きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ ! ! !

It's been a while since I posted so I thought Id do a quick update in regards to future plans! At the end of April, Im going to see Kyary Pamyu Pamyu! Im so excited ~~~ I got the time off work after tickets went on sale so I thought Id missed out, but I rang up the ticket provider and they had a small amount left! >w<

This is going to be my outfit! (The picture is from Edinburgh last year o3o) Its lovely and pastel-y! My hair is black and longer now, so I need to figure out what to do with it, also the jewellry >w< but I will look online for that! 

I hope she plays the song above. Its so lovely!!! One of my favourites <3 and ofc PON PON PON. My fiancee is travelling down with me but not going to the gig. She doesnt llike pop music that much, haha which is bad for her because I love Koda Kumi and AKB48 (speaking of which, I need to figure out who to vote for in the election now that my Yuko has gone!)

I also need to update more entries for the rest of my japan trip and Miyavi in London! But for now, Im going to go and play Final Fantasy X because I have received the HD remastered version!

Review - TaoBao

My first review from Taobao using their shopping service too purchase clothes! I am a fan of the rokku gyaru style and I needed an outfit for an upcoming J-Rock concert in my country and wanted a rocking outfit! I love Glavil and GLADNEWS - and I have a few items from each from my trip to Tokyo. I heard about TaoBao but it always confused me so I stayed away from it (having to use a shipping service put me off - but I could not find SNH48 cds anywhere apart from Taobao so I took the plunge and tried a service, and it was successful!)

I used TaoBaoRing and they are really helpful and really easy to use. You can put your items in a cart and see how much they would be before you commit to buy - they then message you if its in stock to pay the first bit, and then again when they receive the item. The even told me that it would be cheaper to use Airmail (even though I had picked Chinese SAL) and charged me for Airmal!

Post and Packaging 4/5

Even though it was Airmail it did take a while. It was shipped on the 18/02/2014 and arrived today! I think I expect to much since CDJapan takes 7 days, so I guess I'm spoilt. The packaging was good! Simple and effective  and below is how to packaging was inside the envolope

Product 5/5

I ordered this on a whim from the Glavil search engine and wondered if I was getting a knock off, bad quality piece of clothing but it really wasnt! It is really nice and big and comfortable. It also looks good on as well! 

Service 5/5

I would recommend TaoBaoRing as they have an easy system and friendly staff! They take a picture of your items and give you a tracking number for you to track your parcel and they have a system where yyou can log in and check on all your orders - when you receive your items you can click "received" and they go into your archive or question them if you feel like it is taking too long!

Overall I am super satisfied with the service and my item and will gladly order from them in the future!

Day 10 - Ueno Zoo

Today we wanted to head to Ueno Park! There have a big zoo there with exotic animals and pandas! We were so excited to go to the zoo! I love seeing animals and the weather was /lovely/

We spent most of the day there and headed off for a small bit of shopping at night! I think we headed to harajuku!

I wore my kazuki shirt with my new accesories and backpack /o/ (and i had my bare legs out omg thats how hot it was :|)

The entrace to the zoo! So without fuirther ado, pictures from the zoo!!!!

My baby loves pandas <3

Mind you, so do I :3

After the zoo we went for a walk around ueno and found a few small temples! They were so cute and hidden. We've found out that Ueno park is full of temples! So next time we're going to make time to go to them!

Everything in Ueno was panda themed!!!

After the park we went to Shibuya again for 109 mens! In our screw gear haha It was quite funny. We went into Civerize and got laughed at by the staff who saw us looking at a Byou poster. They pointed to the signed one and we showed him our screw gear XD Ha what language barrier :D

Next ; Amano Tsuki gig

Day 8/9 - Event lives

This won't be much of a report as I dont have many pictures - just of my outfits and stuff :D

I got to go to 2 event lives in Japan, 2 days in a row - I wanted to see Ikuma (ex AND vo.) and on Day 8 I got to see him and his session band. We saw like 8 other groups before him. The live lasted HOURS. I dont think I'd go to another event live unless there is a band I REALLY wanna see :| because tbh we got so bored and the crowd there was less forgiving than the screw crowd. Hahah they REALLY hated forigners - but why blame them, the worst gaijin fans are in AND's fandom. So, I just let it happen for 3 songs because it was worth it. Ikuma was very energetic and very cute.

The second event live I wasnt feeling too good so we left after the 2 band, knowing Kajikuma would be on last and we'd have to wait AGES for him. So we went to get something to eat and shopped a bit more in shibuya 109. Plus we also experienced the trainlines in rush hour. Not something we want to experience again haha

So a few pictures of puri and gets!

The kazuki shirt and gets! Cocolulu purse and XOXO jumper from 109 and cheki and cds. Plus a cute little backpack from a stall around shibuya!!!

Next ; Ueno Zoo

Day 6/7 - Under the ScReW tour Final

So Day 6 was just a lazy day. We stayed in Ikebukuro and did some washing - our hotel had a washinng service so, we just had a wander of ikebukuro, did  some washing and relaxed because we were excited for the next day!

Day 7 - Ebisu - Liquidroom!

We found out that we were going to be in Japan for Screws tour final whilst sat in a japanese restaurant and we went a little mad. I think I started shaking. Not only was it Screw, but it was a tour final AND it was in the Liquidroom gig hall! I've always wanted to go to a live there! So when we got tickets (using a shopping service ofc) we were so happy! All we had to do was wait! And on the day, we were so excited - it was our first concert in Japan. And we found out that if we bought a cd at the merchandise stall, we would get a ticket for a handshake event. Which ofc, we wanted so bad haha

This was my outfit! Kazuki is a big mickey/minnie fan hahaha so this top was perfect! I also worked on my hair and make up a little bit haha

We also headed for the purikura booth!

There are loads of purikura boots in ikebukuro, so we went to find them! We used them nearly everyday after that haha. 

There arent any more pictures for this day because I didnt take my camera - I didnt know the rules for Japanese gigs - So we heeaded to ebisu and got lost haha. We took a wrong turning and had to ask some police officers, who by the way, in Japan, are SO helpful even if you dont speak japanese. So they pointed us in the right  direction. 

We got there 2 hours before the gig, cause thats when the merch went on sale! We were 2nd in line hahaha not bad for a gaijin XD We headed for the  cds first and when we got them i didnt see a ticket, so i was like "ERM HANDSHAKE TICKET?" which was hilarious because it took her ages to understand me. But we got them! And then we bought the other merch stuff, braclet, Tshirt, cheki etc :3 I got a kazuki shirt! Its so big and comfortable - Im wearing it the next day, so look at that entry for the shirt! :3

We went to McDonalds after that for something to eat and then we went back and spoke to some lovely german girls who helped us understand the system. We had a bit of trouble when they called the numbers out, but we figured it out hahah :| We had B1 and B2, which means the first 2 tickets after the A numbers (fanclub etc) had gone in. We got such a good spot. In the middle :D 

We were so nervous, and it was SO weird. I mean, I've been to loads of gigs in europe but the ones in japan, are, dare I say it, so much better. So much more laid back and more organized! At the end of the gig they played their new PV and a surprise annoucement! For their anniversary live and something happening in December, but we still dont know what yet!

Setlist;

Red Thread

マスカレード 

アウトキャスト 

The Abyss

DUALITY

Fester

UNWORDLINESS KINGDOM

death candle

微笑みを亡くした愛と自由

EVERYTHING’S A LITTLE CRAZY RIGHT NOW. 

Bring It On

DEVASTATED LAND

明晰夢

Barbed wire

Get You Back

En. 1

FREEDOM OF CHOICE -Drum solo-

Damned!! -Rhythm Session-

スカーレット

VEGAS

Teardrop

enduring memories

XANADU

DIE・KILLER・DEAD

S=r&b 

En.2

惨殺Fiction

The set list was awesome! The gig was amazing! And I loved every minute of it. When we all had to hold hands, a Japanese girl quickly grabbed my hands and we did the furi thing right and we did everything. It was so energetic and fun BUT NO ONE PUSHED WHATSOEVER. Like in europe, stupid people always want  to get near the front THIS NEVER HAPPENED. 

So the gig was /perfect/. 

After the live we were so confused where to go for the handshake event but luckily the two lovely german girls helped us again! We waited ageeeees but it was worth it. My girlfriend went first since she loves them a liiiittle bit more than me haha and she wanted to meet Byou first hahah XD

Jin - I got to him and did not know what to say. I was so, in awe. We shook hands and it was awkward. So I said aaa gomen nasai, laughing nervously and he just laughed. 

Manabu - I got to him and he shook my hand and instantly said "hello, thank you, I love you" He looked at my shirt and pointed "minnie" (scroll back up, I did not have a minnie mouse top on xD). I was about to leave Manabu and meet Byou, but he was in a handshake lock with my girlfriend and was energetic with her and would. not. let. her. go. Im just stood there holding manabu's hand looking all awkard cause I wanted to move on to Byou haha :|

Byou- So after he finally let go of my girlfriend haha XD I got to byou who was SO ...happy! I gained the courage to actually say something, so I told him I came from england and he was AHHHHH :DDDDDDD skhflksfhs

 

Rui - Bloody hell, he grabbed both of my hands and started shaking them. I told him the same thing and he said "OOOOH COOL!" sdifhsdkf

Kazuki - ...this was the bit I was most nervous for haha. I got to him and he spoke english "Hello! Thank you!" and I told him I came from England and he gave me thumbs up and fusdhfksdhf yea, he pointed to my mickey shirt, like MICKEY and tugged on his own (he was wearing his rock mickey shirt). 

So yea, that was one of the best things ever. Seriously. They were perfect live. They were sweet in person. I hope I get a chance to see them again in Japan later on this year. :D We are in Japan for the first half of December, so fingers crossed!

Next ; My first event live!