Hello, everyone! PON! woke me up at 5 a.m. as usual, even though it’s Sunday. He never allows us to take it easy, haha. Today, I won’t do my daily housework, but I still have a lot to do to prepare for the filming—like cleaning up the garden, sorting out the closet, checking the suit I'll wear tomorrow, and so on. Yesterday, the TV crew asked me to prepare some lines on my PC because they wanted to use them when filming in my study. I created a lot of material for my practice last year, then used it every day except weekends for almost six months before the stage rehearsals started. I’m still keeping it as a memento of the production. This time, the TV crew will also film in my study as part of the program, so they want the TV host to try the same method I used last year. But the lines I used were from the script of the stage production, so they asked me to prepare some lines from the script of a famous movie I appeared in before. Actually, I struggled to create the material every day, and it took me about a month to finish it. I thought it’d take too much time to prepare it again, so I turned their request down. But this morning, I suddenly thought, “AI has improved a lot, and AI today may be very different from last year’s.” I tried to make a short scene with a few lines, typed them into the app, and gave the AI these instructions: “There are four roles—A, B, C, and D—in this script, and I’m going to play A, so I want you to play the other characters after I read each of my lines.” It went smoothly and easily. This time, I used a simple, short script, but if the AI can remember an entire script 100% accurately, we may be able to use it to practice our lines at home, just as we do with other actors in the rehearsal studio. The script of the stage production contains a huge number of lines. Getting the AI to remember every line perfectly was a struggle for me last year—the AI changed the lines in its own way, haha. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t reached my goal yet.

Hello, everyone! We’re having a welcome party for our puppies this evening. I lit a candle and sang a welcome song with my wife. We prepared some snacks for this celebration. I did this because my chiropractor said, “ You need to hold a welcome party for your puppies if you have a chance because dogs can understand how you welcome them.” I was surprised that this kind of idea existed. I’m not sure how the dogs feel about human beings, but I hope the number of their accidents will decrease. We only have a month to wait until they stop having accidents. There are a lot of ideas about potty training dogs, but I believe that trying again and again is the most important thing to help me feel comfortable with my puppies. I’m wondering whether I should watch the recorded movie, but I might skip watching TV because I’m very sleepy now due to drinking Japanese sake this evening. Recently, when I get a little hungry, I tend to have a boiled egg and Japanese sake. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t reached my goal yet.

Hello, everyone! Today, Fuji TV will air “MUROI SHINJI NOT DEFEATED” at 9 p.m. It was released in 2024. I played “Kentaro Shinjo” in this movie for the first time in ages. When my manager told me about this production, I was surprised and very happy at the same time. I never thought I would play the same role again after more than 10 years. Unfortunately, my hair didn’t grow long enough in time, so I decided to change my hairstyle. Anyway, Muroi-san’s life is very different in the movie. He was a policeman before, but now…

Hello, everyone! I woke up at 3 a.m.—it was quiet, but PON! started barking a few minutes later. It was earlier than usual. Maybe because we’re in sync. I went over to see him, held him, sat on the sofa, put him on my lap, and started writing today’s post. I had a lot of time to write my thoughts this time; please bear with me. By the way, I’m having a problem with incorrect charges from the apps on my phone, but I’ll mention it next time. Yesterday, I headed to Tokyo for treatment. After the treatment, I stopped by Maisen at a station to buy hirekatsu-bento for dinner. There are many takeout shops in the same area. I checked the time—it was 5 minutes before the bullet train arrived. I thought, “I’ll be able to buy a bento in time.” But there was a foreign person holding a sushi set in front of me. He didn't seem to understand where to pay for his sushi set. I thought, “I won’t be able to catch the train in time.” I immediately told him, “Not here; you should be over there,” pointing to the sushi cashier. Fortunately, he got it and went to the right cashier. I bought a bento and got on the bullet train in time. While riding on the train, I thought, “Did I use the right words?” I asked ChatGPT on my phone right away. It said, “That’s correct, and you can also say, ‘Not here; over there.’” I still struggle to express myself in English, both in writing and in speaking. I always think, “If I couldn’t speak Japanese, I’d have to explain everything in English, even if I made a lot of mistakes.” I want to be a person who can’t speak Japanese. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t reached my goal yet.

Hello, everyone! It’s the first day of October. It’s said that we should visit a nearby shrine to pray on this day. Traditionally, we’re supposed to go to the shrine on the 1st and 15th of each month. I hope it won’t rain all day because I’m going to Tokyo for treatment today as part of my weekly routine. I also plan to drop by a hair salon to have my hair cut afterward, since the TV crew will film my house next week. PON! didn’t bark during the night—maybe because he play-fought with COCO before going to sleep last night, so he was tired. He served as my alarm clock at 4:30 a.m. as usual. I worked out, practiced my lines on the treadmill, and practiced some songs yesterday. I was also tired, so I had a good night’s sleep. We’re both happy, haha. Today, Fuji Television will air “THE SUSPECT MUROI SHINJI” at 9 p.m. I appeared in it. It was released in 2005. I’m not sure how many times it’s been aired on TV. The last time they aired this movie, I attached a photo of my script to my post. And this time, I took the script from the bookshelf to attach a photo of it to my post again, and I was so surprised—there was a call sheet tucked inside! I probably forgot to throw it away after filming. It had been tucked inside my script on the bookshelf for over 20 years—incredible! Of course, I took a photo of it and attached it to today’s post. Starting today, Fuji TV will air three movies from the Muroi series. I hope you all enjoy them, and I’d love to hear your impressions. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t arrived anywhere yet.

Hello, everyone! Last night, I woke up and went back to sleep again and again because of PON!’s barking. I started using bed sheets to cover their pens. They worked for a few days, but they haven’t worked recently. PON! still barks whenever he wakes up during the night. But he doesn’t during the day. I’ve been looking for pen covers online. Their pens are a bit large. They’re about 135 cm wide and 75 cm tall. I haven't been able to find one that fits their pens. Fortunately, I found a website yesterday that offers made-to-order pen covers. I’m now thinking about ordering one for my puppies. By the way, I’ve been mentioning my puppies in my posts every day. I think you might be wondering, “How do you spend your day when you aren’t with your puppies?” Haha. I decided to write 300 words every single day, so it’s easier to find things to write about my puppies than about other things. Please bear with me, haha. Yesterday, I ordered a suit through my fashion stylist. I’m going to wear it when the TV crew films my house for a TV show. I think wearing a suit when I’m at home is a bit strange and funny. I’m going to enjoy it that day. Actually, it was a bit expensive, but that’s okay—I want to entertain you and also myself, haha. I’m writing this post after midnight because I can’t fall back asleep. I’m going to keep writing until I get sleepy. I think it might be about time to go back to sleep, but I have to find the right time to do so; otherwise, I’ll put down my phone and pick it up again and again, haha. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t arrived anywhere yet.

Hello, everyone! It’s raining. I can’t clean up my garden today, either—two days in a row. The bamboo shoots have grown—maybe they’re over 30 cm tall. I’ll need to use a grass trimmer tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I always ask myself, “Am I the caretaker of my house? Is this my life’s work?” Haha. Last night, I served PON! and COCO their meals at 5 p.m. COCO finished hers all at once, but PON! left some of his. It usually takes him more than three hours to finish his meal. After COCO finished hers, she started barking. It was strange. She hadn’t done that before. I thought she wanted to play-fight with PON!, so I picked up PON! and put him in COCO’s pen. They play-fought for 10 minutes, and it wore them out. They drank a lot of water from a bowl. I thought COCO wouldn’t bark again because she was tired. But soon, she started barking. Actually, she’s been growing rapidly, so she might be hungry all the time. I brought another meal from the kitchen for her and put it in her pen. COCO rushed over to eat it and finished it all at once again. This morning, I took them out of their pens and held them while sitting on the sofa. I thought COCO was definitely heavier than she was yesterday. I immediately put her on the scale and checked her weight. She had gained about 200 g. She now weighs 2.3 kg, which means she gained about one-tenth of her previous weight in just a day—incredible! But my wife said, “COCO hasn’t pooped yet.” Haha. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t reached my goal yet. Where is the finish line?

Hello, everyone! A new week has started. I left my bedroom at 5 a.m. because PON! started barking at 4:57 a.m., haha. PON! starts barking as soon as he wakes up, but when I go over to see him, he stops barking right away. I thought he might want me to stay with him as long as possible. So, I put one of my socks in each pen last night. My socks smell like me, so I thought they might help them stay calm through the night, and my pretty socks worked very well, haha. PON! didn’t bark until 4:57 a.m. The bed sheets covering their pens and my socks are very important. I want to find something that is equally effective for their potty training. PON! barks a lot when he wakes up in the morning, but COCO doesn’t. COCO barks a lot while waiting for her meal, but PON! doesn’t. They have very different personalities, but I love them. I think the more I take care of them, the more memories we make together. Our project started two months ago and has been moving forward smoothly, but we still have some obstacles. We’ll overcome them by the end of this year, and we’ll show you all a new side of ourselves in 2027, so we’ll have to keep working hard until then. Today, I’m going to do my usual routine—housework and practice. But the ground is still wet, so I might not be able to clean up the garden using a blower to gather the fallen leaves. Time seems to fly faster year by year. One week seems like only three days. I believe I’ve kept all those memories with me, though. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t arrived anywhere yet.

Hello, everyone! PON! started barking at 5:30, like our alarm clock, and I woke up. It’s a rainy, relaxing Sunday! Yesterday, I headed to Tokyo for treatment and dropped by an eyeglass store afterward. I selected a frame and told a staff member what I wanted for my new glasses. I wanted to get a new pair of glasses with visible-light-activated photochromic lenses (with vision correction). I searched online for information on visible-light-activated photochromic lenses from different companies. I need protection from UV and blue light, but protection levels vary by company. The company I chose offered the highest level of protection compared to the others. The lenses cost almost ¥15,000 on their website, so I could estimate the total price. Of course, it depends on the frame. When the staff member and I were at the table, he said, showing me the paper, “Here, these are the prices of the lenses.” I was shocked because the prices were higher than I’d expected, but I understood immediately. The price I checked online was just for the visible-light-activated photochromic feature, including UV and blue light protection. That didn’t include the lens price. Oh my goodness, all the companies are really clever, and I learned a lot. This time, I wanted to get prescription lenses, so he checked my eyesigh first. After that, showing me the paper, he said“We can examine the condition of your eyes in more detail if you choose this course.” I saw the price—it was ¥4,000. What the hell! I learned once again how clever they were—of course, I chose it, haha. When it was time to pay the total cost, he said, showing me the paper, “We can insure your glasses for three years if you pay an additional fee.” The paper said it would cost ¥18,000, haha. I’d learned a lot and was really impressed by their strategy. If I were the CEO of an eyeglass company, I’d do the same. LOL. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t arrived anywhere yet.

Hello, everyone! Time flies—it’s Saturday. I’ll head to Tokyo for treatment as part of my weekly routine. I hope it won’t rain. Actually, I like rain because it helps me relax when I watch it through the windows while I’m sitting on the sofa. But when I’m outside, I don’t like holding an umbrella—that’s another story—that’s a big issue for me, haha. PON! and COCO still have accidents. They might not understand where to pee. They pee next to their trays about one-third of the time. And they still like to bite the edges of their trays and the rubber sheet I put on their pens. I ask them many times a day: “Is it your job?” Haha. But it’s been over two months since they came home. Soon we’ll need to find a solution to change their habits. My wife and I haven’t been getting much sleep lately, haha. Last night, I put bed sheets on their pens to make them quiet. I went to bed at 8 p.m. and first woke up at 1 a.m.—quiet. It worked. I went back to sleep and woke up again at 3 a.m.—it was also quiet. We finally found a solution to make them quiet through the night. Honestly, I don't like the way the covered pens look, but it’s okay—we only keep them covered at night, so I don’t see them like that when I’m awake. The company I contacted several times finally replied with an estimated delivery date for the fitness machine. They said, “It’ll arrive at our office in the first week of December. We’ll send it to another company to have it painted white then. After that, we’ll bring it to your house, so you’ll be able to get it in December at the earliest. If the machine arrives late, you may not get it until next year.” It’s a long journey. My project has already started. It won’t be easy to reach the goal, but it’s quite fun to ride this wave, haha. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t arrived anywhere yet.

Hello, everyone! Yesterday, the TV crew visited my house to have a meeting about the TV show they’ll film next week. It took about three hours. They explained their plan, and I understood it and thought it was pretty good. I have to prepare several things before then, but I’m really looking forward to it. Last night, PON! barked twice, at 10:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. My wife took care of him each time. Whichever of us can’t stand it anymore ends up going over to see him, haha. We still can’t tell what PON! is thinking when he barks at night. He’s still a puppy, and he still has accidents. Last evening, we let him out of his pen wearing a diaper, which doesn’t cover his butt. He started running around the living room very fast. We took our eyes off him for a while and found that he’d pooped in the corner of the kitchen, haha. I always think that their poop is larger in proportion to their body size than ours is, haha. But we never scold him. We always laugh. We’ll be living together in our house for the next 15 years or more. Everything makes us better. We’ll keep making memories every day, and this is simply our life. I’m not sure what obstacles we’ll face, but I believe everything will motivate us and make us happy. PON! started barking again at 4:30 a.m. We don’t mind it because his barking at that hour serves as our alarm clock. I went over to see PON! and COCO, checked their trays, held them, sat on the sofa, and started writing my post. I really like this moment. They’ve fallen asleep again on my lap. Thanks for reading such a long post. I hope you all have a great day ahead! I’m still here. I haven’t arrived anywhere yet.