Day 43

In the afternoon I went to Yokohama to visit the park that appears in Kanpeki Gu~no Ne, some other locations, and to shoot some film after dark. Was short on daylight time, so I did Kanpeki quick, and then headed for the Ashita wa Ashita no Kima ga Umareru location. I need to buy these singles before I go home.

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Watarirouka Hashiritai - Kanpeki Gu~no Ne

Chocolove - Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru

This shot was weird. I think they filmed at the other end of the building (seen in the picture below), and then mirrored it. Or I missed to check around the corner. Still look the same!

Chocolove - Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru

Instead of the Mendol locations, of which I wasn't sure I would be able to get to anyway, I did the three resturants that appear in Osawagase Food Show (100515).

Osawagase Food Show (100515)

Osawagase Food Show (100515)

Osawagase Food Show (100515)

Their food was a little bit too expensive for me, so I had tantan-men instead, a spicy ramen. Nothing compared to the bakuhatsu ramen though.

I wanted to get some film footage so headed for Osanbashi first. I will upload the finished movie once it's done. Enjoy a some random photos meanwhile. First, a stray cat. In Japan there are many stray cats, most of them are very thin since it's hard to find food in a city made of mostly concrete. I've seen many cats stick together, and play - or fight. I'm not really sure which. Have you ever seen large pet bottles filled with water tied to a street light or put near houses? It is said that the moonlight reflecting in the water inside the bottles will scare cats away from getting near ones house at night to look for food.

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.