HARUNA: Now then, the North America leg of our world tour is approaching... We're pretty excited; it's been a while, after all.
RINA: It's the first time that we've been away for so long as well.
HARUNA: It's been four years since we've done an NA tour.
MAMI: Yeah, the previous time was in 2018.
RINA: That was already four years ago...
MAMI: This will be our first time in Canada.
TOMOMI: Yeah, we're looking forward to itー
HARUNA: There are also places in the US that we'll be visiting for the first time, so for this episode we'll be bringing you a "North America travel guide" while we also do some prepping. The first day will be in Toronto in Canada, where we're going for the first time. It's on July 9th, which means it's pretty soon!
RINA: We'll leave Japan on the 7th, land, and play the concert right away.
HARUNA: It seems like we'll be struggling with jet lag...
RINA: That's always the case...
TOMOMI: We'll be leaving on the 7th and getting there on the 7th?
MAMI: That means that we'll more or less have the 8th free.
TOMOMI: We'll fix our jet lag in the meantime...
RINA: We'll get adjusted.
MAMI: We have to sleep all day on the 8th...
RINA: No, we have a lot of shoots...
HARUNA: We'll be pretty busy this time.
RINA: This schedule's a pretty crazy one.
HARUNA: It is packed. Now then, Toronto is the capital of Ontario, Canada.
TOMOMI: Isn't Niagara Falls there?
HARUNA: In Toronto?
RINA: Is it?
TOMOMI: Wait, am I wrong?
All: (*silence)
RINA: ...seems like no one knows.
MAMI: (*Looking it up) Ah, it says that Niagara Falls is in Ontario.
(Staff: It seems that it's 2 1/2 hours by bus from Toronto...)
TOMOMI: It's far...
RINA: It is...
TOMOMI: I'd like to go to Niagara Falls... We don't have time to go.
RINA: We don't...
MAMI: Niagara Falls is a place you'd like to go at least once in your life.
TOMOMI: Yeah, I'd like to go.
RINA: It's so impressive.
HARUNA: There are tours that go to it, right? I'd like to go on one.
RINA: I'm sure it'd be fun.
HARUNA: We'd love to go on one of those tours since we'll finally be in the area, but since we have concerts to play...
TOMOMI: Our schedule's pretty tight.
RINA: This schedule makes you go, "Is 24 hours in a day really enough??"; we need to do our best.
HARUNA: We'll arrive in Toronto, play a concert, and then head to New York the next day on the 10th.
RINA: New York is where we played our first overseas concert, which makes a memorable place for us.
HARUNA: In 2007, right? (
*It was actually in 2008)
MAMI: It was just before I entered my third year of high school.
TOMOMI: Right.
RINA: We were babies back then.
TOMOMI: Back then, when we arrived in NY and got off the bus, there happened to be someone playing "
Ue wo Muite Arukou" on the saxophone. It was totally a coincidence, but I remember feeling Japan for a moment and being really moved...
HARUNA: That's right.
RINA: It feels like the city that gave us our first culture shock.
HARUNA: Staff member Kawai prepared a map of North America, but it's just a blank map... A totally blank map with no locations written on it...
RINA: Yeah, it's really hard to see. Let's check things out and mark it...