#352 サーヤの夏休み2026

GERA Producer Recruitment: "Being a Radio Fan Is Simply Not Enough"

The episode opens with news that GERA is looking to hire a program producer. The job listing sets a high bar: mandatory experience includes "having taken responsibility for metrics such as sales, membership numbers, and view counts, and having planned, executed, and improved initiatives," as well as "experience negotiating terms and building consensus with external partners." Nishida's verdict was instant — "almost no listener could apply." The welcome-experience section added that applicants from entertainment agencies are "especially welcome," and Saaya noted dryly: "That's where the real intent slips out."

Their shared read on the listing: the role is effectively limited to people who have done content production at major agencies like Yoshimoto or Watanabe Entertainment, hands-on staff from production companies, or managers who have actually negotiated deals with talent. Nishida pressed the point with an analogy: "Loving cake doesn't make you a cake baker" — consumers and creators occupy different worlds. He then went further: "Someone with enthusiasm but no skills is the single worst drag on a company. Someone with skills but no enthusiasm is still less of a problem." He brought up GERA's Obara-san as a benchmark — three years at a production company before joining — and speculated that the recruitment goal isn't to build a big new team but to give relief to current producers who have each handled as many as eight shows at once. The unspoken hiring message, they agreed: "Come ready to work on day one. We have no time to train anyone."

Event Announcement: White Christmas 2026, Priority Lottery Until November 1

Laland no Koetame Radio has announced its Christmas live, "Tokunou White Christmas 2026 (特納ホワイトクリスマス2026)." Last year's edition landed on Christmas Day itself, December 25, but this year it moves up by seven days to Friday, December 18 — doors at 6:00 p.m., show at 7:00 p.m. — at Yomiuri Hall in Yurakucho, Tokyo. Membership priority lottery applications are open until Sunday, November 1.

Full details are still being worked out, but a listener has already written in asking for the "touch auction" to return. Last year's auction hit somewhere in the 200,000-yen range. Options being floated for this year's perks include cheki instant photos and a photo-book-style item. Nishida joked that "1,500 yen a print is too cheap for the glare I'd give — charge 80,000 yen a print," before they both agreed that specifics would be announced later.

Gera Jam: About 20 Tickets Left, and Staff Have Complaints About Obara's Lunch Taste

Also on the agenda: Gera Jam, Monday, November 16, 2026, show at 7:00 p.m., at Nakano Zero Grand Hall. The lineup features Laland, Haruto Hikoki, Mamadaruto, Jiipanpan, Suzuki Jeroni-mo, Tentai Hanten, Nishiki Going-nichi, Sasugare, Modern Times, Mononoke, Yoshizumi, Stamina Pan, Sentinel Party-chan, and more. Both venue and streaming tickets remain on sale, with roughly 20 seats left.

They laughed ruefully at the fact that with all the plugs across so many radio shows, those last 20 seats still haven't moved — not helped by the promotional video being unfinished. Event organizer Obara-san also caught friendly fire from staff who complained that he "has no sense when choosing lunch" — he keeps coming back with katsu sandwiches instead of GERA-branded spam onigiri. The segment ended, as it began, with another earnest push to buy tickets.

Saaya's Summer Vacation 2026: Four Days in Korea, Markets and Raw Meat

With a rare four-day gap in both their schedules, Saaya quietly slipped out of Japan. She left a message in her calendar app that read: "Don't look for me. Crossing sea and mountain, crossing space and time… my body and soul are not here" — poetic enough that Nishida assumed she had gone to India for yoga or mountain meditation.

In reality, her first choice was Bangkok. The math killed it: getting to Narita, then roughly seven hours in the air each way — with the return stretching past 14 hours — was too much. Seoul, under two hours from Haneda, won by default.

Once there, she spent her time eating through the markets. The centerpiece was food that can't legally be served in Japan: raw beef liver, and beef sashimi eaten with soy sauce and wasabi. "It's legal!" she kept exclaiming. She noted that Japanese tourists seemed noticeably thinner on the ground than in the past — the only group she spotted at the market was a cluster of four middle-aged women. One vendor called out to her in Japanese: "You can share it!" She briefly floated the idea of getting cosmetic surgery while she was there, then shut it down immediately: "You can't drink before or after, so that's a no."