26 February diary.
28th
The business trip from Sendai to Okinawa had begun. When we arrived at Sendai Station, Akino noticed that she had forgotten her cellphone on the Shinkansen. The setup time was delayed due to some issues. However, the show went off without a hitch, so we were able to change our Shinkansen reservation to an earlier train than scheduled. I stayed at a hostel near Otorii.
27th
This morning, When I left home, I realized my bicycle was missing. I then remembered that the day before, I had ridden my bike to Noborito Station but had forgotten it there and walked home from Nakanoshima Station. I unpacked and put away the gear from yesterday's show, then packed and loaded the gear for tomorrow’s show onto the transport truck.
26th
This morning, I used a bike-share service to get to the venue. I arrived there earlier than I had planed, so I rode the bike around Kabuki-cho. I thought that I hadn't visited there for many years. Kinoshita told me a rumor yesterday, I had been thinking about it, so I shared my conclusion with her.
25th
I went to Shinjuku to set up the gear for a traveling music TV show. It was much busier than usual on the way there, and it took about two hours to get there. It was my first time at the venue. Kinoshita and I had a late lunch and grabbed some ramen nearby.
24th
Early in the morning, my wife and son headed to Morioka to use the JR East one-day unlimited pass.
I went to the office and prepare for next two days of work. While setting up the gear, I noticed a problem with one piece of equipment, but I managed to fix it by the end of the day.
23nd
I took the day off. Everyone in my family stayed home all day. It was warm and sunny. My son and I wanted to go out, but it was very windy and we couldn't decided where to go. l went out to buy some underwear.
22nd_
I went to the office and unloaded the gear from yesterday. In the afternoon, I adjusted the bass drum sound because I had some time. After that, I drove a truck to Shibya to pick up some equipment.
21st
This morning, I used a bike-sharing service for the first time to go to the live house.
One of the tour shows in Yokohama went smoothly.
Before the rehearsal, Mami and I threw a handball around.
20th
This morning, I went to my annual health check by bicycle. It was very cold. After that, I had a ramen set for breakfast. Then, I prepared for tomorrow's show and loaded the equipment onto a truck.
19th
I went to the office and, as soon as I arrived, headed to Shibuya in a truck to retrieve the gear from yesterday's work. After that, I worked on some desk tasks and made preparations for tomorrow.
18th
I worked on a TV shoot at a studio called 2st.
My partner today was a young part-time worker who will join our company as a new employee next spring. I found out that she lives in Banda ,which is near my parent's home.
17th
Today, everyone in my family except my son had the day off. For lunch, we went to a nearby tonkatsu restaurant that is famous for both tonkatsu and sashimi. After lunch, my wife and I stopped by the supermarket to pick up some ingredients for dinner.
16th
I went to the office in the company car. I unloaded and returned the gear form yesterday's two shows. In the afternoon, our section had a meeting for our orientation.
15th
Kinoshita and I were at the venue at 5 a.m., so we could only sleep for about three hours. The rehearsal was a little confusing. However, both shows-the day and night performances-went smoothly. I returned home in the company car, because I was very tired.
14th
I worked on a rehearsal with Kinoshita for tomorrow’s show in Tachikawa. After the rehearsal, we headed to Tachikawa to set up for the show. The load-in time was 10 p.m., so we checked into the hotel first and stayed for about an hour. Then we went to the venue and set everything up. We finished before midnight. Finally, we returned to the hotel, and I went to the large bath, which is the hotel's speciality and features corbonated water. It was great for relieving my fatigue.
13th
I rode my bicycle to the office. It felt warmer than usual these past few days. I spent the whole day getting ready for the next two days of work.
12th
I worked on another TV shoot at the same studio as yesterday. The guitarist in today's band is someone I've known for a long time, and we had alreaky worked together on a different TV program the day before yesterday and yesterday. The schedule included a long talk session, so I spent a lot of time waiting.
11th
I worked on the filming of TV program in Shibuya with another company's tech team again today. Their personalites and work style left a strong impression on me. In the end, I had a opportunity to reflect on my own career.
10th
I went to a studio in Nogizaka to work on a rehearsal for tomorrow’s TV shoot.
I joined an instrument tech team from another company.
The rehearsal was for a female singer I had worked with on a tour over twenty years ago.
9th
I went to the office and prepared the equipment for tomorrow.
I decided to take a half day off since I had one available this month, but my tasks couldn't be finished on time.
I ended up finishing later than I expected, even though I took the half day off.
8th
I went to the office. It was a snowy day.
The Nanbu Line was delayed, but I arrived on time.
I was asked to unloaded the gear for Kajita's work because she was significantly delayed due ot Nanbu Line delay.
I also unloaded gear form my own work from yeasterday.
I took a half day off and went to the vote.
7th
I left home before 6 a.m. with my son. We headed to Togane. I work on a concert in Togane and took my son there. His purpose was go to Cyoshi by Cyoshi-Dentetsu. The work went smoothly. Before the show, I picked up my son at Togane station. I bought him to my work.
6th
I went to the office and unloaded gear from yesterday's work and prepare gear for tomorow's work that show in Shizuoka and Togane. On my way to home, I drove a cabin car that for transport tomorrow's work to Togane.
5th
Early in the morning, I went to the office, picked up the gear, and drove to Kinuta to load it into the studio. After that, I returned to the office and loaded gear onto the truck. In the afternoon, I worked on a TV shoot with Shimazu. The shoot finished earlier than scheduled.
4th
Last night, I hadn’t any alcohol for the first time in several weeks. However, I couldn’t enough slept. Early in the morning, I left home so I went to Todakoen to work on a TV shoot. Between the work, I made some music data on PC that I was asked it but It is reluctantly. After the shoot, I wrapped up gear and returned the office and unloaded them and prepared gear for tomorrow. it was reluctantly too.
3rd
I worked on the weekly TV program in Shibuya. There were a few things came up, but nothing unusual.
2nd
I took a day off.
This morning, I played the guitar by myself for the first time in several monthes.
For lunch, I made fried rice and tried some methods I had seen in several short videos. In the after noon, I copied my favorite guitar solo for the first time several years.
1st
I went to the office and unloaded the gear from yesterday's show.
I took the afternoon off and rested at home for a bit.
26 January diary
31st
The first show of the tour went smoothly in Osaka.
Our staff team visited the venue for the first time in a week.
The venue has a noodle counter, so I ate Himeji staion soba.
It was decent, though last week's Chinese noodles left a stronger impression.
30th
I went to the office and worked on preparations for the first show of the Osaka tour, along with a few other tasks. I was so exhausted, but I gradually start to feel better in the afternoon.
29th
I went to Shibuya to set up the gear. After that, I went to Ebisu to attend a meeting for a project scheduled for next month.
For lunch, I had Hakata Tenjin ramen for the first time in several years. I used to eat it all the time but a nearby shop closed, so I couldn't go there easily anymore.
28th
I worked on a TV program shoot in Shibuya.
Only two songs were scheduled to be filmed. but there was a talk session in between, so I had to wait for several hours until was finished.
27th
The final rehearsal of the tour was held in Shibaura.
After that, we returned to the office and unloaded the gear.
26th
I went to the office and unload the gear from yesterday's show.
I was sleepy all day, but I still managed to got some desk work done.
25th
The show in Osaka went pretty smoothly because the venue was easy in terms of gear loading and had a better environment than any other venues.
The main performer suddenly pulled me onto the stage very start of the show and jokingly asked me, "Can I pull this off?"
When I said, "Yes, you can," the whole venue burst out laughing.
24th
The sixth show of the tour was held in Kyoto. The live house was difficult in terms of gear loading, with a very small stage, backstage area. Shortly after the show started, a guitar string broke and had to be replaced in the very small back stage area. After the show, we moved to Osaka by car. Our staff team went out for drinks at a Chinese restaurant, which was pretty good. Later, we joined the performer team, and a small argument broke out among them.
23rd
I attended a meeting for our section. After that, I loaded the gear onto the truck for shows in Kyoto and Osaka.
22nd
I went to Gakugeidai to work on a rehearsal. where I was asked to make several changes to the pedal board programs.
21st
It was a cold day. I went to the office and worked on creating a wireless frequency plan for the tour that had just started. After that, I prepared an estimate for the next job.
20th
I slept in until 10 a.m. then rode an electric kickbord for the first time in several months. I used to ride it a lot last summer. Later, I joined the live tour after participating in a rehearsal.
19th
I went to a hospital because my foot has been hurting since last year.
I talked with the doctor and decided to stop taking the medicine because it wasn't effective.
After that, I rode my bicycle to a nearby bike shop for maintenance.
18th
The show in Hiroshima went smoothly.
After the show, we returned home the same day.
We were on the Shinkansen for over four hours, but I had a few dranks on the train, so it didn't feel as long as I expected.
17th
I had a breakfast at WEST, a local udon shop in Fukuoka.
The show went smoothly, but durling the show, I realized that I had forgotten to change the guitar strings beforehand.
After the show, we headed to Hiroshima. At Hakata station, we had some time before our Shinkanasen reservation, so part of our tour team stopped by FUTOPPARA, a famous local izakaya in Fukuoka.
Then, we arrived in Hiroshima and went straight to a well-known okonomiyaki restaurant in the area.
16th
For lunch, I made natto fried rice, and it turned out much better than I expected. After that, I headed to Fukuoka. Today was a moving day for part of our tour team. We arrived in Fukuoka and planed to go to a motsunabe specialty restaurant. which is famous in the area. However, it open too late, so we ended up having dinner separately. in the end, Kobayashi and I had dinner at local restaurant in Fukuoka.
15th
Early this morning, I went to the office to deliver gear to Shibuya.
After that, I worked on shipping gear for a voice actor's tour.
I also handled some desk work for next month.
Later, I drove back to Shibuya to pick up the gear.
14th
I worked on a TV shoot with Iwano. I may have overdone it with drinking last night.
13th
I went to the office, unloaded the gear from yeasterday's show, and prepared for tomorrow's work.
12th
The show in Nagoya went smoothly. I visited the venue for the first time in several years. Some of our team members orderd eel bowls through a delivery service before the rehearsal. I was relatively busy during the day.
Durling the show, the forntman pulled me onto the stage and dance with me. I was reluctant at first, but I saw the audience and band members laughing, I decided to enjoy it in the end.
11th
I went to the office to release some gear and prepare for tomorrow's show. I felt a little unwell, so I bought some kampo medicine at noon and took it. I had time to spere, so I finished renewing a bimonthly gear controll sheet.
10th
I took the day off and spent half of it at home. In the afternoon, I went for a walk with my kids. Before we knew it, we had arrived at Kuji, so we took the Nanbu Line back home. I also picked up the latest volume of The summer Hikaru Died, a series my daugter and I have been reading together.
9th
Last night, I went to bed very late and didn't drink any alcohol.
However, I woke up earlier than I wanted and couldn't fall back asleep.
I went to the office around noon. As soon as I arrived, I had to handle some unexpected work.
After that, I finished some desk work and tuned some drums for a show in Nogoya next week.
Later, I went to Kinuta to wrap up the gear and loaded it onto a truck to taransport it.
8th
The Fes event in Marunouchi went smoothly overall. The scheduled to end late, but it wrapped up almost on time.
7th
Today was the setup day for an event in Marunouchi. Since our section finished setting up most of the power and some of the gear early, I spent most of the day waiting for our slot and sitting on a changeover meeting.
6th
I went to the office and prepared for the event the day after tomorrow. I think I drank too much last night, so I felt a bit hungover.
5th
I spent most of the day at home reading a book about an anxiety related to money. For lunch, I ate a leftover frozen fried chiken with rice and chiken soup. I only went out to buy food for dinner.
4th
I went to my parents' house with my family, except for my daughter. We had lunch there. Afterward, my wife and I strolled around Kamimizo. In the evening, my sister and her daughter joined us for dinner. Finally, My family returned home, my daughter went to my parents' house, so she finished all of her plans.
3rd
This morning. my family had the last of our New-Year's food for breakfast. After that, I took a nap. In the afternoon, my son and I took a walk around Inadadutumi. I bought a copy of Killing Commendatore, a novel by Haruki Murakami, at Book Off, because I hadn't read this one yet.
2nd
My family visited Ofuna Kannon for the first vist to a temple in this year. After that, we had lunch at a Taiwanese restaurant. Then, we headed to Enoshima by monorail. The nomorail was more exciting than we expected. My children played by the sea. Finally, we ate dinner at an izakaya in Mizonokuchi.
1st
I went to bed at 8 a.m. and I woke up at 10:30 a.m. For breakfast, my family had a New Year's meal. After that, I went back to sleep. I woke up again in the afternoon and prepared dinner. Later, my children and I went for a walk around Higashi Ikuta Forest. We walked through some bamboo grove. and once we entered it, we felt like we had stepped into another world.
25 December diary.
31st
The annual year-end show went more smoothly than I had expected. Our team had a year-end dinner at an upscale soba restaurant. We finished all of our work before 5 a.m.
30th
Today was the second day of “sound matching”. Another person joined my assignment staring today. so my workload felt lighter. During rehearsal, an accident occurred when a synthesizer fell and was damaged.
29th
Today was the first rehearsal day for an annual year-end show called “Sound matching day”. I was extremely busy because I couldn't check all of my assigned tasks, yet I still had to handle many of them in a limited amount of time .
27th
Today was the location check for the annual year-end show, and I was involved in setup work throughout the entire day, coninuing from yeasterday.
26th
This morning, on my way to the office, a kid was blown by strong wind and crashed into a roadside guardrail right in front of me. I checked on him and helped him. Later, Kajita and I prepared a lot of equipment for the annual year-end program. After that, we went to Shibuya to load in and set everything up.
25th
I worked on a TV shoot for an annual year-end program. Afterward, I went to the office and prepared for the year-end show on the final day.
24th
This morning, I took two naps after breakfast. I left home before noon and had lunch at a restaurant on the fifth floor. I worked on setting up for tomorrow’s shoot. After that, I waited for the camera test to finish. but, it was delayed by about two hours.
23rd
I attended in a meeting for the annual special program. After that, I prepared for tomorrow. I might have drunk too much.
22nd
This morning, I got a haircut. After that, I bought some food for dinner. I made Korean instant ramen and ate it with my daughter. Then I read some comics. I had a relaxing day off.
21st
My family, except for my son, went to Chinatown.
First, we visited a restaturant called "Hosyou," which is known for its beef ribs curry rice, and we had it. The dish had more complex flavors and textures than I had expected.
After that, my wife and I tried a bowl of lou ro fan at another restaurant. My daughter had some takeout food. We also bought some foods that buy every time we visit Chinatown.
Finally, my daughter wanted to eat hedgehog cake, so she had one. She said she was satisfied.
20th
I couldn't fall asleep easily last night. However, I was assigned to an early shift, so I only got a little sleep. I drove a truck to deliver equipment. and after that, I drove back to the office. I worked on some desk tasks. For lunch, I had a large size of instant cup yakisoba and some salad chiken, which made me feel guilty because it was unhealthy.
19th
I went to the hospital because I had been having pain on the top of my left foot for about four days. The doctor looked at my X-ray and suspected lumbar disc herniation. After that, I made a bowl of instant ramen "Sapporo ichiban Sio," which has been my favorite since childhood. My family going to go to eat out for celebrate my son's birth day at syabu-syabu restaurant.
18th
I worked on a TV program shoot. I met Mio for the first time in several years, and we had a short conversation. The shoot finished earlier than scheduled, which was nice.
17th
I woke up late. I listened to a Miles Davis album while having breakfast, and today’s work was a TV shoot featuring him. On my way to work, I couldn’t park my bicycle because the bike parking was full, so I left it in a vacant lot nearby Noborito Station. The work started in the afternoon, and it was very interesting. I worried about my bicycle during the shoot, but it was intact.
16th
My wife and I went to our son's elementary school to watch the Nakasyou-Stage music presentation. It was his final performance there.
After that, we had lunch at a nearby ramen shop. We hadn't visited in several years.
After lunch, my daughter went home, so I made her some instant ramen with boiled egg and fried vegetables. Then I headed out for a late shift.
I went to Shibuya to set up the equipment for a radio recording, and later stopped by another radio station to picke up more gear.
15th
I went to the office. I handed over the tour gear, worked on shipping equipment, preparation for tomorrow, and repair some broken gear. When Mabuchi visited the office, 1Q arrived at the same time, so 1Q took a photo of Mabuchi and me.
14th
I went to the office before noon to receive the gear from yesterday's show, but by the time I arrived, the gear had already been unloaded. I finished checking and sorting the gear. After that, I drove the truck to Shibuya for equipment load-in.
13th
I went to Fujikyu-Highland using local train lines. It took about two hours to get there.
The show went pretty smoothly.
Before the show started, I suddently felt like I needed to go to the bathroom, so I went there.
Originally, our schedule was to stay there, but all of the team members decided headed to their own destinations, so I made the same choice. Nishimoto drove the staff members to Shinjuku Station, so we were able to return home early.
I also received a report about another job I had asked Saaya and Matsuda to handle, and the tour went mostly smoothly,
12th
I prepared for tomorrow's show, which I won't be going to, and worked on another task. I tried few different drum-tuning methods. On my way home by bicycle, a strong, cold wind was blowing, so the ride was really tough.
11th
I went to the office to pick up gear, just like yesterday. In the afternoon, I had some free time, so I did some research on drum tuneing.
10th
I worked a half-day shift to receive the gear from the 2nd show of the voice actor's tour. On my way to home, I snapped a photo of a cat sitting on a rooftop.
9th
This morning, I found out that one of the online comic I'd been wanting to read was free, so I started reading it right away.
Before lunch, I took my windbreaker to a clothing repair shop nearby.
I made instant salt ramen for lunch and ate it with my daughter.
Afterwards, I ended up reading more comics, and I pretty much spent the whole day doing that.
8th
I worked on a TV program shoot all day. For lunch, I had curry rice at the restaurant on the fifth floor. It’s my favorite dish, and I always customize it with lots of shichimi pepper, Tabasco, and a raw egg. I also finished some desk work during the downtime.
7th
This morning, I finally managed to update my iPad. it hadn't been able to update due to a lack of free storage, so I reset it to clear the cache. For lunch, I made fried rice-my fourth times this week. After that, I cleaned the music gear room and then headed to Shibuya for my late shift.
6th
I decided to take a half day off. because it's my son's birthday. We're going to celebrate at home with fried chicken.
5th
I biked to Sakurajosui to try an old-fashioned Chinese restaurant.
I’d heard great things about its fried rice, so I finally gave it a try today.
The taste brought back memories of my childhood — especially the fried rice from a Chinese place near my old house.Afterwards, I went to Shimo-Kitazawa to buy some second-hand clothes.
For dinner, My family went to a yakiniku restaurant to celebrate my wife's birth day, which was a month ago.
4th
I stayed off alcohol last night. At the office, I wrapped up some leftover desk work, like reports for the tour and a one-day work trip.
3rd
I got up a little after 10 a.m. and made yakisoba for lunch, which I ate with my daughter. I left home after 3 p.m. for my late shift and sent out some invoices at the office. For dinner, I stopped by a Chinese restaurant nearby and had la big plate fried rice. After that, I went to Shibuaya and Tatsumi to pick up some gear.
2nd
I went to Iidabashi to pick up the tool bag I forgot the day before yesterday. Before that, I visited a famous old-fashioned Chinese restaurant in Kagurazaka that I had wanted to try for a long time. I ordered their speciality fried rice, and it was really good. After lunch, I walked around Kagurazaka and Iidabashi. Afterwards, I picked up my bicycle.
1st
Today I went to the office and finished some desk work. On my way there, I found three thousand yen on the ground and picked it up. Later, I called the Tokyo Metro lost and found center and confirmed that my tool bag had been delivered to Wako Station. When I was heading home. the gear shift wire on my bicycle snapped, so I stopped by a bike shop nearby to have it repaired.