Young Magazine is planning a special feature with Mokona and Sayaka Oohara (Yuuko’s seiyuu) in commemoration of the 2nd Season of the XXXHOLiC anime.
The talk is set to be published in November and CLAMP-PLA.NET made a special coverage about it.
Translation kindly provided by iamsocool12345.
CLAMP’s Mokona and Sayaka Oohara-san’s Walking Tour of Kyoto – Special Report
In celebration of the new season of the XXXHOLiC anime, Young Magazine proposed a special little discussion to CLAMP. Sayaka Oohara-san, who plays Yuuko Ichihara in the anime, had the idea to bring us to her hometown, Kyoto, to enjoy its kawayuka1 and to talk over XXXHOLiC. CLAMP was very excited to accept! And so one day in September, CLAMP and Sayaka Oohara-san set out for Kyoto!
The ladies agreed to talk over XXXHOLiC at night, and enjoyed some free time until then. Mokona asked Sayaka Oohara-san to go on a walk around the city to pass the time. The CLAMP-PLA.NET staff were brought along to record the afternoon, and you’re invited, too! So just sit back, and enjoy the beautiful sights of Kyoto!
Ordering Original Fans to Commemorate The Trip
First, the ladies went to a custom fan shop near their hotel called “風香扇”2. There were tons of fans inside, from traditionally designed, to very modern, all lined up in rows.
This shop takes orders, and Mokona spoke with the shop owner beforehand about getting fans made for her and Oohara-san. The two of them brought in scraps of fabric to use for their special fans. He helped them to pick out parts to match their fabric, and they placed their orders. He discussed the history of fans with them, and it seemed like he really piqued their interest in Kyoto’s culture!
It took about three weeks for them to receive their custom fans. Oohara-san’s is yellow, and Mokona’s is dark blue. They also got little fan pouches made to match!
Recommended By Sayaka-Oohara-san! What a Beautiful Spot!
Next, Oohara-san lead us to a spot where we could really enjoy the real Kyoto3. It was a shrine built during the Heian era4, called “Kouyou no Eienkan-dou”5. Zenrin-ji. We couldn’t see very much autumn at all, but all of the old architecture surrounded by all of that green was beautiful. It made the whole trip worth it!
“It’s been two years since I last came to Eikan-dou. It was fall, then, and the whole place was really crowded, full of lots of tourists. Today, it’s almost empty. But that’s really nice; it’s wonderful to be able to take our time and enjoy!” Oohara-san said.
Mokona laughed, and said, “I’m from Kyoto, but this is the first time I’ve ever been inside of Eikan-dou!” But looking at all the scenery and the beautiful architecture was amazing. “Now I feel like I could stay here forever,” she said.
The Best Way to End a Walk – Eating Something Sweet!
After walking around Eikan-dou, the ladies decided to take a break and get themselves a little treat. Oohara-san showed us to “Gion Kinana”6, one of her favorite spots. It was down a little alley, in between tea houses and Japanese restaurants. What a wonderful little shop! It was so Kyoto!
The shop was famous for its ice cream, made with all natural ingredients. Mokona picked a “Kinana Nishu Mori” (on the left), and Oohara-san had a “Kinana Hapon” (on the right)”7. Mokona seemed to really like hers. “It’s so yummy! The taste of it when it hits your tongue is just incredible!”
They took in Kyoto out of the window while they enjoyed their desserts. “This is the first time I’ve ever really walked around Kyoto with someone like this. I’m so glad I got to do this with Mokona-sensei! It’s so nice to make memories like this together, that we can share.” Mokona felt the same way. “I’m so glad I got to have Sayaka-san all to myself for a date like this…. I’m so lucky, it’s like a dream come true!” she laughed. “I had a lot of fun today,” she said, smiling.
Afterwards, they went back to their hotel, changed into new yukatas, and went out to eat down by Kano-gawa8. They met up with Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, and Tsubaki Nekoi, and talked all night long. But you can read all about that in the next issue of Young Magazine, on sale on November 19th. Make sure to check it out!
1 Kawayuka are strips of restaurants, etc. built up on wooden platforms alongside rivers in Kyoto. Really pretty and very very neat!
2 Oops, I have NO idea how this one would be transliterated. XD The kanji are for “wind”, “perfume”, and “fan”, though!
3 Kyoto is absolutely gorgeous, a city with a lot of history, and in lots of places, a very quaint, beautiful, historical feel. It’s got geisha quarters, loads of temples and shrines, amazing scenery… That’s what they mean by the “real” Kyoto.
4 Approx. 800-1200 AD.
5 It means “Autumn View of Eternity Hall”, usually shortened to “Eikan-dou” now – “View of Eternity Hall”, or sometimes “Zenrin-ji”, like they also mention – “Temple of Forest Zen”.
6 Gion is one of the famous geisha quarters in Kyoto.
7 Waaah. Mokona’s ice cream translates to something like “Kinana Second Helping”, but I’m not sure at all about “Hapon”. In any case, cute names is where we’re going with this. XD
8 One of those rivers where the kawayuka are.
A huge thank you to Jamie-chan for the perfect translation job ^__^
Here’s another little picture of Mokona taken from Sayaka Oohara’s blog:
Just a little bit of curiosity now: when they were doing this, it was during the time the last big typhoon hit the region of Tokyo. The train lines leading to Tokyo were out of circulation and CLAMP had to make a detour to Osaka instead ^^” They returned to Tokyo a couple of days later.
And last but not least, there are new SDs of the CLAMP members at CLAMP-PLA.NET!
These are from the home page, available for everyone.
Satsuki is stylish as always.
Isn’t that dress the same one from Anime Expo, Ohkawa? xD
Nekoi looks like she’s preparing herself to make a guest appearance in Gouhou Drug xD
Mokona and her many kimonos with birds xD
The ones from their Private Boards have been renewed too!
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Yo, Chibi-Yuuto!! *gives him a glomp attack* Oh my gosh, that is a lot of CLAMP news that you have here today. Amazing, I love the pictures of Sayaka Ohara and Mokona. Both of them looks so beautiful on their kimonos! ^////^
Ohara Sayaka to Mokona ga hontou kirei desu wa!!
Awh, they look so kawaii eating those delicious desserts. I want to eat one with Mokona!! >////< This was awesome that they were showing a tour of Kyoto. Man those fans are really beautifully made and they made a great job as if they were giving a historical tour of the famous places of Kyoto.
Finally about the SD's… Ohkawa looks very lovely, I definitely have to agree with you about Nekoi having the "Gohou Drug" look *laughs hard*, and Mokona reminds me of Kobato with that lovely hat on and the way was prancing around ^^!
Ne, hontou arigatou gozaimashita! Hontou ureshii desu wa!! *glomps again*
Ki o tsukete, Chibi-Yuuto!
Nyanko-san ^__^
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Failed to mention that the solo picture of Mokona taken by Ohara Sayak-san is… TOTAL LOVE!! Fangirl “Squee” Level: Meltdown Alert!! ^////^
Honestly, Mokona is always beautiful on every kimono that she wears.
She always look so lovely and cheerful on the many styles and patterns.
>”I’m from Kyoto, but this is the first time I’ve ever been inside of Eikan-dou!”
It really surprised me when she said that!! O__o
Sugoi… hontou sugoi desu yo ne!! *super genki*
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>It really surprised me when she said that!! O__o
To tell you the truth, me too
I thought they knew every single corner of Kyoto xD At least she visited a place that she had never visited before ^^
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Then, I guess Mokona was very fortunate that there are places which are rarely seen that are very fun and worthy to be discovered. I’m glad that she experienced a wonderful feeling and I’m sure that she enjoyed it, even more being with Ohara Sayaka-san! This definitely reminds just like when Syaoran make a discovery on finding the small town inside a giant lake!! ^o^
Ne, sore wa hontou tanoshisou desu yo!! ^////^
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*receives the glomp attack* xD
I’m glad you liked it! The pictures looks so great, too bad they are so small, but I can’t wait to see them bigger in Young Magazine.
>I want to eat one with Mokona!!
LOL, me too! Oohara is so damn lucky……. ~.~
>and Mokona reminds me of Kobato with that lovely hat on and the way was prancing around ^^!
I agree! She’s so much like Kobato sometimes xDDD I guess Mokona must really like her because of that.
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Ne, I see now with such detail that Mokona is carrying the Black Mokona around. I saw it in two pictures when they were at the ice cream store!! Kawaii desu wa!! ^o^ That’s so nice to see the Black Mokona sitting there while Sayaka and Mokona were eating the ice cream.
Mokona, just don’t let that black manjuu bun steal your delicious ice cream!!
Or perhaps it is looking to take it from Sayaka’s since she is Yuuko’s seiyuu… *laughs*
Anyway, I think that Mokona was cute having the Black Mokona plushie around and it is definitely a way to commemorate the 2nd season of HOLiC. A very nice and lovely touch!! *bliss*
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They always seem to carry the Mokonas or Ioryogi around with them xD
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thank you as always for your awesome info! XD
*hehe* That does look like the dress Ohkawa is wearing @ AnimeExpo!
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You’re welcome ^__^
That dress is definitely AX’s dress xD And the previous SD of Satsuki, the one with the pink top, is definitely from Korea’s press conference xD
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WHAAA Kyoto is such a wonderful place *__*
I love Sayaka-san ‘s Kimono, it’s so beatiful *__*
Thank you and Jamie-chan for the traslation ^^
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It’s very beautiful indeed, it has that ancient feeling about it ^^
You’re welcome, thanks Jamie-chan indeed for the effort on the translation *glad*
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I got hungry with those ice creams *________* Mokona is cute as alwyas but her kimono made my eyes ‘blur’ O_o;
In the SD’s Nekoi really looks so badass xDDDDDDDDDDDDD And Mokna looks like Kobato 😀
Thanks for the report, to you and Jamie!!!!
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>but her kimono made my eyes ‘blur’ O_o;
HAHAHA I know what you mean XDD Optical illusion @_@
>In the SD’s Nekoi really looks so badass xDDDDDDDDDDDDD And Mokna looks like Kobato 😀
WORD! So rare to see them as complete “humans”, I mean, they are always half-animals ^^”
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it ^__^
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Optical illusion @_@
YES! That! it was a bit weird to look at the photos XDDDDD
WORD! So rare to see them as complete “humans”, I mean, they are always half-animals ^^”
So, Clamp members have legs like normal humans???? O_o;
*is shot* XDDDDDDD
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>So, Clamp members have legs like normal humans???? O_o;
LOL! You got my point XDDDDDD
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You’re welcome ^__^ Long life to ! xD
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Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I *REALLY* love Sayaka Oohara, so it’s so lovely to read so much infos about her! The second season, yeesssss!
Igarashi is so sexy! Ohkawa has a unique style, Nekoi is Nekoi, Mokona has born with a kimono! XD
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You should wait then for the episode of CLAMP’s radio which Sayaka attended as guest! I should post it soon ^^
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thanks.
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You are welcome
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Thanks for sharing~! ^__^ Is it okay to re-translate this into Spanish? Credit would be given to both of you, of course.
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You’re very welcome! And of course it is okay to re-translate it to foreign languages, be my guest ^__^
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CLAMP SD don’t look like SD anymore XD
I love Mokona, so fresh, and nekoi, so cool >–
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>CLAMP SD don’t look like SD anymore XD
HAHAH soooo true!! XDDD Wait some years and they’ll be drawing themselves as normal manga adult characters xD
You’re very welcome for everything, really!
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Awww~ the SDs are cute!
XD and Mokona~ Kimono with birds and fan, too. Seems like she really had a lot of fun ^^
The ice-cream looks so delicious~
Thanks for sharing the infos! &hearts *glomps*
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The SDs are very cute indeed, Satsuki is so beautiful in the one from her Private Board ^^ I didn’t like much Ohkawa and Mokona’s though XD
You’re welcome X33
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Yeah Mokona’s and Ohkawa’s from the private board don’t look that good…but their other SDs are ok ^^
&hearts
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Thanks for the update ^^
LOL long gone are the days when CLAMP drew themselves with animal ears and as round little things. XD They actually look human now. ^^ Mokona’s clothes are the ones that confuse me the most though Cowboy Boots, a Kimono, a flower hat, a scarf and gloves…*blink*
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You’re welcome ^__^
>LOL long gone are the days when CLAMP drew themselves with animal ears and as round little things. XD
So you noticed it as well ^__^ It’s quite rare to see them without their animal selves indeed xD But if you look at the PROFILE section in CLAMP-NET you’ll see their are completely “human” as well… maybe it’s their new method? ^^
I like these humanized SDs, make them look pretty and more like themselves ^^
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Those SDs are friggin’ adorable! And yes, Mokona does look like Kobato XD (whoa, I almost add a point there! XD;)
Uwaaaaaa pretty kimonos! *___* Why do japanese people use regular clothes?? x3 *pokes japanese people to use kimonos all the time XDDD;* Both girls looked precious *-* And ice cream! Mm, me wants! *ironically, right now I’m freezing cold*
Yuuto-kun!!!!!! Hizashiburi! How are you? ^.^ Right now I’m supposedly studying for my exams so I just wrote a fast comment, but I wanted to congratulate you because you’re about to have 700 friends! ^-^ Waaa, sugoi!! Keep up the good work! ;D
See ya~!♥
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>whoa, I almost add a point there! XD;
A dot? XD Yeah, we have to be careful with that XD
>Why do japanese people use regular clothes?? x3 *pokes japanese people to use kimonos all the time XDDD;*
You are one of Mokona’s xD She would love to talk with you XD
Sha-chan, how are you! Our busy schedule are not allowing us to talk that often anymore, but I hope everything is okay with you and I wish you all the luck in the world for your tests and studies (I’m sure you’ll do fine, you always do XD)
I left you a comment congratulating you on your latest “achievement” as well! XD
Thanks for leaving a comment, I really appreciate your attention *glomps*
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…I’m not sure if I should feel jealous of Sayaka-san to be in Mokona-san’s presence or the other way around! ^^ I’ll just compromise and be envious of them both!
….Nekoi-saaaaaan…. I love her SD… and her board-one is definitely squeeable. ^^ Thank you, chibi-yuuto-san! This has totally lifted my day from the dark, dank hell of Mathmatics. ^^;;;
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>…I’m not sure if I should feel jealous of Sayaka-san to be in Mokona-san’s presence or the other way around! ^^ I’ll just compromise and be envious of them both!
Hahaha I can speak for myself that I am definitely jealous of Sayaka XD
I loved the SDs as well! I love anytime there are new SDs xD It’s a way of seeing how they are currently looking like in real life xD
I love how Nekoi is always carrying Ioryogi around on such unconfortable ways xD
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hi!! :DD
thanks for the info as always dear :DDDD
cool pics =DDD kyaaa i want ice cream ,looks so delicious!!
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Sayaka’s ice cream looks so yummy X3
You’re welcome ^__^
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Thanks for the info chibiyuuto.
The SD’S ARE SO CUTE,each one in their usual costume, jeje.
I really want to go to Japan, I want to see all that Mokona-san and Sayake-san saw in Kyoto… I’m so jealous… I really like both of them wearing kimonos because normally is Mokona the only one who wear them. I love kimonos ^_-
Thanks chibiyuuto for sharing
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You’re welcome! I never thought Kyoto had such a beautiful place like that ^^
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Thanks for sharing! And thanks for the Translation, Jamie!
The new avatars are lovely. ^_^
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You’re welcome, Tomoe-chan!
By the way, where is your sister Mireime-san? I miss her ^^
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lol! She’s still reading, but we have problems with the appartmnet’s network and her computer can’t get connected. My brother is suppose to come over this week and fix it.
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Oh I see! Good luck with everything, hope I can see her around soon! ^_^
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thank for this!!!!! i miss it cecause i have fever at the time!!!
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i’d love to visit Kyoto someday…
thanks for the news ^^
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Oh, my god! Sayaka Oohara and Mokona-sensei in Kyoto! *0* And eating ice-cream together! They look so delicious…
Kyoto is a very beautiful place ^^ I’ve been there once, and it’s full of shrines and parks with a lot of charm… I guess even if you’re from Kyoto, there are a lot of unknow places, it’s a big city after all (not as big as Tokyo, but still).
And yay for the new SD portraits! *^^* They look good, as always *__*
Hisashiburi ne, ChibiYuuto-kun! I haven’t commented here for a while, sorry ^^;;
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