🇯🇵 Sayaka Okada, a Japanese mahjong champion, build her first gaming PC at a computer store in Japan. I've never built a PC before but this looks like so much fun and I definitely want to try it.

My cousin's daughter, Sayaka, spent her junior year in a small city in Missouri. In Japan, she had played the clarinet in her school band for five years. Japanese school band is not a hobby. You practice 365 days a year. You bow to the music room when you walk in. Smiling during a concert is considered a little suspicious. The Missouri band did not need a clarinet. It needed a sousaphone. So on her second day, a sophomore named Colt wrapped a giant brass snake around a 95-pound Japanese girl and said, "You'll grow into it." She did not grow into it. She learned to march under it. Band camp was in August. In Missouri. Outside. She said the air felt like a wet dog was sitting on her. The tuba section had a name, a secret handshake and a rubber chicken that rode the bus to every away game. Nobody could explain the chicken. It was older than all of them. They didn't bow to their instruments. They named them. Hers was Gordon. At football games, the band yelled at the football team, the football team yelled back, and nobody could ever tell her who started it. Sometime in October, she stopped finding smiles suspicious. At the last home game, the halftime show was different. The band director only told her where to stand. Step here. Turn here. Stop here. She played her part, under Gordon, eyes on her music. From the field, you can't see the shape you're in. She found out later, from the drone video. A hundred and twelve kids had spelled one word across the 50-yard line. SAYAKA. She was the third A. She's back in Japan now, playing the clarinet again. Quietly. Perfectly. Like a professional. Her clarinet is named Gordon II.

3★ [Starry Lightship] Hokko Tarumae, out now! (Voice: Sayaka Kikuchi) This local idol wants nothing more than to promote her hometown, speeding across the dirt as the shining star of Tomakomai! Scout her now and get 90 Hokko Tarumae Star Pieces as a bonus! #Umamusume#

At my cousin's wedding, her American husband promised my uncle he would give her a lot of wrinkles. My uncle is not a talker. When my cousin Sayaka first brought Callum home from Portland, Maine, my uncle said six words to him in two days. Two of them were "more rice." Callum is an ER nurse. He decided the only way to reach my uncle was in Japanese. So for eight months, on night shifts, he practiced one speech out loud. Mostly to patients who were unconscious. At the reception, he rose before 120 guests, faced my uncle and bowed. The line he had practiced was "Father, I will make Sayaka happy." Happy, in Japanese, is shiawase. He said shiwa. Shiwa means wrinkles. "Father, I will give Sayaka many wrinkles." The room went silent. Sayaka covered her face. Callum, who had no idea, bowed again. Very proud. Then my uncle stood up. In sixty-eight years, he has never voluntarily touched a microphone. He took it. "Good," he said. "Wrinkles take fifty years." He sat back down. Sayaka started crying. Then my aunt. Then the whole table. Callum looked around and asked his new wife what he had done. "You said the right thing by accident." Nobody in our family says congratulations at weddings anymore. We raise our glasses and say, "Many wrinkles." Callum still thinks he nailed that speech. Technically, he did.

🗂️ #TracenStudentFiles#, Vol. 70: Meet Hokko Tarumae, a local idol hailing from Tomakomai! She hopes to attract attention to her hometown through her races and concerts, but that zeal can also be her greatest weakness. Voice: Sayaka Kikuchi #Umamusume#

【SHINJIRO ATAE 「Lay Me Down」(SAM SMITH cover)】 It has almost been four months since I announced the resumption of my artist activities. Working as an independent artist has been a great learning experience. I have more freedom in setting my own time schedule, which has allowed me to spend a lot of time exploring myself and my creativity. While there are many things I want to sing and express, there are also many other things I want to try out. Sometimes I’ve even felt a little stuck, unsure of where to start. What I decided to do in the end was go back to my basics and embrace my love for music. I decided to sing a few cover songs. These are songs that I love and are important to me. The first song I covered was "Lay Me Down" by SAM SMITH, an artist that I deeply respect. As creators, we are happy when people get a chance to see what we’ve made. I hope you enjoy it. アーティスト活動再開を報告させていただき、そろそろ4か月が経とうとしています。 歌いたい事や表現したいことは沢山ある一方で、他に挑戦したい事も色々ある事と、今はある程度自由にタイムスケジュールを組める事もあり、納得のいくものをつくる為に、 「あーじゃないこーじゃない」と 制作に時間をかけてしまい、少し煮詰まってしまう時期がありました。 そんな時期にチームで話し合う中で、 このタイミングだからこそ、一度初心に帰り大好きな音楽を自分なりに楽しんでみようと、 今回カバーソングをしてみることになりました。 僕が好きな曲や、自分にとって大切な曲を数曲カバーさせていただきました。 一曲目は僕の尊敬するアーティストの1人でもあるSAM SMITHの「Lay Me Down」を歌ってみました。 アレンジや撮影編集、ヘアメイク衣装と、普段から仕事の域を越えて仲良くしている仲間達と、みんなで一緒に楽しみながら音楽、映像をつくることが出来ました。 たくさん聴いて、観てもらうことが僕たち作り手の幸せです。 ぜひ楽しんでください。 Thanks for... ・Music Producer: Stephanie Topalian Arranger: Nobuhiro Takamoto ・Movie Photography Director: Kintaro Producer: Nyonyo(accel inc.) Production Manager: Satton(accel inc.) Production: accel inc. Director: Tatsuaki ・Hair & Makeup. Hair & Makeup: Maki Sato ・Stylist Stylist: SUGI（FINEST） Stylist Assistant: Shiori Nagayam（FINEST） Assistant: Sayaka Suzuki ・Special thanks SAM SMITH

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