26 April diary

30th

I had a relaxing day off. In the morning, I visited a hair salon that I had booked the day before. #haircut For lunch, I whipped up a bowl of instant ramen, and for dinner, I made grilled chicken and vegetables with chimi-churri source.

29th

I headed to the office an hour earlier than ussal. I worked on get ready for tomorrow and stored the gear from yeasterday. I took the afternoon off.

28th

I headed to Tennozu to work on an same event as yesterday. The event held on a  rooftop of a ship type event space. I met Mochida for the first time in over a decade. The event featured some geat bands, so I really enjoyed their music.

27th

Today was late shift, so I had a little free time in the morning and used it to put together some Jazz playlists. For lunch, I had a retort pouch curry with rice. Afterwards, I headed to Yurakucho to work on an event. When the stage wrapped up, the load-out truck arrived at the wrong time, which caused a delay of over 40 minute. 

26th

Today I rode my bicycle to the office. Yoshikawa and I headed to Okubo to deliver a double bass. Before leaving the office, I switched to the van insted of the truck-and that turnded out to be the right call, because when we arrived near our destination, the streets were too narrow. Afterwards, we headed back to the office. For lunch, I tried a Chinese restaunt in front of Musashi-shinjo Station. I had a set meal of shrimp wonton noodles and shrimp fried rice. It was delicious. 

25th

Since I had taken the afternoon off, I went to the office earlier than usual to finish my work ahead of schedule, Once I was done, I headed to Shimokitazawa. For lunch, I stopped at a ramen shop along Route 246, but it was too crowed, so I tried a nearby one instead. The ramen turned out to be much better than I had expected. I browsed around  Shimokitazawa and picked up a pair of pants and two t-shirts at secondhand clothing shop. It was great half day off. 

24th

Since I had a late shift today, I had some free time this morning. I went to the office and worked on a few tasks. Afterwards, I headed to Morishita to attend a rehearsal for an event featuring a drum set in a comedy show.

23rd

I worked on a TV shoot today. The program I have been in charge of went smoothly and wrapped up right on time. 

22nd

I had a delayed start at the office today, so I had free time this morning. I went in and handled a few tasks. Afterward, I went to Shibuya to attend a camera blocking session for tomorrow's TV shoot.

21st

Today was a late shift, so I had a relaxing morning -I read more of Killing Commendatore and caught up on an unread episode of the manga Historie. After lunch, I headed to the office. I worked on a few tasks and I finally fixed the latch on my toolbox-something I had been meaning to do for months but kept putting off. Later, I headed to Shibuya to load out the gear for Tuesday's regular program.

20th

I took the day off. My fever had gone down by last night and I was almost feeling well. I started eating proper meals again- I had stopped since the morning two days ago. I spent the day reading books.

19th

I went to the office. I still wasn't feeling well. However, I had to go in because I had driven the company equipment van home the day before. So I headed to the office, finished my tasks as quickly as possible, and left early.

18th

I couldn't slept well last night. My son left the hotel before 6 a.m. to headed to Yamagata. When I had breakfast, I realized that I was't feeling well. I had a headache and felt dehydrated. After the show, I managed to drive from Kuroiso to back home. 

17th

This morning, I scolded my son because he had broken his promise about limiting his phone time. After that, I headed to the office and prepared the gear for tomorrow's show. Afterward, I returned home and reprimanded him again-this time, he seemed truly remorseful about his behavior. Finally, as we had planned, my son and I set off for Nasushiobara. We had dinner at a highway rest stop restaurant.  

16th

I headed to Toritsudai to help with the reharsal for the voice actress's tour finale. Afterward, the production team gave me a lift back to the office to unload the gear. 

15th

I worked on a TV shoot with Yoshikawa for the first time since she joined our section. Yamaguchi also joined us on set as the a crew member for a famous singer group.

14th

I spent the whole day at the office preparing for the next two days.

13th

I took the day off today. My wife and I headed to our son's junior high school to attend his open class.

12th

I atteneded a rehearsal for a voice actress's live show. Everything ran smoothly and we wrapped up ahead of schedule.

11th

I headed to the studio in Tamachi. I road a share bike from Shinagawa. When I arrived at the studio, I realized I might have had too much drink the night before. I worked on a rehearsal for a voice actless's tour that I'm helping Okamatsu with.

10th

I woke up 7 a.m. and had a productive morning- I worked on some estimates.

, tidied up my music equipment room, and listed a few bags on mercari. For lunch, I whipped up some fried rice and cracked open a cup ramen I'd picked up in Hiroshima last month; my wife and I enjoyed it together. The bags sold surprising fast, so I headed out to ship them right away.

9th

This morning, I cleared some desk work tied to next month's event. For lunch, I cooked up some yakisoba and shered it with my son. Tonight, we're heading out as a family to celebrate my son starting junior high school.   

8th

I headed to the office and worked through several tasks during the day. In the evening, I attended an online meeting about next month's event which Fukushima broght up last week. I felt like it was finally starting to move forward.

7th

I helped with a rehearsal for a voice actress’s live tour. In the tour,  I'm in charge of supporting our section. I realized that the most convenient route to the studio in Tamachi - which I visit often - might be to hop on a  rental bike from Shinagawa Station.

6th

I worked on the first rehearsal for the final show of a female vocalist's debut tour, held in Toyosu.The tour only has two shows — one in Osaka and one in Tokyo — and each has a completely different production. The Osaka show, which with no band. The Tokyo show, which is the final date, will feature a full support band.

5th

I had the day off today. My daughter went to see a movie with her friend. For lunch, I made seafood yakisoba with frozen seafood, and it turnd out realy delicious! After lunch, the rest of the family-minus my daughter-walked the all way to Komae to checked out quirky little variety store we'd been curious about. We ended up walking for four hours in total!.

4th

The show in Akabane went off without a hitch. It might have been my first visit to Akabane, and I found the atmosphere quite interesting.  

3rd

I headed to the office today. I spent some time for tomorrow's show. I tried using Claude to work through my bimonthly task, but we ran out of time before finishing. I also got some updates about next month's upcoming events in Fukuoka,Sapporo and Nagoya.  

2nd

I went to Shibaura for the final rehearsal ahead of the day-after-tomorrow's event. It was a rainy morning, so I took a bus from Shinagawa Station. The rehearsal was so hectic, but it wrapped up earlier than I expected.

1st

Today I went to Kimitsu to set up the gear for a traveling music TV show. I finished earlier than scheduled- about two hours ahead- so I left the venue 3 p.m. I decided to take a highway bus because there was a bus stop almost right next to the venue. In the end, I arrived home much earlier than I had expected.  

26 March diary.

31st

This morning, I could hardly wake up- I was still worn out from the day before. I completed the prep for tomorrow and took care of some desk work. 

30th

I headed to the office from Shinjuku. I unloaded and sorted out the gear from the previous day's show, and also helped the band members pick up their gear. 

29th

The final show of the tour took place in Shinjuku, and it couln't have gone better. Durring the performance, the front man gave me a shoutout and broght up the wild party we'd had back in Hiroshima-the crowd loved it. After the show wrapped up, we kept the energy going with an after-party near the venue. In the end, I missed the last train, so I stayed at a Kaikatu club for the first time.

28th

I rode my bicycle to the office. I unladed the gear from yesterday's show. After that, I prepped for tomorrow's show and loaded everything into the transport truck . I took half day off.

27th

The final show of the tour went smoothly that had started from last year's November at Ebis. I felt the show was realy good and impressed. But the important element of this team structure reached a catastrophic point.

26th

I slept until 10 a.m. For the past few days, my work has been starting late, so I've been waking up late as well. I went to the office, I prepared and shippied items for tomorrow's show. After that, I headed to Shibuya to set up the gear for a radio recording.

25th

When I woke up, my son hadn't touched his breakfast-he was suffering from a terrible sore throat. My wife had already headed out to Ebina to enjoy her day off, but after hearing about our son, she had to rush back home and take him to the hospital. As for me, I joined the rehearsal, just as I had the day before. 

24th

When I woke up before 10 a.m, my son was already deep into a video game. I took part in a rehearsal for next week's event. where I got to meet the band menbers for the first time. It wrapped up sooner than I expected.  

23th

This morning, I took the Nanbu Line to the office because the weather forecast called for rain. When Ichinose stopped by the office to drop off his drum set, I talked with him about a few issues regarding this tour. I spent the rest of the day working through some desk tasks.

22nd

Today was the last day of my three-day break. I spent time developing photos and reading some comics, including Frieren:Byond Journey's End. I also went to hair cut. #haircut 

21st

My wife and I had talked about going out, but we kept going back and forth on where to go. I made natto fried rice for the family. The rest of us-everyone except our daughter-accompanied our son to Mukogaoka-yuen so he could sell his video games and books at Book Off. For dinner, the whole family went to Syabu-You in honor of our son's graduation.  

20th

I took the day off. I spent almost the entire day at home. For lunch, I made Onomichi ramen that I had recently bought at Hiroshima Airport.

19th

I arrived at the venue at 7:30a.m. Almost no one else was there yet. During the run-through rehearsal, I realized that I had distributed the wrong file to our team. The broadcast TV show went smoothly.

18th

I slept in until 10:30 a.m. I got some work done at home. For lunch, I made fried rice and shered it with my son. After lunch, I headed to the Shibuya office to print out some files. Then, I went to the venue to set up gear and attended a walkthrough to check the filming position for tomorrow's TV shoot.

17th

I went to the office. I unloaded the gear from the show in Hiroshima two days ago and repacked everything. In the afternoon, I attended a team meeting for our section. Kinoshita filled me in on the situation with Sato's issue, so I offered her some advice.

16th

On the day we returned from Hiroshima, most of our team members visited a ramen shop at Hiroshima Airport. We enjoyed some delicious Onomichi ramen. I went straight home after that. I was exhausted because I had drunk too much the night before.

15th

One of the tour shows in Hiroshima went smoothly. During the show, I needed to use the restroom, so as soon as it finished, I rushed there. After the show, the performers and staff had a party. I got to drink with the band members for the first time in several years. In the end, we enjoyed drinking and stayed up late into the night. 

14th

Last night, I hardly slept. Early in the morning, I left a the hotel and headed to Haneda airport for a tour show in Fukuoka and Hiroshima. When our staff team had visited the venue two months ago, the sound team lost an in-ear monitor receiver, so our another purpose of this trip was to find it. However, we couldn't find it in the end. After the show, we went to a well-known local izakaya near Fukuoka Station. Then, on our way to Hiroshima Station, Katayama noticed that he had forgotten his bag at the izakaya. As soon as we arrived the hotel, Saaya, Baek, the lighting team and I went to an okonomiyaki restaurant.

13th

Today I went to the office and unloaded the gear from yesterday. For lunch, I had ramen and grilled pork rice bowl at the restaurant on the first floor. After lunch, I attended a meeting about next week’s broadcast show. Then I returned to the office and wrapped up some tasks. Once I'd Finished everything, I headed to Kawasaki to stay there for the night. I had some dranks near Keikyu Kawasaki Station.

12th

I had a half day off today. I didn't get up until 10:30-it felt great to sleep in. I whipped up a fried rice bento for lunch. I also got all the gear packed and loaded onto the transportation truck for this weekend's shows in Fukuoka and Hiroshima.

11th

When I woke up, I realized I haed forgotten today's schedule, but I managed to find someone I could ask about it. I worked on a TV shoot with Fukuda. It wrapped up almost on time.

10th

I took the day off. I stayed home all day. My son also styed home from school, as he had been absent the day before as well. For dinner, I decided to make macaroni gratin. 

9th

Today, I slept until after 11 a.m. My son styed home from school because he wasn't feelng well this morning. I headed to the office in the afternoon to wrap up my every other-month task and also booked a hotel for my work trip this weekend. Finally, I went to Shibuya to pick up some equipment.

8th

I went to the office. I unloaded the gear from previous day. I tried to resolve a issue with the bass gear for current tour, but couldn’t. I went to nearby drugstore to buy somethig to add to my lunch, but I bought wrong one and couldn’t get what I needed.

7th

A show on one of the tour date in Nagoya went smoothly. It was our team's first visit to that live house since 2019. Saaya, Noto and I visited a musical gear shop in the same building as the venue. I ended up buying a piece of gear that was almost identical to what I bought when I visited the shop last year.

6th

I worked on a rehearsal of the tour, which is now halfway through its shows. This evening, Saaya had another schedule, but she chose to prioritize the rehearsal. When the rehearsal was finished, I sent her off to next commitment as soon as she complated her assignment. 

5th

I worked on a TV show that theme of concert in a office. After that, I returned the office to unload gear and prepare and load tomorrow's gear onto a tomorow's truck.

4th

I worked on a TV show all day. A legendary veteran band was on the show. Honestly, I've never quite understood what makes them so appealing.

3rd

I worked on a rehearsal for a TV show where a concert is held in an office. After that, I also handled the strike for the regular Tuesday program. 

2nd

When I woke up, I realized I had fallen asleep without taking a bath. First, I took a shower and went out to have Okinawa soba for breakfast. I decided to rent a car and go for drive with Mami, Katayama and Akino. Akino had a terrible hangover. For lunch, we also had Okinawa soba. The restaurant had been renovated to look like a traditional Okinawan house-it had a wonderful atmosphere. Then, we headed to the south of Okinwa. We visited an immense sacred site called "Utaki" a spectacular scenic park, and a beach. We really enjoyed driveing around Okinawa. After that, we went our separate ways. Katayama and Akino headed to thier hotels. For dinner, Mami and I visited a steak restaurant in Okinawa Airport. Then, we headed back home. 

1st

Early in the morning, I arrived at Haneda Airport. I switched into something more suitable for Okinawa. Our team managed to set up the stage. We had some local specialies, such as taco rice and Blue Seal ice cream, and A&W burgers. Our frontman was struggling witn his voice. However, he pushed through the end of the show. After the show, we held an after-party. Akino ended up completely wasted. 

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.