00:00:01 John Daub: Hey everybody, so here I am in Hiroo, which is a very affluent, very nice neighborhood. A really trendy place with lots of cafes and restaurants in the city of Tokyo. This is where you would come on a date, I think. But there's a lot of embassies. As I said, affluent Westerners as well as expats, people like me, come here to the supermarket that I'm going to be ending this live stream at called National Azabu. So I'm here for Thanksgiving. They got Thanksgiving stuff in there. Hopefully it's not all sold out. But I wanted to bring you here just to show you this neighborhood. I tried to go live before, but it was kind of funky. So let's get moving here.

00:00:37 John Daub: Let me show you exactly what we're going to be walking on this route. I'm starting around here. There's a National Lawson's. Walk down the street and then where we make a right, that's where Homework is, which is a very long-running hamburger place. One of the first ones in Tokyo. Maybe Hamburger Inn going back to the 1950s in the post-World War II. With all the GIs would go there. That's no longer around. But this one is. It's here since at least the 80s. And then we're going to be heading to National Azabu going past that Truffle Bakery. It's going to smell so good. It's about a 10 minute walk here. Let's get moving.

00:01:19 John Daub: One thing you can tell right away is it's really clean. It's really quiet. And it's a lot of low buildings here. I'm already starting to see melting in the mouth. So we've got an ice cream place that looks pretty darn good. They got ice cream sandwiches for 650 yen. I guess the price went up. That looks really good. I haven't had an ice cream sandwich in ages. If they're using like fresh cookies, that would be something that's really good. I got to be back here. I'm not looking for dessert, though. Not yet anyways.

00:01:59 John Daub: They're playing like copyright music on speakers that are attached to the bottom of these lights here. It's kind of weird to have this sound. It doesn't match the town. But I'm guessing because there's a lot of older Japanese here, too. It might lack energy. So perhaps they're blasting out like pop music onto the streets here. It doesn't really fit, though. I'm using the new DJI Mic Mini. So if you guys hear an audio improvement, let me know. I'm really curious to hear what you guys think.

00:02:39 John Daub: A lot of places. Like this is a dog grooming club. A lot of people, affluent Japanese in rich urban neighborhoods have like these chihuahuas that they walk around with like accessories. I think that's like any country. This first restaurant called Koyomi looked very interesting. I was looking online and I found a listing for it. Is this it right here? I think so. There's a bunch of really delicious looking stuff.

00:03:16 John Daub: Check this one out. Look at that. Eggs Benedict. That's a nice looking French toast. Pancakes. Biscuits. Oh, this is the breakfast place around the corner. I'll see if we can go there a little bit later on. This place looks pretty good, too. Koyomi is what it's called from Funabashiya. And they have some Japanese confections. There's some black honey hachimitsu, I think. Kuromitsu (black sugar syrup). Some anko bean paste (azuki bean paste). Some traditional Japanese snacks. It's nice. It's pretty cool. Some local amazake (sweet fermented rice drink), which is always kind of nice to have.

00:03:56 John Daub: Across the street is Homework. And this is one of the places I really wanted to focus in on. It's an institution. It doesn't really look like you're in Tokyo inside of there. Again, this goes back to like 1979 or something. It's really been here for a very long time. Let me see if I can pull up. This is what the burger looks like. It's not an especially amazing burger. It's just like historic burger. But if you go into the Google Maps, you can get a glimpse of what the food looks like. I always do this before I go into places. I look at the Google Map reviews. I get an idea of what's going on inside there. The sandwiches look okay. I think it's more about the setting inside. It's really nice in there. It's got those large glass windows. It feels like you're in Europe or like in New England or something. But the atmosphere is really nice. This neighborhood is so chill.

00:05:18 John Daub: If you're looking at the Google Map here, let me show you a little bit of Hiroo. This is Shibuya Ward. Again, Shibuya is a pretty big ward. It includes places like this. This is more residential, which is why these really trendy cafes are here. Because residences here are very expensive. You can see it's a low-rise place. A lot of older buildings. But a lot of older people that have been here since these low buildings were built. And the reason they don't redevelop is because these people aren't going to sell their houses. So you're not going to see any really big buildings. But they're going to have a lot of great development here, which is good. Because a lot of the restaurants here have a long history. You can see on the corner there is this park with a Tokyo library in the center of it. There's also some playground area. And that's National Azabu, which is this amazing supermarket. Well, it's not Japanese food inside there. It's like Western food. So if you're an expat living here, you've got to stop in at the National Azabu and check out some of the stuff that they've got. Because you might not have to get a plane ticket to fly home. You might get it all right here. But it's not a really big skyscraper area. It's like a little, I don't know, like the Short North, the Lower East Side sort of a feel to it. You get that here on the streets. And you're going to see a lot of really expensive cars as well. I've seen some Porsches go by.

00:06:48 John Daub: There's a nice looking restaurant here. You can see the menu. It's got gyoza. It's a lunch place. It's lunch time. So you can sip it. I think it's, is that a Chinese restaurant? I'm not sure. There's just so many. And if you weren't sure if there was, how affluent this place is, they have a shop here that says Rodeo Drive. So, yeah, this would be, I guess, similar to the Rodeo Drive. Hiroo's Curry is nearby. And a fantastic spot. Friendly staff. That's another thing. The people are really friendly here. Again, I think it has to do with the chillness of this town. A lot of old businesses.

00:07:39 John Daub: This is one that I found here. It's a Belgian fry place. And I can smell the deep fried potatoes. Oh, my goodness me. It gets, it's got pretty good reviews here. That's some really nice looking big cut fries that they got in there. Of course, if it's Belgian, well, it's not Dutch. That's where I had the mayonnaise on the fries. But we can have a quick look at the menu here. It's not very big at all. It's a really small shop. But you can get your fries here. There's even like a place to put your fries in the cone right on the table here. That's pretty cool. But it's just a small little cafe like place.

00:08:47 John Daub: There's a gyoza restaurant on the right. Boom. Not very full. That's some good looking gyoza though. That's one happy chef. Across the street, because I told you about the international part of this neighborhood, there's a pizza place. The light's not actually blinking. It's just the voltage here. But you can see this pizza place. I can smell it out on the streets now. They're serving New York style pizza. It's called Pizza Hiroo. And, you know, I don't know. It doesn't look like it's inspiring pizza. But they call it New York style pizza. I might go in there and get a slice a little bit later on. It's Thanksgiving, so I'm saving my appetite. But, mean, trying to find a slice of New York pizza is not that easy in Tokyo. But in Tokyo, there's a bunch of places that have opened up over the last couple of years. This is one of them. I don't remember seeing this before. But it does smell like a college campus. I think I should probably get a slice.

00:10:20 John Daub: A lot of takeout coffee. Which is kind of neat here. On the other side of the street, maybe that's where I should be. There's a place called Blue Tokai. Let's cross the street here. There's not a lot of traffic. Take a quick look. See at the menu. So we had a chai here. There's a Hokkaido craft store as well. Which is really interesting. They have craft wine and craft beer. And there's a dog trimming place? Oh my goodness me. Look at this. They have like treats for the doggies here. That looks so good. I thought that was human food. That's not. It's for dogs. What? That doggy cake. 770 yen. That's about 5 bucks for that. I think my dog, if I had one, would be very happy. I would be happy with that. Forget the dog. A dongle for the doggy. What? This is so trendy. Ultra gourmet stuff. Is that like sushi? What? Got to get that for Bistro Peter's doggy.

00:11:55 John Daub: We're going past like a really nice bakery as well. I might get a coffee. But this Blue Tokai roaster smells really good on the street. What do you call those little cakes here? Madelines or something? I think madeleines. Wow, there's an exclusive tobacco and hookah shop. Hookahs are the... I guess you smoke that in the Middle East. In the Arab world. As my friend Joe says. The Arab world. He's from the Arab world. Joe Hattab. He's coming here to Japan too, I think. In a couple of weeks. It should be nice to see my friend again. He's got like 13, 14 million subscribers now.

00:13:03 John Daub: Speaking of Bistro. Look at this little guy. Oh my goodness. How you doing? You want to come out and play? Oh, he's just so sleepy. Oh my gosh. I never wanted a dog more than right now. Oh, look at him. You're just staying warm in there. He lifted up his head here. He's gone. He's out. Baby Bistro. I don't think I would spend $5,000 on a doggie. Instead, I would probably go to the shelter and pick up one that had been abandoned and try to bring him back. Yeah. Bring up his spirits. You have to bail the doggies out.

00:13:58 John Daub: There's a Supreme Probiotics shop on the other side. That looks interesting. I don't know much about probiotics. I guess it's gut health. But this is the kind of stuff that affluent people worry about. You know, they got a lot of money to burn. So they're looking at gut health more than me. I'm looking at filling my gut. But trust me, I would go in there in a second if I had the disposable income. For that kind of stuff. Gut health. I'm not sure. That's not something that really has hit Japanese because Japanese have pretty good gut health. We eat natto and rice and not a lot of deep-fried stuff except for the karaage (fried chicken) and tempura.

00:14:47 John Daub: The rent is not too bad. But you're getting like... That's 50,000... It would be equivalent to about $350 a month in Japanese yen. It's about $350 with the exchange rate. You get a living and dining room in this building here. A bedroom. Two bedrooms. A balcony. A powder room. That's a little pricey. But that's what you get in this neighborhood. Here's an older building. 3 LDK for about $3,500. $3,500 to $4,000 a month. It's pretty nice actually. A little pricey though. Three, $4,000 a month is sort of out of my price range.

00:15:45 John Daub: Oh, steak tartare. Is that wrong? Does anybody else know steak tartare because they watched Mr. Bean? Or is it just me? That's such a nice cafe. Wow. That's what I'm talking about. It smells so good. They're just preparing now. I guess they're preparing for dinner. A lot of these places don't open up for lunch, they open up for dinner. The nengajo (New Year's cards) are out now. Everyone's getting their New Year's cards. But this year we're not going to do them. I only got four nengajo from Japanese friends and family. So I decided to just send them digitally like everyone's doing now.

00:16:32 John Daub: Here's an aburi soba (flame-seared soba). This is a place my friend Randy ate like seven bowls of them or something. Randy Santana. That guy and his girlfriend Katie can eat like champions, man. Something's going on across the street here. And this Gyoza Tiger is a chain. I don't recommend them. They're not very good. But people seem to go in there. I've not had good gyoza ever at. And I think I've eaten there three or four times. It doesn't match the price, cost, performance. I think they're frozen. It just didn't taste very good. This one's interesting. This is like an old school local takeaway sushi place. It's got a pretty good selection here. Smaller ones are starting at around $20. It's pretty reasonable for Hiroo.

00:17:54 John Daub: Oh, this is the store for Yamagata. There's a haberdashery shop. Let's see what's going on here. We got the Craft Boss Coffee Caramel Tea. That looks super sweet. And Wanda Coffee. Tiger Woods used to be the big sponsor for this. Has their Brazil blend going on here. Tiger Woods. Wanda Coffee. He'd hit a hole in one and then you'd get the picture of Tiger Woods. Turn to the camera. Wanda. That's how long I've been here. Here's a Kobe Churros. It's a coffee chain. And Kobe is very famous for having western culture. This would be the place that they'd put it if they had a Kobe based chain here. Precious Coffee Moments 1933 Kobe. Yeah, that would be where I'd put it in Hiroo. There's a Blue Bottle here. Of course it's an affluent neighborhood. You need a Blue Bottle.

00:19:12 John Daub: Okay, there's a restaurant upstairs. And a Blue Bottle cafe. How much is a drip coffee? It's 594 yen at Blue Bottle. That's about $4. It's interesting. There's a Blue Bottle in Toyosu. I was like, what? Why would that be here? They put it in a park. And then the park got crowded. Wow, look at this. These burgers here look incredible. They've got postcards here. Let's take a look. Oh my goodness me. Good Vibes Vehicle. Is that roast beef or what? There it is right there. Homemade pastrami burger sandwich. Oh my goodness. I'm going to have to get that. And this is the Good Vibes burger. This is 2,000 yen. That's a little pricey, but homemade pastrami? What? Holy macaroni. Dry aged beef bacon cheeseburger. Did you see that? Look at that bacon. It looks like a beef bacon. Beef tongue sticking out. Holy macaroni. I got to get me one of these. The food truck might be the best burger here. Incredible. And there's nobody there. It's right outside the Blue Bottle. Oh my goodness. My mouth is watering. 1130 to 7. Cashless. Oh, they only take credit cards and no cash. That's probably a good idea because it makes things move so much quicker.

00:21:32 John Daub: We're at the main intersection here. I'm going to be coming back this way, so I'm probably going to grab some food, but I wanted to show you the area before I started chowing down. There's a wine shop. You get some somewhat rare wines inside of there. Hard to find wines in the area. But as I said, it's kind of like a low. The picture's always better than the real thing. You have the MUFG Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Bank on the other side, and this is where the station is. Hiroo station is on the Hibiya Line. If you don't know the Hibiya Line, it is this one here, station number 3 on the Hiroo Line. There's the entrance. I think that's the entrance number 1 or number 2. Don't go to 3 or 4. It's a little bit of a walk. Across the street is Truffle, and they have the main shop. I don't know if it's here or if it's in Monzen-Nakacho, which is not so far from where I live. The Monzen-Nakacho one is incredible too.

00:22:48 John Daub: And there's nobody in there. This one's got a lot more people. It is pricey. If you're going to get stuff for the family, you're going to spend about $30. But the infused truffle, which smells so darn good, into everything. Their claim to fame is their shio pan (salt bread). And their egg sandwiches, and you know the Japanese egg sandwiches are so darn good. But they have the bread, which again is infused with truffle. And you can smell it. I don't think everyone's going to like the truffle smell, but there's a line outside the door. And because it's lunchtime. Oh my god, you can smell it. Oh my gosh. Let's see if I can see anything inside there now. You can see some dude's hand. Oh my goodness, I can smell it. They're using like blue cheese. And there's that blue cheese. The salt bread, which is so darn good. Kanai's always like, give me some of that. The cinnamon rolls are good. But again, they're like $4 or $5 each. Oh my. Oh no. Those cubes have custard in them. I've had them, and they're so good. Oh, look at those croissants. They're massive.

00:24:48 John Daub: There's a family from China right there looking at me. So I'm going to look at them. They're looking at me, so I look at them. Then they stop looking at me. It's like a stare-off. Who's weirder? I win!

00:25:07 John Daub: You won't believe how warm it is. It's so warm for November. It's abnormal. It's a very warm area. Now, the German embassy around here and the Czech Republic's embassies are also in this area. So again, there's a lot of expats that are embassy staff that seem to have a lot of disposable income. I guess, what are they going to spend their money on? Food. So the prices are fairly high on stuff here. I'm not going home empty-handed. But I'm here for National Azabu. And I'm going in to get some Thanksgiving stuff. I decided to try to make homemade stuffing. There's a lot of good recipes. So I need to get some chicken or turkey broth cubes. And some stale bread. Anyone have a loaf of stale bread?

00:26:50 John Daub: Look at that place. Is that like a pizzeria? What's a bolognese? I just butchered that there. And there's so many stylish shops in here. I feel that looks like a pastry shop. Oh my goodness. Oh wow. I can smell it. Smells better than me. Just taking a stroll here. And we're already at the National Azabu supermarket there. Right there. And this is an old school yaoya (greengrocer) or vegetable shop that I've actually bought vegetables here before. Like years ago. I'm happy that they're still in business.

00:27:44 John Daub: Alright. This park is pretty nice. I'll give you a quick look. Look see because the autumn colors are just stunning right now. But this is the German embassy is just around the corner. And the National Azabu supermarket is like right here. I'm kind of excited because they got all these foreign foods inside of there. I already have pumpkin pie. I got it from Trader Joe's in a can. So I'll be able to make that as well as the stuffing. Kanai is going to make the mashed potatoes. And we got some chicken. I got some brown gravy. Hey you know what? We can put it together. Put together something for Thanksgiving. We got something that we can say thanks to. It doesn't even matter about the food. It's just nice to sit down to a good meal together on the corner of the National Azabu. This is sort of a dangerous intersection. So make sure you stay at the crosswalks and everything's a little bit narrow here.

00:28:38 John Daub: The National Azabu supermarket is an institution in itself. It's a unique supermarket because of the fact that it's a little bit smaller than the other. It was, I think it was maybe when I came to Japan 26 years ago. There were only about 3 or 4 supermarkets in Tokyo that would carry stuff that I needed for Western cuisine. And then eventually I learned I don't need to eat the Western cuisine. I can just eat Japanese. And I saved a lot of money and a lot of pain and effort, time and effort to try to make that kind of stuff. But if you do live in this area, it's a lot easier to live on Western cuisine because of National Azabu. They actually have TV commercials to try to get people into the store. And they're playing Jingle Bells Rock in there. And I'll be able to get everything that I need, hopefully, unless it's sold out inside of here. They even have a parking lot, which is really cool. And scarecrows, which is worrying. Why does his nose say mo? And his eyebrows say eh. Very cool.

00:29:50 John Daub: Alright, let's go into this park on the other side. I'm going to be going in there and doing a little bit of shopping. This is 1962. Wow. That looks it too. It's got a second floor and I think there's a restaurant up on the top. But yeah, if you're going to be shopping for foreign foods and you need something in particular, the places that I normally would go, there's a Meidi-Ya, which has some stuff. That goes back to the Edo period or the Meiji era, like 150 years ago. They've been around and importing foods from the West and it's still around. There's a main shop in Nihonbashi. There's a Sony Plaza used to have some stuff, but not anymore. Like a lot of this processed corn syrup stuff. National Azabu is really good. And then there's a delicatessen in Akabanebashi, which is right near the Tokyo Tower between Azabujuban and here. Probably about a 15 minute walk. They have meats and they have wines and they have a lot of stuff that you can't get anywhere else.

00:31:06 John Daub: But I don't need that kind of stuff anymore because only on Thanksgiving do I eat, you know, try to eat a little bit American here. Watch some NFL football tomorrow morning because it's going to be Friday morning is when the football games are on. Typically, this is the Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park. That's a mouthful. Arisugawa-no-miya. I know Nomiya because I used to live near Ichinomiya in Aichi-ken near Gifu. It's beautiful on deck. If Sam is in the house, Sam, I decided to try to make my own food here. Sam yesterday, he's been here for a long time, too. And I asked him, so where do you go for Thanksgiving? And he had some good suggestions. But I'm not going anywhere for Thanksgiving. I'm going to try to do it myself. Beautiful autumn day.

00:32:19 John Daub: I used to live in Okazaki and inside of Nagoya. I lived in a place called... the name is escaping me. It's at the end of the subway line going up. It's where the Taco Bell used to be. What? I can't believe I'm forgetting that. Not Fujinomiya. I live there, too. Up there, you can see I think that's a church. There's a lot of Western influence in this area of Tokyo. That's pretty interesting. I didn't realize that before. It's really glistening in the sun. That's pretty much all that I got here. You know, is an interesting neighborhood. It's a chill place. It's a place where you probably want to bring your gold card. But if you do just come here to eat, and you have a bunch of friends like we do here, you might be able to.

00:33:19 John Daub: Oh, your wife, can I? I watch you on YouTube. You used to work for the guy that does Tokyo 2020. I'm not sure if you're familiar with him. Oh, right. Okay. I didn't work for them. Oh, okay. That's who introduced me to you? Yeah. I hope I'm not screwing up your vlog. Oh, no. And you want to say hi to the people? No. Okay. Yeah. I've watched this guy for years. Matter of fact, I'm here because of him. Oh, you're not. That's quite a statement. So I come down to this park. I've been here since October. Oh, wow. Okay. So just for a couple of weeks. I want to get a picture. I don't believe I actually see you. Oh, I got to get a selfie together. Yeah, sure. Let's get those. The lighting's getting kind of freaky here. All right. Let's see. Right here. Yeah, yeah. Nice autumn background. This is my favorite park. I walk down here every morning. That's beautiful. Oh, I love this park. Minato-ku, greatest neighborhood. Oh, Hiroo. Roppongi. Yeah. This is, yeah. This park is my favorite because I spent the Santa for like a month or two at a time, you know. And my wife and I come. We've been coming since 2005. Massive tourists now. I've seen it. Not so much here, although I'm surprised. Yeah, it's nice here.

00:34:35 Tom: They should have walled it off from the inbound. It's only the expats that are living here. We just came back from Thailand yesterday. Okay. And massive tourism. India. Mostly Indian and Chinese, of course. Yeah. And I don't know if you've noticed, but Phuket's all Russian. It's always been all Russian as far as I remember. Since the war, they told me that it's in droves now. Thailand invites everybody. Come on in. And they give the visas to people in India. Indians have money now and it's hard to come into Japan. Oh, yeah. They're the biggest middle class in the world, right? Absolutely. So they got to change the visa requirements here. Yeah. So I like the one you did about the Tokyo retro neighborhood. You did that one. Oh, right. Yeah. I watched all your shit when I was little. I'm so happy to hear that. I'm a good fan. And I tell, I say, yeah. But the first person I heard was from Chris Pepler. Chris Pepler? Yeah. Pepler. He does the, he had the Tokyo 2020 and I was here, got my Tokyo 2020 t-shirt, which never happened because of COVID. I didn't even know they had t-shirts. Yeah. I bought it. I bought it in 2019. Oh, okay. So anyway, he, he did one of your, he did one of your spots or something and he said you worked with them or something. And then I saw you on YouTube and I said, oh, wow. Of course, your wife, can I? Right. Go out to all these places and I got this little dialogue and I feel like I know you. I know you. You do. He came up and he's like, hey, can I? Wow. I'm sitting in New Jersey and I know you. Awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you're going to be, how long are you going to be here for? Until the 4th of December. Okay. My wife is with me. My wife is from Korea, by the way. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Married 52 years from New Jersey. Wonderful. Where in, where in Jersey? I grew up in North Jersey, but I live in Cherry Hill. Wow. Okay. I went to school in Medford. You're kidding me. Yeah. Just, that's not too far away. So that's, that's a long way. I was like years and years and years ago, but out in the Pine Barrens. The guy who managed the hotel, US military, he manages it. He is from Blackwood. Wow. The world gets smaller and smaller. Yeah. I got to get another picture of you because my wife is going to say, oh, come on, come on. She's like, you're watching him again? But she likes you too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you're going to be, how long are you going to be here for? Until the 4th of December. Okay. My wife is with me. My wife is from Korea, by the way. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Married 52 years from New Jersey. Wonderful. Where in, where in Jersey? I grew up in North Jersey, but I live in Cherry Hill. Wow. Okay. I went to school in Medford. You're kidding me. Yeah. Just, that's not too far away. So that's, that's a long way. I was like years and years and years ago, but out in the Pine Barrens. The guy who managed the hotel, US military, he manages it. He is from Blackwood. Wow. The world gets smaller and smaller. Yeah. I got to get another picture of you because my wife is going to say, oh, come on, come on. She's like, you're watching him again? But she likes you too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you're going to be, how long are you going to be here for? Until the 4th of December. Okay. My wife is with me. My wife is from Korea, by the way. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Married 52 years from New Jersey. Wonderful. Where in, where in Jersey? I grew up in North Jersey, but I live in Cherry Hill. Wow. Okay. I went to school in Medford. You're kidding me. Yeah. Just, that's not too far away. So that's, that's a long way. I was like years and years and years ago, but out in the Pine Barrens. The guy who managed the hotel, US military, he manages it. He is from Blackwood. Wow. The world gets smaller and smaller. Yeah. I got to get another picture of you because my wife is going to say, oh, come on, come on. She's like, you're watching him again? But she likes you too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, look at this. Oh, of course the Asian salute, right? There you go. You look good though. Thank you. You look better in person. You look better in person. Thank you. I love it. Every time I'm here, I at least one day, they're having a Thanksgiving celebration at the South. Okay. And before I eat, I got to walk around a little bit. And this is my favorite, favorite place. Beautiful day to do it. My goodness. I can't believe it's, it's end of November. It doesn't feel like it. I know. But it's crazy everywhere. Yeah. Everywhere. New Jersey, we haven't had rain for two months. We're in a drought. Wow. I didn't know that. It's extreme. I mean, one of the, one of the things, do you know Hardy Barracks in Roppongi? It's a little American compound by the embassy. We could stay here if I'm retired in the Air Force. But there's a cemetery over there called Aoyama Cemetery. Aoyama, yeah. That is the secret place to view sakura. Nobody's there. Shh. Yeah. Secret place. Don't go down there. Don't go down there. I think a lot of people already, I've been, I've already been there showing Aoyama before, but it is, it's nice. It's quiet. Not a lot of people out there. Yeah. It's not like, you know, you go to Nakameguro, it's like, oh my God. And if you do go, it's, remember it's a cemetery, please. Yeah. Oh, that's right. It's a cemetery. But yeah. Hey, I can't believe I ran into you. I'm glad you came to see it. What's your name? First name? My name is Tom. Tom. Nice to meet you, Tom. Your first name? John. John. Of course, John. Yeah. I knew your wife's name came to mind, but your name did not come right away. It's a, it's a hard one to remember. No, I lost it. It's common, but yeah. I can't believe I ran into you. So good luck to you. Nice to meet you, Tom. And I will continue to watch and promote your channel. Absolutely. I appreciate it. Hey, hit the button and subscribe. Hit the button and subscribe, as Tom said. Thank you, Tom.

00:38:36 John Daub: Well, that's very nice. So it's, it's the one thing about doing this show and taking you in neighborhoods and showing you Tokyo, for those of you who are watching, it does feel very much like family. And when you come to visit here, it's so nice to be able to meet you in person. And, you know, down the street from where I live, I've been able to meet a lot of people. I used to be when I was just a little kid. So that's, that's cool. Alright. I'm going to, sorry for the detour. That was like 10 minutes of talking with Tom here, but his enthusiasm is infectious. You know, he was very, very happy to see me. He knew, he knew a lot about, about me. That's cool. That's very cool. And this is a great park though. It's very chill, as I said. And if you live in this area, you probably are making morning walks through here all the time. It's nice at this time of year, but again, it's abnormally warm right now in Tokyo. Yesterday too, I had the windows open. I could have shorts on, but it just would look too weird unless I'm out there exercising.

00:39:36 John Daub: All right, everybody take care. I'm going to go back and maybe get that pastrami burger and I'll put some of the pictures on the internet or that bacon burger looked good. I'm kind of lost, but I'm going to get one of these burgers and I'll let you know what it looks like. But first things first, I got to go in and get everything for Thanksgiving and try to start to cook some stuff. Stuffing usually takes about an hour. I was looking at recipes online. Kanai's making the potatoes and the chicken. You just fry that up. That's okay. It's all about the gravy anyways. I'm not a big turkey fan. Did you ever see turkey in person? They're really creepy. Once you see a turkey in person, you're like, yeah, you know what? I'm going to stick with chicken. Just because the pilgrims ate it don't mean that you have to. And a little fun fact for those that are, that are not wondering this, it was FDR that made it. It was a tradition that was made from Thanksgiving to Thursday and made something out of it in the 1940s. So this tradition, a lot of these traditions are not very old, but Thanksgiving is, is a special time. I think we're, and he made it into a longer weekend, which is great. So thank you FDR. And it gives us a chance to rest for four days with family. Make that, make that long trip to the other side of the country if you have to, to see them. It makes it kind of special. Very special. Home, home for the holidays. Not this year for me. Not this year for me. Thank you everybody. It was, it was a pretty fun trip going around Hiroo. This should be a pretty good overview. And if you're in Tokyo, if you're in Roppongi, Shibuya, in this area, you can come out to Hiroo station. It's on the Hibiya line, or you can just walk it and get a chance to really absorb in the neighborhood. Lots of restaurants. You're going to find some foods that are going to make you want to come back here. You're going to find some of your favorite restaurants in here. A little pricey. And we're going to see how the burger is. Because I might have my new favorite food truck. But I'm interested to hear what you guys have to say in the comments below. Thanks everybody. I'll see you in another live stream probably tomorrow as I take you to a convenience store for something weird that has popped up on the menu if I can find it over there. There's some, this is the time of year where convenience stores and vending machines get some really wacky stuff. Matane (see you later). Matane. Matane.