The America-Loving Japanese Cafe Owner That Went Viral | Unsubscribe Podcast 268

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Mr. Fumio. Nana. Brandon Erara. Myself Donut Operator. Thank you so much for being here. I know what you're thinking. Who are those two Japanese people? Other than you. I've been here before. We have Mr. Fumio. Or how do you like to be? Mr. Phunaki. Phunaki. Introduce yourself. Both of you introduce yourselves. Hello. I'm a Fumio Phunaki. I'm an 80-year-old from Japan. Nice to meet you. Oh, we're so excited for this one. You had a YouTuber come, stop by your shop. Yes. And then that kind of catapulted everything else and while you're here. Now, I didn't realize Cody watched the same video. Oh, you did. A long time ago. I've seen it as well. So everyone watched that video. And then I reached out to your new Instagram. And then Nana replied. And he's like, "Oh, actually, my dad's going to come to the United States in the next couple of weeks." Yes, my dad's his birthday's in a couple of days. So I decided to give him a birthday gift as a trip. The trip is birthday gift. That's going to say, being on this podcast is a really bad birthday. Making him work on his birthday. And you haven't been in the United States in 50 years? Yes. I was in the States. 50 years ago. Now explain what you do in Japan. Now? Oh, now I run a small cafe called "Kafetaraki Boots". And at the same time, I teach English to children and adults. I mean, a basic English. That's what I do. And I live with my cat. The cat's name is Lucky. And she's 21 years old. Wow, damn. An old. That's an old asking ass. And she sleeps with me every night. She comes to my bed. Now dad? Yes. And how long have you owned this English school flash cafe? I started the English school almost 45 years ago. And five or six years ago, as you know, we had a coronavirus pandemic. And that affected my business too. So I lost lots of students. I started coffee five years ago. Oh, okay. And that's when you started the cafe. That's right. I never thought about how COVID affected Japan. Because you guys already wear masks. I mean, the Japanese people are very big. Still. Even today, I see lots of people wearing face masks. No, yes. Crazy. But that was already a thing before. In public transit and things like that, right? Yeah. So, I mean, probably since. Has they always wore masks in Japan? Because they care about. They're like, "Well, I don't want to get anyone sick, so we're going to wear masks no matter what." No, especially if there's a thing in Japan that Japanese women wear masks. Because we are so shy to show faces without the makeup. There's some days we don't want to wear makeup, then we wear masks. Same. Is that. Is that related to. Yeah, you're covering your mouth when you. No, I'm not. That's what I meant. Show their smile. Me and Eli both go for the gay joke at the same time. Well, I guess. When did you open the English school? 45 years ago. 45, 60 years ago. I'm terrible at math soats. 70, 1970. 1983, 2, 1, 3. That sounds right. I will trust the Japanese man for the math. It's like he's going to know math way better than me. So, what made you start that originally? I lived in America for five years from 1976 to 1981. And 1981, I was a manager of a softball shop in Hawaii. And I was the place I was born and grew up. It was nothing I have to do with the surfing. It's called the place. I was a ice hockey player and I was a basketball player when I was in schools. Really? So, I didn't know nothing about. I knew nothing about surfing. But the softball shop in Hawaii needed a young Japanese boy. If you could speak English and Japanese. Because in those days, a lot of young Japanese surfers came over to Hawaii and they enjoyed surfing. And when they returned to Japan, it was trained for them to buy softballs at the softball shop in Hawaii. So, the softball shop in Hawaii had a lot of Japanese customers. So, they needed a Japanese guy who could manage the shop. So, I applied for the job and they hired me. And then you did that for help? Yeah, for one year. And then you got injured? Yeah, I got injured. I was taken to a hospital by an ambulance. And the doctor told me, "Mr. Finaki, you won't be able to walk normally again unless you get operation on my back." How did you get injured? Oh, I challenged the big wave and I failed. That sounds like a scary thing to do. Yes, the big wave. How big of a wave? And what happened? Did it just wrap you up and swing them? I tried to stand up when the wave got picked. But I failed the timing. So, the big wave behind me crushed me down. And I was in the water, like this, you know. And I was pushed to the shower and I couldn't move my neck and I couldn't stand up. So, they called me. They called an ambulance for me. Yeah, I bet. That's what happened. Did you break something? Now, my back bone got twisted. That's hard. So, you lived in New York first or when you first moved to the United States? Where did you live? I lived in New York City for three years. Okay, and then what did you do there? I was hired by a Japanese steakhouse called the Benny Hanover Tokyo. Oh. I was a fisherman in Hokkaido where I came from. And the fishing village I was in was really boring village. Nothing to do for young guy. So, one day I saw an advertisement of a hotel school. In Tokyo. In Tokyo. This hotel school was the first hotel school opened in Japan. Okay, what's up? What's up? In those days, an Olympic game was held in Tokyo. So, the Japan expected lots of visitors would come to see the Olympic game. But in those days, the hotel building was built. But they were lack of people who could manage the hotels. So, this company in Tokyo built a hotel school. So, how to manage the hotels and things like that? Yes, how to teach. Yes, that's right. That's a way better than actually. a college. It's like, hey, you want to do this here? You're just now to do your job appropriately. Recruiting, you know, students. So I applied for the, and then I completed New York afterwards. Yes. No, no. Afterward. I graduated from the school. After I spent there for two years, then I worked at famous hotel in Tokyo and American military hotel in Tokyo. That was military? There was an American military hotel in Tokyo, which was for service men, for station in Japan, and they wanted to come to Tokyo. That's the hotel. They could stay. So I thought I could learn English walking there. So I applied the job there too. Is that, is that how you learned English? Or were you first began learning? Well, first, I learned English at the hotel school I went to in the 1980s, you said? 1972 or something. So then you got bored of that eventually and then went to New York? Or what was the, when I was 10 years old, I was sitting on the sand beach of my town in the summertime, and I was just looking at the sea. And ships and boats coming out gradually got smaller, smaller, and disappeared. And also the ships coming in, boats coming in, first looked so tiny, small, but as they approached to shore, it gradually became bigger and bigger. And I was looking at the scene and I thought, what kind of world would exist beyond the horizon there? So I decided, okay, someday when I grew up, I will explore the world. Go and see what's out there. Which is also crazy, at this is no age of information, it's not like the, there's no internet, you just stop and move one day. That's stating my heart forever. So I decided to go to America one day. Hokkaido, northernmost island in Japan, close to Russia. Yeah, like really cold during the one day, Sapporo, Sapporo beer. That's for Sapporo? Sapporo Hokkaido. Oh, I don't know what it is. I am very uncultured about it. It's beer. So I can't imagine moving to a country with no previous knowledge about it. Did you speak English at this point? When I moved to America, yeah, a little bit. I studied English. I learned English at the hotel school and I studied. I taught English by myself too. So I could understand and speak a little when I went to America. But the actual English I experienced in America was totally different from the English I learned with textbooks. It's just very proper English in the textbooks. And then it's different in every state in the United States. Also different versions of accents. I'm just imagining for the first time setting out over the horizon to go like, I'm going to go see what it's like across the ocean in America. And then the disappointment you would feel going to LA. Just thinking like this, this is the land of opportunity. I was probably all was gritty. I guess that's that's 80s would have been wild. We're all have you been in the United States. But I think first he could tell you guys how he got to America in the first place. Oh, okay. I like that. When I was working at the American military hotel, I saw an advertisement on the paper looking for Japanese stuff who wanted to work in Japanese steakhouse restaurant in America. Benihana. You guys know Benihana. So I applied for the job and there were 500 applicants for the job. Yes. And the company hired seven people out of the 500. And I was one of them. And they sent me to Benihana Tokyo in New York City. The first location in the America that was in New York. Oh, and you were a cook? No, no, no, I was a manager trainee. So I had to run all the section of the restaurant. That's right. Your friends can't get out of lending you money now. Thanks to cash app. I requested more. If you want up to speed already, cash app is much more than a safe way to send and receive money. With the cash app card, you unlock a lot of perks. And all without the hidden fees. Enjoy benefits like exclusive nationwide concert pre-sales. Kendrick Lamar in Sabrina Carpenter. As a few examples. 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A Japanese word is just an English word with "o". I don't. It's Japanese language. Same as Spanish. McDonald's. McDonald's. McDonald's. Before I left for the stage, I was asked to go to American Embassy in Tokyo for the visa process. Oh, okay. So I went there and the guy in the embassy invited me to his office and he asked me, "Okay, you sit down there." So I sat on the table and he was typing and he gave me a paper and when you get the airport in New York City, give this paper to the immigration officer. So when I got to New York, I airport, I gave the paper to the immigration officer and he looked at it and he invited me to his office. And again, he told me, "Okay, you sit there and he typed blah blah blah." Then the green card popped out and he gave it to me and he said, "Welcome to the United States. Now you can go. That's how I got the green card in 1976." That's that fast? Yes. It's crazy. That's way better. Get it the right way. That's. Now it takes a long time, a lot of effort to get a green card. Born now you go from Tokyo to Borrez, Mexico and then walk across. So were you born in Japan? Yes, I was. And then were you born in the Hokkaido? Yes, I was. Okay. And you live in the United States now, right? I do, but I'm moving back to Japan to help out his business. That would be very cool. It's popping off now. Slowly, yes, little by little. Well, it's just for anyone that doesn't know. There was Adam. get the exact. so Adam was the YouTuber that showed up and he was walking around the town and he was like oh this is a smaller town and you were like why are you filming or what was. just play the clip. Probably the last thing that I expected to see. Konnichiwa, are you an English teacher? You work here? I was cleaning, I was vacuuming the floor in my cafe like 10 o'clock in the morning and when I was vacuuming the floor I looked out of the window to my cafe and I saw a guy who was taking pictures or be doing my building so I want to work this guy doing out there so I stopped the vacuuming and I went outside and he looked at me and he said are you an English teacher? Then I invited him to come to my cafe that's how I started we got started talking. It was awesome to what you've seen. Yeah and you got to just see a genuine reaction and he was. I mean he had a blast in Japan at Samsung and it was really cool watching you bring him and you gave your history of the school that then turned into a cafe. It was really surprising to me because I asked him where you from he said I'm from America and what part of America you from? He said Florida so I used to live in Florida too so I told him I lived in America I've traveled before and he asked me where in Florida did you live? I said I lived in a town called Fort Roda del and he said I came from here. I came from there really you know that was coincidence. Fort Lauderdale. Got it. Yeah it's a smaller world than most people think. How long did you live in Fort Lauderdale? Fort Roda del. Huffie or Showtime. What you doing Fort Lauderdale? In Fort Roda del I went to a diamond cutting school. I should throw that book I forgot about. You still have that notebook. Why did you want to cut diamonds? I wanted to get the skill so I could make money making living in America. You know what I'm talking about? What you do is you get a lot of money. You get a lot of money making living in America. You get a lot of money. But unfortunately to learn how to cut diamonds from a rough diamond stone to you know stone to for the ring was really difficult. I had to sit at the round steel table which is rotating. As you know diamond is the hardest stone. Diamond can be cut only by diamond. So they put diamond powder on the face of steel table and you push the you turn it on and the table start rotating and you put the rough diamond stone on the tip of wood and stick and with glasses you just cut against rotating. So you just grind it away. In order to do that you have to sit tight you know for hours every day and a couple of months later I started to feel pain on my bottom. What the heck is this you know so I went to the doctor and they told me I got hemorrhoid. Oh they're not fun. It's real pain is sitting and doing the work. So I had to give up. Yeah so you became a cowboy. I have to apologize because you come all the way to Texas and you were dressed more Texan than any of us. No that's okay. No I love it. So were you both in a cowboy culture or were you like yeah we're in Texas we're gonna dress like Mexicans. I thought us to be dressed up like this. I don't know why. It was a great move. Very handsome. I created Instagram account for him. I don't know why we got the idea to wear the cowboy hat. I think because he has multiple t-shirts like western t-shirts. So how did you have t-shirts? No that's not like this. I don't do memory. It's all her idea. Yes. Well actually who's our sponsor that you guys are? We have a bunch of poncho shirts. We'll take you. poncho. Yeah we're one of our sponsors. We'll kick you us. Yeah we'll look at you guys up. They've got the pearl snap buttons and everything. It's the it's the way to do it down here. Real Texas experience. So you're for Instagram you like okay we're gonna dress we'll do a cowboy style for America. Yeah I don't remember how I got the idea but yes I had to give him a cowboy hat. And did you dress this way beforehand or was it your daughters? Yeah I might thought this ain't for this. This is what you need to do pops. Can I have you guys just shift a little closer to them? Thanks. Thank you so much. You can bring your chairs forward too so you can relax. Is this the coffee okay? Yeah. Okay. Coffee's good. Good good. Now Caleb you did okay. Good job Caleb. Now you Caleb. How was during the video you got you got to talk to Adam. Did you watch the video beforehand or when your dad was like oh you should marry my daughter. Oh listen the suggestion was that you get married? Oh he was do the Adam shows up and the dad was just like you should marry my daughter. Good looking guy. I asked Adam are you single or married? He said single. So somehow I have a daughter who is still single and just idea you know pop top. One thing I asked Adam. Are you interested in the Japanese girl or something? She said yes so I called her and let them talk each other. Hey shoot or shoot when you get when's the marriage? Tomorrow. Tomorrow you're getting married tomorrow you heard it here first. But later she called me and sounded like she was really excited and she said Papa you know what happened after the video was released she said I am the happiest girl in the world. Why? I got the more than 200 requests from the all over the world who wanted to get married me. That's crazy. That made you the happiest girl in the world. I was so happy that the videos that Adam posted went viral. Not that I got a lot of nothing 200 strangers on the internet wanted to marry you. Dad 200 dudes are trying to marry me. Thank you. Was it embarrassing when you see that clip or? No I was just so happy because when he opened the cafe we have from a very small city and we he didn't have a lot of customers coming into his cafe so I was so happy that after his video went viral he had a lot of customers coming. What city is it? It's in Kushiro. Okay what's what's that close to? Like bigger cities. From Tokyo to Kushiro it takes two hours by plane. Okay. Oh dang okay so is there a bullet train up to it or no? No. That's only how far from Sepuro? One hour by plane. Or if you take a train it's five hours. Wow because Hokkaido, North Island. Now how big is when you're saying a small city? How small is it? 150,000. Oh okay so I meant like we get from a countryside. Yes there are not too many things to do. A lot of old people. Less young people. There's a reason you moved to California. Is that so when did you move to America? About four years ago. And then what was your reason for doing it? Just to follow in your papas to explore like he did? Growing up he had English school and he had English teachers he hired from overseas. So I grew up learning a lot of different cultures. So I've always wanted to Explore different cultures and stuff. So I've lived in like Australia, Canada, the UK. I went to a lot of places and then I Never got a chance to live in the States, but there he used to live in the States Like New York one of New York was one of the places I wanted to visit And then I had a chance to move to the United States and I did and now you live in LA area. Yes. I used to live in Glendale So entire area. We're about in LA area. Gardena. So I know partially regret shit talking LA right out It's expensive you expensive. I used to live in San Francisco for like three years and then moved to LA Even more expensive. What did you got? Did you go to college for anything or hey, what do you do for work right now? So I had an opportunity to open a restaurant with friends We thank you. We've opened a Japanese ramen noodle ramen restaurant But after two years the business went down so we had to shut down So I kind of failed, but yes, that's what it did. You failed you learned. Thank you That's it everyone like I at all of us have had it businesses that failed like multiple multiple times Yeah, it's part of the process. You're learning you're developing your Marketing or wherever your weaknesses are it never gets any fun or though No, you just make more money, which is pretty cool Failure that doesn't get fun. Now it happens a lot and you just rinse repeat what What's your next goal that you're going to try to pursue or business? So I enjoy so much filming my dad and put more videos out on social media But I honestly don't know like If we can make a living out of social media like that's something I've never done We agree you can make a living on social it is possible It's all we do now Now I started editing videos and I realized that was something I enjoy to and I want to try this out Hey, try out which organ do you think our group uses the most our? Stop a second probably our livers. Why would you say that? 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I never expected something would like that would happen in my life Hmm and how long ago was the video was it my two-three years video December was a last December Oh, wow. Oh, that was a very recent then. Yes. Oh wow before Christmas. I think. Yep. You get going Oh, can I just get you this way? Yes. Yeah. Thank you. You can move your chair to Thank you. Thank you. So Now this went viral on Reels too, which was awesome because it was a YouTube it did really well and then on Instagram Alicity Kushiro is Little far from Tokyo So we didn't expect that people from all over the world will come to Kushiro Which is far from Tokyo, but then we had some a lot of people from all over the world and do they all want to talk to you? Yeah, yeah, the local you're the local celebrity now Yeah, kind of when I go to a supermarket and a convenience store People walking there Pointed at me. Oh, I saw you on the YouTube. I saw you on the YouTube. Yeah. We're amazing. You know Was it a weird experience? Yeah, first time, you know from Samsung, you know, I would uh, I don't know anything about All of us having a point out to me and you're the famous guy, you know Wait a minute That is awesome So we're actually going to we're trying Cody just got back from Japan. Oh really? Yeah I got married a couple weeks ago and I did my honeymoon in Japan. Wow So it took you and then Kyoto and did the tourist thing like went and saw the temples and Eat all the food I could find. We had a very nice honeymoon I told my daughter these guy look like brothers Even when I was in Japan people were asking me if I was him This is this is Brandon's that people were coming up to me in Japan and asking are you Brandon or Brandon? He tried to as we get it a lot here. He tried to escape across the ocean. Didn't work. I don't like it work I'm glad even you think their brothers we get We've talked about it multiple times like we don't see it because I've known them both For equal attack at this point and I'm like Brandon's a Mexican dude Cody's a white But they still people will confuse them. We just say like now when people are you are you guys brothers? Yeah, yeah, it's easier than just Yes, man, brothers. Yeah, now Cody had I did what sushi you did everything, but now we're all gonna go back next year. Did Japan? Thank you. Just set up a little place for us. We'll do a podcast Well, we'll make a pilgrimage. I like that We fun all the gang does a road trip across Japan Yeah, see this is like a good all the boys do a road trip I love the food spoils you how how do you like the food? Here now that you're I think American what did I get so far He flew to a little bit. Yes today Oh, yeah, how I hamburger with pineapple Oh, yeah, we can't enjoy what's the name of the boat bikini burger You went to a little truck food truck called bikini burger. Was it good? Oh, that's good What what what kind of food are you looking forward to eating here? Because you're going back to 42 right pizza because the Pizza I tried for the first time in New York City was an Italian pizza place and it was taste is so good. I still remember it So I want to try pizza again What about in Texas Texas? I don't know anything about Texas food we have some recommendation some some very good local barbecue places. We we we will steer you right Okay, no But the problem is that you know, I'm getting old. I'm 77 So I have a complete adventure So I cannot eat tough food in a hard one Trust but if if Texas if Texas barbecue is cooked properly and just falls apart in your mouth. Oh, that's very good We will we will look around Yeah, we'll send you a couple because you guys are here for two more days, right? Yes, one more day. When do you fly back? We uh one of the one of his funds He's uh from Austin and he wants to take us to dollars So he's gonna he's gonna pick us up tomorrow uh like 4 p.m. Oh, okay And then you'll fly from Dallas to uh, we are going to see Adam. Oh No, you're actually gonna go. He's in these states right now. Yes, he is and are you? Have you guys met before? No, I have not. So you're getting married. You're like oh, no, so if I was so I Stakehouse been here in our Tokyo in New York City for two years and I quit the restaurant and I started driving A yellow cap in New York City and this is the license I took 50 years ago Was your cab license? Yeah, you can show you can see this Let's look at this Oh, well, oh my god you Mr. Fumio Yum yum. Yeah, I was 20 Well, 26 or 27 or something. I don't know for you. Okay. Well, we'll see. I won't know for research this before We post it. I want to make sure you don't get many you don't want to dox his address from the 70s. Yeah, I know Just to be safe. Dude, that's crazy And you kept it that entire time a hack number hack number I don't know you do I you're a hack You don't count try well New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Fumio Funocki. This is my treasure. Yeah, it expired May 31st, 1991 You might want to get that renewed wow Wow, what are all okay? So all of these are just different I sent you for the wow I went to In Key West, curious, right now. Hey stop or wait for the right was like so different And the manager at the soft board shop in Hawaii, Fumio Funocki. You're so handsome. You still are Yeah, I'm getting old though Dick Brewer surfboards Six foot to Dick Brewer. I was going to go there. It was two. No, I'm Thank you Florida keys. Can I miss something? You live in a Florida keys. Mm-hmm Oh, yeah, I'm loaded out and the keys. Yes, before a photo a photo that I went to a college in Key West No way we were just in we were just there. You want to show Mr Fumio your cock? You're a Bachelor party. Oh, yeah, yeah, bachelor's party for before he got he got married. Yeah, yeah Key West were the uh in Key West back then were the roosters and chickens running around I don't remember there. So now there are thousands of roosters in Key West The island of Key West and if you touch them, you get arrested Yeah, when I get I got a rooster there I got one right there. Yeah, everyone got the little why there's so many roosters in Key West No wild yeah, they're wild roosters, but it's a wild they roam around It's illegal to touch them and so when you go to a restaurant now they give you a water gun and you can spray them To get them away from you. So he has that on his arm and yeah For him getting married I got Wow to there. Oh my leg I even know there's a community college there in Key West. Yeah, that was just a gay street We we we we did we said everyone. Yeah, do vol street. It's just the gay street where we stayed unintentionally Rich had a blast. Yeah, I know they loved him. Yeah Verustin Pyöräilyva teitä valmistavan ornotin vuonna 2013 Mielestäni parasta Shopify saan se, että voimme harjoittaa liiketoimintaa ilman teknista osaamista Voimme hallinoida yrityksen tausta järjestelmiä ja frontendia sekä myyden verkossa Vaivatta, jos Shopify olisi Pyöräilyvaruste, sollisi mielestäni itse polku Pyörä Sillä asiat hoidetaan ja meida liiketoimintamme hoituu Shopifyissa Aloita ilmainen kokeilu, Shopify piste kom sivustolla I love that entire thing. It's so cool. What's the last one you have? The last one It's my mother's picture. I wanted to take my mother with my trip Oh, that's amazing. I want to show my mother America Oh, this is amazing. In what's her name? Akki. Akki. I have a crazy story about the day my mother died. So, like one of the videos Adam posted, he talked about how he had a voice to marry my mom. Yes. Mary, this woman, Mary, this woman he got. This day was crazy when my mother died. It was crazy experience I had. The day my mother died, as usual, I drove my daughter to her school. And dropped her off at the school and I headed to the hospital where she was at because she had a bad cold and she had a problem with her lungs. In the morning? Yeah, in the morning. So, I went into her room and saw her. She was sleeping in the bed. So, I thought it might be better not to wake her up. So, I drove back to my house and I got off my car and I opened the door of my house. And as soon as I stepped in, I felt something really strange above my head. I don't know how I explained. Something like drifting in the air. And I felt it. Then all of a sudden, I heard a voice from the strange thing above my head. Go back to the hospital right away. What the heck this voice telling me? So, when I inside my room and I sat myself in the couch and I was warned that what the voice was for. So, I thought it might be better for me to go back to the hospital to see my mother. So, I drove back to the hospital and I went to her room again. And she was still sleeping. So, I felt oh, nothing wrong. It's good. So, I decided to go back home again. Then, all of a sudden, my mother woke up and saw me. "Oh, you are here," she said. "Yes, I came here before, but you're sleeping." So, I went back my house once and they came back again. Then, my mother asked me, "Humio, I want to walk a little bit because it's not good for me staying bed all day long." Okay, Mom. I can walk with you. So, we walked corridor a couple of times, back in the first, then came back. Then, we both sat on her table, side by side, and we started talking. And all of a sudden, my mother put her hands on her chest and said, "Oh, I got pain from my heart. I got pain. I'm suffering." And she said, "Oh, I might go and die." And she collapsed on my chest, and she died. That's the day I heard a voice go back to the hospital right away. That was a worst experience I had in my life. That's right. I've heard that so many times. Yeah, I have a friend, the same thing happened. He bolted awake, and his mom, his mother told him, like, come to my bedside, like, I need to see you. He goes, they lived. She was at her house, and he went to her house, and she woke up, and essentially, was like, "I love you, son. This is it." And then, that was it. That's always crazy. Like, my grandma, I don't know if I told the guys, but my grandma Kueh was the same thing. Got a call, the dad, and I really talked to family members on the phone. Just not a big phone call, kind of guy. But grandma Kueh was coming, saying, "Hey, Milho, I'm dying. I'll be dead probably by tomorrow." But I love you. Just like that. So, matter of fact, I was like, "Oh." And then, she's like, "Don't cry, don't cry." "Hey, I see grandpa, we're good, but I love you. I just want you to know that next day." The past. And I was like, "Whoa, grandma knew." I've got so many stories like that on my side of the family, too. It's what's weird is that there are everybody's got a story like that. And there's no logical explanation behind it, but it happens so long. Connor, what are you doing this summer? It's a whole lot of Travel a whole lot of hot nights. I'll never remember and a whole lot of AG1. - Ah, you're doing AG1 also? - Yes, it's good for you, you can tell by the color. - That's how I know it's healthy, and good for my tum-tum. It smells like chocolate with spice. - What'd you smell like? - Mm, new fallen ring on a fresh spring lawn. I'm gonna be strong with all of the vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, panth-- panth-- panthub. - This with warm water, it tastes like a-- - Camimilti? - Yeah, is that night, that's night night juice. - I think it might be just 'cause the night night juice, now it makes the smell makes more sense. - Is that Camimilti? - It's like a tea or something like you would have like a-- I would drink that at night, like at night, sip it, if it makes you sleepy too. - That one, I-- - That's good, yeah, no, you can keep that one. A.G.1 is your daily health drink. It comes with pre-and probiotics, multivitamins, and super foods, and antioxidants. - Ooh, I love super foods, I love antioxidants. - Visit drinkag1.com/unsubscribe. - You'll get your free morning person, hat, and a free A.G.1 flavor sampler in your welcome kit. - That's an $82 value, Eli. Make it rain. That's drinkag1.com/unsubscribe. - That's what I like, and then when you met your mom, your wife, that was the same thing. It was somebody saying, "Hey, you need to marry this woman?" - No, no, no, no, yes. That's a boy's side hug. - That's awesome. - So that was, tell the story of like, it just so people know how you met your-- - Oh, my ex-wife? - Yes, your ex-wife. - I wasn't sure, I was like, I don't know, it's my ex-wife, it's your ex-wife. - I don't know. - I was like, your daughter's mom. - I was single until 45 years old. So I told myself that I got a divorce of getting married because of my age, 45. So I told myself, okay, I'm gonna leave our home. I'm not gonna make it. And that time, I got a phone call from a local radio station. And they asked me, I was interested in coming over to our studio and talk about your business. And at the same time, we could play your favorite songs in the program. I told them, I don't know much about your radio program. And they said, okay, we'll send the rumor to talk about the program at your place. So she came over and she explained all about the program, like 30 minutes, then she left my place. As soon as she stepped out of my place, again, I felt something strange above my head. And all of a sudden, I heard a voice, "Can I marry this woman?" "Can I marry this woman?" And that voice stayed in my mind like one month. I couldn't get rid of the voice I heard. - Was the voice in English or Japanese? I'm joking. - Japanese. (all laughing) - Of course. - What the fuck? What is the meaning of English? - I gotta learn English. We're looking around. (all laughing) - So there's shit. (all laughing) - And about the month later, I decided to call her up and tell what I heard. And so I asked her to go for dinner and she agreed and she came over and we had dinner. And after we finished the dinner, I honestly told her that I heard a voice of getting married you. - And it's a weird conversation to have. (all laughing) You don't understand. There's a deity that follows me and he's American. (all laughing) - Good married. (all laughing) - I felt she might felt strange by talking me about the voice I heard. But when I first talking about that, she said, "Mr. Funaki, I felt strange while I was talking to you. I got strange vibration from you." - She was scared. (all laughing) - So in three months, we married. - Oh, no. - Wow. - Wow. - She was 30 years old. I was 45 years old. Do you know what happens when you middle aged man get young life? You know? (all laughing) - What are you doing? - Your daughter is like, "What's he gonna say right now?" - What happens? - Yeah, what happens? - We get out of the six every morning. Every next time, every night, three times a day. - I'm so sorry. (all laughing) - You got it, it is enough. You go like this, you go punch it, punch my fist. - I'm sure you've heard a very different version. - This is what I was talking about this in front of my daughter. (all laughing) - So we were banging. (all laughing) - Banging, every morning. (all laughing) - The morning day, nah. (all laughing) - That sounds terrible. (all laughing) - You sound dehydrated. (all laughing) - I should have communicated about this. - Oh no. (all laughing) - Welcome to the unsubscribe podcast. (all laughing) - Now, talking about this, America is not a joke. It's insane to me. - What's insane? - You know, I came to America at the age of 26. I was a young and, you know, fifth avenue in New York City. We are lots of beautiful, attractive women. - Oh, I'm sorry. - Wow, it's a very big head. (all laughing) - No wonder you get the girl. - Or he just slaps it, and perfectly lands. - Walking up down the fifth avenue, and the summertime, different from Japanese women, American women tend to show their skins, compared with, compared with the Japanese women. - It's awful. - Japanese women don't show skin, you know what I'm saying? - Especially the early age I grew up. Nowadays, they do same as Americans, I think. So as a young boy, walking down fifth avenue, seeing all those, you know. - Titties. (all laughing) - Yeah, thank you, we like that. - Damn, damn, damn. - Good to my little boy, Hadong. (all laughing) - Sure. - So I had to find myself between the buildings, out of between the buildings. I'll tell my little boy come down. (all laughing) So I was blind, you know. So I wouldn't say anything. America is not joke. - I was saying, at the point that I know what the next word was going to be. (all laughing) And also, you know, when I started driving a little cabin in New York City, the company told me, "You never give women front seat, ask them get a box seat." And one day, I wanted to find out why the company told me that. So. - I'm sure you had no suspicion. (all laughing) - The first customers I picked up was six workers in New York cities. In back 1978 or 2009, you know. The pockets they were wearing was full of, you know, money after, you know. So to find out the answer, I chose the best one on the street. And the game hall, sorry hearing this word, but how your father picked up a hooker. - Game hall, game hall, the front seat. And she told me, "Take it." - 'Cause you wanted to find out why the company didn't allow it. - I wonder what happened. - What did I tell the story? - I'm going to tell you the story. - Yes sir. (all laughing) - So she gave me the address, you know, to take her to him. So I started driving. And on the way, she said to me, I'll give you a present time. So instead, give me a free ride. So I want to know what she's gonna do. And she gave me a, what's the English word? - B.J. (all laughing) [Laughter] That's a lot of happening. No, you have to joke, you know. He's sad. We have a little. I don't know this. I should talk about this or not. This is right, this is hilarious. I just like. Claire, you should talk about this. I still picture you like, that'll be $10. You still charged her? Or did she get the ride for free? Three. Yeah, someone was good. [Laughter] And another story was that when I was driving at a cabin in New York City, young, look like a young, business like Uma got in and told me to get her to New York airport. So I thought I heard New York airport. So I started driving to John F. Kennedy Airport. And like a five minutes later, she was kind of hungry. The voice was raised. And what the fuck you are driving to? Where are you heading to? You know, oh, you told me, New York airport. No, I said, New York airport. Oh, New York airport. I didn't know about the New York airport. So she got really upset. I thought she was going to kill me, you know? So I timed my cab back to, you know, and took her to the New York. Then I told her, I don't need any money. I'm sorry, you know, forgive me. So you got to be careful with the pronunciation here in America. New York, New York. That's what happened too. I'm sure you're very happy that was a tamer story. I feel embarrased. Oh, that's hilarious. Come here. Perfect. You're going to be extra famous. It's the blow-drop guy. No! Please, don't do that. They're going to come visit you at your cafe. I would love a coffee, but I don't have any money. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. What do I want to do? I don't know. I just feel really happy. What other plans do you have to do here? Or is there anything like super American you want to do while you're here in the States? I don't know. I just feel really happy being able to heal the America. Again, you know, back 50 years ago, America was my dream. You know, so now I can come back again. And just being in America itself makes me really happy. So I appreciate American people, America, everything here. Well, it's a pleasure. It's a genuine honor to have you. Would you like to shoot a gun in the backyard? Fuck yeah. Full, full, full American experience. Fuck yeah. Behind me another story. I was in America. The president of America was Jimmy Carter. And Jimmy Carter is the only American president who was a farmer. A peanut farmer. So I wanted to see the place where he was born and grew up. What kind of place would produce American president? So one day I drove my car all the way down to playing Georgia. From New York. And there was a small train station, train Georgia. And in front of the train station, there was a grocery store. I think that store was owned by young brother of Jimmy Carter. I believe so. Anyway, I went to the store and asked their owner. Is there any hotel motel that I can stay tonight in this town? She said no. He said no. We don't have any motels or hotels here. I was kind of happy about it. And he looked at me and said okay, you can stay in the backyard of my house. I remember they had beaten rusted up all the bus in the backyard. So they told me I could sleep inside the old bus. But the problem was that they had dogs in the backyard. And all night through they smelt strange Asian guys. So they bowed all night through. So I couldn't sleep that night. And they still had the backyard. And they still charged you 50 bucks. No, he slept for free. How much will that be? He slept with you. I've seen this routine before. Oh my god. I will honestly say that is not how I expected this podcast to go. But I'm over the moon. I'm very, very happy. You're going to be cut up. No, you're a massive kid. No, I really love you. This is awesome. You're going to have a lot of fans after this. Come on. You're killer. I always love these because we're learning a different culture. You guys are doing amazing by the way. You're like both of you are killing this. This is a blast. I wonder if you ever realized how many customers just slipped through the cracks? No, miss calls. I always answer my call. 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Try Quo for free plus get 20% off your first six months when you go to Quo.com/unsub. That's QUO.com/UNSUB. Because it is, it's nerve racking at first. You guys got here and you're like, "Oh, super nervous." You guys are going to get a drink some booze before we get Lucy Goosey. Is that working out? Yes. She shit wrecked. So have you guys shot any guns since you've been? Have you guys fired any firearms or anything? I have. Do we have time? Do we have time? We have a couple. How many guns do you have? I think it's north of the thousand. I'm not kidding. What? I have 78. I have probably the least. Brandon has a thousand. 30 silthons are going to listen to you. If you guys want to come in the morning, I have a shop that's not far from here. It is like a museum of like old weapons. you if you if you want to go yeah he makes a k 47s so like cowboy cowboy movies yeah you want to shoot cowboy stuff I agree up the age of a John Wayne yeah oh yeah you want to shoot guns you want to shoot guns yes yes okay yeah of course we don't have an ice and you don't have to no no we do all right no yeah I saw some people riding a motorcycle without helmets so yeah that was probably branded was he wearing flip flops let's say he he doesn't wear a helmet and he wears flip flops like sandals oh you want to hear another interesting story yes I wouldn't love to no okay when I was living in New York City I once in a while went to nearby bar in the middle of the night and when I was sure when I was drinking okay she's just like this I saw two American middle aged women I was sitting at the table near the jukebox by the jukebox and they were playing only Elvis Presley songs from the jukebox for a long long time and I wondered why they would play only Elvis songs so I wanted to find out the answer so I walked up to their table and asked them why are you playing only Elvis songs and they said we are from Boston we are on the way to Memphis to visit Elvis's tombstone graveyard okay now I understand that's why they were big fun of Elvis Presley so and we talked a little bit and they were so drunk and the bar was the time to close and two women was half time to stand up from the chairs so I helped them and were are you staying at the hotel or something and she said yes we are staying at the Hilton Hotel so I knew where the Hilton Hotel was so one of them was so drunk and she couldn't walk so I put her on my back and carried her to the Hilton Hotel along with another woman did she have did she have to pay for the ride not yet and when I when I got to the Hilton Hotel I asked them where's your room what's room number and they told him you blah blah blah so I took to the room and the door wouldn't open so I asked are you sure you're staying at the Hilton Hotel and she said no we are not staying at the Hilton Hotel we are staying at the Hilton Hotel I heard a long two again so I had to take back to the Hilton Hotel and we got we were able to get into the room and one of the girls I put on my back was so drunk so I put her on her bed and another woman was putting herself on the bed and since the woman was so drunk I kind of helped and dressed you know and while I was doing that the other woman told me what I'm doing and she got all of a sudden so mad at me what a fact you're doing with my car and she started throwing things at me so I had to get off the room that's what happened in New York is crazy New York is crazy is a great treasure have you heard most of these stories before no I have not okay just curious and another story was that also you guys close through the mic also when I had the drink at the bar close nearby from my apartment in New York City on the way back to my apartment I saw young black girl standing you know on the street and she looked a little bit worried so I asked them are you okay at this rate hour she said I don't know where to go I'm lost I asked her what happened I ran away from my home from Boston and this is a fascinating New York city so I wanted to help her out and she had no place to go she said so would you like to come to my apartment so you can stay at my place so she stayed at my place and next morning we said goodbye I didn't do anything wrong you know yeah I like that story so that was most innocent man thank you and a couple months later while I was driving cab and 40 seconds street and I saw her standing on the street you know she was a hawker that was a story you know it's a tough well she found work and her bills and make a living in America I got lots of lessons in my life from America New York New York is something else yeah I love it it's just like I remember I think my first day in actual New York City like I've been around New York a lot but I'd not been to the city until we went to that U.S.C. fight yeah this is maybe last year I think we go to New York City and I the one thing at least modern New York and when's the last thing you've been to New York 50 years ago nowadays I don't know I can't speak to it then but I know nowadays the streets just in the sidewalks at least where we were at all the places we were at just I'm not a fan of New York it just smells like piss oh and so I we were walking the first day we were in New York and I'm like you know I'm starting to realize why spider-man superpower was that he doesn't have to walk on the sidewalk just this yeah I cry me I don't know if it's just changed or what have you but now New Yorkers are very proud of New York though would I I don't know why but I just pissed off all the New Yorkers but well we were the first breakfast place that we went to remember that guy just grabbed a bike and ran off with it right beside us yeah I do you're just still there fucking bike didn't he there's only place when we took because I took riding because he wanted to see time square hmm so he was loving it you're taking videos of everything but then that was one of the few times I was like I have to watch riding whole phone like this all the time to record everything I was like I actually don't trust anyone right now because someone might snatch that and run I'm actually just watch everyone right now and then you get the people that will charge for photos oh yeah yeah the Elmos oh and they charge like 20 to 40 bucks like yeah that's how much this photo I didn't want to take the picture then say you owe me money yep which which is wild I didn't know there's places like like that but I don't know how it is in New York but like with Las Vegas they're it's illegal for them or it's against city statutes for them to charge a certain amount they can ask for a certain amount but like they can't say you owe me this money we recommend $10 you know that sort of thing I didn't know that that was the rule they are very aggressive with it very very aggressive I don't know where to go man it was like visited good enough not going back to New York Florida we had fun there Texas we love it yeah yeah Texas I love Texas this is this is home forever love Japan we're gonna go visit definitely go visit there and the house prices are so cheap I know it's so cheap what is with that why why are why is the real estate so cheap in Japan hmm why are real estate so cheap in Japan Basically, I think. average income of average people is not so high, they cannot afford to buy house. That's why the real estate price had to be kept, you know, super high. Otherwise people cannot afford to buy. Do the vast majority of people rent in Japan? Yeah. Do they rent? Or do you buy? Like nowadays, it's, you know, prices of real estate is getting high. So I think most people rent. They buy the house, they have to pay with the plan of what, 20 years, 30 years, it's still meant to come. That's for apartments? House. For house. That's pretty standard. Like in the United States, it's, we typically do 30 year loans as well. But you guys, this house is like 70 grand for a house and a big house too. Sometimes like 30, 20, 30 grand. That's, but like here, like, you're like in a $500,000 small house. I've, I've heard a rumor that I don't know if it's true. But I've heard a rumor that there is like a reason that houses don't resell in Japan. The, there's a concern that houses are like you, you only buy a house, build it new. You don't want to buy a house that has been owned by somebody else because it's not haunted but like the energy that well, no, but there's like a negative energy there. Are you guys very, what is it superstitious? Like superstitious. Like for you, is it like, oh, haunted or is the Japanese culture like, oh, no, or do they not care about it? Not that it's haunted, but there's a negative energy associated with it. In my tongue, there was an apartment that turned over that apartment committed to that room was never rented by others. I have an American friend who bought a house in Japan and he said he got a half price because two people died in it. He said no one wanted to buy it, but Japanese didn't want us. It gets super. No, that's great. I'd buy it. I'm like, I don't care. I don't want it. Yeah, I don't care. I also don't want it. He was like, give me the dead guy house. I've heard it could be a room, but people who buy, who bought or buy the house or room, which was lived by people who committed or killed by someone. While they were sleeping, they sometimes see the ghost appear in their rooms. It's a grudge. What's the grudge, Japanese name for the grudge? As long as they don't wake me up, I'm okay. You see these house prices? I'm going to put on my rain noise and ignore that shit. So what's both of you? This is a question for both of you. What's one of your favorite aspects of America? Diabusti. This is my least favorite. Brain is like, you had to put me on the same. Yeah, he made it. When I was sitting at the airport. But it was shared with you wearing. Well, I'm glad you asked Eli. I'm wearing my poncho shirt. This is not what a poncho looks like. It looks lightweight and breathable. It is lightweight and breathable. It's also fantastic for summer because, like said, it does breathe. It's very lightweight and it also offers SPF protection. 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I looked at people, they are both different from Japan, you know, as you know, Japan is a homogenous country, 95 people from the population in Japanese, but here, all different kind of people online. That's a great aspect. Get in there, get in there, go buy, go buy. Go buy. Bye. Bye. Without me. Oh, you won't, you won't. Yeah. You're gonna do a shot. I don't want to show it. It's a big deal. It's a big deal. We're doing this. I always wondering who's going to pull out the first Japanese accent and the turn down is a car. We're going to walk out. Oh, walk out. Oh, we see. Which one do you like? What's this walk out? We have a very nice whiskey. If you want a whiskey, whichever. Your daughter's like after the stories I've had to hear today, I think I would like some fond memories. No, good. You're not drinking it. It's a strong, too strong. It's okay. You want weaker coffee? No, no, no. Well, tell me. Okay. Okay. Well, yeah. He's like, now that I knew that the good stuff was on the table, I don't want coffee. That's fun. See. No, very nice. Thank you. Now we can do a proper complex. Yes. Yes. Super. Good. Good smell. Good smell. Oh, goodbye. Come on. He's facing danger. Oh, why? I better not drink this because if I got drunk, I don't know about myself, what other way out the story I'm going to talk about. Well, sir. Well, sir, I believe that is the reason you must drink. That's a good whiskey, too, right there. And it's smooth. That is one of the smoothies. So spicy. Chase it with water. Yeah, I spilled on myself favorite parts of America. Or like, what are your highlights of it? Both of you highlight to America. Do you like diversity? Cody hates that diversity. Yes. As you said, you were in the airport at the San Antonio Airport. Today you're at the airport. New York. Oh, at the airport. Today. Yes, yeah, San Antonio. San Antonio Airport. I was sitting and looking at the people and all different kind of people. In Japan, 95% of people are Japanese. No, definitely. Yes, King. Here. The women's part. Huge. Huge compared. Look at my daughter. You know, nothing. Oh, my God. This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite podcasts we've ever filmed. As Charles Barkley says, we have some big old women in San Antonio. Oh, yeah. Yes. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I went to my daughter took me a supermarket called Target. Target. Target. And I saw a lot of women were shopping there. And they are big. I go to Walmart. You're even bigger. I like the calories. What about you? What is your favorite aspects of America? Money. As much as money I can make. She's like, I want to make money. She's honest. That's good. That's good. That's great. Now, can I get you scooted this way? Yes. Now, you bring a chair too. What are the kind of like monetary opportunities that you find in the states that you don't have in Japan? Like, I don't know. I think it all depends on the lock too. But if I stayed in Japan, maybe I never had a chance to start a business. Make a lot of money. But yes, I think America has a lot of opportunities. Oh, another highlight of America when I was in America was the opportunity I had in the biggest park of New York City, Central Park. One day I was sitting on the bench in the Central Park and 18. I don't remember hot dog or sandwich and I was walking people walk by in front of me and the two guys happened to walk by and I saw them. One of them was John Lennon. Oh, John Lennon, walking in front of me. So, I just moved up and I've decided to walk away with the people like, two or five minutes. Two little, two little. And I got the power from him. I like John Lennon tells a very different story. It's like some Japanese dude followed me for five minutes. He lives. I don't believe John Lennon is telling this story. He was god to me. John Lennon wasn't he? He was what? He said he was god. Oh, well. Imagine. Imagine. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He should have imagined a world with no 30 specials. Shut up, he's still on a story of the song. It's beautiful. So, I take him as a god. That's awesome. You're like, okay, this is the Beatles and all that. That's your kind of. That's your favorite music. I could go up in the age of, when they were very popular. Yeah. Is that still your favorite? You know, surfers in the 70s, man. Why? He sold surfboards just a little bit. He tried to surf. What's your least favorite part about America? They've got the question. I think honestly, say discrimination. Interesting. Okay. When I was in New York and I moved to New Jersey. Sorry. And I had to look for an apartment and I drove around and I saw a science as a vacancy on the window of a building. And on the side, it says the telephone number of the landlord. So I called the number and I told him I want to look at the apartment. So he says, come over. So I went to his house and knocked the door and he opened and he looked at me. Get fucks out of here. We don't want to rent you. And what year was this? What year was this? 1970. 1970. 1978, 19. Interesting. Cause I like how times change. Cause I couldn't imagine that happening. No, it is like the, no, no, no, no, no, no. Now you would. Yeah. So that's like 70s. A lot more. Also, I walked out the restaurant in the how are the Johnson? The, the base. Wait. It's like a motel. New Yorker. New Jersey. That was New Jersey. Okay. I walked out the restaurant in how are the Johnson as a waiter. And I was the only Asian guy in the service. And you know, in those days, as a waiter, you are given certain number of tables that you use. You got to serve. You cannot help other tables. That's how I run station to station system at that time. This said. So I, you know, gotta, I gotta take orders and take the trip to the kitchen and give it to the chef there. But the thing was the chef in the kitchen wouldn't start cooking the shrimp I gave them. Rather than the other waitresses and waiters for white, he started cooking right away. So the customers I served started to complain to me. Why were late? Be served. You know, those people came after us. Why they served. You know, they started to complain and wouldn't leave any tips to me. So I was sad. Yeah. So about a month later, I decided, okay, I'm gonna quit this. I don't want to take shit anymore. So one day, I went into the kitchen and I grabbed the chef's neck like this. And I'm a fucking Japanese come cause a boy. Why don't you give me a shit to me, you know. I wanted to find out why he gave me a hard time. So he told me that his relatives were killed by Japanese during World War II. That's why he didn't like me when I started working. He learned that I was Japanese. So I learned how to lesson, you know. Whoa, it's not good. It lives tough in their mind. Were you taught as a child anything about World War II? What like Japan in World War II? I didn't know the details of why the Japanese started bombing Parahoba. We didn't know the real fact. Even what about yourself when you learned about World War II? Why you didn't learn anything about it? Yeah. So I think, I believe it was December 18th, the Parahoba day. And in 1960s, 1970s, when I was in America, when the December 18th came, the radio television from the early morning, remember it's Parahoba day. So I was very scared as a Japanese. I had to stay in the apartment all day long. I didn't go out because I thought I would be killed if they found out the Japanese on that day. That's what. So you just heard out of the radio and you're like, oh shit, they haunt Japanese. It's like a fucking perjure. I was scared to death on the day. Which is interesting because to my understanding, I think it's December 7th, this Pearl Harbor day. It's December 6th, sorry. None of us know. Because I believe that Hawaii has a fairly large Japanese population, right? Yes. Yeah, so that's interesting. But was this in Hawaii or New York? Hawaii. No, that was in Hawaii. No, it was in New York. Oh, sorry. Oh, New York. I was in New York. That would be, if you don't know, and you don't have the age of information, and then you wake up, then the radio is just like, go, don't fucking remember what's going on today. Those damn Japanese. And you're like, oh shit. I'm going outside today. What about yourself? What is your least favorite part of America? The least favorite part? Yes. American food? American food. American food? I do, I will not let you know what, Cody, how good, like, Japanese food compared to America. That's 7/11 in Japan is better than restaurants. Sorry. Do you like Japanese foods? Like, that's why you don't like American food, right? I guess so. From your home. If they did it the same style, they're just talking about a prize. I want you guys to ask this question. Yes, sir. I had a straw class here. I had to stay in the hospital for a month. one month. How much would the American hospitals charge you if you got struck and state if one month in the hospital? How much would they have? 100,100,200,000. It completely depends on what hospital because it is very so dramatic. But like, I would say 100,100,000. I would say 100,100,100,100,000. Stroke. Yeah, having a stroke. Yeah, 150,000 $3,200. $3,200. $32 million. $32 million. $32 million. $32 million. $32 million. So according to the Google AI, which I have no idea about. You know how much I paid? Probably I paid it. $200. $60,000. How much the-- $1,000. $1,000. $1,000. $1,000. $1,000. $1,000. $1,000. $1,000. I only paid $60,000. That's what Japanese-- what they call-- Texas. The health care system. Health care. Health care. Well, you guys also-- I didn't notice I've watched videos I might be making this up. Or the people on the internet are. But even with your taxes, you get to choose gifts for stuff, right? Like your taxes for your city. And you're like, oh, hey, you put this much taxes in. Pick from this stuff. Or how does the tax system work? Because you guys have a pretty cool tax system for foreigners that I noticed. They were like, oh, shit. I don't know about taxes for foreigners in Japan. Or even for yourself. How does the taxes-- He's never been one. That is very true. Well, in Japan. In Japan. Yeah. I don't pay much though. Really? Lucky. Residential tax. You got to pay? How much I pay? Every two months, I pay $1,000, $15,000. $15,000, $200,000. You know what I'm saying? Every two months? Every two months, $200,000. So it looks like there's a 10% consumption tax. And individuals are taxed on a progressive scale ranging from five to 45% based on income. And foreign tourists pay a 10% consumption tax. Interesting. Well, everything over there to get you to buy things is tax free, tax free, tax free. And it is to people visiting. But when you get back to the United States, whatever you declare, they take the money right to know. Well, yeah. They're like, oh, would you get there? They're like, hey, it actually wasn't tax free. How much do you spend? It's like, I spent a couple thousand hours. Okay, we're going to tax you on that right now. Yep. And you got to pull your credit card out in the airport when you land back in the United States and pay the tax. Oh, well, yeah. In general, I think Medicare costs in Japan. You only pay 30% of whatever it costs. That's average. Mm-hmm. That's always wonder how any of that works. Now, are you, um, like, uh, what is it? To cheer Mufunei, uh, Kirikosawa. Are you bit? Do you watch those old Japanese movies? Like the old samurai movies? Like a Kirikosawa? You know a Kirikosawa, right? You want to say that right? Mm-hmm. Are you, are you a fan of? I'm not much in the city. The samurai movies. Oh, really? But Western. You love Western movies. Yeah, when I was 18 years old. I love that. And that's a John Wayne. Mm-hmm. Yes, shit. What about yourself? Movies? I don't know that person. You just mentioned. You don't know a Kirikosawa? Who is it? I don't know. I don't know. She doesn't know. Oh, okay. You're shit. New generation. To be fair, that's kind of like asking somebody her age in our country if they know John Wayne. Yeah, that is very true. Yeah, maybe Kirikosawa. Kirikosawa. I've heard the name. I've heard the name. I've heard the name. Okay. What kind of movies are content do you watch? You now you love social media yourself, right? So are you big on YouTube, TikTok? Mm-hmm. When I was in high school, I started watching a lot of American movies, TV shows. So, now I like, I watch Netflix stuff. What kind of movies do you like? Let me see. What do you like about it? One way that's enough. She can't remember. Sir, may I ask you a question? Oh, wait. My favorite. Yeah. You got asked. Would you like to go out? That you would. Where's the date? My favorite show is called Homeland. Oh, homeland. So good. I love it so much. I watch it like three times. No. So good. So good. What's your name? Carrie. Carrie Matheson. Yeah. Here we go. It's such a good series. Still reeling on what just happened there. That was. Here's the date. And then we talked about Carrie Matheson. And then tomorrow we're going to shoot guns. Yes. That's going to be fun. Who's what's the red hair guy's name? Which one? From homeland. Yep. And then he was in. And then brothers. And Billions. Yeah. The captain. Yep. Red hair guy. Captain Winters, I think. And what is his name then? Homeland. Nicholas Brody. Sergeant Brody. Sergeant Brody. You know the red hair guy? I know. Yes. He's not American. He's British. Oh. He has a. That's a. That accents fake. Oh. He plays Americans so good. Oh yeah. And Dreamcatcher uses his British accent. Damian Lewis. Damian Lewis. Hmm. He has. It's very slept on. Homeland. Look at that. Yeah. Oh, you watch that way? Good. That is a great show. Yeah. They. She told me. Papa. Watch homeland. Watch homeland. I had no choice but to watch. That's true. That's actually a good question. How much American media do you consume? Like is it mostly American or mostly Japanese? Mostly. Me, half and half. Interesting. What about yourself, half and half? Or is it mostly American, maybe? Do you watch much YouTube now? I use a lot of Instagram. Okay. That's YouTube. You guys got to get that YouTube. That's what it's going to make you. It's a monster. Monster. Hmm. Which monster? Monster. Monster. Is this a monster? Yeah. I mean, he thinks that social media is like an insane thing. Oh, yeah. It's a monster. Yeah. It's a monster. It's a monster. Yeah. It's a monster. Yeah. It's a monster. It's a monster. It's 100%. Hmm. Very, very crazy to watch or be part of. But it's also cool because you get recognized at a gas station. Yeah, but at the same time, when I was small, there was no SNS, of course, no internet, we were real human beings. We had to conduct everything faced by face. That's a real reality. But these days, created by things created by AI, you know, that's not real to me. So, I prefer a real thing faced face like this. Oh, yeah. It makes me feel, you know, true. That's what I like about it. I can talk like this. That is with Japanese culture. This is, even for you, this is a great question for you. What is the difference between the different cultures? You're like even dating. Are Japanese guys that forward with like, hey, you want to go on a date? Because I feel that's a very American versus our Japanese guys more hesitant to ask out or is it a different situation? I think these days, Japanese young boys are different from the boys in our age. Young generation boys are called, based of our boys. Vegetable boys. Vegetable boys. Based of our boys. What does that mean? That means they are not animal anymore. Oh, they lost it, yeah. They lost the man's instinct of ability to try to catch women. They would charge women up for that tax drive. That's right. They became too much. They lost the bit of a man, you know, my age. We are totally different from the boys these days. When do you think that happened? Why are we? When. Well, I mean, we're in 1991. 1990, I think. Really? I think. - Hmm. Women, when women became stronger, men tend to lose their instinctibility. I think. You know, for women, they can control men peacefully, easily, if they, if women, gay men, sex, what they wanted to. That's my belief. I mean, guys are. Yeah, that's the. We're talking about why men are. No. Oh, oh, God. This literally is just. I mean, it's a great question. It's like, how often in Japan did you get asked out on a date? How awesome. Yeah. Wait, for you. No, no. How often would a Japanese guy ask you on a date? Well, apparently, she got 200 marriage pathosals. But that was where Japanese were just. I just asked her out on a date. I was there, Connor. I was right here. That's why I brought this question up because Japanese guys. That's what we're talking about. It's like, Japanese guys now are. These are the cowards? The cowards? Yeah. Me. No, no, no, no. The Japanese men. The new ones. The new ones. The new ones. A little bit here. Guys, my age. Cowards. How old are you? 32. 32 young guy. 32. How old are you? 30. 30. And not married? No married. Oh. But marriage. Marriage is a bomb. Dangerous stuff, though. You're gonna be prepared for it. I'll do it. Sorry, brother. Damn it. Did you guys bring something? Connor said. Oh, yeah, yeah. Brought. Sorry. I. I have two gifts. Oh, okay. Okay. We're gonna fight for them. Okay, I'm gonna go with the first one. So. So, I have to explain what. Omamori is. Okay. An Omamori is a traditional Japanese good luck term. From a strain or temple. People in Japan carry them for protection, luck, health, love, safe travel, success and wishes. Okay. So, I got five different Omamories from our local temples in Kushiro City. Oh. So, guys, I don't know. Pick one. I love it. I think. Yeah. Okay. So, I have one, two, three, four, five. Five of them. Oh, we got this. Pick them. I'm gonna do this one. Okay. I've done this. I did this at the cottage, did you do this at the temples? No. We'll see November 3rd if it works. It's to have one more. Give it to her. Okay. She's a beautiful woman. Beautiful woman. Okay. Carefully lie. No, you're gonna pass it up. Hi. Thank you. Okay. So. You can have it with you. You lie as a wife. I'll have your daughter. (Laughter) Okay. So, this one is a success charm. A Japanese good luck charm for success in work. Study personal goals. Many people carry it when studying something important or chasing a dream. And so, is this something you carry with you? Yes. Okay. Full success. Yeah. T.J. is working it on your phone. Okay. You open it. Okay. Yeah. You can even put it in your car. Okay. What does it say? The protection. Oh, here's the difference. Is the protection charm? The protection. What? Is this better? What does that mean? No, I like they're all different. Shiro is number one temple. It's Shimo Temple. Okay. What does that mean in English? English? Yeah. Just the name of the temple made this omamori. Okay. Got you. Yeah. Open it. Yeah. Yeah. That's protection omamori. I can't do it. Just open the top. Okay. Okay. This one is a fortune and wealth charm. A traditional Japanese charm for financial luck and success. People carry it hoping for good fortune, business success, and positive opportunities in life. Yes. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. What does that mean? It's a dinner zone in English. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Let me see. Oh. Protection. Protection. It's Japanese. Protect your actions. Okay. This omamori is a negai. Look at it. This is a special charm where you can make a wish from your heart. In Japan, people carry those for hopes, dreams, love, and new beginnings. I make a wish. Hey. You can't. You can't. He's about to wish for a Japanese one. Hey. Mind your business. You're not a son. What's mine? Wait. Do you just need this part or this part? Do we get wishes right now, dog or good lunch? Yeah. We all just watched obsessions. That's what I was thinking. Oh, yeah. I made a wish. I made a wish. Oh, yeah. I made a wish. I made a wish. She's too sweet to work. This is for health and wellness charm. A traditional Japanese charm for good health, wellness, and protection. People carry it for wish for healthy body, peace of mind, and safety for themselves and their loved ones. Boom. So much. That's a good one. I think it's a good one. Oh, yeah. Okay. This is for a lucky protection charm. A traditional Japanese omamori believed in bring good luck and positive energy. Perfect old travel, new adventures, everyday protection. So much. Yes. Thank you so much. That was very cool. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, is this one of the poncho shirts? Yes. Oh, we got. Oh, we'll get some more too. Hmm. We'll get some more too. We'll get some more. We'll get some more. We'll get some more. We'll get some more. We'll get some more. I know. We got some more poncho shirts too. Those are your sizes. Oh. Oh. Yeah. This is yours. This is hers. None of it. And Jinomaro. And then we got some more. Oh. And then you get a little. Yeah. Awesome. America. Oh, man. It's real good. Real good. Real good. And then tomorrow we'll take you shooting guns. I need this for Russia. Pushing. I love this. Thank you very much. Don't worry about it. I'll take you shooting guns. Pushing. I love this. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And I made something else. Oh, okay. There's more. You made this? Yes, I made something else. You made this? You made. Yes. A little nervous. I made something. What's this? Oh, wow. Hey. Oh my gosh. What's this? Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. We'll put that up. Where do we put it? Yes. So. So good. All right. Good day. I didn't know about this. We're going like this. I think she's snuck it out on you. Thank you very much. That's wonderful. And boom. Yeah. I like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, we're going to bow. We're going to bow. So aggressively. Do we do it? Oh, you got it. Oh, you got it. Oh, you got it. I'm going to bow. You got it. Oh, you got it. Oh, you got it. Oh, you got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. Go me the side. Do thank you guys so much. Thank you very much. So nice tomorrow. We will go take your shooting. No. Did you guys get cowboy hats made? Or what did you do? Cowboy hopped. We just fitted. No, I just like Google. Yeah, we'll take him. Billy's. Yeah, we'll take him to Billy's or that. Is that the one in Bernie? The one like right there. Down there. We'll take you for real cowboy hats. Yeah. We're going to fit you and get him made. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So cool. So cool. So cool. We'll get you true, true, proper American cowboy hats. What do you think? Take him to the shop tomorrow. Yeah. You guys want to go to the gun shop? Gun museum. And then go cowboy hats. You can pick out anything you want to shoot. Wow. Anything you want. Take it off the wall. We'll take it off. Okay. Is that fun? I try. Okay. Good. Yeah. This will be a blast. This will count as part of your date. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Okay. Well, this has been an absolute pleasure. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Guido What no, what's that they're gonna go there? What are they gonna Google how do they find you what's your Instagram and everything? Boom put it up chase or whoever's editing this I love you But put up their social media so they can find it is at the only place and there's that Instagram YouTube Tiktok All of them. Yes. We'll put the links right here and then down below Y'all killed it. Thank you so much No, and what tomorrow we'll make a we'll we'll have an episode of shoot and guns do And then tonight we're gonna give you a couple drinks so we can hear more taxi drivers Roger After three I have another story of a story It's just for us Close the side you beautiful Introduction of a story I'll give you a little bit of a story, okay when I was in Hawaii work does Manager of a surfboard shop the second shop from the surfboard shop. There was a strip show place Okay, one day I went there and there was a stage And I think it was a Korean Uma, which hold this appeared on the stage And like this She was wearing Japanese kimono, and she was holding a ball full of ball legs I wonder what you want to use a ball to X-form Told the audience all the guys, hey you guys open your mouth wide open I didn't know what she asked for and she's screened down like this I picked one of the ball legs and put the ball to X into her place and she Deep breathing Ah That was a crazy thing I have seen my life America is the land of opportunity Crazy opportunity Amazing My face hurts from laughing I don't know how she trained to do it I also have some ideas Cody ready call it out Thank you for joining the sign podcast I was going to day by you like the whole set How did it all please About you You're a double tap King true out for me. I'm not a brand new to myself. Don't it operator. 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