guess this is where our day starts today it is just before noon I've just arrived

ここが今日の始まりの場所。正午少し前。

and Yasukuni shrine right here in Tokyo I've got my shamisen on my back because

東京、靖国神社に到着したところ。 背中に三味線を背負ってるのは

well today today's a shamisen day can you hear the sound of the cicadas well

今日が三味線の日だから！ セミの声、聞こえてる？

summer summer is here the main part of the festival doesn't start until later

夏！夏が来た！

on today which gives us an opportunity that we don't usually get which is to

だから、普段はあまりできないことをするチャンス。

see what the shrine looks like while it's still quiet let me show you

まだ静かな間に神社の様子を 見ることができるんだ。ほら。

alright guys so this is actually pretty exciting so this festival had become so

みんな！実は凄くわくわくしている ことがあるんだ。このお祭りは

big and so popular for a while that they had actually taken down all these food

とても大きく、人気になったために、しばらくの間 食べ物の出店を撤去する程だった。

stalls or a Japanese call Yatai this is the first year in a couple of years

日本語でいう屋台のこと。今年は数年ぶりに

that they put the yeah thigh back up and there's a lot of them check this here me

屋台が復活して、たくさんの店が出てるんだ。見て！

oh wow this is new I've never seen little watermelons before look at like

わぁ！こんな小さいスイカ見たことない！見て。

the size of my hand that is so neat and this place is gonna get so crowded later

僕の手と同じくらいのサイズ！すごく面白い。 今日、この場所はこの後かなり混み合うことになる。

on today if you can eat any one of these right now what would it be

もし、今この瞬間にこの中からどれか一つ 食べられるとしたら、何を選ぶ？

and did I mention that the location of this shrine is by far one of my favorite

この神社のロケーションは 僕が大好きなことの一つだって言ったかな？

things you see Tokyo one of the things I love about Tokyo is the fact that even

東京で僕が大好きなことの一つは、

within the city there's always some form of nature or shrine hidden over on this

都心にも関わらず、いつも何らかの形で 自然や神社が隠れている(存在する)こと。

side we have the Imperial Palace and everything like that and Yasukuni Shrine

こちら側には皇居とかその他諸々があって、 靖国神社と

and the whole festival we've got going today is over on this side I'm very

今日僕たちが行くお祭りはこちら側にあるんだ。

excited about having the opportunity to play today but I'm also just as excited

最高！

about how wonderful this festival is and sorry it's really bright and blown out

今日の演奏するチャンスに とてもわくわくしているけど、

but look at this

このお祭り自体の素晴らしさにも 同じくらいわくわくしているんだ。 眩しいし明るすぎてごめんね。

next I get to go in here into the Kaikan. an area that I never get to go to but

でも見て！

I've got to change into a full kimono and hakama for today's performance

次はここ、会館の中に入るよ。 普段は入れないエリア。でも、

that's right full kimono and hakama in 36 degree

今日の演奏のために全身を 着物と袴に着替えなきゃいけないんだ。

weather this is gonna be a fun day

そう、全身着物と袴。36度の気温の中で！

I know you guys aren't used to seeing me like this vlogging at a kimono somehow

楽しい日になるよ！

feels raw it's so hot little behind-the-scenes we are backstage right

準備完了。みんな僕のこういう姿を 見るのに慣れてないよね。

now it is hot out there like it was hot before but kimono and that heat is just whooo....

着物でブログって、何か違う気がする…

that was so unexpected I did not expect that last-minute surprise for them to

暑い！

ask me to come up on stage and play a solo piece exciting times

ちょっと裏話。今バックステージにいるけど

so that all happened really really quickly let me get changed and then we

外はかなり暑い！ さっきも暑かったけど、着物であの熱は…

can reflect on this and do the thing that I'm probably the most excited about

あれは予想外だった！ あの直前のサプライズは予想してなかった！

right now which is just get to the festival the sun's gonna go down pretty

ステージに上がってソロの演奏を頼まれるなんて！

soon we still got a few hours but so many people have showed up so many

興奮した！

and there are few greater challenges than going up the stairs in hakama

全てが本当に本当にあっという間に起きた。

you just always feel like you're gonna fall

着替えて、今回のことを振り返って、 今僕が一番楽しみにしていることをしよう。

in reflection the opportunity to play at this particular festival one of my

とにかくお祭りに行くこと！

favorite festivals here in Japan is one that I never thought in a million years

もうすぐ日が沈み始める。 まだ(日没まで)数時間あるけど、

that I would have it's kind of mind-blowing and I feel like I'm gonna

すでに大勢の人が来てる。 本当にたくさん！

need a little more time to reflect on it but for now I will say that I'm

袴で階段を上るほど難しいチャレンジはない

moderately pleased with how the performance went it definitely could

常に転びそうな感じがしてる。

have gone better I'll leave some more of it at the end of the video for you guys

考えてみると、この特定のお祭りで演奏する機会、

to watch but since we're here why don't we take a minute and do some beautiful

僕が日本で一番好きなお祭りの一つで 演奏するなんて、思ってもいなかったことだ。

b-roll of this festival before evening hits because when evening hits things

なんていうか、驚きと興奮が大き過ぎて

get really good

少し思い返す時間が必要かも。 でも、ひとまずこう言える

it is do you yeah nice to meet you I'm norm come up and say hi anytime awesome

演奏の出来には、まぁまぁ満足してる。

bad again I keep running into people like like I ran into Drew here what did

もっと上手くできたはずだけど。 このビデオの終わりにもう少し演奏の様子を流すね。

you think about the performance it was awesome

でも、せっかくこの場所にいるんだから、 少し立ち止まって、この美しい

I got it all taped this is Victor from frame of travel we ran into each other

お祭りの映像を、夜が来る前に楽しもう。

in Shinjuku one day I think I did a video called like I love days like these

夜になるともっと楽しいから！

in Japan it'll be linked here

君のビデオ観てるよ。 本当？初めまして！僕はNorm。

another brief interruption I just ran into this guy this is Tyler you might

いつでも声かけてね！

know him Doga TV all that stuff

またね！

there is a really cool secret that I want to show you do you like secrets yes

色んな人に出くわしてる。 このドゥルーみたいに！

okay because because I have a secret what seeing is that you see hidden

演奏どうだった？

behind Yasukuni Shrine there's actually a secret garden in pawn no way really

すごく良かった。 全部録画したよ。

yeah this is our second time shooting this I messed up the audio so bad the

これは”Frame of Travel ”のビクター。

first time let me let me take you guys through it so the situation is we had

少し前に新宿で出くわしたんだ。 “I love days like these in Japan”っていう ビデオを作ってた時だったと思う。

actually started out on the other side of the shrine and there's this little

ここにリンク貼っておくね。

pathway that leads behind it now this is a pathway that I've used every year for

またちょっとだけ中断。タイラーをみつけた！

almost 10 years to explore this little hidden pond area you see Victor here had

彼のこと、DogaTVとかで知ってるかもね。

never seen the pond so I was like oh I've got to show it to you

見せたい秘密があるんだ。 秘密は好き？＿好きだよ。

yes yes I do lose the audio quite often but anything is viable to check the

どんな秘密？

audio of every single clip no you're gonna waste your entire day doing that

靖国神社の裏には隠れた庭と池があるんだ。＿本当？

yeah I do check like during intervals though which is how we figured this out

これは2回目の録画。 最初の録画は音声がかなりひどかった。

somebody lost their watch and people were kind enough just to like leave it

何が起きたか説明させて。

right there but I kind of feel like leaving it on the edge there might run

状況としては、神社の反対側からスタートして

the risk of it like when you turn in a lost item in Japan they'll ask to take

裏手に出る抜け道がある。

your personal information in case the owner of the item wants to send you a

この道は、僕が隠れた池のエリアを 探検するのに約10年間毎年使っている道なんだ。

personal thank-you or give you some kind of reward it's a lot of paperwork and

ビクターはこの池を見たことがないんだ。 だから見せてあげようと思って！

you don't need a reward for turning in somebody's watch like you just hope that

そうだよね！ かなり頻繫に音声がダメになってるよね

someone would do

でも、全ての映像の音声を確認するって 現実的に可能だと思う？