-Japan.

31:49 John Daub: This is Nemuro Jesse. I'm just going to stream for another minute, unless we can get to 500 likes in 60 seconds, which we're not going to do. Bring it. How many people are watching? 757. Then there's no excuse, is there? If we get to 500 likes, I would, yeah. If the stream continues, we got 500 people clicking the thumbs up. Doesn't take much effort. It's true. From melon pan to... yeah, the drive is so beautiful, and I think that there's some depth. The coastline is gorgeous. Yeah, the signal should be pretty nice. If you want us to continue, I will go for another couple minutes if we get it. I'm looking at the time. And he's strict. He's going to cut you off. I will. I'll do it. I, Javarro Tago, became an insider. Thank you. You got 40 seconds left. We're at 350. Oh sorry guys. We're so close. If you've never participated in a live stream before, just click like. It's so much fun. It can change my world. This is Martian. There's never any land over here on the right. The great thing about Nemuro is that it is pretty much the whole city like a nature preserve. Is that right? Yeah. The manhole covers, there's also birds on. They live very close with nature, so the people have a better affinity with the wildlife around them. Maybe it's another reason why there's friendlier people here in Nemuro, just slightly, because people in general are pretty friendly, my experience. But there's a lot to see here, and it's something that I just want to go there a little bit more of a hospitality I've had.

33:30 John Daub: This takes you to an area where almost nobody is living. Very east. No-tell motel. And a love hotel. Hotel Casa. If you're gonna go to a love hotel, make sure it's on the outskirts of the city. Alright. Alright, at least 400 likes. Come on, we can get there 400 likes. Just click it right now. We're 10 away from 400 likes. We can do that. I'll take you for another couple minutes. We got over there. This is stuff you really have to travel a long way to get to Nemuro. Just like this. Well, we might actually get to 500... Crabs! They're selling crabs there. We got a crab in the back. We also gotta take a bath at an onsen on the way.

34:49 Peter von Gomm: Yes please.

34:50 John Daub: Hey, guess who's here, Peter. Can you guess who's here? One guess.

34:55 Peter von Gomm: Give me a hint. I gotta have some hint. I could guess a lot of people. You know it.

35:01 John Daub: I know who it is. My mom?

35:04 Peter von Gomm: After your mom? Your mom. After my mom. My sister. Come on.

35:11 John Daub: Uh... He... You're insulting him. How dare you? POV Sam. Oh, POV Sam. Hey Sam. Are you serious? Come on. I'm Peter. Welcome to Hokkaido. Yeah, maybe Sam might join us on one of these motorcycle rides. Yeah. Pretty cool to have you here, Sam. Riding the roads of Hokkaido. This would be a great road right here. The twisties. I know. That's what I wanted. Peter said it would be too long to drive from Sapporo to Nemuro. And he's right. But it would be nice to have a bike right now. Oh my gosh. This road is so beautiful.

36:01 Peter von Gomm: When I showed John the twisties on the map, the color washed away from his face. Until he rode the twisties. And then he realized. Okay. That's where the twisties came from. That's where it's at.

36:16 John Daub: Hey Katayama, thank you! We got some onsen money.

36:19 Peter von Gomm: Oh thanks. We'll upgrade. I'll even buy you a towel now because he was gonna air dry.

36:23 John Daub: What are you laughing at? You're the one who's jumping into Lake Akan with Buck naked? Make sure you have Buck Rogers in my back pocket. You stop quoting Buck Rogers. Everybody knows what you said because it was said. And who's the woman that was in Buck Rogers?

36:43 Peter von Gomm: Erin Gray.

36:44 John Daub: Erin Gray is gonna be... She'll be watching. I hope so. Yeah, we're booking it now, right? Katayama, we're booking Erin Gray. She'll be watching with Buck Rogers. Yeah. When you jump in. Is that what you call it? What do you call it? Is that what it's called? Buck Rogers? What it was called? The TV show? Yeah, I'm not getting into this conversation. Alright. People know. Okay, look at the windmills. There's a lot of wind here. And I did do a live stream at the easternmost point so we're not gonna redo it. But it's a lot greener now. Yeah.

37:18 Peter von Gomm: Who was in Buckaroo Banzai? I remember that show.

37:22 John Daub: I have no idea but I remember that show. That is an enormous windmill. Yeah. I'd like to strap you on one of those blades and do a live stream. That's a fun commitment. I got a stretch goal. And a blade. Like Wesley Snipes. It's a different kind of blade. Will Rogers, remember he rode that missile. He rode one of those blades.

38:02 John Daub: Alright, we're at 447. Our goal was 500. Seats. We're getting close. This is on IOU. I remember John at the sturgeon farm. Yeah! Buck Rogers and Marty McFly. Hey! I'm Buck Rogers then. It's Melody Road. Did you hear that? Every time this road makes a road, Peter goes it's Melody Road. I don't know that tune. Is that gag getting old? Road Tuner writes in here. Nice. Erin Gray from Buck Rogers TV show. Well, this should help you guys out for gas. Thank you actually. We are... Was that from? Erin Gray? No, it's from Road Tuner. Road Tuner, thank you. Because we're like at half tank now. Thank you so much. Yeah, and this thing's arigato so much. This thing drinks. Yeah, it's not like great gas mileage. It's a diesel. Yeah. Well, William writes in here. Just one second. I met Erin Gray and Gil Gerard at WinterCon in New York.

39:03 Peter von Gomm: What year? What year?

39:06 John Daub: Oh William. Peter asked what year? Why, you want to know?

39:09 Peter von Gomm: Because what? If she's still looking good. Erin Gray.

39:12 John Daub: I'm sure she's still looking good. LXXVII writes in here. She's 70 and she's looking good. Oh man. Yeah, I got it. Thanks for the tuner. Shane, they're more classic like Hope and Crosby. The arrows above the road are for when it snows. And it lets you know where the oncoming traffic is coming and where you should be. So they're very helpful. Hokkaido has a lot of these. Um... That prevents accidents. But this is the road going to Nosappu, Japan's easternmost point. We're taking you with us. And we're going to be there just for a short time to film it for the documentary. I'm going to get the drone up for about a minute. And then we're going to get the drone. Um... Hey, there's a horse! Hey horse. Why the long face? Ha ha ha ha ha. Bet you never heard that one before, have you? It's an awful joke. What? Fathers tell their sons... He's too old for that. They're too old. Why the long face? Told by Abe. Thank you. The arrows are cool. I like the idea. I do too. I didn't see it until I came to Hokkaido for the first time. And I asked the same question. So it's a... Yeah, nowadays. I drove here through the winter in February. And I needed those. Because again, it keeps you safe. Because oncoming traffic doesn't know where the road is either. There could be some problems. Where's the road? Everything's fine. Matt writes in here. Hilarious joke, Peter. Ha ha ha ha ha. Can I use that one too? Yeah. Stop horsing around, okay?

41:22 Peter von Gomm: Whoa. Gotta take it out of the... Roll down your window.

41:39 John Daub: Christine. You don't see this in Japan that much. Just open space like this. There's kind of a haze. No video yet? Oh wow, okay. I'm right now showing you some beautiful countryside. And there's some connection issues because the... Yeah, signal. Can you hear me? If you can hear me, we're getting close to the end. We're just gonna cut off here. But thanks so much for watching. And we'll share some pictures and some stories on Instagram. And... Oh, you got the video again? I think the signal tuned out as well as the battery died. It was charging but it stopped charging. This is straight away, look at that. This is the Eastern Nosappu, Cape Nosappu, which is the easternmost point in Japan. And you can see the Russian-occupied territory of Japan about 4 kilometers away. That's it. You can swim there. So I'll send... If I can get a picture of it, I will send some pictures of it via Instagram. Occupied Russia. And we can flick at them all, maybe. And it's not about... You know, if you're Russian and you're watching this, it's not you, it's something else, okay? It's not you, it's them. Come over here, Steve! Toby! Yeah, there's less... The service is good and there's less people here. So it's... You often get really good signal. Relative coverage in remote areas. The best 4G LTE I got was in Ogasawara, which is this island 24 hours away from Tokyo. Oh man, that is beautiful. Look at those precious creatures. Crazy... Endless... Oh my gosh. Here comes a biker. Yeah, can you... Yeah. Can I get some... I should get some shots for the documentary, right? Yeah. That's a cool shot. Oh my gosh. We'll probably still be there on our way back. Uh, probably not. Maybe. Depends how long... We're not gonna be here for very long. The wind is quite chilly. It is. Temperature's dropped. Yeah.

44:53 John Daub: All right guys. We're gonna be back tomorrow morning. And maybe if we can find something interesting, which is a high possibility, we'll be back later on this afternoon. But just wanted to share with you the melon pan. And we kept on going to East Hokkaido. Don't worry, you can click... If you're interested in seeing this, you can click through. I did a live stream on this exact same point, this exact same drive. So it's not anything new. And there's like always one person who goes, why are you covering the same thing over again? And I say because it's live. And the people that are watching it, there's more people want to see it right now than you do. You know. Jack in the box. Man. And then you put them back in. Just putting it nicely. Yeah. I'm getting close here. I can't believe people live really far out here. Oh yeah. It's pretty. There's always one guy that has to paint his house really gaudy colors. Well in the snow it looks better. And snow like five months out of the year, Peter. That much? Yeah. That's the year. Well it's winter half the year. Erin Gray says hello from the 25th century 502. Stay hot, stay sexy, Erin. I'll see you in the 25th century. Yeah. Yeah these horses they're always whiners. Jason was talking about the trolls when we played a horse joke. Ah. Ah good one Jason. Fishermen putting out their nets. Oh yeah. Fisher guys. I guess with these poles here it looks like we are going back into the future. Wait what. Right? Doesn't it? Remember the opening to Buck Rogers? Isn't this like the opening? I remember Erin Gray. What was Erin Gray's character's name? I don't know. But you only remember Erin Gray, you don't remember anything else? I remember the opening to Buck Rogers. Really? Twinkie. Was Twinkie the robot? Gosh. Twinkie. Bidi bidi bidi bidi bidi. Something like that. Look at the windmills in the mist. It's really cool. Could you ask the farmers tomorrow when it snows do the cows wear skis or snowboard? No they don't. What is this uh. That's the um. The um. East tower or something. It's abandoned now. Let's occupy it. This is the easternmost point and it's under Foggy's house. It's under attack by fog. Look at that. Wow yeah. There's the structure right there. It's like symbolizing the islands that are occupied. It's as thick as edamame soup. Wow I brought you further than I thought we were gonna bring you. So thanks guys. And this is Japan's easternmost point. Welcome. Right there. You could park right here Peter. Right here in the parking lot. Pull in. Hit those bus tour people. Is this a school group? Is this a school group? No these are not inbound tourism. It's a school group. It's a school group. Look at this telephone box that's funky. It's a telephone box right here. A seal on top. Oh there's a seal. Seal of approval. Look kids. What are you doing? Welcome to Japan's easternmost point. So it's just right over here. Want to park over there? No. Just park here. Go around. Yeah. Take advantage. When I came here there was nobody else here. There's a Lotus. When I came here there was nobody else here. Is that a Lotus? The little. Oh yeah. Little Lotus. That'd be a fun car to rip around these roads and. Yeah it would. It'd be a little jag drag race. I can't believe you can't see the top of the uh top of the tower. All right everybody have a good day. Thanks for watching. Appreciate the support. Go to the Kickstarter and support. Get a postcard and a documentary. Because we have a time sale until the end of the trip. So five more days of time sale. 4444 yen. Yeah and with the exchange rate at 131 yen to the dollar, it's a bargain. It's a bargain. It helps us out a lot. Thanks guys. Thank you. Bye from Ayer's Rock Uluru. Looks from this side. It's hard to tell. It's cool. That bridge. That represents Japan's Northern Territory actually. Yeah. Bye guys. See you.