Morning Musume 13th Generation

On Morning Msuusme 16's Tour Final at Budokan on December 12th, their new generation was announced. It consits of the two former Kenshuusei's Yokoyama Reina and Kaga Kaede.

When I first heard there would be a new generation I was kind of not that excited, because I rreally liked how much 12th gen was shining in the newest single. But slowly I got excited, like for all the changes in Momusu. It was also quite interesting that they only chose from the Kenshuusei's this time. I don't really know Reina because she is still quite new but she looks cute and funny. But wht's the best thing ever: FREAKING KAEDYY IS IN MORNING MUSUME. She is my favourite KKS member so of course I'm really excited for her in the group! She has been a trainee for such a long time and it's finally time for her to shine. :D I cried when I saw her crying, haha.

I can't wait for these two being active in the group. These 13nin performance must be great. Aaaaand I want them to release a single!!!!!!

Despite all the excitement and as much as I like change, there is one thing that I fear: Someone announcing their graduation! There have been so man graduations lately and especially Momusu had them almost every year. I really like this line-up and I want all of them to shine even more, so I hope no one will announce their graduation until end of 2017.. Let's hope! :3

Meeting Idols - IKUTA ERINA

I'm doing a lot in Japan: Studying, Karaoke, meeting friends and travelling.
But what's most interesting for this blog is Idols, right? Well, I can tell you that it is really really exciting to be in Japan if you like Idols. Especially the last few weeks so many of my favourite Idol Groups released new singles or albums: Nogizaka46, AKB48, Morning Musume, Keyakizaka46 and so many more. Especially those 4 had really really good singles and I actually ordered handshake tickets with the Nogi and AKB singles, and 2shot Tickets with the Momusu ones. Yes, I am going to see Jurina, Sasshi and more in January! That's really cool *-*
Adding to that I won two 2shot tickets with Kudo, I can't believe I am this lucky :')
One of the 2shot events was yesterday so as you can imagine, I died yesterday. But everything turned out to be different but let me tell you the whole story:

12/04 Morning Musume '16 Handshake/ Picture Event in Shibuya

I had one 2shot ticket with Kudo for this day. The day before I got home quite late, and I had to get up really early yesterday, so I was tired. But since I was so excited, I didn't mind that at all. My eyes were hurting, that was a bit worse but I could deal with it. I arrived in Shibuya around 10:30 and walked to the event place (Shibuya Belle Salle). That was really simple and there were signs in the building everywhere, which made everything easy. When I arrived at the B1 floor, where the event happened I saw quite a few fans standing there. I was really confused if I should already line up at the Uketsuke or if I had to wait, because my time slot was 11:20. So I stood a bit there and then I finally asked a security man. He looked at my ticket and told me: Kudo Haruka isn't here today because of poor health. (everything is in Japanese by the way)

MY IDOL IS ILL.
I was really, really shocked at first. Of course, this had to happen when I would have finally met here, haha. I then asked him what I should do now and he told me two options: Either take this ticket on another day and meet Kudo there or meet another member on the same day. Well, I then started to think on what to do. Even though she is my favourite Idol, I was already there at the event place and I like the other members as well. But still, I was thinking for a while until I finally decided to change to another member. I asked again what I should do if I want to change the member and was told to line up now. Seems like I had a good timing, since the line for my time slot was just being formed and I was almost right at the front, just like I was at the concert, haha. Different from the concert at this event there were quite a lot of men though. But I also saw some girls. :) Standing in the line I thought about who I am going to meet instead of Duu. My first favourite and still one of my favourites is Ikuta and I really, really like her a lot. But I also really like Oda-chan and Maachan would be also quite cool, especially since she is such a funny person. With Eripon and Sakura I wouldn't really know how they would react to a Gaijin. So I was thinking and then we had to show our tickets and Residence Card and got a stamp on the ticket. I asked if it's okay to meet anyone and was told I can. Then waiting again.

After a few minutes we could enter the main hall and line up at the member booths. Since I was so early and still didn't know who exactly I wanted to meet I stood there for a second and was really confused but then I went to Eripons booth........ AND WAS THE FIRST PERSON STANDING THERE. Damn, that was so weird. I had to leave my belongings on a table, they searched if I had metal things on me and then I gave the security guy at the entrance my ticket. And then I had to wait again.. The guy asked me if I have a pose in mind but I didn't know anything so I said no, haha. I knew it would be just peace sign, but I didn't mind, I was so excited. Behind me a long line formed and the guys behind me must've thought: What is that weird Gaijin girl doing?
I could actually hear the members talking, which was one of the best things of the whole event!! I could especially hear Eripon quite loud, because she was just behind the paper wall and she talked with Mizuki and was laughing so I felt a bit relieved, because I hoped she would be active and talk, haha. Oh and I could hear Maachen, she's such a cute child :')
The security guy was looking at my ticket most of the time and I thought he would either comment on the fact that it was originally Kudo's ticket or on my name or something. But he didn't say anything. I guess he was just bored xD So after what felt like a really long time, the slot finally started (there was an announcement). So, I could finally enter the booth.

And I saw Eripon!!!! OMG, she was really sitting there, I was in shock hahaha. I didn't really think about what to say, so I just said Konnichiwa! Eripon looked really, really cute and almost like a doll!! She grinned at me, but I don't remember if she said something. The camera guy told me to sit down and the security guy from before told them, that I don't have a special pose in mind. So Eripon looked at me and showed Peace. Haha, of course, I knew it. So we took the photo and then they said I should go out! IT WAS SO SHORT! I could barely look at her and say thank you and she also thanked me for coming. But then I had to go and I couldn't even tell her that she looked cute. Because she looked really, really cute. *sigh* I got my belongings and the picture and then I went away.. Too short, damn. And I was the first one so I really didn't know what to do, I should have let someone go before me. Well, at least she smiled at me and I could see her. Aaaand I got a picture with her:

Yeah, the picture is actually really cute. I do remember that I was quite surprised on how long her hair already was. I mean I knew she had longer hair now but it looked really nice. She looked really different from a year ago because of that. Eripon looks really cute in person but just like I thought she wasn't tooo excited. It is also my fault, because I was nervous and didn't know anything, but she also seemed a bit confused maybe? Or she isn't the best first member to meet, hahaha. But no, it wasn't as bad as it sounds, I actually felt quite at ease when I sat down and I had a lot of fun and she was nice and calming!!

But now that I know how it works, I'm really excited for my next events. And I will definitely say more to Kudo!! But Eripon is really, really cute and I don't regret my desicion to take a picture with her. :) After all she is one of the main reasons I got interested in the newer Momusu and was my first favourite member. And now she is the first Idol I ever met in person, so she is really, really special to me.

This day was really nice and I also did other fun things, like walking to Nogizaka Station and buying Keyakizaka's Futari Saison. As you can see, this day was filled with Idols. It's not like this everyday, but it's really nice to experience the Idol things. :3

I LOVE IDOLS!! ERIPON IS CUTE!!