1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:04,433 - SAM: Welcome to episode four of our seven-day race across Japan. 2 00:00:04,433 --> 00:00:07,033 After two and a half days of trains, boats, and challenges, 3 00:00:07,033 --> 00:00:09,166 both teams have now converged in Ōsaka 4 00:00:09,166 --> 00:00:11,683 at the exact same time. 5 00:00:11,683 --> 00:00:14,116 Last episode, Tom and Adam managed to claw their way back 6 00:00:14,116 --> 00:00:17,333 from a brutal day one by skipping the Kagawa Prefecture, 7 00:00:17,333 --> 00:00:18,966 nailing a challenge in Okayama, 8 00:00:18,966 --> 00:00:22,016 and finally clearing Hyōgo with a well-timed Curse. 9 00:00:22,016 --> 00:00:23,233 Now the teams are tied, 10 00:00:23,233 --> 00:00:25,750 and we're all jostling to get out of Ōsaka first. 11 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:27,516 The obvious challenge to clear this prefecture 12 00:00:27,516 --> 00:00:30,283 is to build a house of cards at the gassho-zukuri house. 13 00:00:30,283 --> 00:00:32,483 There happens to be a few right in the middle of the city, 14 00:00:32,483 --> 00:00:34,250 so both teams have made a beeline there. 15 00:00:34,250 --> 00:00:35,966 Adam and Tom beat us by a few minutes 16 00:00:35,966 --> 00:00:37,300 by calling a taxi with an app, 17 00:00:37,300 --> 00:00:38,966 and had enough time to attempt the challenge 18 00:00:38,966 --> 00:00:40,366 while we were stuck in line. 19 00:00:40,366 --> 00:00:41,750 But they failed. 20 00:00:42,033 --> 00:00:43,583 Now they have to wait 30 minutes 21 00:00:43,583 --> 00:00:45,600 before making another official attempt, 22 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,166 and Ben and I just arrived at the challenge site. 23 00:00:48,233 --> 00:00:48,966 I think they're down. 24 00:00:48,966 --> 00:00:50,350 - BEN: Looks like, yeah, they're over here. 25 00:00:52,866 --> 00:00:53,850 - Howdy, boys. 26 00:00:54,233 --> 00:00:54,966 - BEN: There you are. 27 00:00:54,966 --> 00:00:55,816 - SAM: How's it been? 28 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:57,950 - Well, who wants to put up an attempt first? 29 00:00:57,950 --> 00:00:58,716 - That's the question. 30 00:00:58,716 --> 00:01:00,200 - SAM: How about you get practicing here? 31 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:00,750 - Yeah. 32 00:01:01,733 --> 00:01:02,566 - Here, give me some too. 33 00:01:02,566 --> 00:01:04,050 Here, we can both practice. 34 00:01:05,050 --> 00:01:06,550 - One, two. 35 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:08,333 If you haven't gotten up, that would've been it. 36 00:01:08,750 --> 00:01:10,866 - (chuckles) You're better at this than I am. 37 00:01:13,366 --> 00:01:15,983 - Okay, okay. Two, three. 38 00:01:15,983 --> 00:01:17,133 - BEN: Are they going for it? 39 00:01:17,633 --> 00:01:19,066 - Wind. - Wind. 40 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:20,183 - That wasn't an attempt. 41 00:01:20,183 --> 00:01:21,216 - No? Okay. 42 00:01:21,216 --> 00:01:22,550 - This wind is gonna be killer. 43 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:25,100 - Pretty cool house. - Pretty cool house. 44 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:27,650 How have your adventures been? 45 00:01:27,783 --> 00:01:30,666 - You know, a lot better today than sort of some of the other days. 46 00:01:30,666 --> 00:01:31,516 - BEN: Yeah. 47 00:01:31,516 --> 00:01:32,300 - How was fishing? 48 00:01:32,516 --> 00:01:33,983 - (cracks up) Unpleasant. 49 00:01:34,183 --> 00:01:36,550 - We learned the value of giving up early. 50 00:01:36,733 --> 00:01:40,066 - The thing is, we did almost catch a fish three times. 51 00:01:40,183 --> 00:01:41,966 - What is almost catching a fish? 52 00:01:41,966 --> 00:01:44,733 - As in, if it had moved six inches closer to my net, 53 00:01:44,733 --> 00:01:46,083 I'd have had it. - Okay, yeah. 54 00:01:46,083 --> 00:01:48,716 Well, by that measure, I caught about 1,000 fish. 55 00:01:48,716 --> 00:01:49,833 (laughs) 56 00:01:51,333 --> 00:01:53,350 - Sounds like they may be closer— - One, two... 57 00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:54,500 Wind. - The wind. 58 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:55,716 The wind is brutal. 59 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:57,833 - But the wind is also changing direction regularly. 60 00:01:57,833 --> 00:01:59,333 - I think that in this corridor... 61 00:02:16,950 --> 00:02:17,600 - What? 62 00:02:19,083 --> 00:02:20,883 I'm gonna do a quick survey of spots, Ben. 63 00:02:20,883 --> 00:02:21,666 - Okay. 64 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:25,800 - Wha— Remind me why we did this 65 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,200 as a 30-minute timeout if you fail challenge? 66 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,133 - Thought it would be funny. 67 00:02:29,133 --> 00:02:31,266 - Just to be clear, it's only seven cards, right? 68 00:02:31,266 --> 00:02:33,066 You just... - Yeah. 69 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:34,150 - We're not shoring it up? 70 00:02:34,333 --> 00:02:35,150 - Yeah. 71 00:02:35,483 --> 00:02:37,133 - SAM: I'm checking my options. 72 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,016 - It's fun to see you guys. 73 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:39,666 - SAM: Yeah. 74 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:41,233 - Have you been having a cool time? 75 00:02:41,233 --> 00:02:41,933 - Yeah. 76 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:46,600 Ben. 77 00:02:46,950 --> 00:02:48,433 Adam's spot is definitely better. 78 00:02:49,150 --> 00:02:50,583 - Adam, how's it going in here? 79 00:02:51,216 --> 00:02:51,950 - All good. 80 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:55,383 - BEN: It's head-to-head. 81 00:02:55,550 --> 00:02:57,516 - Okay, well I'm not gonna break the wind for you. 82 00:02:57,850 --> 00:02:59,166 - Don't like that phrase. 83 00:02:59,166 --> 00:03:00,483 (Ben chuckles) 84 00:03:05,766 --> 00:03:07,566 - I am not stable right now. 85 00:03:07,933 --> 00:03:09,466 - BEN: How you feeling, Sam? 86 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:15,183 - BEN: The wind. 87 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,233 - (sighs) Wind. 88 00:03:19,416 --> 00:03:21,766 It whis— The wind just constantly changes direction 89 00:03:21,766 --> 00:03:23,250 and whistles down through this corridor. 90 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:24,850 - Alright, Ben, come here. - Okay. 91 00:03:29,283 --> 00:03:31,600 I dunno. I feel like you're kinda better at it than I am. 92 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,333 I (bleep)-in' suck at this thing. 93 00:03:33,333 --> 00:03:35,350 - Well, we can both practice, but like... 94 00:03:35,783 --> 00:03:36,916 ...do we fail? 95 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:38,000 - I'm just saying. 96 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,750 What is your level of confidence on completing this? 97 00:03:40,750 --> 00:03:42,133 - Relatively low. 98 00:03:42,133 --> 00:03:43,216 - We could bail. 99 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:45,416 - That's been our lesson so far. 100 00:03:46,083 --> 00:03:48,083 - TOM: (hushed) Adam! How long? 101 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:49,766 - Like 20 more minutes. 102 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:51,600 (sputters) 103 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,616 - TOM: Are you gonna be the one doing it? 104 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,133 - Yeah, I'm good. 105 00:03:55,366 --> 00:03:56,766 - How do you feel about your strawberry farm? 106 00:03:56,766 --> 00:03:58,400 - I dunno, that doesn't feel the hardest thing to me. 107 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,183 It's a 30-minute penalty. It's the same as this. 108 00:04:00,316 --> 00:04:03,200 It's further, but like, I think we can go to this one. 109 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,116 It's a three-minute taxi. 110 00:04:05,116 --> 00:04:07,100 Who knows? Like, is it gonna be open today? 111 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:08,383 Do they have strawberries left? Et cetera. 112 00:04:08,683 --> 00:04:09,450 What do you think? 113 00:04:09,450 --> 00:04:11,616 - If we are going to bail, 114 00:04:11,616 --> 00:04:14,166 there is no harm in us making one attempt. 115 00:04:14,566 --> 00:04:15,316 - That's true. 116 00:04:15,416 --> 00:04:16,983 And maybe pressuring them too. 117 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:18,533 Okay. 118 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:26,383 - BEN: Hmm. 119 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:28,900 - ADAM: Isn't it— It really does look like the house, doesn't it? 120 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:30,900 - BEN: It really does, yeah. - ADAM: Kinda fun. 121 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:33,850 - BEN: Adam's figured out a strat where he bends the cards, Sam. 122 00:04:33,850 --> 00:04:34,633 - Uh-huh. 123 00:04:37,883 --> 00:04:38,983 That would've been valid. 124 00:04:39,416 --> 00:04:40,700 - BEN: What? - That would've been valid. 125 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:42,416 - It would've been barely valid. 126 00:04:45,050 --> 00:04:46,100 - BEN: I think go for it. 127 00:04:46,366 --> 00:04:47,866 - Alright, this is a legal attempt. 128 00:04:47,866 --> 00:04:48,783 - TOM: Oh. 129 00:04:49,583 --> 00:04:51,150 - Okay, I'm not blocking the wind for you. 130 00:04:51,150 --> 00:04:53,016 - Yeah, nope, nope. - I'll move over here. 131 00:04:53,016 --> 00:04:54,450 - BEN: I'll get you from this angle. 132 00:04:54,450 --> 00:04:55,183 - TOM: Okay. 133 00:04:55,516 --> 00:04:57,216 This is a legal attempt. Here he goes. 134 00:04:57,983 --> 00:04:59,450 Let's go! - ADAM: Let's go. 135 00:04:59,450 --> 00:05:00,816 - That was the wind. (Ben laughs) 136 00:05:03,650 --> 00:05:05,533 - BEN: (snorts) Okay. Okay, okay. 137 00:05:05,533 --> 00:05:07,533 - Okay. So I can now tell them. 138 00:05:07,533 --> 00:05:08,666 - No, well, don't tell them anything. 139 00:05:08,666 --> 00:05:09,566 They don't need to know anything. 140 00:05:09,916 --> 00:05:10,983 - What do you wanna tell us? 141 00:05:10,983 --> 00:05:11,966 - They don't need to know anything. 142 00:05:11,966 --> 00:05:12,650 - Okay. 143 00:05:12,650 --> 00:05:14,166 - Oh, you failed your first one. 144 00:05:14,166 --> 00:05:15,450 - You don't— There's no information 145 00:05:15,450 --> 00:05:16,666 that's required of you. (Tom chuckles) 146 00:05:16,666 --> 00:05:18,183 - Oh, that's dastardly! 147 00:05:18,183 --> 00:05:19,016 - SAM: Devious. 148 00:05:19,016 --> 00:05:20,050 (Ben gasps) 149 00:05:20,050 --> 00:05:22,283 Oh my god, Sam, let's go! 150 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:25,583 - Good news. We have 15 minutes left. 151 00:05:25,933 --> 00:05:27,466 - BEN: They tricked us good. 152 00:05:27,466 --> 00:05:28,433 - Wait, what are they doing? 153 00:05:28,433 --> 00:05:29,683 - Wait, we're allowed to reattempt. 154 00:05:29,683 --> 00:05:31,450 Where are they going? - I don't know. 155 00:05:31,450 --> 00:05:33,033 - Are they gonna do a different challenge? 156 00:05:33,033 --> 00:05:34,316 - I don't know what their plan is. 157 00:05:34,316 --> 00:05:36,233 - Do you think they're going to the strawberry farm? 158 00:05:36,233 --> 00:05:37,900 - Okay, should we go to the strawberry farm? 159 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:39,050 - BEN: Let's go to the strawberry farm. 160 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:41,283 Honestly, it seems like they've got this one down. 161 00:05:41,283 --> 00:05:42,633 - TOM: Interesting. 162 00:05:42,833 --> 00:05:44,966 Why would you do that? 163 00:05:44,966 --> 00:05:45,683 - I don't know. 164 00:05:45,683 --> 00:05:47,416 - TOM: Hold on. Okay, okay, okay, okay. 165 00:05:47,550 --> 00:05:50,566 If they think that having got here with the wind, 166 00:05:50,566 --> 00:05:53,783 that this is impossible with a half-hour timeout, 167 00:05:53,783 --> 00:05:55,350 maybe they're like, "We're going to the strawberry field." 168 00:05:55,350 --> 00:05:56,316 - Maybe in a half hour 169 00:05:56,316 --> 00:05:58,716 they could basically get to the strawberry field. 170 00:05:58,716 --> 00:06:00,633 - I guess. - So they figure, why bother? 171 00:06:00,766 --> 00:06:01,900 - TOM: Do you wanna keep practicing, 172 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:03,616 or do you just wanna go for it in a few minutes? 173 00:06:03,616 --> 00:06:04,450 - 13 minutes. 174 00:06:04,450 --> 00:06:06,000 I think let's take a little break. - TOM: Yeah. 175 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,883 - And then we can reattempt in a bit. 176 00:06:07,883 --> 00:06:09,300 - Well, at least we know that, like, 177 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:12,166 it's gonna be a while for them to get their next attempt. 178 00:06:13,450 --> 00:06:14,333 Hi. - DRIVER: Konnichiwa. 179 00:06:14,333 --> 00:06:15,033 - Konnichiwa. 180 00:06:16,916 --> 00:06:19,016 - Okay, praying this place has strawberries. 181 00:06:19,016 --> 00:06:20,216 - Yeah. I mean... 182 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,250 it definitely has had (cracks up) strawberries to pick. 183 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:25,666 Does it now? 184 00:06:33,883 --> 00:06:36,533 - Honestly, Tom, this is a really good opportunity 185 00:06:36,533 --> 00:06:37,833 to talk about what we do next. 186 00:06:37,833 --> 00:06:41,016 Because the next decision is huge. 187 00:06:41,016 --> 00:06:41,933 - It is. 188 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,550 - Basically, from here, 189 00:06:44,550 --> 00:06:45,850 we'll have to go through Kyōto. 190 00:06:45,850 --> 00:06:48,516 But then after that, the potential paths really diverge. 191 00:06:48,516 --> 00:06:50,266 - They do. - I mean, you can go north 192 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:51,733 along the Sea of Japan, 193 00:06:51,733 --> 00:06:54,733 or you can go sort of more south and go through Tokyo. 194 00:06:54,733 --> 00:06:57,250 - I, entirely on vibes, 195 00:06:57,883 --> 00:06:59,400 prefer the northern route. 196 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,550 It is fewer prefectures and fewer challenges. 197 00:07:01,550 --> 00:07:03,100 - Yeah. - But it is more sparse. 198 00:07:03,266 --> 00:07:05,750 - Sort of north of, like, Tokyo area, 199 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:09,050 the Shinkansens along Sea of Japan disappear. 200 00:07:09,050 --> 00:07:10,483 - But if they have a limited express, 201 00:07:10,483 --> 00:07:11,183 we've learned that— 202 00:07:11,183 --> 00:07:12,466 - They have a limited express, which is decent. 203 00:07:12,466 --> 00:07:13,683 - As long as it's not slow stopping trains, 204 00:07:13,683 --> 00:07:15,283 and that means we don't need cards for it either. 205 00:07:15,616 --> 00:07:17,333 What's the argument for the southern route? 206 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:19,233 - It has Shinkansen coverage all the way up. 207 00:07:19,433 --> 00:07:23,233 - The southern path is way more populated. 208 00:07:23,550 --> 00:07:24,583 I think there are more challenges, 209 00:07:24,583 --> 00:07:25,900 but you'll be able to do them quicker. 210 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:29,483 But you're gonna have to stop every so often to do a challenge. 211 00:07:29,483 --> 00:07:31,183 - Yeah. I mean, the thing is, 212 00:07:31,183 --> 00:07:32,883 some of these prefectures are landlocked, 213 00:07:32,883 --> 00:07:34,883 and there are a few cards that help, you know, 214 00:07:34,883 --> 00:07:36,750 clear landlocked prefectures. - Alright, alright. 215 00:07:36,750 --> 00:07:37,933 What does your gut say? 216 00:07:37,933 --> 00:07:39,916 - My instinct is... 217 00:07:40,133 --> 00:07:41,183 ...north. 218 00:07:41,183 --> 00:07:41,916 - So is mine. 219 00:07:42,083 --> 00:07:43,900 - Barring any further information 220 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:46,850 about cards we draw or things they do, 221 00:07:46,850 --> 00:07:48,766 leading assumption: north. Does that sound good? 222 00:07:48,766 --> 00:07:49,283 - Yeah. 223 00:07:49,450 --> 00:07:50,233 - Okay. 224 00:07:50,233 --> 00:07:51,783 Tom, I'm gonna get in a few attempts. 225 00:07:51,783 --> 00:07:52,750 - Six minutes. 226 00:07:54,383 --> 00:07:55,366 This is a practice. 227 00:07:55,566 --> 00:07:56,566 - Feeling wind, so I wait. 228 00:07:56,566 --> 00:07:57,533 - TOM: Feeling wind, so you wait. 229 00:07:58,016 --> 00:07:59,150 - Okay. - Good. 230 00:07:59,150 --> 00:08:00,266 - A little bit of speed. 231 00:08:00,266 --> 00:08:00,883 - TOM: Good. 232 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,300 Five, four, three, two, one. 233 00:08:06,750 --> 00:08:07,900 - That would've been it. - TOM: Yes. 234 00:08:08,216 --> 00:08:09,566 That would've been it. 235 00:08:09,566 --> 00:08:10,483 - Here's the thing, Sam. 236 00:08:10,483 --> 00:08:12,566 If this place doesn't have strawberries, 237 00:08:12,566 --> 00:08:14,250 I feel like maybe they would be able to tell us 238 00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:17,500 if there is a place in Ōsaka where we can pick strawberries. 239 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:18,083 - Yeah. 240 00:08:18,083 --> 00:08:20,766 - They'd be in sort of the strawberry community. 241 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:22,333 It can't be that busy. 242 00:08:22,333 --> 00:08:23,216 - It's a Saturday. 243 00:08:23,216 --> 00:08:24,583 - It's a strawberry farm. 244 00:08:24,583 --> 00:08:26,483 Who's swarming a strawberry farm? 245 00:08:26,683 --> 00:08:28,483 - This says there's, like, a waiting list. 246 00:08:28,783 --> 00:08:30,366 - There's a waiting list? 247 00:08:30,366 --> 00:08:32,116 - There's no reservations showing today. 248 00:08:32,116 --> 00:08:34,750 Even if it was tomorrow, first of all, it's booked up. 249 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:37,033 Second of all, it ends at 2. 250 00:08:38,316 --> 00:08:39,933 - Maybe this is not good then. 251 00:08:40,316 --> 00:08:41,983 - Maybe not. - Is there a different one? 252 00:08:41,983 --> 00:08:43,766 - Not anywhere nearby 253 00:08:43,766 --> 00:08:44,816 that's open at least. 254 00:08:44,950 --> 00:08:45,833 Damn it. 255 00:08:45,983 --> 00:08:47,250 We might need to bail. 256 00:08:48,516 --> 00:08:49,816 - We could go back. 257 00:08:49,816 --> 00:08:50,966 - But, like, I don't know. 258 00:08:50,966 --> 00:08:52,766 That challenge just seems so hard. 259 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:54,433 - But we can't do strawberry picking, 260 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:56,066 and they're gonna get the challenge. 261 00:08:56,066 --> 00:08:57,400 - Yeah, what else do we do? 262 00:08:58,383 --> 00:09:00,283 - There are rice terraces. 263 00:09:00,450 --> 00:09:02,350 You know, there's one 25 minutes away. 264 00:09:02,350 --> 00:09:04,033 - We need rice. - But we need rice. 265 00:09:04,316 --> 00:09:05,866 - Okay, here's a grocery store. 266 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:07,650 I'm gonna change it on here. - Okay. 267 00:09:07,650 --> 00:09:10,983 We are playing this game fast and loose. 268 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:12,533 - To there? - DRIVER: Uh-huh. 269 00:09:12,533 --> 00:09:13,183 - Yeah? 270 00:09:14,050 --> 00:09:14,983 Arigatō gozaimasu. 271 00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:15,950 Okay. 272 00:09:16,533 --> 00:09:17,350 (Ben giggles) 273 00:09:17,350 --> 00:09:19,516 - If this works, I might actually go for the rice challenge. 274 00:09:19,516 --> 00:09:22,533 - When are we expecting another attempt from our... 275 00:09:22,533 --> 00:09:23,483 - Relatively soon. 276 00:09:23,483 --> 00:09:25,283 - ...sinister boys. 277 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,183 - TOM: 15 seconds. 278 00:09:30,383 --> 00:09:32,416 In your own time, you may attempt. 279 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,683 - Okay. It's been very calm. I'm gonna start. 280 00:09:34,683 --> 00:09:35,950 - TOM: Okay, this is an attempt. 281 00:09:36,483 --> 00:09:37,700 This is an attempt. 282 00:10:00,516 --> 00:10:02,066 (both huff) - Sorry, Tom. 283 00:10:05,433 --> 00:10:06,900 - TOM: It's okay. That's okay. 284 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:07,716 It happens. 285 00:10:08,433 --> 00:10:09,483 Starting the timer. 286 00:10:09,483 --> 00:10:11,750 - That's very frustrating. - TOM: That's very frustrating. 287 00:10:11,950 --> 00:10:14,400 That's okay. We've both done that. 288 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,033 - It's really surprising to me. 289 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:18,950 It hasn't fallen of its own power... 290 00:10:18,950 --> 00:10:20,483 - TOM: Yeah. - ...before. 291 00:10:20,483 --> 00:10:22,633 I imagine it must have just been the nerves. 292 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:23,533 - TOM: Yeah. 293 00:10:25,066 --> 00:10:27,700 Okay, take a break. Take a break. 294 00:10:27,983 --> 00:10:29,616 Do you wanna go and see some more houses? 295 00:10:29,933 --> 00:10:32,333 - Tom, I frankly would love 296 00:10:32,333 --> 00:10:34,350 to go see some more old Japanese houses. 297 00:10:34,350 --> 00:10:36,750 That's sort of exactly my joy. (Tom chuckles) 298 00:10:42,783 --> 00:10:44,133 - It's 3:09. 299 00:10:44,583 --> 00:10:45,583 Still no word. 300 00:10:45,583 --> 00:10:46,650 - I feel like they... 301 00:10:47,466 --> 00:10:49,066 ...did get their second attempt? 302 00:10:49,666 --> 00:10:51,783 - That seems very possible. 303 00:10:51,783 --> 00:10:54,433 I mean, the thing is, like, even if they get really good at it, 304 00:10:54,433 --> 00:10:56,466 one gust of wind 305 00:10:56,466 --> 00:10:59,133 at the right time over and over again 306 00:10:59,133 --> 00:11:01,316 could keep them locked up. 307 00:11:01,316 --> 00:11:02,266 - SAM: Yes, okay. 308 00:11:02,266 --> 00:11:03,300 Thank you. - DRIVER: Thank you. 309 00:11:03,433 --> 00:11:04,533 - Arigatō gozaimasu. 310 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:05,666 - Arigatō gozaimasu. 311 00:11:06,016 --> 00:11:06,533 - SAM: Alright. 312 00:11:08,883 --> 00:11:10,616 - BEN: This grocery store is poppin'. 313 00:11:10,916 --> 00:11:12,783 Okay. - This feels like a rice zone. 314 00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:16,966 There's rice in there. 315 00:11:16,966 --> 00:11:18,216 - BEN: There's gotta be rice. 316 00:11:18,216 --> 00:11:19,783 - There's gotta be OG rice, yeah. 317 00:11:19,783 --> 00:11:21,766 Granola? Granola's kind of like rice. 318 00:11:21,766 --> 00:11:23,866 Cheese strips. No, that's not rice. 319 00:11:24,983 --> 00:11:25,750 Nuts? 320 00:11:26,033 --> 00:11:27,833 How is it this hard to find rice? 321 00:11:28,366 --> 00:11:29,466 In Japan? 322 00:11:29,733 --> 00:11:31,600 - Ah, I mean, come on, man. 323 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:32,950 That is just so cool. 324 00:11:33,350 --> 00:11:34,950 So these are the more, to my understanding, 325 00:11:34,950 --> 00:11:36,583 classic thatched roof houses. 326 00:11:36,583 --> 00:11:39,033 These are less rare than those. 327 00:11:39,033 --> 00:11:40,733 They're still extremely cool, though. 328 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:42,816 Look, if we have to wait out a time penalty, 329 00:11:42,816 --> 00:11:44,433 this is sort of one of the most awesome 330 00:11:44,433 --> 00:11:46,033 possible places you can do it. 331 00:11:46,033 --> 00:11:48,433 - TOM: Yeah, I can feel my heart rate going back down. 332 00:11:48,616 --> 00:11:50,750 - This is sort of exactly my jam. 333 00:11:50,750 --> 00:11:52,983 - I think what I've learned on this trip so far, Adam, 334 00:11:52,983 --> 00:11:55,116 is that you and I have very different jams. 335 00:11:55,116 --> 00:11:56,216 - You don't think that— 336 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:58,400 Old Japanese houses aren't your jam? 337 00:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,283 - Not really. 338 00:11:59,283 --> 00:12:01,866 Floodway construction and infrastructure isn't your jam. 339 00:12:02,283 --> 00:12:03,950 Ooh, boats. 340 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:04,850 - ADAM: Boat. 341 00:12:05,266 --> 00:12:06,200 That would count. 342 00:12:06,466 --> 00:12:07,333 - TOM: Ooh, windmill. 343 00:12:07,333 --> 00:12:08,266 Windmill, windmill, windmill. 344 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,533 I'm going on a brief diversion to the windmill. 345 00:12:09,533 --> 00:12:11,133 - So the windmill does it for you? - Yes! 346 00:12:11,133 --> 00:12:12,050 Yeah, infrastructure. 347 00:12:12,050 --> 00:12:13,483 - That's so interesting. 348 00:12:14,350 --> 00:12:17,033 - TOM: I recognise that houses are also infrastructure, but... 349 00:12:17,033 --> 00:12:18,600 The windmill from Sakai. 350 00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:21,516 "At the southern district of Ōsaka, we had a lot of windmills 351 00:12:21,516 --> 00:12:23,283 "in order to pump up the underground water 352 00:12:23,283 --> 00:12:24,650 "about 85 years ago. 353 00:12:24,650 --> 00:12:27,816 700 windmills at its peak. None remain." 354 00:12:28,766 --> 00:12:29,633 Nice. 355 00:12:31,133 --> 00:12:32,266 - Does that look ricey? 356 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:34,833 No, this is, like, snacky. 357 00:12:35,016 --> 00:12:37,250 - BEN: Turns out it's a lot harder to navigate a grocery store 358 00:12:37,250 --> 00:12:38,616 when you don't speak the language at all. 359 00:12:38,616 --> 00:12:39,483 - Yeah. 360 00:12:39,650 --> 00:12:41,516 - BEN: All ramen. 361 00:12:44,066 --> 00:12:45,316 This is rice. 362 00:12:45,716 --> 00:12:46,666 Sam? 363 00:12:47,483 --> 00:12:48,266 - SAM: Oh, yeah. 364 00:12:48,266 --> 00:12:49,450 Alright, let's go check out. 365 00:12:49,450 --> 00:12:51,016 - VOICE: Please scan your barcode. 366 00:12:56,250 --> 00:12:58,566 - I feel some wind, but... 367 00:12:58,566 --> 00:12:59,833 - TOM: Yep, that was wind. 368 00:13:00,116 --> 00:13:01,850 - I'm not gonna let it shake my confidence. 369 00:13:02,050 --> 00:13:04,783 - TOM: By the time you're ready, we're good for an attempt. 370 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:06,633 - It's pretty calm now. 371 00:13:07,183 --> 00:13:08,300 I think let's go for it. 372 00:13:08,300 --> 00:13:09,150 - TOM: Okay. 373 00:13:09,533 --> 00:13:10,483 Whenever you're ready. 374 00:13:22,066 --> 00:13:24,500 Mhm. - Oh, saved it, okay. 375 00:13:51,866 --> 00:13:52,900 - Five. 376 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:53,866 Four. 377 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:54,800 Three. 378 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,783 Two. 379 00:13:55,783 --> 00:13:56,633 One. 380 00:13:56,633 --> 00:13:57,716 Zero. 381 00:13:57,716 --> 00:13:58,966 Let's go! (Adam sighs) 382 00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:15,033 (breathes slowly) 383 00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:17,116 - Well done, Adam. 384 00:14:17,116 --> 00:14:19,750 Very well done. - And there it goes, knocked over. 385 00:14:19,750 --> 00:14:21,900 - TOM: Let's get out of here. Let's go. 386 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:23,000 I'm gonna text them. 387 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:25,983 - Oh, I'm shaking. Oh. 388 00:14:25,983 --> 00:14:27,233 - Oh, yeah. I'm not surprised. 389 00:14:28,333 --> 00:14:29,266 - They got it. 390 00:14:30,133 --> 00:14:31,716 - Okay. Well... 391 00:14:31,883 --> 00:14:34,083 - Let's not leave here until we see what generates. 392 00:14:34,083 --> 00:14:35,333 - Let's see the new challenge. 393 00:14:35,516 --> 00:14:36,783 - Ah, man. 394 00:14:36,783 --> 00:14:38,566 That is, I mean, I have to be honest, 395 00:14:38,566 --> 00:14:40,800 the high of nailing a challenge - Oh, yeah. 396 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,433 - at the house that I sort of got hyperfixated on 397 00:14:44,433 --> 00:14:46,750 when I was doing the research for this season, 398 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:48,150 (both giggle) is sort of... 399 00:14:48,150 --> 00:14:49,900 - I'm glad it was you that got it. - unbelievable for me. 400 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:52,150 - That puts us, I think, definitively in the lead. 401 00:14:52,583 --> 00:14:53,816 Okay. New challenge for them. 402 00:14:53,816 --> 00:14:54,950 I say, to them. 403 00:14:55,133 --> 00:14:56,433 - Yeah, for both of us. - They're gonna need it. 404 00:14:56,433 --> 00:14:58,633 - Taste test conveyor belt sushi. 405 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:01,433 - SAM: Taste test conveyor belt sushi. 406 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:03,200 Go to any conveyor belt sushi restaurant 407 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,150 and order three pieces of sushi at varying price points. 408 00:15:06,150 --> 00:15:08,716 Your partner, blindfolded, must try all of them 409 00:15:08,716 --> 00:15:11,433 and rank them on how expensive they believe them to be. 410 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:12,600 If they are incorrect, 411 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,933 you must try again at a different sushi place. 412 00:15:15,716 --> 00:15:17,166 - This is actually a pretty doable one, 413 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:18,416 which is a bit of a shame. 414 00:15:18,416 --> 00:15:20,616 They will probably turn around and deal with that. 415 00:15:20,616 --> 00:15:21,950 - Yeah, that's doable in any city. 416 00:15:21,950 --> 00:15:24,033 - Oh, taste test conveyor belt sushi. 417 00:15:24,033 --> 00:15:25,533 - BEN: Okay. Oh, we can do that. - Oh, I— 418 00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:27,233 Let's pray. - BEN: Let's give up on this. 419 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,550 - Let's pray there's conveyor belt sushi in here. 420 00:15:29,550 --> 00:15:30,933 - It's— We're in Ōsaka. 421 00:15:30,933 --> 00:15:33,183 - Okay. There's definitely conveyor belt sushi. 422 00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:34,000 - Yeah, where— 423 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,050 - A nine-minute walk away. 424 00:15:35,116 --> 00:15:36,400 - Nine-minute walk away? 425 00:15:36,683 --> 00:15:38,933 Nine-minute walk away is pretty good. 426 00:15:39,183 --> 00:15:40,033 - Ohh. 427 00:15:40,566 --> 00:15:41,800 That's what we needed. 428 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,533 - Alright. While we're waiting for the cab, 429 00:15:43,533 --> 00:15:44,966 three cards! 430 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:48,333 One, two, three. 431 00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:50,333 - What have we got? - First up... 432 00:15:50,916 --> 00:15:52,350 Shinkansen, 45 minutes. 433 00:15:52,350 --> 00:15:53,350 - 45 minutes, not too bad. - Not gonna complain. 434 00:15:53,350 --> 00:15:54,316 - Not bad at all. - Not gonna complain. 435 00:15:54,316 --> 00:15:56,466 If we're taking the northern route, possibly not as useful. 436 00:15:56,466 --> 00:15:57,250 - Yeah. 437 00:15:57,900 --> 00:15:59,883 - Unlock a prefecture that your opponents unlocked. 438 00:15:59,883 --> 00:16:01,600 We are now in the lead. 439 00:16:01,850 --> 00:16:03,166 - But it's always nice to have. 440 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:04,550 - It's always nice to have. 441 00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:06,516 Shinkansen, 45 minutes. - Okay. 442 00:16:06,516 --> 00:16:08,050 We've drawn really quite well. 443 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,383 - We really have. Okay. 444 00:16:09,383 --> 00:16:10,350 What's your take? 445 00:16:10,883 --> 00:16:13,150 - If we fail, we have to re-attempt at a different one, but... 446 00:16:13,150 --> 00:16:14,566 it's not the worst thing in the world. 447 00:16:14,566 --> 00:16:16,000 - BEN: I mean, we're in Ōsaka. 448 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,083 There's gonna be a million. 449 00:16:17,083 --> 00:16:18,983 - There's just not necessarily a million 450 00:16:18,983 --> 00:16:20,350 conveniently around here. 451 00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:22,516 And it doesn't take long for them to get to the next prefecture, 452 00:16:22,516 --> 00:16:24,250 so I worry that they nab this. 453 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,883 - BEN: Do you wanna Curse it, lock it down? 454 00:16:28,183 --> 00:16:29,950 - SAM: Curse of the Forbidden Quest. 455 00:16:29,950 --> 00:16:32,950 Play this Curse in response to a new challenge entering the board. 456 00:16:32,950 --> 00:16:35,816 That challenge cannot be attempted by the opposing team. 457 00:16:36,416 --> 00:16:38,033 We need to use that Curse. 458 00:16:38,033 --> 00:16:40,683 If we don't, we discard... 459 00:16:40,683 --> 00:16:42,983 - BEN: Maybe the Curse of the Golden Carriage or something. 460 00:16:42,983 --> 00:16:44,250 - 'Cause don't we need everything else 461 00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:45,466 for our magical move? 462 00:16:45,466 --> 00:16:46,150 - BEN: Yes. 463 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:48,050 - It's not a great usage of it, but... 464 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:49,900 - BEN: But it buys us some breathing room. 465 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:51,216 I think let's use it. 466 00:16:51,216 --> 00:16:52,383 - I think it's worth it, 467 00:16:52,383 --> 00:16:53,800 'cause I think we want Golden Carriage, 468 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,716 because that really is important in Hokkaido. 469 00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:58,283 - BEN: Okay, I'm playing it. - And we're in the lead. 470 00:16:58,766 --> 00:17:00,250 - Curse of the Forbidden Quest. 471 00:17:00,616 --> 00:17:02,133 - How far away is the cab? - Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. 472 00:17:02,250 --> 00:17:03,666 - Oh. - They just sent us something. 473 00:17:03,816 --> 00:17:05,700 - Curse of the Forbidden Quest. - Curse of the Forbidden Quest. 474 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,883 Okay. So they're banning us from the sushi. 475 00:17:07,883 --> 00:17:09,416 - They blocked the sushi. That sucks. 476 00:17:09,416 --> 00:17:10,533 - Yeah, 'cause that's a really easy challenge. 477 00:17:10,533 --> 00:17:11,600 - That's a really easy challenge. 478 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:12,900 - And what they're probably gonna do is, 479 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:14,700 they'll do strawberry farm now. - Yeah. 480 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,350 - They'll leave sushi for a time that there's nothing good. 481 00:17:17,350 --> 00:17:18,666 - Oh, that sucks! Okay. 482 00:17:18,666 --> 00:17:19,916 - Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. - We have been Cursed. What? 483 00:17:19,916 --> 00:17:22,200 - We could Curse Reverse it if we wanted to. 484 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,283 - No. No. 485 00:17:23,283 --> 00:17:24,166 - I think it's a waste of the Curse Reverse. 486 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:25,900 No, that's a Curse Rever— That's a waste of the Curse Reverse. 487 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:27,500 I just wanted to bring it up. - That's fair. 488 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:28,700 - I think that's a waste of the Curse Reverse. 489 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:29,650 - I think it is, yes. - Okay. 490 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:31,800 Yeah, we still haven't decided what we're gonna put in our hand. 491 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,200 We can talk about it in the cab. - Okay. 492 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,066 - Konnichiwa. 493 00:17:34,383 --> 00:17:36,066 - (grunts) Arigatō gozaimasu. 494 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,266 - Shin-Ōsaka Eki. - Shin-Ōsaka. 495 00:17:38,466 --> 00:17:40,016 We still have the choice to make. - In terms of what we take... 496 00:17:40,016 --> 00:17:42,000 Here's what I'm... - I... 497 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,233 - thinking. - Okay. 498 00:17:44,116 --> 00:17:47,033 - I want to save this 60-minute Shinkansen 499 00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:49,033 for the last train... 500 00:17:49,033 --> 00:17:50,316 - Yes. - ...in the game. 501 00:17:50,316 --> 00:17:54,666 Because the only train to Hokkaido is a Shinkansen. 502 00:17:54,666 --> 00:17:58,233 - That leaves effectively one Shinkansen card in the hand. 503 00:17:58,233 --> 00:18:00,266 - Yep. - I would like two. 504 00:18:00,683 --> 00:18:02,033 - I agree. I think we take the Shinkansen. 505 00:18:02,033 --> 00:18:03,300 - And we are in the lead. 506 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:04,433 - I think we take the Shinkansen. 507 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,550 - Okay. Take the Shinkansen. Put it in your wallet. 508 00:18:06,550 --> 00:18:07,716 - I think that's good decision-making. 509 00:18:07,716 --> 00:18:09,333 - Put these two back in the deck. 510 00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:11,500 Here's a really annoying thing about that Curse. 511 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,633 As long as they don't do it... 512 00:18:13,633 --> 00:18:14,950 - Yeah, they'll probably save it 'til the end. 513 00:18:14,950 --> 00:18:15,450 - Yeah. 514 00:18:15,450 --> 00:18:16,533 - So Ben, I think... 515 00:18:16,533 --> 00:18:18,550 you're obviously the taste tester here, right? 516 00:18:18,550 --> 00:18:21,200 - BEN: Yeah. Well, you don't even like raw fish. 517 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,300 - I don't even like raw fish. 518 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:24,900 I've had sushi probably two or three times in my life. 519 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:28,750 And I'm also not a Jet Lag undefeated taste tester. 520 00:18:28,750 --> 00:18:29,500 - BEN: True. 521 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:31,516 Well, I'm not that worried about the taste testing. 522 00:18:31,516 --> 00:18:33,466 I guess I'm more worried about my ability 523 00:18:33,466 --> 00:18:35,483 to judge what's gonna be more expensive. 524 00:18:35,750 --> 00:18:37,316 - Have you done conveyor belt sushi before? 525 00:18:37,316 --> 00:18:40,350 - BEN: I've had sushi. Never on a conveyor belt. 526 00:18:40,516 --> 00:18:41,866 Oh, my goodness. 527 00:18:41,866 --> 00:18:43,900 It's quite exciting, actually. 528 00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:46,766 - Thank you. 529 00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:48,733 Oh thank god, they have English. 530 00:18:48,883 --> 00:18:50,216 Okay. Ordered. 531 00:18:50,216 --> 00:18:51,150 - Excellent. 532 00:18:51,150 --> 00:18:52,816 - I don't know what happens next. 533 00:18:52,816 --> 00:18:54,700 - Presumably, it comes. 534 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,266 - SAM: Right. But how do we know it's ours? 535 00:18:57,016 --> 00:18:58,666 - BEN: Well, it's what you ordered. 536 00:18:58,766 --> 00:18:59,866 - So, the next question. 537 00:18:59,866 --> 00:19:01,833 - We need to figure out what we can do in Kyōto. 538 00:19:01,833 --> 00:19:02,700 - Okay. 539 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:04,016 - Tom, I have great news. 540 00:19:04,016 --> 00:19:05,766 There's a soundscape there. - Okay. 541 00:19:05,983 --> 00:19:08,666 - Oh, yes. Oh, this place is so cool, too. 542 00:19:08,666 --> 00:19:11,750 This is the Arishiyama Bamboo Forest in Kyōto. 543 00:19:11,866 --> 00:19:14,716 Some of the sounds are, like, bells that only ring, like... 544 00:19:14,716 --> 00:19:16,383 - Yeah. - once a year. 545 00:19:16,383 --> 00:19:18,650 But this is just wind rustling. - That is a bamboo forest. 546 00:19:18,650 --> 00:19:20,033 All we need to do is record it? 547 00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:21,250 - All we have to do is record it. 548 00:19:21,333 --> 00:19:24,150 And it— And we don't even have to take a Shinkansen there. 549 00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:26,533 - Oh, we don't? - Google Maps recommends... 550 00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:27,500 - Let's do it. 551 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,000 - That's beautiful, Tom. - Let's do it. 552 00:19:30,266 --> 00:19:31,700 - BEN: Oh, wait. Okay. 553 00:19:33,050 --> 00:19:33,733 - Arigatō gozaimasu. 554 00:19:33,866 --> 00:19:36,100 Okay. It did not come on the... 555 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:37,116 - On the conveyor. 556 00:19:37,116 --> 00:19:38,383 - SAM: But look. - The sushis are at— 557 00:19:38,383 --> 00:19:39,533 - SAM: We're technically at a conveyor belt. 558 00:19:39,533 --> 00:19:40,533 Where are the chopsticks? 559 00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:41,766 Do you see chopsticks? 560 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:44,016 - Do I see chopsticks? 561 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,216 - SAM: That's a great question. 562 00:19:46,516 --> 00:19:47,883 - This— Is this one of them? 563 00:19:47,883 --> 00:19:50,133 - SAM: That is one of them. Do you want chopsticks or no? 564 00:19:50,133 --> 00:19:51,550 - No. - SAM: Okay. 565 00:19:51,833 --> 00:19:52,616 - So... 566 00:19:52,966 --> 00:19:55,316 It's wrapped in seaweed. 567 00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,566 It's like a fairly simple piece. 568 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:00,966 To me, it mostly tastes like 569 00:20:00,966 --> 00:20:02,450 seaweed, rice, and... 570 00:20:02,666 --> 00:20:04,316 ...roe. - SAM: What is roe? 571 00:20:04,566 --> 00:20:05,750 - Fish eggs. 572 00:20:06,133 --> 00:20:06,716 - SAM: Oh. 573 00:20:06,966 --> 00:20:08,600 - This one? - SAM: Yep. 574 00:20:09,716 --> 00:20:11,000 - There's a lot going on here. 575 00:20:11,716 --> 00:20:12,800 This one... 576 00:20:18,366 --> 00:20:20,450 It's a very simple piece of sushi. 577 00:20:20,450 --> 00:20:21,583 It's like sashimi. 578 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:24,633 Oh my gosh. 579 00:20:25,150 --> 00:20:26,700 Ah, I think... 580 00:20:29,183 --> 00:20:30,316 This is tamago. 581 00:20:30,316 --> 00:20:32,350 - SAM: What is tamago? - Egg. 582 00:20:32,350 --> 00:20:33,500 Here's my logic. 583 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,166 The tamago is probably the cheapest thing here. 584 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,983 - SAM: For cheap, I think this is gonna be decently obvious. 585 00:20:40,983 --> 00:20:43,000 - Tamago is generally very cheap. 586 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,500 This is a very normal piece of sushi. 587 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:46,533 So it makes sense for it to be in the middle. 588 00:20:46,866 --> 00:20:49,550 - SAM: For mid-priced, I'll go with this. 589 00:20:49,966 --> 00:20:51,816 - And this one, I think you saw fish eggs 590 00:20:51,816 --> 00:20:53,850 and thought, caviar. 591 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:57,866 And thought maybe that's... the most expensive. 592 00:20:58,050 --> 00:21:00,900 - SAM: This evokes expensive. 593 00:21:01,133 --> 00:21:03,216 - But it's possible that this could be more expensive than this, 594 00:21:03,216 --> 00:21:05,300 'cause this was a really simple piece of sushi. 595 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:07,550 But this was only one piece of sushi, 596 00:21:07,550 --> 00:21:09,433 and there were, I think, two here. 597 00:21:09,750 --> 00:21:13,166 So I think that this is cheap, medium, most expensive. 598 00:21:13,616 --> 00:21:14,716 - SAM: Are you locking that in? 599 00:21:14,716 --> 00:21:15,716 - Locking it in. 600 00:21:16,450 --> 00:21:19,250 - SAM: Congratulations, Ben. You've nailed it. 601 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:32,066 You've nailed it. 602 00:21:32,066 --> 00:21:33,350 You're undefeated. 603 00:21:33,533 --> 00:21:35,166 - I remain undefeated. 604 00:21:35,816 --> 00:21:37,150 - Arigatō gozaimasu. 605 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:38,983 This was my snack. (Ben chuckles heartily) 606 00:21:39,183 --> 00:21:41,150 - SAM: This was the only— - You got hamburgers? 607 00:21:41,150 --> 00:21:42,816 - SAM: Yeah. - You got hamburger sushi? 608 00:21:42,816 --> 00:21:44,083 - SAM: Hamburger sushi. 609 00:21:44,083 --> 00:21:46,400 The children's thing, 'cause I don't like raw fish. 610 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,600 - Hamburger. 611 00:21:47,716 --> 00:21:49,466 - ADAM: Wait, challenge complete? 612 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:50,966 - What on earth? - ADAM: What challenge? 613 00:21:50,966 --> 00:21:52,883 What? What ch— What ch— What? 614 00:21:52,883 --> 00:21:53,800 What challenge? 615 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:55,483 - Oh, I know what's out there. 616 00:21:55,783 --> 00:21:57,350 - What? - They've— No, they've stopped. 617 00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:58,866 They've not gone to the strawberry field. 618 00:21:58,866 --> 00:22:00,850 I bet they've just found a chain sushi restaurant, 619 00:22:00,850 --> 00:22:01,883 'cause they're everywhere. 620 00:22:01,883 --> 00:22:03,516 They're at a sushi store. - They're at a damn sushi restaurant? 621 00:22:03,716 --> 00:22:05,816 - They're at a sushi store. - Ohhh. 622 00:22:05,816 --> 00:22:07,116 - Okay, so good news. 623 00:22:07,116 --> 00:22:08,266 That Curse... 624 00:22:08,466 --> 00:22:10,183 - Not done, irrelevant. - Glad we didn't reverse it. 625 00:22:10,183 --> 00:22:11,183 - Yeah, glad we didn't reverse that. 626 00:22:11,183 --> 00:22:12,666 Well, it would've been kinda funny if we reversed it 627 00:22:12,666 --> 00:22:13,716 'cause they were going to the place. 628 00:22:13,716 --> 00:22:15,883 - So we are still ahead. 629 00:22:15,883 --> 00:22:17,400 - I'm thrilled— - With a powerful hand. 630 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,183 - Yeah. - But not by much. 631 00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:21,633 - But we are gonna be able to get to that bamboo forest 632 00:22:21,633 --> 00:22:22,983 before them. - Yeah, we are. 633 00:22:22,983 --> 00:22:24,616 We are at the station. 634 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,150 What time was the train? 635 00:22:26,150 --> 00:22:26,950 - 4:05. 636 00:22:26,950 --> 00:22:28,200 - We have five minutes. 637 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,600 - A special rapid train, Tom. Not a Shinkansen at all. 638 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,300 - Excellent. - So no card for us. 639 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:33,600 - Arigatō gozaimasu. 640 00:22:33,733 --> 00:22:34,566 - Arigatō gozaimasu. 641 00:22:35,683 --> 00:22:36,450 (Tom grunts) 642 00:22:36,683 --> 00:22:38,466 Okay. You know the platform? 643 00:22:38,466 --> 00:22:39,550 - Platform five. 644 00:22:39,550 --> 00:22:41,716 - Platform five, let's do it! 645 00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:43,800 Come on, Adam. Come on! 646 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,466 - ADAM: Tom, we are in the lead. 647 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,150 - Yes, we are. - ADAM: We have taken the lead. 648 00:22:47,150 --> 00:22:47,866 - Come on, let's— 649 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:49,933 - ADAM: Do you believe in miracles? 650 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,116 - Oh, we've made it. 651 00:22:53,383 --> 00:22:54,566 Here's a neat little thing. 652 00:22:55,216 --> 00:22:57,450 That is a standup restaurant 653 00:22:57,450 --> 00:22:58,816 just— - ADAM: On a train platform? 654 00:22:58,816 --> 00:22:59,666 - On the train platform. 655 00:22:59,666 --> 00:23:01,000 And you buy your food ticket 656 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,816 through a vending machine outside with a transit pass. 657 00:23:02,816 --> 00:23:03,800 - ADAM: There she is. - Here we go. 658 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,283 Oh, that is rollin'! 659 00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:09,950 Special Rapid service! 660 00:23:11,450 --> 00:23:14,066 - It's gonna be really awesome when the train starts moving. 661 00:23:14,066 --> 00:23:15,366 Wait, wait, I'm gonna wait 'til the train starts moving. 662 00:23:15,366 --> 00:23:16,350 - Here we go. It's moving. 663 00:23:16,350 --> 00:23:18,300 - Okay. So now, because the train's moving, 664 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:20,283 we're transitioning to the map, right? 665 00:23:20,283 --> 00:23:22,400 And the full-screen map is gonna go 666 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,450 and it's gonna show us pulling ahead of them. 667 00:23:24,450 --> 00:23:26,316 And isn't that gonna be a fun moment 668 00:23:26,316 --> 00:23:27,866 when it happens right now? 669 00:23:30,050 --> 00:23:31,566 - Sam, would you like to pull? 670 00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:33,200 - SAM: Eh, how much do you trust me? 671 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,016 - I don't know. Not that much. 672 00:23:35,950 --> 00:23:36,850 - I can. 673 00:23:39,783 --> 00:23:40,566 - BEN: Okay. 674 00:23:40,566 --> 00:23:41,516 Card number two. 675 00:23:41,516 --> 00:23:42,416 - Mhm. 676 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:47,500 - BEN: Another one of those damn things? 677 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:49,400 Well, we don't need two of 'em. 678 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,233 - This is not terrible. - BEN: No, it's not terrible. 679 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:54,783 In fact, I think that they're certainly gonna beat us there. 680 00:23:54,783 --> 00:23:57,066 - Yeah, but I mean, it would only get us one prefecture over. 681 00:23:57,866 --> 00:23:58,633 Alright. 682 00:23:58,633 --> 00:24:00,050 Quickly wolf those down, and then let's get going. 683 00:24:00,050 --> 00:24:01,183 - Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. 684 00:24:04,166 --> 00:24:05,650 - SAM: Oh wait, we gotta generate a challenge. 685 00:24:07,766 --> 00:24:08,666 - Oh my god. 686 00:24:08,666 --> 00:24:10,100 - Ben, don't, don't. 687 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:11,883 Find a sika deer. 688 00:24:12,416 --> 00:24:13,666 Find a sika deer. 689 00:24:13,666 --> 00:24:15,666 The sika deer, or Japanese deer, 690 00:24:15,666 --> 00:24:17,716 are relatively common across the country. 691 00:24:17,716 --> 00:24:19,750 In some contexts, these deers are considered 692 00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:21,300 messengers of the gods. 693 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:23,000 Find any deer in the wild. 694 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,616 This can include managed areas, 695 00:24:24,616 --> 00:24:27,333 just not zoos or deers in obvious captivity. 696 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,366 - Where's the famous deer place where all the tourists go? 697 00:24:30,366 --> 00:24:31,333 Nara. 698 00:24:31,633 --> 00:24:32,750 - Are we near that? - Yeah. 699 00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:35,183 But it's not really the direction we wanna go. 700 00:24:35,183 --> 00:24:36,416 - Okay, Tom. New challenge. 701 00:24:36,416 --> 00:24:37,500 - New challenge. 702 00:24:37,866 --> 00:24:39,483 - Okay, so, here's something interesting. 703 00:24:39,483 --> 00:24:40,650 - Nara. - So, Nara. 704 00:24:40,650 --> 00:24:41,983 But we don't need to go through Nara. 705 00:24:41,983 --> 00:24:42,966 - We don't need to go through Nara. 706 00:24:42,966 --> 00:24:45,316 - So Nara is famous for— it has a billion deer. 707 00:24:45,316 --> 00:24:47,016 - Yeah. - But I would— Look, Tom. 708 00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:48,750 I would love to go to Nara. 709 00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:49,366 - Yes. Yes. 710 00:24:49,366 --> 00:24:51,716 - But it wouldn't make a lick of sense. 711 00:24:51,716 --> 00:24:53,316 Well, actually, you know what's something else that I'm 712 00:24:53,316 --> 00:24:54,766 that I'm just— No, there's no line. 713 00:24:54,766 --> 00:24:57,700 Kyōto Prefecture touches Fukui. - Yeah. 714 00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:00,700 - And I would love to just avoid Shiga, but we can't. 715 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,300 There's basically, you'd have to backtrack so much. 716 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:03,666 - Yeah, it's big old mountains there, isn't it? 717 00:25:03,666 --> 00:25:04,516 - It's just not worth it. 718 00:25:06,650 --> 00:25:07,583 - Okay. 719 00:25:07,816 --> 00:25:09,466 There's a train in 10 minutes. 720 00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:12,100 It's just under a 10-minute walk back to Shin-Ōsaka. 721 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:14,150 And I guess onward to Kyōto, right? 722 00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:15,000 - BEN: Yep. 723 00:25:15,116 --> 00:25:18,350 - But hey, this was a lot faster than going to the rice fields. 724 00:25:18,533 --> 00:25:19,583 That was a big save. 725 00:25:23,783 --> 00:25:24,783 - BEN: This? 726 00:25:24,783 --> 00:25:26,033 - Yeah, this is us. - BEN: Alright. 727 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,966 - Oh, okay. 728 00:25:29,966 --> 00:25:31,933 - Not our finest smart play. 729 00:25:32,050 --> 00:25:33,783 Not our biggest (bleep)-up. 730 00:25:33,783 --> 00:25:36,383 - I think we probably chose right to bail. 731 00:25:36,383 --> 00:25:37,533 I don't— - I agree. 732 00:25:37,533 --> 00:25:39,516 - I don't think I was getting that on two more attempts. 733 00:25:39,516 --> 00:25:40,350 - Where are they? 734 00:25:40,350 --> 00:25:41,816 - Have they left the station? 735 00:25:41,816 --> 00:25:42,683 - Yeah, but— 736 00:25:42,683 --> 00:25:44,616 - Oh, well they just left 'cause I checked recently. 737 00:25:44,616 --> 00:25:46,350 - Seemingly only a couple minutes ago. 738 00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:48,100 So, we're not that far behind. 739 00:26:02,950 --> 00:26:04,283 - Alright, quick change, Ben. 740 00:26:04,283 --> 00:26:07,350 - BEN: Onward to Kyōto, Sam! 741 00:26:12,116 --> 00:26:13,633 The Special Rapid Service, Ben. 742 00:26:13,633 --> 00:26:14,700 - That's what we want. 743 00:26:19,433 --> 00:26:23,283 They're on their way to that sort of famous bamboo forest. 744 00:26:23,283 --> 00:26:24,883 - Okay, so they're definitely going for the sound. 745 00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:26,533 - Yeah, I mean, it's just so guaranteed 746 00:26:26,533 --> 00:26:30,300 'cause they just have to record the sound of a bamboo forest. 747 00:26:30,416 --> 00:26:34,033 I think we actually have a surprisingly decent way 748 00:26:34,033 --> 00:26:35,683 to do the rice field one. 749 00:26:35,866 --> 00:26:37,983 - Yeah, we'll probably have to do that. 750 00:26:37,983 --> 00:26:40,666 - There seems to be this resort residence of some sort 751 00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:44,083 on the outskirts of the city that has rice fields in its garden. 752 00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:47,016 So I think they're sort of like managed rice fields, 753 00:26:47,016 --> 00:26:49,316 but they fulfill the criteria for the challenge. 754 00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:52,316 We also have rice, so we could just go do that there. 755 00:26:52,516 --> 00:26:53,850 - Yep, that sounds good to me. 756 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,250 - Okay. 757 00:27:05,883 --> 00:27:06,633 Right. 758 00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:08,183 First busy train. 759 00:27:08,566 --> 00:27:10,233 It is rush hour in Kyōto, I guess. - ADAM: Very busy. 760 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:11,483 It's a bit of a walk. 761 00:27:11,483 --> 00:27:13,050 - It is, but that's okay. 762 00:27:13,050 --> 00:27:14,200 - ADAM: No problem. 763 00:27:14,483 --> 00:27:16,966 Wait, wait, Tom. This is Arashiyama Station, right? 764 00:27:16,966 --> 00:27:18,133 - Yeah, the— 765 00:27:18,133 --> 00:27:19,983 - This isn't Uzumasa Station? 766 00:27:19,983 --> 00:27:21,116 - Oh, no. 767 00:27:21,983 --> 00:27:23,750 You know how we said no blunders? 768 00:27:26,683 --> 00:27:28,216 - (deflates) Okay. 769 00:27:28,583 --> 00:27:29,433 - Sorry. 770 00:27:29,433 --> 00:27:31,816 - No, it's fine. No, it's fine. - That was me. That was me. 771 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,350 - No, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. 772 00:27:33,350 --> 00:27:35,083 - Oh my god, it's a fence post error. 773 00:27:35,083 --> 00:27:36,950 We were going seven stops. 774 00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:39,783 On the sign, it said that is stop number seven, 775 00:27:39,966 --> 00:27:43,566 because we started at one, not zero. 776 00:27:43,566 --> 00:27:45,000 That sucks! 777 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,316 - Slows us down, like, 15 minutes. 778 00:27:47,316 --> 00:27:48,700 It's fine. - There's seats just here. 779 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:49,316 - Alright. 780 00:27:49,516 --> 00:27:50,366 - Alright. 781 00:27:50,366 --> 00:27:52,866 They are near a prefecture boundary? 782 00:27:52,866 --> 00:27:55,066 - They just entered Kyōto Prefecture. 783 00:27:55,066 --> 00:27:56,016 - What are they trying to do? 784 00:27:56,016 --> 00:27:57,550 - Even though we got slowed down, 785 00:27:57,550 --> 00:27:59,716 I don't believe that they could beat us there 786 00:27:59,716 --> 00:28:00,533 - No. 787 00:28:10,983 --> 00:28:12,200 - BEN: Alright, Sam. 788 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,733 Well, we made it to Kyōto. 789 00:28:13,733 --> 00:28:15,666 - I think we're, what, 30 minutes behind? 790 00:28:15,666 --> 00:28:17,266 But keep in mind, audience, 791 00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:19,500 we have our mega, mega special 792 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,183 Team Alpha Force way the game moves. 793 00:28:21,183 --> 00:28:23,033 And I don't think they'll see it coming. 794 00:28:27,583 --> 00:28:28,300 - BEN: Ooh. 795 00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:30,850 - We take the 'Foreign Friendly Taxi'? 796 00:28:31,883 --> 00:28:35,216 - BEN: Foreign Friendly Taxi. Yes, that's us. 797 00:28:35,216 --> 00:28:37,133 We are foreign. 798 00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:38,150 Hello. 799 00:28:40,083 --> 00:28:41,266 - Yep, that works. Yep. 800 00:28:41,483 --> 00:28:42,466 - This is gonna be good. 801 00:28:42,466 --> 00:28:44,783 We're gonna get out and... first go. 802 00:28:44,783 --> 00:28:46,000 - I don't doubt you, Ben. 803 00:28:46,533 --> 00:28:48,450 - I don't doubt me either. Although, no. 804 00:28:48,533 --> 00:28:49,616 - No, we're humble kings. - I do. 805 00:28:49,616 --> 00:28:50,933 We doubt ourselves greatly. 806 00:28:50,933 --> 00:28:52,416 - Ben, this is gonna take 20 tries. 807 00:28:52,616 --> 00:28:54,500 - ADAM: Alrighty. - Alright. 808 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:55,733 One more stop. 809 00:29:06,733 --> 00:29:08,516 "Sara"-Arashiyama Station. 810 00:29:08,516 --> 00:29:10,200 From here, the bamboo forest. 811 00:29:10,466 --> 00:29:10,983 Oh! 812 00:29:10,983 --> 00:29:14,166 I mean, I knew this was like a fancy touristy area, but... 813 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:15,383 - ADAM: It's so charming. 814 00:29:16,183 --> 00:29:17,433 Okay, Tom, what I'm gonna do is 815 00:29:17,433 --> 00:29:19,050 I'm gonna unplug our microphones 816 00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:21,483 so that the audience can hear more ambient sound. 817 00:29:21,483 --> 00:29:23,533 - Okay. But that's definitely bamboo ahead. 818 00:29:24,650 --> 00:29:26,450 - SAM: Record an iconic sound. 819 00:29:26,450 --> 00:29:29,000 In 1996, the Japanese government compiled a list 820 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,066 of the "100 Soundscapes of Japan", 821 00:29:31,066 --> 00:29:33,666 100 sounds most representative of the country. 822 00:29:33,666 --> 00:29:35,883 Record one of these sounds. 823 00:29:35,883 --> 00:29:38,133 Your recording must have a clearly audible sound 824 00:29:38,133 --> 00:29:40,250 made by whatever the source in question is, 825 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:42,066 which you did not help create. 826 00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:46,800 (bamboo rustling) 827 00:29:47,416 --> 00:29:49,983 - ADAM: (softly) Ohhh, I hear it. 828 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:52,850 Oh, that's incredible. 829 00:29:53,016 --> 00:29:54,516 (bamboo rustling and clattering) 830 00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:56,966 - Wow, I really— I have to be honest, Tom, 831 00:29:56,966 --> 00:29:58,416 I was a little bit skeptical 832 00:29:58,416 --> 00:30:01,916 of exactly how much of a soundscape bamboo could be, 833 00:30:01,916 --> 00:30:05,633 but it's incredible. It sounds so beautiful. 834 00:30:06,150 --> 00:30:08,350 Like really, here, let's just even stop for a minute. 835 00:30:12,116 --> 00:30:13,500 - (mouthing) Look up there. 836 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,850 - ADAM: Yeah, you can hear it knocking together. 837 00:30:15,850 --> 00:30:17,366 Look at it sway. 838 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:19,883 Wow. 839 00:30:30,016 --> 00:30:33,400 That's a wow moment, Tom. 840 00:30:42,416 --> 00:30:44,150 (Tom mouths inaudibly) 841 00:30:44,150 --> 00:30:45,466 - ADAM: (whispers) Challenge complete. 842 00:30:57,066 --> 00:30:59,200 - Ben, huge surprise(!) 843 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,133 - Oh, they got it? 844 00:31:00,133 --> 00:31:02,850 - They were able to record the bamboo. 845 00:31:02,850 --> 00:31:06,450 I'm so happy that these bamboo consented to being recorded. 846 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:08,916 - Alright, Tom. - Okay. 847 00:31:09,150 --> 00:31:10,483 Now we have a full hand. 848 00:31:10,483 --> 00:31:12,233 So we have the option to... - (sighs) Okay. 849 00:31:12,233 --> 00:31:14,233 - replace a card or play one of these immediately. 850 00:31:14,233 --> 00:31:15,600 Give it a shuffle. - Alright. 851 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,016 (sighs) Go ahead. 852 00:31:17,433 --> 00:31:18,550 - Option one... 853 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,166 Unlock a landlocked prefecture. 854 00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:23,150 Well, immediately if we're taking the northern route... 855 00:31:23,816 --> 00:31:24,933 - Yeah. 856 00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:27,316 - Curse of the Divine Quest. 857 00:31:29,383 --> 00:31:30,933 - SAM: Curse of the Divine Quest. 858 00:31:30,933 --> 00:31:33,933 Play this Curse in response to a new challenge entering the board. 859 00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:36,016 You may look at the next five challenges in the deck 860 00:31:36,016 --> 00:31:38,000 and choose a different one to replace it. 861 00:31:38,850 --> 00:31:41,500 - You wanna actually know my immediate take on this? 862 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,050 - I think we should discard both. 863 00:31:43,050 --> 00:31:44,766 - I don't want either of these. - I don't want either of these. 864 00:31:44,766 --> 00:31:46,766 - I don't think that any of them are better than what we have. 865 00:31:46,766 --> 00:31:47,616 - No. Yeah. 866 00:31:47,616 --> 00:31:49,033 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 867 00:31:49,033 --> 00:31:49,916 Just... 868 00:31:50,183 --> 00:31:51,666 No, we hold the reshuffle in case we need it. 869 00:31:51,666 --> 00:31:52,683 - We'll hold it, and also, 870 00:31:52,683 --> 00:31:54,133 there's about to be a reshuffle in the morning too. 871 00:31:54,133 --> 00:31:55,366 - Yeah, of course there is. Yeah. 872 00:31:55,366 --> 00:31:56,866 - No, I think we don't take them. 873 00:31:56,866 --> 00:31:57,600 - No. - Okay. 874 00:31:57,750 --> 00:31:59,850 - Job done. New challenge. 875 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,066 - (cracks up) Bamboozle in bamboo. 876 00:32:02,883 --> 00:32:04,983 - SAM: Bamboozle in bamboo. 877 00:32:04,983 --> 00:32:06,550 Find a bamboo forest dense enough 878 00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:08,466 that one team member can be completely hidden 879 00:32:08,466 --> 00:32:10,266 by nothing other than bamboo. 880 00:32:10,266 --> 00:32:12,983 Take a photo, and the audience must fail to correctly guess 881 00:32:12,983 --> 00:32:15,500 which part of the photo your team member is in. 882 00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:18,116 - We can't do it. 883 00:32:18,116 --> 00:32:19,483 - We can't do it. - We already unlocked. 884 00:32:19,783 --> 00:32:21,566 (Sam chuckles) - What? 885 00:32:22,266 --> 00:32:24,000 - Bamboozle in bamboo. 886 00:32:24,916 --> 00:32:25,766 - Ha. 887 00:32:25,766 --> 00:32:28,083 - I mean, if we happen to spot some bamboo. 888 00:32:29,066 --> 00:32:32,183 - I honestly, I feel like we've got a good challenge to do. 889 00:32:32,183 --> 00:32:33,300 It's worth three. 890 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:34,633 - Yeah, no, I think we should— I mean— 891 00:32:34,633 --> 00:32:35,300 - Let's just do it. 892 00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:37,866 - If it's going terribly, maybe we can... 893 00:32:37,866 --> 00:32:39,016 But no, I agree. 894 00:32:39,016 --> 00:32:39,966 We should, though, now. 895 00:32:39,966 --> 00:32:42,016 We could complete ours in 15 minutes 896 00:32:42,016 --> 00:32:43,366 if your mouth action is... 897 00:32:43,366 --> 00:32:46,783 - Oh, my mouth is gonna be so fast and accurate. 898 00:32:46,783 --> 00:32:48,766 - So we might actually catch up. - Yeah. 899 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:49,783 - Well... 900 00:32:51,166 --> 00:32:52,066 - Back to Kyōto. 901 00:32:52,250 --> 00:32:53,783 - Back to Kyōto Station, 902 00:32:53,783 --> 00:32:55,600 and we figure out what we're gonna do next on the way. 903 00:32:57,050 --> 00:32:59,333 Well, now is the time... 904 00:33:00,116 --> 00:33:02,500 ...that we probably need to make the call. 905 00:33:02,966 --> 00:33:04,500 - North or south. - North or south. 906 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:05,966 And I think we like north. 907 00:33:06,283 --> 00:33:07,266 - We like north. 908 00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:11,016 - Nothing has happened to our hand or to the challenges 909 00:33:11,016 --> 00:33:13,666 to make me change my opinion about liking north. 910 00:33:13,883 --> 00:33:15,266 Has that happened for you? - No. 911 00:33:15,266 --> 00:33:18,283 We still have 90 minutes in the game day, though, and that— 912 00:33:18,283 --> 00:33:20,133 - We could achieve something in 90 minutes. 913 00:33:20,133 --> 00:33:23,183 We could probably at least make it into Shiga Prefecture. 914 00:33:23,183 --> 00:33:25,200 (sighs) Now, in terms of the challenges 915 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,283 that we could do in Shiga Prefecture – 916 00:33:27,283 --> 00:33:29,233 taste rice at a rice field. - Yep. 917 00:33:29,450 --> 00:33:31,666 - There actually are some rice— Ooh! 918 00:33:31,983 --> 00:33:33,150 - (blurts laugh) Good noise. 919 00:33:33,250 --> 00:33:34,983 - There actually are some rice fields, Tom. 920 00:33:34,983 --> 00:33:35,816 - Okay. 921 00:33:35,816 --> 00:33:39,283 - There are actually some not-that-badly placed rice fields. 922 00:33:39,283 --> 00:33:40,900 - Then I think that's probably what we're doing. 923 00:33:41,316 --> 00:33:43,483 I wonder what they're doing, because... 924 00:33:44,016 --> 00:33:45,833 surely if they had s... 925 00:33:46,166 --> 00:33:48,483 Why are they on a road north? 926 00:33:48,483 --> 00:33:50,916 - I wonder if they're positioning themselves 927 00:33:50,916 --> 00:33:52,800 for strawberries in the morning. 928 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,466 - Or they've spotted a bamboo forest. 929 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,133 - Ohhh. 930 00:33:56,516 --> 00:33:57,633 That could be it. 931 00:34:16,383 --> 00:34:18,283 - Okay. Here's good. 932 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:21,350 - Thank you. - SAM: Thank you very much. 933 00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:22,433 - DRIVER: Have a nice day. - You too. 934 00:34:22,766 --> 00:34:23,983 - I think the fields are right there, 935 00:34:23,983 --> 00:34:25,366 but we need to be able to see them. 936 00:34:25,366 --> 00:34:27,933 Taxi driver's probably wondering what the (bleep) we're doing. 937 00:34:29,033 --> 00:34:30,683 There. See? Rice. 938 00:34:30,916 --> 00:34:31,916 - BEN: Rice. 939 00:34:31,916 --> 00:34:33,583 They're all flooded this time of year. 940 00:34:34,566 --> 00:34:36,400 - SAM: Taste rice at a rice field. 941 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,583 It's peak rice-growing season in Japan. 942 00:34:38,583 --> 00:34:41,066 Visit a field of rice terraces with some rice. 943 00:34:41,066 --> 00:34:42,650 One team member will randomly generate 944 00:34:42,650 --> 00:34:44,600 a number of grains from 3 to 20 945 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,016 and feed them to their teammate, who is blindfolded. 946 00:34:47,016 --> 00:34:50,016 They must correctly determine the number of grains in their mouth. 947 00:34:50,016 --> 00:34:53,033 If they fail, you must wait 10 minutes before trying again. 948 00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:55,766 Alright, Ben. 949 00:34:56,283 --> 00:34:58,316 - You ready to show off your beautiful mouth once again? 950 00:34:58,316 --> 00:34:59,250 I am. Wait. 951 00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:00,816 - Oh. - The camera's gotta see. 952 00:35:01,916 --> 00:35:02,966 - Your mouth? 953 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:04,250 - Okay. 954 00:35:04,416 --> 00:35:05,683 My strat is 955 00:35:05,683 --> 00:35:07,883 I don't think that I'm gonna be able to just, like, 956 00:35:07,883 --> 00:35:11,150 feel around and be like, "Yeah, it's 12." 957 00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:13,216 But I think if I can move them 958 00:35:13,216 --> 00:35:15,616 from one part of my mouth to another 959 00:35:15,616 --> 00:35:19,900 and store them, then I can account for all of them. 960 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:22,100 - Alright. I'm gonna generate the random number. 961 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,900 - So this is the number of grains of rice 962 00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:27,600 that I've— are gonna go in my maw. 963 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,266 - SAM: We're gonna hope it's really low. 964 00:35:29,450 --> 00:35:31,316 - Yeah. I think the lower the better. 965 00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:35,950 - Alright. 966 00:35:35,950 --> 00:35:38,366 - Going into my... mind palace here. 967 00:35:38,366 --> 00:35:40,000 - Okay. That's good. 968 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,350 I'm counting. 969 00:35:47,350 --> 00:35:48,283 - Okay. 970 00:35:48,983 --> 00:35:51,633 I was standing with my mouth open like a moron. 971 00:35:51,633 --> 00:35:53,316 - I think we want to go to that rice field, Tom. 972 00:35:53,316 --> 00:35:54,716 - I think we wanna go to that rice field. 973 00:35:54,716 --> 00:35:56,916 - We can get to the station by the end of the day at least. 974 00:35:56,916 --> 00:35:57,633 - We can? 975 00:36:09,566 --> 00:36:11,283 - It's busy now. - The train is is quiet. 976 00:36:17,383 --> 00:36:20,000 - I legit have no idea how hard this is gonna be. 977 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,783 This is... We're learning. 978 00:36:22,783 --> 00:36:24,600 We're about to learn in real time. 979 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,433 - Alright, Ben, you ready? - Yeah. 980 00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:28,383 - Here, tilt your head back. 981 00:36:29,083 --> 00:36:30,900 Do you wanna stick your tongue so I can put it on your tongue? 982 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:32,866 Not that far. I need space. 983 00:36:32,866 --> 00:36:34,283 Here, tilt back more. 984 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,116 (giggles) Ben, tilt back as much as you can. 985 00:36:37,366 --> 00:36:38,600 There's a couple on your lips. 986 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,533 (laughs) Oh my god. 987 00:36:42,316 --> 00:36:43,900 One of the weirdest things I've done. 988 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:44,950 - Hold on. 989 00:36:45,183 --> 00:36:46,400 - We got a hiker coming, Ben. 990 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,216 Here, take a couple steps back. 991 00:36:48,383 --> 00:36:50,116 - They will never figure out what I'm doing. 992 00:36:50,116 --> 00:36:50,900 - No. 993 00:37:22,516 --> 00:37:23,416 (Ben scoffs) 994 00:37:24,083 --> 00:37:26,600 It's really hard. It was a lot of them. 995 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,150 I'm probably wrong. 996 00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:29,283 Is it 19? 997 00:37:29,283 --> 00:37:31,333 - Oh my god! 998 00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:31,983 (bleep) 999 00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:33,166 - It was 19? 1000 00:37:33,166 --> 00:37:35,616 - Oh my god, Ben! 1001 00:37:47,616 --> 00:37:49,550 What the (bleep)? (Ben giggles) 1002 00:37:50,116 --> 00:37:51,783 - What the (bleep), Ben? 1003 00:37:53,250 --> 00:37:54,700 - Right there. - Literally, what the (bleep)? 1004 00:37:55,266 --> 00:37:57,733 (laughs) That is insane. 1005 00:37:57,966 --> 00:38:00,083 - Best mouth on Jet Lag: The Game. 1006 00:38:00,083 --> 00:38:02,783 - Challenge complete? - What? 1007 00:38:02,983 --> 00:38:04,800 What would— - What challenge? 1008 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,466 - Oh, yeah. 1009 00:38:06,650 --> 00:38:08,366 - Is that a rice field? - Look at that satellite photo. 1010 00:38:08,366 --> 00:38:10,666 - That looks like a terraced rice field. 1011 00:38:10,666 --> 00:38:11,800 - They've got the rice. 1012 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:12,833 - Well, that's unfortunate. 1013 00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:13,900 We were gonna do the rice. 1014 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:15,133 - We were. 1015 00:38:15,133 --> 00:38:16,966 - Okay. Well, now I... 1016 00:38:17,183 --> 00:38:18,833 - Now we have some plans to change. 1017 00:38:18,833 --> 00:38:19,683 - Interesting. 1018 00:38:19,850 --> 00:38:23,050 - Okay, let me get a taxi back to Kyōto Station. 1019 00:38:23,516 --> 00:38:27,000 - For that challenge, we get to draw three cards. 1020 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:27,966 - You shuffled? 1021 00:38:27,966 --> 00:38:29,333 - Yep. You ready? 1022 00:38:30,366 --> 00:38:32,700 How about you pull one, and then I pull one, and then you pull one? 1023 00:38:32,816 --> 00:38:34,433 - Curse of German Engineering. 1024 00:38:35,416 --> 00:38:37,266 - SAM: Curse of German Engineering. 1025 00:38:37,266 --> 00:38:38,450 Select a prefecture. 1026 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,333 The opposing team cannot take the Shinkansen 1027 00:38:40,333 --> 00:38:41,716 in that prefecture. 1028 00:38:41,716 --> 00:38:44,433 Cannot be played on Aomori or Hokkaido. 1029 00:38:45,116 --> 00:38:46,283 I don't hate that. 1030 00:38:46,650 --> 00:38:47,733 - Card number two. 1031 00:38:48,283 --> 00:38:50,566 - Shinkansen from a prefecture your opponents unlocked. 1032 00:38:50,566 --> 00:38:52,050 - I got one of those. 1033 00:38:55,350 --> 00:38:56,900 - Unlock any prefecture. 1034 00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:59,483 - Another unlock any— - Another unlock. 1035 00:39:00,916 --> 00:39:02,166 We can take it all the way to Tokyo. 1036 00:39:02,166 --> 00:39:03,400 - (giggles) That's pretty good. 1037 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:04,300 - Or we can take it earlier. 1038 00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:06,583 I mean, I think we undoubtedly want this. 1039 00:39:06,583 --> 00:39:07,583 - Yeah. - The problem is 1040 00:39:07,583 --> 00:39:09,366 we have to clear up space in our hand now. 1041 00:39:09,733 --> 00:39:11,983 - So... comes 1042 00:39:11,983 --> 00:39:15,133 the difficult decision of what do we get rid of? 1043 00:39:15,133 --> 00:39:16,766 - It's Golden Carriage versus... 1044 00:39:16,766 --> 00:39:18,966 - Shinkansen from— Well, okay, so here's the thing about 1045 00:39:18,966 --> 00:39:21,500 this Shinkansen from a prefecture that your opponents unlocked. 1046 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,533 This could be really good. 1047 00:39:22,533 --> 00:39:24,433 This could be a really good Shinkansen at some point. 1048 00:39:24,433 --> 00:39:25,266 - But not now. 1049 00:39:25,266 --> 00:39:26,733 - But we don't know where they're going. 1050 00:39:26,733 --> 00:39:27,233 - We don't. 1051 00:39:27,233 --> 00:39:28,650 - The thing about Curse of the Golden Carriage 1052 00:39:28,650 --> 00:39:32,266 is, like, again, this does not seem super strong on its face, 1053 00:39:32,266 --> 00:39:35,833 but once you get to Hokkaido, the very end of the game, 1054 00:39:35,833 --> 00:39:38,550 the frequencies of those trains go down by a lot. 1055 00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:41,466 This thing could be the thing that decides who wins the game. 1056 00:39:41,466 --> 00:39:42,666 - It's literally game-winning. 1057 00:39:42,833 --> 00:39:44,816 Or losing, depending on if we have it. 1058 00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:46,000 It's just so far from now, 1059 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,733 and there's every chance we could pull this again. 1060 00:39:47,733 --> 00:39:49,100 If we discard Golden Carriage, 1061 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,866 100% the next time we see it, we have to take it. 1062 00:39:51,866 --> 00:39:53,433 - If we ever see it again. 1063 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,283 - Yes. That's the risk. 1064 00:39:55,283 --> 00:39:57,733 - Sam, what— If we get rid of it and then we lose 1065 00:39:57,733 --> 00:39:58,816 because we don't have it... 1066 00:39:58,816 --> 00:40:00,300 - I know. I know. 1067 00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:03,516 But we've seen it once already in addition to the first time. 1068 00:40:03,516 --> 00:40:05,500 - It's a little risky. - I think it makes sense, 1069 00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,283 'cause we're gonna see it again. 1070 00:40:07,283 --> 00:40:08,733 - Let's do it, let's do it, 1071 00:40:08,733 --> 00:40:10,816 and then we'll just win by a lot anyway. 1072 00:40:10,816 --> 00:40:12,633 - Sure, yeah. Oh, god, Ben. 1073 00:40:12,633 --> 00:40:14,583 And we're taking the second skip. 1074 00:40:14,933 --> 00:40:16,800 Okay. - We're gonna just win by a lot. 1075 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,116 - We're gonna just win by a lot, that's right. 1076 00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:20,150 Alright, let's get in our taxi. (Ben laughs) 1077 00:40:20,150 --> 00:40:22,383 - Thank god for Ben's mouth. 1078 00:40:23,050 --> 00:40:24,566 - That's what they all say. 1079 00:40:30,466 --> 00:40:31,600 - DRIVER: Yeah. - Okay. 1080 00:40:31,966 --> 00:40:33,433 - Okay, new challenge. 1081 00:40:33,433 --> 00:40:37,316 It is – mind meld at the tokubetsu meisho. 1082 00:40:38,116 --> 00:40:40,516 - Mind meld at the tokubetsu meisho. 1083 00:40:40,516 --> 00:40:42,583 Japan has designated 36 places 1084 00:40:42,583 --> 00:40:45,783 as tokubetsu meisho, special places of scenic beauty. 1085 00:40:45,783 --> 00:40:48,950 Visit one and select a view for both team members to look at. 1086 00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:51,533 They must each note the five most beautiful things 1087 00:40:51,533 --> 00:40:53,183 in one word that they saw. 1088 00:40:53,183 --> 00:40:56,066 At least three of the five words listed must match. 1089 00:40:56,066 --> 00:40:59,033 If you fail, wait 30 minutes before trying again. 1090 00:40:59,966 --> 00:41:00,650 - Okay. 1091 00:41:00,650 --> 00:41:03,716 - These are 36 special places of scenic beauty. 1092 00:41:03,716 --> 00:41:04,600 - Okay. 1093 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,083 - I don't know how close we are to one. 1094 00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:09,233 Regardless, I don't think it'll affect our next move. 1095 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:09,783 - No. 1096 00:41:17,066 --> 00:41:18,066 - Okay. - So... 1097 00:41:18,366 --> 00:41:20,216 - So now I don't know what we're gonna do, Tom. 1098 00:41:20,216 --> 00:41:21,800 - No, that's completely thrown me for a loop. 1099 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,250 We had a plan. - Yeah. 1100 00:41:23,250 --> 00:41:24,366 - And now we don't have a plan. - We did. 1101 00:41:24,366 --> 00:41:26,816 Well, in the morning, there will be new challenges. 1102 00:41:26,816 --> 00:41:27,583 - There will be. 1103 00:41:27,583 --> 00:41:29,266 Do we just wanna get as far as possible 1104 00:41:29,266 --> 00:41:30,500 into Shiga Prefecture? 1105 00:41:30,716 --> 00:41:32,000 - (sighs) Let me look. 1106 00:41:32,250 --> 00:41:34,800 If we got on a 6:27 train... 1107 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:35,333 - Okay. 1108 00:41:35,333 --> 00:41:38,366 - we could get to Ono Station right before the day ends. 1109 00:41:38,366 --> 00:41:38,900 - Okay. 1110 00:41:38,900 --> 00:41:40,816 - Here, the argument against it is there are 1111 00:41:40,816 --> 00:41:43,100 two ways around the lake. 1112 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:44,666 The lake is there. - TOM: Yep. Yes. 1113 00:41:44,666 --> 00:41:46,866 - ADAM: You can go around this way or you can go around this way. 1114 00:41:46,866 --> 00:41:48,566 - TOM: Yes. - ADAM: This side has more stuff. 1115 00:41:48,566 --> 00:41:50,116 That's why the Shinkansen's there. - TOM: Yes. 1116 00:41:50,116 --> 00:41:53,066 - So I could see a world where it's a mistake 1117 00:41:53,066 --> 00:41:54,833 to go this way around. 1118 00:41:55,016 --> 00:41:55,816 - TOM: Okay. 1119 00:41:55,816 --> 00:41:58,766 - Because it's less dense. 1120 00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:02,350 There's less stuff. There's fewer strawberry farms 1121 00:42:02,350 --> 00:42:03,850 or whatever. - Oh, then... 1122 00:42:03,850 --> 00:42:06,066 does it make sense to stay in Kyōto? 1123 00:42:06,383 --> 00:42:07,950 - The only progress we could make today 1124 00:42:07,950 --> 00:42:09,383 is to go to a random ass station 1125 00:42:09,383 --> 00:42:11,383 in the middle of Shiga Prefecture with no plan. 1126 00:42:11,383 --> 00:42:13,950 - And hope. That is not a good plan. 1127 00:42:14,166 --> 00:42:15,633 In theory it could help, it could hinder. 1128 00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:16,583 - And in fact, 1129 00:42:16,583 --> 00:42:18,700 there is a high-speed train from here 1130 00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:20,150 that's really limited express 1131 00:42:20,150 --> 00:42:21,050 - Yeah. - that goes up. 1132 00:42:21,050 --> 00:42:22,500 - The Thunderbird. - The Thunderbird. 1133 00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:26,133 We might be unable to get on a good Thunderbird 1134 00:42:26,133 --> 00:42:28,483 if we do this. - Yeah. 1135 00:42:28,866 --> 00:42:30,316 We stay in Kyōto. 1136 00:42:30,916 --> 00:42:32,300 We wait for the challenges. - I think we stay in Kyōto. 1137 00:42:33,033 --> 00:42:34,400 I know it feels crazy 1138 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,600 to burn a half hour at the end of the day, but... 1139 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,016 - We just don't know. 1140 00:42:39,016 --> 00:42:43,616 I think we need to spend 31 minutes strategising. 1141 00:42:43,616 --> 00:42:44,233 - Yeah. 1142 00:42:44,233 --> 00:42:46,000 - Searching, finding options for tomorrow. 1143 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,900 - Yeah, let's look at plans for tomorrow. 1144 00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:49,883 - And we do not panic go somewhere. 1145 00:42:49,883 --> 00:42:50,666 - I agree. 1146 00:42:50,900 --> 00:42:52,683 - Sam, can I show the audience a map? 1147 00:42:52,683 --> 00:42:53,300 - SAM: Oh, sure, Ben. 1148 00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:54,883 - I love showing the audience the map. 1149 00:42:54,883 --> 00:42:55,450 - SAM: Uh-huh. 1150 00:42:58,950 --> 00:42:59,816 - Audience. 1151 00:43:00,550 --> 00:43:01,766 So, here's the deal. 1152 00:43:02,050 --> 00:43:04,366 There are a lot of places you can go from here. 1153 00:43:04,633 --> 00:43:09,283 You could go Nara, Mie into Nagoya. 1154 00:43:09,283 --> 00:43:13,200 You could just jump over through this kind of weird route 1155 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,416 just through Mie into Nagoya, which is tempting 1156 00:43:16,416 --> 00:43:18,200 'cause it's one fewer prefecture. 1157 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,916 You can start going up around towards the north, 1158 00:43:20,916 --> 00:43:24,016 towards the Sea of Japan, and try and skip Tokyo. 1159 00:43:24,016 --> 00:43:26,550 But I think what we want to do, Sam: 1160 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:31,216 Gifu is a really well-situated landlocked prefecture. 1161 00:43:31,216 --> 00:43:32,116 - SAM: Yeah. 1162 00:43:32,116 --> 00:43:34,883 - Where we can get on the Shinkansen and use our 1163 00:43:34,883 --> 00:43:37,150 unlimited Shinkansen from a landlocked prefecture. 1164 00:43:37,150 --> 00:43:42,166 So we wanna go up through Shiga, clear Shiga, go into Gifu, 1165 00:43:42,166 --> 00:43:44,800 and then now that we have two skips, 1166 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:46,183 as soon as we've cleared Gifu, 1167 00:43:46,183 --> 00:43:49,733 we can get on a Shinkansen, boom, skip Aichi, boom, skip Shizuoka. 1168 00:43:49,733 --> 00:43:51,750 It's a long boi. - SAM: A long boi. 1169 00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:55,266 - And then we're all the way here, basically, in Tokyo. 1170 00:43:55,266 --> 00:43:56,150 - SAM: Yeah. - On one train. 1171 00:43:56,150 --> 00:43:57,266 - SAM: We can go to Yokohama, 1172 00:43:57,266 --> 00:43:59,700 which is on the Tokyo metro system. 1173 00:43:59,700 --> 00:44:00,250 - Yeah. 1174 00:44:00,250 --> 00:44:03,083 And we'll be in Tokyo two hours after we clear Gifu. 1175 00:44:03,766 --> 00:44:05,883 - SAM: Yeah. Yeah. 1176 00:44:06,916 --> 00:44:08,116 It's awesome - It's goated. 1177 00:44:08,116 --> 00:44:08,916 - SAM: It's goated. 1178 00:44:08,916 --> 00:44:10,900 - And we've got our Curse Reverse 1179 00:44:10,900 --> 00:44:14,150 in case they try and do anything to our hand. 1180 00:44:14,150 --> 00:44:16,166 - SAM: Ahh, this is sweet, Ben. 1181 00:44:16,166 --> 00:44:17,566 This is so sweet. 1182 00:44:17,566 --> 00:44:18,766 - This is our plan. 1183 00:44:18,766 --> 00:44:20,633 - SAM: This is our plan, and it's such a good plan, 1184 00:44:20,633 --> 00:44:24,300 and this is gonna get us so far ahead. 1185 00:44:24,766 --> 00:44:27,066 - ADAM: Tom, I'm gonna have to set up a shot here. 1186 00:44:27,066 --> 00:44:27,700 - Okay. 1187 00:44:28,016 --> 00:44:30,333 - Tom, I have something unfortunate to tell you. 1188 00:44:30,466 --> 00:44:31,250 - Okay. 1189 00:44:31,516 --> 00:44:33,850 - Tom, Shiga Prefecture is landlocked. 1190 00:44:33,850 --> 00:44:34,750 - Option one. 1191 00:44:34,750 --> 00:44:36,816 Unlock a landlocked prefecture. 1192 00:44:36,816 --> 00:44:38,700 Well, immediately if we're taking the northern route... 1193 00:44:38,850 --> 00:44:41,500 - You wanna actually know my immediate take on this? 1194 00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:43,050 - I think we should discard both. 1195 00:44:43,050 --> 00:44:44,766 - I don't want either of these. - I don't want either of these. 1196 00:44:44,766 --> 00:44:46,866 Job done. New challenge. 1197 00:44:50,366 --> 00:44:54,133 - I think that we got thrown off by the big lake 1198 00:44:54,133 --> 00:44:55,250 - Yeah. - in the middle... 1199 00:44:55,250 --> 00:44:56,616 - We both got thrown off by the big lake in the middle. 1200 00:44:56,616 --> 00:44:59,000 - ...of Shiga Prefecture, but actually it turns out that 1201 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,516 if you can believe it, it's landlocked. - It's landlocked. 1202 00:45:00,516 --> 00:45:02,266 And we threw away an unlock card. 1203 00:45:02,466 --> 00:45:04,750 - We could have just straight up unlocked it, Tom. 1204 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:09,116 - In hindsight, it is ridiculous that we decided 1205 00:45:09,116 --> 00:45:12,000 to discard an unlock without double-checking. 1206 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,866 - You know, 'cause I think that we were like, 1207 00:45:13,866 --> 00:45:16,116 "Oh, Gifu Prefecture." - Yeah. 1208 00:45:16,116 --> 00:45:18,350 - That's landlocked, but we're not gonna go through Gifu. 1209 00:45:18,350 --> 00:45:19,900 - We're not going through it. Yeah. 1210 00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:21,350 - I think it was the big lake. 1211 00:45:21,350 --> 00:45:23,083 I think we just— - We were going. 1212 00:45:23,083 --> 00:45:24,566 We were... (Adam sighs loudly) 1213 00:45:24,566 --> 00:45:26,433 - Adam, remember where we were 1214 00:45:26,433 --> 00:45:28,533 this time yesterday. - I know. No, I know. 1215 00:45:28,533 --> 00:45:30,600 - We could still be in the— I get that. 1216 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,450 Don't let this ruin a day 1217 00:45:32,450 --> 00:45:36,250 where we went from absolutely so far behind 1218 00:45:36,250 --> 00:45:38,150 that I thought we were never gonna catch up, to... 1219 00:45:38,300 --> 00:45:39,650 I mean, we're... - Dead even. 1220 00:45:39,650 --> 00:45:40,583 (Tom laughs) 1221 00:45:40,583 --> 00:45:42,283 - It's fine. It's literally fine. 1222 00:45:42,283 --> 00:45:43,650 - Adam, we're fine. 1223 00:45:43,650 --> 00:45:45,133 - We're tied. - Yes, that would've helped. 1224 00:45:45,133 --> 00:45:47,166 - It's fine. We're tied. - We're tied. 1225 00:45:47,166 --> 00:45:48,050 - It's fine. 1226 00:45:54,083 --> 00:45:55,500 - We're almost at Kyōto Station. 1227 00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:57,700 It actually looks like our boys are still there. 1228 00:45:57,700 --> 00:45:59,300 - Yeah, they've been there for a while. 1229 00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:03,100 They must be waiting for a pretty particular frequency? 1230 00:46:03,716 --> 00:46:04,433 - I don't know. 1231 00:46:04,433 --> 00:46:07,066 - I mean, I guess let's go find them and say hi. 1232 00:46:07,066 --> 00:46:08,100 - DRIVER: Thank you very much. 1233 00:46:08,100 --> 00:46:09,300 - Thank you. - DRIVER: Thank you. 1234 00:46:09,300 --> 00:46:10,250 - Thank you. 1235 00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:13,583 I'm gonna tag them. 1236 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:19,400 Tag. 1237 00:46:19,733 --> 00:46:20,783 - Oh, yeah. Hi. - I tagged you. 1238 00:46:20,783 --> 00:46:22,016 - Oh, sorry. We were doing production stuff. 1239 00:46:22,016 --> 00:46:23,133 Do you want to come and do that again? 1240 00:46:23,133 --> 00:46:23,683 - No. 1241 00:46:23,683 --> 00:46:25,450 What are you still doing here? - Are you going anywhere tonight? 1242 00:46:25,450 --> 00:46:26,833 - I don't need to— There's nothing 1243 00:46:26,833 --> 00:46:28,200 that you need to know about, my friends. 1244 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:28,900 - BEN: Okay. 1245 00:46:28,900 --> 00:46:32,116 - This is the first time, I believe, in a race 1246 00:46:32,116 --> 00:46:33,650 on Jet Lag: The Game... 1247 00:46:34,316 --> 00:46:35,900 that the teams have been tied 1248 00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:37,433 and in the same location at the end of a day. 1249 00:46:37,666 --> 00:46:39,516 - Literally tied. - Literally tied. We're— 1250 00:46:39,516 --> 00:46:41,616 I mean, unless you guys are about to hop on a train. 1251 00:46:41,616 --> 00:46:42,516 - TOM: We are not. 1252 00:46:42,516 --> 00:46:44,583 - Do we want to set up a little thing or... 1253 00:46:44,583 --> 00:46:45,866 - Yeah, yeah. Let's set something up. 1254 00:46:46,250 --> 00:46:47,033 Hi, everybody. 1255 00:46:47,033 --> 00:46:48,283 - We've been nailing it. - This is sort of crazy. 1256 00:46:48,283 --> 00:46:49,683 - This is weird. - This is sort of fun. 1257 00:46:49,683 --> 00:46:51,300 This is sort of weird. - This is weird. 1258 00:46:51,300 --> 00:46:56,200 I did not think we would be ending at the exact same spot. 1259 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,416 - You know the really strange thing? 1260 00:46:57,416 --> 00:47:01,350 We'll see all four of us back here, 7 am. 1261 00:47:01,850 --> 00:47:02,900 - See you at 7 am. 1262 00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:04,166 - Have a good rest period. - Was this an episode out? 1263 00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:06,533 Was this interesting enough to be an episode out? 1264 00:47:06,783 --> 00:47:07,650 Maybe. 1265 00:47:08,150 --> 00:47:09,516 - Oh my god. 1266 00:47:09,516 --> 00:47:10,616 (Tom laughs heartily) 1267 00:47:10,616 --> 00:47:12,483 - I don't know what is gonna happen. 1268 00:47:12,483 --> 00:47:13,933 - Oh, wow. - SAM: Okay. 1269 00:47:15,316 --> 00:47:17,966 We need to abolish... 1270 00:47:17,966 --> 00:47:18,833 Adam... 1271 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,400 ...finding good routes on the trains 1272 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,033 that allows him to catch up with us 1273 00:47:24,033 --> 00:47:26,183 when we had a massive lead at the start. 1274 00:47:26,183 --> 00:47:28,233 - Look at that. Look at that transition. 1275 00:47:28,233 --> 00:47:29,533 Look at that little transition there. 1276 00:47:29,533 --> 00:47:31,083 - We had such a good lead 1277 00:47:31,083 --> 00:47:33,233 and now, our asses are— - Oh my god. 1278 00:47:33,233 --> 00:47:34,783 Well, he took the— - What's frustrating is 1279 00:47:34,783 --> 00:47:36,916 - He took the inside line. - by the inside of th— 1280 00:47:36,916 --> 00:47:39,000 By the end of this, we were in the lead. 1281 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:40,750 And now we've lost our lead. - It's true, it's true. 1282 00:47:40,750 --> 00:47:42,016 - Because we got stuck in Kyōto. 1283 00:47:42,016 --> 00:47:43,033 Well, you shouldn't have done that. 1284 00:47:43,033 --> 00:47:44,433 No, I know. 1285 00:47:45,950 --> 00:47:48,116 Abolish— Are we plugging Abolish Everything!? 1286 00:47:48,116 --> 00:47:49,966 - That was the reason I did the thing. - Totally. 1287 00:47:49,966 --> 00:47:52,000 - ADAM: Look, Abolish Everything! is 1288 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,116 our favorite comedy show in New York City. 1289 00:47:55,116 --> 00:47:56,650 And we loved it so much 1290 00:47:56,650 --> 00:47:59,483 that we have turned it into a Nebula Original. 1291 00:47:59,483 --> 00:48:00,450 - SAM: That's what they say. 1292 00:48:00,450 --> 00:48:02,416 You're always supposed to turn your passions into profit. 1293 00:48:02,416 --> 00:48:03,800 - ADAM: Dude, exactly. 1294 00:48:04,150 --> 00:48:06,216 - (giggles) We make so much money 1295 00:48:06,216 --> 00:48:08,866 from Abolish Everything! - As supervising producers, 1296 00:48:08,866 --> 00:48:11,566 - Oh my god! (sputters) - we rake in big dollars. 1297 00:48:12,650 --> 00:48:14,266 Look, it's a comedy debate show 1298 00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:17,666 where comedians abolish their pet peeves from society 1299 00:48:17,666 --> 00:48:20,716 and then are rebutted by a panel of Establishment hacks 1300 00:48:20,716 --> 00:48:22,383 who disagree with everything they say. 1301 00:48:22,383 --> 00:48:24,750 It is, as I said, it's our favorite comedy show 1302 00:48:24,750 --> 00:48:27,050 in New York, and it was awesome to turn into a Nebula Original. 1303 00:48:27,050 --> 00:48:28,433 And now it's a Nebula Original. 1304 00:48:28,433 --> 00:48:30,816 And Ben and I have been on it a few different times, 1305 00:48:30,816 --> 00:48:32,833 and Amy is the director of it, 1306 00:48:32,833 --> 00:48:34,350 and it's just a great show. 1307 00:48:34,350 --> 00:48:35,450 And why not check it out? 1308 00:48:35,450 --> 00:48:36,466 - And I'm on it 1309 00:48:36,466 --> 00:48:38,416 behind the camera, "supervising". 1310 00:48:38,416 --> 00:48:40,483 - Filming. Sam operates - I would say that that's... 1311 00:48:40,483 --> 00:48:42,283 - No. - all six, seven cameras. 1312 00:48:42,283 --> 00:48:43,950 - I would say that that is not on it. 1313 00:48:43,950 --> 00:48:45,633 I would say that's— - I "supervise". 1314 00:48:45,633 --> 00:48:46,666 - Yeah. - I "supervise". 1315 00:48:46,666 --> 00:48:48,200 - Well, you're the executive producer. 1316 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:49,266 So you execute. 1317 00:48:49,266 --> 00:48:50,000 - I "supervise". 1318 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,283 - Ben and I ex— supervise, and you execute. 1319 00:48:52,283 --> 00:48:54,333 - Anyway, also listen to the Layover podcast. 1320 00:48:54,333 --> 00:48:56,033 You know about it by now. - You know about that. 1321 00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:57,116 - Yeah. - Whatever. 1322 00:48:57,116 --> 00:48:58,666 - Bye-ee. - See you next time.