So...
Hashiko Yui's mother had been there too?
The hot spring inn where Renka was staying.
"I can ask Hashiko Yui."
Holding the photograph, Rita turned and left Hashiko Yui's bedroom. Back in the living room, she listened to the sounds coming from the kitchen. Hashiko Yui was still busy, so Rita simply lay down on the sofa, picked up the remote beside her, and turned on the television.
The moment the TV came on, perhaps by coincidence... it happened to be a variety show about Hashiko Yui.
Idol was a profession with an extremely low status in the entertainment industry, but Hashiko Yui, as a national idol, was incredibly popular and naturally received plenty of exposure.
And unlike celebrities, idols had to constantly maintain their fame, so publicity was essential. Advertisements, commercial appearances, events, and variety shows were all unavoidable.
Rita had never been particularly interested in variety shows, especially those from this country. How should she put it... this country's variety shows were incredibly exaggerated, even downright bizarre. Rita found them difficult to appreciate.
Especially since people in this country sometimes felt rather perverted. Unlike the variety shows in Shenzhou, which could be playful without going too far, Japanese variety shows did whatever they could to torment idols. And they meant it, deliberately messing with the idols to catch the audience's attention.
It could be said that whenever Japanese variety shows were mentioned, people's first impression might be those boring, vulgar, brainless challenges that made one uncomfortable all over, along with all sorts of bizarre dark cuisine and shameless late-night reality shows that constantly pushed the limits!
Probably only the local perverts in Japan liked them. They wanted to see popular idols embarrassed, unlucky, and miserable.
But... since this variety show was about Hashiko Yui, Rita became a