2007.08.24: Radioshow (ARASHI DISCOVERY) - "AMONG HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE"

[mount_deer]

So, counting down to the 9th anniversary since that 'fated meeting' at Tenjin Festival in Osaka, which will be in 2 weeks' time; I'm posting yet another mention of this special occasion.

As usual, Ohno answered questions from his listeners. For this particular question though, he wasn't even answering it for most of the part.

"夏から秋にかけては各地でいろいろなお祭りがありますね。お祭りにはたくさんの屋台が出ますが、リーダーはお祭りといえば何の屋台が好きですか？"

なるほど。お祭りねぇ、行ってないですねぇ、最近はめっきり。
まぁ、屋台。う～ん、何だろうな？
僕ね、りんご飴とか好きですね。うん。でも、そんなに食えないんですよね(笑)。
でもね、僕、お祭りでね、一つね、すごいなぁと思うのがね、三年前ぐらいの大阪の天神祭に僕行ったんですよ。
そん時はちょうどね、次の日が大阪で嵐のね、コンサートあったの。
だから一日前に行ってマネージャーと「遊び行こうよ」つって行ったんですよ。
で、ずーっと歩いてて、そんでね、花火見たりしてね。マネージャーと二人で(笑)　
そんで歩いてたら、なんと何十万人もいる中から櫻井翔がいたんです。
で、翔くんが俺を見っけたのかな？
翔くんも一日前に入ってて、友達とお祭り来てて。
偶然ですよ、あれ。何十万人の中から嵐を見つけたっていうね。
「これは奇跡に近いんじゃねのか!?」って思ってね、翔くんと未だに話してますね。
ええ。夏になると「あれはすごいよね」って。

"From summer till autumn there's various festival being held at different places. There's a lot of 'yatai' (food carts) during these festivals; Leader, which yatai do you prefer?"

I see. Festivals... I haven't been to any... especially nowadays.
Well, yatai. Hmmm, which would it be?
I like candied apple. Yeah. But I don't really eat it all that much, eheh.
But you see, for me, when it comes to festivals, there's one thing that I thought was so amazing; about 3 years ago I went to Tenjin Festival in Osaka.
That was just about the time when Arashi will be having concert in Osaka the next day.
That's why the day before I said to my manager "Lets go and check it out~" and went with him.
Then we walked the whole time, watching the fireworks, ne. Together with my manager, hehehe.
When we were walking, there was Sho Sakurai; among hundred thousands of people.
Did Sho-kun spot me too?
Sho-kun also arrived in Osaka earlier, and went to the festival with his friends.
It was so unexpected, that meeting. To find an Arashi member among hundred thousands of people.
I thought, "Ain't this close to a miracle?"; even till now Sho-kun and I still talk about it.
Yeah, when summer comes we'd reminisce, "That was amazing, ne."