Zunbara Zuihitsu Chapter 8 “Autograph Session Findings”
Hey everybody! I went to an autograph session! -- Osaka , 80 people, including 4 women (5% on sales tax) -- Kyoto , 71 people, including 5 women (amongst, 1 attended with a child - a male) -- Nagoya , 30 people, including 3 women (10% as expected from a local) -- Tokyo , 116 people, including 6 women (plus an anonymous maid in a yukata) -- Hakata , 38 people, including 9 women ( amongst, 1 attended with a child - another male ) Total: 335 attendees, including 27 women. Oh man! All I saw were guys! I arrived at the new Osaka Station via a Shinkansen [bullet train] at midday, August 4th, where it was a scorching 38°C. I got interviews for a town magazine and Osaka Shimbun [now Sankei Shimbun] before taking the JR train to Kobe in the evening. After abandoning my luggage at the hotel, I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant catered at Chinatown; it was light and tasty. At 9:00PM, I entered Radio Kansai. Iwachan [Kazuo Iwasaki] and Kaorin [Kaori Minami] greeted me with a grin. Tomoko...