8 posts tagged “日本”

See guys, I told you I would do it. The whole set can be viewed here. Some things Arashi fans might be interested in: Ebisu Garden Place, Keikarou 1 2 3, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, fountains, ZAIM Cafe 1 2 3, Wasurenai Hito poster, concert tickets, Time poster (close up of Jun), Happiness poster, Kanjani8 outfits, Saigo-san.

New goods for the Time Dome concert? I hate you Johnny. ;;-;-;_: It's cute that they made "mini" goods of everything, and I'm curious to see if they're totally new goods, or just mini versions of the ones they already had. Nevertheless, I think would still want them. If only, if only. Well, I could always buy them on auction for x5 the original price + $20 shipping like I did for the Taiwan concert goods. xD

In other news, Fall has finally arrived, so I've been digging out the winter clothes and generally enjoying the nice weather over the last few days. (In St. Louis, there's only two weeks of nice weather during a year, if that. One week for Spring and one week for Fall. Otherwise it's either 100F+ or hailing/snowing/tornado-ing.)  Yes, I do go outside sometimes. As long as my iPod is playing Arashi music, I can go anywhere without turning to dust or melting!

 I was able to stop and watch the last episode of Yamada Tarou, though. I don't want to spoil anything, but the scriptwriters are overlooking one very important thing: Tarou's dream was to move to America and eat giant "hamburg" (hamburger steaks, basically a hamburger without a bun and sauce on top, right?) Except, you know, hamburgs are 100% Japanese and no matter how far you look, they can't be found in America. 8D Also, air guitar. <3333333333 Is that Kongochi Takeshi? but they bullied him so much on G no Arashi. *ded* Captain's cameo was cute, and hey, 19 seconds is better than the 2 seconds I was predicting.

Arrived home safely a few days ago? Or was it yesterday? Or am I arriving tomorrow? I don't remember jetlag being so bad last year. ;;;; When I got home I went out and ate toasted ravioli right away (at 10pm *ded*) and went to bed, only to wake up at 4am and unable to go back to sleep so I watched Bokuimo. Then at 10am I decided to take a nap, and next thing I know it was 7pm again. Now it is 8am and I am hungry for dinner. Confused much? I was so happy to see my puppy and sleep in a comfortable bed and have central air conditioning (Why is Japan considered an industrialized country again?) but now that's starting to wear off. I'm beginning to realize that, no, I cannot just take 20 minutes to run up to Harajuku to check to see if the Johnny's Shop has new photos out (they never do anyway D<), nor can I turn on the TV to see Kimura Takuya in a swimming pool with his clothes on and flinging his hair in slow motion for some cell phone commercial. It's those little things that I miss the most. *angst*

Bokuimo! It... wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. =o Not to say it was good, but it was very beautiful, especially the lighting effects. Needless to say the acting was great on Jun's part and Nana was quite nice as well, as much as I dislike her. Together, though, they have no chemistry whatsoever. It makes me think that those rumors of her being rude to her fans that visited the set and Matsujun going off on her for it were true. xD It was slow and the scenes didn't flow very well in the beginning, but I never really thought of it as "boring" and liked the open ending. Much better than the manga. My interpretation of it is that they chose to wander around in their dreamworld forever and never went home, dying of starvation in the middle of nowhere or getting eaten by a bear a week or so later. 8D I still wish Yori discovered his true feeling for Yano and went frolicking with the otters with him instead. I also laughed my head off at the piggyback rides. Nana looked like she was having an easier time holding Jun up than he was with her. xD

Will share more pictures later. As for scans of concert photos, there really weren't that many to buy. Like I said, the Johnny's Shop never put up Time photos while I was there, and the unofficial shops in Takeshita had hardly anything. I was so disappointed, but ended up buying over 30 somehow anyway. 8D;; My cold is still acting up on top of the jetlag, but I will be uploading some things here in the next few days after I get some rest. Rly.

Hur, I knew I should have stayed up late to write a report like I did for Hamamatsu, because my memory is totally fuzzy now.

- Is Toki Messe a really new building? It feels almost like a hospital and it's huge. When you walk in there's a very open lobby where everyone can sit and wait, and then you have to take the escalator to the second floor to buy goods. (This is the first time that I know of that the goods were sold indoors. I should have waited and bought everything here. ;;) There were autographed posters of all the members with little messages from them hanging up, too. <3

- Toki Messe is huge, right? Wrong. The venue part is the same size, or smaller, than the lobby. AND IT'S ALL ARENA. Well, almost. In the south area, they had these cheap bleachers set up with about 20 rows going up. Of course, I was there, in the second to the last row. xD The bleachers still didn't raise you up enough to see clearly, though, so it still kind of felt like being in the arena. Only, so far away you couldn't make out their faces. (The TV screens were too far away to see as well.) You know, I have been to five concerts in my lifetime and the seats have always been in the south. When will I ever get a seat at least half way towards the main stage? ;____; Not that I'm complaining!

- I don't remember having a problem with fans at concerts until today. The girl next to me was a crazed Shou fan with the most high-pitched scream I have ever heard and jumped up and down the entire time. I can't fault her for that, but then she started scooting over towards the aisle little by little, until she was standing about two seats away from her own. She also raised her uchiwa over her head, and hit me with her penlight more than once. There was still a row in back of us and it was hard to see anyway, so I felt sorry for those people. Just one ill-behaving fan can ruin the experience for everyone else. D< There were also these Chinese fans nearby that were jabbering loudly during the MC and I couldn't hear well. The same two fans, I think, were with me on the train all the way to Ikebukuro Station. I'm so glad they're not staying in the same hotel as me. ;; There are already a huge group of Chinese tourists staying here that are loud and obnoxious enough.

- The MC! <3 They talked about Matsujun's birthday, and he said his friends from high school threw him a surprise party after the concert that day. Someone (Shichinosuke? 8D~) called him and asked if he wanted to go drinking, and he said sure, but when he got to the bar all the lights were out and they brought him a cake. There were other customers there too that went along with it. xD They started talking about friends from high school after that, and what nicknames they call them by. Matsujun said he didn't have any friends that called him "Jun" or "Matsujun," mostly just "Mattsun," or "Massan (?? Couldn't hear well.)" Aiba-chan has two friends from high school, but they're a couple, so he counts them as one? xD He has friends that call him both "Masaki" and "Ma-kun."  Nino, Shou, and Oono didn't have any high school friends, but Oono started listing off his nicknames anyway. Oo-chan, Sato-san, Ojii-chan, Otou-san, (Nino chimed in with "Okaa-san!" but was corrected saying that he's never had that nickname before. xP The audience kept yelling out "Sammy!" but they didn't hear) Saa (?!) and Okama Taichou. *DED* They proceeded to call him Okama Taichou throughout the rest of the show. Then he started speaking like an okama. xD

- The subject was changed to the last time they went to karaoke. Both Matsujun and Aiba have went recently. Aiba with his whole family. There is this one song that I didn't catch the name of that his mom always sings, and makes the men to the backup vocals. I want to be a member of the Aiba family so bad. DDDD8 In Jun's case, he went to some restaurant that had karaoke with his friends, but wasn't planning on actually karaoke-ing, but they made him go up and sing. Everybody Zenshin, I think? Oono said that Matsujun was "surprisingly kind" for doing that for his friends. He really loves being smacked by Jun, I guess.

- When the other members went off to change and left Nino and Shou by themselves, their conversation went something like this:
Shou; Hey, are you Ninomiya-san? The one from Iwo Jima?
Nino: Oh, yes.
Shou: Wow! What kind of work are you doing lately?
Nino: Right now, I am filming a drama with Sakurai Shou.
Shou: Oh okay.
Nino: You know him right? From the news?
Shou: Oh I see.
Nino: At least act more interested!
Shou: Ooh! So what is it about?
Nino: It's a poor person comedy. I'm a poor person, and it's a comedy.
Shou: So when does it start airing?
Nino: It already is!
...and then they got tired of their act and started speaking normally.

- Ura Arashi was Hey Hey Loving You, as requested by Aiba-chan.

- Captain also announced he will be in a drama next year! He will be playing a criminal (?) and when asked who the lead actor was, he started stuttering. He doesn't even know the names of enough actors/actresses to make a good lie.

- Love Situation. <33333 No seriously I love the dance. I was talking about it with my aunt and she reminded me of something she said a while back while we were watching some Here We Go fancams together. She was so impressed by Jun's Key of Life and said he was just as good as Oono, so why doesn't he do those types of dances anymore? She's an Oono fan, mocks Arashi at every opportunity, and has taken professional dance lessons herself, so that comment surprised me. I can see where she's coming from now. Please show off your invertebrate self more, Mattsun. <333

- Still don't understand why there is randomly a comet flying through the air in Cry For You. It's bothering me.

- Shou has changed part of the lyrics to A Day in Our Life from "all the ladies in the house" to "all the people in the house." Trying to make the male fans feel more comfortable, I guess? <3 This happened at Hamamatsu too, but I forgot to mention it.

- PANIC ATTACK. After Love So Sweet, right before the first encore started, I checked my watch. I knew I had to be back at the station by 9 to catch the last train at 9:29. It was 9:15. o shi. So I rushed out and heard We Can Make It starting just as I exited the building. Missed Fight Song. *ANGST* There was some fireworks display going on, but I didn't pay attention.  The taxi pulls up at the station at 9:25, and I drop my wallet, and then I get lost finding the tracks. It was like some B-grade horror movie where the annoying heroine always trips while she is being chased by the monster. I get to my seat just as we start moving. That's it, I'm never ever going to an evening show ever again no matter what ticket deal I get. I thought I was going to die aakldfjlsdgf.

- On the train, there were two girls talking loudly in back of me about how, "You know, in highschool during Arashi's debut I felt so happy just to be in the same room with Matsujun! It's just not special anymore." and then proceeded to talk about tomorrow's tickets with the girl next to her. Uh. So if Arashi isn't special to you, why are you taking up those seats? This is precisely the problem with Japanese fans, I think. They are too used to Arashi and don't feel the need to be on their best behavior around them, and just don't appreciate that they get to see their concerts all the time, while for some people it may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Arashi plzzz come to countries where you'll be more appreciated. ;_;-;__:-- Don't get me wrong, I know that there are plenty of wonderful Japanese fans out there, but I didn't have the luck to meet any of them today.

- I think I have a cold, so imma go rest up for the plane ride home now. Also, does anyone know if the Time concert photos were ever released at the Johnny's Shop?

..........Okaaay. *deep breaths* One of the other people I was bugging for tickets suddenly mailed me saying that they have a ticket for the second show in Niigata today, and if I wanted it. Even though I vowed not to spend anymore money on tickets, I said yes without thinking. 8DDDDDD It turns out the last train leaves at like 9:30 so I'll miss all of the encores, but I don't care. <333 Next year, though, I'll remember this and never even try for a second show ticket. Oh, the pain of having to walk out of an arena while Arashi is on stage...! Hopefully, since they have shows tomorrow as well, the encores won't be long today.

Music Station! I didn't realize that not only Arashi, but pretty much everyone I like was on yesterday night. They wore purple outfits that match my uchiwa almost perfectly, and the choreography for Happiness is super cute. I laughed at Matsujun for scooting away from the others while they were sitting down because he wanted to be in clear view of the camera, only to get cut off or covered up by Hikki's head for half the show.

I did some random edits with a few more things I remembered about the Hamamatsu concert, if you're interested, here. Also, I dug up my report of the Osaka concert last year here. There is a fancam out there of the show I went to, and after watching it, I realized there were quite a few inaccuracies in the report. (but there are also tons of priceless things from that concert the camera didn't catch) Just a warning -- this year's report is probably the same way. Hopefully, though, it gave a general idea of what it's like to everyone that couldn't make it? Maybe, just maybe, next year I will become filthy rich and will be able to afford tickets for everyone I know so I don't have to worry about writing accurate reports. 8D

Forgot to mention that I bought Bokuimo on the 29th, but I can't watch it on my laptop because of all the damn copyright protection on the DVD. Even though I'm sure the movie will suck, I'm suffering here with a DVD I can't watch. At least the box art and the extras are nice. ;;; Tomorrow we will be heading home; finally I'll be able to watch it then. Seriously, a 12 day vacation is just way too long and the stress just feels more like a move than a vacation. I'm never doing this again. I can't wait to get home and play with the dog, eat food that doesn't taste like vomit, catch up on all the shows I've missed, take a shower in a bathroom that's not the size of a closet, etc.

ZOMGZZ~ I just saw Nino's new noodle soup CM. C- c- cute. *ded* I couldn't reach the volume in time to hear it clearly; is he singing something in the background? xD 

Just got home, didn't have trouble getting in, didn't have trouble catching the shinkansen to the hotel. It's insane late but I will try to write some things down before I forget. <333

- I TOUCHED CAPTAIN. On the first show, my ticket was in the south E row. The rows go A~D (in front of the hanamichi) and then there's a pathway, then E~K, so even if E is right after D, it's not that close at all. Or so I thought. The handicap area was right near where I was in the south corner, and there was a door that they came in. (I'm guessing it just leads to the elevator instead of stairs) During the concert, it opened again. I was like "What the hell, who is coming in so late?? Oh, it's just Aiba." ..... "Oh it's Aiba." By the time I came to my senses, he had already left my area. They were at the end of WAVE when Oono starting exiting out the same door, and I got to touch his gross sweaty arm. He didn't see me, but it was my first Arashi touch. <33333344566

- Ura Arashi was Futari no Kinenbi for the first show (as requested by "Sakurai Shou (25) from Tokyo) the second show was Kiss kara Hajimeyou as requested by Ninomiya Kazunari (24) from America. (What, you didn't know? He's lived in America for five years!) A note on Shou-chan: He doesn't even know his own age. He always introduces himself as "I'm turning 26 this year," and since his birthday is in January he gets mixed up. Wow, Keio sure offers a great education. 8D

- Nino wore glasses during his solo! <333333 At first his was playing really slowly like he didn't know the song very well, but then sped up and it was beautiful. <333 At the "Arigatou~ Arigatou" part, he took off his glasses and the audience squealed. He did his usual Nino smirk. <333

- Friendship and Song For Me were awesome as expected. Can't Let You Go was unexpectedly awesome! I thought he was just going to sit on the sofa the entire time, but he did a lot of dancing. Lately his dancing has been subpar so I was glad to see him do something a bit complicated. <333333

- Yabai Yabai Yabai. <33333330498045 I'm sorry, there's nothing else I can say. During the second show, though, when he swings from the middle stage to the main stage, he didn't put enough power into it I guess and almost didn't make it all the way. He was seriously saying "Yabai" xD

- Why didn't anyone tell me there was a Jidai remix. It's so good. <333 Cry For You, too. What's with the comet (?) and the hooded figures? Also, the flames are hot. I could feel them all the way in the south area farthest from the stage. I can't imagine how they must feel. ;;

- Love Situation. My new favorite song. The dancing is great! <3 It's Matsujun and Oono one moving stage and Nino, Shou, and Aiba on the other. Captain and Matsujun do a cartwheel off each other, if that makes sense. (The other three are standing like idiots 8D)

- KAWAMURAAA. *dies* There was this one possessed Junior fan shouting that at every possible moment during the first show. When he came on stage during the MC, Arashi asked if it was his angry mother. He said no, but still bowed down in her direction. xD She kept doing it even after that, too. 8DDD

- By the way, Matsujun's turtles are alive! Three of them, anyway. When Aiba asked "Is (so and so) one of them?" Jun had no clue what he was talking about. Apparently in 2000 when Nino gave him the turtles, they put names on them, but Jun could care less. xP

- What you've all been waiting for (well, what I've been waiting for) Jun's birthday party. <333333 In the first show they gave him a cake. It was a huge square western style one, not like those dinky circular ones you usually see in Japan. It had loads of fruit on it, though. Why must they ruin a perfectly fine cake by putting fruit on it? ;_; Jun blew out the candles in one go and we sang Happy Birthday with Aiba as the conductor. (Needless to say, we had to start over a couple of times because he messed up his conducting. xD) I don't remember if it was the first or second show, but at the end Aiba went horribly off key and Jun kicked him. The Juniors came out to send their birthday messages, and all used tameguchi, which lead to a fierce looking Matsujun chasing one off stage and grabbing (?) him... only to say "Thank you!" 8D~~ Later we find out it was Captain that told the Juniors to do this, and he and a Junior got on their knees to ask for forgiveness. I guess Matsujun was looking scary, because they then went flat on their bellies and asked for more forgiveness. *ded*
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At the second show, everyone started singing Happy Birthday before the they were even told to, and Matsujun covered his face with his towel and didn't emerge from it until we were finished. xD So Aiba, playing the conductor again, told us to do it properly. Then they handed out presents. MAD first. (Last year, didn't they get him some shampoo and eyeshadow? xDD) First was KAWAMURAAA with a pirate hat and sword. He put on the hat right away, but refused to turn around and face the audience for a while. Then another junior gave him these dorky sunglasses that supposedly play music. So he put those on with his pirate hat (while holding the sword the entire time). Third, he got a Dragonball piggy bank that says Goku phrases every time you drop change in.

Now for Arashi. They said they were through with joke presents and were getting him something "serious" and "high class." From Shou-chan, a cigar (that was wrapped up to look like a tampon I'm sorry that's really what I thought it was). From Oono, a wine glass. From Aiba, a leopard print robe (the same as what he wore in Hanadan) Sound familiar? The King is back, minus the stocking, sadly. Nino got him some stuffed cats to complete the look. It was near the end of the MC, so he went back out to change and left Nino and Shou with the wine and cats. While he was gone, Nino was talking about how his stuffed cats were actually cheap, but keep that a secret from Jun. He wasn't even sure the smaller one was a cat at all, but a chinchilla. (Shou chimed in to ask, "What's a chinchilla?" *DED* It still looked like a cat to me, btw.) Then Jun comes back out, but he didn't change at all. I guess he had to go to the bathroom? Anyway, he sang Kiss kara, Life, and Hero all in his leopard robe with the "high class" stuffed cats on his lap. (once he came back on stage, Nino kept insisting that those cats were expensive)

- For some reason, I was bawling during Be With You on the first show, but was completely dry at the second. They all did nice little speeches right then about how they want to be like this forever and while they enjoy the dome concert because everyone is with them, they prefer to see their fans up close at small places like this. Matsujun looked kind of teary-eyed himself too, but that might have been my imagination because although he's a crybaby, he doesn't usually cry at concerts. It might have just been his contacts giving him trouble. xP

- During Fight Song on the second show, their circle broke and they couldn't bounce very well and it was all very "bimyou" (in their words) Aiba got tangled into Shou-chan and neither of them sang much. xD The second encore was Future, but that's when I had to leave. I heard Rock You was after that, though. They're such assholes. I was right out the door when I suddenly heard "Hey~ Should we come back out?" from Matsujun. DD<

All and all, it was worth it down to the last penny. Roughly 80,000 pennies, counting the hotel, airfare, rail passes, tickets, etc.. but I told myself not to think about that now. I got to see Jun and Aiba up close for the first time (though they didn't see me), touched Oono, sung Happy Birthday, and even got to ride the train home with the Juniors. I think I stepped on one of their feet on the escalator. Sorry. ;;;

aaaand that's all for now. Probably tons of typos, forgive. If I can remember anything else, I'll be sure to post it here. <33

edit: I knew I would forget something. During one of the MCs, Nino mentioned that there will be a huge "surprise guest" during the last episode of Yamada Tarou, but of course wouldn't tell us who it was.

edit2: One more thing I forgot. Matsujun said the first person to wish him Happy Birthday was his dad ("oyaji" xD) He sent him an email with just "Matsujun, Happy Birthday" and tons of cake emoji. He said usually his dad just calls him "Jun," but seemed to be embarrassed to send him an email like that and made it comical? I don't know, his parents sure sound weird.

I hate myself and I want to die. Yes, I missed Shukudai-kun. I was being so good, I drank a lot of coffee and sat up in bed to keep myself from falling asleep. I watched Heyx3 (I didn't realize Arashi was going to be on there, but they didn't really show anything new. They're going to be in the telephone box next week, though. <3) and somehow even made it through First Kiss (sry Mao-chan, but that was boring as hell) and vaguely remember Matchy playing pool with SMAP, then I changed the channel to NTV because News Zero was coming on... and then the next thing I know Shukudai-kun's credits are rolling by. Nooooo. *slits wrists* I'm getting it from CB now, but that's just not the same as watching it on TV. ;_;

Yesterday (or the day before?) I met Yamada Yuu at 109. o wow mate, this is the first time I've ever seen a famous person that close up. She looks the same as on TV, really. I'm not particularly a fan or anything, so it wasn't very thrilling. 8D Then I went over to Nakano Broadway and zomg. I need to go back again later because there was just too much stuff to go through at once. I found Matsujun's Here We Go uchiwa and some back FC issues. <3333333 They didn't have any Arashi concert pamphlets, but they did have West Side Story. Way too expensive, but I got to touch it and look at it longingly for a while, which is good enough for me. 8D

Eeeee, I keep seeing Happiness and Bokuimo DVD commercials. Watching Arashi on TV in real time is just about the second most awesome thing ever. Of course, the first being seeing them live in concert. Apparently, I have two tickets for 8/30 coming to me in the mail right now, but I refuse to get excited because they're going to get lost or something, or the staff will find out I bought them through auction and kick me out.

Internet is being wonky, so quick post. Went to Sendai yesterday to buy goods, and zomg it was packed. I bought goods in Osaka last year and waited in line for an hour, but I thought since Grande 21 is pretty far out and late into the tour, the line wouldn't be that bad. I was wrong. I was in line for two hours before they opened up the gate, and I wasn't even close to the front. On top of that, I forgot to buy the stickers, the postcards, the posters, and the clearfile, so I'll have to go through it all over again. ;____; I am an idiot. I suspect the line was so long because of the new picture set, because everyone in front of me all seemed to have goods already and were just there for the new set. DD= The two girls right next to me were jabbering on about "In Yokohama, it was like this, then in Nagoya is was like this..." and so I was in a jealous and cranky mood the entire time. Why do people feel the need to go to five or six concerts knowing most people couldn't get tickets for one? ;;; No, I still haven't gotten confirmation from one of my contacts that I have a ticket yet.

 I did see some scalpers! Except there was a policemen standing next to a "no selling" sign not too far from where they were, so I was too chicken to go near them. They saw me, though, and I overheard their conversation. "What about her? Do you think she speaks Japanese?" "No, she's probably a junior high student, she won't have any money." Well, they were half right. Dx I set a budget of $1,000 for tickets, and I went way way over just to make it to Hamamatsu. Let's hope I get that confirmation sometime this week. ;__;

Just a warning to anyone going to the Johnny's Shop -- they have nothing. Unless you're going just for pictures, don't waste your time. Last year they had all the goods for One and Shou and Oono's solo concerts for sale, but this year they just have a tacky Arashi photo album. Oh, and Time's Matsujun uchiwa. (all the others were sold out, poor Jun 8D) They don't even have the Time concert photos.

The day before yesterday I think I pulled a muscle or sprained my ankle. It hurt so bad I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital for a while, but it's feeling better now...? I'm having to limit myself to one thing per day, though, so I might not get everything I've planned done.

Mrr, why does everything in Japan open so late? I have five hours to kill before I can do anything. I really need to readjust my sleeping schedule. I missed Yamada Tarou on Friday because I just honestly couldn't keep my eyes open past nine. (YTM is on at 10) Missed the morning digest too, because I was on my way to Sendai by then.

 This turned out to not be such a "quick" post afterall. *shot* Sorry for never replying to comments. ;__; Yes, I will share pictures/scans my presents from Aiba-mama, and my other souvenirs as well. <333 Later. edit: Changed my mind, I'll share them now.

They're just normal shop photos of the dome concert many people probably have already, except mine are better than yours because I got them from Aiba's mom. xP She kept saying "This is all picture, and this is Masaki's picture! Masaki's picture!! =D~~" That's it, I'm marrying Aiba so I can have an awesome mother-in-law. and yes, that is a 24TV shirt. I bought it off auction and had it shipped to the hotel. 8B It's a small, but nearly long enough for me to wear it as a tunic, wtf.

Heeey guys I safely arrived in Japan last night, though I am a bit delirious from the 14 hour flight + jet lag. I'll probably be making some short posts like this throughout the week because, you know, I'm in Japan and don't want to be sitting at the computer all day. I did have a quick glance at my RSS reader, though. What, Jun and Captain doing a Rose of Versailles stage play? zomg. Happiness PV? zomg. <3

 It was actually rainy this morning and the temperature was nice, so I took the chance to head out to Ebisu Garden Place to get my picture taken in the rain. (I was hoping it would rain in Tokyo while I was here just for this reason stfu I'm a dork. D=)  After that, I headed out to the Pokemon Center, which was supposed to be near Tokyo Station, but turned out to be in Hamamatsu-cho (I knew it had moved and even double checked Google maps to make sure it was correct. ;;;) which was a huge disappointment. So I headed to Makuharihongo instead. Keikarou was incredibly easy to find. ...but it was closed. (It's usually not closed on Thursday, right? ;;) So today had a lot of wasted time walking and I have huge blisters how am I going to make it and and and. At least I found TV Pia. No signs of any other JE magazines yet. (Yes I even checked two Book Offs)

Right now I am going through another right-of-way passage to Janiota-dom. I had to get a stand in line ticket for the Johnny's Shop. 8D~~ This is the first time I've gone to the shop when it wasn't dead empty, I was started to get worried. I went there about 3, and my ticket is for 7, so I'm just killing time until then.

Oh yeah, and Yamapi needs to gtfo. Everywhere I turn around, I see his face. He's stalking me.

edit: Hur, I'm watching Gintama on TV. What episode is this? I don't think I've watched since episode 6. Shinpachi is running around with someone's head?