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2022-08-05 · Ep 1234 · 49m

Hokkaido's Ashoro City Food Run

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Summary

Hokkaido's Ashoro City Food Run

Overview

John Daub and his friend Peter von Gomm are in the midst of an extensive RV road trip across Hokkaido, filming a documentary along the way. In this live stream episode, they make a pit stop at the Ashoro Michi no Eki (roadside station) known as Hall 21. Located in central Hokkaido, Ashoro serves as a crucial refueling point for both their vehicle and themselves. The video captures the casual, adventurous spirit of their journey, highlighting the challenges of live streaming in rural areas with spotty connectivity.

The duo dives into local Hokkaido cuisine, ordering butapan (pork buns) and zangi (regional fried chicken) from the roadside station's cafeteria. While eating, they recount earlier adventures, including a swim in Lake Oneto where John unfortunately lost a sandal in the muck, and a visit to an Ainu kotan (village) at Lake Akan. The conversation flows between food reviews, travel logistics, and updates on their documentary Kickstarter campaign.

Beyond the food, the video offers a behind-the-scenes look at their production process. John and Peter discuss their filming equipment, data management, and the exhaustion that comes with daily content creation. They also engage with their live stream audience, humorously addressing a persistent complainer nicknamed "Kathy" and sharing tips on baggage forwarding in Japan. The episode concludes with a classic Hokkaido treat: soft serve ice cream, before they hit the road again toward Furano and Asahikawa.

Highlights

  • 00:00:00 John introduces the location: Ashoro, central Hokkaido, waiting for lunch at a Michi no Eki.
  • 00:01:20 Discovery of a Pokemon-themed manhole cover on the main street.
  • 00:07:45 Lunch arrives: Butapan (pork bun) and Zangi (fried chicken).
  • 00:09:20 Story time: John loses a sandal in the muck of Lake Oneto.
  • 00:13:40 John tastes the Butapan and gives his verdict.
  • 00:24:00 Update on the documentary Kickstarter campaign and pricing.
  • 00:30:25 Recounting the cow milking experience from the previous day.
  • 00:36:40 Ordering Hokkaido soft cream ice cream to go.
  • 00:47:40 Travel tip: Forwarding baggage via convenience stores in Japan.

Timeline / Chapters

Japan Travel Tips

  • Michi no Eki (Roadside Stations): Excellent places to stop for local food, souvenirs, and clean facilities during road trips. They often feature regional specialties.
  • Zangi vs. Karaage: In Hokkaido, fried chicken is often called zangi. It is a regional variation worth seeking out.
  • Baggage Forwarding: You can send luggage from convenience stores to your next hotel. It usually arrives the next day, saving you from carrying heavy bags on trains or in cars.
  • Live Streaming in Rural Areas: Signal can be spotty in central Hokkaido. Download offline maps and content if traveling remotely.
  • Ice Cream: Hokkaido is famous for dairy. Soft serve ice cream (soft cream) is a must-try at almost every stop.
  • Costs: Lunch for two (Butapan, Zangi, Coffee) was around 2,100 yen. Soft cream cups were 100 yen each.

Japanese Language & Culture Notes

  • Michi no Eki (道の駅): Government-designated roadside stations that function as rest areas and local product hubs.
  • Shokudo (食堂): A casual cafeteria or dining hall, often found within public facilities.
  • Teishoku (定食): A set meal usually consisting of a main dish, rice, miso soup, and pickles.
  • Ainu Names: Many places in Hokkaido retain traditional Ainu names (e.g., Ashoro, Akan), reflecting the indigenous history of the island.
  • Itadakimasu (いただきます): Said before eating to express gratitude for the food and those who prepared it.
  • Kathy/Toby: John humorously nicknames a persistent complainer in the chat "Kathy," comparing her to "Toby" (his nickname for crows), turning a negative into a running joke.

Food & Drink Guide

  • Butapan (ブタパン): 00:07:45 A bun filled with pork and rice. John describes it as hearty, filling, and good for the road. The logo on the bun was from the outdoor brand "Logos," though unrelated to the food itself.
  • Zangi (ザンギ): 00:08:00 Hokkaido-style deep-fried chicken. Similar to karaage but often marinated differently. John and Peter enjoy it hot, though Peter burns his mouth slightly.
  • Soft Cream (ソフトクリーム): 00:36:40 Hokkaido milk ice cream. They order cups with caramel and melon sauce toppings. John notes it is creamier and sweeter than previous ones.
  • Coffee: 00:11:55 Ordered with lunch. Standard cafeteria style.

People

  • John Daub: Host and creator. Driving the narrative, handling cameras, and managing the live stream. He is enthusiastic about food and engaging with viewers.
  • Peter von Gomm: Friend and fellow creator. Driving the RV for this leg, sharing the meal, and providing commentary on the trip and production process.
  • Staff: Unnamed cafeteria and ice cream shop workers at Hall 21. They serve the food and handle transactions.
  • Kathy (Viewer): A live stream viewer who frequently complains. John and Peter humorously adopt her name as a nickname for issues (like the gimbal) during this trip.
  • Leo: John's son, mentioned briefly regarding when he will be home.

Key Takeaways

  • Hokkaido Food Quality: Even in small roadside towns, the quality of food (especially pork and dairy) is exceptionally high.
  • RV Travel: Camping cars offer flexibility and comfort, allowing for spontaneous stops and cooking in nature.
  • Production Reality: Creating a high-quality documentary involves massive data management (3.5 TB mentioned) and long days, often exhausting the crew.
  • Community Engagement: Live streams allow for real-time interaction, even if technical limitations (signal, audio) exist.
  • Adventure Mindset: Losing a sandal in a lake or dealing with spotty signal is part of the adventure, not a reason to stop.

Notable Quotes

  • 00:01:00 "Live streaming is all about getting the signal and then showing you something interesting."
  • 00:09:20 "After one step into this lake the muck has built up for a thousand years and Peter and I lost one sandal each."
  • 00:14:00 "Pork, rice, sauce, bread, all good. It's hearty. Mmm, filling."
  • 00:29:55 "Kathy, we're having a good laugh. We really appreciate the complaining because it gives us something to talk about in the car."
  • 00:47:40 "The great thing about Japan is your baggage. You could probably as a foreign tourist... send it to your next hotel."

Related Topics

  • Hokkaido Road Trip Series
  • Only in Japan Documentary Kickstarter
  • Japanese Roadside Stations (Michi no Eki)
  • Camping Car Travel in Japan
  • Hokkaido Dairy and Food Culture

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Full Transcript

00:00:00 John Daub: Welcome to Ashiro, a town in central Hokkaido. Peter is sitting over there at a chair. We're waiting for lunch. This is just a pit stop. How you doing? We're just at a pit stop on our trip. We're in an RV, which is parked over there. There's so much to talk about right now. And we're doing these live streams whenever we got a signal.

00:00:30 John Daub: Because I've noticed that a lot of the places that we see are so beautiful, we want to introduce to you. We can't because there's no 4G LTE, no 5G, no Wi-Fi. We're in the countryside and that's part of the adventure. Live streaming is all about getting the signal and then showing you something interesting.

00:01:00 John Daub: This is the Ashiro Michi no Eki (roadside station) or the Hall 21. Inside of it, they do have a restaurant, a shokudo (cafeteria), which has teishoku (set meals), just lots of different foods on rice, a platter you'll get with a bunch of stuff, miso soup.

00:01:20 John Daub: I found this, which is really interesting. This is some sort of Pokemon manhole cover. I guess they're putting these in all of the cities. This one looks pretty cool. I don't know who the characters are. Maybe you guys could enlighten me.

00:01:35 John Daub: But this is the main street here. Let's get Peter's gimbal here. Down for Ashiro. Ashiro is very central Hokkaido if you look at it on the map. Not a lot going on here but I love it. They got some good food, that's all I need.

00:01:50 John Daub: We've been passing through a lot of towns. The cities in Hokkaido, a lot of them are named after Ainu names. They're keeping the traditional names. And yeah, this being Hokkaido we got soft ice cream. So let's see how the lunch goes and maybe we can go.

00:02:05 John Daub: Now let me take you inside the Hall 21 here so you can just take a look. Here's a map of Hokkaido. Hakodate, so basically we were at Nemuro here. We kind of started, went up here, cut across. We stayed last night here and now we are about here.

00:02:25 John Daub: So this is Far East Hokkaido and today we're gonna be making our way to Asahikawa and then down to Furano. So we have about three hour drive still ahead of us.

00:02:35 John Daub: Here's the Ashiro gift shop. Just take a very quick look. A lot of the train lines are in the middle of the street. I'm not sure if you can see it but a lot of train lines have stopped. So you won't find trains going through here.

00:02:50 John Daub: So maybe Ashiro used to have a train but they no longer do. And it is kind of sad when JR says it's not profitable and you lose your train line. So I guess this used to be a train station before it was a michi no eki.

00:03:05 John Daub: There's a lot of famous people here. One of them Chiharu Matsuyama, I guess he's an artist and a golfer. You'll find all sorts of unique gifts. I love Hokkaido bumper stickers, that's cool.

00:03:20 John Daub: Hey Bradshaw, studio thank you. Put that towards our lunch. The local stuff here. For bird watching, this is the place to be. I've never seen these mascots before but they look pleasant.

00:03:35 John Daub: Hey panda photographer, sorry John I haven't been around because I became homeless in the States but I'm glad I'm here now. I'm sorry to hear that. I'm trying to keep in touch. I'm glad that you're still here and hope we can show you a little bit around the town.

00:03:55 John Daub: Something new here, the shokudo. It's kind of a cafeteria and we decided to eat at the other place. Looks like it's good food here in Ashiro. Actually I think everywhere in Hokkaido.

00:04:10 John Daub: And there's the bears that we saw yesterday. Let's go outside and the food should be ready to be served. Peter ordered it about five minutes ago. There's really not a lot to show you here in Ashiro.

00:04:25 John Daub: So just doing this live stream, I think it's important to highlight, give you a taste of some of the local areas. Oh there's the guy. I'm not sure exactly what he did but he's a very important person in the town. So much so that he's got his footprint there.

00:04:45 John Daub: There's a monkey show there. I feel bad whenever I see working monkeys. I'm not gonna get weak feelings about that. The local resident here, I guess you can do the monkey show. Plants? You have [inaudible] eastward lipping with the chimpanzees.

00:05:05 John Daub: Yeah that would be ice cream and yeah we might get some. So we will show you some Hokkaido ice cream and we'll eat it for you since you guys can't make it here. We got a long drive.

00:05:20 John Daub: Here's where we bought our lunch from and guess who it is? Hello he's here with us.

00:05:25 Peter von Gomm: Hey everybody. How do you do sir? And welcome to Ashiro.

00:05:35 John Daub: Ashiro. Our food is just about ready, you're back just in time. Yeah we should see them coming out in about one minute from now right?

00:05:45 Peter von Gomm: Yeah very soon very soon.

00:05:50 John Daub: I'm guessing what they're making and I smell is the food that's going to be our lunch. Smells good, we're hungry.

00:06:00 Peter von Gomm: Yeah so I can tell you a little bit about what's happening over the last couple of days. So we made our way from Shiretoko, we went to the onsen.

00:06:15 John Daub: The drums is the monkey show, it's a working monkey. So we're going to Daisetsuzan National Park. We get a long drive. So this is our last food stop for a while because we're going through Daisetsuzan National Park, which is a pretty big one until we get to Asahikawa.

00:06:35 John Daub: Then we go down through Furano and this time we'll stop at Biei with the blue pond. Hey Brad daddy is here yeah.

00:06:45 John Daub: People say we need a microphone. The thing is I don't know which microphone the YouTube app is using. They keep changing it every time I update it.

00:06:55 Peter von Gomm: Yeah right. I didn't plan for the longest time because it was always forward facing. When people standing behind the camera you couldn't hear but now they switched it. Then they switched it and they switched it again. I don't know what YouTube's doing.

00:07:15 John Daub: So I apologize if the audio. Not much we can do. If you have a problem, I'm sorry. You're gonna be known from here on out as Kathy, so it's the new Toby.

00:07:30 John Daub: WRX turbo thank you. I guess you're gonna get some ice cream for the car huh?

00:07:35 Peter von Gomm: Yeah you want that. That'll cool down a little. PVG yeah we're getting some good stuff in this little restaurant.

00:07:45 John Daub: So this is what we ordered. Here is that butapan, buta being pork. And it's got Logos on the front of it I'm not sure what that means. I'm gonna ask in the place and find out.

00:08:00 Peter von Gomm: Yeah I think we timed this right because there's a lot of people now queuing up. We got some zangi which is Japanese deep fried chicken, karaage pretty much.

00:08:15 John Daub: And it cost us 2100 yen or about 20 bucks. Karsto says he can hear us just fine I don't know.

00:08:25 John Daub: So essentially this morning we drove from the camping spot, left before 8 and we went to Akan Lake, Akan and we filmed the Ainu kotan (village) there and we walked around town a little bit.

00:08:45 John Daub: But we realized that as a national park the locals did not want us to go swimming or jump in the lake. But that's one of our stretch goals so what we had to do was drive.

00:09:00 Peter von Gomm: You can take that.

00:09:05 John Daub: So we went on a circuit. So we had to go to jump in the lake. So we found a lake about 15 minutes outside of Lake Akan.

00:09:15 Peter von Gomm: Right. It's called Oneto.

00:09:20 John Daub: Oneto and we jumped in there and we smell like it too because we did not. And lo and behold after one step into this lake the muck has built up for a thousand years and Peter and I lost one sandal each.

00:09:35 Peter von Gomm: Yeah we found my sandal. I dug it up.

00:09:40 John Daub: I couldn't find mine so I have a missing sandal. Which is awful.

00:09:45 Peter von Gomm: Yeah it's awful. Here's Lake Oneto. That's where we jumped. Beautiful lake.

00:09:55 John Daub: And right next to it is a natural onsen. It's called Iwaonupuri no Oyu Onsen [?]. It smells like an onsen. We smell like muck. Have you ever been in muck? It's a natural smell but it's not good.

00:10:20 John Daub: Beautiful area though. There's a huge kind of like mountain peak there. All green. Real green. And smoking. It was beautiful.

00:10:35 John Daub: After off into Lake Oneto. She's eating ice cream. I'm getting really jealous. She's got a cow over there. I want to sit on that cow sofa. Can we sit on this? After we eat our lunch real quick. Lickety split. Then we gotta get on the road. We're gonna get so late. I don't think we can get in until 4:30 now.

00:11:05 John Daub: We have a sort of reservation to film at Furano. Which is one of the really famous farms. I'm hoping we can get some blue skies here. I'm hoping this sticks around. Because Furano is so beautiful with the sunshine. And what time is it? It's 1 o'clock.

00:11:30 John Daub: So that means it's gonna be a while before we get there. We're gonna get some ozaki. Yes. Please wait a moment.

00:11:45 Staff: Please wait a moment. Please wait a moment. It's a lot more than the other place.

00:11:55 John Daub: It means somebody got it. We ordered two coffees at Shiretoko National Park with deer meat rice lunch and coffee.

00:12:10 Staff: Excuse me, what about Logos? Nothing special. We have it for breakfast at the outdoor. That's why we're the maker. Not a lot. We serve it as breakfast. Thank you.

00:12:30 John Daub: That's the chef there. Logos. Very nice. We don't know exactly what that means. It's a brand. It's an outdoor brand. No real relations. And there's zangi over there. Let's take a look at that real quickly. We're gonna have that next. Big cup of deep fried chicken. Thanks guys.

00:13:00 John Daub: Yeah. Thank you. Nice. WRX Turbo is in the house. Let's eat everybody. The cool tunes of Hokkaido in the background. I'm gonna go with the zangi.

00:13:20 Peter von Gomm: Oh, you're doing zangi first? Ah, it's hot.

00:13:25 John Daub: Alright, let's do the sandwich first. Oh, there's two of them. The sun's coming out. It's hot now. Instant change in temperatures.

00:13:40 John Daub: Alright, check out the sandwich here. This is recommended on the Google reviews. You can see where people are going. The sandwich has rice and pork in it. Check that out. This has gotta be good.

00:14:00 John Daub: Alright, itadakimasu. It's pretty good. It's nice. Pork, rice, sauce, bread, all good. It's hearty. Mmm, filling. It's a good one before you hit the road again. With a name like Logos, it's gotta be good. Mmm.

00:14:30 Peter von Gomm: So how's it going with the driving?

00:14:35 John Daub: Good. Speaking of, quick shout out to Japan CRC. They're the rental company of our camping car. They're a national chain. They've been very good to us.

00:14:50 Peter von Gomm: We're using the Robinson 106 camping car. Have we shown inside during the livestream? We did. Really comfortable. Last night, John slept up. I slept down. Yeah, it's a fun way to travel around Japan. Easy to drive. It's like driving a large van.

00:15:20 Peter von Gomm: And I've been enjoying driving while John handles the cameras and the navigation.

00:15:30 John Daub: You can't trust the navi. Ah, let's try some zangi now. It's a good looking piece of chicken. That link will be in the description.

00:15:45 Peter von Gomm: As well as, I've been wearing this. John has been too, his own. Our Kushitani jackets. They helped us with our motorcycle clothing on this trip. And I've been wearing this every day. It's been a godsend because it's been chilly at night and morning. Cool jackets. Nice motorcycle wear. Check it out. Kushitani. That'll also be in the description.

00:16:25 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. But yeah, I'm enjoying driving. A lot of shoutouts.

00:16:35 John Daub: Yeah. I'm gonna shoutout WRX Turbo. Thank you WRX. Always rockin' it. Gotta go with it. I'm looking at the ice cream. The sooner we eat the chicken, the sooner we can get the ice cream too.

00:16:55 Peter von Gomm: I think the karaage is cooled down enough.

00:17:00 John Daub: Yeah, that's right. I'm gonna finish this half of the sandwich. While we're eating here, you guys got any questions?

00:17:15 Peter von Gomm: It's pretty chilly here, I thought. This morning was chilly. You had long sleeves.

00:17:25 John Daub: I can do shorts now, short sleeve shirts now, but really cool. What sizes are you wearing?

00:17:35 Peter von Gomm: I'm wearing a large. Japanese large or American medium? I'm a 27.

00:17:45 John Daub: Are you gonna send us shoes or something? Sizes for what? Did you eat the crab?

00:17:55 Peter von Gomm: We did. Oh man. Give me a fist bump on that. That crab was so darn good. Oh my gosh.

00:18:10 John Daub: Taesan, if you're watching Taesan, that was the best crab. You cooked it so good. And the shrimp was incredible. It's in the documentary. Total surf and turf extravaganza last night.

00:18:30 Peter von Gomm: Great dinner. I grilled up the wagyu and some veggies. And we had that with beer and that crab as dessert. Oh mama. It was so good. Sitting in the camper, in nature, it makes it taste better, if that's possible.

00:19:00 John Daub: Very true. Yeah. Very full last night. Very happy. We're cleffed. We're virtually cleffed. Old Saturday Night Live skit. Who was that? Mike Myers?

00:19:20 Peter von Gomm: No, Dana Carvey. Yeah. Isn't that special? The song is really good, isn't it John?

00:19:35 Peter von Gomm: Until now, what has been the most unexpected thing that you have experienced on this trip?

00:19:45 John Daub: I don't know. Motorcycling. It was my first time on the real roads. But the food. I expected a lot, and a lot of that has come true and exceeded my expectations. The friendliness of the people, the quality, the taste of the food, the crisp, cool air in the summer.

00:20:15 John Daub: But yeah, it's been fun hanging out with Peter and enjoying the adventure with somebody besides myself. Hitchhiking is one way I've been traveling a lot. You're doing it by yourself, but when you're traveling as a team here, it's pretty fun.

00:20:40 Peter von Gomm: Yeah. It's been go, go, go. But we've enjoyed every step of the way. There's just so many incredible nuggets that we've found along the way.

00:20:55 John Daub: Yeah. Even a nugget is better than a sandwich. There's no ice cream for you. Let's get a close-up of the inside of the zangi. How are you?

00:21:15 Peter von Gomm: Good. Everyone wants to see his bike park. I don't want to make everybody jealous of that.

00:21:25 John Daub: I did not know that in Hokkaido, the karaage is called zangi.

00:21:35 Peter von Gomm: Really? Yeah. I didn't know that. Wow. And it's really good.

00:21:45 John Daub: The last one is yours. I think I had more than what I felt.

00:21:55 Peter von Gomm: I know you did. Are you blaming me? No.

00:22:00 John Daub: We saw a deer crossing the road. More than that, we saw a deer in Akan walking around the town. And I filmed it in glorious 8K for the documentary. It's going to be a pretty awesome video, I think.

00:22:25 Peter von Gomm: And going back to the footage, we have already 3.5 terabytes of data. White age. White age. Over time. Let's do it day by day.

00:22:45 Peter von Gomm: I was really impressed with John's organization skills. He's totally on the ball about every day we're backing things up, putting them on the hard drive, categorizing them by the day. When it comes time to editing, it makes life really...

00:23:10 John Daub: I thought everybody did that. You do this for a living. You're pretty seasoned at editing and organizing this. Knowing your vision, I'm really impressed with it. Seeing the whole process.

00:23:30 Peter von Gomm: We see his videos, which are awesome. But being with him and seeing how his mind works and his vision of what he wants to shoot, it just comes to him. I'm being serious for once.

00:23:50 John Daub: Thank you, sir. I'm really impressed. It's been my pleasure to be with the master and learning from him.

00:24:00 John Daub: If you're supporting the Kickstarter, by the way, we already have put the Kickstarter. There's two more days for the time sale, which is a postcard and video for 4444 yen. The price goes back up to 5000 yen. It's a nice little discount, about 10%.

00:24:30 John Daub: I'm thinking of a commercial. For a limited time, the documentary of the ages. Just 4444 yen. For 24 more hours. Then the price goes up. Thank you.

00:24:50 John Daub: That's pretty good. We've got a few more things that we're going to be putting in the documentary. On the list is Furano, which is the flowers, Daisetsuzan National Park. We'll ride through it.

00:25:15 John Daub: I don't think we have time for Asahikawa ramen, but I'll insert a lot of the things I've gone through on Only in Japan as well. Because it's an advantage to having a massive archive of videos.

00:25:35 John Daub: We're going to be staying in a log cabin tonight. Probably barbecue again. Then tomorrow morning, we'll hit C Furano a little bit and we drive to... We're almost at the airport, basically.

00:25:55 John Daub: We're driving to Yubari, which is the next Only in Japan video I didn't finish it before I left on this trip. We're going to do an all-you-can-eat Yubari melon, which is the Cadillac of melons in Japan.

00:26:20 John Daub: Then maybe we're going to meet with Melonkuma, my arch nemesis. There's Toby and then there's Melonkuma who once bit my head off. That son of a gun. We're going to get to him. Get my revenge, or at least say hi.

00:26:45 John Daub: Then we drive to the airport and it's gone. We have one more last bowl of ramen at Chitose Airport. We're going to do a live stream to say thank you to all of you. Not just the Kickstarter backers.

00:27:10 John Daub: These live streams are... We do it when we can do it. We have a signal. We're not doing the documentary because we want to share with you what's going on the road.

00:27:30 John Daub: Kathy, again, I can't make things perfect for you. I'm sorry you're disappointed. There's not much we can show you in a live stream. We're filming in 8K and 4K for the documentary.

00:27:55 John Daub: I would love it Kathy, if you could back. I didn't see you as a backer. That's cool. That's okay. It would be cool if you backed. Then we'll allow you to complain.

00:28:15 John Daub: We're here for fun. It's definitely a job. We're exhausted at the end of the day. We're having so much fun in the morning. We're exhausted at the end of the day.

00:28:35 John Daub: I don't think there's been a video, a final product. The reason why people keep backing is that we do a pretty good job with the documentaries and projects. We do the best we can do. People have been pretty satisfied with it.

00:29:00 John Daub: That's why we do what we do. I'm saying Kathy's name more than once. I think it's K-H-Y. She didn't complain once or twice or three times. She complained for the entire week. It's a high level of complaining.

00:29:25 John Daub: Kathy, we're having a good laugh. We really appreciate the complaining because it gives us something to talk about in the car and joke about. I spin it in a positive way. Kathy, I get zero complaints about you. We love you, Kathy. Complain all you want. I'm just saying we're doing our best, baby. We're doing our best.

00:29:55 John Daub: I'm saying that looking at this cow because oh my gosh. Look at that baby. Ah, Peter. That is not Honey, by the way. Somebody asked if that was Honey. Honey was the name of the cow that we milked yesterday. Also in the documentary.

00:30:25 Peter von Gomm: Peter milked his first cow and I milked my second. It was just so cute.

00:30:35 John Daub: You killed it, man. You see all that milk coming out? Well, you went first and you milked it dry when I got to it. There wasn't anything left. I had to squeeze high. There was nothing in there.

00:30:55 Peter von Gomm: You weren't following the directions. No, and then the cow looked... I think the cow had just been milked dry by all the other tourists. He looked around at me and he was like what are you doing? And then he took the bucket and she did a doody and a pee-pee and then he left. I don't think she was satisfied with my milking.

00:31:30 John Daub: I gotta go back and say hi to Honey. You little honey bunny. Yeah. Milk it for all it's worth. It's like this. Like this, this, and then fingers.

00:31:55 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, that's right. You better go try it again. You gotta really squeeze like that and then one digit at a time down like that and then the stream shoots out. You had a good stream. You're really good at it. You got the muscles for it. Pinch. That was good.

00:32:30 John Daub: We had our whole dairy last night. Be nice to Kathy. She doesn't know not what she says. Kathy has become like the new Toby for this trip.

00:32:55 Peter von Gomm: What degree of Kathy since? I didn't even know that the Kathy was out there. The Kathy was told to me by other people, but Peter, you brought the attention to Kathy. Peter and the moderators. Jim, did we have Kathy? Did you guys catch up on Kathy?

00:33:25 John Daub: I read the comments. I was like, what? Wow. Well, they're watching. I'm okay with Kathy complaining. Sometimes a grain of salt of truth in complainers, but you don't serve that complaint. You jettison it. It's a wipeout.

00:33:55 John Daub: Speaking of moving on, now that's your zangi. Can you down that, please? I'm filming you eating it like a man. You're getting really full, but I'm going to do it for the team.

00:34:15 Peter von Gomm: No, you're going to do it because you're hungry.

00:34:20 John Daub: Alright, last piece of zangi. Alright, do it. Down the hatch. Two or three times in swallow. That's what you do at the Marines.

00:34:35 John Daub: Somebody told me that. I used to live in Hiroshima, and we were near the Marine base in Iwakuni, and one of the Marines... I don't know if he was joking or not, but he said they chew three times and swallow. That's how they learn to eat.

00:35:00 John Daub: When you live in Hiroshima, you go to the bars, you make a lot of friends and they're expats. They're pretty cool. They're fun to talk to. They might get in a fight or two every now and then, but usually it's not you getting in a fight unless you're picking up their girlfriends.

00:35:30 Peter von Gomm: How long have you lived in Hiroshima?

00:35:35 John Daub: Altogether, two years on and off. Who wants ice cream? Who wants ice cream? We really gotta move. That's why I'm kind of asking you to get that zangi down, bro. We're taking these ice creams to go.

00:36:00 John Daub: I had to make it my mask. I ripped my mask. I had to tie it to get it to fit again. John Daub, lifehacker. I'm riding this mask all the way back to Tokyo.

00:36:20 John Daub: Can you check that? What kind of ice cream do you want? Just plain?

00:36:30 Peter von Gomm: Yeah, let's go with the plain one. Maybe Hokkaido milk, please.

00:36:40 John Daub: Let's go get some Hokkaido milk here. Alright. This ice cream is brought to you by all of you. Thank you so much for contributing. Hokkaido ice cream. This is the one thing that if you're here you must get. Everybody gets.

00:37:10 John Daub: Excuse me. Two soft creams, please. White. White is fine? The toppings? There's corn and cups. Cups. 100 yen. Thank you.

00:37:35 Staff: What's a topping? It's a sauce. A melon sauce? You want a sauce? Just a little? A little? A topping? It looks like this.

00:37:55 John Daub: Okay. You want to try one? We have a caramel and chocolate. I'll have a caramel. One melon and one caramel. Both caramel. One caramel.

00:38:20 John Daub: Can I get a receipt? You can get a receipt and a receipt separately. If you can't get one, it's okay. I'm going to take this. One ice cream and two. I'll be on the couch. Are you going to be on the couch?

00:38:45 Staff: Yes, I'll be on the couch. Thank you.

00:38:55 John Daub: Wow, you can see the ice cream here. They're doing it from the side. Wow, there's ice cream there. I got two cups. Sorry about the glare. Mine's a little bit better. The ice cream's getting poured. That looks nice. That's a big serving too.

00:39:30 John Daub: What about the gift certificate? It's okay. Can I get the gift certificate?

00:39:40 Staff: Yes. Thank you. I'm sorry about that.

00:39:55 John Daub: The gimbal went haywire. Arigato. Peter. Peter. Can you get it? Get your ice cream.

00:40:15 Peter von Gomm: Peter had to comment. Hey, our cow is free. Why is it doing that? It's doing a panorama. Taking people on a ride. It's like a soft cream. Soft.

00:40:45 John Daub: It's a little sweeter than the one we had yesterday. Maybe they put sugar in it. Maybe. It's very creamy. There's the caramel. Yeah, a little bit of caramel action in there.

00:41:10 John Daub: I'm gonna name this gimbal Kathy.

00:41:15 Peter von Gomm: Hey, don't insult my girl. She's not behaving. How about you share it and then she will. Why do you need to be in it? It's the center of attention. Caramel. Hokkaido soft cream. So creamy white. And sticky too. It's so sticky. It's going downtown.

00:41:55 John Daub: Can I try yours? It's the same, just with caramel. You had that option. I want to try the caramel. Why didn't you get the caramel? They didn't want that much on there. Well, there isn't that much on there. Joey doesn't share food.

00:42:25 John Daub: Oh, they're gonna make it. Pick up the monkey. This is Peter's friend because he took a picture earlier. Hi, your name is Mai. Mai-chan. You don't see that every day. I don't share food. There's a reason why this belly is ruined. There's a reason why the second chin. There's a reason why I'm growing this beard. Hide my second chin. Hide the chins.

00:43:00 John Daub: Sensitive teeth. I have to eat my ice cream. I eat ice cream by melting it in the center of my mouth before it touches my teeth. Does anyone else have this problem?

00:43:20 Peter von Gomm: I do sometimes. It's not a cavity, is it? No. Ice, heat, and oil can affect it. I asked the dentist about one tooth that was more sensitive. And he goes, I said, is there anything I can do about it? He goes, no. It just happens when you get older. Like it's your fault. And he said, live with it. I'm pretty sure I got the translation right. Live with it.

00:44:00 John Daub: Alright, thank you dentist. I'll be back here again. Can't you just pull it and give me a fake tooth or something? I don't know. No, it happens when you get older. Live with it. Deal with it.

00:44:25 John Daub: Alright, Kathy, good advice from the dentist. Deal with it. So are you Jim Carrey or who's the other character in Dumb and Dumber? Yeah, what's the guy's name? I don't know much about him. Jeff Daniels. He's awesome. Are you Lloyd?

00:44:55 Peter von Gomm: I'd have to see it again to determine what character I am.

00:45:05 John Daub: Well, we can make that possible. I happen to have that on. You have it already? Yeah, I bought it. It was on sale on Apple TV. $4.99. I thought Jack Daniels.

00:45:30 John Daub: Goobers. Always get the cup because the cones they will melt all over you. Unless you're a fast draw. I'm not that fast. That sounds like Leo. Is this Leo? He'll be home in 18 hours. Is it that short? In 36 hours he'll be home.

00:46:00 Peter von Gomm: Okay, which time is it now? 1:30. And our flight tomorrow is at 4:30.

00:46:15 John Daub: How are you going to get home from New Chitose Airport? Taxi. And how expensive is that? $25-30. What? It's that cheap and it's not shared? That cheap? Exchange rate. Like 4000 yen I think.

00:46:45 Peter von Gomm: Mine's about 8000 yen. Well, you live twice as far. There's a reason why I live where I live. You travel a lot. Yeah, it's fast. I'm going to have to suck it up. 8000 yen at home.

00:47:15 John Daub: You're going to do that? Or you can take the monorail to Hamamatsu or take a cab. I don't have a bit of baggage. Send it home. It's cheaper. Yeah, I can do that too. Send it all home.

00:47:40 John Daub: The great thing about Japan is your baggage. You could probably as a foreign tourist let me just put this out here. Don't travel with your big bags. Take it to the convenience store send it to your next hotel.

00:48:05 John Daub: Let it travel by truck you'll arrive the next day that's right and actually that's it that saves you so much headaches that's a good plan when you're motorcycle touring in Japan if you can plan it properly you can do the same thing ship your clothing that you need or whatever ahead a day or so to the hotel you're staying at pick it up and then rinse and repeat it dude each time each step of the trip it moves so fast in Japan it probably takes 24 hours maybe you have a few hours where it doesn't arrive but it usually arrives next day or or two days depending on how far you go but usually people aren't traveling that far but yeah you can send it if you give it 36 hours in advance probably arrives in Sapporo the next day there you go thank you sir oh he likes when i do that he does the when he was three months old he used to make the sound i'm serious he didn't have any teeth i don't know what it was so i imitated him and ever for the last year and a half i've been heard since he's heard that sound i've been making the zombie sounds too and i would chase him and he runs into the bedroom and then he falls on the tone and then he starts rolling around and i take his feet and i slowly pull him out and then i do it again and he goes and then reasonably he makes that sound and he chases me and then he starts pulling my legs it's pretty smart literally or figuratively literally but it doesn't go nowhere because he's not that strong yet but he will be yeah like joji's kicking your butt i've seen you guys boxing yeah he takes some wild haymakers and i have to kind of whoa yeah he takes some wild haymakers

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