Yamapi's new show [Route 66 ~ lone man's America]
Yamashita Tomohisa (26) will be travelling alone on America's famous route 66 as part of the NTV program [Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66~ Lone man's America] (Monday night 1:29 am, starts on January 2nd, 1:59 am). It is his first regular program outside of dramas. He will be driving an American car made in the same year as he was born, 1985, travelling from Chicago to Santa Monica, a total of 3755 km.
Yamashita will be embarking on an 'self searching' American travel. The show will last 3 months, and document his travels very closely. The stage for this travel is America's first cross country road, a symbolism of American culture, US Route 66, or colloquially known as just Route 66. Yamashita will be driving an '85 Chevy C20, going from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California.
Shooting took place from November 3rd to 18th. Getting to experience the highly anticipated cowboy lifestyle, communicating with Native Americans, and meeting with 'Uncle Angel' who is vying for the revival of Route 66, he encountered many things. 'Seeing the magnificient landscape and experiencing nature, discussing life's philosophies with many people, in all it was a great opportunity to find myself again' said Yamashita. Route 66 which opened in 1926 and abandoned since 1985, gives Yamashita a sense of fate, being born in that same year.
Yamashita withdrew from NEWS in October. As he restarts his career as a solo artist, with this sense of reset, he planned his aspired American travels despite being in the country many times before. Without a manager or makeup artist, he has had to do everything by himself, from driving to washing to cooking.
NTV's Suzue: 'He had looked worried initially when he left. But he gradually grew into it and became stronger. When he came back, he seemed like a different person'
Look forward as Yamashita displaying his mature side in America, starts afresh in 2012.
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