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September 29, 2013　/　Things that were fun in September.


September 7, I went to Sendai Kamotsu concert with my friend, Anmitsu-san.

Sendai Kamotsu is a side project of Japanese V-kei band called Nightmare.
Actually, I don't know much about Nightmare.　(´∀｀；)ゞ

This April, I heard a song of Sendai Kamotsu for the first time and I became interested in them.
About the same time Anmitsu-san became their fan, too.

After that the band announced concert tour dates and we decided to go on the final day of the tour.

The concert was awesome and we had a blast!!　ヽ(*´∀`*)ﾉ

Right after the concert we felt that we wanted to see their concert again.
And... there will be their winter tour this year and we're going to go in December.
Anmitsu-san was able to get our tickets already! ( Thank you ~ ☆ )


(*´艸｀)　That day we put on this T-shirts.　→　July 2, 2013 Sendai Kamotsu T-shirt.

And I bought a bag and a wristband before the concert.






Sendai Kamotsu Official Web Site ( Japanese )
http://www.sendaikamotsu.net/


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Some days later, Anmitsu-san and I went to Tokyo Tower.

There was painting operation or something, and there were safety nets around the tower.
Appearance was not so good.　(+д+)




View from the observatory.
It was a bit cloudy but we were able to see Tokyo Sky Tree in the distance.
I haven't been to Tokyo Sky Tree yet.




Fujiko F Fujio exhibition is being held at Tokyo Tower now. ( July 19 - October 6, 2013 )
It was one of our purpose of the day and we enjoyed exhibits very much.
Fujiko F Fujio is very famous Manga artist.
One of his masterpieces is "Doraemon ( ドラえもん )."
Fujiko F Fujio passed away in 1996 but Doraemon Anime is broadcasted even now and a lot of kids are enjoying it.




Statues of Noppon Brothers.
They are mascots of Tokyo Tower and I wanted to see real Noppon but I couldn't.　( ´ω`) =3
I want to see them next time.　( ＾ω＾ )b



It was a fun day! Bye bye, Noppon ~ !　(*´∀｀)ﾉｼ

In Tokyo, it's still a bit hot in the daytime but autumn has come.
I like autumn...　(*ˇ◡ˇ) ～♪


Tokyo Tower
http://www.tokyotower.co.jp/eng/

Noppon Brothers' Blog ( Japanese )
http://noppon.laff.jp/

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July 28, 2013　/　ASIMO in Miraikan.


Last week, I went to the science museum called Miraikan (日本科学未来館).

The museum is in Odaiba area, Tokyo.
I took a train called Yurikamome (ゆりかもめ) from Shinbashi station.
Yurikamome is fully-automated transit system.




★　☆　★　☆　★


It was my first visit to Miraikan.
This is the symbol exhibit of Miraikan named Geo-Cosmos, a huge earth-like display.




The museum has a lot of exhibits and a dome theater for planetariums.
My main object on that day was to see the humanoid robot, ASIMO!




Before the show, ASIMO appeared from the resting room by himself!
And he walked to the standby position. How clever!




During the show.
ASIMO said, "Which theme do you want me to explain? Raise your hand."






ASIMO came near me!　I was so excited!　ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉｼ




ASIMO can kick a ball toward a boy. Great!




I like ASIMO since a long time ago and I wanted to see real ASIMO.
Finally I was able to meet him (her?) !!

(((*´∀｀*)))　ASIMO was awesome!!!

I've come to like ASIMO more and more.
I want to see him again someday.　(｀･ω･´)
When I see him next, he might have more evolved.
It's so exciting!!


★　☆　★　☆　★


In the museum I also enjoyed other exhibits and planetariums.
The 3D planetarium program named "BIRTHDAY" was especially beautiful.
I felt like floating in cosmic space. ヽ(* ﾟ o ﾟ*)ﾉ

This is a ticket for another planetarium program named "Tender is the Night."
At the dome theater we need to get a reservation ticket to watch a program.
The reservation ticket distribution starts 10:00am at the entrance of the theater on the 6th floor.




Pamphlets of the museum.
I got a Japanese version and an English version.




That morning, on the way to the museum, I was in a hurry to get a reservation ticket for a planetarium. And that evening, there was a heavy rain when I left the museum just before closing time, so I couldn't take a picture of external appearance of the museum.　( ´д｀ )ゞ

I couldn't see all exhibits so I want to go there again and want to take a lot more pictures next time.

♪～ (´◡｀*)



Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/

ASIMO
http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

New Transit Yurikamome
http://www.yurikamome.co.jp/en/

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July 2, 2013　/　Sendai Kamotsu T-shirt.


Today I received Sendai Kamotsu T-shirts!　ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ

Sendai Kamotsu (仙台貨物) is a side project of Japanese V-kei band called Nightmare.

I ordered two T-shirts. One is mine, and the other is for my friend.
We have been looking forward to it!

I'm supposed to hand it to my friend in a few days.　♪～(´ε｀ )




Sendai Kamotsu (仙台貨物) Official Web Site
http://www.sendaikamotsu.net/

Nightmare Official Web Site
http://www.nightmare-web.com/


(*´艸｀)　I like this song.



Sendai Kamotsu Official YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/sendaikamotsuCH

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May 22, 2013　/　My recent favorites.


I'm very interested in this guy lately.
His name is 恋一 (Koichi), the bassist for Japanese V-kei band called MEJIBRAY.

When I saw his photo for the first time on his blog, I thought,

"How beautiful you are !!!"

Besides, he is such a good dresser.





Koichi Official Blog
http://ameblo.jp/mejibray-koichi/

Koichi Twitter
https://twitter.com/trembling_bambi

MEJIBRAY
http://mejibray.com/


I like the music video for their song called DIE KUSSE.



The title of the song is in German ( though I think Küsse is the right spelling )
and Tsuzuku, the vocalist of the band, sings "eins, zwei, drei, vier" in this song.
It comes from a Japanese Shoujo Manga called "KISS xxxx" by KUSUMOTO Maki.
Kanon, the central character of "KISS xxxx", is a singer of a band named DIE KÜSSE,
and he counts in German "eins, zwei, drei, vier" at the beginning of the live concert.
Probably somebody in MEJIBRAY members likes that Manga and I guess that the song is an hommage or something.
I like it, too. It's kinda strange love story. I've read it several times.　( ＾ω＾ )



KUSUMOTO Maki Official Web Site
http://www.makikusumoto.jp/index.html


★　☆　★　☆　★


There's one more thing that I'm hooked on recently.
It's Protest The Hero, a Canadian technical metal band.

The other day, I watched the music video for their song Sequoia Throne on YouTube by chance
and the band became one of my favorites immediately.
Soon I bought their albums and I've been listening to them repeatedly.　ヽ(´∀｀)ﾉ ～♪
Their songs and musical performances are awesome and I really like them!!




I especially like Arif's bass line.　(｀･ω･´)



By the way, I don't know how to pronounce his last name.　(´∀｀；)ゞ

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May 11, 2013　/　I want to improve my vocabulary, but...


I'm not good at memorizing English vocabularies.



The other day, I bought a book for memorizing English words and phrases,
but soon I get sleepy while reading it.



(つ_Θ) hmm . . .

(Θ_Θ) Zzz . . .

z . . .　(・∀・) !!

No matter how much time passes, I can't finish reading it.　( ﾟεﾟ；)

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April 6, 2013　/　TERU's new band, Jupiter.


TERU and HIZAKI held a talk event on April 1st and announced about their new band "Jupiter".
And the band opened their official web site at midnight ( Japan time ) on April 2nd!




Now I'm glad to hear that I will be able to listen to their new songs soon...
especially TERU's guitar sound!　ヽ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

And I'm looking forward to listening to their new vocalist ZIN's singing voice.
Most people don't know about his singing technique because ZIN's background is not publicized for now.
I don't know anything about him, either.　(@_@) hmm...



Jupiter Links ：

Official web site
http://jupiter.jp.net/

Official Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jupiter-Official/546753338678698

Official Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXALks3SDBk

Official Twitter page
https://twitter.com/Jupiter_jp

TERU's Twitter
https://twitter.com/TERUofficial

HIZAKI's Twitter
https://twitter.com/HIZAKIofficial

MASASHI's Twitter
https://twitter.com/MASASHI_Jupiter

YUKI's Twitter
https://twitter.com/YUKI___official

TERU's Ameblo (Blog)
http://ameblo.jp/versailles-teru/


On his blog, TERU wrote that Jupiter has started but Versailles continues to exist,
so we might be able to see Versailles again someday...　( '‿' )


★　☆　★　☆　★

Additional information [ May 13 ]
TERU and MASASHI have started their new blogs as Jupiter members.

JUPITER TERU OFFICIAL BLOG
http://ameblo.jp/teru-jupiter/

JUPITER MASASHI OFFICIAL BLOG
http://ameblo.jp/jupiter-masashi/

★　☆　★　☆　★


Kamijo is going to debut as a solo singer in summer this year.
He said that Versailles' members help him on his recording.

Kamijo's official web site
http://kamijo.syncl.jp/

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March 30, 2013　/　Versailles' DVD "CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - FINAL -"


I received Versailles' latest DVD last weekend and watched it once.
( I bought the DVD on pre-sale. General release date is April 10. )




I bought a limited edition and there are two discs in it.
One of them is a concert DVD.
My memories came back while I was watching it because I went to the concert.
(・∀・)　My blog of the day is　→　Here

The other one is a bonus DVD and I was able to see their offstage of the tour 2012 on it.
It was fun and was very interesting.　(´∀｀ )♪




By the way, TERU and HIZAKI are going to hold a talk event about Heavy Metal on April 1st
and they are going to announce something about their new activities at the same time.

Unfortunately I can't join the event, but I'm looking forward to their announcement.　(｀･ω･´)

20130216_01

February 16, 2013　/　Still playing Animal Crossing 3DS.


I completely forgot to write this blog lately.　(´∀｀；)ゞ

I'm still absorbed in this game.
It's especially fun to play with friends via internet.

The avatar in a frog hat is me.　(・∀・)






I'm on the left side.




Sometimes I work for the cafe in my village.　(*´艸｀)

＼　Here you are!　／

I opened a guitar shop in my house.
We also have drums, books, music magazines, Band T-shirts.






GEKI-TETSU, the signature model guitar of TERU, are sold out at my shop!

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January 19, 2013　/　Animal Crossing on 3DS


I'm really into this lately!



This is the latest game of Animal Crossing series.
It's called "Animal Crossing: New Leaf" in other countries.
The Japanese title is Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori ( とびだせ どうぶつの森 ).


Actually, I bought my Nintendo 3DS to play this game.　(*´∀｀*)～♪

／ 　Charging ☆ ＼

This is my avatar.


I got a Toad hat! It's my favorite.
And I made a Versailles T-shirt for my avatar! Isn't it cool ?　(*´艸｀)


A player become the village chief and works to make a good village.
The yellow dog standing by the desk is an office staff and she assists my work.




Play with village people. I like this wolf. He is a nice guy.　(*´艸｀)




Fishing.




These are the fish I caught.
I donated them to the museum in my village.




Players can visit friends' villages via internet or a local wireless connection.
One day, one of my friends came to my village and we had a chat. It was fun!



Aurora in the sky! Beautiful~!

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January 3, 2013　/　Versailles Fair Exhibit. ( December 2012 )


At the end of the last year, I went to ESP CRAFTHOUSE to see the guitar that TERU had played.
I wasn't able to write my blog soon because my pc wasn't working well.　(´o｀；)ゞ

☆

ESP CRAFTHOUSE is in Shibuya.
But that day, I got off the train at Harajuku station because I wanted to walk in front of NHK hall.

One week had passed after the Versailles concert.




NHK hall's schedule of December 2012.
There was the name of Versailles.






I felt somewhat lonely.　(´･ω･`) =3


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Arrived at ESP shop.




Between the posters, the exhibit of TERU's guitar, HIZAKI's guitar, and Masashi's bass guitar.
A shop clerk told me that the guitars were carried to the shop just after the concert at NHK hall.





At a later date of the day I visited,　TERU visited the shop and wrote his autograph on this poster!
Unfortunately I couldn't see his latest autograph.　( ´ω`) Oh well.



TERU's blog of the day. (Japanese)
http://ameblo.jp/versailles-teru/entry-11437748165.html

ESP's blog. (Japanese)
http://ameblo.jp/espcrafthouse/entry-11437570018.html

You can read TERU's blog in English on translated blog by TERUtranslation (tanbi-no-kami).
Here　→　http://tanbi-no-kami.livejournal.com/
The blog of the day that TERU visited the shop has not translated yet
but I think she will translate it someday.
( ＾ω＾ ) I guess that she takes time out from her busy schedule to translate, so I think she is great!



Autographed poster.




Photos and flyers.




I like this flyer ❤




I added the fire effect on the photo because I was reflected on the surface of the guitar.
(´∀｀；)ゞ　Sorry ～ !



There were scratches and dents on the surface, and the paint was off in places.

(*´∀｀) Yeah, TERU played this guitar ～ !
I was very happy to see it before my very eyes.


ESP / TERU's guitar 激鉄 "GEKI-TETSU"
http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/teru/