1 January 2006 - Happy New Year!!!

名古屋テレビ塔

Well, New Year again!

I woke up around 11.15am.. met Maki and Su around 3.20pm andheaded for lunch at a ramen shop. Then we went to 平和島温泉クアハウス.It was good to try all the bath. Just like shopping for baths..

Shopped at supermarket.. then went to Dennys for dinner. Oh my gosh, I have been here 7 years back. Nothing seemed tochange, the decorations. layout etc.

We chatted and had dinner. It was fun! We had interestingtalks like hair, V6, Masha etc. 今中さん called around10pm to remind me that I have to go back tomorrow. Arghh, don’t remind me! I hate to think of this. Got to face reality when back..worst still, got to work on 3 Jan..Arghhh!!!

Really thank Su and Maki for spending their time with us,all the way to and from Kazo! Today we don’t have the time to goto their house. I hope to visit their parents in 2006! It has been 1 year since I visited their parents. Wow, time flies! Got lots of things that I should bring back. Masha’s dvdsetc.. but too heavy, got to trouble Maki to send it I need to face reality soon... kind of feeling down now...sigh

またね、日本！

31 December 2005 - Masha and Johnny's Countdown

Went to 大森駅 and shopped at Muji and UNIQLO. Then took Rinka line to お台場. First time I took the train. Itwas fast. It took around 10min to reach お台場.

Very cold at お台場! I bought a Burberry Blue Label sling bag at Venus Fort. Expensive! But come to think of it, this is thefirst time I bought such an expensive bag. Well, sometimes, I must pamper myself. Though I am not brand conscious, it is good to buy a branded stuff once in a lifetime.

Went around フジテレビ and shopped at Comme Ca. Then headed for 日本放送 at 有樂町 after dinner. Saw Masha at around 10pm. He alighted from a white caropposite the road where I stood (less than 50 meters). He wore a black long coat, hat and sunglass, and hold a sling bag. I can’t really seehis face clearly. But he got style! He swing his bag,turned back while he just stepped out of the car. Then he walked in quickly, turned to us and waved. The fans shouted his name when they saw him. I did not shout and was not worked up when I saw him. Just feltthat it was great to see him so closely after 5 years.Well, he is the most カツコイイ afterall. Maki said he has a aura around him. Well, he is really a superstar.

Rushed to Tokyo Dome for Johnny countdown concert. Luckily reached just a few minutes before concert started. It started at11pm and broadcast ‘live’ on TV from 11.45pm - 12.30pm. Kinki Kids started the concert by singing ‘Anniversary.” The others then came out. I felt the heat and started screaming too, especially when NEWS came out. It was good to feel the atmosphere.

Nice view as the whole dome was lighted up with pen lights, all ofdifferent color. Every one seemed to enjoy themselves.Luckily I brought the binoculars. Though seated at 3rdlevel, very far, but still managed to see them if they come near to our direction. I was searching for 山P. He highlighted his hair black, very hard to spot him.

I enjoyed dancing the dance moves of songs like “Cherish, 青春アミゴ、 好きやねん、大阪, 夢物語, Venus etc” It was fun to dance the same movements as the singers. Even though I have not seen the dance moves of “好きやねん、大阪 and Venus,” I managed to follow as the dance moves are rather simple and catchy.

Though the screen broadcast the scenes, they don’t always filmed everyone. Soit was interesting to watch the actions of them. 山P stood very straight and he put his hands in front during MCtime. 岡田くん crossed his hands and started to wonder his mind. 赤西仁 put his hand behind and was restless, Uncle 坂本 was always looking around and paying attention to the ones who talked... very interesting to watch this as it was not shown on screen.

I was really surprised when 近籐真彦 (Machi) came out. Oh my gosh, he was so popular when I was young. 2006 is his 25th year in show business. The rest have to be his back-up dancers. This is how Johnny works. Juniors still haveto respect the seniors.

It was good to see the artists from binoculars. 錦戸亮、手越裕也、小山慶一朗、増田貴久、　嵐, 関西ジヤニ, TOKIO，タキ&翼, KAT-TUN .. different from seeing from TV. Oh ya, Perina got so worked up when she saw 赤西仁! Haha. She can’t stopped waving and used the binoculars to spot him.

Almost till the end of concert, the artists spilt into 2groups and walked from the centre of arena back to thestage. Too bad Yama P and V6 walked the other direction. soI got no choice but to help Perina to spot 赤西仁. Haha. Good to see him walking in front of us, at the arena.

The concert only lasted for 2 hrs. Very short! Both of us enjoyedit though. It was eye opening to watch how the program was telecasted ‘live.’ The artists were so serious when they standby for the show. I saw 山P turned back and looked at the big screen when the rest talked and he prepared for his song. When the music started to play, he immediately started dancing. These artists’ showmanships are very good and professional.

While going to train station, we saw groups of girls waited at the exit for them. There was a girl who shout Tacky’s name and ran after a white car. The cars are all in black screen, wonder how the fans spot the artists? We waited for a while and moved to another exit while going to the train station (Tokyo Dome has several exits). Then we saw about 5-6 Johnny juniors (all dressed in black!), don’t even know who they are.. but not that good looking. One of the fans called one Johnny junior’s name and wanted to take photo with him. He just walked away. There was another Johnny junior who came out from the same exit, walked towards Tokyo Dome central area. After a while, he turned back, touching his hair and tried to hide his face. Perhaps he was worried other fans may caught him. He’s not tall, boyish and consider good looking.

By the way, reached hotel around 3am and watched Countdown TV, hoping that w-inds will appear on this ‘live’ show. Saw Ayu Hamasaki, Chemistry etc. Waited till around 4.40pm, was about to sleep when w-inds appeared.I immediately jumped up from the bed! w-inds still look so fresh despite performing at 2 shows earlier, and it wasalmost 5am! They sang new song 約束のカケラand danced.

Oh gosh, Keita’s smile is still so charming. Ryohei, Keita and Ryuichi still looked at each other and smiled when they danced. I really admire their professional attitude!

I hope Masha has countdown concert in 2006! I will definitely comeback to Japan. The New Year here is superb! You can still see many people hanging around even around 2am, 3amor even later! There are still stalls opened at 2am! The atmosphere here is much better than Singapore.. which makes me want to spend my New Year Eveand New Year in Japan again for the third time!

30 December 2005 - Kinki Kids concert ~ Have A Nice Day

Met 中山さん and wife for lunch at 新宿. Found myway to Kinokuniya while Perina went to 池袋herself. 新宿 is a rather messy place, too many different types ofpeople. Kind of admire myself for being able to find my wayaround just using a simple map.

Reached Tokyo Dome around 4pm. Queue for the concert goods.Then waited more than an hour for toilet! Can’t believe it!The queue was like from the staircase down to next floor.Was about to be my turn when the concert started at5.30sharp. Damn shit! First time I missed the opening ofthe concert. Kinki started singing “Snow! Snow! Snow!” At that moment, all the females at the toilet scream. Everybody rushed like mad to the toilet. Saw fans coming out from the toilet and ran, while trying to zip up the zips and buckle their belts. Very funny moment.

I rushed out and managed to get the staff to help me to search for our seats. Oh my gosh, it was at first level above arena. Quite near! 光一くん was at the big cart, moving around to our direction. I can’t control and shouted “Near!” to Perina. I do not have that luck with Masha’s concerts!

The stage was beautiful. It was all in white, kind of mountain shape. The lightings and sound system were superb.Johnny concerts are really worth watching. S’pore concerts will never have that effect.

Kinki sang all the new songsfrom their new album. The theme for this year concert is HaveA Nice Day - first alpha make up of HAND, their new album theme.

Their talks were funny. 1st MC was about toilet. They can talk non stop for this topic. 剛くん said while he was peeing, 光一くん came in and mumbled, and went straight tothe cubicle to pee. 剛くん cannot understand why 光一くん can’t stand to pee and must go to the cubicle. Haha! When 光一くん asked who attended their concert for the first time, audiences raised their hands. He then said that they do not always talk about such topic. Trying toprotect their image. Keke.

During 2nd MC, they talked non stop for about 20min or more? Abt what they ate at Osaka, during concert etc.Really admire the way they talked.. superb

光一くん mentioned “Oh Baby!” during the MC. Fans of course responded. From there, 光一くん will mentioned “Baby!” in his talks. He is not as humorous as 剛くん, but still is a joker.

There were times when both of them stand on the moving stages and move around the arena. It was nice. We can see them from binoculars when they approached us. I am very happy to be able to see both of them. Good that I have such luck with V6 and them!

During end of 1st encore, the main stage became a waterfall. it was beautiful! I finally saw such scene inthe concert! Really admire the way they did the stage! We have the 2nd encore, coz all the audiences shouted encores again.

The whole concert last around 2.5 hrs.The feeling is different from last year. Kinki has improved and there were changes. Felt like there are surprises each year! It is good to attend their concert.

By the way, 剛くん has gained weight again! Sigh.. His dance moves were not as much and good as 光一くん. There was one scene where they talked about how MA (the Johnny group that is their dancers at the concert) did the somersaults, 光一くん suddenly put his hand together, and asked 剛くん to run to him and do the somersault (光一くん to push 剛くん so that he can do the somersault). 剛くん ran and pretend to slip. He started blaming the floor for being slippery. Haha!

31 Dec is the Johnny’s countdown concert. Looking forward tothe concert and to see Masha!

29 December 2005 - 渋谷

岡田くん's advertisement for Vodafone at 渋谷駅

Today is the first time I shop at 渋谷。Been there about 3 times previously but didn’t really shop much The people there are really in fashion! Guys dressed very well, and can see a few quite good looking guys aroud.

Met a teenage boy at 吉野や, during our lunch at 3pm。He is really cute and good looking. We were about to leave when he came in. I had to leave the seat early coz he and his friend can’t find a seat. I did not know that I dropped my muffler. His friend picked it up for me. He smiled and kind of shy. I think they know we are foreigners and do not dare to talk to us. I think most Japanese have this feeling - worried to talk to foreigners, especialy if they do not understand English.

Walked to ス-パン坂 and Tokyo FM radio. Finally been to these places after hearing it for so long. Then went to J pop cafe and hope to be able to enter into w-inds museum. But too many fans, so drop the idea.

I could not resist and bought a few cds, keke.. Mr Children’s album, good bargain. Only 1000 yen. EXILE’s new single, レメオロメン single, which has “紛雪” the theme song for a drama 一 リダルの涙. 山下達朗’s single Chirstmas Eve.. And I can’t resist and bought w-inds Ageha concert dvd! Wanted to wait for thetaiwan version initially. but don’t know when the taiwan version will be out and it normally don’t have dvd.. so I bought it.

We changed our plan to go Odaiba coz it is around 6pm by the time we have kinda finish our shopping. So juz went around again, hunting for hair salon.. Instead we ended upat サクラヤ, a shop selling electronic gds, watches etc.

Perina bought a baby G watch. Initially she wanted to buythe pink color one, under the puppy range. I pointedout the collaboration one with some dolphin society. That was more expensive but unique.

While she was paying, I managed to spot a Citizen XC Autum and Winter limited edition watch. This watch is only limited to 1000 pieces and is chosen by 玉木宏 (spoke person for Citizen). The watch is really nice and light. it contains roman numbering, which I like.Quite expensive.. and considering that I would like to buya good watch for myself, and I can’t afford expensive watchlike Omega, Rolex etc, I bought it so after much considerations. Arghh, go back to S’pore must eat grass already..

Tired now.. got to rest and conserve energy for tomorrowconcert.. Boring, only left 4 days and I got to go back toface the reality.. sigh Don’t want to think of it now.. just want to enjoy!

sent toyoko shinagawa 10.57pm

28 December 2005 - V6 concert

Stalls selling V6 concert goods


岡田くん played guitar and sang solo

Reached Rainbow Hall around 1.20pm. Quickly bought the goods that I wanted and Ros/Perina asked me to buy. Luckily no queue.

Entered the hall and found it.. quite small. Maybe smallerthan 大阪城ホール, but the stage setting is nice. Centrestage has a V6 sign on the screen, then there is a runwayextending from the centre stage to the centre of the arena,where there is another small stage. There are 2 other small runways at the left and right hand sides of the hall. On the whole, Johnny ensures that the artists can cover allthe audiences in the hall.

My seat was rather good. I was seated at the left hand side when directly facing the stage. I can see the stage quite clearly.The concert started at 2.30pm sharp. This is the second last concert. Too bad I can’t attend the finale at 6.30pm, else can’t rush back to Tokyo on time.

V6 came out and sang “Orange”. They stood on a UFO kind ofstage, hanging from the top of the ceiling. When half way throughthe song, the UFO got slanted. I can see they stoodfirm and hold on the bar. Solid! The lightings were superb. I can see V6 much more clearly than kinki kids’concert last year as I sat more nearer. V6 ran around the runways. So basically I can see all of them. So glad that i can see 岡田くん, 坂本さんand 井ノ原くん again.

There was a song where all of them stand on the ailse. The one nearest to me was 森田くん. I did not bother to see him at all. Instead, I looked far right side at岡田くん. 岡田くん carried a small baby whom the audience brought to the concert. The way he carried the baby (who is dressedin orange!) with a smile was so cute.

There was solo performance by all of them. 坂本さん did tap dance.Good! I did not know the small stage stretch to the center wasmade of plastic for the floor. I only knew it when the camerashot him from the bottom while he danced. Kind of like 坂本さん’s smile now. I can see he really laugh hard and he is enjoying himself when he sang and danced. He is the only one whom I see can enjoyed most on stage and had the soul when dancing,like 龍一くん.

森田くんdid solo hip hop dance. He was good, but I did not see the soul in him. 三宅くん, 井ノ原くん and長野くん did solo dance and sang.. basically they can dance well but I could not see their souls when they danced.

岡田くん played guitar and sang. Surprising he can sing well at‘live’. His performance was kind of attractive.. the resthave changed clothes and came out to sing with him at the end of his song. During the music changed to another song, 岡田くん rushed to backstage and changed clothes, then joined the rest to sing. It was less than 10 sec! Wow!

During MCs, 井ノ原くん kept talking.. the rest also talked here and there. 井ノ原くん can really talk! He even said to 森田くん - next year is your debut right? before kat-tun. Weall laughed! KAT-TUN is famous but never have an album/single. 井ノ原くん kept making fun of 坂本さん. 坂本さん always showed his big smile! The only 1 who did not talked much was 岡田くん . 岡田くん hold the mike near to his mouth, looked at them while they talked. Sometimes, fidgeting, touching his clothes, lookingdown etc. He even covered his mouth, put the mike down,turned away and sneeze! Haha. probably not many people noticed this scene coz everyone seem to be engrossed in their talks. 岡田くん ‘s mind wondered away, I think. When 井ノ原くん asked him what is their views of 10th anniversary, the rest of the V6 members turned and looked at 岡田くん. 岡田くん looked blur and said ‘え?’ He did not even know 井ノ原くん is asking him. Haha!

There was 1 scene where the staff came out to mop the floor during MCtime. The floor was however not cleaned probably. V6 used the mops to clean it. Great to see them mopped the floor.

There were 2 songs where the whole audience sang, without V6. I like that feeling and atmosphere! V6 were happy too,when the whole audience sang.

We had 2 encores. The last 1 all the audiences keptshouting till they came out. So finally they sand “Utao Utao”with the whole audience. The concert ended at 5.10pm. V6 only have around 1hr to rest till the finale concert at 6.30pm. Good stamina!

On the whole, the concert was great! I enjoyed it and was glad to be able to see them. Too bad that my seat and spacearound me is small. I can’t dance that much as w-indsconcerts. But it is really good to be able to attend. I tried my best to target 3 persons - 岡田くん, 坂本さん and 井ノ原くん. I must really focus else lost concentration. If I have the chance, I would want to attend V6’s concerts again!

Hmm.. tomorrow is kinki’sconcert.. I hope I enjoyed it too. Hopefull they have special guests to promote Johnny’s countdown concert likelast year. NEWS??? KAT-TUN???

27 December 2005 - 京都

京都駅

Today we left for Kyoto around 1plus.

Weather there was sooo cold! My ears felt painful coz ofthe strong wind when we went up to 9th floor at Kyotostation to see the scenery. Aiyo, 1st time i have thispiercing pain in my ears.. unforgetable

Then we went to shop around 四条通川町 (Shijio Kawamachi), the famous shopping street of Kyoto. When I reached Kyoto, my eyes can’t stop sweeping around. Kyoto guys really have sharp features and quite a number are tall, as compared to otherguys at Tokyo, Osaka etc. Perina agreed that Kyoto guys are better looking. Haha! We have a common signal, which we will use when we see nice looking guys.. er, will not disclose this in email. There was a time where I did the action for the signal (actually was to call her) and Perina got worked up and asked “Where? Where?” Hahaha!!! The signal got onto her mind!

I bought 2 pairs of shoes at ABC mart - Hawkins and New Balance. I think I am just crazy about New Balance. But I really like the color of the New Balance shoes that I bought, which I will never find in S'pore.

Today is a shopping and guys looking trip for us.. On the whole it was enjoyable. But, why I do not have 艷遇 again? As long as my lover Perinais around me, I don’t have this luck.. sigh

Will miss 関西.. 東京 is much boring as not many good looking guys around

sent at hotel kinki,0.24am

26 December 2005 - 名古屋、 V6 握手会

V6 are 井ノ原快彦, 三宅健, 岡田准一, 森田剛, 長野博, 坂本昌行

Waited for 4 hours in the freezing cold outside 名古屋レインボーホール (Nagoya Rainbow Hall) before I can see V6.

I was really surprised when I entered into a small room. I thought the venue would be much bigger. The moment I entered into the room, I saw video cameras, staff behind the fans who queued in one line.. and 岡田くん!

Oh my god, I got a shock! 岡田くんis so カツコイイ！I saw his left side view. Oh my gosh!!! I got so excited and mumbled to Perina – “岡田! 岡田!” When I looked at 岡田くん’s eyes, my mind can’t function well. We had eye contact. He looked straight into my eyes with a big smile, shook my hand and said “ ありがとうございます(Thank You)“ . I　leaned forward to him, almost touching his face! Told him I am from S’pore in Japanese. 岡田くん continued to give me his big smile and said said “ ありがとうございます” I could see that he is sincere, but rather reserved.

The next one is 森田くん. He just shook my hand and gave that frustrated look. He did not even bother to smile and his eyes just swept around. Damn attitude! Feel like giving him a slap.

Then 井ノ原くん! Oh, my mind went blank again. I love his BIG smile. I really enjoyed the moment when we had eye contact. In fact his eyes are so small that I can’t see his pupils. Nevertheless 井ノ原くん’s smile was so sweet and sincere. I felt as if I am dreaming. I think he used both hands to shake my hands. He’s a really nice and approachable guy. I told him I am from S’pore, he said “ ありがとうございます” twice. I hope he hears it, coz his expression looks the same.

When I was about to reach 長野くん, the girl next to metripped and fell. I immediately hold her, with the help ofa staff. 長野くんs eem helpless when he saw the girl fell down. When Iapproached to shake 長野くん’s hands, he looked at me from my head to toe. He then smiled and said “ありがとうございます.” I think he wondered where do I come from. I did not bother to talk tohim, just smiled, coz things happened too fast! And I don’t think he is an approachable guy.

Next is 三宅くん. 三宅くんis short. He curled up, did not have eye contact, said “ありがとうございます.” and looked at the next girl. He looks quitescared when he shake. Very cute guy.

Lastly is 坂本さん. 坂本さん is the tallest among them. Helooked very impressing and charismatic in real person. His big smileattracted me. 坂本さん looked straight into my eyes and said “ありがとうございます.” I could not control myself and told him I am from S’pore (initially I planned to tell 岡田くん and井ノ原くん only). 坂本さん continued give me his big smile and said “ありがとうございます.”again. I think 坂本さん heard me. When I was about to leave, I turned to looked at 岡田くん and 井ノ原くん. When I looked at 坂本さん, he turned and looked at me, give me his big smile again with a slight bow and said “ありがとうございます.” I smiled and waved bye bye to him.

All these happened within 10 - 15 secs. It was too fast! Icould not recover from the shock. Especially I have seen 岡田くん and shook hands with him. There were fans who cried afterseeing V6. I can understand their feeling. But for me, I just want to see them, that's all.

The most sincere among them is 坂本さん. 岡田くん and 井ノ原くんaresincere too, as I think all of them use both their hands to shake. I have this strange feeling towards 長野くん. I think he screens people. Not that approachable guy. 三宅くん, not that sincere, but still ok. 森田くんis the worst!

Till now, I could not believe that I saw V6 nd shook handswith them. According to Perina, she did not know that the girl fell. I remembered I saw her left the room when I walked to either 三宅くん or 坂本さん. So probably I have more time with them. The most unexpected was I found that 坂本さん is so charming. He looks most unattractive on TV and magazines.

Good experience! Looking forward to their concert on 28Dec, 2.30pm at Nagoya.

25 December 2005 – 白浜

Photo taken from 民宿

The 民宿 we stayed is a tall building and facing the sea. The scenery in the morning is breath taking! And we only paid 4000yen per person for quite a big house! The house is fully equipped with furnitures. We even grilled the fishes that were bought yesterday.

Went to 三段壁, the caves where the pirates hide in the past. Very breath taking views.It is my second time there, but the feeling wadifferent. The sky was clear ad perfect. Although it was cold, I can feel the warmth of the sunlight.

Perina and I turned the vending machine where you get the things put in a egg like case. Very funny. We were trying to get Chicken little and another pig character. Some people just looked at us, wondering why these two ladies are laughing like mad.

Went to とれとれ市場, the big fish market. I finally got to eatthe 海鮮ラーメン after 1 year! This ramen is so good that I could not even forget it for the past 1year. We all enjoyed so much at とれとれ市場 that I forgo going to Masha’s golden DVD box exhibition.

Left for Osaka around 5plus. I told myself I will be back to 白浜 again. I love this place so much that I would want to come back for the third time or more.

Hmm.. I spent my Christmas Eve with今中さん for the second timeand first time Christmas. Well, proabably me and him are fated to be friends... Strange even though he is an old man.. but I think both of us enjoyed each other’s company.

24 December 2005 – 太地と白浜

太地

Woke up early to go to the port to see the fishermensell tuna. The catch was not good coz of the cold weather. However, it was an eye opening to see those big tunas. They sold the tunas tobuyers for 15000 yen each. But the buyers can sell much more!

Board a ferry to 太地, the whale-catching town. Watched the dolphins and whale show. I got to shake hand with the dolphin after the show. It was the first timeI got so close up with the dolphin. Then we went to the holding area for the dolphins and whales. The dolphins and whales swam near me! I was so excited. I started to video record them. They were so cute! I guessed they thought I have food for them. Keep on ‘calling’ me. Haha.

太地 is a very beautiful place. Good for relaxation. The place is small and we only spent half day there. We were kind of lost during lunch as we have finished visiting both 勝浦 and 太地. So I proposed to 今中さん to go 白浜. He was surprised to hear that and said I’m 若まま。But he agreed to my suggestion. So no time being wasted, we board the ferry and went back to 勝浦.

On our way back, we bought fishes and seaweeds from a local stall. Very cheap! 今中さん bargained for more packets. Then we stopped by a shop selling Japanese oranges. The oranges were so sweet! It was sold in different packets, with names of the farmers written on the bags. The difference was that the oranges were planted in different mountains. ^-^ We bought 5kg of oranges for only 500yen! So Perina and I carried 2.5kg each.

We then rushed to check the train schedule and check out. We had to pack our stuff, check-up (luckily that the owner refund us abit of money) etc within 30 minutes. But we managed to board the train which stop at every train station. Lucky!

On our way, we saw high school boys sleeping and chatting on the train. The guy seated opposite us was quite tall and good looking. Even the country guys also trim their eyebrows. This is something which I salute the japanese guys. They know how to present themselves.

We stopped at 串本（Kushimoto）, the most southern part of the Japan Peninsula Sea, to change to another train. I wanted to take the photo of us and the sign that show串本 is the most southern part. Because perhaps I’ll never come here again. I spotted a young guy, who resembles Tsubasa, but was with mask coz he was down with cold. He took the signage only! Poor guy. I asked him to take the photo for us. Then while I was checking the camera, 今中さん suddenly said the train is at the next platform. The alone young handsome guy got a shock when we scream He asked innocently “何があった？” I just replied “大丈夫です”, picked up my luggage and ran. We really ran like mad! Although we rushed and reachedthe platform, we did not manage to catch the train. The train driver left coz he could not wait for us even though he saw us.Japanese are conscious about punctuality. No choice, got to hang around at the station for an hour before the next train comes. Just treat it as a break. We called up the minshuku that I chose at 白浜 station.

Reached there and found, wow it was a mansion, facing the sea. Oh my gosh! Daytime view would be fantastic. We dropped by at 長久 to give 小森さん the oranges as お土産 before we went to the onsen. I was a little disappointed that 小森さん could not recognize us. Maybe he has too many customers. Spent our Christmas Eve at長久. We chatted, ate and drank. We were all happy. It was great to be able to come back to 白浜. I did not want to waste my Christmas Eve. Because of my 若まま and I am a wonderer, I made the decision to go back to 白浜. I am glad I made that decision. Reached the minshuku around 10pm. Then I listened to Masha’s ‘All Night Nippon.’ First time I heard it so clearly in Japan. Lucky!