(NOAH) "Donmai, Donmai" ~ Mitsuharu Misawa's diary (1st June 2007)

Cheers! Navigation in full swing. Misawa is a little tired. (<---<---Isn't that always the case?) (*frown*) I've been drinking a lot, (<----<----I think that's more often the case?) (*frown*) but I'm fine and doing my best in the ring. First, let's answer the question from Ippei, who goes to an izakaya alone (he says he spends 2000 or 3000 yen somewhere before going to the izakaya, but I won't say where he spends the money) *grin*

Now, as for Ippei's question, I'm not really into brands. I don't really understand the feeling of paying hundreds of thousands of yen for consumable items like bags. However, I think it's true that good things last a long time. So, apart from the bags I take on tours and use quite hard, I mostly don't have any other bags. They're sturdy and last a long time. It's a pain to go out and buy new ones every time they break, so it's nice that they repair them, which is a pretty standard answer*. That reminds me, Ippei wrote in his diary that he went to the Parasite Museum*. The parasite went to see parasites. 

So, leaving Ippei there, Navi visited Hokkaido for the first time in six months*, and arrived last Saturday. As usual, we took the ferry from Aomori to Hakodate. Most people sleep on the ferry. I slept for two hours out of the four hour journey, and played games for the remaining two hours. This time I played "Spectrobes" on my DS (if you're interested in what kind of game it is, please look it up). I'm often asked, "Do you get motion sickness playing games on a ferry?", but I'm fine with it. This time, someone from Hakodate asked me "Did it shake?", but rather than saying it didn't, I didn't feel it. I always arrive in Hokkaido exhausted from all the travel, but the seafood there is delicious. Kotaro ate a box of sea urchins with his friends. By the way, I'm writing this diary a little early because I have three consecutive days of performances this week, so even though I'm in Hokkaido for a while, I don't have much to say about Hokkaido, and the only photo I have is of a raccoon dog. I'll tell you about my experience in Hokkaido another time, but for now, I'll move on to the questions. This time, I haven't had any alcohol lately, so I have a question for Shuhei who wants to drink. When did you realize that you were an "M*"? Well, this is a personality trait, so it could have other meanings too, but I'll leave it up to Shuhei to decide which meaning it has. Well, that's all for now. Everyone, please look out for Shuhei's answer next week*.    

Navi will be holding the GHC Championship in the final match, but I will do my best to defend, so please come and support me*. There will also be a public event the day before the Sapporo show ((for details, see the event information on the website, and the article dated May 24th). If you have time, please come too. *grin*

This was Misawa. See you next week.

Notes

Bags: Mayumi Misawa wrote in "The Last Bump" that Misawa travelled with Louis Vuitton bags, which over time (and as Misawa's body changed) turned into a barrel shape. I don't think Misawa himself cared too much for brand names, but Baba insisted that everyone have designer luggage. Kaito Kiyomiya has continued this trend.  

Parasite Museum: The Meguro Parasitological Museum, which is in Tokyo. 

Hokkaido: Misawa seemed to visit his place of birth pretty regularly, and as we have seen, retained ties with it although he left as a tiny baby. 

Spectrobes: See Wikipedia article

M: Masochist. Not M's alliance. 

Shuhei's answer: Please God, NO!

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Misawa was on his last run. He would hold the belt for all of 2007, before dropping it in 2008 to Takeshi Morishima.

The pictures from Noah on a ferry here sadly are after Misawa's death, but the All Japan pictures date from his era there (Misawa is the third down, with Genichiro Tenryu snoozing at the back)