hand.made.city

Part 1: Going well, going well~

Part 2: Let’s keep going!

Part 3: Phew, almost done!

Part 4: Shall I add a background?

Part 5: This was a terrible idea;;;;;

One of my first nights in Tokyo I did get to go to the U-KISS Cafe in Harajuku. All I can say is, thank goodness I was with friends, because I could never have found the place on my own. It was down some narrow alley or something idek. There was a large cardboard cut-out of the boys that you could pose with, it was hilarious. It was really nice though, to be in an environment full of other fans and actually get to be a fangirl haha.

Moving on, my first concert was the evening Nakano Sun Plaza concert. I had no idea what to expect from a Japanese concert, as I’ve only experienced the crazy disorder of U-KISS’ USA tour. It was crowded, but the lines were orderly. These fans know what they’re doing! Got there a bit early to buy merchandise and meet up with some people. I was introduced to so many people, and it turns out I’m following most of them on twitter already anyway haha. Then we left for lunch until it was time for the evening concert… I was pretty far back from the stage, but I had a good time anyway. I’m so amazed by the lightsticks they had for this tour. They all changed colors along with the music. That was fun to watch from the back, I guess XD It no longer does that, now that I’m home. It’s like the magic is over T_T Since it was the evening concert, Hoon performed his solo and I didn’t get to see Kevin and Jun perform their song. I was so surprised that they performed so many songs that they’ve never done before. Especially jammed to Jackpot, Love To Go and Rock Me. *-* I won’t talk about all the performances since the DVD is out now anyway… but GO WATCH IT. SO GOOD. Also new to this tour was the photo op time… All my pics are blurry though, no surprise.

There was a hi-touch after the concert, so I did get up close with the boys… I’ve missed them terribly since the last time I was able to meet them in NY and LA, it was so nice to see them and speak to them briefly. Kevin was first in line, if I recall correctly.. and my friend decided to announce my arrival to him OTL He thanked me for coming to see them and I’m sure I was quite red in the face OTL OTL

The next day I spent entirely with U-KISS haha. I went to both the afternoon and evening concerts, though for the afternoon one I was alone. Bought more merchandise because I couldn’t control myself… and managed to get a Kevin bracelet out of the random selections, yay! I wear it all the time, but I’m afraid I’ll break it. That day was especially my lucky day, because I had won a chance to watch U-KISS rehearse before the concert. Miraculously, I was #5, so my position was very close to the stage. There were only a few rows of fans for the rehearsal, so it was really intimate and exciting~ ^v^ Yes, I was shaking like a leaf half the time haha. When it was time for the show to begin, I had a premium ticket, so once again I was extremely close to the stage. Second row. Sadly, while I was on the left side, Kevin favored the right side for much of the concert T.T Tried my best to give him my love though~~~ This was also the concert where I got to see Kevin and Jun perform Don’t Break Us Down, so I flipped out fantastically. XD

(All of my pictures of Kevin were blurry as hell because THAT BOY DOESN’T STOP MOVINGGGG)

For the evening concert, I was once again in the back. Almost the last row this time! But I was with a friend once again, so it wasn’t as scary and lonely~ Btw Action is the most fun song ever to dance to, so I went wild since I was way in the back hahaha.

This time the hi-touch was with Soohyun alone, since it was the day of his solo single release. I congratulated him while we were hi-fiving and he grabbed my hand and didn’t let go for a minute. Maybe I shocked him because I spoke Japanese? rofl. I’m told that he doesn’t always say anything back to fans during hi-touch, but he did take the time to thank me <3

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After that day, I wasn’t sure if I’d get to see U-KISS for the rest of my trip, though I did talk to friends about going to Soohyun’s solo event in a few days. In between then, I did lots of sight-seeing around Tokyo. Actually, while I was getting lost on my way to Meiji Shrine, I found Soohyun at Ameba Studio. I walked past the window of the studio and saw a giant screen with Soohyun’s face on it, and he was inside! I stood with the crowd to watch him for awhile, but a guard shooed me away, so I went across the street and watched from there. I eventually found the shrine I was looking for lmao. I had walked in the wrong direction… But if I hadn’t gotten lost, I wouldn’t have seen Soohyun’s Ameba interview!

(There’s the guard who shooed me away XD And you can kinda see Soohyun behind the window...)

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After a couple of days, Soohyun held his solo event. Got lost AGAIN… so I just camped out in a Starbucks with their free wi-fi until someone came and found me v_v (Note to self: Next time you go to Japan, order POCKET WI-FI. YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT!) It turns out, the venue was right above the Starbucks. I had been walking around aimlessly for at least half an hour before I realized that. A lovely friend came and found me and brought me to the venue. I would have never found that place on my own, it was even trickier to find than the U-KISS Cafe in Harajuku! I bought another of his CDs to join in the hi-touch afterwards too. (By the end of this trip, I had accumulated at least 6 Soohyun CDs haha). I sat in the corner cuz I had a better view than if I tried to join the crowd standing by the stage. I’m too short for that;; He sang all his solo songs and it was lovely~ The venue was incredibly pretty too! No pictures allowed this time though, so I don’t have any.

The hi-touch began, and once again I got Soohyun to talk to me wahaha~ I congratulated him on his solo debut ^^ I only bought 1 CD, so I only went up once, but a friend bought 100 copies, so she was up there on stage with him for quite awhile hehe. Everyone took me out to dinner afterwards and it was so nice T_T (感動しました。みんなありがとう!)