AKB48 - Thumbnail - 2Shot and Sign Event 2017.06.04

With buying a few copies of AKB48's album Thumbnail, I also applied for 2shots. Which means, you can apply to take a picture with your favourite Idols. I didn't want to go overboard and buy too many copies and I did win some of my favourite members.. But, as much as I applied, I sadly didn't get any picture with Jurina :( That's one of the saddest things of my year abroad, but yeah XD
Also, with the two shot tickets you were able to get Tickets for a Sign and you could use it for any member on the day of the two shot event. Well, you had to check the schedule and popular members weren't available on the day I went.. But I searched for the schedule before and was lucky that I could make it to get some signs of my favourite members.

This time the event was inYokohama, it was Pacifico Yokohama. I never went inside the big hall, but I knew the place, so I was quite relaxed. I still remember it being a nice day and me walking to the event in the sun.
Even though I didn't have two shot tickets until the 6th slot, I went there for one slot earlier because of Megu. Her slot for the Signing was 5th slot, so I went to meet her. I wasn't sure about the system but you could really just use it on any member. On the Sign ticket you had to write your name, which is why the members actually used my name when they were signing. That was really cool XD Oh and you could only let them sign your Thumbnail CD. At the Ticket check, you could also win a cheki, which would also be really cool..
So here is my first talk of the day:

5th slot 

Taniguchi Megu (Sign)

Me: Hello
Megu: Ronja-chan, hello
Me: You're cute!
Megu: Thank you (in English)
Me: Wow, English. I'm from Germany
Megu: Do you speak English in Germany? No, German right?
Me: Yes, German.
Megu: Ooooh wow, what's 'Thank you' mean in German?
Me: Dankeschön
Megu: Gankeshen?
Me: Dankeschön. Da Da
Megu: Dankesheen?
Me: Yeah, that's good!
Megu: Maybe I will start learning German
Me: Good luck with that
Megu: German is so cool
Me: Haha
Megu: thank you for coming, Dankeshen
Me: Dankeschön!

Megu blew me away again. She is so cute and nice and seems so interested when she is talking. You know, she just had to sign but she took her time and asked me things. That was so sweet of her and I'm just really happy that I decided to meet her again.. Even though she first though we speak English in Germany.. xD

I also only had one member in the next slot and it was Okada Nana. I was so excited to see her!! But it was also the first time to take a picture with an AKB member.. For these events the staff uses your phone, and I was just hoping my phone would actually take pictures..

6th slot 

Okada Nana (Picture)

Me: Hello
Nana: Hello
Me: Is Heart pose okay?
Nana: Of course. Your Japanese is really good
Me: Thank you
Nana: Where are you from?
Me: From Germany
Nana: Germany, wow! I want to go there
Me: Please come
Nana: Thank you!
Me: Thank you!

Naachan was also really really nice and cute. BUT wtf happened with the picture.. It's kind of blurred, which makes me sad. But it was still so nice to meet her and I still like the picture :)

Since I had time, I decided to already line up for Ogiyuka's sign event.. I wanted to get her sign, in the next slot. But there were soooo many people. I was waiting for more than one hour and the 7th slot already started. I had three other members for slot 7, so I really couldn't wait any longer. Just when I thought that, a staff member was asking if there were any Ogiyuka fans that could come another day. I took the chance and he put a stamp on my ticket, so I could use it for another day. This was already exciting, but this slot was truly amazing.

7th slot 

I was going to the next member's line: Kinoshita Momoka. I really think she's so funny and I wanted to meet her.. So, as I was hurrying through her ticket check, I actually WON A CHEKI. WTF! I was so shocked, I didn't expect this xD There was literally only 3 people waiting to meet her and I won.. wow, I couldn't believe it. I think I was still in shock when it was my turn

Kinoshita Momoka (picture)

Me: Hello
Momoka: Ooooh, hello
Me: Let's do this pose
..
Momka: Your name is Ronja?
Me: Yes, I'm from Germany.
Momoka: Eeh, Germany is cool. Thank you so much!
Me: Thank you!

This was actually quite fast, even though she didn't have, many people waiting in line.. Momoka is a really funny member, but I already expected her not to be easiest member to talk to.. But it was quite good! She was really nice and I think I was just a bit nervous, especially because I won the Cheki. It was still really cool to meet her.
But I had to get going to the next one. Actually, Ogiyuka and Momoka's lanes were on the right side of the hall, actually quite far away from the AKB girls.. So I really had to go quite far to go back to the remaining girls I had to meet in this slot..

Tano Yuka (Sign)

Me: Tano-chan, Hello. You're so cute
Yuka: Really? Thank you
Me: I'm from Germany
Yuka: Eeeeeh, Germany. That's great!
Me: Thank you so much, Bye bye
Yuka: Bye bye~

I didn't just say it.. She is really cute and so stylish.
This was quite fast, especially compared to when Megu signed it.. But I had to hurry anyways, and speaking of Megu..

Taniguchi Megu (Picture)

Megu: Aaah, I'm so happy
Me: Let's do a Heart pose.
..
Me: Thank you so much
Megu: Merci
Me: Thank you

So, since she was the last one in this slot, I was a bit more relaxed already. And seeing her again was just so nice. She didn't remember the Dankeschön, but she just said Merci instead? XD So cute! ANd she seemed happy to see me again and happy Idols make me happy too!!

There wasn't much time until the next slot, so I didn't do much. And then I lined up again for Tano Yuka.

8th slot

Tano Yuka

Yuka: Oh, you're from before.
Me: Yes! Let's do this pose
Yuka: Okay!
Me: I'm so happy to meet you!
Yuka: Thank you!!

And she actually recognized me, haha! I don't know what that pose is.. I kind of wanted it to be something like I did with Momoka, but Tano just did this and I went with it.. Well, it was fun anyways.

In the end, I have to say how happy I am to have a picture with Tano-chan and Momka, since both of them graduated by now. Especially Tano was recently and she was also one of my favourite members for a long time.. But I hope that both of them will be happy in the future as well!
After this event I was really tired and I still got to meet up with a friend in Yokohama. It was a nice day! xD

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!!