Ichiran Adventures with Subaru and Bijou
Today, I have some sake that I got from a Hololive member. …Now, who was it again? I think it was Ririka. If I’m wrong, sorry. It’s Hakkaisan. I have Hakkaisan with me. Tonight I’ll drink it. I’ll drink a lot. Everyone, thank you for your hard work today—cheers!
Delicious!
Photo & description quoted from the Hakkaisan official site (日本語) and Hakkaisan USA (English).
The other day, I had a recording with Subaru and Bijou. There were other Hololive members too. I think Subaru is amazing. Since Bijou was there, I thought about what to say in English ahead of time. I looked up the words once, and then told Bijou, “Is this right?” But Subaru’s stance is just to talk anyway. I really respected that.
Subaru’s conversation skills are really something. It’s not just like the listeners say, only passion. She actually knows quite a lot of English words, and the power she has to try speaking is incredible. I thought, “Wow, this girl is cool.”
Of course, she just went to New York recently, so maybe that’s part of it—she had a period where she was exposed to English. Even so, Subaru is amazing.
Bijou was really cute. After the recording, Subaru invited me, “Let’s go to Ichiran!” Quite a lot of Hololive members joined.
I’ve been to Ichiran many times, but Bijou hadn’t. That shop’s system is a little complicated, right? Subaru explained everything. I thought, “Subaru was amazing.” There are also choices like flavor type, noodle firmness, soup richness. Subaru filled out the sheet so Bijou could eat the ramen Subaru recommended.
You know kaedama—the extra noodles? When Bijou saw it, she whispered, “Kaedama, kaedama.” I thought, “Bijou is so cute.”
Then, when ordering, since there were so many people, one extra ramen came out. We made it super spicy and shared it with everyone. Ichiran’s spicy ramen was delicious. I’m fine with spicy food, but I don’t usually eat it every day.
My First Akasuri Experience (Korean-Style Body Scrub)
The other story I wanted to share… Akasuri! Have you ever tried akasuri before? Recently, I went to a public bathhouse by myself. For the first time in my life, I tried akasuri!
On the day itself, I called the bathhouse lobby from home to make a reservation, hung up the phone, and waited. There was a note saying, “Before akasuri, you should soak in the bath,” so I took a bath and waited until it was my time.
But, you know, I thought, I’m pretty clean already, so nothing’s going to come out, right? Yeah, that was a flag.
Since it’s a bathhouse, of course I was naked. I walked to the akasuri room and was given paper underwear (the disposable kind they usually provide). I put them on. Then they told me to lie face down. After that, cream was rubbed all over my body, and they started scrubbing my back with incredible force. Scrub, scrub, scrub! It hurt at first. It was like, If you rub that hard, something’s going to come off my skin, and I thought, Wow, this hurts. But as I endured it, the feeling slowly turned pleasant.
When I turned over onto my back, I looked to see how much had come off… and it was unbelievable! So much dirt and dead skin had come out that I laughed. I thought, Am I an eraser or something? I was shocked—especially since I consider myself such a clean person!
The lady said, “It’s your first akasuri, right? The first time, a lot comes out.” But I was thinking, This isn’t just ‘a lot’—this is like peeling off two layers of skin! Seriously, I’m not exaggerating!
Oh, wait, what’s that? You want to go together for akasuri and ganbanyoku? Flareee, let’s go together! Let’s make an “Aka-tarou” together! Ahaha!
What also surprised me was the paper underwear. Even though I was wearing them, they pulled so tight while scrubbing my butt that it dug in—front and back. At that point, I wondered if there was even a point to wearing them.
Really, it felt like they could have made an “Aka-tarou” with how much came off. After it was done, they rinsed me off in the shower, and my skin was sparkling clean.
How long was the course? I picked the shortest one, so I think it was about 30 to 40 minutes. Honestly, akasuri might become a habit for me!
Flare, let’s set up a time over LINE, okay?
Thirty Minutes Later: Getting Tipsy
Oh? You want Peko-chan to tell you she loves you? Then I’ll say it to everyone instead, okay? Too much to handle? You think it’s rarer to hear it from Pekora? Then I’ll give you something rare too—I’ll insult you Yukimin! Isn’t that rare?! You pigs!! Squeal for me, pigs!!
Yukimin, you have to say you can only love Lamy, got it!!
Another Thirty Minutes Later: Things Get Wild
What on earth happened to Lamy? You’ll just have to see in the archive.