26 May diary

1st

It was a rainy day off. I woke up around 5 o'clock and got some tasks done before breakfast. For lunch, I made seafood tom yam ramen and share it with my wife. In the afternoon, the sky cleared up, so I went for a bike ride around Fuchu and Chofu. 

2nd

I cycled to the offce. It was a beautiful morning. I worked on unloading and storing the gear, and then handed over some gear for tomorrow's rehearsal. I took the afternoon off. Afetewards, I headed over to Mizonokuchi for a bit of  browising and picked up a shirt and a few accessories.

3rd

I worked on the final rehearsal of voice actress in Gakugeidai. The rehearsal went smoothly. Afterwars, I headed to the office to release gear.

4th

It was very windy day, so I left home earlier than planned and headed to Futamatagawa. When I arrived, I stopped  at a cafe before setting up the venue. Afterward, I headed back to the office and got some work done. Then, I went back to Futamataga to pick up the gear. I straight returned to home.

5th

I went to Ebina to deliver some large percussion instruments to a venue. I decided to stay in Ebina between the setup and load-out. I got some work done at the civic library, which is a well-designed spot. The load-out went smoothly and I headed straight home.  

6th

I woke up before 5 a.m. and headed to Osaka for a show-a job I had been asked to help with by Okamatsu. The work went off without a hitch. After the show, I joined Michibata and Kobayashi at a teppan yaki restaurant, where I listened to their complaints about work-conplaints I could fully relate to, as I'm part of the tour myself. 

7th

I woke up before 7 a.m. at the hotel and headed to Shibuya for a work that had been assigned to me. I had wanted to grab breakfast at Naniwa soba, a place I'd grown fond of during my mornings in Osaka. However, the shop was nowhere to be found. Instead, I picked up breakfast at "Kyo carnet"-and was pleasantly surprised by how unexpectedly delicious it was. I didn't sleep at all on the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. I managed to get the work done, though I was exhausted.

8th

I woke up before 6 a.m. but fell back asleep after a while. I cycled to the office. I received gear from Hashimoto and Lee for the show the day after tomorrow. I used a drum tuner for the first time-one I had recently bought after going back and forth on whether to purchase it-and it was every bit as interesting as I had expected. I also got some work done today. 

9th

This morning, on the way to the office, my bicycle’s gear was broke, but I managed to fix it temporarily . However, when I arrived at the office and tried again, I couldn’t fix it properly. I worked on preparing the gear for tomorrow’s show and loading it into the transportation truck. Afterwards, I spent a little time researching drum tuning using a TUNE BOT. Then, I headed to Nihonbashi to set up the gear.

10th

I headed to Toyosu for the show that a voice actress's tour final. I used the share bike from Hibiya Station. I felt the show was emortional and so good so I enjoyed it.    

11th

Today I went to the office 30 minutes earlier than usual to get a head start on the day's work. I also neededd to take my bicycle to the bike shop to have the gear fixed which broke two days ago. I cleared out the equipment from yesterday's show and put everything away. I also drew up some estimates for recent projects. Once I wrapped up work, I took my bike to my regular bicycle shop. 

12th

I went to the hosptal for a follow-up appointment because I had received a poor result on my annual helth check. Afterward, I took my bike to the bicycle shop for a repair. I stopped by nearby supermarket three times. For dinner, I made some quiche.

13th

Early in the morning, my daughter complained of a headache- and today happened to be her school’s sports festival. She had put a lot of time and effort into preparing for it, and had really been looking forward to it. I tried to calm her down and help her find the best solution for herself. Fortunately, she managed to go to school and decided to give it a try. After that, I went back to sleep for a little while. Later, I headed to Shibuya for a TV shoot. A veteran singer performed. and Kimura’s team joined as the technical equipment crew. 

14th

First thing in the morning, I stopped by the office before heading to Shibuya to drop off the gear. I returned to the office and got a few tasks done. Later, I made another trip to Shibuya to pick the gear back up. I wrapped everything up before evening and headed home.

15th

Today I cycled to the office. I stored some gear from yesterday with Yoshikawa. Afterwards, I headed to Shibuya to attend a meeting about next week's TV shoot. On the way back to the office, I made a quick stop at Kobayashi's place to drop off the Shinkansen ticket. Finally, I spent the rest the day tuning some snare drums until it was time to clock out. 

16th

I woke up before 6 a.m. I have recently restarted studying with the book of "DUO" and an app called "Cut & Loop", which repeats audio and text for languare practice. I headed to the hospital to recieve the result of my follow-up helth examinaton. The result were good, and the values that had been off were almost back to normal. I realized that cuting back on alcohol is very effective for me. For lunch, my family had Hakata ramen. After lunch, I continued studying English again.

17th

My family, except for my daughter, took a trip to a botanical garden specializing in medicinal plants. We saw some legally grown poppy flowers. I leaned how morphine is made in the garden's reference room. We had lunch at yakiniku resutaurant right next to the garden. Afterwards, we left and stopped by Kokubunji to pick up dinner. Then, we decided to head to Tama lake via the Tamako Line. We enjoyed our time there and then moved on to Seibu Dome via the Yamaguchi Line. In the end, it turned put to be a day of enjoying several Seibu Lines!

18th

It was a hot morning, I cycled to the office. Right when I was heading out the door, Nature called at the worst possible moment and ended up leaving later than planned. I arrived at the office just in time. I spent the whole day working through various desk tasks and managed to get them all done.

19th

I spent the whole day on day-driver duties and got everything ready for tomorrow. I also swapped out the snare drum head and tuned it using the Tunebot. I'm  slowly getting a feel for its quirks when reading the pitch.

20th

This morning, I noticed that the Odakyu Line was delayed, so I left home earlier than planned. When I arrived Nobrito station to change trains, the Odakyu platform was so crowded and stairs were so packed that I couldn't move for a few minutes. I then transferred at Yoyogi-Uehara, but the train was extremely crowded and running very late, so I decided to use LUUP insted. I made it to the studio just in time. I worked on a TV show featuring a veteran female singer.

21st

I worked on the filming of a TV show featuring a well established band. I had reached out to Zama a few days prior. I reluctantly got started the assessments. 

22nd

I woke up before 6 a.m. and junped right into my assessments. For lunch, I whipped up a cup of onion consomme soup and enjoyed two pieces of quiches I had made ahead and stashed in the freezer. After lunch, I kept plugging away at the assessment with a jazz playlist in the background. I decided to treat myself to Gapao rice for dinner.

23rd

I made my way to Hachioji for the final show of the voice actress’s tour . The performance was a great success. However, after the show, one of the band member’s cars wouldn't start, so some staff stayed to handle the situation. Unfortunately, it turned out that the car couldn't be fixed that day in the end.

24th

Early in this morning, I got started on the assessment before breakfast. For lunch, I whipped up some natto pasta and shared with my wife and daughter. After lunch, I kept plugging away at the assessment, taking short naps in between. 

25th

It was a sunny,clear morning. I cycled to the office-the cycling path felt so refreshing. On the way, I stopped by Shibuya to drop off some gear, and had lunch at a first-floor restaurant, where I enjoyed a bowl of shihuans miso soup. After that, I headed back to the office and took care of some desk work.

26th

Today, I woke up around 5a.m. and got straight to work on the assessments I'd been writiing. For lunch, I whipped up some fried rice and enjoyed it with my daughter. I spent the entire day working thought the assessmente step by step. 

27th

This morning, I uploaded some assessments to Claude and asked it to help me finish them. I cycled to the office. I prepared for tomorrow's work, which involved a drum kit setup. I compared several Ludwig snare drums in different sizes of the Black Beauty model. I’ｍ used to using TuneBot.

28th

I woke up just after 5 a.m. I started organizing some assessments. Because I got up early. I had few hours to myself before leaving the home. I headed to Shibuya and worked on a TV shoot. The performer asked me to create a buzzy snare sound, so I whipped it up before the sound check. The shoot went off without a hitch. 

29th

I headed to the head office. I worked on storing the gear and prepared and loaded it onto the transport truck for tomorrow's show in Nagoya. After that, I organized some assessments. When it was almost time to check out, I realized I had critically forgoten something I needed to do for tomorrow. I managed to get it finished, so I was able to avoid a serious accident tomorrow.  

30th

I woke up a few minutes before 6a.m. After breakfast, I worked on some assessment files for a while. I headed to Nagoya where I joined Kobayashi and the team running a series of  shows at Nagoya Station, and we all headed to the venue together. The show went off without a hitch. I also managed to get some assessments done in between durling the day. 

31st

I rode my bike to work. I unloaded the gear from yeaterday's transport truck and put it away. I prepped everything for tomorrow's job. I took the afternoon off, and my family and I went out for dinner at a Genghis Khan restaurant in Noborito.

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.