Tomari Mari Jumps Into Her Birthday With Viewers, Then Recounts a Hokkaido Trip

INDEPENDENT — Tomari Mari, an independent talent, counted down to her birthday with viewers on Wednesday night and told them about a two-day trip to Hokkaido. As midnight arrived, Tomari told the audience to jump together, then thanked them as congratulations flooded the chat. The stream, titled as a countdown and a chat about the recent break, was a *zatsudan*, or chat stream.

Once the birthday arrived, Tomari thanked viewers for allowing the break. “Thank you so much for letting me take two days off,” Tomari said, adding that it had been a real refresher. Tomari also said the trip had been lonely without streaming, and that Tomari had wanted to stream while traveling. The trip ended earlier that day: Tomari got back to Tokyo around 5:30 p.m., showered, ate and went straight on air.

“Thank you so much for letting me take two days off. I feel really refreshed.” — Tomari Mari, thanking viewers after the birthday countdown

Much of the stream was a photo tour. Tomari showed a salmon-colored bridge, thick-cut salmon and sea urchin sushi, and curry bread stuffed with salmon from a salmon-themed roadside park, where the bakery’s items were fresh from the fryer. Tomari also described visiting the ES CON Field ballpark, which Tomari called futuristic and said was enjoyable even for someone who does not follow baseball, and an evening of beer and Genghis Khan grilled mutton on a plate shaped like Hokkaido. Tomari also bought LINE stickers of the lily-bulb mascot of a facility on Ainu history, and praised the island’s potatoes and asparagus and the sheer distances between towns.

Chat filled with birthday greetings, and the stream drew 117 Super Chats and Stickers. Tomari said the paid messages could not all be read that night and promised to get to as many as possible in a later stream.

Tomari said a birthday stream would follow at 8 p.m. the next day, with an announcement expected. Tomari ended the night early, saying fatigue from the trip was setting in, and signed off after about an hour.