Looking forward to your continued support in 2025.

It seems time really does fly, and 2025 is already well underway.

I feel like I usually write a note at the turn of the year, but this year I completely forgot until today. Well, it's not like that's a big deal, though...

2025, what shall we do? What will you all do? Do you have any goals?

As for me, I still have nothing. Is 'nothing' the right word? Or am I just so desperate to keep up with what's happening right in front of me that I can't think... it's a very delicate situation.

However, I spent 2024 cherishing the idea of 'living in the now.' If I had held onto 'goals' or 'visions' back then, I don't think I would be where I am today.

If you steadily do what is right in front of you, there are futures that will open up.

Believing in these words I heard on the radio, I focused on the present, and as a result, I found myself heading to the bank, taking out a loan, and establishing a base.

I am living in a present I never expected for even a single moment. It was a year where I experienced both the excitement of life and the fear of not knowing what will happen next.

Every time, even while feelings like 'I don't want to go through this experience again,' 'I worked pretty hard,' or 'this is such a hassle' pop up, I just do it anyway.

That's because I know that my own feelings and thoughts are 'pretty helpless,' and I don't think 'myself' has much to do with it.

What should I do to make what I'm working on better? How should I move? I don't force 'myself' into that equation.

If you worry about your own evaluation or how you are perceived, nothing good ever comes of it. It was a year spent reaffirming what I learned on the Akishō grounds during my high school days.

However, when things happening right in front of me get too busy, I lose sight of the big picture. I think that is a challenge for me right now, and I want to improve it.

Not placing my body in the mainstream, not trying to meet someone else's expectations. I always want to be true to myself, and within the scope of what I can do, I want to initiate various things in the community.

2025. This year, I think I will live while receiving strength from even more people than last year. I will rely on many people, and to respond to that, I will do what I can.

What is best for everyone, for this town? The flow of the times, the flow of society, the people around me, and money. Living is difficult in any era.

Facing people is also, as expected, tough. Those kinds of obvious things—living, facing people, working. If I get used to them and start thinking, 'Well, this is good enough,' I think that might be dangerous.

Carefully, one by one. This year's theme is 'One step at a time.'

I will live with those words, said to me by someone back then, engraved in my heart.

This is an announcement, but since it's a matter of survival for me, please forgive me. On Sunday, January 26th, the base I am currently building will be unveiled.

The name is "~(Kara)". We have done everything we could ourselves, starting from the demolition. I think it will be a cooler and more interesting place than you are probably imagining.

So, if you have time on Sunday the 26th, please feel free to drop by. Tickets for the 14:00–17:00 slot (feel free to come and go as you please) are still available.

For more details, click here 🔽