(NOAH) "DONMAI DONMAI", Mitsuharu Misawa's diary - 6th October 2006

Cheers! Misawa went on tour in Hawaii*. To all the fans who participated, I hope you enjoyed it. Is Hiroshi living a happy life*? (Inside joke). 

I love Hawaii (it's better if you don't have to work, but...), as there were fewer participants on this tour, I tried my best to join them as much as possible. So, how was it? This may be a bit of an insult to fans, but if there are fewer people, you can get closer to them. If the number of people increases, then the time you spend with each fan will inevitably become shorter. This time I might have been able to get my point across. When I'm invited to an event or talk show, the organizer sometimes says things like, "I'm sorry we couldn't get a lot of people," but for me, it's better to have fewer people. It's totally OK because I get to interact closely with the people who took pains to participate. Of course, I would be grateful if more people participated, but since the time of the event is set, for example, at an autograph session, I feel like I just have to sit down and call it a day, so I don't have time to see each person's faces, so I'm sorry. I often think that way. When there are only a few people, I can see at each person individually, and if there are fans who come often, I can talk to them. I know the topic has gotten a little sidetracked, so lets talk about Hawaii for a moment. 

This time, I would like to look back on this tour, focusing on the food. One of the joys of traveling is food, but when I go to Hawaii, I mainly eat Japanese food, so I doubt everyone was satisfied in that term....but first, lets start with the flight to Hawaii. I was planning to sleep on the plane, but I ended up watching three movies and not having slept when I arrived. By the way they were; 

1) X-MEN 

2) Poseidon 

3) Over the Hedge 

I haven't seen any of them, but in my opinion all three were "meh". 

I think everyone was tired from traveling on the first day, so we left a little early for dinner at 6:30pm and had Chinese food. Then on the second day, except for meals, we were free to do whatever we wanted. And on the second day, young people may not know what this tree is, but it's an interesting

tree, because it's the tree where everyone gathers for a commemorative photo. ~~(<-<-Hey hey) Well, that's enough (grin*). For lunch, we went to a local bowling alley to eat "Tail Soup", which was recommended by Ken-chan from Noah's Honolulu branch*, as it was recommended by a local it was cheap and delicious. For dinner I went to a an Izakaya I often to go in Hawaii, and there was a Noah poster on the wall. And on the third day, we each ate our favorite foods for lunch at the well-known food court "MAKAI MARKET" at the Miara Moana Shopping Center. By the way, I had a smoked chicken plate that cost about $8. After eating, I went to BOOK OFF, which is also located in Shirokiya* in the Miara Moana Shopping Center. This is the first store in America that sells Noah's official DVDs. It's BOOK OFF, but unlike Japan, they sell new products. It also includes commentary in English, so if you want to watch matches while listening to commentary in English, please check it out. 

And today's food was Shabu-shabu, or rather, this is America right? There is only Japanese food. By the fourth day, I was pushing myself, and on this day, we had free time. As it was our last day, we went out for a "Sunset Cruising Dinner" in the evening in true Hawaiian style. In Japanese, we would say, "A delicious meal on a boat while watching the sun go down." 

Well, it was a buffet style meal, but...I'm here, I'm here...(raised eyebrows). Put simply, "Lets get up on the stage and dance together" (?) A long time ago, I went to see a Polynesian dance show in Hawaii, and at that time, five or six people selected from the venue danced. I was able to interact closely with the fans for four days like this. I hope you enjoyed it, and I thought it would be interesting to read about it. If you think so, please come and join us next time.(Next time, however, if there were more people, I think it would be difficult to plan as closely as we did....) Thank you to everyone who participated, and thank you for your hard work*.

Well, October's Navi begins today. There are only two tours left this year, so if you're in the area, please come and see us at the venue. See you next week! Misawa

Notes

Noah and Hawaii: Noah's association with Hawaii was through Giant Baba, who loved the island and would often take the dojo there to train. Misawa carried this on with Noah, holding shows and training there (Kobashi took KENTA there following an injury).

Hiroshi living a happy life: Probably refers to comedian Hiroshi (Ken'ichi Saito) who did a a stand up of an "annoyingly depressed character"

Noah's Honolulu Branch: A small satellite office created to handle Noah's USA bookings as in that period they did a lot of work with Ring of Honor. They were also meant to have an English news service, but this was extremely sporadic and never very concise (I recall there was only about two news articles, none of them about Noah). The branch closed sometime after Misawa's death and the website has long been defunct.   

The tree: I don't want to know. 

Shirokaya: Japanese department store

Thank you for your hard work: Misawa uses "Samadeshita", instead of the usual, "Arigatou", which is a very polite way of saying thank you in Japanese.