The hosts were informed that today is the 300th regular episode. In the first topic, they investigated the contents of people's notebooks. They found a woman who wrote down the fashion of other people, a movie maniac who writes down her cinema schedule, and a woman whose family run a bath house where the staff members often do shooting in. They also visited Yocchan (Ep. 251), who had created some new songs. Next was the "Yofukashi Freestyle Research" which included various celebrities look-alikes and the declining usage of Kansai dialect. After that, they asked people on the street for their kanji of the year. The staff found a woman who wrote "rice", a restaurant worker who met Murakami and wrote "similar", the son Kamata's Edison (Ep. 299) who wrote "ease", plus a man who could not write "nothing". In the studio, Matsuko wrote "scattered" because he felt his life aspects are scattering and Murakami wrote "six". Lastly Murakami asked NHK to appoint him as the Kohaku Uta Gassen Host, while Matsuko believed that Murakami will not get it either 2019 or 2020. (Source: Griffin Seannery at MyDramaList)