Ohayo SMAP!
Nov.23-Nov.27,1998

Nov. 23(Mon):
Hi, today is the Labor Day holiday. How are you spending your holiday? This is the third day of the long weekend. May be, some of you are listening to this at your travel destination. Um¡K I wonder where people go for the long weekend. Well, if I got 3 days off, I will stay in Tokyo¡Kum..may be driving my car around, cleaning my room, and doing laundry. Most likely, three days will go quickly by doing these kinds of things. Oh, but I don't think I will just stay home. I am quite active. I will make my plan and go out. Ah, for this time of the year, hot springs may be nice. It is getting cold so it will be nice to go into open-air hot springs. Well, actually, taking vacation is more like a dream for me now. I am too busy filming the drama.

Nov. 24(Tue):
This week, I would like to talk about traveling. If I were going overseas now, I would like to go somewhere warm. I went to Thailand with my family last January. It was good. It was quite healing to empty out my mind while I was traveling. It was just for few days. When I don't have time to take one week or longer vacation, just going to some islands in south for few days will be great. Shingo likes Hawaii a lot. I guess he goes there whenever he has some day offs. Truthfully speaking, I don't like Hawaii because it is too Japanese. There are too many Japanese tourists visiting Hawaii. It just like Tokyo facing to many Japanese people. Well, may be, the big island of Hawaii is nice.

Nov. 25(Wed):
Ah, the theme of this week is traveling. I guess people has already began making reservations for their end of year/new year vacation going to overseas. I should think about my New Year vacation with my family. I would like to go somewhere if I get the New Year vacation. But, I can't get my schedule in advance since it is hard to figure out the schedule for all SMAP members working together. Where should I go if I get the vacation? I like Thailand and Indonesia. I like their decorations of houses and interiors. Bangkok was great. I know some people just can't stand with Southeast Asia. If you don't like food over there, you would not like Southeast Asia. Um, I like Thailand quite a bit.

Nov. 26(Thu):
This week's theme is traveling. I would like to talk about domestic travel today and tomorrow. Ah, in my case, domestic travel is, of course, fishing trip. Yah, may be, it should not called as travel. But, an overnight fishing trip¡K I went to Tateyama, Chiba last summer for fishing. I stayed at a small inn. It may be hard for you to imagine me fishing but I like fishing. Also, I think I talked about this before, I like hot springs. Hot springs are great to heal your body and soul. And, of course, Kyoto is my most favorite place to visit after all. Kyoto is good. In deed, there are even some hot springs in Kyoto if you go into the mountain part. Food, I like Kyoto's hot Tofu at the old inn. Takuya said he drove to Kyoto. That is incredible. Me? Of course, by the bullet train.

Nov. 27(Fri):
Hi! I have been talking about traveling all week this week. I went to Ishigaki island of Okinawa last summer. The ocean was very beautiful. The ocean there was lot clear than the ocean in the Southeast Asia. I heard that the ocean around Japan is really beautiful. I heard that even the famous Jack Myole said the sea around Japan is clean and clear. I did diving. I am kind embarrassed to tell you this, but I did diving alone. Scuba diving sounds trendy, but mine is just dive into the ocean. I was able to see 20-30m deep in the water. I never have seen the site in the deep water before. It was a wholesome view. Well, I don't want anyone to look at me when I am diving just wearing basing shorts. I would like to go to Ishigaki again.

Ohayo SMAP