SSAB - May 20, 2026

520! Did you forget? What if you’re in another country?

The lady at the front desk speaks Chinese, from Xiamen. Lives and works in Fukuoka now.

Hostel is nice, got to make good use of it today cause I slept most of it.

Did venture out a little bit, through the Kawabata shopping lane and stopped by a cafe that smelled really good. Carried on and somehow (again) found the red light district, which was literally just across the bridge from the rather large Canal City shopping mall.

Did some live streams, and thinking, How do touring musicians do this?

How’s the pcast sounding so far? I noticed the noise gate was kicking in so you can’t hear all of the background noise.

And how are you feeling?

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Hope you have a great one!!

00:00 Hostel Check In

00:29 Street Podcast Setup

01:29 Podcast Evolution

03:51 Wu Er Ling Greetings

04:17 Girlfriend Motivation

06:47 Chinese At Reception

09:11 Feeling Sick In Fukuoka

09:55 Kawabata Food Crawl

12:53 Shrine And Red Lights

14:45 Snack Bar Theory

18:46 Beard And Hair Plans

20:16 Canal City Fountain

21:14 Gimbal And Livestreams

25:32 Document Or Reveal

29:48 Touring Creator Life

34:21 West Africa Dream Trip

36:09 Rest And Next Stop

37:31 Closing And Links