SanTaku 2008

Thanks to rika_66 I was able to watch this year's SanTaku
Strangely enough this year's SanTaku seemed a bit disjointed and disorganized. They probably didn't have two full days of filming on location and it showed.

Additionally, they picked up the let's find a date for Sanma again but this time there was slight variation as they brought in an actress/model Sanma apparently has a crush on.

I liked their little ventures into Kendo (Kimura of course won), Sumo (Sanma had more bulk and won) and surfing (and unlike 2003 Sanma went into the water at last and surfed - or tried to anyway). It was nice to see Kimura just laying on his surfboard, and watching the sea while the crew filmed Sanma and the actress/model. When he came out of the water he looked refreshed, calm and collected.

They also learnt and posed as male geisha dancers or better yet taishū engeki, male impersonators of female roles in Kabuki related theatre. While the male dancer looked pretty and adorably bored, Kimura - just as stunning - looked bitchy but not bored as a male dancing geisha. And OMG without the makeup the guy looked like Lee Jun-ki who is a really pretty young actor by the name of Saotome Taichi.
( I kid you not!!! )

There was a lot of Sanma and only little of Kimura. It seemed Kimura-san only stepped in as a cue giver rather than a real participant. And didn't he have any breakfast? While at the restaurant opening (?) of a fellow actor, while Snama and said actor were talking to each other, Kimura was eating, eating, eating.
Last year's was much better!!

Can it be Kimura-san has quit smoking? While Sanma was smoking like his usual self, Kimura didn't lit ONE cigarette on the whole show. That would explain his eating and that he isn't so skinny (still is but not as bad as earlier last year) anymore, he looked good in his wetsuit. Kudos to him if he has indeed quit.

SanTaku 2008

Thanks to rika_66 I was able to watch this year's SanTaku
Strangely enough this year's SanTaku seemed a bit disjointed and disorganized. They probably didn't have two full days of filming on location and it showed.

Additionally, they picked up the let's find a date for Sanma again but this time there was slight variation as they brought in an actress/model Sanma apparently has a crush on.

I liked their little ventures into Kendo (Kimura of course won), Sumo (Sanma had more bulk and won) and surfing (and unlike 2003 Sanma went into the water at last and surfed - or tried to anyway). It was nice to see Kimura just laying on his surfboard, and watching the sea while the crew filmed Sanma and the actress/model. When he came out of the water he looked refreshed, calm and collected.

They also learnt and posed as male geisha dancers or better yet taishū engeki, male impersonators of female roles in Kabuki related theatre. While the male dancer looked pretty and adorably bored, Kimura - just as stunning - looked bitchy but not bored as a male dancing geisha. And OMG without the makeup the guy looked like Lee Jun-ki who is a really pretty young actor by the name of Saotome Taichi.
( I kid you not!!! )

There was a lot of Sanma and only little of Kimura. It seemed Kimura-san only stepped in as a cue giver rather than a real participant. And didn't he have any breakfast? While at the restaurant opening (?) of a fellow actor, while Snama and said actor were talking to each other, Kimura was eating, eating, eating.
Last year's was much better!!

Can it be Kimura-san has quit smoking? While Sanma was smoking like his usual self, Kimura didn't lit ONE cigarette on the whole show. That would explain his eating and that he isn't so skinny (still is but not as bad as earlier last year) anymore, he looked good in his wetsuit. Kudos to him if he has indeed quit.

SanTaku 2008

Thanks to rika_66 I was able to watch this year's SanTaku
Strangely enough this year's SanTaku seemed a bit disjointed and disorganized. They probably didn't have two full days of filming on location and it showed.

Additionally, they picked up the let's find a date for Sanma again but this time there was slight variation as they brought in an actress/model Sanma apparently has a crush on.

I liked their little ventures into Kendo (Kimura of course won), Sumo (Sanma had more bulk and won) and surfing (and unlike 2003 Sanma went into the water at last and surfed - or tried to anyway). It was nice to see Kimura just laying on his surfboard, and watching the sea while the crew filmed Sanma and the actress/model. When he came out of the water he looked refreshed, calm and collected.

They also learnt and posed as male geisha dancers or better yet taishū engeki, male impersonators of female roles in Kabuki related theatre. While the male dancer looked pretty and adorably bored, Kimura - just as stunning - looked bitchy but not bored as a male dancing geisha. And OMG without the makeup the guy looked like Lee Jun-ki who is a really pretty young actor by the name of Saotome Taichi.
( I kid you not!!! )

There was a lot of Sanma and only little of Kimura. It seemed Kimura-san only stepped in as a cue giver rather than a real participant. And didn't he have any breakfast? While at the restaurant opening (?) of a fellow actor, while Snama and said actor were talking to each other, Kimura was eating, eating, eating.
Last year's was much better!!

Can it be Kimura-san has quit smoking? While Sanma was smoking like his usual self, Kimura didn't lit ONE cigarette on the whole show. That would explain his eating and that he isn't so skinny (still is but not as bad as earlier last year) anymore, he looked good in his wetsuit. Kudos to him if he has indeed quit.