This GRAPH feature ran in the mid-2000s. Takarasiennes would be given categories to pick their \u2018Top 3\u2032 for. Aran\u2019s ran in the September issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An outtake from the back of the magazine is included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Honest Choice! (In 2006 too!) – Pick your Best 3: Aran Kei<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Choice! – What do you usually drink during a show?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n #1: Water<\/strong> #2: Luo Han Guo1<\/sup>\/Hawthorn broth<\/strong> #3: Grape Fanta<\/strong> Choice! – What are the most interesting books you\u2019ve read?2<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n #1: Soukyuu no Subaru<\/strong> #2: Tokyo Tower – Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad<\/strong> #3: Half a Confession<\/strong> Choice! – What countries do you most want to go to?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n #1: Egypt<\/strong> #2: The Maldives<\/strong> #3: Monaco<\/strong> Outtake:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Touko-san (Aran) says she can\u2019t really read novels in places where there are other people around.<\/em> 1 – A fruit that is used in Chinese traditional medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 – As far as I can tell, none of these books have English releases, but #2 and #3 have film releases that would be available with subtitles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This GRAPH feature ran in the mid-2000s. Takarasiennes would be given categories to pick their \u2018Top 3\u2032 for. Aran\u2019s ran in the September issue. An outtake from the back of the magazine is included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[13,354,295,73,37],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I feel like drinking water is purifying to the body, so during a performance I\u2019ll drink water rather than sports drinks or other things. I like soft water better than hard water, so I\u2019ll always order mineral water from the Zaiho onsen in Kagoshima and drink that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yabuki Shou told me that this was good for the throat: you dissolve blocks of concentrate made from Luo Han Guo fruit and Hawthorn in hot water. It\u2019s a little bit sweet and really soothing to the throat. Even during the summer I always use it in hot water. During a performance I\u2019ll put the Luo Han Guo\/Hawthorn broth along with regular water in a container so that I can choose which one I want when I go into the wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like how it has just the right amount of sweetness, and the carbonation isn\u2019t too intense, so I\u2019ve been drinking it for ages. After a performance, the junior actresses will always leave a chilled can of it on my dressing room table for me (laughs). Honestly, I like this one the best, but I only drink one 160ml can of it a day, and only after a performance, so I\u2019m putting it third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This novel is set in China, at the end of the Qing Dynasty. I\u2019m so into it (laughs). In the story, the boy who\u2019s the main character believes what he\u2019s been told by a fortuneteller and decides that he should make it reality, so he sets out to open the way through his own strength. I can really sympathize with the main character\u2019s lifestyle, and it also makes me think \u2018it\u2019s incredible that he can believe that\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is an autobiographical novel from the life of the author, Lily Franky, and it mainly tells the story of Lily and his mother. It\u2019s written in plain language, so Lily\u2019s love for his mother resonates directly with my heart\u2026it\u2019s really moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a story about a man who killed his sick wife. The reason why he committed the murder, and what he did afterwards, come to light through the point of view of everyone investigating the case. When the whole situation became clear, I cried so much that I couldn\u2019t keep reading. I read this kind of really emotional novel a lot, but since I\u2019ll cry at the drop of a hat (laughs) I can\u2019t really read them in places where a lot of other people are around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to see the Pyramids and the Sphinx and everything in real life with my own eyes and experience how big they really are. I\u2019ve always been interested in Egypt, and once I had made plans to go, but just then it suddenly got a lot less safe, so I ended up not being able to do\u2026 I definitely want to go one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the resort I most want to go to. When I first saw a photo of the cottages above the water, that beach in the Maldives was so beautiful that I can still picture it clearly. I really want to stay in one of those cottages over the water and read books and things and just relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has that image of being \u201cthe country for celebrities\u201d, so it\u2019s a place I\u2019m really longing to go to (laughs). And according to the song I was singing in the show I performed in about Monaco, Meet Again, it seems like it\u2019s safe too (laughs). Although I\u2019d actually like to live there\u2026 (laughs). Well, even if that\u2019s never going to happen, I\u2019d like to visit at least once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIf I was reading a novel by myself and then became so moved that I started to cry, that would look really weird, right? But, when I\u2019m on a train or something, so I have some time, I\u2019ll end up dying to read\u2026 And then, if I start reading, I\u2019ll end up in tears\u2026 (laughs), so it just doesn\u2019t work, you see (laughs).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n