Yamada Goro's final appearance airs on TV Tokyo's Adachikku Tengoku

TV Tokyo's long-running program "出没！アド街ック天国" (Dekidashi Adachikku Tengoku) broadcast on August 8, 2026, featuring the final appearance of commentator Yamada Goro, who died on July 14 at age 67. The episode was recorded six days before his death, showing him smiling in studio. Yamada had appeared as a regular on the show since April 1998, making this his last contribution after 28 years with the program.

The August 8 episode featured Tokyo's Monzen-Nakacho district in the Fukutawa area, timed ahead of the Fukutawa Hachiman Festival—one of the three major festivals of Edo—which was scheduled to begin on August 12 as a once-per-three-years main festival. The show highlighted locations including a historic narrow alley, a gold-plated portable shrine reported to have cost 500 million yen, and a bistro with a four-month waiting list. The broadcast also included moments reminiscent of Edo storytelling tradition.

The program's official X account announced: "Though regrettably, this will be Yamada Goro's final appearance. We hope you will listen to his comments filled with his feelings about 'towns' and 'Tokyo.' The video contains moments that evoke Edo storytelling, and they are a deeply beloved town." Following the first broadcast after Yamada's death on July 25, the program had displayed a message: "Yamada Goro passed away on July 14. We offer our deep gratitude for his tremendous contributions to the program over 28 years and pray for his peaceful rest."

Yamada's birth name was Takeda Masahiko. In 2024, he had publicly disclosed that he was diagnosed with stage 4b cancer of unknown primary origin, which had metastasized to his bones, causing compression fractures. He underwent chemotherapy treatment. The announcement of his death was made through his YouTube channel "Yamada Goro Otona no Kyōyō Kōza" (Yamada Goro Adult Liberal Arts Lecture).