First of all, sorry for the belated fan-account. I came back from Japan to Korea on Tuesday and I had to study for my exams that I took earlier today. Now I have some free-time finally. :) So let me start from the beginning. (And also, sorry for the not so good English, I am a little bit tired now to think...)
I went to Japan on Saturday afternoon, I arrived to Kansai Airport around 5pm. Then I rented a phone at the airport and called my friend's mom. My friend is Tamami, she is from Osaka, we study together in Korea. She and her mom also love DBSK but they have already seen them in the past so they didn't wanna pay the high price as they couldn't get the ticket for normal price. By the way, my ticket was 43.000 yen, I bought it from Japanese Event Ticket website. I was a little bit worried cause when you pay such high price for a show, your expectations are naturally high and I didn't know how much it will live up to that. But back to the topic, Tamami didn't came with me to Japan, but her parents let me stay in their home. Her mom's name is Mie, I will call her that from now on. So I took a bus from the airport, and told her that I would arrive one hour later. She was waiting for me at the bus station.
Before I went to Japan, I was a bit worried how I will communicate with the parents since I can't speak even little bit of Japanese. Tamami told me that her mom can speak Korean, kind of, so I was a bit relieved. And then when I finally met her, I realized that her Korean was just fine, and we didn't have any problem with communication^^ We went to her home and she cooked me dinner. It was so delicious, and Japanese food really looks just like art. We talked about everything, even DBSK of course. She is 47 but her mind is very young, she is really cool, just like a friend.
Next day we went to see a beautiful Japanese temple first, and then she took me to the Dome. On the way there:
We arrived maybe around 1 pm. Then I bought the goods. There was really no line at the goods store, maybe in the morning there was, but not when I arrived.
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Unfortunately some were already sold out, like the big black towel that I really liked. But no big problem, I bought some other goods. Even I had to buy for my Hungarian friends, so my bagguage became kind of big. :D
The atmosphere outside was great. No offense for Korean fans (seriously!), but Japanese fans look more mature, maybe because of their age or different culture. I love Korea, really, but when I go to any concert in Korea, everyone goes just crazy. In Japan everyone were just like angels. Okay, that's only my experience, but I felt like this. I made a Bigeast friend outside, her name is Mimi, and she is 30. She couldn't speak Korean, but she spoke a little bit English, so we could talk. She is a single mom, and I saw many cuts on her arm. I thought that she must have had a hard past, but that time she was so happy, just like me. This photo is not good about us (she is really pretty in RL!), but that's the only one we took, so I can only share this one.
She said that she is so happy to have international friend like me, and gave me all her contacts, even her address in Fukuoka. Then we met her other friends, who were from some other city, and it was so funny that all of us turned out to be Junsu fans^^
szólj hozzá: OSAKA05 JYJ KYOCERA 2010.06.06 There were tons of people, seriously....o.O
Around 3:40pm we went in, and they went to look for their places. There was no serious camera check, guards only asked me if I have any and I said no. (Of course I lied.) I had to go to toilet. There was kind of big line of course. I waited, and I didnt mean to stare, but I just saw that the lady in front of me is typing hangul in her phone. So I tried to talk to her in Korean, and it turned out that she is indeed Korean, and whats more, from the same city as me, Busan. We talked a bit and changed contacts. and then the show suddenly started, exactly at 4pm. She was running in to the sitting area (without going to toilet), but I really had to do my stuff first, so I just waited more. When I went inside the sitting area, JYJ was already singing. I couldnt find my place so I just sat down somewhere that I could find empty seat. Everyone was smiling at me as they'd seen that I was a foreigner. I turned on my camera but I didn't take it out from my bag just yet, so it recorded only voice, without picture.
Everything was just wonderful. JYJ's voices, the sight of the Red Sea, the fans. It didnt take more than 1 minute and I was already crying. I am really not a type who is crying on every drama, but this feeling was just overwhelming. And I have to tell you that there was no bad seat at all in the whole arena. My seat was as far from the stage as possible but I didn't feel like I miss out on something. There were screens in every direction, and they were extremely big. Even my eyesight is not good, but it was just like watching TV. The sound quality was also perfect.
When the first song ended, I tried to take out my camera to record the Red Sea, but one guard came immediately (within seconds!), so I had to turn it off, and put it in my bag again. Japanese fans were so surprised that I tried to use camera, I think they really care about rules and that's right but I just couldn't help myself to at least try.
szólj hozzá: OSAKA06 JYJ KYOCERA 2010.06.06 Third song was Junsu's solo for Yoochun's drama, and I cried again. Listening to Junsu live is just better than anything. He is such talent, I don't know how to describe, but it was wonderful.
Then later on some people came late, and I was taking their seat, so I just stood up and went up the stairs more. I didn't wanna search for my seat, so I just sat down on the top of the stairs. Again people were smiling at me, as they saw that I am white. Then I turned on my camera again but didn't dare to take out from my bag again so it just recorded some of the songs. Unfortunately I cannot upload them now since they became few hundred MBs each.
One girl next to me saw that I don't have a red light stick, and she just gave me another one that she had! I can't believe how nice she was!! That thing cost 1000 yen, and she just gave me not even knowing me. (Actually I even had in my bag but it was for present, so I didn't wanna open and use it. Another reason was that I didn't wanna ruin my recording by searching for the stick in my bag.) Then she asked my name in English and where I was from but we didn't talk much cause it was a concert anyway^^
Yoochun was singing my girlfriend, and he choose a lucky girl who could go up the stage and sat on a sofa. Yoochun was singing the entire song for her, and even gave her a peck on the cheek, a hug, and florwers. The girl was really cute, probably she was very surprised but happy. I would have been too, if I were her, haha.
Jaejoong surpried me the most. I know that he has a good voice but I didn't think that he was such a good live singer. His singing was absolutely perfect. Actually recorded live is okay, but it cannot be compred to real live, when you hear him echoing in the stadium. It is just omg, I cannot say anyting else, he is just God given talent as much as Junsu. They didn't dance much, maybe except a few songs, and maybe that also helped them to concentrate on singing.
The concert lasted 3 hours, and there were many great moments. For example when Colors ended, Junsu came on stage, and JaeChun sang Junsu's name together. Or when they put their hands on each other, to show that they are a team and brothers. It was very easy to feel how much they love and depend on each other. There were not so many tears this time as I heard there were on Saturday. It was a rather happy event, but still very emotional. For sure I will never forget it, and I am so happy that I decided to buy the ticket even for high price cause it worth every yen. It would have worth even more. They made me truly happy with their singing, and it was one of the best experience in my life.
I would like to encourage you guys to try to see them live. Of course most of you cannot afford it cause of the distance, what is really sad, but if you have any chance, please take it at any cost, cause hearing them live is better than one would imagine. :)) And also, Japanese people's kindness and hospitality is uncomparable, and the country is beautiful too, so to visit there is a wonderful experience in itself.
(I am not promoter of AVEX really. Or of the Japanese Ministry of Tourism. xD I just loved it there, that's all.)
If you have any questins, feel free to ask me!
This purikura we made with Mie before I came back to Korea.
And this is only cause I ship JaeHo^^
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