all right so this is how today played
out
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but I just arrived in Boca it has been
something like 14 years since the last
time that I was here so needless to say
I'm pretty happy to be here I have
brought my shamisen because I am here
for not one but two shamisen
performances and as I promised bringing
you guys along for the trip
now Simon grab my shamisen and go check
out the place that I'm gonna be playing
tomorrow
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definitely definitely underdressed it's
just a soundcheck anyway
hey let me send in setup time for a
sound check
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all right all finished up
soundcheck went well the people with
this company are really nice and the
view here is beautiful look at this
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but it's time to head back to the hotel
and get the shamisen ready for tomorrow
because it needs brand new strings
before each performance and they take a
little while to settle
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now I'd love to bring you guys along to
the actual performance itself but you
know corporate performances being what
they are I can't exactly invite you guys
to come along but if I do have any
public performances anywhere in Japan
obviously I will be sure to let you know
I made it back just in time to does it
started spitting outside in the shamisen
the shamisen doesn't do so well with
water I was gonna say I'll show you the
view but that the windows aren't
atrocious they're just there just let me
let me focus in on it like that
I always say but if that's the worst
thing that happens to me today I'm still
having a pretty good day all right I'm
gonna I'm gonna get some work done
morning guys it's just before 10:00 a.m.
the hotel is absolute disarray and I am
heading out now stayed up pretty late
editing a video last night so lots of
coffee
got my own little room to this
particular performing it is somewhat
special because this is actually the
longest performance I've ever been
contracted for the better part of an
hour I don't know why I've it last night
I had this awful dream that part of my
shamisen broke and well it is
technically repairable
it'll never have the same sound again so
once a shamisen embrace or part of it
breaks that that's the end of it right
there my heart is racing now just
thinking about that train that was
nightmare
call me a nerd if you will but the first
layer of kimono always makes me feel
very alright all things considered I
think I'm just gonna turn off the camera
for now get into focus mode and I will
see you guys all finished out and aired
for dinner now this is Noriko and this
is yoshito and these gentlemen are the
entire reason that I am here in Koga
right now this kind gentleman right here
watched me on TV and decided we have to
have him out so because of that
basically everything that's happened in
the last couple months has happened so
thank you one of the biggest reasons
that I decided to get a new shamisen was
for this specific job for the Fulco job
because I knew I was gonna have to come
here via airplane and so I was going to
need a shamisen that could break down
into three pieces and so if it wasn't
for this job probably next to none of
the shamisen content that I've done in
the last six months would have made its
way on to the channel so have a great
deal of gratitude for this specific
before I turn in for the night let's
take a little bit of a night walk
hey cool cuz nightlife is definitely
interesting I don't actually remember
that much about Boca at all which is one
of the reasons I record everything
because so easy to forget but this is
quite the place to be and I can see why
people love it so much and there's
something over here but I think I
remember I feel like I have a memory of
sitting in these chairs here and
watching a child jump around and this
water here and getting in trouble from
his mother like 14 years ago I've got to
get back to that series of me revisiting
my first trip to Japan it's getting
pretty late and I have another
performance first thing tomorrow morning
so we should head back
I gotta say the one thing I'm really
impressed by here focus the fact that it
is almost midnight there are so many
people out the nightlife scene here of
coca is surprisingly a little more alive
than it is in Tokyo anyway and we're
almost back at the hotel so let's turn
in
all right just finished up with day two
of the performance
today's performance went way better than
yesterday's it was a ton of fun gotta go
check into my next hotel and head out
for dinner there we go
check-in done not a terrible room saying
it was like this is a $30 room like this
room cost me absolutely nothing all
right we gotta get going let's go this
train station is so quiet
good morning guys so shortly after I got
to the station yesterday this happened
that ready there is my favorite vlogging
land this thing has been with me all
over the world and I think that
yesterday was its final day it's a long
story short the camera got knocked out
of my hand and the lens took the bulk of
damage luckily when I travel for big
projects I carry an extra lens with me
the only issue is and it's like a super
wide like like health look how small my
head got it's a really really also this
lens was beautiful with low-light anyway
anyway but oddly enough despite all of
that yesterday was a really really good
day like I had a great day yesterday
like my shamisen performance that I did
yesterday was way better than the one
before and then last night I went up to
some friend's place for dinner and just
video games I can't remember the last
time that I just kicked back it had a
game night and I learned a couple things
like for example while in Tokyo Amazon
Prime has next day or sometimes even
same day delivery out here in Kyushu hey
it is not an option
it's like the earliest delivery was like
four days from now so Amazon priming a
new lens to myself right away was just
not in the cards two years ago something
like this would have absolutely ruined
my day it might have ruined my week
because lenses they're not cheap then is
this not like this like a little lens
tree where you can just pick no there's
no but I just wanted to see if I could
turn this into an exercise of positive
thinking and hopefully break a habit
that has drilled more than one day or
week or whatever of my life and stay on
track so this lens right here is gonna
get shelved and we've gotta find a new
one over the next week or so also a
little bit of a fun fact I always carry
a little chapstick wrapped in gaff tape
so I was able to just tape up the lens
just like that and we're good to go
but before we get too deeply into the
day I need coffee because the hotel
didn't have coffee
yep that'll do
the coffee's always good I don't really
have any major plans for today but hey
we got to grab some food and B we got to
get to bet food later on and you know
what since I'm in Fuuka anyway I had to
reach out to one of my friends and see
if he's available I haven't seen him in
years I actually lived with his family
for a short period back in 2005 here we
go
mail sent let's go grab some food one of
my favorite ramen shops in all of Japan
is Ichi don and their main shop is
actually right here in focus
all right guys this is uh this case game
I lived with case case family a little
bit back in 2005 we're having coffee
we're enjoying I'm gonna focus on this
and I'll talk to you guys anyway on our
way to bed foo now
Mountain sounds like this that I really
wish happy Brook in my life to the
convenience store to grab some food no
we are settled in Beppu yeah I got
graced with one of the most beautiful
sunsets I have seen in a while on
arriving here and admittedly today has
been just a little more challenging due
to the lack of my lens but it's at this
point that I can't want to ask you guys
a question have you ever lost or
destroyed something that you needed or
loved kind of in the way that I did with
that lens it if so how did you handle it
were you more like the old me and let it
completely destroy your day and or week
or are you naturally just more like than
me that I'm trying to be and err more on
the side of positivity let me know let's
hang out down in the comment anyway this
adventure is really just getting started
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and you guys know I will see you again
real soon
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