Japan - Day 2: Arafes!

The gates open at 3pm. My sister and I arrived at Kokuritsu at around 3:15, and the train station and entire path to the place was already packed with people going to the concert, people planning to just hang around and listen from outside, people holding up "please sell me tickets" boards, and people trying to keep everyone else in order. We noticed it when we came to line up for goods, too - just the sound of cicadas and seeing everyone walking with their Arafes shopping bags or wearing Arafes t-shirts made us feel like we stepped right into the 5x10 overture. I know some fans who aren't so keen on Kokuritsu concerts because of the sheer size of the stadium, but for us it's a special thing, and we've wanted to attend to a Kokuritsu concert ever since we first became fans. I'm so glad that we got to go, together!



the feelings while passing by through this entrance... indescribable.

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Arashi no Shukudai-kun #037

Aired On: June 18th, 2007
 

Continuing my re-watch! At the gathering I was transferring some of my Mago Mago files to Fatin's pendrive, and I thought of how there are a lot of episodes I've yet to watch, which made me think, I should start on a Mago Mago watching project!, which reminded me that I have yet to continue my Shukudai-kun re-watch. ^^; So, continuing, after so long.

 

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Malaysia no Arafes / Arashian Sleepover #3

To be honest, I was already dead tired before our "24/7" flailing fest started. And I had - and still have - a terrible cough. But I was still looking forward to it! After all, one of the best things about being in this fandom is meeting other fans and flailing together. And it's the first time seeing everyone in awhile, especially since I just came back from my very short Japan trip - it's time to unload and distribute the Arafes goods!

This time everything is even more laidback than usual; everyone brought food, which we all enjoyed while watching concert DVDs and having our own running commentaries about the boys. We started with Beautiful World, before changing to All the Best for the PVs, and I think the rest ran through Iza, Now!, Time, and AAA 2006 while I was dozing off from my meds. We even watched the Shiyagare SP live on my laptop.

In the morning we woke up to more DVD watching, before finally getting ready for lunch at Pavilion's Tokyo Street. Mui and Hana were with us on the first day but couldn't join on the second, while Isabelle joined us on the second day but wasn't around on the first.

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