# #246 おまけ「文化祭・学園祭の思い出」 - Show: ダイアンのTOKYO STYLE - Published: 2026-09-21 - Canonical: https://podc.club/en/episode/1601910075_bf7a58b3ad21.html - Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBS9472565766.mp3 - Source: Edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. Not an official summary. This bonus segment of episode #246 of Dian no TOKYO STYLE (ダイアンのTOKYO STYLE) gathered listener memories under the theme of school and cultural festivals (文化祭・学園祭). Stories included a high schooler who single-handedly ran a fried-chicken (karaage) stall on her way to winning the class popularity vote, a club leader who introduced her boyfriend to her father while prepping festival snacks, and a university that borrows a tent from a nearby prison every year. The second half moved into the advice corner and the "Mani Mount" listener-post segment, covering a stylish coworker's noisy instant-noodle slurping and how best to point out a friend's nose hair. ## What this episode answers ### What food stall did Āpā Piko from Osaka Prefecture propose and end up running alone for her class's last high school cultural festival? She proposed a fried-chicken (karaage) stall, and since only about two other people volunteered to cook, she ended up joining the cooking crew herself, handling ingredient buying and equipment prep alone and frying karaage nonstop all day. ### Who did the listener who served as her club's leader introduce her boyfriend to for the first time while preparing for the school festival? She introduced her boyfriend at the time, a year below her in the club, to her father for the first time. ### Why does Tasuki-san's university borrow a tent from a prison for its school festival? The article states it is because their university sits right next to a prison, so the school borrows a tent from the prison for festival day. ### What was Pipi-chan from Tokyo's workplace concern about her subordinate? Her concern was that a subordinate who looks elegant and put-together makes an incredible slurping sound when eating cup noodles, and as her direct supervisor she's hesitant to say anything for fear of causing friction. ### What kinds of posts got the "don't flex on us!" verdict in the Mani Mount segment? Posts like "studying abroad starting next week," "my family raises pigs," "I can go casual with anyone I just met," "I ditched a part-time shift," "someone reacted to my post on X again," and "I can whistle all the way through 'Greensleeves'" all got the "don't flex on us!" verdict. ## Article ## Festival Stories Roll In This week's message theme was "memories of school and cultural festivals." Āpā Piko from Osaka Prefecture wrote in about proposing a fried-chicken (karaage) stall for her class's final high school cultural festival, which got the school's approval. But only about two people volunteered to actually cook, so Āpā Piko, the one who'd pitched the idea, ended up joining the cooking crew herself. She handled everything from buying ingredients to preparing cooking equipment on her own, and on the day of the festival she fried karaage nonstop from opening to closing. At the very end, the school's in-house broadcast announced the results of the popularity vote for each class's stall, and her class took first place. She wrote that the whole class jumping for joy together is her fondest memory of the day. Another letter came from a listener who had served as her college club's leader. Her family ran a bento shop, and a few days before the festival, club members gathered with help from her parents to practice making and prepping popcorn. Among the members was her boyfriend at the time, a year below her, and that day marked the first time she introduced him to her father. She looked back on the mix of embarrassment at introducing him and the ache she felt seeing her father act a little sulky about it. Dian sympathized with the father's feelings, saying things like "of course a dad's going to sulk" and "when your sweet daughter brings a boyfriend home." Tasuki-san sent in an unusual story: because their university sits right next to a prison, the school borrows a tent from the prison for festival day. The stall operates out of a tent emblazoned with "[Name of Prison] Prison" in large letters, and since the same tent doubles as the green room for guest comedians, ribbing the tent has become an annual tradition. ## The Stylish Coworker's "Noodle Slurping" Problem The podcast-exclusive advice corner featured a workplace question from Pipi-chan in Tokyo. A subordinate of hers looks elegant and put-together, but the moment she starts eating cup noodles, an incredible slurping sound — "zubibibibi," "zuzazazaza" — echoes through the office. Every time a single slurp drags on, Pipi-chan finds herself thinking "how many meters of noodle is that," but as the woman's direct supervisor, she's hesitant to say anything for fear of causing friction. Dian suggested the coworker may not even realize how loud she sounds, and recommended quietly gauging the situation first — for instance, by going out for ramen together and watching her reaction. ## How Do You Point Out a Friend's Nose Hair? The next question came from someone whose close friend shows visible nose hair roughly once every three days, but who can't bring themselves to mention it for fear of embarrassing the friend. Dian acknowledged there's no way to point it out without some sting, but said the plainest phrasing — just saying "you've got nose hair sticking out" — beats any overly careful wording. They also floated the idea of softening the blow by first claiming to have nose hair yourself, saying something like "mine sticks out too, you know," before delivering the news. ## The "Uncalled-For" Posts in Mani Mount In the listener-post corner "Mani Mount," boasts and updates sent in by listeners get judged for how much they're humble-bragging. Posts read out included "studying abroad starting next week," "my family raises pigs," "I can go casual with anyone I just met," "I ditched a part-time shift," "someone reacted to my post on X again," and "I can whistle all the way through 'Greensleeves.'" Each one drew the verdict "don't flex on us!" Next week's message theme is "memories of sports day." ## Takeaways - A listener shared her memory of single-handedly running a karaage stall at her final high school cultural festival, which went on to win her class first place in the popularity vote. - Another listener recounted introducing her boyfriend to her father for the first time while preparing for a school festival, and feeling a pang seeing her father act a little sulky about it. - Dian offered blunt, practical advice for a listener troubled by a stylish coworker's loud slurping of cup noodles at the office.