# カミナリと「極狭あるある」！

- Show: イースト駅前クリニック presents 川島明のねごと
- Published: 2026-10-11
- Canonical: https://podc.club/en/episode/1616790646_0a7250fad059.html
- Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBS4617344870.mp3
- Source: Edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. Not an official summary.

Host Kawashima Akira (川島明) of Kirin welcomed comedy duo Kaminari (カミナリ) — Ishida Takumi (石田匠) and Manabu — along with regular partner Hantaro (半太郎) to unpack U-Jikoji's (U字工事) 32.18-million-view YouTube collaboration with Ashikaga Bank before swapping rental-space stories from both sides of the landlord-tenant divide. The episode closed with the "Gokkyō Aru Aru" (極狭あるある) segment, in which the four traded hyper-niche observations spanning a one-note Hiroshima jingle, backstage rituals from Instant Johnson (インスタントジョンソン) joint gigs, and the life-threatening stone-kicking walks home of Showa-era schoolchildren.

## What this episode answers

### Why do the guests think U-Jikoji's Ashikaga Bank collaboration crossed 30 million views?

The guests offered no concrete analysis — they were simply stunned. Kaminari's Manabu revealed he is planning a similar collab with Ibaraki's Tsukuba Bank (筑波銀行, "Tsuku-gin"), but noted that U-Jikoji themselves are so tired of hearing about it they have effectively declared the topic off-limits.

### What was the rental space Hantaro and his friends visited, and how much did they enjoy it?

The four of them rented a roughly 2LDK Shibuya property — fitted with a Nintendo Switch 2, a ceiling-drop projector screen, karaoke, and a large sofa — for four hours at ¥22,000 total; after Japan lost in the EA Sports FC quarterfinals they switched to Argentina and controlled Messi, standing the entire time from the semifinals onward, and called it "more exciting than an actual World Cup — seriously."

### What kind of facility is the rental space Hantaro runs, and how does it hold up financially?

Hantaro leases a roughly 3LDK Shinjuku property — including a soundproof studio and a hot-pot living space — for the mid-¥300,000s per month, sub-letting it at ¥5,000 per hour when not filming, with income and expenses roughly breaking even; amenities include erotic UNO and Pink Jenga, and guests must photograph the room's condition on departure.

### What is the new space Kaminari recently signed a lease on?

Last week Kaminari signed a lease on a well-located 1LDK unit in central Tokyo, about 50 square meters, already fitted with a sliding door, two diffusers, and the latest dartboard, in order to stop sharing a studio background with other Grape Company comedians.

### What kinds of "gokkyō aru aru" bits did the guests share?

Hantaro shared that a Hiroshima moving-company jingle (Chugoku Truck / 中国トラック) is built on a single note and is memorable purely through its wrongness; Manabu revealed that Instant Johnson's Jai-san (じゃいさん) watches horse racing in his luxury car instead of using the green room while Yuzo-san (ゆうぞうさん) electrifies venues with his off-stage announcement but immediately deflates afterward; Kawashima noted that kids with elaborate multi-button pencil cases were always either extremely fat or extremely thin with no middle ground, and that kicking the same stone home from school was genuinely life-threatening given Showa-era open drainage ditches and open roads.

## Article

## U-Jikoji's Ashikaga Bank Collab Hits 32.18 Million Views

A YouTube collaboration between comedy duo U-Jikoji and the president of Ashikaga Bank (足利銀行) in Tochigi has reached 32.18 million views as of recording — a number that left everyone on set speechless. The show had covered the video two months earlier, when it sat at 24 million views, meaning it picked up another 8 million in the interim. "That figure is unbelievable even by First Take standards," said Kawashima.

Kaminari's Manabu said he is eyeing a similar collab with Ibaraki's Tsukuba Bank (筑波銀行 — "Tsuku-gin") and is confident he can get a sit-down with the president. U-Jikoji itself, however, seems to have had enough: when the subject comes up with them, the duo reportedly says "please stop bringing that up," having more or less sealed the topic away.

## Four 47-Year-Olds Lose Their Minds at a Shibuya Rental Space

Hantaro has become an enthusiast of rental spaces as a stand-in for second-round drinks at a bar or izakaya. He recently took three friends — Nakanishi-kun (Nasu Nakanishi / ナス中西) and Hashimoto-kun (Ginsha-ri / 銀シャリ) among them, all roughly 47 years old — to a Shibuya property that runs ¥10,000 for two hours. The space is roughly 2LDK in scale, equipped with a Nintendo Switch 2, a projector whose screen descends from the ceiling, karaoke, and a large sofa.

The group warmed up with Famicom archive titles on the Switch 2, then moved to EA Sports FC — the current successor to Winning Eleven — and steered Japan's national team all the way to the quarterfinals before going out. Unable to go home on that note, they switched to Argentina and took control of Messi. From the semifinals onward, all four were on their feet for the entire session. Hantaro's verdict: "It was more exciting than an actual World Cup. Seriously." The four-hour total came to ¥22,000.

## Hantaro's Side Business: Running His Own Rental Space

The conversation took an unexpected turn when Hantaro revealed he also operates a rental space himself. He leases a roughly 3LDK property in a Shinjuku building — comprising a soundproof studio and a living area where guests can cook hot pot — for the mid-¥300,000s per month. When the unit is not being used for his own YouTube shoots, he sub-lets it at ¥5,000 per hour, and income and outgoings are roughly in balance.

The amenities lean eclectic: the space is stocked with erotic UNO (cards that reveal women's silhouettes when warmed) and Pink Jenga (blocks inscribed with romantic instructions when pulled), and a sliding door creates a private room — all of which got laughs. Guests are required to photograph the room's condition at checkout as proof of restoration, and the usage agreement explicitly states, in Hantaro's words, "don't do anything weird."

## Kaminari Secures Their Own YouTube Base

Kaminari's Ishida Takumi and Manabu announced they signed a lease on a dedicated space just last week: a well-located 1LDK in central Tokyo, about 50 square meters, already fitted with a sliding door, two diffusers, and the latest dartboard. Until now the pair had been using Grape Company's shared studio, which meant their thumbnail backgrounds were identical to those of fellow agency comedians Hoteison (ホテイソン) and Nagano-san (長野さん). The new space, they said, is the first step toward what they called "escaping Grape Company."

## Gokkyō Aru Aru: Bits That Land for One Person in a Hundred

The episode's centrepiece, "Gokkyō Aru Aru" (極狭あるある — roughly "hyper-niche relatable moments"), challenged each performer to pitch an observation so specific that the others couldn't all agree. The rule: if all four said "aru aru," the bit had failed.

**Hantaro (Hiroshima residents in their 40s only):** The jingle for Chugoku Truck (中国トラック), a Hiroshima moving company — "Itsudemo dokodemo hikkoshi wa Chugoku Truck" — is composed of a single note, and the sheer wrongness of that choice burns it into memory. Kawashima immediately began planning whether he could work the phrase into his stand-up when he performs in Hiroshima's Miyoshi (三次) next month.

**Manabu (performers who have done joint gigs with Instant Johnson only):** Jai-san (じゃいさん) never uses the green room; he watches JRA horse racing from the driver's seat of his luxury car and appears only when his slot comes — always in a cardigan regardless of season, hat never coming off even indoors. Yuzo-san (ゆうぞうさん), on the other hand, has such a commanding voice that his off-stage opening announcement ignites the whole venue, but the moment it ends he is completely spent.

**Kawashima (Showa-era elementary school students only):** Kids who owned a pencil case loaded with buttons and gadgets were, without exception, either dramatically overweight or dramatically underweight — there was no middle ground. And the childhood game of kicking the same stone all the way home from school, innocent as it sounds, was genuinely perilous: Showa-era open drainage channels and traffic running right alongside the path made it, in Kawashima's words, "dangerous enough to nearly die."

## Takeaways

- Four comedians all around age 47 rented a Shibuya space for four hours, got so absorbed in EA Sports FC that they declared it "more exciting than a real World Cup," and made a strong case for rental spaces as the new after-party destination.
- Hantaro quietly runs his own Shinjuku rental space — leasing it for the mid-¥300,000s a month and re-letting at ¥5,000 an hour — with the books almost exactly breaking even.
- The "Gokkyō Aru Aru" segment delivered a run of sharply local bits — a one-note Hiroshima moving jingle, green-room customs from Instant Johnson joint shows, and a dangerously nostalgic Showa stone-kicking ritual — that no one person in the room could fully claim.