00:00:11 John Daub: Hey everybody, this is Kagoshima Airport and check it out, Sakurajima. At least that stone looks just like a volcano, doesn't it? Well, it's spewing out hot lava water. And this is a footbath at the airport, which makes no sense, but it totally does, if you know what I mean. This really is Kagoshima Airport. There's a sign. And the rock represents Sakurajima, which is in this picture right here. An active volcano that's right over the city of Kagoshima.

00:00:40 John Daub: Oh my gosh, my feet are so smooth. Look at that. My feet look 10 years younger, don't they? The Birkenstocks tan will never leave, though. Wow, this is incredible. I guess it's good enough for about 20-30 people can come here and soak. Now, you can't jump in full body. That would be crazy. Don't try to do that. I'm sure someone is now.

00:01:14 John Daub: But it is actual volcanic onsen water. I can feel it because it's doing something to my feet, making it really slippery, I guess. But it's a very comfortable experience. This is... I'm at the airport! Does this make any sense? I'm so relaxed. Look, I'm going to try to go in the middle. I'm going to go on a rock in the middle here. This is the best feeling ever.

00:02:14 John Daub: This is why I love this channel, Only in Japan Go. I can bring you places like this and not have to worry about editing and a storyline. Just share an experience. Just as simple as that. Now, I was mostly on this side of Kagoshima. This is Kirishima. This is where there's a bunch of volcanoes. Actually, they filmed the James Bond movie, if you remember Little Nellie, the helicopter. Went over that. That was the lair for the bad guy, Blofeld, back in that 1967 film.

00:02:52 John Daub: This is just too cool. Oh, man. I never want to leave. But I always show you when I come to the airports, I'm always showing you the inside, the shopping and all this. Forget that. Today, I'm just going to soak in the onsen. And maybe I should take you inside. What do you think? Brandania, what do you think? No? Yes? No? Maybe? Or no?

00:03:21 John Daub: I could talk a little bit. So today, I was in... This morning, I was in Miyazaki. Last night, if you saw that livestream, I was walking around Miyazaki City, which is a really nice place to visit. It's got a tropical feel to it because it's got palm trees all over the place. A lot of sunshine. Pretty fair weather. And delicious food. And I'm here filming an episode on chicken. And I just went to my favorite chicken restaurant in Kobayashi, a small town, right off of the highway before I got to the airport. Perfect.

00:03:52 John Daub: The president of the company, of the restaurant, came out and met me, and showed me a really good time. I ate a lot. I get to go into the kitchen and film behind the scenes. And I'm looking forward to editing that video. But just for a minute, before I board this flight, I had to bring you here. There are some rules. The rules are right there. So, no smoking. That's kind of obvious. Take off your shoes before entering the foot bath. Who would leave their shoes on, first of all?

00:04:23 John Daub: It's a foot bath, not a shoe bath. It's not potable. Meaning, don't try to take this water home with you. Or drink it, apparently. Do you think there's people who drink this thing? And it closes at 7:30 p.m. So if you're trapped here overnight, no, you cannot bathe here. There's probably a security guard that'll keep you out. No drinky. That's right.

00:04:49 John Daub: I guess, for a second, I can kind of show you a little bit around here. I'm gonna go barefoot. I don't really care that much about conventions here. You can see there's a lava flow here. Another volcano and this hot volcanic water is going into this pool here. Which is very cool. But, all in all, like, this is such an amazing experience to just chill out in front of the airport in a foot bath. I don't think there's any other place in the world that has this, is there? Can anybody confirm or deny this information? Don't deny it. Confirm it. Come on. Everybody knows that this is the only one.

00:05:40 John Daub: Ah, what a trip. I keep on finding interesting things to film here. So it seems like I'll be back. And, before I do location shoots, I usually will call ahead or call the tourism office or try to find ways to help to tell the story in a new way. And I got a lot of help in this episode. I'm just so thankful for the people in Minami-Satsuma. And also Miyazaki City. They really helped me out. And, all the staff at the Wagyu Olympics were really helpful giving me a behind-the-scenes look, a press pass, to give a very unique perspective of the Olympics in English because I didn't think there was enough information on it.

00:06:23 John Daub: So that's about it. I could take you to the vending machine. And then I gotta go. I wonder, I don't think I need to wash my feet, do I? It's kind of weird. Since I'm using my zip-off pants. Thankfully, these zip-off pants make excellent towels. Put these on here. So I'm just gonna take you around the airport for a second. Maybe we can get a drink here.

00:07:18 John Daub: Oh, look at this! I should've bought this in advance. They actually have towels. There's a towel vending machine. Why did I think of that? So they're 300 yen for one towel. Kanae gets angry at me because I'm not supposed to bring towels home. I've been to so many onsen that I've got a lot of them. Oh, they even have milk. Which is what you drink after the onsen.

00:08:08 John Daub: So this is the arrivals terminal. This is where I came in to Kagoshima. It is so quiet and so peaceful here. You can see there's one of the check-in gates for Peach Airlines. I guess there are budget ones. And ANA is over in that direction. But all in all, what an amazing experience. There's a FamilyMart in the airport. The footspa, of course. A Royal Host? What? And there's a ramen and, of course there's some tonkatsu, cause the pork here is incredible. Everything in Kyushu is incredible. All the food. It's such an amazing gastronomical experience that I had as well. Just all the food that I ate was incredible.

00:08:56 John Daub: My flight is at 6:40, which is not even on the board yet. So I've got plenty of time. Wow. Look at that scuba diving. Yakushima. That's another place I gotta go. Has anyone been to Yakushima? It's, like, between Okinawa and Kyushu Island. Is that Brandania? Hey! Thank you, Brandania. Check out these guys. They're sitting on the bench, but they look exactly like the wooden statue that they're sitting next to. It's funny.

00:09:47 John Daub: Um, all in all, this has been a really wonderful trip. I got a lot of editing to do and a lot of work when I get back to Tokyo, but just for a little bit, I'm glad that I was able to share with you this footbath experience. It's crazy. This is the airport bus. I think it's 2,000 yen to get there. It's quite a ways to get from the airport to the city center. But the buses are pretty modern and spacious, and I think they have Wi-Fi inside, which is also crazy.

00:10:37 John Daub: Saya, I would get in the footbath for you one more time. Is that what you're requesting, Saya? I'll do it. I won't complain. So when you get in the footbath, you have to take off. All right, Saya said yes. All right, I'll do it. My feet, my shoes are gonna stink like onsen, though. Oh, by the way, shout out to the president of the restaurant gave me some fresh Kobayashi eggs. Check this out. From Miyazaki Prefecture, Kobayashi is a town there. Oh, man, let's just open this up. I can maybe make onsen tamago. These are right from the farm. So I'm pretty excited about that. I gotta carry these on. Eggs make good gifts in Japan.

00:11:33 John Daub: Oh, mama. This is the life. If you think it is, click that like button, too, because it's the reverse JD time phenomenon. That's right. Short episodes. Who would've thunk? My flight's in a couple of hours. I'm gonna really relax. I got a lot of editing to do already. I'm gonna do that. Shout out to Kagoshima Airport. This is maybe one of the most comfortable regional airports with such a creative idea to do something like this to help people that are waiting for the bus. But more than that, waiting for flights and to relax in a foot bath. I'm gonna sleep on this flight back. It's gonna be awesome. I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully we fly right past Mount Fuji at sunset as well. It's gonna be stunning.

00:12:24 John Daub: Hey, out of the traveler, I'm at the airport watching this live. I'm gonna be like, oh, my god. We're about to leave. Hey, so you've been here for 29 months? Have I had these awful badges for 29 months now? Nothing wrong with the star. Better than the S. I didn't even know what that meant. Let's get a closer look. Get a closer look at the lava flow. Whoa. Wow. That's pretty awesome. Hey Abhishek, thank you. Traveler. 19 months. Gosh, I love it. Our community is really strong here. Yeah, we do need new membership badges. I'll come up with an idea. The best is to get an artist to try to design them, but I don't know. Sometimes keeping it simple is best, but maybe not in this case.

00:13:37 John Daub: He's testing the water. Did you see that? He approves. It's approved. Thanks everybody for watching. I'm going to relax a little bit, but I will share the picture with you on Instagram as I get ready to get back to Tokyo. Thanks so much. Have a good day everybody. I'll see you in Tokyo. I'm actually going to the International Terminal in Haneda to see if there are any inbound tourists to Japan already. We'll see what we can find. I'll be at probably around 6:30pm. I'll be in Tokyo. So see you then everybody. [inaudible]. Thank you. Zero restrictions have started. How awesome is that? Bye guys.