00:00:02 John Daub: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Fuji City. You can see those are the steps leading up to Mount Fuji. They call it the Fuji Yume no Ōhashi (Fuji Dream Bridge). Something like that.

00:00:20 John Daub: Good morning, everybody. So I came out here this morning because I really wanted to check out what all of this buzz was about with this site. It's like about an hour away from Tokyo. If you take the Shinkansen, you gotta take the Kodama from Tokyo Station. It wasn't too hard to get out here. I rented a bicycle from the Fuji City Tourist Association. It cost 200 yen. Much cheaper than a taxi and a lot more fun to ride through the city. That's from the Fuji Yama Rent-a-Cycle. They also had battery-powered bicycles and sports bicycles.

00:01:00 John Daub: Here's my A7S3 filming. I already got some shots from up there at the top. You can see it's still quite early. I was the only one here when I got to this spot. Here's what it looks like. You guys have to determine whether or not this is worth it. I'm not sure what the buzz is all about here. But it is a really pretty sight, isn't it? It's just the steps. The steps make it really special. It looks like stairways going up to Mount Fuji.

00:01:30 John Daub: So where exactly am I? I'm here. You can see from Shin Fuji Station, it's not too far away. You see Mount Fuji. I wanted to go really far away so you could see the proximity to Mount Fuji from this exact spot. It's kind of a ways, but I think we're lucky. Yesterday it was raining. Today we got a sunny sky, so I was kind of worried about it yesterday, but today looks like it's going to be okay.

00:02:00 John Daub: This is where the bridge is on Google Earth. You can see it's a very local, very rural area, which makes it really nice to ride a bicycle around. That's where I am right now, and there are the steps leading up. I was at the top there not too long ago. I'm going to run up to the top for you as well, do a little Rocky scene. Pretty cool. Just be mindful of the locals. That's one thing that the Tourist Association said. They're getting a lot of people. There's quote-unquote lawlessness. I'm not sure what that means. I don't see any yet, but I've had a couple of people come out and talk to me, and that was nice. They were Japanese who could speak some English here.

00:02:40 John Daub: I think what makes this attraction really popular and why the overtourism, I think it's just because of its proximity to the stations. It's really close. From Fuji Station, you can see it's just 35 minutes. It's kind of a straight shot along the way. It's along the rail line. I see the trains going by from the top of the steps. So we're really close to the main Tōkaidō Line, which goes to Nagoya from Tokyo.

00:03:10 John Daub: If you're coming by Shinkansen, here's this map here. This is the route that I came by bicycle. It's coming from Shin Fuji, the Shinkansen station. You go past a bunch of factories under the Tōkaidō Line, the local line, and then you're here at the riverside. It was pretty peaceful. Again, nobody was here when I first arrived. But what I've noticed is taxis keep arriving. And tourists are coming by taxi, not by rent-a-cycle, which I think is really interesting. And you can see some more tourists are now making their way here.

00:03:50 John Daub: So what I'm going to do, today is the day that Kawaguchiko finished erecting the tarp. And I was going to go there today, but it's supposed to get cloudy and rain later today. And I don't think I would have made it there in time. I'm going to go there now. So I'm putting up a tripod now for you. And I'm going to try to go up there and film this for you. I don't even know if this is going to work. And we're kind of at a... Is it balanced here? I think this is. Boy, it's getting crowded fast. I think that'll stay. Oh, now there's a line, huh? I got here 30 minutes ago. There's nobody here.

00:04:30 John Daub: Yeah. Up there is beautiful, too, though.

00:04:35 Tourist: Yeah.

00:04:35 John Daub: Where are you from?

00:04:36 Tourist: New York.

00:04:37 John Daub: New York. How are you?

00:04:38 Tourist: Okay.

00:04:39 John Daub: Well, I'm originally from the New York, New Jersey area. Oh, nice. But I live here, so.

00:04:43 Tourist: Oh, nice.

00:04:44 John Daub: Yeah. When did you move here?

00:04:46 Tourist: Yeah. 26 years ago.

00:04:48 John Daub: Wow. Wow. That's neat. You've probably seen it go through so many changes.

00:04:51 Tourist: I have.

00:04:52 John Daub: This was not an attraction back then.

00:04:54 Tourist: Yeah. I don't think it was built back then, actually.

00:04:56 John Daub: Yeah. Did you get a good shot? I think it worked. All right. I'm going to try. We'll be fine. We're going to be here for a little bit, though. We'll see how it goes.

00:05:10 John Daub: Hey, good morning, Michael.

00:05:12 Michael: Hey, good morning.

00:05:13 John Daub: I'm a YouTuber. Nice. Just kind of showing people how to get here and what it's all about. They finished the black tarp in Kawaguchiko for the Lawson's, you know, that shot.

00:05:22 Michael: Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.

00:05:23 John Daub: They put that up today.

00:05:24 Michael: Oh, wow.

00:05:25 John Daub: I feel like they might do that to the 7-Eleven, too, because it's not getting pretty. Is it? There's another one?

00:05:30 Michael: Wow.

00:05:31 John Daub: Yeah. They said there was lawlessness going on in the Japanese media. I don't know what that means. That's why I've come here. Hopefully this doesn't get too saturated, either. I would have taken the photo for them if they told me. It's much better from down here. Yeah. That's kind of a cool shot. No lawlessness yet.

00:05:55 John Daub: So I just run up there. Do you want us to take any footage for you?

00:06:00 Michael: Did you want us to take any footage for you? Oh, no. I'm just going to let this run until the lawlessness happens.

00:06:05 John Daub: Okay. It should be okay. Are you next, sir? Where are you from?

00:06:10 Tourist: From Tokyo? Turkey.

00:06:12 John Daub: Oh, cool. I live here, but from America originally. Oh, do you want me to take a photo for you? Yeah. I think it's really good from down here looking up. Actually, I was going to... I'm doing a live stream now for my viewers, but as soon as I finish, I'm Only in Japan.

00:06:30 Tourist: Okay.

00:06:31 John Daub: I think I missed my chance. Oh. Is this you? Oh, yeah. That's my live streaming channel. I have another channel and another channel. Oh, yeah. I'm live streaming right now on this one. Yeah. Yeah. That's the... Yeah. I guess you just go up. I don't know. All right. I'm just going to go up. You guys can still hear me. It doesn't matter if other people are up there. I'm not trying to take a shot. I was running.

00:07:10 John Daub: All right. So here I am up on the top of the Fuji Yume no Ōhashi, the Fuji Dream Bridge or something like that in English. Pretty cool. I guess I'm finished. I'll bring you up here in a second, but I get a really nice clear view to Mount Fuji and apparently... Hold on. I can do... Yeah. People seem to like that shot. All right. People are waiting, so I'm going to run.

00:07:40 John Daub: All right. Very good. All right. Awesome. Okay. You want to give it a go?

00:07:45 Tourist: Yeah.

00:07:46 John Daub: Video?

00:07:47 Tourist: Yeah.

00:07:48 John Daub: Okay. Video or photo. Okay. All right. So our friend from Turkey is going to go up there and we're going to take a photo. Oh, that's a nice angle here. Yes. Right here. You're going all the way to the top. All right. Got it. I think I got it. I got one photo. I got one photo. All right. Thank you.

00:08:10 Tourist: You're welcome.

00:08:11 John Daub: All right. That's fine. All right. I'm just going to leave my camera there. I'm going to take you up the steps now. We're going to Rocky this thing. Are you ready? We're doing it now. Hey, Rocky. Silence here. All right. Let's do this. Can't stop me. All right. All right. That's what we got here. And there's some other Instagrammers probably taking the shots here. But yeah, it's a pretty nice view. Let's look back down. I'm going to take a photo. You can see there's already a crowd. Crowd has gathered. There's my tripod and a bicycle over there. Very cool.

00:09:00 John Daub: Yeah. I think it's a pretty cool experience coming out here. What makes it fun is that there are other people here doing the same thing. So you have to look at it. There are two ways to look at this. One, this is a bona fide tourist attraction. Two, it's a little crowded. You want to be quick about it. Be polite with the other people and be very quiet. Not disturb the neighbors. There are actual residences right here. But it's kind of fun to talk with the other people that are traveling from all over. A lot of people from China, they can't speak much English, but there's a lot of English speakers here and that's kind of cool. Hear their stories and their experiences. I like it.

00:09:50 John Daub: But overtourism is a word that you're going to be hearing more and more. Here comes somebody arriving by taxi again. Overtourism is a word that you're going to be hearing more and more. Not just here in Japan, but all over the world. And I think this is luckily in a spot where there isn't a lot of traffic. But I mean, here's more taxis and more cars coming out here. There's somebody coming out of a taxi. It's very good for the local economy. Here's my bicycle. I'm getting ready to ride back. I only came here for about an hour. I only wanted to film a couple of scenes, but here's the view. And you can see that there's a couple making their way up to the top of the steps.

00:10:40 John Daub: I see our friend Ellis is here.

00:10:42 Ellis: Yes we are, Ellis, David, on top of the world.

00:10:45 John Daub: No, no, you guys got to keep going up to the top of the steps. You cannot stop there. You can put Bob Ross in here. They're all mad, quite mad.

00:11:00 John Daub: Well I got to tell you, I was worried whether or not I would see it at all. Here's the platform of Shin Fuji. This is Mishima. And I was worried because it was kind of in the clouds for a long time. And when I got here, it started to rain. It started to really clear up, and now it's really pretty. You don't often get to see Mount Fuji. It just sort of happens here. The weather really... This is Shinkansen next stop, Shin Fuji. The weather is really hard to predict. And even though it's sunny in the summer, the mist will make it seem like Mount Fuji doesn't even exist.

00:11:50 John Daub: I know this because I used to live here in Fujinomiya, right on the base of Mount Fuji for a year. And there were times I'd open my window, I had a view of Mount Fuji. It's summer, blue sky, sun is out, can't even see Mount Fuji, and it's only about 10 kilometers away. So because of the mist up there, it was just making it reflect off of the sky, and it looked like a big blank spot. One of the most unique features of Mount Fuji, not having other mountains around it, I suppose. I don't know why, but yeah, it's pretty cool to see that.

00:12:40 John Daub: I got some other images from Mount Fuji. You know, going past all of the factories is kind of interesting, too. That shot also is very iconic. There's a Shinkansen blowing by right there. That happens every now and then. Don't block the shot, bro. And you have a beautiful view of Mount Fuji there. The snow will be gone in about a month. There's still snow up there even in August, believe it or not. There's patches of it because it's below freezing on the top, especially after zero. This is coming up. It's coming into Shin Fuji, I believe.

00:13:30 John Daub: Here's a live view. Yeah, the view changes, and it is much better in the winter, of course. But I think the best time to see it, and it's clear, probably like March and April during the cherry blossom season because it's still got snow up there. However, with that said, it's still very fickle. Sometimes it doesn't want to show itself.

00:14:00 John Daub: But actually, I'm trying to get a time lapse here. I guess I turned it off. I'm working on a time lapse. So let's see if we can get the time lapse for the main channel up. Look, there's already a bunch of people here. It's pretty cool. Yeah, this is the surrounding area. Not a lot of people, but it's interesting to see taxis pulling up every now and then. I also like that most people are very polite. They'll take a picture, and then they'll walk down the steps. Walk down slowly. Don't do what I did. I kind of think I'm 13 years old.

00:14:50 John Daub: But if you're a person who's been walking down the steps for a long time, you'll see if you look on the side of it. I want you all to please be very respectful of the locals that are living here. I tried to talk to one of the guys there. He was popping his head out. I said, good morning, and he didn't reply. I think he's kind of frustrated with tourists in general. And that's part of what I'm talking about with overtourism. I don't think they really need to deal with it too much. There aren't a lot of... I'm going to pan around here. There's not a lot of residences. It's a pretty open area. They're building the highway to go on further. That's really interesting.

00:15:40 John Daub: But I want to show you some of the signs around here. Cars do come down this road, so just be really careful. Don't want to get hit. Not that it's bustling traffic here. But there's a sign over here which kind of lays out some of the rules that you might want to consider when you do come to this spot. And they have it in English. Don't park on the road or in private areas. Keep quiet as it may disturb the neighborhood. And they write it in Chinese and Japanese as well, of course. And they write it in... I think they should have it in more languages. But I'm glad that they do that because it is a neighborhood. And I think especially after sunset, I don't know why anyone would come here at night unless you got like moonlight shots. But yeah.

00:16:40 John Daub: I think you have to respect the locals and that's what makes the attraction work. You guys have any questions? I mean, I came all the way out here for you guys. No questions? You can leave them in the comments below as well. I'm really happy to talk about this site. And there's other photo attraction sites here.

00:17:10 John Daub: Sean is here. How you doing? We're at Honolulu Airport waiting for a JAL flight into Haneda. Wow. Hope to run into you one day. You absolutely have a pretty good shot of doing that. I'll be in Tokyo for the next couple of weeks. You know. I'm actually going to Kyoto for a day trip this week I think to film the rest of this. But I'm not quite sure yet. I have to drive to Kawaguchiko to see how that black screen is doing. If it's really made it safer.

00:17:50 John Daub: But this is going to be clouded over in a couple of hours and we're going to lose this view. And when we do then, you know, we're going to lose the view. I'm a little bit curious. Are tourists still going to come here and try to take pictures? We've seen that they... A lot of people will bring a photo. A cookie. There's a Mount Fuji cookie. And they put the cookie up. And they go, oh look, I can't see Mount Fuji but this is where it would be. And then they eat the cookie or something. But I think that this could be very well the postcard for...

00:18:40 John Daub: Let's turn this camera around. This could be the postcard for next month. So if you guys are interested, this could be a really good shot for our postcard club. I'm actually sending out the postcards today. So I got to get back. They're going in the mail. So if you do sign up now. They're going to leave from Tokyo Station and have a Tokyo postmark on there. See, here's the postcard. This is from Shirakawa-go, which is a really small village that's booming near Takayama in Gifu. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. And I got a shot of it here for this month's postcard. I wish I could send it from there. No digital postcard, sorry. You're getting your digital postcard right now. This whole channel is a digital postcard, bro.

00:19:40 John Daub: But it's fun to see how this works. There's no one taking tickets or waiting in line. I think be polite to the other people that are here and try not to get in fights. Don't bring alcohol and get drunk and break signs and stuff or else I'm going to have to record you and shame you or something. I don't know.

00:20:10 John Daub: People have been asking me, is the middle for wheelchairs? This is for... For bicycles. But you could probably... I mean, it's a little steep for wheelchairs. But what they've done, and I think this might have to do with wheelchairs or for senior citizens that are doing their bicycles. It does kind of flatten for a little bit. So there's sort of that safety zone. Because if it was just a slope, that'd be kind of dangerous. So I think it's about 20 steps and then flattens out. And then there's another 20 and then flattens out. So I think that's a pretty good thing.

00:21:00 John Daub: This side here is for the cars to go. This side here is for the people to go up, of course. But yeah, I think if someone's pushing, I would feel better about it. Because I don't think... So you could get a wheelchair up there.

00:21:30 John Daub: Kudos to Kanae. She's taking Leo to hoikuen (nursery school). Thank you, Kanae. I just got the notification. It's a nice shot, but you got to go to the top. And you have to jump as high as you can. That's the way to do it. At least that's the way I did it. So let's zoom in and see. The power. Wow. Mount Fuji. Random Instagrammer. Stairways leading to paradise. You can see that's where it flattens out right there. So it does that a couple of times before you get to the top.

00:22:20 John Daub: I want to know right now in the live chat, is this an attraction that you'd want to come and get a picture at? I think it is... You know, I kind of judged this harshly at first. Like tourists going to go and take photos from certain places around there. But the more I do it, the more I'm kind of... Can see the attraction. It's fun to go out to the middle of nowhere. Because you normally wouldn't come out here unless there was this. And that's kind of a cool thing. I don't know. I'm kind of on the fence on all of this, you know, Instagram photo taking attraction thing. I see the attraction a little bit more. And it's kind of cool to see the other people. But as long as it doesn't get unruly or lawlessness appears...

00:23:20 John Daub: The Japanese media is saying that there's lawlessness. I think maybe it's too early. When is this lawlessness happening, Japanese media? I guess it's like crossing the street illegally. Or people just... They can't wait. Their passion for this is so high. They want to go out and get that photo right away. You're not thinking clearly. You dash across the street and... Kablooey. You're... You know... That's not what is good for tourism in Japan.

00:24:00 John Daub: So I think what they're doing at Fujiyoshida and what they've done at Kawaguchiko. I think these are really good steps. And when I was in Shirakawa-go, they're also approaching overtourism with the same kind of way. They hired a consultant to try to help them. If a problem does arise, they'll be able to... I guess they kind of anticipate problems. Or they already have problems. But there's consultants now for this overtourism thing. And I'd like to throw my hat in the ring. Why not? I will happily consult with you and try to find solutions that will work for your overtourism problem. I don't want to call it a day. I'll call it a problem. It's not a problem. It's a challenge. There's a difference. I think.

00:25:00 John Daub: Because I think that overtourism is... Well, I think tourism is a good thing. I think overtourism is... It's a hard word. I think tourism challenges is maybe a better way to say it. Because, look, the vast majority of Japanese want tourists to be here. It's not... You know, don't get me wrong when I say this. There's a small percentage of them. But it's really good for the economy. I think it's irritating in people's everyday life. To have to deal with the same things over and over and over again with different people. You tell people, please don't do that. And the next day there's new people who didn't hear that message.

00:25:50 John Daub: And just imagine if it was your... You know, this was your house on the left side. First of all, wow, you get a nice view of Mount Fuji every freaking day when it shows itself. That's pretty awesome. But also, I mean, you probably didn't sign up for having, you know, a bunch of people outside your house taking pictures of it all the time. You know what I mean? So I think in that sense, you really have to do... I think it's good for cities to try to find a way to do it. But you can't do it in a belligerent way. You can't do it and blame the tourists. Yeah, they're crossing the street illegally. But I think that that's also a responsibility that the cities have to have. And I think the tourists also have to have, you know, to understand the signs that are all over the place.

00:26:50 John Daub: But you got to do more than just put signs there. And I think if this was a dangerous place, they probably should have somebody working. I mean, we see city jobs. We see city jobs all the time. You know, they just stand there doing construction. And this would be a pretty cool job of a bilingual person who wants to speak English or something dealing with tourists out here. Just making sure that things are safe and they have a walkie-talkie to call for backup if that's needed. Maybe put a lemonade stand, right?

00:27:40 John Daub: Ryan writes in. I think that's a pretty good idea. Stoha writes in here, yeah, it's really annoying when you've got lots of people crowding and blocking up a space. I would agree with that. I don't know how crowded this is going to be. I'm going to be here for another 20, 30 minutes just to check it out.

00:28:10 John Daub: How else would they know about these places without YouTube? Well, there's Instagram and Facebook and there's newspapers and there's travel magazines. Trust me, the travel magazines have also featured this. And believe it or not, when I came in, I went to the, like I made a video on the bicycling. That's how I know about the bicycles. I made a video on bicycling Mount Fuji from Shin Fuji Station. So when I got there, the lady at the tourist office said, You're John Daub. And I go, why, yes, I am.

00:29:00 John Daub: Oh, I remember her. She was here about three years ago when I made that. Mount Fuji, the perfect cup of green tea, I think it was called. If you go into that episode, I rent a bicycle from that exact same spot and ride to the tea fields of Fuji City. This tourist attraction didn't really exist then. That's interesting or else I would have ridden my bicycle up to the top of it. It didn't exist back in 2021. This is a new phenomenon. I guess it's happened over the, you know, that era where nobody could go anywhere. And this became something hot on Instagram.

00:29:50 John Daub: And now, you know, I told her she showed me up there. There's a TV screen above the counter. And on the TV screen is this photo. So this is an official, sort of official tourist attraction for the city of Fuji. This is Fuji City, everybody. So, I mean, and you can see somebody bringing their bicycle down. That's how it's done. So I want you to understand that, you know, the city wants you to come here. The city claims this land. It used to be a really popular tourist attraction. They have it listed on their brochures and on the TV. And behind is one of the attractions.

00:30:50 John Daub: And that's another thing. The locals walking their bike down and getting filmed. They kind of want to give people their privacy here. Nobody deserves that. But I think he's far away. Actually, I think he's a tourist. He's far away enough that it's not too big of an issue. He's a tourist. I don't know. What's the best spot? I think I'm in the best spot. I'm across the street from everybody.

00:31:30 John Daub: New tourism is mostly responsible by TikTok, which will probably be banned by the United States. I give it like 50-50. That's a cute photo. Yeah, I'm down with that. I think if you're coming on your honeymoon, this would be a great photo. Poor TikTok. I watched the Senate debate hearing on TikTok. And I have to say, I couldn't stop laughing. The poor guy's from Singapore. He's not Chinese. And they kept on asking him like these really weird questions. He's not the one who should. I don't know. You just have to do it, man. You can't. They got you. Even the CEO of TikTok USA is not Chinese.

00:32:30 John Daub: And a lot of the tourists here are Chinese that are coming to visit here. And I'll tell you, the majority of the tourists that come to Japan are Chinese. So I think that's the one thing that Japan really needs to have to have is really good relationships with its neighbors. And I'm not talking about...

00:33:00 John Daub: See, this is really a problem. A car's going by and the guy's in the middle of the street. That's sort of a problem. That's one thing that worries me. Somebody getting hit. Cars will usually stop. But guess, you know, I think you shouldn't be having your suitcase over there. I don't know. That's one thing that kind of worries me here. Like common sense stuff. You know, you're in the middle of the road. I know that's not a really traffic place. But in Japan, locals complain all the time. And if little things like this, people call the city hall and they talk about it. And they, how do I say it? Report it. And that's not good. That's when things start to go downhill. When grannies call in and report stuff. And trust me, they do it. They really do it. And you have to be mindful of that, you know. I've lived here for a long time. So I understand this probably a little bit better than most people.

00:34:10 John Daub: And this is good angle from here. That's right. Yeah, this is good angle from here. Where are you from?

00:34:20 Tourist: Hong Kong.

00:34:21 John Daub: Okay. Oh, so where are you from? I live here. But I'm from America originally. I don't know. Is this shot, maybe it's not being on the top of the steps. Maybe it's about being on the steps. I don't know. What do you guys think? So the better shot is just moving up. Maybe. Yeah. That's right. I'm trying to get a better angle here.

00:34:50 John Daub: All right. That's all I got for you. Thanks for the questions. It's kind of cool just to hang out here. I'm getting good sunlight. You know, let's be honest. I wouldn't have come out here if it wasn't for this bridge. So kind of happy that I finally got a chance to get out here and check it out. I was in the city for a few days filming. And I didn't even know about this attraction just a couple of years ago. It wasn't even on the tourist association's radar. And now it is.

00:35:40 John Daub: So I hope that this is an interesting video for you. Maybe it helps you plan your trip out here. Again, it's only like, what is it, like 25 minutes or something like that from Shin Fuji Station. If you're riding the Shinkansen, it's pretty close to get here. I rode my bicycle here in about eight minutes. It's worth the 200 yen to get the bicycle. It's a typical mamachari (mom's bicycle). It's nothing extraordinary. And I see that they fixed some of the issues with the app. It's not a particularly amazing bicycle. It sure beats coming by taxi. It's only 200 yen and they had a bunch of them. And if you want to, I think the electrical ones with the batteries were 750 yen. That's not even that much more. And they're good until about 4 p.m. did she say or 5 p.m.?

00:36:50 John Daub: Oh, is this a honeymoon shot? Is that her dad? Boy, they're getting every angle. Slightly cringy. You can't take that much time. It's not that crowded. But it's like get your photo and get out of the way. That's why maybe they need a whistle person. Next. And then put like a clock. If I was in charge, I would be like very authoritative and very strict. I would have a big like a hockey clock, like a shot clock. I would push the buzzer and then you could hear the seconds counting down. And make sure that's loud enough not to disturb the neighbors but yet they would hear it. Is that possible? But I make it big enough where they could see it. And I have the whistle. And I would be whistling. Next. And get up there and then boom, slap it. You have the numbers counting down. 60 seconds. That's it. Get your shots. Slap it down there. We need a guard up there with maybe a stick to push people back down or something. That's how I would deal with it.

00:38:00 John Daub: But let's be honest. People respond well to strictness. You need to be strict. It's easier. I used to be a substitute teacher. That's how I know. In 2003, I was a substitute teacher at my old high school. And I learned very quickly don't try to be the student's friends. Be strict at first and then loosen up because you can't go back to being strict. If it's a good class, then you can loosen up. If it's not a good class, be happy that you stayed strict. And I'm going to give that lesson to the Japanese municipalities on how to teach American kids. Because it seemed to work. And I made it through my substitute year just fine.

00:39:00 John Daub: That's right. Hello, Hi821. I was also a substitute teacher. I got paid $50 a day. No benefits. It stunk. Actually, that's not true. That's not true. It was really fun. The no benefits part stunk.

00:39:30 John Daub: All right, everybody. Thanks for watching. I hope that this was interesting. If you want to see me climb the steps, just replay it. I did it. I'm not going to do it again. I'm heading back home and get some lunch back with Kanae. And maybe I'll bring her something back from Mount Fuji. But thanks for joining me. This will be in our main channel episode coming in a couple of weeks. See you. Back to Tokyo. Back to Tokyo. That was this morning.