Hey, look there! PICTURES!!! *watches picture-hungry friends pounce on pictures* see, told you i would eventually!
ANyway, this is the website for the pics, so enjoy!
http://kuroisjapanadventure.shutterfly.com/
the pictures will be worked on constantly, so exxpect changes and such.
Oh, and Caito, EMAIL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *waits for email*
Kuroi
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Just to post a few things back in the states.
Alright, pictures will be up soon. I am planning on putting them on a large photo sight (shutterfly comes to mind) then linking it on this blog so i stop getting complaints about my lack of pictures. *mumbles about whining friends*
however, a but of news first, just because.
School, for me, starts on Monday....*waves surrender banner weakly* I haven't finished my summer homework yet (did you all really expect me to??) and i am thinking on changing my schedule around dramatically to put a math class in my school day and taking out spanish.....i have no interest in spanish at all. Now, if it was Japanese.......*trails off* still, i think latin is enough along with a double up in science classes and a few AP classes
Hopefully, i do better on these AP tests than on last AP tests.....Mrs. Reilly is never going to let me down. It doesn't help i have her for a teacher though. *is disgruntled*
anyway, i heard many a complaint from friends that i couldn't take pictures inside the concert *cough* Mochi-kun *cough* so, here is the link to the pictures and report that was put up by JaME
http://www.jame-world.com/us/article.php?id=5265
enjoy
so, aside from the need to put up those pictures (that will be done soon) and other stuffs, i did have fun on my last day in Japan. I went to Harajuku with Caite (my english buddy. COMMENT CAITE COMMENT!!!) she was the only other english speaker within a 100 mile radius in Yamaguchi-ken and we had so much fun!!!
anyway, Harajuku was so much fun! i got so many clothes and went to Sex Pot Revenge!! (the store that An Cafe models for!!) for a funny anecdote, i was inspecting the belt on the model, wondering what it looked like. Of course, since it is me, the pants just had to fall down. rather amusing, i must admit, but it did nothing for my image. there was one of the guys that worked there (think Hot topic people, except adorably cute) nearby and, with a half-laughed half-embarrased 'Summimasen!' i beckoned him over. Believe it or not, he laughed at me. Not just a chuckle, no. he full out laughed. There were two others in the store (who were quickly beckoned over and they laughed at me too). At caite's comment, they let me take a picture of the mannequin with it's pants down and i got my purchases and chatted with them for a while (yes, in japanese) and i, of course, forgot to ask for pictures of them. still, it was tons of fun.
Then, the next day (after a night of playing dress-up) i had to leave Japan. And i was very very sad. If i had to go back to america, could i have skipped the thirteen hour flight?? The three hour layover??? please?? (Customs was a breeze though. I was worried they would do a bag search on me and not get everything back into the bag....) I also got to watch Iron man and The Mummy (Which i fell in love with)
alright, though. enough of an update? this is it for now. I'll put more stuff up soon. like pictures. still, i was asked if i would update. well, here it is.
Thats all for now!!
Kuroi
however, a but of news first, just because.
School, for me, starts on Monday....*waves surrender banner weakly* I haven't finished my summer homework yet (did you all really expect me to??) and i am thinking on changing my schedule around dramatically to put a math class in my school day and taking out spanish.....i have no interest in spanish at all. Now, if it was Japanese.......*trails off* still, i think latin is enough along with a double up in science classes and a few AP classes
Hopefully, i do better on these AP tests than on last AP tests.....Mrs. Reilly is never going to let me down. It doesn't help i have her for a teacher though. *is disgruntled*
anyway, i heard many a complaint from friends that i couldn't take pictures inside the concert *cough* Mochi-kun *cough* so, here is the link to the pictures and report that was put up by JaME
http://www.jame-world.com/us/article.php?id=5265
enjoy
so, aside from the need to put up those pictures (that will be done soon) and other stuffs, i did have fun on my last day in Japan. I went to Harajuku with Caite (my english buddy. COMMENT CAITE COMMENT!!!) she was the only other english speaker within a 100 mile radius in Yamaguchi-ken and we had so much fun!!!
anyway, Harajuku was so much fun! i got so many clothes and went to Sex Pot Revenge!! (the store that An Cafe models for!!) for a funny anecdote, i was inspecting the belt on the model, wondering what it looked like. Of course, since it is me, the pants just had to fall down. rather amusing, i must admit, but it did nothing for my image. there was one of the guys that worked there (think Hot topic people, except adorably cute) nearby and, with a half-laughed half-embarrased 'Summimasen!' i beckoned him over. Believe it or not, he laughed at me. Not just a chuckle, no. he full out laughed. There were two others in the store (who were quickly beckoned over and they laughed at me too). At caite's comment, they let me take a picture of the mannequin with it's pants down and i got my purchases and chatted with them for a while (yes, in japanese) and i, of course, forgot to ask for pictures of them. still, it was tons of fun.
Then, the next day (after a night of playing dress-up) i had to leave Japan. And i was very very sad. If i had to go back to america, could i have skipped the thirteen hour flight?? The three hour layover??? please?? (Customs was a breeze though. I was worried they would do a bag search on me and not get everything back into the bag....) I also got to watch Iron man and The Mummy (Which i fell in love with)
alright, though. enough of an update? this is it for now. I'll put more stuff up soon. like pictures. still, i was asked if i would update. well, here it is.
Thats all for now!!
Kuroi
Monday, August 4, 2008
I....Am....BACK....in three days....-.-'
HELLO MY FAITHFUL MIN..*cough* READERS!!!!
Alright, just for my personal benefit, anyone want to comment on these things? I like knowing that you people actually do read these.
anyway, just a few things for now. most of it is all written down, so, yeah. you can see that later.....
-there is an uneven ratio between hot and not hot guys. though that is not a bad thing (Boy is Japan holding out on us for the guy population)
-EVERYONE (guys included) has a bag of some kind. a bunch of guys even have girly purses. those things no sane american guy would wear unless they were metrosexual or gay.
-I ADORE japanese game shows. I love them. More on them later
-Japanese dramas are plain awesome
-The candy is awesome. So are the clothes
-most girls here are actually skinnier than the mannequins.
-american people can't pull off japanese clothes well
-cell phones are portable computers
-Puricura is tons of fun
-I am looking forward to beng in Tokyo again!!
-More later. I gotta go wrap gift things!!!
Kuroi (LEAVE A COMMENT PLEASE!!!)
Alright, just for my personal benefit, anyone want to comment on these things? I like knowing that you people actually do read these.
anyway, just a few things for now. most of it is all written down, so, yeah. you can see that later.....
-there is an uneven ratio between hot and not hot guys. though that is not a bad thing (Boy is Japan holding out on us for the guy population)
-EVERYONE (guys included) has a bag of some kind. a bunch of guys even have girly purses. those things no sane american guy would wear unless they were metrosexual or gay.
-I ADORE japanese game shows. I love them. More on them later
-Japanese dramas are plain awesome
-The candy is awesome. So are the clothes
-most girls here are actually skinnier than the mannequins.
-american people can't pull off japanese clothes well
-cell phones are portable computers
-Puricura is tons of fun
-I am looking forward to beng in Tokyo again!!
-More later. I gotta go wrap gift things!!!
Kuroi (LEAVE A COMMENT PLEASE!!!)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
I.....AM........ALIVE!!!!
Alright, sorry about the sudden lack of updates.....i was actually not here for three days. we went to Kyot early thursday morning and got back alte last night. mer. but it was tons of fun, even if my camera is the devil (it dies every other day....>.< *is upset*)
anway, most of what happened are on videos and pictures that will be uploaded in bulk later. i had tons of fun though, and got things for people. Alright, Mochi or Kumiko, can you please try and get a hold of my mother so we can work out the locker situation?? You two either know her better or are more likely to get it done. if you have something going on, then ignore the above, though please try! love you for it!!
anyway, i did write most of what happened dwn so you people will be getting that (i can try and scan it in for the rest of you who aren't in the near vicinity of me)
Aunt Doreen, i did get your package! thanks a ton! the books are pretty interesting and the drawing thing.....(glowers) Anyway, glad that your foreign exchange students are having fun! Gabe enjoying playing with them?? How about Nicole??
anyway, love and miss you lots! more later!! Gomen Nasai!!
Kuroi
anway, most of what happened are on videos and pictures that will be uploaded in bulk later. i had tons of fun though, and got things for people. Alright, Mochi or Kumiko, can you please try and get a hold of my mother so we can work out the locker situation?? You two either know her better or are more likely to get it done. if you have something going on, then ignore the above, though please try! love you for it!!
anyway, i did write most of what happened dwn so you people will be getting that (i can try and scan it in for the rest of you who aren't in the near vicinity of me)
Aunt Doreen, i did get your package! thanks a ton! the books are pretty interesting and the drawing thing.....(glowers) Anyway, glad that your foreign exchange students are having fun! Gabe enjoying playing with them?? How about Nicole??
anyway, love and miss you lots! more later!! Gomen Nasai!!
Kuroi
Thursday, July 17, 2008
eh, gomen nasai...?
sorry about the super long delay. i actually don't really have much written on the computer. most of it is all in a notebook that will be passed around if anyone wants to read it. I shall, however, give a brief update on this past week.
I am going to a japanese school with my host sister. i have been for the past four days, though yesterday i didn't causei was feeling sorta sickish. and boy, are japanese schools different. they have so much work and so much studying and so much everything. lots and lots of work. they don't switch classes, all the teachers come to them. they don't wear SHoes inside the building. they switch into slippers. pretty interesting, though one of the teachers made me take off my rings and my arm band cause they weren't allowed. >.<
the girls here are all really nice and rather friendly. it's sorta interesting. all smiley and bubbly. and vending machines exist everywhere. i saw one on a deserted piece of road with nothing on it. rather strange, but hey, whatever.
the shinkansen that i rode down here on had the engine room in the middle of the train (car 8) i thought that was rather odd. why would it be in car 8???
i did get some pretty cool pics from the window of the shinkansen though. Pics will most likely be circulated when i get back as updating them requires me to not be at the school on a school computer. so, yeah. anyway, my host family is really nice. i have gotten used to tomatoes and eggs cause they serve either one or the other for every meal. i may not like them, but i don't gag when i eat them anymore.
the drama shows over here are still really really cool, and really really funny. the actors are sorta, well, bad (not Gackt bad but near enough) still, they are pretty funny. the game shows are, well, all happy and bubbly and colorful and smiley and shiny. and the guys (the younger ones) are always prettyfulls.
oh, and baseball games here are an all out cheering thing, with seperate cheers for each player and such and we stand on the seats (sans shoes of course) and yell them out. i should know, i had to sing and chant, or try to, for just about an hour and a half. fun stuff.
anyway, all for now. sorry about the major delay. i'll try and put up more stuff soon.
Loove you all and miss you lots!!
Kuroi
PS: Alright people, lets be happyfulls. moodyness just kills the summer feeling. no frowns! please? for the friend who can't be there to make you smile? smile!!!!
I am going to a japanese school with my host sister. i have been for the past four days, though yesterday i didn't causei was feeling sorta sickish. and boy, are japanese schools different. they have so much work and so much studying and so much everything. lots and lots of work. they don't switch classes, all the teachers come to them. they don't wear SHoes inside the building. they switch into slippers. pretty interesting, though one of the teachers made me take off my rings and my arm band cause they weren't allowed. >.<
the girls here are all really nice and rather friendly. it's sorta interesting. all smiley and bubbly. and vending machines exist everywhere. i saw one on a deserted piece of road with nothing on it. rather strange, but hey, whatever.
the shinkansen that i rode down here on had the engine room in the middle of the train (car 8) i thought that was rather odd. why would it be in car 8???
i did get some pretty cool pics from the window of the shinkansen though. Pics will most likely be circulated when i get back as updating them requires me to not be at the school on a school computer. so, yeah. anyway, my host family is really nice. i have gotten used to tomatoes and eggs cause they serve either one or the other for every meal. i may not like them, but i don't gag when i eat them anymore.
the drama shows over here are still really really cool, and really really funny. the actors are sorta, well, bad (not Gackt bad but near enough) still, they are pretty funny. the game shows are, well, all happy and bubbly and colorful and smiley and shiny. and the guys (the younger ones) are always prettyfulls.
oh, and baseball games here are an all out cheering thing, with seperate cheers for each player and such and we stand on the seats (sans shoes of course) and yell them out. i should know, i had to sing and chant, or try to, for just about an hour and a half. fun stuff.
anyway, all for now. sorry about the major delay. i'll try and put up more stuff soon.
Loove you all and miss you lots!!
Kuroi
PS: Alright people, lets be happyfulls. moodyness just kills the summer feeling. no frowns! please? for the friend who can't be there to make you smile? smile!!!!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
So, my long awaited Update (with some pics...)
Alright, I know I didn’t post today (or any other day of this week) but I wanted to get all of this written down before I posted. So, I shall list what I got to do today:
-I got to be ten years old again and capture monsters
-I got to laugh at the Japanese haunted house thing that I didn’t fully understand cause it was all in Japanese and I don’t understand that much of the language yet.
-I got to push buttons on the wall like crazy in another Japanese game (though the headphones that gave you the directions were vaguely unhelpful cause I had no idea what it was saying)
-I got to go to place called “Ice Cream World” or something to that effect.
-I could bounce all over the place and not worry about being stared at funny cause so was most everyone else.
-I got to zap huge mosquitoes into oblivion. We got 120 total.
-I really hate umbrellas.
-I ran into lots and lots of mirrors and came to hate my own reflection
-Every single Japanese woman who is a spokesperson for something always has the same nasally tone. I want to know where they go to school to learn it so I can burn it to the ground.
-I really hate my shoes.
Alright, I bet I have thoroughly confused everyone. Well, to put this simply. I got to go to a Japanese Amusement park (not Fuji Kyu, it was raining.). I discovered my hidden love for Japanese games. I got to not understand most of the directions, was given weird toys that either spat Japanese at me or flashed the katakana on the screen to fast for me to decipher and still had a ton of fun. We went to this spooky house thing and basically I laughed my entire way through it while Shuhei and Saki sorta clung to me (literally). Then we went to this weird Gaust Hunters game (yes, Gaust). They gave us these huge black hand sets that, when you zeroes in on a monster in an area you could capture it (we had to find the big ‘G’s.) and when you got twenty you went and battled the boss. It was strange but lots of fun!!!
After that, we ate. I got to eat Curry Rice!! I LOVE CURRY RICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so good. Spicy, hot but awesome with a great blend of tastes and the rice was shaped like a cat! It was adorable!!!!! And the curry had beef in it and it was sorta hot but I loved it anyway! Did I tell you how awesome the curry was?? *is bricked*
*recovers* Anyway…….
Then we went to another game, where you had to put on these headsets that gave you directions (all in Japanese of course, so they were of no use to me). I sorta watched Saki, then followed her lead. It was fun and we got to push lots and lots of buttons and I ran into lots and lots of mirrors (there was this mirror room, of which I didn’t get the point of). =^_^=
Then we wandered to somewhere else, I think it was the mosquito game, and we got to sit in this little cart like thing and zap mosquitoes with light shocks or something. It was fun and relatively strange enough to be cool. I loved the little video before the ride! It was about killer mosquitoes and they ate this person who became a skeleton then they took over the city. I wasn’t quite sure what it was about but it was funny to watch!! After that…well, we wandered and went shopping and stuff.
Onto the umbrellas. I hate them, with a passion. I think I was hit with an umbrella at least a dozen times and whacked in the face twice. When it rains, EVERYONE has an umbrella. Liken it to the 200 hallway after the bell rang. Now, give everyone umbrellas. *watches eyes widen* yeah, that. I hate umbrellas. They make a living out of umbrellas here. My family has at least a dozen and they only have six people in their family. At my house, we’re lucky when we CAN find an umbrella. *growls at offending umbrellas*
Anyway, writing this just about a week later cause I was so caught up in the week that I sorta forgot. So, before I go into a crazy rant about how awesome the concert was and how I now adore Mix. Speakers Inc., .lynch, and heidi, I shall inform you people of my wondrous week in Japan.
Monday, the day after the glorious shopping/theme park adventure in Ikebukuro, we went to Asakusa (pronounced, I’ve been told, as Ah-sock-sa). I got some gifts there, but took more pictures that bought things.
I did, however, find the idol Store…(daydreams of idol store) it has all these pictures of hot hot guys and some hot girls (mostly guys) and they have posters and fans and cards and stickers and drivers licenses and purse clips and mirrors and photo (albums) and phone charms and (continues listing) (few hours later) and wall scrolls!!! It was like…I don’t know, would heaven work?? I just about spent a fortune in there if common sense hadn’t gotten a hold of me and shook me really hard, telling me that I had other things to buy. But, before said common sense grabbed on, I was in possession of three Laruku posters (two of just hyde), a little keychain of hyde, laruku and hyde stickers and three Arashi fans. Yes, all that. And I plan on waving the beautiful fans in front of your face Mochi-kun (the laruku stuff is mine. Mine and no one elses). And I hope, that when I get back to Tokyo from Yamaguchi, that I have money enough after clothes shopping and gift buying to acquire a few more possessions from the idol stores. (really seriously hope).
After Asakusa, and after we had been lectured about leaving a block and a half of a person train cause the idiots in our group were too stupid to pay attention to people and leave when they were supposed to, we headed back to Shinjuku (actually, Nishi-Shinjuku station, so we could walk BACK to Shinjuku station to go home (we had passed through it but the senseis didn’t let us get off at it)) and back home. Tuesday was normal, which meant that we went to class and were taught stuffs. Wednesday, another normal day for the most part. I can’t really remember much of Wednesday (Noguchi sensei wasn’t there so class was rather boring) Thursday, however, I went to Akihabara! Wonderful place.
In our search for the CD store, we stumbled into this rather weird and strange book/manga store. However, as we wandered further in and still saw nothing but naked and/or suggestively posed girls, the three of us decided that we had found the porn store. The owners, however, hadn’t shooed us out yet, so we were rather confused and left on our own in a mixture of wry amusement and confusion.
However, Akihabara is known as the Electronic Town, and we found a music store that had the score sheets for different bands and I found Miyavi’s. well, no, I didn’t buy it cause even if I did I wouldn’t have a chance in the world of playing any of those songs. The moment I opened it, I just sorta stared. There were sooooooo many notes on the charts that I wouldn’t have a clue on how to start to play it. His guitar work is so complex!! MUZUKASHI!!!! There were up to a string of six notes with multiple notes in the same beat (imagine the 5-bar scale, then put three notes on top of each other, where ever, then string six of them together. Yea, that. Ouch)
We ended up finding a music store with CD’s in them, but CD’s here are still SO expensive!!! I did buy the Laruku single ‘Drink it down’ Just because I had to have it!!
Rachel and Erika, the two who came with me, had to go home then, but I headed to this really big store and to the CD section on the 7th floor. Oh, yeah, wide eyes for Kuroi-chan!!! I found practically EVERYTHING!! I ended up buying two magazines and an LM.C. CD!!!! ( I wanted one of their works!!!)
Eventually, I left the light and glitter known as Akihabara because I really didn’t want my family to call the Labo center again (for the third time) cause I had gotten myself where I wasn’t supposed to be. Have I ever mentioned that the train ride is horribly long? From Nippori to Tenodia it is at least san ji go fun (35 minutes) long. From Nippori to Mikawashima to Minami-Senju to Kita-Senju to Matsudo isn’t too bad. However, the ride from Matsudo to Kashiwa is so long. At least a fifteen minute ride, most of the time standing. After that, Kashiwa to Abiko to Tenodai is usually just fine. After school, I usually get off at Abiko to take the bus home (if you recall the bus incident a while ago) then walk from the bus station to the house (about half a mile). Wednesday’s eventful exploration was over for the moment.
Also, on Thursday, during class, we went to Tokyo Tocho again. This time though, I managed to get myself left behind cause I wanted to take pictures and everyone else left. Not very nice of them. We also went to the other tower, the south tower, before we realized that the other part of the group, which equals most of them, went to the north tower. So we headed there.
And I am sorta glad we did. These two guys came up and talked to Jessie, probably cause she looked American, and Jessie decided to stalk them, following them everywhere. Of course, she dragged me and Ashley into it, and eventually, they came and talked to her or she went and talked to them again and we proceeded to have a minorly interesting conversation with these two guys who were actually sorta cute. Us three gave them our cards cause, well, we could, and pictures were taken. (Ashley will send me the one she has, hopefully)
Friday was, well, Friday. We were given our assignment for Monday’s task, which seems like it is testing our ability to use the train system then out Japanese. We have to ask people were this object is, what it is, and if they can take a picture of us with it. (Sumimasen, kore no onaeme wan an desu ka? Doko desu ka? Aa, sou desu. Arigato Gozaimasu. Eto, Sumimasen, demo, Shashin onegainshimase? Arigato Gozaimasu!) that would be just about what you have to say. Not too much. But the actual item is somewhere on the Yamanote Line, which is this huge loop that run through Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo, Ueno and Ikebukuro and takes an hour and a half to complete. And we have to not only find which station this item is at, but get there and back within a reasonable time limit. So, yeah, this is more like a test of the train skills we have rather than the Japanese we might possess. >.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.<.<.<.<.<.<.<.<.<.<
So, on to Saturday!!! The wonderful day known as Saturday! Well, to start this day out, know that I had promised Saki I would go to Harajuku and Shibuya with her and her friends a while ago. I wasn’t and didn’t break that promise. I did, however, skirt the edges, mainly cause on Thursday when I went to Akihabara I got this Gazette magazine. I was flipping through it on Friday with Rachel and we stumbled upon this concert thing that was going to take place near where we were. We were ecstatic and jumped up and down and made plans to go. Kagrra, heidi, Mix Speakers Inc., .lynch, and Sex Machineguns were playing, and while I didn’t quite know all of them, I was so wanting to go. It was only a train ride away and that was happy fullness on my part. ^_^ ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
So, on Saturday, I got up early enough to go to Harajuku with Saki, and met her friends (Yusaki and Eri. Yusaki is her nickname cause her name is Saki and it would just be awkward to have two Saki’s.) at the Ueno station. The only reason this even worked was because they had cell phones.
Harajuku was, as usual, awesome. And I found a new store, Sex Pot Revenge. It is the store the Ancafe designs for!!! There was a magazine pic of Miku from Ancafe and his clothes were on display. I was too poor to buy them, so I settled for this cool pair of pants that were on the sale rack, marked down from 158 dollars to 30. (15,840 yen to 3,000 Yen) yeah, GOOOOOOOD sale. Teehee.
However, I was also dragged into more slutty type stores that I ever want to go into again. All the clothes were like, tiny. There were these shorts that would have given bikinis a run for their money on revealing-ness. 0_0. no joke. They were SOO short!!! (aren’t you glad I don’t like those clothes mum?) I don’t know how you would wear them in the first place. It was scary.
I got to go to shibuya for a short time cause I had to catch this train to Yurakcho at 2:30 to meet Rachel for the concert. Shibuya was an adventure in itself for all of fifteen minutes. They have these crosswalks called ‘The Scramble’ where, when the lights turn red, everyone crosses all at once. And I mean, all at once. From five different sidewalks. There were soo many people! It was crazy! Humanity packed into a 100 meter square piece of land.
Then, I was taken to this mall thing where there was a sale. A huge sale. Where the salespeople were standing on things to get above the sea of teenagers and yelling unintelligible things out to the crowd about “KAWAII!!” “SAIRU!!!” “YASUI!!” and other, random words I managed to understand amidst the loudness. I wanted to put my hands to my ears.
Then, though, it was off to the concert. I was told to meet Rachel at the west gate (Nishigatsu) and when I got there, she was no where in sight. So I went to look for her. It turned out that there were three west gates, or three gates on the west side. She was at the last one. It was a pain in my side but I found her and we headed out. I changed clothes cause I really didn’t like the ones I was in.
The line wasn’t that hard to find. There were so many cos-players of the band members that it wasn’t hard to miss. >.> I got some pics with Rachel camera, which she is gonna send me, and we had some ice thing. The lines opened up and we got the tickets and went in. cameras weren’t allowed but I’ll find pics of the bands to show you who I got to see!!
I also got a CD off .lynch with their autographs on it!!! YATTA!!! *does happy dance*
Well, the first band the played was heidi, and I loved them. Though the concerts here give a whole new meaning to “group think”. Everyone , and I mean everyone, all did the clapping, the headbanging (for those that wanted to) and the pumping of the fist AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. It was creepy. They also had specific dances for each song/band that most everyone seemed to know. I picked them up pretty fast cause they weren’t that difficult。The band members are Yoshihiko on vocals, Nao on guitar, Kohsuke on bass and Kiri on drums. Kiri was so little!!! He was adorable!!!
.lynch was next, and they were awesome. Think a mix of Dir en grey and a bit of atryu. They weren’t quite as screaming nor as dark or as violent and Dir en grey, but they did have a screaming/hard type of music. And the lead singer was adorable. His name is Hazumi and he did this strange little strut around the stage. Not Kyo adorable, but adorable. The Guitarist, Yusuke, was also barefoot. O_O I wonder why. Also, Reo was the other guitar and Asano was on drums.
Mix Speakers Inc., I believe, was next. And I have never had that much fun at a concert. They were all different colors (their hair) Miki and Yuki were the lead singers (yes two) and they were Black and White respectively (Yuki was adorable). Aya was red, S was purple (and the drummer), Seek was green and Keija was Blue (I think that was his name…..?_?) it was so cool!! Rachel bought one of their CD’s and she’s gonna let me copy it on my laptop so I can burn a CD of it when I get home!! They were awesome!!! Adorableness (apparently, some of them were part of Psycho le Cemu, you know that weird superhero band that we all stayed as far away from as possible. They had to disband when their lead singer was arrested for doing meth) but they were adorable. The dances they did were so much fun!!!!!!!!! *dances to the music. Muses restrain themselves from killing her, though they weren’t restrained enough to not send a few heavy objects kuroi’s way*
Miki, the black one, and Yuki, the white one, were both wearing suits, as was S and the blue one. Aya, though he was male, was wearing a skirt, and Seek had something on resembling a suit. His face was completely black. It was so cool!!! *continues to dance to MSI, running into muses and having tons of fun.* *muses growl*
*ignores annoyed muses* Sex machineguns were next, and they were okay, not the best, but they were pretty good. Not much else to say.
Kagrra, was after them, and even though they were the guests, they were last. I think Ishi (their lead singer) has a mild obsession with fans. He had one, as did all the girls (and some guys. Not many guys were at the concert) and they did some cool dance thing with them. I just sorta copied with my hands. Then, after the second song, he just threw the fan into the crowd for it to be worshiped by an adoring fan and grabbed a towel (as did all the people in the crowd who had one) and they started the next song whirling them over their heads. Once again, I just copied with my hands. But they were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Ishi, the lead singer, had this really cool outfit on that was sorta like a kimono but open (he had shirts and stuffs on underneath, unfortunately) and it had really long sleeves.
I loved it!!! It was so cool and I had such a good seat with a perfect view of the stage (we were assigned seats). I loved it!!! The concert was so much tamer than American concerts, though now I know what the Japanese bands could play even when the entire crowd was sorta quiet. That’s how the crowds are here, except at certain parts. It was so strange, yet so cool!!!
It was amusing though, that all the drummers for the bands (lynch excepted) were TINY!! They were itty bitty bitty!! So adorable. ^-^
Afterwards, we headed home, completely and utterly happy. It was awesome. I loved it.
Alright, for the uninitiated, do not take everything at face value. every single person in these photographs is...well, i'll let you all have fun and tell you at the end! :P
Er.....they sorta look a little......i dunno, would slutty work here? nothin's really slutty, but they look it. The cosplayers for them were so cool!! all done up in Kimono and such!
different, interesting, but still cool.
They are adorable!! they weren't dressed up as monsters during my concert, but they were adorable anyway!! Miki and Yuki mostly!!! they were awesome!!!
-I got to be ten years old again and capture monsters
-I got to laugh at the Japanese haunted house thing that I didn’t fully understand cause it was all in Japanese and I don’t understand that much of the language yet.
-I got to push buttons on the wall like crazy in another Japanese game (though the headphones that gave you the directions were vaguely unhelpful cause I had no idea what it was saying)
-I got to go to place called “Ice Cream World” or something to that effect.
-I could bounce all over the place and not worry about being stared at funny cause so was most everyone else.
-I got to zap huge mosquitoes into oblivion. We got 120 total.
-I really hate umbrellas.
-I ran into lots and lots of mirrors and came to hate my own reflection
-Every single Japanese woman who is a spokesperson for something always has the same nasally tone. I want to know where they go to school to learn it so I can burn it to the ground.
-I really hate my shoes.
Alright, I bet I have thoroughly confused everyone. Well, to put this simply. I got to go to a Japanese Amusement park (not Fuji Kyu, it was raining.). I discovered my hidden love for Japanese games. I got to not understand most of the directions, was given weird toys that either spat Japanese at me or flashed the katakana on the screen to fast for me to decipher and still had a ton of fun. We went to this spooky house thing and basically I laughed my entire way through it while Shuhei and Saki sorta clung to me (literally). Then we went to this weird Gaust Hunters game (yes, Gaust). They gave us these huge black hand sets that, when you zeroes in on a monster in an area you could capture it (we had to find the big ‘G’s.) and when you got twenty you went and battled the boss. It was strange but lots of fun!!!
After that, we ate. I got to eat Curry Rice!! I LOVE CURRY RICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so good. Spicy, hot but awesome with a great blend of tastes and the rice was shaped like a cat! It was adorable!!!!! And the curry had beef in it and it was sorta hot but I loved it anyway! Did I tell you how awesome the curry was?? *is bricked*
*recovers* Anyway…….
Then we went to another game, where you had to put on these headsets that gave you directions (all in Japanese of course, so they were of no use to me). I sorta watched Saki, then followed her lead. It was fun and we got to push lots and lots of buttons and I ran into lots and lots of mirrors (there was this mirror room, of which I didn’t get the point of). =^_^=
Then we wandered to somewhere else, I think it was the mosquito game, and we got to sit in this little cart like thing and zap mosquitoes with light shocks or something. It was fun and relatively strange enough to be cool. I loved the little video before the ride! It was about killer mosquitoes and they ate this person who became a skeleton then they took over the city. I wasn’t quite sure what it was about but it was funny to watch!! After that…well, we wandered and went shopping and stuff.
Onto the umbrellas. I hate them, with a passion. I think I was hit with an umbrella at least a dozen times and whacked in the face twice. When it rains, EVERYONE has an umbrella. Liken it to the 200 hallway after the bell rang. Now, give everyone umbrellas. *watches eyes widen* yeah, that. I hate umbrellas. They make a living out of umbrellas here. My family has at least a dozen and they only have six people in their family. At my house, we’re lucky when we CAN find an umbrella. *growls at offending umbrellas*
Anyway, writing this just about a week later cause I was so caught up in the week that I sorta forgot. So, before I go into a crazy rant about how awesome the concert was and how I now adore Mix. Speakers Inc., .lynch, and heidi, I shall inform you people of my wondrous week in Japan.
Monday, the day after the glorious shopping/theme park adventure in Ikebukuro, we went to Asakusa (pronounced, I’ve been told, as Ah-sock-sa). I got some gifts there, but took more pictures that bought things.
I did, however, find the idol Store…(daydreams of idol store) it has all these pictures of hot hot guys and some hot girls (mostly guys) and they have posters and fans and cards and stickers and drivers licenses and purse clips and mirrors and photo (albums) and phone charms and (continues listing) (few hours later) and wall scrolls!!! It was like…I don’t know, would heaven work?? I just about spent a fortune in there if common sense hadn’t gotten a hold of me and shook me really hard, telling me that I had other things to buy. But, before said common sense grabbed on, I was in possession of three Laruku posters (two of just hyde), a little keychain of hyde, laruku and hyde stickers and three Arashi fans. Yes, all that. And I plan on waving the beautiful fans in front of your face Mochi-kun (the laruku stuff is mine. Mine and no one elses). And I hope, that when I get back to Tokyo from Yamaguchi, that I have money enough after clothes shopping and gift buying to acquire a few more possessions from the idol stores. (really seriously hope).
After Asakusa, and after we had been lectured about leaving a block and a half of a person train cause the idiots in our group were too stupid to pay attention to people and leave when they were supposed to, we headed back to Shinjuku (actually, Nishi-Shinjuku station, so we could walk BACK to Shinjuku station to go home (we had passed through it but the senseis didn’t let us get off at it)) and back home. Tuesday was normal, which meant that we went to class and were taught stuffs. Wednesday, another normal day for the most part. I can’t really remember much of Wednesday (Noguchi sensei wasn’t there so class was rather boring) Thursday, however, I went to Akihabara! Wonderful place.
In our search for the CD store, we stumbled into this rather weird and strange book/manga store. However, as we wandered further in and still saw nothing but naked and/or suggestively posed girls, the three of us decided that we had found the porn store. The owners, however, hadn’t shooed us out yet, so we were rather confused and left on our own in a mixture of wry amusement and confusion.
However, Akihabara is known as the Electronic Town, and we found a music store that had the score sheets for different bands and I found Miyavi’s. well, no, I didn’t buy it cause even if I did I wouldn’t have a chance in the world of playing any of those songs. The moment I opened it, I just sorta stared. There were sooooooo many notes on the charts that I wouldn’t have a clue on how to start to play it. His guitar work is so complex!! MUZUKASHI!!!! There were up to a string of six notes with multiple notes in the same beat (imagine the 5-bar scale, then put three notes on top of each other, where ever, then string six of them together. Yea, that. Ouch)
We ended up finding a music store with CD’s in them, but CD’s here are still SO expensive!!! I did buy the Laruku single ‘Drink it down’ Just because I had to have it!!
Rachel and Erika, the two who came with me, had to go home then, but I headed to this really big store and to the CD section on the 7th floor. Oh, yeah, wide eyes for Kuroi-chan!!! I found practically EVERYTHING!! I ended up buying two magazines and an LM.C. CD!!!! ( I wanted one of their works!!!)
Eventually, I left the light and glitter known as Akihabara because I really didn’t want my family to call the Labo center again (for the third time) cause I had gotten myself where I wasn’t supposed to be. Have I ever mentioned that the train ride is horribly long? From Nippori to Tenodia it is at least san ji go fun (35 minutes) long. From Nippori to Mikawashima to Minami-Senju to Kita-Senju to Matsudo isn’t too bad. However, the ride from Matsudo to Kashiwa is so long. At least a fifteen minute ride, most of the time standing. After that, Kashiwa to Abiko to Tenodai is usually just fine. After school, I usually get off at Abiko to take the bus home (if you recall the bus incident a while ago) then walk from the bus station to the house (about half a mile). Wednesday’s eventful exploration was over for the moment.
Also, on Thursday, during class, we went to Tokyo Tocho again. This time though, I managed to get myself left behind cause I wanted to take pictures and everyone else left. Not very nice of them. We also went to the other tower, the south tower, before we realized that the other part of the group, which equals most of them, went to the north tower. So we headed there.
And I am sorta glad we did. These two guys came up and talked to Jessie, probably cause she looked American, and Jessie decided to stalk them, following them everywhere. Of course, she dragged me and Ashley into it, and eventually, they came and talked to her or she went and talked to them again and we proceeded to have a minorly interesting conversation with these two guys who were actually sorta cute. Us three gave them our cards cause, well, we could, and pictures were taken. (Ashley will send me the one she has, hopefully)
Friday was, well, Friday. We were given our assignment for Monday’s task, which seems like it is testing our ability to use the train system then out Japanese. We have to ask people were this object is, what it is, and if they can take a picture of us with it. (Sumimasen, kore no onaeme wan an desu ka? Doko desu ka? Aa, sou desu. Arigato Gozaimasu. Eto, Sumimasen, demo, Shashin onegainshimase? Arigato Gozaimasu!) that would be just about what you have to say. Not too much. But the actual item is somewhere on the Yamanote Line, which is this huge loop that run through Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo, Ueno and Ikebukuro and takes an hour and a half to complete. And we have to not only find which station this item is at, but get there and back within a reasonable time limit. So, yeah, this is more like a test of the train skills we have rather than the Japanese we might possess. >.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.>.<.<.<.<.<.<.<.<.<.<
So, on to Saturday!!! The wonderful day known as Saturday! Well, to start this day out, know that I had promised Saki I would go to Harajuku and Shibuya with her and her friends a while ago. I wasn’t and didn’t break that promise. I did, however, skirt the edges, mainly cause on Thursday when I went to Akihabara I got this Gazette magazine. I was flipping through it on Friday with Rachel and we stumbled upon this concert thing that was going to take place near where we were. We were ecstatic and jumped up and down and made plans to go. Kagrra, heidi, Mix Speakers Inc., .lynch, and Sex Machineguns were playing, and while I didn’t quite know all of them, I was so wanting to go. It was only a train ride away and that was happy fullness on my part. ^_^ ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
So, on Saturday, I got up early enough to go to Harajuku with Saki, and met her friends (Yusaki and Eri. Yusaki is her nickname cause her name is Saki and it would just be awkward to have two Saki’s.) at the Ueno station. The only reason this even worked was because they had cell phones.
Harajuku was, as usual, awesome. And I found a new store, Sex Pot Revenge. It is the store the Ancafe designs for!!! There was a magazine pic of Miku from Ancafe and his clothes were on display. I was too poor to buy them, so I settled for this cool pair of pants that were on the sale rack, marked down from 158 dollars to 30. (15,840 yen to 3,000 Yen) yeah, GOOOOOOOD sale. Teehee.
However, I was also dragged into more slutty type stores that I ever want to go into again. All the clothes were like, tiny. There were these shorts that would have given bikinis a run for their money on revealing-ness. 0_0. no joke. They were SOO short!!! (aren’t you glad I don’t like those clothes mum?) I don’t know how you would wear them in the first place. It was scary.
I got to go to shibuya for a short time cause I had to catch this train to Yurakcho at 2:30 to meet Rachel for the concert. Shibuya was an adventure in itself for all of fifteen minutes. They have these crosswalks called ‘The Scramble’ where, when the lights turn red, everyone crosses all at once. And I mean, all at once. From five different sidewalks. There were soo many people! It was crazy! Humanity packed into a 100 meter square piece of land.
Then, I was taken to this mall thing where there was a sale. A huge sale. Where the salespeople were standing on things to get above the sea of teenagers and yelling unintelligible things out to the crowd about “KAWAII!!” “SAIRU!!!” “YASUI!!” and other, random words I managed to understand amidst the loudness. I wanted to put my hands to my ears.
Then, though, it was off to the concert. I was told to meet Rachel at the west gate (Nishigatsu) and when I got there, she was no where in sight. So I went to look for her. It turned out that there were three west gates, or three gates on the west side. She was at the last one. It was a pain in my side but I found her and we headed out. I changed clothes cause I really didn’t like the ones I was in.
The line wasn’t that hard to find. There were so many cos-players of the band members that it wasn’t hard to miss. >.> I got some pics with Rachel camera, which she is gonna send me, and we had some ice thing. The lines opened up and we got the tickets and went in. cameras weren’t allowed but I’ll find pics of the bands to show you who I got to see!!
I also got a CD off .lynch with their autographs on it!!! YATTA!!! *does happy dance*
Well, the first band the played was heidi, and I loved them. Though the concerts here give a whole new meaning to “group think”. Everyone , and I mean everyone, all did the clapping, the headbanging (for those that wanted to) and the pumping of the fist AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. It was creepy. They also had specific dances for each song/band that most everyone seemed to know. I picked them up pretty fast cause they weren’t that difficult。The band members are Yoshihiko on vocals, Nao on guitar, Kohsuke on bass and Kiri on drums. Kiri was so little!!! He was adorable!!!
.lynch was next, and they were awesome. Think a mix of Dir en grey and a bit of atryu. They weren’t quite as screaming nor as dark or as violent and Dir en grey, but they did have a screaming/hard type of music. And the lead singer was adorable. His name is Hazumi and he did this strange little strut around the stage. Not Kyo adorable, but adorable. The Guitarist, Yusuke, was also barefoot. O_O I wonder why. Also, Reo was the other guitar and Asano was on drums.
Mix Speakers Inc., I believe, was next. And I have never had that much fun at a concert. They were all different colors (their hair) Miki and Yuki were the lead singers (yes two) and they were Black and White respectively (Yuki was adorable). Aya was red, S was purple (and the drummer), Seek was green and Keija was Blue (I think that was his name…..?_?) it was so cool!! Rachel bought one of their CD’s and she’s gonna let me copy it on my laptop so I can burn a CD of it when I get home!! They were awesome!!! Adorableness (apparently, some of them were part of Psycho le Cemu, you know that weird superhero band that we all stayed as far away from as possible. They had to disband when their lead singer was arrested for doing meth) but they were adorable. The dances they did were so much fun!!!!!!!!! *dances to the music. Muses restrain themselves from killing her, though they weren’t restrained enough to not send a few heavy objects kuroi’s way*
Miki, the black one, and Yuki, the white one, were both wearing suits, as was S and the blue one. Aya, though he was male, was wearing a skirt, and Seek had something on resembling a suit. His face was completely black. It was so cool!!! *continues to dance to MSI, running into muses and having tons of fun.* *muses growl*
*ignores annoyed muses* Sex machineguns were next, and they were okay, not the best, but they were pretty good. Not much else to say.
Kagrra, was after them, and even though they were the guests, they were last. I think Ishi (their lead singer) has a mild obsession with fans. He had one, as did all the girls (and some guys. Not many guys were at the concert) and they did some cool dance thing with them. I just sorta copied with my hands. Then, after the second song, he just threw the fan into the crowd for it to be worshiped by an adoring fan and grabbed a towel (as did all the people in the crowd who had one) and they started the next song whirling them over their heads. Once again, I just copied with my hands. But they were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Ishi, the lead singer, had this really cool outfit on that was sorta like a kimono but open (he had shirts and stuffs on underneath, unfortunately) and it had really long sleeves.
I loved it!!! It was so cool and I had such a good seat with a perfect view of the stage (we were assigned seats). I loved it!!! The concert was so much tamer than American concerts, though now I know what the Japanese bands could play even when the entire crowd was sorta quiet. That’s how the crowds are here, except at certain parts. It was so strange, yet so cool!!!
It was amusing though, that all the drummers for the bands (lynch excepted) were TINY!! They were itty bitty bitty!! So adorable. ^-^
Afterwards, we headed home, completely and utterly happy. It was awesome. I loved it.
Alright, for the uninitiated, do not take everything at face value. every single person in these photographs is...well, i'll let you all have fun and tell you at the end! :P
Er.....they sorta look a little......i dunno, would slutty work here? nothin's really slutty, but they look it. The cosplayers for them were so cool!! all done up in Kimono and such!
different, interesting, but still cool.
Aren't they adorable???
I love heidi. I adore heidi. They were awesome. 'nough said.
I got their CD signed!!! *squees a bit more*
.lynch, just as scary as it seems. but they were so cool to listen to and to watch! the lead singer was just a little crazy!
Interesting outfits, but they are so cool!!
They are adorable!! they weren't dressed up as monsters during my concert, but they were adorable anyway!! Miki and Yuki mostly!!! they were awesome!!!
Ok, for those wondering if i have gone mad because i practically adore these bands (and i know that a lot of the Kagrra, pics and some MSI and even a few heidi. pics looked like they had girls in them) every single peron in the bands is a guy. all of them. but they are so cool!!! *squees happily at getting to see them*
Alright, here's my ubber long update that all have been waiting for! (oh, and i got new shoes!!!!! *Does happy dance*)
Love you and miss you lots!!!
Kuroi
Friday, July 4, 2008
Kagrra, CONCERT!!!!
Alright, for those of you who know who Kagrra, is, then this should be something that isn't unfamiliar. to those who don't, let's just say that it's one of my bands and leave it there. (they are AWESOME!!!)
anyway, there'S this concert tomorrow!!! and Kagrra, is in it!!! YATTA!!! I GET TO GO TO A CONCERT TOMORROW!!!!! *jumps ecstaticaly*
Cailin: She's been doing that since she found out this morning that there was one.
Kiyeres: At least the confettie has stopped falling
Aleiysri: I'm happier that the trumpetiers finally stopped...
Cailin: Yeah, me too. But the funny thing is, i thought those were actual people, not something that could be shut off all that eas.....*turns to look at the silent Aeronwy, who is whisteling happily off to the side* Ah, now i see.......
*Cailin, Kiyeres and Aleiysri shudder*
Aleiysri: I think i'll just stay over...there...in that corner.....in the kitchen...with the sparklies.....um...yeah...*runs off*
*Is joined by Cailin*
*Kiyeres grins over at the slightly unstable wind-user*
Kiyeres: Guess we call that a win for us then
Aerowny: The trumpets have stopped. That's all i care about. My experiments were being ruined
*Kuroi is still dancing exuberantly, unaware of this conversation or the sudden dissapearence of two of her muses*
Kiyeres: It's not just that Kagrra, band in the concert, is it?
Aeronwy: *Snorts* Most likely not, but i really wasn't paying that much attention when that maniac *nods over at Kuroi, who is currently jumping in circles waving banners and jamming to music that only she can here* over there came in and flashed the page at us, though if you really want to know, i am sure she would be more that willing to inform the uninformed. as long as you wait until i am OUT of the room before you do.
Kiyeres: *winces* Er, no, thanks. I'll just go look at that magazine she dropped. Should be easy enough to find.....she has all the colored and blinking arrows in the house pointing at it....
Aeronwy: *blinks* you could do that....
Kuroi: I GET TO SEE KAGRRA, MIX SPEAKERS INC. .LYNCH HEIDI AND SOME OTHER BAND TOMORROW!! I GET TO GO SEE...*COntinues*
Aeronwy: Or you could have waited for that....
*Both wince as confettie falls again*
Both: Damn it.....
Anyway, yeah, so i get to go!!!
YATTA!! YOSH!!! SCORE!!!!!
Anyway, more later. A better update hopefully with pics!!!
Love you all and miss you lots!!!
Kuroi
anyway, there'S this concert tomorrow!!! and Kagrra, is in it!!! YATTA!!! I GET TO GO TO A CONCERT TOMORROW!!!!! *jumps ecstaticaly*
Cailin: She's been doing that since she found out this morning that there was one.
Kiyeres: At least the confettie has stopped falling
Aleiysri: I'm happier that the trumpetiers finally stopped...
Cailin: Yeah, me too. But the funny thing is, i thought those were actual people, not something that could be shut off all that eas.....*turns to look at the silent Aeronwy, who is whisteling happily off to the side* Ah, now i see.......
*Cailin, Kiyeres and Aleiysri shudder*
Aleiysri: I think i'll just stay over...there...in that corner.....in the kitchen...with the sparklies.....um...yeah...*runs off*
*Is joined by Cailin*
*Kiyeres grins over at the slightly unstable wind-user*
Kiyeres: Guess we call that a win for us then
Aerowny: The trumpets have stopped. That's all i care about. My experiments were being ruined
*Kuroi is still dancing exuberantly, unaware of this conversation or the sudden dissapearence of two of her muses*
Kiyeres: It's not just that Kagrra, band in the concert, is it?
Aeronwy: *Snorts* Most likely not, but i really wasn't paying that much attention when that maniac *nods over at Kuroi, who is currently jumping in circles waving banners and jamming to music that only she can here* over there came in and flashed the page at us, though if you really want to know, i am sure she would be more that willing to inform the uninformed. as long as you wait until i am OUT of the room before you do.
Kiyeres: *winces* Er, no, thanks. I'll just go look at that magazine she dropped. Should be easy enough to find.....she has all the colored and blinking arrows in the house pointing at it....
Aeronwy: *blinks* you could do that....
Kuroi: I GET TO SEE KAGRRA, MIX SPEAKERS INC. .LYNCH HEIDI AND SOME OTHER BAND TOMORROW!! I GET TO GO SEE...*COntinues*
Aeronwy: Or you could have waited for that....
*Both wince as confettie falls again*
Both: Damn it.....
Anyway, yeah, so i get to go!!!
YATTA!! YOSH!!! SCORE!!!!!
Anyway, more later. A better update hopefully with pics!!!
Love you all and miss you lots!!!
Kuroi
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