SCREW gig!

After hearing the news about Rui leaving SCREW at the end of the year (T_T), we decided to go for as many SCREW gigs as we can. 

Now, we already have tickets for 07/12/2014 but since they were a lottery ticket, they arent allowed to print them off until 2 weeks - so we wont know what numbers we will get T_T but we know we have "A" tickets.

We also decided to go for the 30/11/2014 gig and since these were general sale, we were able to get them shipped to us and we got b1 and b2 again! (We got that last year so it was easy for us to get into the gig when they were doing the 'rollcall')

Shopping for Tokyo!

I've slowly started buying new clothes/accessories for Tokyo! ^^ Im not taking too much with me because Im hoping to buy some clothes when Im there! Im already making a wish list, which I will post next because I'm quite excited about it >w<

Im in love with the Houndtooth print at the moment and also monochromes >_> so these two buys were a must! And the jumper goes well with the outfit below so I feel that this is the outfit im going to wear for Shibuya 109 - Last time I went with a bright, harajuku/BOY look and this time, I want chic and cute! ^^

What do you think? =w=

These are the extras I'll add to the above outfits! The hat on the right reminded me of a hat Ruki has, so ...naturally, since it suited me, I had to have it!

(i dont know what happened with this picture but....idk...a ghost? XD) Again houndtooth *__* i love this dress and I think I'm going to wear this for GazettE #1!

Another houndtooth buy............ XD

This scarf is reversible, tarten and hoodtooth, my two favourite patterns!!! 

And this was from the halloween section of Primark! ^^ 

So far, so good! I'll have another shopping trip next month to get some more things but at the moment, Im going alright!

the GazettE in Tokyo!

So I was surfing the internet a couple of weeks ago and GazettE decide to release dates for their FC only tour!

I looked to the bottom and realise, I AM IN JAPAN FOR THEIR TOUR. So, Ok. I am calm (not really) trying to find the damn place the last two gigs are - aka if they are in Tokyo or not. So Im looking for the gig hall, only to realise, it has not been built yet!!!! But, it is in Tokyo. 

The last time I saw Gazette, was in 2007 and I decided to book a trip to Japan last year to try and see them - and they came to Europe when I was in Japan D: Such bad luck. 

Next stage, join Heresy 

Done! Then we got up on the 18th July to apply for tickets. Me and my partner both applied. I applied for the both of us for the 2/12 gig and my partner applied for 3/12 ^___^ 

Then we had to wait until 24th August D: So long!!! I woke up on the morning the ticket lottery winners were due to get the email, and started getting ready for work. I hadn't recieved an email yet but I got up at 5am to get ready for work and that was 1pm in Tokyo. So I got ready and was almost ready to set off at 6am when.....................

sfbsdjkfhakfhlakjdsfhlkjdsafhlakjsdfhlkajsdfhlakjsdhfnlcjksdnflkeasjdopedsjfusjdfgjkvfhsd 

I AM FINALLY SEEING GAZETTE AFTER 7 YEARS OF WAITING. AND MY PARTNER GOT THE EMAIL TOO! SO WE ARE SEEING THEM TWICE *_____*

Girugamesh - Saitama

After Girugamesh in London, they announced a tour in Japan which happened to be the same time as I was in Tokyo. We applied for tickets through the lottery and we won them!! Im dragging my girlfriend and my best friend ^__^ (who are wonderful for letting me drag them along). We will be seeing them on 29/11/2014 in Saitama! I cant wait! And I've preordered their new mini album! After years of following them around Europe when they've been here, I can finally see them in Japan!!!

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 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!

Day 5 - Tokyo Game Show

When I found out I was in Japan for Tokyo Game Show, I was over the moon! ＼(*T▽T*)／ next to E3 its been a dream to go there

I bought a ticket for myself and my gf, since she doesnt like games, I thought it was fair for me to pay for her since I was dragging her! I was mostly interested in any news from my favourite game, Metal Gear Solid - nothing was updated until the day before TGS where Kojima tweeted that he was going to do 2 talks when he was there - the business day and the public days. Luckily he mentioned the booth and the times! ヾ(。◕ฺ∀◕ฺ)ノ seeing hideo kojima in Japan seemed totally surreal

So, lets have some pictures shall we?

Outfit shot! Cocolulu bag with metal gear leggings and thermal top! I was all fandom-ed out!

There were /many/ people there! 

My ticket! I had to give it up when I got to the door though (┳◇┳)

The PS4 booth. I want a PS4 so bad but Im poor saving up for Japan #2  (。┰ω┰。)

And the main man himself!

( ˘ ³˘)♥ HIDEO KOJIMA ( ˘ ³˘)♥

He did a half an hour presentation of the new metal gear, including a new trailer and 15 minutes gameplay! It was awesome to see it first hand, even though it was in japanese and he made some jokes...in japanese. XD My feet were killing me but it was /so/ worth it. After the presentation, we were hungry but it was so busy and so crowded that I was getting a bit anxious, so we decided to head out to harajuku - on a saturday - to see what it was like! And it was crowded!

We finally got a crepe! They are so delicious ｡♥‿♥｡)

More gets from book off, animate, tgs and a vending machine hee hee >w<

We found a 24 hour bento place! 500 yen for a chicken katsu curry bento and 100 from a rice ball :D More gets from animate hahah

Next day ; Day 7 - ScReW gig (we didnt do /anything/ on day 6 apart from laundry and hanging around ikebukuro!)

Day 4 - Tokyo Disney

I'd never been to disney when i visited Tokyo. Id been near Disneyland Paris with my hotel for SMTown but that was it!! So, to say I was excited was an understatement, omg. I was jumping up and down on the train ride there. Its only a 40 minute train ride to the location of Disney, and when you see it, oh my, it took my breath away. I felt like a giant kid, but I didnt care. The rides were amazing, and we managed to see the parade!

So without further ado; Pictures! =＾● ⋏ ●＾=

Quick outfit shot for the day!

The entrance to Tokyo Disneyland (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑

Waiting for the halloween parade! (~˘▾˘)~

Gets for the day! (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ

(i overestimated the size of...myself and got a really big shirt. next time im gonna get a smaller one!)

It was such a good day! The staff at the food places were friendly and the food was so cheap! I mean about 500 yen for a drink, fries and a pizza! :D and the merch was cheap too! 1200 yen for a shirt! :D

Next Day ;  Tokyo Game Show