I was invited to attend MAGFEST: Music and Gaming Festival in January 2013 as a translator! It was my first time attending as a non-performer! When I asked, "Who am I translating for?" I was really excited and surprised at my answer... Kinuyo Yamashita-san, whom I had previously worked with at the VGO Symphony Hall concert, and also, Yuzo Koshiro-san, the composer of ActRaiser and Etrian Odessey! This was my first time meeting Koshiro-san, but it didn't feel like the first time. He was so humble, personable, and funny that I immediately felt comfortable, but at the same time, I felt that I had to give this job my 150%!

MAGFEST ッという音楽とゲームのコンベンションで通訳者として雇われました！初めて演奏者ではなく働く側として行きました！
「誰の通訳？」
エヘヘ… 実は実は… 一度VGOでのお仕事でお会いした山下・絹代さんと初対面の古代・雄三さんでした！お二人とも素敵で一緒にいるのが楽しかったです！もう、初対面とかそういうのを越して、普通に会話が楽しくって、素敵な思い出になりました！

The flight to MAGFest SUCKED!!! My flight was delayed 5 hours in Atlanta from South Florida because of a maintenance issue. The worst part was that we were trapped in the plane for 2 hours as it drove around the airport... I got so motion sick!!! When I finally arrived at the hotel, I felt like every step I took brought my health down by 5 points... like being poisoned in Dragon Quest... ;_; I couldn't do any work, and I ended up sleeping in my hotel room for the next 2 hours.

行きしはひどかったです… フライトが何度も遅れて予定より5時間遅れてつきました。Delta最悪です！！飛行機酔いもしてしまい、ついてもお仕事ができず、ホテルの部屋で瀕死状態でしたw。

That night, I was able to catch the OneUps show as well as meet and greet with the guests to go over schedules! Apparently, my days there were going to be quite busy... I had Kinuyo-san and Koshiro-san's Q&A panels to translate as well as 8 consecutive interviews with different media people. I also had to translate for their signing event and one additional panel with an American composer... I got a bit tired but no time to rest!! Quick! Guzzle coffee!!! The refills on my cup could not be any faster lol.

その夜、OneUps の演奏を聞き、古代さんと正式にお会いしました！早速スケジュールの確認しました！絹代さんを含めて Q&A セッションが3つとインタービューが続けて8つぐらいありました！あとサイン会と飲み会にももちろん行きました！楽しかったけど、ちょっとバテたw。コーヒー飲みまくった！でも、二人ともとても楽しくってあっという間に時間が過ぎました！

I also was able to spend one day with Koshiro-san, his mother, and Audi as we ran around Washington D.C.! We went to the Smithsonian Museums and visited the White House! For dinner, I asked them what they wanted to do and they both replied that they wanted to eat steak! I was a little nervous the whole day since I didn't know Washington D.C. at all, but luckily I was able to Yelp with my phone and we had a lovely dinner of steak and wine! After we got back to the convention, we saw VGO's show and I ran around with my friend Jared Dunn playing a lot of games in the game room and of course, causing mischief! Hehe.. Minion-esque!

古代さん、古代さんのお母さん、とAudiと一緒にワシントンD.C.を観光しました！スミソニアン博物館とかホワイトハウスを見ながら歩き回り、晩ご飯にワインとステーキを食べました！戻ったらVGOのコンサートを見てお友達のJaredと一緒にゲームを一晩中やりました！

次の日は古代さんのDJコンサートだったのでチョー応援しました！かっこいい！！素敵でした！

The next day was Koshiro-san's DJ performance which was incredibly awesome!!!!! ^^ Eeeeee! Thank you for the amazing experience!

My last day, I went to lunch with Jared at a little Mexican place and we drank some sangria together! It was a lovely couple hours... Jared is an awesome guy and I am really glad to have met him! Definitely one of my dearest friends!

最後の日、ボストンに帰る前にもう一度Jaredと会い、お昼ごはんを一緒に食べながらゆっくりお話をしました！すごく楽しくって、やっぱりいいヤツだなあっと思いながらお互い笑いいっぱいの今年最後のランチタイムをおくれました！

All in all, MAGFest was an amazing experience! I learned a lot and met a lot of people! I hope to come back again soon!! Thank you!

MAGFest, 色々お世話になりました！ありがとう！！！