Day 41

Went to Shinagawa and Odaiba today, to get more shots. First off is the Sakura no Shiori SNGW spot again.

AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori

AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori

AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori

Then it's some shots from the newly released Gyu PV from Watarirouka Hashiritai, where Mayuyu is running on the bridge.

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Gyu

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Gyu

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Gyu

Took the Rinkai line to Shinonome, where I found the Puccho candy in a small convenience store near the counter with a Mayuyu promoting it. It's pretty much like Haichuu - a gum that fades away in your mouth after 1-2 minutes. The soda flavor has some sour powder inside it. I wanted to walk from Shinonome to the ferry harbor where Persona had their first performance in Mendol. On the map it didn't look that far, but it took nearly two hours! I also got lost somewhere halfway thinking I had already walked past it. When I finally found it, there was a big fucking boat blocking the view, just like the Rolls Royce in day 38. Oh well, here are the shots anyway. Also included the start of Queen & Elizabeth's PV Love Wars.

Queen & Elizabeth - Love Wars

Mendol (Episode 1 - 24:09)

Mendol (Episode 1 - 24:09)

Day 30

First off to Akihabara to check for new stuff, but didn't find anything. The Liberty never seem to get in any new bearbricks. They got about 15 of them, but always the same ones. I'm looking for Uchida and Harukyan. Lots of people trading the new July theater pics on the 8th floor of Don Quixote. Today there was two B5th and one SDN stage. Didn't have access to any of them, and I didn't bring my pics so couldn't trade. Next time I'm going there and there is a stage I'll make sure to bring my pics. The theater floor is only open when there is a stage on that day.

Then off to the Oogoe Diamond steps in Ochanomizu. There was another fanboy there who took pics with his cellphone.

Oogoe Diamond PV

Continued to Shinagawa for a Mendol shot and the Sakura no Shiori location. There are big ads for the upcoming single Heavy Rotation going around now. This at Ochanomizu station.





img of mendol shot here



img of shiori shot here

I didn't know the indoor shots was at the same place where they circle around all the members. And I know I've seen these steps, and thought it was in the PV but when looking at it again it's not. Some photoshoot or something?



Since it started raining heavily at the first Watarirouka event, they decided to do it a second time, with only handshakes this time. Had three tickets, used one myself and sold the other two.

Again, extremely fast, and I had not planned anything to say and I couldn't get any words out! Oh well, at least Mayuyu said she remembered me from Sapporo. I'm starting to like her more and more after all the handshakes with her!

Walked from the event location, which was in east Ginza, to Tokyo station and got some random shots.

Day 15

Went to Odaiba around 2pm to get some Mendol and Shukan AKB shots. Got there around 3pm and forgot that the Music 10 location is on one of the other islands, so didn't have time to get there today. Also forgot my telezoom lens. It was a very hot day, and the water was probably the hottest water I've experienced at a beach. Too bad it's very dirty. I took off my shirt for awhile and when I was about to put it on again, I felt how soaking wet it was from sweat. Anyway, let's start with the shots.

First off, two shots from Cliff Edge's music video Saynoara where Yukirin appears. Was very hard to find the exact spots since the beach is long. I blame lenses for not being entirely accurate… No Yukirin but instead you get two school girls.

Screenshot (Cliff Edge - Sa-yo-na-ra)

Screenshot (Cliff Edge - Sa-yo-na-ra)

Then it's from the Shukan AKB episode where they try to write lovey-dovey poems. Odaiba is a famous dating spot, so that's why they went there to write them. I remember Komori being awesome in this episode. It was low tide when I was there, so it's slightly different with the rocks in the background.

Screenshot (Shukan AKB 100409)

Then it's a couple of Mendol shots. Again, lenses… Looks like I need 10mm. These are all at the Shiokaze Park in Odaiba.

Screenshot (Mendol - Episode 6 - 09:34)

Screenshot (Mendol - Episode 6 - 15:40)

Screenshot (Mendol - Episode 9 - 11:59)

Screenshot (Mendol - Episode 4 - 02:09)

On the way back to the beach, I pinned down one AKBINGO shot.

AKBINGO Episode #31 (09/04/29)

It wasn't part of my plan, but I figured I might as well eat dinner there. This is from the Girl's Talk Shukan AKB episode that everyone thought was boring. I ordered the wrong shake, but the only difference is the fruit on the glass, and the price - 250 yen more expensive with the fruit. The food wasn't special at all, and the meat/rice ratio could have been better.

Screenshot (Shukan AKB 100423)

Screenshot (Shukan AKB 100423)

Screenshot (Shukan AKB 100423)

Screenshot (Shukan AKB 100423)

Screenshot (Shukan AKB 100423)

I talked to one of the staff members about the girls, he said he wasn't there at that time. But customers did increase since. And he then showed me the surfing board at the entrance with their signs. I totally missed it upon entering.

Mayuyu

Yuko

Takamina

Kojiharu

As you saw in the episode, the Rainbow Bridge night view is gorgeous. This shot taken from my seat at the resturant. They had moved around the tables a little, I guess they did that just for the filming to get the background.