2025/12/7 Returned, and immediately did Jumping

With that, I'm heading back to Tokyo today.
I woke up at 6:15 in the morning. Even though I'm a middle-aged man, my parents still treat me like a child and prepared a proper breakfast for me. I filled my stomach and headed to Hiroshima Station. For the first time in a while, I'm heading to Tokyo by Shinkansen instead of by plane.

It takes about 4 hours by Shinkansen from Hiroshima to Tokyo. The reason I get restless is, as expected, the problem of not being able to smoke. The Shinkansen used to have smoking rooms, but they don't exist anymore. If I recall correctly, about 8 years ago, around the time I moved to Tokyo, there was still a smoking room about every three or five cars. These smoking rooms were barely big enough for two adults to fit in, and sometimes it was a nuisance when people who looked like they were involved in organized crime would hole up in there while making phone calls.
A few years after that, the smoking rooms on the trains were completely closed. I remember well that at the time, the Nakagawa-ke brothers, known as heavy smoker comedians, said strongly on the radio, 'If that's the case, I won't take jobs that require traveling by Shinkansen,' and 'Get rid of them all.' The Shinkansen is boring enough as it is, so you end up wanting to smoke. I understand that feeling all too well.

First, before getting on the Shinkansen, I absolutely must head to the smoking room on the platform. I basically sit in the non-reserved section. The non-reserved cars are cars 1 and 2. The smoking room is on the platform near cars 15 and 16. This is exquisitely exhausting.
In today's case, I'm taking the Nozomi that starts at Hiroshima Station to go home. First, I enter the platform and leave my luggage in car 1 of the Nozomi that has arrived. I have to do this, otherwise I won't be able to secure a seat. Then, since there are 12 or 13 minutes until departure, I hurriedly walk at a fast pace toward cars 15 and 16. There are a fair number of people on the platform, and there's a Kiosk or convenience store, so the walkway is narrow. I push my way through that, taking about 4 minutes to get to the smoking room. I hurriedly smoke one cigarette in about 3 minutes. 5 minutes left until departure. Ugh. I could smoke one more if I really wanted to.
I thought maybe I should just smoke it quickly and get on the Shinkansen, but when I thought about it, you can't pass through the Green Car. So I have to go back to car 1. Ah, I want to smoke.

For the 4 hours from here, of course, I'm going to want to smoke. At times like that, it's the turn of the snus called 'VELO' that I've recently been keeping at hand like a good luck charm. There are several small paper pouches, and if you put one in your mouth, you can ingest nicotine. It's an item that helps calm the urge to smoke a little bit.
Thanks to this, it's a little easier. The peace of mind that I have this when the time comes also eases the desire to smoke.

8:06. The Shinkansen departs on schedule. Since there's the agency live show 'Jumping Yellow' after this today, why don't I open my computer and check my material? Zzz. I got sleepy for no reason, and I slept for a bit.
After waking up, I try to look at the material again. The Shinkansen has Wi-Fi, but the signal is pretty bad. While crossing from Sanyo to Tokai, there are many mountains, so the signal doesn't come through. Because the computer won't work well, I get bored and sleepy.
One way or another, I zzz again.

Eventually, I arrived at Tokyo Station. I hurriedly transferred trains and got home a little past 13:30.
I took a bath, got ready, and went to Shinjuku. It's Jumping Yellow.
My memory is already starting to get fuzzy. My body was exhausted, and I just tried my best to keep my body and brain moving.

Today's Jumping Yellow had a full lineup of members who have shared both joys and sorrows. Melonpan, Propose Nara-ta, Fuusen Tsubame, Neo Minami, 'Murakami, I'm glad you look well.' It feels like there are fewer people, but they are good members. These are people who know those days.

As for the manzai, I didn't get the reaction I expected. Ugh. Maybe I was a bit arrogant. I still need to tighten my focus and polish my comedy. This is what happens when you let your guard down. Although I don't think I let my guard down.
In 2026, I will continue to devote myself, devote myself, devote myself.
I went to sleep as soon as I got home. My body is truly worn out.

What I thought was interesting today is: 'But when I think about it, my body was busy, but I don't feel like I was able to do much comedy. Hmm. It's not that I don't have the motivation. But sometimes things turn out weird. Hmm.'