"You can shop however you like with 10,000 yen... Can I come along to shop?"

This is a "shopping documentary" where we follow people on their shopping trips and explore their life stories.

This time, the store that cooperated with our filming was "MaxValu Kita Store."

What kind of people come to shop here?

Program Staff: "You have some green onions with you, what are you buying today?"
Shopper: "We're planning to have yakiniku with beef tongue, so I'm just buying green onions for the green onion and salt sauce."

Program Staff: "With whom?"
Shopper: "With my girlfriend."

Program Staff: "The program is offering to pay up to 10,000 yen, so can we come along to shop?"

Shopper: "I don't think it's very interesting since this is all I'm buying... Sorry."

Shopper: "I'm a little unsure... Do you have any recommendations?"
Program Staff: "How about sushi?" "Did you like it originally?" Shopper: "Yes."

Shopper: "I came from Korea, and I moved here yesterday."

Program Staff: "Your Japanese is very good." Shopper: "Not yet."

Program Staff: "By the way, what is your purpose for coming to Japan?" Shopper: "I came on a working holiday visa, because I wanted to live in Japan."

Program Staff: "What kind of work are you doing on your working holiday visa?" Shopper: "I'm still looking."

Program Staff: "Can I pay you 10,000 yen and go shopping with you?" Shopper: "I'm busy..."

Just when we thought we couldn't find anyone to talk to, we spotted some young people!

Their dancing was top-notch! The True Face of a Yosakoi Dancer: Takashi Sugimoto (21 years old)
Program Staff: "How many of you are here?" Sugimoto: "Four of us. A new third-year, a third-year, a second-year, and another second-year. We're seniors and juniors..."

Program Staff: "What's the purpose of your visit today?" Sugimoto: "We were working on a project for our club, and we thought we'd buy some refreshments from a nearby shop."

Program Staff: "We'll pay up to 10,000 yen, so would it be alright if we went shopping with you?" Everyone: "What?!" "Wow!" "Really?"

Four university students kindly cooperated with the interview!

We spoke to Takashi Sugimoto, a third-year student at Hokkaido University, representing the group.

Program Staff: "What kind of club are you in?" Sugimoto: "Yosakoi."

Sugimoto: "You know how you use naruko (wooden clappers) in Yosakoi? Our team chose our own naruko, and then we painted them with spray paint and sponges, with 15 of us working on them."
Program Staff: "How many people are there in total?" Sugimoto: "About 90 people... What do you want to drink? What would you like?"

Everyone: "Coke!" Sugimoto: "Coke? We have paper cups, so get a big one..."

A large Yosakoi club comprised of students from Hokkaido University and Fuji Women's University.

The reason they joined was at the freshman welcome party.

Sugimoto: "My high school friends were in the Yosakoi dance club, and I went to their freshman welcome party, so it was easy to fit in. I like dancing and I like moving my body."

Program Staff: "Are you good at dancing?" Everyone: "He's extremely good."

Program Staff: "Where do you rank in the club?" Everyone: "Top class." Sugimoto: "Yes!"

Program Staff: "Are you going to show that dance to the freshmen?" Sugimoto: "I'm going to make a big impression. I'm really motivated for this year's freshman welcome party."

To recruit freshmen to join the Yosakoi club, they held a Genghis Khan party. They even showcased their impressive dance skills at a trial practice session!

Sugimoto: "About 70% of the students at Hokkaido University are from outside Hokkaido, including me, and many of them don't know what a Genghis Khan party is."
Sugimoto is from Chiba Prefecture.

Why did he come to Hokkaido...?


Sugimoto: "I feel like living my life solely according to what my parents have prepared for me is 'unfulfilling'."

Program Staff: "Don't you feel lonely?" Sugimoto: "Not at all. I feel bad for my parents, but I don't feel lonely. My parents are prone to loneliness, so they call me, but I feel bad because I brush them off... Maybe it's my rebellious phase."

Sugimoto is good at cooking and cooks for himself three times a week.

However, there's one thing he's not good at...
Sugimoto: "I'm not good at folding clothes, so I hang the laundry on hangers and then put it straight into the closet."
Even now, as he's talking...

Sugimoto: "It's a little embarrassing, but I was hiding it in a cart, but it got discovered."

Program Staff: "How did that happen?" Sugimoto: "I was running out of laundry... I grabbed some socks and this was all I had, just a different color..."
He then started putting his favorite things into the basket in preparation for making naruko (wooden clappers)!

Everyone: "Wow, there are roasted sweet potatoes here!"

Sugimoto: "Can I have some strawberries? I don't buy much fruit when I live alone."

Shopping ends here.

The total amount was 11,672 yen.

He'll be a third-year student this spring.

We asked him...