14th day in Tokyo part 2

29th of December
So, like I mentioned on the earlier entry, on 29th I moved from Ikebukuro to Tawaramachi~ At first it felt weird being in here, but now I'm quite used to it already. Of course I kind of miss Ikebukuro, but oh well... Maybe on next trip I can again stay there~ ^^ I had to move very early since I was going to meet my friend at 9.30am at Asakusa station. I promised to show her around, so we went to Shibuya and Harajuku. It was very nice to meet her since I met her last time in August in Berlin~ That's actually where we met in LEDApple's concert *laugh* Sadly we had only few hours time before I had to leave her and go to Shinjuku to queue BORN's concert goods~ So, the rest of that day was about queuing there, buying the goods and then getting something little to eat before the concert ^^ The concert really was super good as BORN's lives are always, but maybe I had been to too many onemans in short time since I felt super tired and couldn't enjoy of the concert as much as I wanted *sigh* So, the problem was just me *laugh*

30th of December
Went to see Twins☆withけけ(ヶ´∀｀) so most of my day was spent there since the event had also other bands, so it started 16.00.

31st of December
The last day of the year and it was sooo crazy! First I went to one event in Shinjuku to see DADAROMA. I was there right from the start, even though there were 4 bands performing before DADAROMA. After that I went to Takadanobaba to get some food before going to another event, which lasted until 0.15am, so I celebrated New Year there ^^ First time counting the last 10 seconds in Japanese *laugh* And this year actually started quite well. DuelJewel was the last band performing and I was lucky to get Shun's pick, when he threw it to the audience *w* Yes, he is my favorite *laugh* But besides seeing awesome bands at live, I also met some nice people ^^ There happened to be 3 other Finnish girls with who I spent some time. One of them left a bit after 8pm, so then I spent the rest of the night with those 2 others. Surprisingly they are staying in Inaricho, so we came to Ueno by train and then walked from the station together. Of course I had to walk all the way to Tawaramachi, but it was nicely relaxing to walk alone and listen to some good music ^^

Took this on the morning. The weather was so nice that I felt almost bad to stay indoors the whole day :/

1st of January
I got only approx. 5h sleep since after I had arrived to the ryokan after 1am, I ended up watching TV. There was coming this special music show, where was NEWS, Golden Bomber and other big names ^^ And I had to get up at 9.30am so I could be in Harajuku at 12pm to meet my friend. I arrived a little late, but according to my friend she arrived just few minutes before me. First we went to Starbucks for coffee. It was really nice to talk with her and spend time with her, since I have actually never earlier spent so much time with her, and especially not just the two of us. Well, after that we walked around some shops before heading to Shibuya to search a place where to eat. In the end we went to Sweets Paradise and ate there, even though it's mostly just cakes and other sweet stuff *laugh* But it was so nice to go there *w* After eating too much we went to LOFT before she headed to the place, where she is staying and I was supposed to come back to the ryokan, but nope! Maybe at halfway back I decided to meet that one girl, who I had met at the event on 31st. We met in Shinjuku and first went for coffee in Starbucks. Then we went to some game hall and she played some games. I also ended up trying one drum game, where you have to hit the drum in the right rhythm. It was actually surprisingly fun ^^ After that we took some purikura before going to Donkihote to make some shopping. Finally I found black masks! I had tried to search for them ever since I arrived, but couldn't find anywhere before this. And by masks I mean those, which Asians use, when they're sick. I had so much fun with her, that I actually hope we can meet again someday. Probably in Finland though *laugh* But because of that all I arrived to the ryokan after 10pm and of course couldn't go to sleep early, especially not when there started one Naruto movie in the TV~ Of course I had to watch that even though because of that I didn't get enough sleep, again *sigh*
 

2nd of January
Today I spent some time alone. I did some laundry on the morning and then left to Harajuku. I visited Meiji Jingu Shrine~ It was kind of nice, but also I found myself thinking: "This really wasn't a good idea..." There were sooooo many people!!! Of course I understand that since it's 2nd of January, but still... But I'm not sure would it have made a big difference, if I would have went there for example on 4th. Probably not *sigh* So, at least I have visited a shrine now ^-^ After that I did some shopping and also ate my first crêpe during this trip *w* I walked from Harajuku to Shibuya and went to Tower Records again before coming back to Tawaramachi. After that I have just relaxed in my room and I'm actually planning to really go to sleep early today! Need to wake up early tomorrow again, so I can get out of my room at latest at 10am. I asked my room to be cleaned tomorrow, so that's why I need to go out. But it's okay since I should still do some shopping and I really want to go to Akihabara before leaving Tokyo! Also I'm meeting a friend tomorrow, but I have many hours time before that, so maybe I can finally tomorrow also go and get the train tickets, which I need. I only have 2 whole days left in Tokyo and then on next Monday I'm heading to Osaka. I'll stay there until 8th and then go to Nagoya for the rest of the trip ^^ Or okay... On 10th I need to go back to Osaka to see Girugamesh's concert, but that's totally okay~

But now I need to organize my stuffs a bit before trying to go to sleep. So... Good night! ^^

14th day in Tokyo

あけましておめでとう！Happy New Year everyone!

It still feels weird to think, that it's already 2015 (almost wrote 2014 *laugh*) even though it feels like it really isn't a year since 2014 started. Well, maybe I'll get used to the thought of 2015 at some point *laugh* Also... Sorry that I haven't been writing here, but I really was just busy and had too much fun stuff to do ^^ The only problem is probably that especially the beginning of my trip was a bit like "am I sick or am I not sick?" but now everything seems to be totally fine, finally! I might not be releasing so many photos in here, since I have been posting some of them to Facebook and some of them to my Instagram/Twitter~ You can check the pictures and also some other updates about my trip from there. Especially there might be something interesting in Twitter, where is also linked most of the photos I have posted to Instagram ^^ But now... I don't have the whole day time to write, so let's see how many of the days I can go through *laugh*

23rd of December
Shortly: this day's main point were probably My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND's instore and U-KISS' concert, but besides that I did some shopping. I mainly stayed in Ikebukuro and went to Animate, which is a store full of anime/manga stuff ^^ Then on the evening it was first time for the instore, which was longer than I had expected O_o The talk part of it lasted approx. 1h and then was time to meet the members and take a picture with them~ Thanks to my friend, who got me 2 tickets, I was able to take 2 photos with the members ^^ They were all also very nice, and I'm so thankful, that Tenten (vocalist) immediately asked do I speak Japanese, since I know that if he hadn't had started to talk to me, I would have totally froze and not been able to say anything *laugh* Well, everything went fine and then I had to quickly go to Shinjuku station (the instore was in Shinjuku) and take a train and then 2 metros to get to Shin-Toyosu. There is concert place called Toyosu Pit and U-KISS had their concert there. The concert was totally amazing! Sadly I arrived there a bit late, but happily only like 10-15min, so probably missed only 1 or 2 songs, which isn't bad~ But to make this day perfect, after the concert ended we were asked to stay at the concert place since U-KISS had some kind of Christmas present for us. In the end, when we got out, we had to pick from 3 lines and in the end of each line was one of the members (they have 6 members, so I'm actually not sure were some of the lines so that they the separated again before meeting a member). I was so surprised, when I saw Kevin, so I had been lucky and picked the right line! He is my favorite member *w*<3 So, he thanked me for coming, wished me merry Christmas and happy New Year and then gave me a picture of him. I was so happy, but sadly it was again so that I didn't have any time to say anything to him. -.-' But I'll make a longer/better explanation of this later~

Me with My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAN

24th of December:
First I went to Shibuya with my friend to do some shopping~ ^^ We visited Shibuya's Zeal Link (Visual Kei CD shop) to get ourselves REIGN's newest CDs. Luckily there were still also instore tickets left, so we also got those so we could meet the members on 27th ^^ After that we went to Animate, Tower Records, Tsutaya and also visited quickly one store in 109MEN'S before going back to Ikebukuro. In Ikebukuro we visited Animate before going to eat. Then it was time to head back to hotel for few minutes before I left again to go to BORN's instore. That was a total pain in ass! I had to wait probably 1h or even more than that to be able to get their signatures. It would have been totally okay otherwise, but I also had a concert to attend to that evening, but happily I made it on time there. But about the instore... The members were very nice and I'm actually a bit sad that I don't know Japanese so well, that I could talk with anyone well. *sigh* Also because of my poor skills I didn't have anything, what I would have wanted them to write since there was some time to talk with each member because they also wrote little messages besides signing ^^ Ray, Ryoga and K also asked am I going to their oneman live and of course I was, and it seemed to make them happy~ It was kind of cute how Tomo and also was it probably Ray, who draw something besides writing a message *laugh* Tomo just explained to me, that the drawing he made, was Santa Claus ^^ I should have really said at that point that I came from Finland, but I just kind of forgot *sigh* But yes... After the instore, which was again in Shinjuku, I went to Shibuya to see LEDApple last time before they'll have a line-up change ;-; The concert was really worth going to and I had fun! Again got some comments about my hair since I had a premium ticket, so I could take a picture with them after the concert ^^ I kind of wish I could have went to more than just one of their concerts, but anyways that's better than nothing ^^

25th of December:
This was the first time, when we went to same live with my friend *laugh* It was really fun to have someone to go with since you can then change opinnions of different bands. Just as a mention of the live: most of the bands were good/okay at live, but for example Nihilizm's (great live band!) guitarist was all the time staring at us, and also at some point their bassist started to look our way every once in a while. Also... Shibilebashir was the most confusing band ever! The vocalist had only skirt+bras on and yes, he is a man! Their music also wasn't good, so I hope I'll never need to see them live again *sigh* But I'll write a better explanation of the live+other bands later as a separate entry~

26th of December:
First day without any live to attend to! Spent the whole day with my friend going around different shops. We mostly did shopping in Shinjuku, but on the evening we had to get back to Ikebukuro quite early so that we could attend to Liraizo's instore event ^^ The instore was fun, but I hate that we had to wait quite a lot outside -.-' And we had been planning to go to a bar on that evening, but since the instore started 15min late and lasted quite long time, we decided not to go~ The talk lasted again approx. 1h and then we had to go out again before taking picture with the band. This was first time, when I got to choose which members I wanted to sit next to me! That was really nice ^-^ And it was funny when I said to them that let's see in Nagoya next time (I'm going to see them in one event in there) and the members seemed to be quite confused like: "What?! In Nagoya?" Also their guitarist Touma told me, that it's his birthday on that day (9th of this month) and now I feel like I should try to find something little to him as a present ^^ He is my favorite, so I feel a bit sorry that I hadn't checked his birthday earlier ;-; But anyways... After the instore we went to Starbucks to drink something hot before going back to hotel ^^

Me with Liraizo

27th of December:
We had to wake up quite early since we were going to attend to REIGN's instore in Shibuya at 12pm. Again I can just say that the instore went well and it was fun, but actually probably more fun than the others so far. Their drummer made me confused few times *laugh* This instore included talk, signing and picture. Normally there is just talk+signing or talk+picture, sometimes only signing (like BORN's instore). But first was talk and then signing. Sadly for some reason the members couldn't hear so well, what we said to them, so had to repeat sometimes. *sigh* Their drummer said something about hide since he also had pink hair. Confusing... This isn't the first time, but sometimes I really think that why some seem to think hide at first, when they see my pink hair O_o But anyways... It was funny, when I told him that I'm from Finland and he got super excited and explained something about aurora borealis. *laugh* He was also the one, who asked from my friend that are we friends *laugh* But ummm... Also their bassist commented my hair and he was just about to give me back the CDs booklet, when he apparently decided that he had to write "Pink!!" next to his signature before giving the booklet back *laugh* So... After that was time to take the picture and once it was my time to take the picture, I think it was their drummer, but I'm not 100% sure, but he just shouted "Shockingu Pinku Finrando" *laugh* Total WTF-moment for me, but happily the picture anyways came out quite well~ So, after that we went to eat before I had to leave to Shin-Kiba. I went there to see lynch.'s 10th Anniversary concert and that was soooo cool! *w* I really hope I can see them again someday!

Me with REIGN

28th of December:
This was my friend's last full day in Japan ;-; So I feel a bit sad for her that everything didn't go as well as we had planned *sigh* First we went to Comiket. It was kind of cool to go there, but then in the end... Not my place. I bought DMMd DVD box from there, but that's all. We were kind of hoping there would have been more than that to buy, but it really is more about doujinshi and cosplay, so not our thing. After that we went to SCREW's concert place to see, if we could buy their goods already. Again good bye money, but oh well... *laugh* Then we queued trying to get tickets to see their rehearsals before the live, but sadly the girl right before us got the last ticket. Of course there is that good point, that then we had time to go eat, but of course it might have been cool to go see their rehearsals. But hmm... The concert really was awesome and I have to admit that I cried a little ;-; It was Rui's last live, and it really hurts to see all the members (besides Manabu) be so sad even on the stage :/ I'm especially happy that my friend got to see them before Rui left! ^^ After the live we went back to the hotel to pack our stuffs. And on the next morning we had to wake up early since my friend left around 6am to airport and I had to be ready to leave from the hotel a bit after 8am. On that morning I moved to Tawaramachi and here I'm staying the last days of my stay in Tokyo.

Tokyo Big Sight

But now! I have to go and get my laundries before I'll go do some shopping ^^ I'll try to write about the other days today evening, if I come back early enough and not after 10pm like yesterday *laugh*