00:02 John Daub: Greetings, welcome to Shibuya. As you can see, we've got a blue sky, sunny day here, and just about to cross one of the busiest, most famous intersections in the entire world. How you doing everybody? We're here in Shibuya. They say about 10,000 people cross this intersection every day, every time it changes. It's more chaotic than I remember it, but this is certainly a place that a lot of tourists want to come to, pick to stay. A little perplexed by that. Nevertheless, in this live stream, we're going to take you around Shibuya as good as the signal will allow us.

00:46 John Daub: I get a feel for what it's like to be in Shibuya on an October afternoon. It's like a weekend. Today's a holiday. It's Sports Day. Don't know what sport exactly, but we're going to find out. Maybe it's the sport of live streaming. So this, the traffic light's only 45 seconds. Some people are a little bit too slow, like this one dude here. That's not good. One of the many, and these carts, I would say, I've been here for about 10 minutes. I'd say about 50 of them have gone by in the last 10, 15 minutes. It's crazy. The Yamanote line going by over there.

01:33 John Daub: What is the metamorphosis of Shibuya over the last 10, 15 minutes? The last four years has been mind-blowing. I was here during those era when nobody was here, and it was completely empty, and it's just fully back. So much so, check this out. So this is the street. Look at the Starbucks above there. Look at all the people just trying to get shots of the Hachiko Scramble. I'd never seen it that crowded. People just standing there. I guess they've turned it from drinking a coffee to just standing there, space. That's a lot of people. I'm just not used to it. To me, it's like I'm doing a double take here.

02:13 John Daub: Shibuya Station has changed. In fact, I came in at Shibuya Station on the Yamanote line. I usually come through the Hanzomon line, but this time I came in. The platform is underground. Right? Actually, this is the wrong video, I think. Hold on a second. That's the wrong video. Let me pull up the right one here. Here it is. The station is actually underground. Here's the approach into Shibuya Station. It kind of splits. They redid this about a year ago or so. So it's done here. It's just weird because I think we always get off on the left side. No, the right side. Yeah, the left side. So they kind of switched a little bit. But they're still doing a lot of construction here in Shibuya. It's certainly far from a finished product.

03:09 John Daub: So this is the approach on the Yamanote line. It's just different. And I think we were above ground. Yeah, we're still above ground. It's not the same as it was before. The platform's still crowded as can be. There you go. Another light changed here. And there's a live shot of that Starbucks. It's crazy. I love it. I don't know why I love it. But as somebody who lives in Tokyo, it's just weird. But it's a bright sunny day, sunny afternoon here. Shibuya... I've always had this love-hate relationship with this part of Tokyo. It's too crowded. It's too loud. It doesn't feel like Japan to me. But for everybody who's visiting, this is Japan to them.

03:59 John Daub: Like this month's postcard, check it out. So to me, this is what Japan is here. So I just sent these out today. This is the reason I'm out here. I sent these at the Tokyo post office and thought I would take 30 minutes to come out here. This is Kochi Prefecture overlooking the Pacific. There's not a soul in sight. That's one of the most beautiful shrines. Ryugu Shrine. And Kochi Prefecture on the very tip of Shikoku Island. To me, that's Japan. And it's just a difference because to many people... But this is Japan.

04:28 John Daub: I want to hear in the comments below what you think is the one... How about this? A list of the three spots that you think just typify Japan. To you. Based on your trip, your travels here. I'd love to hear from you guys and see what your impressions are. Because everybody's impressions are not going to be... Should not be the impressions of Japan. But the things that make up your mind and what to do and see. This is why I'm very skeptical of this word influencer. Maybe I can give you some tips or pointers. But your personality and the kind of person you are are going to determine the kind of adventure that you should have here. Not me. Not some dude. Some girl. There's the Hachiko mural in the background. Unchanged. With approaching people. But for me, this is just chaos. It's a beautiful thing. If it's your first time in Japan. This is probably a really cool experience.

05:25 John Daub: I would go to the other side. But the signal is only good in this one spot. Let's walk in this direction. I think maybe the signal will be okay. I will cross the street to the next light. How about that? I want to take you to Miyashita Park. Kind of show you what's been happening over on that side here. That's also interesting. The amount of tourists over there on the other side. There's a lot of people. Hey Keilei. How you doing? In fact, like 14 years ago. I went up that elevator and took video from up there. And that's also a really impressive hotel. If you want to get a view of Scramble. But it is really warm. I've got shorts on. Which is weird for October.

06:30 John Daub: Not so much for the tourists here. But just the other day. My wife's father picked up Leo and Kanae in his car. And we went past some tourists. It was actually a chilly October day. Was just a few days ago. And I was shocked. There were tourists in t-shirts and shorts. And it was maybe upper 50s. Lower 60s or something. That was pretty crazy. Even I wouldn't wear shorts on a day like this. But I was actually. So disregard that. I wear shorts until late November. Alright, I'm going to take you across the street here now. Let's go take a look at Miyashita Park. And go underneath the Yamanote Line. Just to give you a feeling of what things are like here now.

07:25 John Daub: There's no way they have school today. It's a holiday. But they had uniforms on. And I noticed because of the episode that I did. They were the uniforms that they voluntarily wear. Like they have special uniforms to wear. School kids do. Because they just want to be students. There's some kids out like that. So this is a video that I want to show you. As I'm making my way over there. It was this one here. This is really cool. And everybody knows. I made a video on this a while ago. This is the Manneken Pis. The Belgian statue. They have a replica here. And I wanted to show you this because they change the costume of this mascot. So to speak. Every month or so. I believe it's the fire department that does it. And he's got on a Halloween costume here. Because it's October. And I thought that was pretty cool.

08:51 John Daub: So I stopped here. I got off. I did a little quick look see. And yeah, he's peeing. There you go. He's got a little wiener out there. I like it. I like the costume. Maybe not so much the peeing. But the costume is very nice. I like it when he's got the fireman's costume on here. So this is Miyashita Park. It's a little bit more open here. When you get away from the Hachiko Scramble. This is one of the newest, newer buildings in Shibuya. Used to be... This was just all throw away land. Because you couldn't build on it. It was down in a valley. And now you can see they are. Because they found engineering ways to do that. And this project will be finished probably in about three... They say it will be finished in 2027.

09:34 John Daub: I do like this monitor here. It's pretty cool. I guess it's like an upside down Mount Fuji. The Shibuya Stream has a really unique monitor. It's not shaped like a rectangle. Which is interesting. So I wonder when they make the advertisements for this. Do they try to take advantage of the space vertically and horizontally? Oh there's Shohei Ohtani. Larger than life. Especially in the World Series. If he makes it there. He's gotta win a couple more games. This is interesting too. The reason I like coming out here. I live here in Tokyo. I like to see... Whoa there's a Ferrari. Can I be your friend? No? Okay. Moving along.

10:39 John Daub: The construction for Shibuya station is just... It's not even going to look like this. It's in itself really cool. To see. And you can see up here in the corner. That's where that... What do you call it? That experience. I was just sitting down on the Hachiko scramble. So maybe... I can't even get up there. My gimbal won't go that high. Oh there it is. On the corner there. Apparently you can go look up there. But you need to get tickets reserved in advance. It just depends. But today's a holiday so I figure it's going to be quite crowded. Nice Ferrari sound. Nice Ferrari pollution. I don't think they make battery powered Ferraris. It's not good for the environment. But it's good for Shibuya. And it's image of having really nice cars.

11:42 John Daub: The main Shibuya post office is up this way. So if you're looking to get that postmark. I always look at the postmarks. You'll get the Shibuya postmark if you get it. Go up to the post office there and deliver your postcards. I think they take them to a different place. If you send them from a mailbox here. Arthur Vandeley is in the house. Thank you Arthur. I just wanted to share with you a little bit of my afternoon. As we walk around Shibuya. Get a feeling, vibe around here. But this Shibuya Stream. There's a smoking area. You can't smoke on the streets anymore. In a lot of places they'll fine you. I think it's 3,000 yen. But still. You don't want to do that.

12:20 John Daub: It's all going to be different. Even though this used to be the Tokyo Department Store. And the Ginza line. Which is right here. Would go inside of a building. The only reason the subway line is there. Is because Shibuya is in the bottom of a valley. It's like the armpit of Tokyo. The subway is underground in Omotesando. The station before it. And it has to go above ground. Just because it's not going down. It's just staying the same. So this is how deep the valley is. So you can see here. It's maybe about 2 meters. 2.5 meters. 3 meters high here. And then it goes up to like 5 meters here. So it's certainly. It's the valley going into the valley. Which is over there. Hachiko Scramble. Interesting.

13:15 John Daub: So all the water rushes down into here. So Shibuya has had historically. One of the worst flooding issues. So the rivers are more like. Trying to get the water underground. And out of here. Into this area. But they have these special drainage. Drainage containers underneath Shibuya. Which we covered for NHK. But I don't think anybody really knows about. How Tokyo deals with drainage. Because you have to do that. Because we get a lot of typhoons. That go through here. A lot of really heavy rains. This big camera does not get a lot of love. I just don't even remember that they have it on this side. Shibuya not known for its electronics. So I think if they didn't have this location. They would be okay. I don't really see a lot of people shopping. At that big camera.

14:15 John Daub: Yodobashi Camera one is kind of fun. It's got a little history there. It is fun to see other tourists. I'm not talking about me. To see tourists. I feel like a tourist. Because I'm surrounded by tourists. It's fun to see tourists dress up. Other foreigners I guess. Dress up in kimono. Because for me. I've seen a lot of kimono in my time here. But it's interesting to see the colors that they decided. Or picked on. The color of the obi and the yukata or the kimono. How they decided to put their hair. There's so many things that go into wearing a kimono. It's all personal choice. It's interesting to see how they decided to go that route. That's fascinating to me. You don't see too many around here. That's why it was really interesting to see that girl go by. That's Shibuya. Anything is possible in Shibuya. Except a clean place. This is like the dirtiest place in all of Tokyo.

15:41 John Daub: In a couple of weeks we're going to see what Halloween is like here. Hey Walter Walters is here. Hey John I'll be in Japan in November. Would it be an easy process to send gifts and souvenirs back to the states via the post office? Yes. I was just there. I see non-Japanese sending stuff. The best place is the Tokyo post office. On the Marunouchi side of Tokyo station. That's their original international post office. Back in the day you couldn't really send stuff internationally. Unless you went to the international post office. I believe it was a lot harder. But they were able to handle international packages a lot better. They still are to this day. But the staff there can speak English. And they're pretty good with that kind of stuff.

16:26 John Daub: I saw two tourists. They were sending their Mount Fuji sticks. Which are awkwardly long. Is that something you could... You'd want to check in on an airplane. But you can't carry it on either. But you don't want to cut it up. But they found a way at the post office to get a box that they could use to send it back home. And I thought that was pretty neat. So they'll find solutions for you too. You can get the boxes and the stuff there to pack it. So you'll be fine. I would pick the larger post offices. That are probably better off. Better dealing with tourists. If you don't speak any Japanese. And they're more willing to help you out. Or find solutions.

17:08 John Daub: This is the side of the Miyashita. To me it's still a park. But the park is above here. Where you can sit in some nature. And eat a bento. But it looks like a big shopping mall to me. And they've done a pretty interesting job. With making it outdoor eating. Over here. There's some restaurants here. Yeah it's touristy. I don't know too many Japanese who eat here. Anymore. But that shouldn't stop you. Again you really want to absorb Tokyo. If you're here. It's not normal to eat outside. Like at restaurants. On the streets. I asked my Japanese friends. They said it was dirty. So I was like why don't you have more restaurants that have outdoor seating. And they said Japanese don't like that. And it's kind of dirty to eat outside. I'm like well this is in the city. And I said well you know. It's such a shame. It's a nice day. You don't want to be inside. But culture is culture. That's culture.

18:19 John Daub: Why don't we just walk towards Harajuku. And see how the signal holds out. I haven't been this way in a while. Michael Sassano is in the house. Nice to see you brother. Aloha beautiful day there. Just about lunch time. So you know what that means. I wasn't going to get a snack Michael. But now I've been encouraged. Let's see what happens. Boy that's like Peter von Gomm's style. Bell bottoms. Black leather jacket. With frills. No hair. Glasses. That's Peter von Gomm. I wonder if they're giving him royalties for that.

19:12 John Daub: REO's going on. This is the beautiful thing with having a membership. It's just 99 cents or something like that. I picked the cheapest tier. But REO's got the PVG emoji on there. Joy's got another one. PVG looms large in everything that he does. That's funny. You have everybody watching the stream. Who's not a member. Seeing some of the funny emojis we have in there. This is where you know. You can go up Cat Street from Shibuya. This is the entrance up Cat Street. Again this will lead up to Omotesando. Where you have a lot of shopping. But you can also go up to the Shibuya. A lot of street food. A lot of stylish cafes. Totally different vibe to Shibuya I think. Shibuya is like this big city. Bright marketing in your face. And Omotesando is more subdued. Like a Rodeo Drive type of a thing. I've never been to Rodeo Drive. But my image after watching Beverly Hills Cop. Is that it's pretty much more subdued and not so much in your face. And more like. Yeah step back. Do your thing. Shibuya is like right into your face.

20:30 John Daub: Some people like that. But the thing is. My love hate relationship. I loved it the first time I went there. So don't take my opinions on it. Again as what you should do. You should definitely go to Shibuya. You should check it out. You're going to love it the first couple times. It's like Times Square. No New Yorker loves Times Square. But tourists who go there. They're going to love it. It's a place I try to avoid. If I can. And I do. I used to have to come in through Shibuya. To get to NHK. And I would have to run. I would take the Hanzomon exit. And I would run from NHK. To the NHK studio. Because it's like a 9 or 10 minute walk. But it's a 4 or 5 minute run. I'd run there and get there a little sweaty. So my appearances would have. I would look a little bit. More active. It's a good thing.

21:35 John Daub: But I really do like just riding the Yamanote line. It's kind of a circle. It's not a perfect circle. It's got a lump or two around Shinagawa. But you can walk around it in 12 hours. 9 hours if you go fast and don't stop. Which I've done that before too. About every 2 minutes there's a stop there. So you can stay on the Yamanote line. And you can see Tokyo. So if you just want to. You don't want to walk around. You can get a seat. Go to the front of it. Because from the front of it. You can look out the front window like this. And you can see the stations coming in. So you can just stand there and check it out. If you're in the front of the Yamanote line. Just ride it for an hour. And if you're in the station that you got off on. Then you can actually just pay the lowest fee. No one ever questions you on that. You just missed your stop and you stayed on. It's a circle. Raise your hand if you've done that before. I got a feeling there's about a dozen people in here. That are nodding their heads. Yep I've done that before. I use the Yamanote line to look around. It's all above ground. Mostly. Except there's a couple of tunnels. That you go underneath the stations.

23:00 John Daub: You feel like you're underground. When you go into Shibuya. So the light goes off. But mostly you're above ground. Just a lot of stuff to see. If you're sitting on the left side. Going from Shibuya to Shinjuku. You get a pretty good panning view of Shibuya. For like 3 seconds. So make sure you have slow motion activated on your smartphone. So you can get 10 seconds out of a 3 second clip. It's kind of cool. I guess Joy can go in here. And ask for the weather. But it's really pleasant. Almost no humidity. But the sun is making it so warm. That I can get away with just shorts today. You can see. You walk on the right. Walk on the right side. So you can see. People keep their manners. Even pedestrians do. It's very. It's a red light. And I'm a live stream. So I'm going to cross this street. You have to be good.

24:40 John Daub: There's a bus that connects Shibuya. With Roppongi. You have to be on the backside of Shibuya station to catch it. Once you learn that bus. It changes the way you get around Tokyo. Because then the bus has always become one of the things that you can throw in. Tourists are probably a little bit afraid to get on the city buses. But if you have an hour. To spare. Take a chance. If you finally learn how to use the city buses. You automatically open up. Like this other world. As you're sitting on the buses. Going from one place to the next. It has free Wi-Fi. And I found that the Wi-Fi is really fast. On the buses. Because nobody's really using it. Because there's not a lot of tourists that are taking the city buses. Don't go on there with suitcases and stuff. If you're out on the day trying to get from A to B. But not going from the airport. For example. You don't want to get on a city bus. Unless you can put the luggage underneath the bus.

25:41 John Daub: They started doing that in Kyoto. Because the Kyoto buses had all these people. From Kyoto station. Bringing their suitcases. Because they couldn't afford a taxi. I mean I get that though. Everyone needs to save a few bucks. But typically if you have suitcases and stuff. You're going to take a taxi. Because you don't want to burden the people. With your suitcases. On public transportation. Because the public transportation is crowded. And people don't really know that. They just get on there with the big suitcases. So you have like on these city buses. It's just half of it is just suitcases. So the city of Kyoto. I guess it was in the last month. Have started getting buses on the other side of the station. That are more like the tour buses. Where you can put your suitcases underneath. And take a seat down. Like you're on the Shinkansen. And they take you to areas that are popular for tourists. In that way. So you can take your suitcase with you. Just to ease the strain on locals. Because a lot of people. Especially those that are over the age of 65. They don't have cars. They rely on public transportation.

26:50 John Daub: Boy Star Wars. Talk about like a failure over the last 20 years. I think it might have been. Since the prequels. The first three. They've never been able to replicate the success. Because they can't get the marketing out of it. What do you guys think? It's still quite popular in Japan. Although I think Gundam is much better than Star Wars nowadays. Characters are just weird. But Disney has really done a good job. At messing up their own brand in the US. Can't even afford to go to Disney World. And yet here in Tokyo. Tokyo Disneyland is so affordable. What is it like a third of the price of going to the one in California?

27:48 John Daub: I don't want to be one of those dudes. Like that man called Otto. That's what he's like. The Tom Hanks movie. The guy is like pissed off at everything. I don't want to be Otto. But I mean. Yeah. Disney World is supposed to be this family friendly affordable place. And they just ended up trying to make money. And squeezing too much. But people still go. So I guess it's not wrong. Alright. This is the walk. I used to do this all the time. Always new stores popping up right now. Keens is here. So shout out to them. I actually have their sandals here. American Company. They make good stuff. Mostly the time. They also make stuff that has a lot of glue in it. Which comes undone some of the time. So thank you Keen for I guess trying your best. Use better glue. I've had Keen shoes on glue. At the worst time. Especially in the summer.

28:57 John Daub: I remember when they built this building. Back 20 some years ago. This was all under construction. They were building the Fukutoshin line. That connected Shibuya to Ikebukuro. The most unneeded train line I think. But they did it anyways. And they built it underneath the street here. I thought they were building an underground shopping arcade. But it was the train line for this. It was like some 20 years ago. The construction on this street was awful. I remember. It was just for years. I said they're never going to finish it. Here we are now and it's all done. This building was I think it used to be like the Saab building. The car maker wasn't it? And now it's something else. But this is a very unique skyscraper that I always walked by.

29:50 John Daub: I didn't expect to take you guys to Harajuku. Thanks for that. I just got a bunch of notifications. We got some new postcard club members. This month is the Kochi. The Ryugu Shrine in Kochi. I did this 360 with the drone. And that's me right there standing as the sun sets overlooking the Pacific. I guess it's out looking towards Hawaii. But one of the most impressive. I was the only one there. One of the most impressive shrines is also that nobody knows about really. Is in Tosashimizu City in Kochi Prefecture. That's this month's postcard. And I tried to take you to places. You know. It's a little bit different. Some nice places here in Tokyo and in the city. But also through the postcards I can take you to places that you've never heard of. Where you can bookmark them and hopefully make your way out there. On the back a lot of information about my trip there. And some of the information on the shrine and the experience. Been doing that for like 8 years now. There's like. I think there's about 30 people that have been in the postcard club since it started. Which is crazy to me. I know Katayama, Ellis and David. And Matsu. Tsumi's been there forever. Which is awesome.

31:24 John Daub: Alright we're getting at the Harajuku intersection. Which is interesting. There's a North Face store over there. And a Birkenstock store. It's like this street was made for me. I wear Birkenstocks. Although I have very little North Face nowadays. It seems like they have brands that I. Use to frequent. Are Birkenstocks cool anymore? I don't ask these questions enough. I don't know what's cool. I don't think that motivates me anyways. I can tell you what's not cool these days. Apple has gone from cool to not cool. In my book. Although as I said I'm not motivated by cool. It does work. It just. So does this iPhone 14 that I have. That just works.

33:18 John Daub: So here we are at the intersection. That is the original Tokyo Plaza. There's a secret Starbucks up there. That Starbucks up there has got its own park to itself. Which is pretty cool. That's how you escape. Escape the everyday life down here on the streets. Which is loud and crowded. Hey Haps. You found the musical road sign. Which is an actual road sign here. That emoji. I actually cut that out from the road sign. From Hokkaido. It's crazy when you see a musical. I'm going to cross the street. So you can see the new. Why don't I just show it to you here. So this is the new Tokyo Plaza Harajuku. It's crowded. I haven't been up there. But I like the fact that they kind of put the natural. Metal and glass. With trees and living things. I feel bad for that tree. This isn't the place I'd want to be. But hey. There's probably a lot of carbon dioxide. Since we breathe in oxygen. And they breathe in CO2. They're not going to have a lack of CO2 in this area. That's for sure.

35:37 John Daub: Alright. Raph is here. Midnight Snack Fun. Are you giving me a hint here Raph? It's been a while. I haven't done a midnight snack. Because I haven't had a midnight snack. I'm usually in bed before midnight. These days too. How many steps have we taken here? 4,885 steps. And I started this pretty much at the same time. So let's say minus 500 steps. So about 4,500 steps. 4,300 steps to get here. Not too bad. You just keep going around the intersection. Round and round. This. If you want a good shot of the intersection. The third floor. There's a corner where nobody is right now. You have a really good shot overlooking the intersection. But I don't know with the tree. It's grown a lot since I was there six years ago. Six or seven years ago. I don't think the tree was this big. I got an amazing shot. But now I don't think you can even do it. Because this tree is too big. Where are the pruners? Yeah the tree is grown. I didn't even notice that. I took a picture from here about six or seven years ago. And I had this beautiful view of the intersection. And now you can't even take it because the tree is grown. That's funny.

37:21 John Daub: Alright looking back at the new Tokyo Harajuku Plaza building thing. It's kind of neat up there. I have to admit. That's impressive. See if I had the iPhone 16 Pro. This would be five times zoom. And way too close. So I'm glad I'm sticking with the 14 Pro. Sorry Tim. You guys messed up big. Look at that. They're everywhere right now. They're really trying their best. And let me just say. Unless you have like a 12 Pro. 13, 14, 15 is just as good as the 16 I think. It's really good. Unless you need a special feature. There's no reason to upgrade. I did some research on it. I went and tried it. In fact the 14 Pro. The camera I have has better quality than the 16 Pro. I think they're doing something. They're making it too digital or something. There's another sweet looking car. There's a Porsche.

38:35 John Daub: I can tell you one thing. The air quality right now is not that good. It smells like what you would smell. What do you think it would smell like? This dude here is to keep them from breaking the law. That dude there is to keep them in line. And they're going to Hachiko Scramble. One of the. I think in 15 minutes I saw 50 people. I said. Takeshita Dori is over there. This is Harajuku. The station is in this direction with Meiji Shrine. I like this place in a way. The contrast between Meiji Shrine and Harajuku is impressive. It's really nice. That old tradition. Kind of cool. But I think if it comes down to it. Omotesando is probably more my vibe these days. Just because it is. It's chiller. It's not in your face. I don't need an area to pound me. I feel pounded. Maybe by the ads and the crowds. But this place is pretty darn crowded too.

40:11 John Daub: And I'm going to show you. Before we sign off here. Because this is just. It wasn't supposed to be this long. I just kind of. It's too nice. It's too nice of a day. It's too nice out here. Raf does this count as a midnight snack? It's midnight somewhere. Should I get some food? It's midnight somewhere Raf. There's some burrito action over there. This used to be American Eagle. I guess they couldn't make it. I just want to show you this scene here. Hopefully this signal is going to keep in here. There's kind of a hill here. Omotesando. And there's a part where if you zoom in. You get this really cool walking vibe shot. And yeah here we go. Get in the center here. And you can see the slope makes it. The slope makes it look real interesting.

41:34 John Daub: The other side is kind of like that as well. But I've scouted. Or done fixer jobs for TV shows. Background scenes of Tokyo. So the producers would always ask me. So where are the five spots to get that essence of Tokyo? And I'm like. I'm going to Tokyo. And this is one of them that we would come out. I think of it in terms of visual. For video. I don't own a car. Because there's no reason to own a car. In Tokyo. You literally have to pay like. The equivalent of it feels like. Five to eight hundred dollars a month for parking. It's just not worth it in Tokyo. So I save the money for parking. And I use that money to rent the cars. So never even have to buy the car. In order to rent a car. I work with them. And they seem to do a pretty good job. The prices are reasonable. And the cars are in good shape. Mostly new. It feels like I got a new car every time I rent it from them. It's not an issue.

42:32 John Daub: Look at that lady trying to avoid. It's hard to do in Harajuku. It's more sunny than this. Well maybe three hours ago. Alright everybody. So that's all I got for you. Thanks for sharing your afternoon with me. I might go in and get a burrito. This is a weird thing here. I still can't figure it out. So Instagram Reels. And YouTube Shorts. It's like the same thing right? So I upload the same Reel on YouTube. And I upload the same Reel on Reels. Which is Instagram. The Instagram Reels gets 1.6 million. This is like from three days ago. Gets 1.6 million views. 15,000 bookmarks. It's crazy. Like 30,000 likes or something. The same shorts on the YouTube platform. Got I think it was 3,000 views. Like 12 likes. And a pitiful like two comments. It's the same thing. The exact same thing. What? Why did it succeed so well on one platform. And fail so miserably on another platform. These are perplexing things. Should I even do YouTube Shorts? I'm feeling like no.

43:52 John Daub: But the Instagram Reels. I've had three of them now. In the last couple of months. That have exceeded a million. Like pretty fast. I don't know. Whatever they're doing with their algorithm. I like it. So if you want to grow your Instagram followers and stuff. Don't put photos and stuff. You've got to make Reels. And really invest in your content a little bit. I noticed that. I never see your shorts. Aiken, you're a subscriber. And that blows me away. So I don't understand what's going on with the YouTube Shorts. I got this notice. To have a partner manager again. I used to have a partner manager for YouTube. And then they kind of did away with the program. But then I saw that Renee Ritchie. Who's one of the YouTube liaison. Has been beefing up this program. And I just got an announcement. That I'll be getting. I can apply for a partner manager again. I qualify. So I'm going to get a partner manager again for YouTube. And ask a lot of questions. I got a lot of questions.

44:56 John Daub: YouTube of today. Compared to YouTube of five years ago. It's like. Not a lot of people to help you on YouTube. Even if you've been doing this for a very long time. But five or six years ago. Maybe ten years ago. There's a lot of outreach by YouTubers. To connect. By YouTube. Google. To reach creators that had some potential. I was one of them. But because I guess there's just too many creators. You know what hit. About four years ago. YouTube and Google shut down. And they never really started it back up. And it's nice to see Renee Ritchie. And some of the other people at YouTube. Starting to realize. You guys got to get out there. And connect with the creators a little bit more. You can't just connect with the creators. With like 20 million subscribers. That were old school from 15 years ago. You got to help the new creators. And if I'm a new creator. I don't mind having a partner manager again. But I kind of have a good idea. Of how to make a video. I'm always learning though.

45:55 John Daub: Alright everybody have a good day. Thanks for listening to me as I rant. On a beautiful sunny day. Here in Tokyo. It's October 2024. It doesn't feel like it. But as I told you. Over and over again. Avoid the summer. Come in September and October. When the weather is so much better. It's so nice. It's really. I got shorts on. It's really nice. Out today. Thumbs up to that. See you everybody. Go Dodgers. Although I grew up a Yankees fan. But we're all rooting for Shohei Ohtani. Go Ohtani. Thank you AV. I can't even read it now. But thank you AV. Thank you for that.