Date: 12/31/2010

We’ve been on location in Nagano without a break since last time!!
There was a white swan in the lake in front of Matsumoto castle…
Inoue Mao finished taking pictures in front of the castle and she quickly ran to me and said, “Take a picture of me with the white swan!! It’s going to fly away if we don’t hurry!”
Somehow we made it and she was able to take this picture with it.

This was a sweets shop on location in Narai.
This location known as “Murakamido” is where Ikuko during her high school days (at an all-girls school) and Machiko often have scenes.
It’s a super cute shop, so we took a commemorative picture.

Also, there was this poster at Murakamido.
Here’s a picture of Mao imitating the young girl in the poster who falls in love for the first time.

Of course, Mao always tells me, “K-chan, you try it, too!!”
I did the same pose as Mao and she took a picture, then she laughed and said, “You don’t look like you’re in love at all!!”
I wonder why…

The temperature was -5 degrees on the morning of the last day… I heard it was even lower than that…
Mao who was extremely sensitive to the cold, looked like she was having fun with her new best friends Mitsushima and Maiko.

In the year 2010:
“Darling wa Gaikokujin” opened nationwide
“Taiheiyou no Kiseki” was shot on location in Thailand
“Youkame no Semi”
“Juui Dolittle” drama, and now
“Ohisama” has started shooting and Mao shot commercials that caused the second half of the year to be super busy.
She’s thankful that she met a bunch of people and received their support.

At the start of next year she’s starting to shoot “Ohisama”!!
Please continue to support Inoue Mao in 2011 and this staff diary!!
Everyone, please welcome in a good year.