ただいま東京！

So, I'm back in Tokyo again, and this is actually already my 3rd day in here. I was supposed to post an entry already earlier, but I just didn't have time. I was super busy before leaving and also Saturday and Sunday were full of things to do. Or okay... Saturday I slept almost 3h after I had arrived to hotel since I started to feel sick during the flight and couldn't get any sleep during the flight because of that. But now everything is okay, and I'm feeling perfectly fine! If we ignore the little headache, which I have atm *laugh*

What have I been doing these 2 days? Well, on Saturday I slept most of the day, and on the evening I went to see My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND's oneman. It was AWESOME! I really had fun in there, and I just hoped I would have had more energy to jump and go crazy *laugh* But happily that won't be the last time seeing them during this trip, so I'll get a new chance for sure~

Then yesterday (Sunday) first I did some shopping with my friend, and then I left to Saitama to see LUNA SEA. Their concert really was worth going to! I had fun and enjoyed of the concert a lot, even though I'm not so familiar with their songs. I only know some songs, which are mostly from their newest CD A WILL ^^ But I was so happy that they also played "Rosier" which was the first song I ever heard from them~ They really are talented, so I was super happy to be able to enjoy of one of their 25th Anniversary concerts ^^ I was supposed to go and see them tomorrow (Tuesday) also, but "sadly" I have other things to do, so I'll have to skip the concert.

Today I went to do some shopping also and got tickets to Arlequin's and BORN's instore events. After that I went to see VIRULENT at live. There were also 7 other bands, and I saw 6 of them before VIRULENT, but then I left after seeing them. It was cool to see them again after 3 years ^-^

I'll try to write here every once in a while, since this time I don't have a notebook with me, so I'll write everything to my computer *laugh* Probably I'll also add some concert "reports" once I have time, but at least for some time my entries might be quite short. Oh! And before I forget! Yesterday I also visited Hizumi's (ex. D'espairsRay) store. He had an offline store only for 2 days in Omotesando, so it really was cool to go there~ I also got his autograph because I bought gloves from there~

But here are few pictures for you all:

Picture of some stuffs, which were sold in LUNA SEA's concert.

Beautiful Christmas lights on trees in front of Saitama Super Arena~

Christmas card, which I got from Hizumi-san...

...and the backside of it, where is his autograph.

The gloves, which I bought. And I can actually use my phone, while I have these on.

Here is a list of the concerts, which I'm still going to attend to (some of my friends asked for this):

23.12: U-KISS

24.12: LEDApple

25.12: ALSDEAD/黒百合と影/シビレバシル/SCAPEGOAT/TRIGGAH/Nihilizm/リライゾ

27.12: lynch.
28.12: SCREW
29.12: BORN
30.12: Twins☆withけけ(ヶ´∀｀) /【Ecthelion】-エクセリオン-/ALDEBARAN/Plus Magic/SRASH NOTES GARDEN/My Fairytale/ジャガーノート
31.12: ALSDEAD/AvelCain/BORN/DuelJewel/Glam Grammar/Gossip-ゴシップ-/
SCAPEGOAT/Lycaon/LIPHLICH /MEJIBRAY/Moran/Neverland/NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST/
RoNo☆Cro/×TRiP×/yazzmad/グリーヴァ/黒百合と影/ベル (Probably missing some of the bands)

3.1: Royz (maybe)
6.1: SoniqRush. / the Raid. / メカクシ / RevleZ / Shellmy / UnRealistic / Xepher / ALVION
9.1: AvelCain/アルルカン/Nihilizm/BIOSPHIA/THE BLACK SWAN/My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND/リライゾ/REIGN
10.1: Girugamesh

And as a bonus instores, where I'm going to attend to:

23.12: My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND
24.12: BORN
26.12: リライゾ
27.12: REIGN (if I can get a ticket)
4.1: Arlequin

But now I'll stop bothering you all, and try to go to sleep soon. おやすみなさい～

First words, arriving to Tokyo + first 2 days

こんにちは～

I'm sorry it took me an eternity to write here, but oh well... Now I'm ready to start with this big project, which I want to finish as fast as I can *laugh* So, it's already over 2 months since I came back to Finland and all that time I have been just way too lazy and at some times also busy, so I didn't write. Yeap, bad excuses, but better later than never, right? ^^ I try to post these entries as often as I can, but sadly also making the pictures size smaller will take some time, but at least I have decided all pictures, which I'll put here ^^ In total 109 pictures, so some entries will have a lot of pictures and some not so much, and depending also of that, I might only write about one or 2 days in one entry and in some other entries there might be stories from 3 or 4 different days. *laugh* But I hope you enjoy and sorry that I kept you all waiting so long ;-; And if there is anything you want to ask or want to know more, just ask ^^ Of some things I'm just telling quite briefly~

20th of March 2014 "Here I come, Tokyo!"
So 20th was my last day at work before leaving all regular life behind. It was a short day, but I managed to keep myself almost too busy all the time. In the end I left work and came home to pack last things and get ready before heading to the airport. This time I flew with JAL and I really liked it ^^ The staff on the plane was super nice and polite, and the food was much better than on Finnair's flight. Also the entertainment system was better~ So, I really enjoyed of my flight ^^

21st of March, 1st day in Tokyo
I arrived to Tokyo on the morning and traveled from Narita airport to Nakano, where I was going to spend first 3 nights. I stayed there at my friend's place~ ^^ First we took my suitcase to my friend's place before going to eat. The time had passed way too fast and actually the sun had started to set once we got out from the restaurant. Then we went back to my friend's place to get some things for the evening before going to Shibuya. My friend met her friend in there, and I met Urtsi, who I had met first time on my first trip to Japan ^^ It was nice to hang out with her since after that trip in 2011, we have only seen each other in concerts in Finland, so we haven't had so much time to talk. I just hope we could meet soon again since I really like spending time with her! ^^

Sadly we had only few hours time before my friend came back and me and her went to internet cafe to get ready for the evening. She was having a birthday party, and she had also asked me to come there ^^ We spent few hours in the internet cafe, which was actually a nice place to spend time. You can use computer there, read manga/magazines, drink different kind of soft drinks and coffee/tea, or of course you can also sleep, if you feel like sleeping *laugh* But we were there just to get ready for the evening and I also had to book one concert ticket, so... After that my friend had to go and make the last preparations for her party, so I met with some members of German's MJP team. It was nice to get new friends and actually it was quite easy to spend time with them ^^ Of course at some points I couldn't understand everything, when they spoke in German, but otherwise I had fun with them~ First we went to a izakaya to eat. I have probably also earlier mentioned izakaya in here, but it's a restaurant, where you go with your friends or co-workers and spend the evening there eating and drinking. The food is actually quite cheap and the best way is to order few different kinds of foods with your friends and then share everything, and then just split the bill, so that everyone will pay the same amount ^^ In the end we also got to the bar, where my friend had her birthday party and I changed few words with her before just spending the rest of the night with my new friends~ The evening was nice and I really had fun, so my trip got a great start. The day was just a bit long and tiring since I slept on the plane only maybe 3h or maybe a bit more than that and then stayed awake until 6am on the next morning *laugh*

22nd of March, 2nd day in Tokyo
I wish I could have slept more on the night, but you can't always win and I had someone, who I was supposed to meet. I had agreed to meet my friend Shinya, who I hadn't met ever before, so I was a bit nervous to meet her *laugh* But in the end everything went fine, and I'm happy about that ^^

First we went to eat at Sweets Paradise~ It's a restaurant, where you pay the entrance fee (1480yen) and then you have 1h time to eat as much as you can~ There are served different kinds of pastas and sometimes even pizza, but like the name says, the main point are all sweets in there ^^ Many different kinds of cakes and other baked sweets, ice cream and then you can even make shaved ice and but different kinds of syrups on top of it~ So, normally in the end you might end up eating too much sweets, and you won't want to have any sweets in a long while *laugh* While eating we talked a lot about everything. It was easy to talk with Shinya~ ^^

After having that for lunch/breakfast we just walked around Harajuku and visited some stores. I ended up buying maybe a bit too many Kagrra, and Girugamesh CDs and other stuff, but oh well... It happens sometimes *laugh* The shop, where I bought those, was Closet Child, so the CDs were used, but they were in a great condition and the prices weren't bad at all, even though some of the CDs were rare ones ^^ That's something, what kind of made me surprised, since in Finland rare things would be much more expensive.

So, after spending a bit too much money we went to Starbucks and I was happy to get my first Matcha cream frappuccino. *laugh* (Yeap, the best drink in Starbucks in Japan) We sat at the cafe maybe 3h and just talked and talked... *laugh* No awkward silences or anything, there was all the time something, what we were able to talk about. ^^ But in the end the day also came to an end and I had to head back to my friend's place. At that point the sun had set already and the weather was quite cold, but anyways... I stayed up until 3am or something and just talked with my friend, so the day didn't end so early as I had thought *laugh*

Tokyo calling

Okay! Now it's time to bring this blog to alive again~ ^^ And like some of you already know, I'm leaving to Tokyo tomorrow! The time passed by way too quickly and this week has been quite a hard one. I had to make some last minute plans and then also survive of work. But, I'm still alive and already done with packing my stuffs! *laugh*

This is how my suitcase looked like yesterday before I went to sleep. *laugh* (Yeap, in the end I just threw the rest of the stuffs just on top of everything else, because I wanted to get enough sleep~)

And now my suitcase looks like this. I feel like I'm taking way too much with me and it might also look like that, but there are "some" presents also and they take surprisingly much space O_o

But anyways... I have a lot of fun things planned! ^^ First 3 nights I'll stay at my friend's place and after that I have a hotel room booked for me and Aysha (she will arrive to Tokyo on Monday. I hope I remember to go and pick her from the airport *laugh*). Aysha will be keeping me company for 2 weeks and after that I'll be 2 weeks alone. ^^ During Aysha's stay we are planning to go to Osaka for 2 days, and for sure that will be fun! I'm also excited to go to Osaka again ^^ (Went there first and so far last time in 2012 summer.) Now some of you might think that this isn't a lot planned, but oh wait! I have way too many concerts, where I'm going. *laugh* So, here is a "little" list, don't get shocked~

26.3. exist trace, HERe:NE, Hurly Burly, Wonderfuloop, ASRA, FullMooN, IRIS MONDE and more...

28.3. グリーヴァ, DIAURA, DEZERT, BORN, MEJIBRAY, LIPHLICH

29.3. SCREW, R-Shitei, ALSDEAD, Kiryu, Lycaon, LEZARD

1.4. Girugamesh (One of the concerts I'm waiting for the most! *-*)
4.4. METEOROID, ALIVE, Zelktage, Nobady, Shounenki, ViV, REDRUM, Fooded Seal, Belmosaic, DICTATOR CIRCUS, PSYCHE, LUCHe., DOWNER
6.4. BORN, Kiryu
8.4. 彼女 in the display, LOTH, But by Fall, THIS MORNING DAY and more... (Waiting a lot of this also because LOTH♥︎)
11.4. D
13.4. Royz
17.4. Live with some sessio bands
19.4. HOLLOWGRAM/DEATHGAZE (This concert is actually in Nagoya and I'm going there just because I want to see HOLLOWGRAM *laugh*)
20.4. SCREW

That's all concerts I know I'm going to for sure~ But then I have also some concerts, which I'm still thinking, but let's see~ Might just leave it in those, or otherwise it will be only concerts and nothing else. *laugh*

But now I really need to go to sleep! I'm super tired and I want to try to get at least almost enough sleep~ I don't promise that I'll write here super often during my trip, but I also have a notebook with me, so I can write there at least something and then write it here later, when I have time ^^

皆様おやすみなさい～ (Mina-sama oyasuminasai, which is "Good night everyone" in Japanese~)