Everyone! Thank you for waiting (^^) How was your Sunday evening?

Finally I was able to warm my thoroughly chilled body in the onsen..

But I stayed in too long and got a little dizzy.. (^_^;)

[photo: < Yup, it’s a hot spring inn > ]

We rested a little and then got hungry, so we headed off to the sushi train & seafood restaurant nearby!

[photo: Sato outside restaurant]

To be honest.. There wasn’t even one house to be found in this area, so we were feeling a little anxious..

[photo: food]

But we had success (^^) We were totally satisfied with the quantity and taste! (^^) Ahh, I feel so glad to be born Japanese when I eat something like this. The kinmedai [a type of sashimi] totally beat the tuna!

Of course, since we had seafood, there’s the obligatory..

[photo: sake bottle]

Sake! Or rather, local sake! (^^) Savouring the local flavour of the ocean, along with the local sake.. What a luxury!!! Muahaha, it’s no good! I’m drunk (^^)

Since we came all this way, we were planning to go bar-hopping around the town, but we’d both eaten until we were full to bursting.. We couldn’t move (^_^;) Instead, we meekly picked up some things at the convenience store on the way back (^^)

[photo: convenience store purchases, including half-drunk red wine bottle]

Okay, let’s decide where to go tomorrow.. Researching the unexplored regions of Japan.. (^^) We’re chilling and drinking.

[photo: Sato and YOU]

Ahh..

So full but can’t stop eating the senbei.. Lol

Have a great night everyone~ ヽ(・∀・)

Everyone! Thanks to you all, we’re in first place! Thank you (^^) Let’s keep it up! [Note: He’s referring to being ranked number one in Ameba’s ‘Musician’ category, aka the category his blog is in]

Well, I came back from Osaka and then I was immediately off again on another trip! For the first time in ages, our travel unit is back!

[photo: YOU and Sato]

We set off triumphantly, but! Thanks to missing our train and messing up our transfers, we didn’t get to where we intended at all!

Well, it’s not an excuse, but we were so busy checking out our destination on our smartphones that we flew past our stop.. 

Yeah, when you come to these local places..  It’s normal for there to be only one train to transfer every 30 minutes.. (^_^;) It’s no good travelling with expectations of trains being like they are in the city..

[photo: cameras]

The train rattled so much that I didn’t get a chance to use the cameras at all.. (^_^;) Ahh, it might be impossible to shoot anything today..

[photo: < Sato waiting for the next train (^^) > ]

Finally we managed to get on a limited express train, but when we arrived at our destination! Rain.. (^_^;) And, so cold.. brr.. 

[photo: < Feeling revived inside the warm train > ]

While we were on the rattling local train, we were a little hungry, so we had a light snack.. We thought, well, we might as well do a little sightseeing too, but..

[photo: senbei snack]

When we arrived at the lodging.. The sea was stormy.. And the rain shower was getting heavier..

[photo: stormy ocean]

It’s no good.. Today was a fail.. Let’s go take a bath already.. 

Well, see you later on~~~ 

Everyone! Today I’m in Osaka for S.Q.F’s instore event!

My roots are in Kansai, so of course Osaka is great (^^) I feel excited just being here!

I took the bullet train last night, and when I arrived at the hotel.. It was a shared room! Haha (^^)

[photo: hotel twin beds]

It was my first time to stay here and I was impressed by how it felt like a condominium with the kitchen and walk in closet and so on (^^)

[photo: hotel kitchen]

In the living room was a cool guy (^^) michi.-kun (^^)

We had fun talking about nerdy music things together (^^) We accidentally stayed up too late.

[photo: michi.]

The first part of the instore just finished!

Thank you for letting us enjoy a nice relaxing time as always (^^)

[photo: instore 1]

My back is still no good (^_^;) But I managed to survive the first half thanks to strong painkillers Lyrica and Tramset..

Everyone, rather than worrying about me, please laugh at my awkward robotic movements instead (^^)

[photo: instore 2]

Let’s go have fun at the second half!

Thank you for all your likes and comments everyone!

I don’t know if my taking a break yesterday backfired or not, but from last night my back was in bad shape.. This morning when I woke up, the pain had come back (^_^;)うぅ I couldn’t get up..

It’s weird, I hadn’t been carrying anything heavy, except for the wine.. I wonder if it was because I was sitting down all day doing work.. (^_^;)

I forced myself to get out of bed and look for some painkillers.. But I haven’t been using them recently so I couldn’t find any..

Ugh.. what the hell.. It’s impossible to walk with this pain..

Somehow I managed to put on a medical corset and forced myself to head out to a meeting. This weekend I’ll be in Osaka, so there are a lot of things I need to get done before then..

[photo: studio 1]

At the usual studio in Okubo (^^) As always, there’s a huge workload. There’s no one who’s better at track-making than him. I really take my hat off to him.. I think we’ve made a pretty good track this time too, so please look forward to it (^^)

We talked for some time about the current work status, had a meeting, finally ate lunch and then..

[photo: studio 2]

I headed to another studio for a meeting about the work from the other day.. But ugh.. My back.. It’s gradually falling apart.. (^_^;)

I always check out the equipment when I go to a new studio! Yeah, studios in Japan pretty much all do use the same equipment. I can feel a sort of ‘Japaneseness’. It’s nerd talk, but the Nakamura noise cut transformer you can see peeking out from the bottom right of the photo got me really excited (^^) The sound is really good.

Hmm, if the seeds I’ve planted come to fruition, it seems like it will be something interesting.. Yeah, I’m glad I could battle through the pain (^^) I’ll let you know when it’s ready. [Note: I’m assuming this is referring to music he’s working on..]

Anyway, today was hot! Just like summer. On a day like this, you really want to have a drink on the way home (^^) 

[photo: beer]

Chef Izumi poured me a glass.. No, it was actually more than that (^^)

[photo: wine]

It’s the wine I drank the other day, but white. The red was delicious, so I expect the white is too. I’ll have to come and ask your impression again (^^)

Ugh, it’s been awhile since I had a tough day like this. It was like this every day during the tour last year, so I thought I was used to it.. Guess I’m not (^_^;)

Here’s hoping I can stand up properly tomorrow (lol)

Please look forward to this weekend! This old grandpa is off to Osaka!

Thank you for reading all the way to the end! Good night (-_-)zzz