Summer 2009

I guess it's time to update...

I'm back to Europe now & it's kinda sad (=_=)... i wish i was still in Japan, it's always so much fun there & i gonna miss my friends..

This summer i went to Greece, SPA vacation in Austria & then Japan (^0^)
Unfortunately i didn't take so many pics in Greece coz' i went to Corfu & i've been there b4..so i didn't wanna take the same pics again. But it was pretty nice - sun, sea & beach! o(^__^)o

Then i decided to go to SPA hotel in Austria, which is one of my favourite - they have all that "healthy food menus" & they produce their own honey, apple juice, pumkin oil & etc. which is beeing sold worlwide later! I didn't know that until my mom told me.

Eventhought i had 2 suitcases, my stuff wouldn't fit into it when i was leaving Japan (*_*)... As usual i had to give..more than 50% of my stuff to my friend to ship it to me later. Plus i had to go to post office almost everyday, 4 days b4 i left. People at the post office even gave me membership card! I know i keep buying so much stuff..but i just can't stop, there are so many items which can be bought only in Japan, besides 40% of the stuff i buy are presents.

Home deliveries: instead of going shopping sometimes i would just order it & they deliver it at my apartment within 1 or 2 days! I think my front staff thought i'm crazy coz' i kept getting deliveries all the time (^0^)
One of my friends is a nailist, so i asked her what kind of "gel nail set" i should buy & she picked one for me online - i just ordered it.
Or when i went to A-Nation, i bought all the stuff at mu-mo = i didn't have to stand in line to get the goods.
OH!! once when i was shopping, clothes that i wanted to buy were sold out & shop assistent said i can pay it for it now & they will send it to me from main office. I got it next day! I wish Europe would have this service too. In Milan & Paris u can tell the shop staff to deliver ur bags at ur hotel, but u can't buy something which is not in stock & pay for it in advance.

Enough about shopping?..i know i might act like a shopaholic sometimes (^_^)

My schedule in Japan was really crazy, none of my friends could keep track of it. Sometimes they would text me "let's meet tomorrow" althought i told them i'm in Okinawa or Osaka.

So from 7/21 - 7/25 i was in Okinawa, i went to Okinawa on same day i arrived in Tokyo. I was so dead tired, i couldn't really sleep on my flight to Tokyo & my flight to Naha was in 4 hours after i arrived. I just went to my apartment, left my stuff there & slept for 40min! hahaha:)




From 7/26 - 7/28 i was in Tokyo, met up with my friends. Shim & i went to BVLGARI Cafe, i love this place, it's ridiculous Tokyo has 2 & how many do we have in Europe?!



7/29 just in 1 day i went to Nagoya & then to Osaka (@_@)... i couldn't meet my friends in Nagoya, coz' i justc spent 3hrs there. But i met my friend in Osaka.

7/30 me & friend ( i went to Nagoya, Osaka with my friend from Tokyo) had to rush back to Tokyo, coz' we were going to EXILE MONSTER TOUR 2009 concert☆ We went to 3 EXILE concert actually, they were amazing! BTW all VIP seats were taken, everyday different celebs & their family members would come & watch their concerts. Nesmith's family came all the way from NYC to watch him perform (^_~) It's so funny that my friend was on the same plane with his family, she called me & said "i saw Nesmith's dad today, i thought i saw him b4 but where? and then i saw his sis' & i knew it was them"



8/3 ViVi Night: Anna Tsuchiya & Mary J were performing there. So many people came (O_O)... 1 of my friends was modelling there, although it's actually a Fashion Show it looked pretty much like a concert.



8/4: 2 of my friends invited me to Johnnys butai & TegoMassu concert, both on same day. It's so tiring to go to 2 events on the same day, no wonder 1 of my friends fell asleep during the butai. Although we had 4th row seats center, actors were pretty mad..they kept staring at us.. I almost fell asleep myself, coz' some parts were boring..but i didn't! It's disrespectful to do that, especially when i'm sitting right in front of them.
TegoMassu were filming their concert DVD that day & their acapella version songs were very nice.

8/6 東方神起 2009神宮外苑花火大会 was amazing! 10 of my friends went there, the entire stadium was RED when Toho came out, BIGEAST evrywhere. It seemed like it was their concert, no one really cared about other artists. Guess what for the 1st time i saw POLICE at a Japanese concert!!! They were shouting "Go back to ur seats!" Everyone ran to the stage entrance, even guys were trying to see them. However 東方神起's path to the stage, which was 20m away from the entrance was covered by those black curtains or whatever u might call them..What an entrance - so Michael Jackson-style. Staff kept shouting "U won't see them, we will cover them, so plz go back to ur seats" No one left.. It was crazy, everyone stood on their chairs when Toho were performing = Japanese staff was freaking out, they kept telling everyone to go down. Ladies next to me started a fight with a staff member (^0^)
 I'm glad 東方神起 became so huge this year (^0^)
BTW i went to hair salon that day & i had a real yukata/kimono style hair, 2 people were doing it & it took them 2hours to make it (O_O)..



From 8/7 - 8/9 Hiroshima: on 1 day me & friend decided to wear our yukatas, it was so HOT!!! i thought i gonna die, i will never ever wear yukata when it's +38. Plus the whole process takes hours..

8/11 - 8/12 me & Rie, who arrived from US on 8/11 went to Fukuoka & Osaka. She was feeling exactly the same way, when i went to Okinawa. BTW we had pretty strong earthquakes & taifun in kanto during that time, i was glad that we were going to the south, but as we arrived there kanto weather followed us (=_=)...rain, rain, rain. And we got lost in Osaka at night - 2 a.m. some weird ojii-san's were following us, so creepy.

8/13 back to Tokyo, me & Anke went to SS501 Persona Asia Tour 2009 concert in Budokan. Lots of Korean TV stations were filming the concert. Korean concerts are so much fun!
While i was in Tokyo i met my friends, got my hair, nails done..several times:)



8/22 & 23 Tokyo A-NATION: my friend Yuki & her sis' came over to Tokyo to go A-Nation with me.  They were staying at my apartment, which was really fun. I have to mention that Yuki went to Seoul couple of days b4 she came to Tokyo, however she still wanted to go to Shin-Okubo everyday. She & her sis' bought so much korean stuff.
On 23rd we decided to go to AVEX, they have a "fan room" or something like that..U can watch AVEX artists videos there & buy some Avex items.
Anyways after that we were walking in Omotesando-dori, i see those magazine sitting near Laforet & suddenly a TV team is running to me. They asked me if it's ok to take an interview with me about designer bags. I'm telling them "ok, but i'm not Japanese btw.." Still they insisted to do the interview with me & my friends. It was aired next day on the morning news, we saw ourselves on TV coz' we didn't sleep at all - me, Yuki, Nao & Miji went all night karaoke. I think usually we wouldn't have seen ourselves on TV, coz' we wouldn't be awake at 6 a.m.
And we bumped into EGG models, who turned out to be really weird..those guys were following us. I didn't even know who they were, i just told Yuki some weird guys are following us & she recognised them.





8/26 - 8/29 Osaka: i met up with my friends from Kanzai, i've been to Osaka 4 times but i never went to Osaka Castle so this time Kana took me there. It's really pretty & Kana's family used to be samurai under ...i forgot which shogun, but her family was represented in some historical documents at the castle, which is amazing!



Me & my friend Anna (who's studying in Osaka right now) went to Nara. It's so pretty, and the deer is amazing.. They wanted to eat everything, they almost ate my camera & one of them was trying to eat Anna's skirt.. I don't know why, but there were so many high school students from Kyoto, Osaka & etc. I've never seen so many students at one place in my entire life.



 
 

My friends from Germany decided to go to A-Nation, so i said i gonna go with them. They can't speak Japanese & i doubt they would have found the stadium on their own. Yuki & Shiori came as well. That day was really fun, coz' we were interviewed again!!! I don't know why Japanese TV staff keeps running to me?.. I saw AVEX tv staff pointing at me & then they were already asking us if it's ok to interview us. I didn't really wanna do it, but my friends did & the staff told me to stand in the middle (@_@).. I was trying to tell them "i'm not Japanese..and i don't really know this guy who we're supposed to talk about.." They obviously didn't care & kept asking me what i think about him. Imagine that 5 people standing there & staring at u and waiting for ur answer, while u don't even know who this guy is.. I told them i liked his performance in Tokyo. But they wanted me to talk more (O_O).. Then the PD said "u can speak English if u want to"  I have no idea when it's gonna be aired, but we signed release forms.
My friends said that obviously Japanese people wanna see on TV (^0^) If it wasn't for Yuki & Shiori i would as usually tell them i don't wanna do interviews.



8/30 LEGEND Of RAINISM Asia Tour: me & my Korean friends went to Rain's concert in Saitama Super Arena. I think they were filming Japanese DVD version that day, so many Korean & HK fans!  The concert was amazing, one of the best concerts i've ever been to! Oppa danced through the entire concert & it looked exactly like in the PV's.
I had to go back to Tokyo from Osaka really early in the morning, coz' i had an appointment in the morning & then go straight to Rain concert. But i did have to get my hair done, i told them i just have 1hour & 3 people were doing my hair at the same time! It looked amazing, i could never do it myself.



8/31 taifun hit Tokyo, it was really bad. It started raining on 30th and it kept raining non-stop and super windy. But i already promised my friend Miji to meet her, so went shopping, watch "G.I.Joe" & to Podo Namu restaurant. I saw KAT-TUN's Koki in Shibuya, which was weird (long story) and he recognised me.

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9/1 me & Midori went to Enoshima, it's a very nice place. The food is great!

we found it~
 



Then i just my friends in Tokyo, shopping, Disney land, hair & nail salons & etc. 



my nails, 2 nails were making at the same time & still it took them 2,5 hours...
  

It was lots of fun traveling to so many places & meeting friends, everyday was so different & crazy things would happen all the time. I wrote a really long entry, but it's nothing compared to what i could tell u..i just wrote down what came to my mind right now, of course i missed lots of stuff but that's ok.