Monday Late Show Episode 125

This is a special episode titled "Autumn Local Problem Big Harvest". The first topic was about dialects around Japan. They checked what phrases various dialects use to describe socks with hole at the thumb toe, following up the Ep.119 segment where people in Miyagi called it "good morning socks". They also checked on the Koushuu Dialect which has changed its image since Ep. 30. After that, they checked on more dialects which the speakers have troubles in saying the "za-zi-zu-ze-zo" line like the woman in Wakayama (Ep. 101). The second topic was about local problems, which included the popularity of "Shingo Murakami" in Yamagata. However, it was not the host of the show, but an old enka singer with the same name pronunciation. Next, they investigated unusual 2 tourist places in Japan, one of them was done with Mr. Kiritani. After that, they checked on the real top 3 cities in Japan which started from Ep. 120 problem about Fukuoka. It was found that Yokohama was better in all terms than Nagoya, which is traditionally regarded as the third biggest city. While with Osaka, Yokohama has bigger population but has lesser GDP, so they did a tie-break with the number of Starbucks outlets. They also checked the number of senior citizens who can use a smartphone. Following that, the staff visited again Irmania from Ep. 117 and secretly brought Matsuko to his party place. Also, Murakami was sent to Tottori for an apology tour after in Ep. 120 they falsely informed that Tottori won't open any Starbucks outlet. Just before the closing, Ryuhei Maruyama came to the studio and promoted his drama Hell Teacher Nube. (Source: MyDramaList)