25 September tweet
30th
I joined a rehearsal for an actor's concert in Shinanomachi. Most of the team members were familiar faces. I finally met a drummer I had only heard about before, and his playing was just as impressive as I expected.
29th
I washed my back protector and put a screen protector on my new phone in the bathroom this morning. Later, I joined a rehearsal for a new job with female vocalist in Okubo.
28th
I woke up before 6 a.m. because I couldn't stop thinking about setting up my new phone, so I finished it before 7. Then I went back to sleep until around 9. Later, I biked to the office, did some tasks, went to Shinbashi to pick up the gear for a boys' idol group show, and bought a case and screen protector on my my way home.
27th
I went to the office at noon, loaded the gear, and headed to Shibuya for a late-night TV job. In the evening, I had some free time, so I bought a new phone at the Apple Store.
26th
It was hot, but seeing dragonflies made me feel a bit of autumn. I biked to the office and spent the whole day on tasks-more than I expected.
25th
I went to Shibuya for a pre-recording of our regular work. Durling the job, I did several desk tasks. Afterwards, I joined an online meeting for this weekend's late-night TV show.
24th
I biked to the office in the early morning for a driving job. Afterwards, I went back and finished some tasks. I wrapped up before sunset and headed home.
23rd
I finally took a day off, the first time in about a month. I went with my family to the Ad Museum in Shinbashi. For lunch, we had koppe bread at a specialty shop. After that, we checked out the museum exhibition, then headed to Mitusukoshimae to visit a store selling island specialtys.
22nd
I got up before 6 and left Okayama early so I could unload the gear from yeasterday's Matsudo show on time. I wrapped it up by noon and went home. In the evening, I went for a #haircut.
21st
I went to Okayama for Matsu dinner show, my first in several months. I was also thinking about the Matsudo job I had asked Kobayashi and Matsuda to take care of. After rehearsal, I strolled aroud the Hotel near Korakuen and Okayama castle. The show went pretty smoothly. Afeterwards, we grabbed yakiniku at a nice place near the Hotel.
20rh
I thought about taking a half day off, but ended up working all day. I wrapped up some tasks for the Okayama dinner show, arranged work in matsudo, and worked on the keyborad sound. In the evening, there was a fireworks show in Chofu. and I watched it from home for the first time.
19th
The annual charity event went pretty smoothly on our end. On the way back to the office, I got stuck in traffic.
18th
I visited a studio in Shinanomachi for the first time in several months. I took part in a rehearsal for the annual charity event. After the rehearsal, I headed to Roppongi to pick up some equipment for my regular work, though I wasn't going to participate in the show. Then, I went back to the office, unloaded the equipment, and packed it for the show that will take place this weekend.
17th
Today was the second day of rehearsals for the vocal group. In the morning, I went to the office to prepare for another rehearsal and take care of some duties. Afterwards, I joined the rehearsal to check a a few issues related to the tour. After it ended, I went back to the office with Kobayashi to return the gear.
16th
Today was the first rehearsal for the vocal group's annual tour. It was the first time in about a year that I had seen the band members.
15th
I went to the office and spent the whole day preparing for tomorrow's job. I had expected to take a half day off, but I couldn't.
14th
I only got about two hours of sleep. On my way back, I grabbed a quick bowl of soba at Shin-Osaka station. Then I headed to the office, unloaded the equipment, and handed it back.
13th
The work started midnight, and we worked through the night. Around midnight, I had a cup of instant noodles for a break. The work went off without a hitch. After the show, leaving the expo area was a nightmare-it took us over two hours. We were invited to a party, so I attended.
12th
It was my first time visiting Partitta, even though I had knowm about it for a long time. French staff team I had been in conntact with recent weeks arrived. They were more friendly and polite than I expected. The equipment check went off without a hitch, so I felt relieved. After that, we stopped by the hotel for about two hours, then left and went to the venue.
11th
Early in morning, I went to the office for a driver job. After that, I wrapped up the preparation for the Osaka Expo job. In the afternoon, a heavy downpour caused the equipment truck to Osaka Expo to be delayed by about two hours.
10th
It was mostly preparation day for the French band's live show at Osaka Expo2025, I tackled a lot of tasks for several jobs scheduled for this week and next.
9th
This morning, I went straight to Shibuya and completed the regular Tuesday setup. After that, I returned to the office, stopping by a partner company in the same business to pick up some equipment for the French band event. Then, I tackled some tasks related to the busy period. Finally, I went back to Shibuya to wrap up the job.
8th
Earliy in the morning, I went to Shibuya to film a TV program featuring a concert held in an office space. After that, I thought about checking out another rehearsal, but I skipped it and went straight home since I was exhausted.
7th
The second day of the arena show went pretty smoothly. When I was changing the guitar strings, I ended up stretching some of them too much.
6th
The first day of the arena show took place. During the rehearsal, I noticed that some equipmet had been set up incorrectly, but I didn't have time to check or fix it, so I decided to leave it as it was for the show. Fortunately, it went fine.
However, major issue occurred during the show-the main sound system went down, and the show had to be stopped. It happend right before the band's part. After a while, the show restarted.
After the first day's show, Nagasawa, Kobayashi, and I went out to eat in Basyamichi.
5th
Today was the setup and soud check day of the area show. We started working at noon. but the setup only took about an hour. After that, we waited for the band members until the evening.
4th
Early in the morning, I went to the office. I spent some time to preparing for the annual live event I won't be participating in, as well as the French band event will take place next week. However, I didn't enough time because I had to go to Shibuya to move a truck.
3rd
Today, I spent entire day in the studio filming a TV program featuring a veteran summer band. I worked on a lot of different tasks during the job.
2nd
I spent the whole day on our regular weekly TV show. It wasn't too busy, so I caught up on some desk work in between tasks.
1st
I went to the office and got a start on this month's work. I had a drink tonight, it'll probably be the only time I drink this week.
25 August diary.
自然な英語表現を学習するための英文日記です。ナチュラルな英文に推敲をしてください。内容の確認のため日本語の翻訳文もつけてください。オリジナルの日記にに対してより良い表現が出来るように提案もして下さい。よく間違える点に対して、その原因を推測てアドバイスをしてください。
31st
The second day of run-through rehearsal went almost smoothly. It finished nearly on time, but extra rehearsal dragged on longer than I expected, so I barely caught the last train from Makuhari.
30th
The first day of the run-through rehearsal started today. Otsuka participated in this rehearsal. I had asked him several times before, but this was the first time he joined me. The rehearsal was delayed for over an hour and a half. Since the last train had already finished, I had to take an arranged taxi to Noborito, stopping by Kamata to drop Otsuka off at his hotel where he was staying. In the end, it cost them over 30,000 yen.
29th
Today was the setup day for the final run-through rehearsals in Makuhari. On the way out of the office, I got a call saying that gear had been forgotten and needed to be delivered to Shibuya. So I stopped by there before heading to Makuhari. When I arrived at the hall, the risers weren't ready yet, so we had to wait for a while. Other than that, the setup went pretty smoothly.
28th
It was the second day of the run-though rehearsal for the arena event. We finished early, so I went back to the office to pack and get the gear ready for the show.
27th
The run-through rehearsal for the arena event started today. "Kumakichi" joined us. The rehearsal went more smoothly and finished earlier than I expected. I decided not to havet any alcohol tonight.
26th
The busy period has started. This morning, when I checked the schedule before leaving home, I realized I had made a mistake with the staff shift for the day after tomorrow. I went to the office right away and managed to fix it. Fortunately, I was able to adjust the scheduling. I spent the rest of the day working on various tasks.
25th
Last night I didn't drink any alcohol, so I woke up relatively early. For breakfast, I had spicy sausage and rice, though my sense of taste didn't seem to work well. I went to the office and worked on some tasks, but in the afternoon I recieved a call and realized I had forgotten the most important one. I hurried to tackle it and managed catch up it in the end. Afterwards, I went to Shibuya to pick up some equipment.
24th
Last night, I probably drank too much. For lunch, I made Katsuura tantanmen, a famous local ramen dish from Chiba. It was instant noodles, but I added plenty of grilled chopped onion, minced meet, and garlic. For some reason, the air conditioner didn't work well, so the room was hot. I went to work from 6 p.m. and am now waiting in the lobby of the hall. Unfortunately, I ended up having to go to the office after all.
23rd
I went to Odasaga for the first time in decades. The area around the station has changed a lot, but some details still remain. I handled the load-in and load-out for the amateur orchestra's percussion. In between, I went back to the office and took care of some work.
22nd
I went to the office and got some work done. Afterwards, I went to Ebisu to attend a meeting about an anniversary live show that will take place next month. After the meeting, our team went to an izakaya and drank until the last train, just as I had expected.
21st
I had to grab a truck from Shibuya and take it back to the office. After finishing some tasks, I went back to Shibuya and wrapped up work before sunset.
20th
My family and I went to Toranomon Hills to visit the "Design Ah!"exhibition. This exhibition has been held three times, and we have visited every one of them. Afterwards, we went to Shinbashi for lunch. I had wanted to visit a specialty fride rice reataurant for a long time, so we went there. The fried rice was excellent -even better than I had expected.
19th
I went to the office. I hadn't been to the office for quite some time, so there were some tasks I needed to do.
18th
I worked to fill in for the lack of staff at an outdoor TV broadcast by the bay. It was a very hot day, but thanks to sufficient catering sevices and plenty of items prepared to prevent heatstroke, it wasn't as tough as I had expected. We also had some snacks and sweets durling the day.
17th
The final day of the tour had come. I managed to adjust the snare drum sound. The show represented everything from this tour, and it was very emotional. After all the regular songs were finished, there was a special setlist for the finale. Usually, the audience sing the song "DSC" after the show. But on the final day, the band played it live, so I sang along with the audience. That moment was truly moving.
16th
Our team went to Utsunomiya for the tour of a voice actor. It was final stretch of this tour. The show had a nice atmosphere, like that of a small live house. After the show, we traveled to Sendai, the last stop of the tour, and had a party because our final show would take place tomorrow.
15th
My family went to thr aquarium in Shinagawa. It's near the venue where my daughter saw her first live concert, which I had invited her to, and I often go there for work. The aquarium was more interesting than I had expected. I realized there was an immense variety of fish. My family enjoyed it-we saw various kind of fish, a dolphin show, and penguins. Afterwards, we had lunch at MacDonald's. After lunch, we headed to Musashikosugi and then split up to do what each of us wanted. Later, my son called me and said he wanted to run an N guage model train. I paied for him, and he enjoyed it for an hour. I walked around the shopping mall and happened to run into my daughter. My wife, daughter and I stopped by Starbucks to rest for a while. Finally, I bought a box of shumai for dinner, and we went back home.
14th
I went to Shibuya today for a TV show shoot. they were only filming two songs, so it didin't take long and we wrapped up earlier than usual. For lunch, I had curry at the 5th floor restrant-my favorit! They used to be open at night too, but ever since they changed their hours to daytime only, I hardly ever get to eat there anynore.
13th
I still had a fever and wasn't feeling well. I went to the office, then made a round trip to Shibuya.
12th
When I woke up, I wasn't feeling well and had a fever again. I went to the office and drove a truck. but I returned home early.
11th
I took the day off today. I've been feeling a bit sleep-deprived recentry, so I took several short naps throughout the day. I also bought a new manga online called "Wave, Listen to Me!".
10th
This morning, I woke up before 6 a.m. I decided to have ramen for breakfast. I walked through the streets of Kumatomo city. The ramen was good. I visited a live house for the first time in severa monthes. The show was good. After the show, We arrived airport, but some flight were delayed so we changed our reservation to an earlier one. However, our flight was cancelled so we tried to returne to our original reservation. Only four of us could get on it-including me. As a result, six people had to stay in Kumamoto.
9th
I woke up at 4 a.m. I went to the office and met up with Katayama and Kobayashi. We headed to Haneda Airport and took an early flight to Fukuoka. I visited a live house in Fukuoka for the first time in several years. After the show, our team headed to Kumamoto. I didn’t attened the party since I had COVID-19.
8th
I participated in a rehearsal for an arena event that will be held next month. During the rehearsal, I got in touch with the French staff for another job that will also take place next month. However, there is possibillity that the event mybe canceled. After the rehearsal, Kobayashi and I headed to the office. When I arrived, I accidentally scraped the car against something a roadside post. I checked the damage and polished it. Finally, I stayed at a hotel in Musashi-shinjo.
7th
I took another day off due to a fever. I spent most of the day working on preparations for a French band's event that will be held next month.
6th
This morning, I still had a fever, so I went to the hospital and took the day off. I was diagnosed with Covid 19. I worked on some tasks at home.
5th
This morning, I had a fever, but I still took part in the second day of rehearsals for the irregular arena event. I felt unusualiy sleepy all day.
4th
When I woke up, I felt very tired from yesterday's work trip. Kobayashi and I took part in the first rehearsal for an arena event that will take place next month.
3rd
When I woke up, I could still feel the effect of drinking too much last night. I might have even still been a bit drink in the afternoon. I managed to get a bass drum sound by tring a different method, and I thimk it turned out pretty well in the end. The show was as emotional as I had expected. After the show, Mami and I chenged our reserved Shinkansen sheats so we could together and cheer each other on for our job.
2nd
I went to Shimizu on a work trip for a voice actor's live tour. It was my first time visting there. After the show, we headed to Ngoya. Mami and I chenged our reserved Shinkansen sheatsso we could sit toghether and cheer each other on for our job. When we arrived in Nagoya, almost all of our the team members ghethered, and we had a party at Furaibo, a tebasaki izakaya in Nagoya, It was my first vist there in several yaers. We drank until late night.
1st
This morning, I headed to the Imperial Hotel, but there was a traffic jam on the way. After that, I returned to the office and spent most of the day preparing for upcoming jobs. In the evening, I went back to the Imperial Hotel to retrieve the equipment.
25 July diary
31st
I worked on a TV program shoot today. The filling was delayed by up to an hour at most, but in the end, it finished only about 15 minutes behind schedule.
30th
I left home in the early morning for a full-day shift. On the way to Shibuya, I was surprised to hear that a tsunami warning had been issued. I took a short nap on the way back to the office. At the office, I completed some desk tasks and checked the condition of some Rhodes piano in preparation for tomorrow’s job. I also joined in an on line meeting for a job in september. Finally, I went back to Shibuya, but the schedule was significantly delayed.
29th
When I woke up, my son had already left for his day trip to Osaka.
I went to the office and spent the entire day completing various desk tasks.
28th
This morning, my son complained that I didn’t allow him to go on a day trip to Osaka today. We talked it through and eventually reached a conclusion. After that, we went to Nakanoshima Station to buy Shinkansen tickets.
In the afternoon, I went to the office. As soon as I arrived, I spoke with sound team about some issues related to the job at Osaka Expo in September. Then, I headed to Shibuya to set up for a rehearsal.
27th
I unexpectedly had a day off. I was still tired from the family trip. I made lunch and dinner, and I also went to get a haircut.
26th
This morning, I went to the spa before breakfast. My family and I visited a bakery, but there were only a few kinds of bread left since many had already been sold. My children and I visited a museum inside the hotel and an observation deck.
After checking out of the hotel, we headed to Nobeyama by local train. However, I changed my mind on the way to the station, so I returned to the station where I had boarded and switched to a car insted. In the end, driving to Nobeyama turned out to be a good decision. My family and I joined again the station.
Then we visited Takigawa farm, where we had soft-serve ice cream, and my children enjoyed feeding the caws. Afterwards, my son wanted to take the koumi Line back to Kobuchizwa, so we split up:he left from Nobeyama Staion, while the rest of us headed to Kobuchizawa by car, stopping at an amazing gallery along the way.
For lunch, we had soba and tenpura-It was delicious. My daughter impressed by the gallery. We all met again at Kobuchizawa Station. where my wife and daughter picked out some souvenirs.
25th
Today, my family went on a summer trip. For breakfast, we had beef bowls at Yoshinoya. Then we visited Moeginomura. My daughter and I went to the Orgel Museum which was more interesting than I expected. For lunch, we had curry rice at Rock, a famous reataurant in Moeginomura. After lunch, we visit Milk pot in Kiyosato. Afterwards, we bought food for our meals at Himawari Market.
24th
I attended a meeting for a semi-regular job in Hongo. After that, I returned to the office. Finally, I went to Roppongi to retrieve some equipment. The schedule was delayed, and the loading entrance in a difficult condition.
23th
This morning, I went to a studio in Tamachi to join the start of a rehearsal and check on some issues, since I had assigned the work to Kinoshita because I won't be able to paticipate on the day of the show. After that, I returned to the office. I stopped by a Chinese restaurant for lunch and had a beef fried rice set meal. It was good. Finally, I went to Shibuya to load in and retrieve equipment.
22nd
I went to the office. I wrapped up taking care of the musicians from last weekend's work at Expo and completed several desk tasks. I decided to go on a family trip this weekend, so I started preparing for it. Afterwards, I went to Ariake to load out equipment. I ran into Sugar and his manager, Arai, and we told about his solo concert that took place in Shibuya a few weeks ago.
21st
I woke up at 7 o’clock and decided to go to the office early. For breakfast, I had Shin-Osaka soba—my favorite Osaka-style breakfast—at Naniwa Soba, located inside the local line area of Shin-Osaka Station. After arriving at the office, I completed some tasks and finished earlier than planned, so I went home ahead of schedule. I took a short nap in the evening.
20th
I woke up at 5 o’clock and felt well-rested. I took the subway to the Expo 2025 site. I started setting up equipment before 7 a.m., so it was finished before 8. After that, I decided to leave the venue for a bit to check out some Expo pavilions and take photos. Work was busy, but I found a little time to visit the large pedestrian circle and take some more pictures. The show went smoothly. After everything was done, Yumeshima Station was extremely crowded due to the Expo's closing time.
19th-When I woke up, I noticed over slept. First, I researched departure time so I didn’t it last night. I realized that as soon as left home then I could catch up the train so I left home soon and could on the reserved Shinkansen. I met Sugiyama in Shin-Osaka Station. We used taxi to rehearsal studio. For dinner, I took some conveni-foods in a hotel’s room.
19th
When I woke up, I realized I had overslept. I hadn’t checked the departure time the night before, so I looked it up first. I realized I could still make it in time, so I rushed out and managed to catch the reserved Shinkansen. I met Sugiyama at Shin-Osaka Station, and we took a taxi to the rehearsal studio. For dinner, I ate some convenience store food in my hotel room.
18th
I went to vote in advance before the official voting day. After that, I went to the office and worked on some tasks. Then I went to a juinor high school near the office to bring a small percussion instrument.
17th
For breakfast, I had the hotel's spicy curry-It was really good. After that, I went to a pedestrian bridge near the hotel. The show went smoothly with almost no troubles. On the way back to the office, I dropped Kinoshita off at Mizonokuchi Station.
16th
I went to Koen street in Shibuya to deliver equipment. Then I returned to the office and headed to Kimitsu with Kinoshita to set up a trave-themed TV music show. Some trouble occurred durling the setup, but I managed to resolve it. After work, We had dinner at an izakaya. The hotel we stayed at gave me slightly strange feeling. Kinoshita told me it used to be a love hotel, so the bathroom had some amaging gimmicky lighting effects and a jacuzzi.
15th
An early typhoon brought unexpected wether, so I took the Nanbu line to the office. I spent most of the day preparing for upcoming work. In the evening, I went to Shibuya to dismantle the weekly regular program setup.
14th
I felt sleep-deprived when I woke up.
When I arrived at the office, the truck from yeasterday's other job had already arrived.
I unloaded the equipment and then spent almost the whole day preparing for tomorrow's work.
13th
I went to Yonago on a one-day business trip. It was probably my first visit Yonago in over twenty years. However, I spent the whole time working at the live house, so we didn't have any time to look around the area.
Our return flight to Tokyo was delayed by about an hour and a half, so we had some drink in the airport lobby.
When we arrived at Haneda Airport, the last train had already finished, so I took a taxi to our office with some our team member. Then I caught another taxi to go home.
12th
Today, I was scheduled for a half-day shift in the afternoon, but I thought I would have a lot of work to do, so I decided to change it to a full-day shift. I made progress on several tasks for the September project. For lunch, I had large-sized cup of yakisoba for the first time in about ten years. It wasn't bad while I was eating it, but afterward, I felt a little sick.
11th
I took the Nanbu Line to the office because the weather forecast said there was a chances of rain. I spent the eintire day handling desk work for September projects.
10th
I drove a truck around Tokyo today.
For lunch, I had iekei ramen in Komazawa. It was the first time in sevveral years that I'd had that kind of ramen.
9th
I didn’t drink any alcohol, but I stayed up late last night, so I felt sleep-deprived when I woke up.
I had an early appointment at the dental clinic and finished my treatment there.
After that, I went shopping in Shimokitazawa.
I had lunch at Mintei, my favorit old-fashioned Chinese restaurant. I chose the fried rice, which was marvelous.
Then I bought some clothes, books, and other items.
For dinner, I'm going to make fried chiken and poteto with garlic.
8th
I worked a full-day shift today. I went to Shibuya to setup for the weekly program. After that, I delivered some accessories to a venue in Hatsudai. Then I returned to the office and handled a lot of desk works until evening. Later, I went back to Shibuya and Hatsudai for retrieve the equipment and returned to the office again. I didn't have dinner tonight.
7th
I went to the office. I packed some equipment to be shipped to the Osaka branch and finished some desk work. I also checked the sound of some guitar stompboxes, which were clones of the Centaur models.
6th
I took the day off and spent the whole day at home. I went to the nearby grocery store twice. After lunch, I took a nap and felt refleshed. For dinner, I'm going to make grilled green peppers stuffed with meat.
5th
I participated in a cencert by a singer and actor. It was an emotional and wonderful performance. I returned to the office with Kobayashi. and after finishing today's work, we walked to the station together. When we arrived, we ran into the Katayama couple. I didn't realize the woman with katayama was his wife, I might have spoken to her in a indifferent way.
4th
I went to a studio in Gakugeidai. Today, I decided to walk there from the station. As I expected, it was too hot and I ended up sweating. I attended the rehearsal setup and checked on a few matters. After that, I headed to the office.
For lunch, I chose a Chinese restaurant that had several good reviews. I ordered a yakisoba set, and the portion was quite large for me. Somehow, I managed to finish it all. After lunch, I completed some tasks at the office.
3rd
I had breakfast at Sukiya on Orion street. On the way back to the hotel, I stopped by a shrine. SInce the venue didn't have wifi, I went to a connected building and completed some desk tasks there.
2nd
I didn’t have any alcohol last night, so I woke up early and got some tasks done before breakfast. I headed to Utsunomiya with Sano for a travel style music TV show. For lunch, We had soup gyoza at a gyoza shop near the venue-It was even better than I expected. The setup went smoothly. After work. Sano and I went out for drinks at a good yakitori place.
1st
This morning, I had slept in a bit. I completed some tasks. For lunch, I had beef tongue curry that I had been curious about, but it wasn't as good as I expected. I went to the office, then headed to Daiba to pick up congas. After that, I finished preparing for tomorrow. Finally, I went to Shibuya to pack up the regular TV broadcast setup. I didn't have any alcohol tonight.