five * one * six: 516 questions with okura tadayoshi
322. What’s an Okura family rule?
-- Everyone has dinner together.
323. Tell us about your family!
-- Father, mother, two younger brothers and a dog.
324. Please boast about your family!
-- We’re close. We all talk about how our day went and various things. I chatter the most out of all of them though...
325. What do your parents call you?
-- Tadayoshi.
326. What do your brothers call you?
-- Nii-chan [big brother].
327. What do you call your mother and father?
-- Oyaji [dad], Oka-san [mother].
328. What would you say about your mother’s cooking?
-- Nimono [simmered dishes]. My favorite is aburaage & daikon [sweet deep-fried tofu & Asian radish]. It’s Korean style with the sesame seed oil but it goes super great with rice. She usually makes it for me every time I go home.
329. Share a memory of a family trip!
-- They really took us to different places. We also went camping... We’ve been going to the onsen a lot recently. They’re all memorable.
330. Do you know the birthdays of your entire family?
-- I know them.
331. What kind of presents have you given?
-- I give lots. For the most recent birthdays, I gave my father a game and my mother a brand name bag. I’ve given my brothers clothes or taken them out to eat.
332. Has your family ever gone to see one of your concerts?
-- Yeah. My mother came to the most recent KJ8 tour.
333. What’s the most recent example of you showing filial piety?
-- I’ve been busy lately and haven’t been able to do anything... I need to do something!
334. Do you txtmsg your family?
-- All the time.
335. How many best friends do you have?
-- 4, but I have oodles of other friends I hold near and dear.
336. Do you have friendships with any girls?
-- I sure do.
337. Are any of your best friends girls?
-- Sure are.
338. What defines a best friend?
-- It’s being able to do anything for the other.
339. What do your friends call you?
-- A lot of them call me just plain “Okura.”
340. What do you and your friends usually do when you hangout?
-- Nothing special. We’ll play games at home or go out to eat... We went cycling the other day. We were talking and for some reason decided to aimlessly ride around. We took off and both got worn out after about 15 minutes. We decided to go get a drink after all. LoL.
341. Do you make anything when a friend comes over to hangout?
-- There are times when we’ll have nabe [one pot cooking] and there are also times when we’ll have pizza delivered.
342. By the way, what kind of nabe?
-- Various ones. We’ll have CHIGEnabe [Korean-style]. Or we’ll use stuff that’s in the fridge and have something yosenabe-like [stew version]...
343. How long will you wait for a friend who’s late meeting up with you?
-- If they let me know, I’ll keep waiting. However, if I don’t hear anything, I’ll leave!!
344. What kind of food do you get the most when you go out to eat?
-- I get Japanese style the most often. Next might be Italian.
345. Do you go out to eat by yourself?
-- Sure, I do. There are also times when it’s more relaxing to go by myself.
346. What do you think about?
-- Various things. There are times when I think about work or chat with employees I know well.
347. What games are you best at? Darts, bowling...
-- Nighttime games?! I’m rather good at those. LoL. I can play a bit of darts and billiards.
348. How are you when you’re drunk?
-- I become super happy and a lone bacchant.
349. Do you usually sing KanJani8 songs at karaoke?
-- No.
350. What if someone insists that they want to sing one?
-- “Osaka Rainy Blues” is easy to sing since the key isn’t difficult. I sang this at the Utahime wrap party because someone from the staff liked this song and requested it.
351. Share Mr. Okura’s surefire imitation.
-- On Mucha buri... No, wait... Guess I’ll never have one. LoL.
352. What do you order at cafés?
-- Iced coffee.
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-- Everyone has dinner together.
323. Tell us about your family!
-- Father, mother, two younger brothers and a dog.
324. Please boast about your family!
-- We’re close. We all talk about how our day went and various things. I chatter the most out of all of them though...
325. What do your parents call you?
-- Tadayoshi.
326. What do your brothers call you?
-- Nii-chan [big brother].
327. What do you call your mother and father?
-- Oyaji [dad], Oka-san [mother].
328. What would you say about your mother’s cooking?
-- Nimono [simmered dishes]. My favorite is aburaage & daikon [sweet deep-fried tofu & Asian radish]. It’s Korean style with the sesame seed oil but it goes super great with rice. She usually makes it for me every time I go home.
329. Share a memory of a family trip!
-- They really took us to different places. We also went camping... We’ve been going to the onsen a lot recently. They’re all memorable.
330. Do you know the birthdays of your entire family?
-- I know them.
331. What kind of presents have you given?
-- I give lots. For the most recent birthdays, I gave my father a game and my mother a brand name bag. I’ve given my brothers clothes or taken them out to eat.
332. Has your family ever gone to see one of your concerts?
-- Yeah. My mother came to the most recent KJ8 tour.
333. What’s the most recent example of you showing filial piety?
-- I’ve been busy lately and haven’t been able to do anything... I need to do something!
334. Do you txtmsg your family?
-- All the time.
335. How many best friends do you have?
-- 4, but I have oodles of other friends I hold near and dear.
336. Do you have friendships with any girls?
-- I sure do.
337. Are any of your best friends girls?
-- Sure are.
338. What defines a best friend?
-- It’s being able to do anything for the other.
339. What do your friends call you?
-- A lot of them call me just plain “Okura.”
340. What do you and your friends usually do when you hangout?
-- Nothing special. We’ll play games at home or go out to eat... We went cycling the other day. We were talking and for some reason decided to aimlessly ride around. We took off and both got worn out after about 15 minutes. We decided to go get a drink after all. LoL.
341. Do you make anything when a friend comes over to hangout?
-- There are times when we’ll have nabe [one pot cooking] and there are also times when we’ll have pizza delivered.
342. By the way, what kind of nabe?
-- Various ones. We’ll have CHIGEnabe [Korean-style]. Or we’ll use stuff that’s in the fridge and have something yosenabe-like [stew version]...
343. How long will you wait for a friend who’s late meeting up with you?
-- If they let me know, I’ll keep waiting. However, if I don’t hear anything, I’ll leave!!
344. What kind of food do you get the most when you go out to eat?
-- I get Japanese style the most often. Next might be Italian.
345. Do you go out to eat by yourself?
-- Sure, I do. There are also times when it’s more relaxing to go by myself.
346. What do you think about?
-- Various things. There are times when I think about work or chat with employees I know well.
347. What games are you best at? Darts, bowling...
-- Nighttime games?! I’m rather good at those. LoL. I can play a bit of darts and billiards.
348. How are you when you’re drunk?
-- I become super happy and a lone bacchant.
349. Do you usually sing KanJani8 songs at karaoke?
-- No.
350. What if someone insists that they want to sing one?
-- “Osaka Rainy Blues” is easy to sing since the key isn’t difficult. I sang this at the Utahime wrap party because someone from the staff liked this song and requested it.
351. Share Mr. Okura’s surefire imitation.
-- On Mucha buri... No, wait... Guess I’ll never have one. LoL.
352. What do you order at cafés?
-- Iced coffee.
More to follow... (.^_^)v
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