AKB48 - Shoot Sign - Handshake Event 2017.06.25

This event was again at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, just like the events in January 2017. Because of that I wasn't as nervous as I was at some other events. But this would be the first time to meet Suda Akari, one of my all time favourite Idols. Adding to that, I was having tickets to meet Jurina again (for the first time in 6 months).

So when I arrived, I was heading to the SKE48 lanes and waiting for Dasu.

3rd slot

Okay, so as I was standing in line for Dasu, I could see Jurina next to her.. She was wearing a mask and looked really tired. I was instantely worried about her and as much as I wanted to meet her, I wanted her to rest!!
But first, I was meeting Suda and that was amazing:

Suda Akari

Me: Hello, I always wanted to meet you. I love you!
Dasu: Eeeh, thank you! Your Japanese is good
Me: Eeh
Dasu: Where are you from?
Me: From Germany
Dasu: Oh, Wiener right? So delicious
Me: Haha, right
Dasu: And beer is good too
Me: You drank German beer before?
Dasu: Yes! Fruits beer right? Beer with fruits
Me: wow, amazing
Dasu: Yeah right *waves*

Wow, I'm not kidding this was the best first Handshake I ever had. People aren't joking when they say she is the handshake queen. I already love her so much and this made me even happier. Dasu is so funny, cute and I think it's so cool that she likes German Sausages and Beer. XD Best thing ever.. (I had two tickets by the way)

I was still happy with this handshake, when it was announced that Jurina is not going to participate in this event anymore. It was still kind of sad, but I really really wanted to her to get better. I'm always worried about Jurina's health. And good thing is, that I already had tickets for the next single's event for her. But since this was the last event for the Shoot Sign single, staff wasn't sure if I could still use her tickets from this event there.. So I thought I would maybe see some other girls instead, because you can exchange tickets for other (less popular) members. I think that's cool, especially if the girl you have a ticket for is ill.

4th slot

But first of all, I had a really special ticket for some: Mayuyu!

Watanabe Mayu

Me: I love you! I'm sad aout our graduation announcement but I will support you
Mayu: Thank you

Wow, that was the shortest and most boring handshake ever. I mean, I can't blame Mayuyu but she also wasn't too escited and everything just went so fast.. She looked really cute though..

Taniguchi Megu

Me: Congrats on being 45th place in the Election
Magu: Thank you! Long time no see~
Me: Eh, you remember me?
Megu: Yes, you're from Germany right
Me: Yeah, Dankeschön
Megu: Dankeschön, dankeschön

I was sooo happy to meet Megu again! She is the sweetest, and she remembered me *-*

This time I was also not having too much time, but I tried to get Ogiyuka's sign (remember when I got a stamp from the last event that I could still use the sign ticket).
I still had to wait a bit, but not as long as last time. It felt weird because I was the only one with a CD though..

Ogino Yuka

Yuka: Hello (in English)
Me: Hello, thank you!
Yuka: *sees the CD* Ah, thank you for coming today
Me: No, thank you, I'm happy to be able to meet you!
Yuka: Waah, I'm happy. Ronja-chan right
Me: Yes. Congrats on being 5th in the election
Yuka: Thank you~~~~ waaah, I'm so happy
Me: Your Showroom is so funny. And you're so cute
Yuka: Really? Thank you so much! Please come again
Me: I'd like to!
Yuka: Bye bye

Seriously, she is amazing! So funny and open and happy.. She took so much time to talk to me and I guess everyone else was jealous, because they got way less time with her at the normal handshake.. Ogiyuka just started rising and I'm so happy to be able to talk to her and see in person how amazing she is!

5th slot

In this slot I finally had to decide what to do with my Jurina tickets.. So, I decided to use three of them for other members and keep one just in case for the next event.

Futamura Haruka

Me: Hello, I like you so much
Harutamu: Thank you~
Me: I'm sad that you are graduating but good luck to you!
Harutamu: Thank you! Your Japanese is really good
Me: Not yet
Harutamu: Where are you from (English)
Me: Germany
Harutamu: Guten Tag!
Me: Eeeeeeh, wow. Thank you!
Harutamu: Thank you *waves*

I was so happy to see Harutamu, since she just announced her graduation shortly before. She is part of the SKE48 that I really liked around 2014 and I always had a soft spot for her. I thought she would be rising even higher, but I understand her decision to leave the group. She was so so so beautiful, I'm not kidding. She is definitely one of the most beautiful Idols I ever met!

6th slot

Suda Akari

Dasu: Okaeri
Me: Tadaima! Congrats on being 6th in the election
Dasu: Thank you~~~ I want to go to Germany!
Me: Please come, I'll wait for you

Wow, one ticket with her is really not enough to talk about anything.. It was still really nice and she said Okaeri *-*

Kitagawa Ryouha

So I was meeting another foreign SKE fan and I was actually talking to him about how I'm not sure if I should change the tickets. I asked him about Ryoha and he said I should give it a shot, especially if I also mentioned Miyazawa Sae (we talked about her since we both loved her). So I thought to give Ryouha a try:

Uha: Eeeh
Me: Hello, you're cute
Uha: Thank you
Me: I was also a Miyazawa Sae Oshi
Uha: Tebasaki~
Me: Tebasaki~ I support you!
Uha: Thank you~~~

Ryouha was a bit surprised to see a foreigner.. And you could literally see her face lighten up when I mentioned Sae! That was the cutes thing ever. I see how she can be a bit shy otherwise but it was really nice to meet her!

I changed another ticket for a member who I also liked for quite some time (and who was just elected as Next Girls center):

Kato Yuuka

Uuka: Eeeh
Me: Hello, Congrats on being 33rd
Uuka: Thank you (in English)
Me: Ooh English! Thank you
Uuka: Thank you *makes heart pose*

Uuka was really cute, her smile was brighter than the sun. But really, it was so cool to meet her and she was just making heart poses and winking in the end.. so cute!

7th slot

I had one ticket left with Dasu..

Suda Akari

Me: I'm back!
Dasu: Wow, the 3rd time
Me: Yeah, but this will be the last time.. I'm sad
Dasu: So sad :(
Me: I will support you from Germany!
Dasu: Yay. let's do our best! How do you say 'I love you' in German?
Me: Ich liebe dich
Dasu: Eh
Me: Ich liebe dich
Dasu: Ih liiidi?
Me: That's ok, thank you so much
Dasu: I'm gonna learn that. Thank you!

This was quite long for only one ticket, but Dasu was holding my hands really tight.. She didn't want to let got, so staff couldn't push me out until she let go. The conversation was fun and just the whole situation was amazing.. I hope she will remember me, but I don't even know if I will ever meet ehr again.. would be cool though :)

Another really cool day, and since I was tired after that I went home.

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

Morning Musume '17 Handshake and Cheki Event at Shibuya Belle Salle 2017.03.05 (and 03.19)

I know this is more than a year late, but I still want to talk about my experience of going to a Morning Musume event in Japan. I was very lucky to win the chance to take two pictures with Kudo Haruka, and I also got to shake hands with some of the members.

The event took place on March 5th 2017 in Shibuya. I still remember being really excited about meeting my favourite Idol. I was dreaming about this moment for a long time. I was so excited, that I could just think of one pose that I wanted to do.. The second pose I was still not sure and I thought about just being spontaneous or asking her what she wants to do. Even though she would probably just say peace sign anyways..

So I arrived at the event, waited for the ticket controll, entered the hall, had the security check me and waited in Kudo Haruka's line. Okay, so everything went soooo fast, I remember not really caring about my surroundings so then it was finally time for me to meet Kudo Haruka. I had to show my ticket and because I was so excited I gave the security guy my two tickets. But he said I can only use one at a time.. oops. He also asked me which pose and I said: Kabe-don! I entered the booth (still with the second ticket in my hand, oops) and there she sat. She looked a bit tired but really beautiful and she was all smiling nicely at me. I think I said something like: I like you so much!, but for the most part I just looked at her. So she did the kabe-don and the picture looks like this:

I mean, who didn't have the dream of getting Kabedon from Duu? hahaha
After watching Lilium this was a must have! Even though she looks way too cute in the picture, this is just so so so great! And I was so happy to finally meet her!
But it felt like two seconds and I already had to leave again and get my picture.. Way too fast.

But I still had my second ticket. I lined up again and thought about what to say and do next. I thought about how much I love Sexy Cat no Enzetsu and how the cat pose is really cute too. After the kabe-don I was too scared to ask her for an Ikemen pose, and I rather wanted to do something funny.
When it was my turn, I told the security guy that I wanted to do the Neko-pose.
I went inside and we took this picture:

Haha, she's so cute but again I couldn't really talk to her, because everything was sooo fast! Still a nice experience, and I have two really precious pictures!!

After the Cheki's, I also went for a few Handshakes. This day it has been only 3, so here are my reports:

First, I met Harunan. I was quite excited, because she would be my first Momusu handshake and I love her so much. And wow, she is soooo beautiful in real life and I have the feeling she is just a really nice and funny person!

Me: I love you! You are so stylish and I liked your photobook!
Harunan: Really? Thank you a lot!! Please come again!
Me: I want to go again.
Harunan: Your Japanese is really good.
Me: Oh, thank you!!

This was a really nice handshake and wow Harunan is so lovely! I was really happy to meet her, even though at first I felt a bit awkward talking to her. But

Next, I met Duu. I already met her before for the Cheki's, but I was still soooo nervous.
I was really early at her booth, so I was like the 3rd person, hahaha.. I was exactly at that position, where the security is checking each person. So.. the nice security lady started talking to me. She asked where I'm from and stuff like that and she was just really really nice!! I did feel a bit more relaxed afterwards which was really nice!!

When I saw Kudo, I immediately noticed that she was wearing glasses now. She looked really cute and we were matching because I was also wearing glasses (as you can see in my pictures).

Me: Hello, I'm so happy to be able to meet you. You are my favourite member!
Duu: Thank you. I'm really happy about that. Where are you from?
Me: I'm from Germany!
Duu: Wow, Germany!
Me: I love you
Duu: Thank youuuu

And again, handshakes are simply way too fast. But at least I could say more than when I took pictures with her. She wasn't the most energetic but she seemed genuinely happy. And I don't know, it was just so nice to meet her and tell her that I'm her fan!

Last, but not least I was meeting Yokoyama Reina. She just joined Morning Musume, so I didn't know what to expect but I really wanted to meet her!

Me: Hello, I'm really happy you are in Momusu!
Yokoan: Thank you very much.
Me: You are really cool in BRAND NEW MORNING
Yokoyan: Thank youuu

She seemed also a bit nervous, since this was one of her first handshakes.. maybe I was her first foreigner handshake, who knows (hahaha).
She was really really small and adorable and made a nice first impression on me. I would kind of want to meet her again now, because now that she's over her shyness she is simply the most hilarious girl ever xD

Looking back at the event now, I'm just so happy I could meet Kudo Haruka, but also Harunan and Yokoyan. It was a special event and even though really nervous and kind of awkward, it made me really happy. Especially now, since Kudo graduated from the group. I still got to meet her two times more, but the first time meeting her felt the most special.

extra:
Event 2017.03.19

This day I only went to Shibuya for one picture, so everything was quite fast.
But I got to take a picture with Iibuko Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Kudo Haruka and Oda Sakura!!
This time I went for the heart pose and they were all so happy and cute. Especially Harunan was quite excited to see me.

I think this is my favourite picture with Idols. Not only is it with 4 of my favourite members, everyone looks really cute and I love the heart pose!!
I'm just really so happy to have meet these loevely girls and to have this special memory with them. :)

Makino Maria Birthday Event 2017

This post comes a bit late, but I wanted to write about my experience at Makino Maria's birthday Event. Since I joined the H!P fanclub back when I arrived in Japan, I thought to apply for a few concerts and events before and I won some but there were also some events I didn't win (C-ute's christmas Event for example *cries*). Since I really liked Maria lately (especially since I went to the Momusu concert), I thought why not apply for her birthday event.. she is really funny so this should be a fun event. AND I WON A TICKET!! Yeayyy.

So this was actually the first fanclub event that I attended! I was a bit worried if everything would work out, because you don't get a real ticket, you have to print out a mail and show your H!P ID and a real ID. The event was in Odaiba on the 4th of February so I went there. I was actually not thaaaat early this time, because I know everyone had assigned seats and I didnt want to wait in front of the place for like a long time. So I arrived a few minutes before the doors opened and lined up. I think I was the only foreigner and some people were looking at me, hahaha.. maamaa, everything went smooth, I even bought some Maria photos inside and since you had to buy a drink I got some water.
Then I searched for my seat and I still had to wait for an hour, haha.

When it finally started, I was really really excited. At first there was a video from Suzuki Airi, talking about how she made Maria wear the dress, that she wore at her birthday Event last year. Airi was sooooo cute and I was so happy to see her. But then the main person, Maria was coming in. She rolled in haha. MARIAN LOVERIN!!
She did that like 1000 times, but I like it a lot and she is soo funny. And yeah the MC guy really rolled her in, she sat on some chair on a rolling car thingy haha. Then they talked about her turning 16, what she did and stuff. It was really cute and they also talked about the other members. Then they did some games.

First of a Yes or No game, where Maria had to answer the questions with yes or no. For example, one question was: Are there any members, that haven't gratulated you yet. And she said YES!! Haha, I really wonder who it was XD It went on like that and there were some really funny questions.

After that she had to find some things, so she went through the audience to find them. It had to be things with the initials RA, BU, RI and N.. so RABURIN (LOVErin). The N one was really weird and she picked up one guy. And for RI she picked up a little Rikako merch. And then the real Rikako came in. Woohoooo, that was so cool xD I like Rikako a lot and even though it seemed to be a bit awkward at first, it was cool to see her. Since Maria found all the things, she got some Honey food and they both tried it. It seemed to be quite good, haha.

The next corner was a magician guy who read the future for Maria. That one was ok, not as funny as the previous games. He said something about maria getting fat in a few years and then they called her Maria DOUBLE rin which I found really awful. Like, apparently that is Japanese humour but I really hate comments like this. And it is her birthday event, so I wish they could have been a little more uplifting. Ah and one more thing, even if she did gain more weight, there would be absolutely no problem and we should really talk about the beauty standards for Idols.
Anyways, I had to talk about this..

After that she had her live corner, after which there was a video of Mai (and Airi) and they were singing Happy Birthday for Maria!! That was so cute and of course we were joining in as well!!
After everything was over and when going out, Maria was actually standing there and we could wave her! She was sooo cute up close and I was really happy.

The event went over waaay too fast but it was so much fun!!!
I really like Maria's personality, she was so funny and cute. Her interaction with the MC and the fans was really good and I came to like her even more. At first I fell a bit out of place but later I was able to enjoy the event to the fullest and had such a good time!
Maria is just such a cutie and I can't wait to see more of 12th gen and Morning Musume in general.

That's it for now. There was a lot more but these are the main things and my thoughts. :)

Nogizaka46 Handshake Event at Makuhari Messe 2017.01.22

And I'm back with another handshake report from Makuhari Messe today. This time it's just a really short wrap-up, since I only met one Nogizaka46 member. Butcoming back to the place, it felt really nice. I think I'm getting used to going to events, haha.

So, what I noticed this time, the place inside was smaller.. which makes sense, because there are less members and stuff. But on the other hand, there were still soooo freaking many fans. o.o
The security check was first and then you had to show your ticket a bit later. Which means everyone can enter the hall. Next to the main event was also a goods stand and some Birthday event people. Sooo.. after entering I had to line up again, show my ticket and then find my lane.

WAKATSUKIIII was number 8. Yes, I won a Waka-sama handshake ticket. I actually applied for Naachan too, but didn't win any. Since this was actually the first time I ordered a handshake ticket, I just stayed with with the one ticket. Should have taken more maybe, but yeah. I really like Wakatsuki though!
So I lined up for her. It was packed, but not thaaaat much. Other lines were more packed *cough* Nanase and co. I was there almost exactly at 10 when the slot started, Wakatsuki was early and everything went quite fast. Guess who was standing next to Wakatsuki? Of course it was Reika!! I could clearly see her and she looks SO BEAUTIFUL. Well, actually for members that are not next to the Idol you are meeting, it's actually not possible to see them because of walls in front of them. I could see Kazumin on the other side, but that's it.. That's one big difference to AKB48 handshake event, though it was also hard to see more Idols there, haha.
So, when it was finally my turn, I noticed that she had a mask. I was prepared for almost everything, but that shocked me a bit. It's the first time meeting an Idol with a mask, which then means she is not feeling that well. Well, kudos for her that she still came, though she should rest if it's to bad.

Me: Good Morning, I love you!
Waka: Oh, thank you.
Me: Are you ok?
Waka: Yeah, I'm sorry for making you feel worried.
Me: It's ok.
Waka: Please come again.
Me: I will

So that one was so short.. I didn't even realize I was meeting her, haha. No I noticed her eyes and since I love her eyes that was nice. They are so beautiful.
Since I worried for her, I wanted her to know that we fans care for her. But she kinda turned it around a bit and apologized for not feeling well. WHICH SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO. But she was still so sweet and I'm happy she at least said more then just yes and thank you. And she told me to come again, which I really want to!!
I'm not disappointed,, I do feel sorry for her. It was still nice to finally see her because I do love her a lot!! And Nogizaka events are also interesting. I noticed that thousands of people were lining up for the goods, hahaha.

I was done at 10:30, so I walked around Makuhari for a few hours. Tokyo Bay is close, so I took a look and there was a Marathon, which was also interesting to see! There was also a little Japanese garden called which only costed 100 Yen, so I went there and it was beautiful.

So all in all I had a quite relaxing day with only one handshake and a bit of walking around.
It's really nice to meet a member you love and I hope I can meet Nanase once on my lifetime, too.
I really hope Waka-sama gets well soon though!!
And I have to get better at talking, hahaha

AKB48 Handshake Event at Makuhari Messe 2017.01.08

Second day of handshake Event has started.

For this day I had to get up even earlier. I had to be there for the 1st slot, so I woke up at 6 and arrived at 8:50 at Makuhari Messe. There were more people than the day before, probably because of the time. Luckily, there were some lines for only women, so I was also quite fast through the Security check. especially now that I know how everything works. My first member was Sasshi and I found her lane fast and arrived almost exactly at 9 o'clock, which was the start of Slot 1. There were actually not thaaat many people and once again I didn't win any sign. :( Sasshi was late almost 20 minutes!!! In the mean time I watched other members. Guess who was next to her? Holy Sakura xD But she looked a bit different to me? Maybe she was tried or not feeling well, I don't know. I think she looked at me once though ;) I could see Maria coming into the hall and she is really small. On the other side next to Sasshi was Hana and she looked so beautiful. I could also see cutie Mio!
When Sasshi finally came, it went really fast.

Sasshi: Ara (Oh)
Me: Happy New Year, ganbatte ne!
Sasshi: You are really good.
Me: Eh.. Thank you
*time*
Sasshi: Thank you
Me: You're cute

So this was the fastest I had until now. 5 seconds maybe? I was really fast with the Happy New Year and she complimented my Japanese xD Her "ara" in the beginning was really funny, but except for that it was simply too little time. And she didn't hold my hands too tightly, so I got pushed away really easily. Should have mentioned Momusu, that would have been funnier xD But she looked really beautiful, I still don't get why they call her ugly. Since she was late, I had a bit less time left, but I was still early for Jurina's lane.
Dasu and Rara looked cute again and I waited for Jurina. She wrote on Twitter, that she wanted us to talk, because she didn't feel too well, so I prepared to talk about Nagoya. xD

Me: You look cute today, too!
Jurina: Oh, you are from Yesterday.
Me: Oh, yeah. I went to Nagoya recently
Jurina: Oh really?
Me: Yes, it was really good.
Jurina: eeeeh
*time*
Me: SKE is the best!

So now that I wanted to talk, she started again xD she recognized me from the day before!! *-* that's great and I think she was happy that I went to Nagoya.

After that I had a lot of time again. So, I waited. I actually didn't go earlier to Jurina's line this time. I arrived at 12 and there was a really long line xD But still, it went quite fast but I didn't win a sign. I gave up hope hahaha. In line I saw a girl behind me who was really excited when she could see Jurina. So cute. When there was only one person left in front of me, Jurina went to the disabled line. Since it was next to hers, I could look at her the whole time. She's so beautiful!!
And she was smiling at me, aaah

Me: Yeay, Thank you for remembering me!!
Jurina: Of course I remember you. What's your Name?
Me: It's Ronja, Ronja!
Jurina: Ronja! That's cute
Me: Thank you

SHE ASKED FOR MY NAME. Wow. I was hoping for this, but didn't expect it though. Best handshake!! I don't know how she could top this, haha.

4th slot hima, so I ate, watched the screen and walked around..

Then it was the last time to see Jurina. I felt kind of sad and didn't want to go..

Me: Hey, this is my last. Thank you so much!!
Jurina: Oh no, I feel lonely *pouts*
Me: But I want to meet you again!
Jurina: Thank you!! *smile*
Time
Me: Oh and congratulations for your Coming of Age
Jurina: It's tomorrow, ne. Bye byeee

I said everything that I wanted to say for once, hahaha. She even looked a bit sad.. I knew it was still early, but I wanted to gratulate her for the Coming of Age day tomorrow, because I already so a lot of people in Kimonos and stuff. But yeah, this was the saddest one.. *cries*

So I only had a last one left and that was Megu. I like her a lot, but I don't know her that well yet, so I was thinking about what to say to her. I went to her lane earlier and saw way too many people. Her lane 31 was Yuiri's lane in the slot before and there were hundreds of people still waiting for her.. wow. Sooo, I had to wait a lot and 20 minutes after the slot should have started, the lane was moved to number 45, I was lucky that I had only one member, because in total I had to wait almost 1 hour xD But it was worth it:

Me: Hello and happy new year. Love yuuu
Megu: Eh, wow!! Thank you.. Where are you.. (from?)
Me: I'm from Germany!
Megu: Germany!!! Please come again :)

WOW, she was super cute. Okay if you didn't know Megu, please check her out. I don't think she had that many foreign fans before yet, because she did seem surprised. Okay everyone seemed surprised (except for Jurina, she was chill) but Megu looked really let's say interested? Like such an honest look of happy surprise. When she was asking where I'm from, it wasn't a normal question. She started to ask and then made a pause and I just answered, haha. It felt a bit like we know each other, which may sound a bit weird, but it was so much fun. And I liked how she told me to come again! She's the cutest!!

After that, it was already later than I thought, so I went outside. There were some birthday teams where you could write messages to members who have their birthdays soon. Since Jurina's is also in 2 months, I wrote a message for her. The birthday team also looked at me really curious but I was so shy and almost dead, so I didn't really talk to them. Some Ooya birthday team girls tried to talk to me in Neglish though, and Kaotan's team also smiled and nodded at me. That was kind of funny xD

I wanted to check out the place out a bit more afterwards, but it was raining a lot, so I just went home.
Next time I will check it out more, I mean, it's at Tokyo Bay, I should be able to see water and stuff *-*

So this day was also a really, really nice experience and I had a lot of fun. Maybe I had a bit too much freetime but I got used to everything over the two days. Now I know how it works, so I'm definitely going there again when they release their next single!! I want to meet Jurina again and there are a few other girls that I want to meet once in a lifetime. For example I aways liked Mayuyu but never thaaaat much but still, seeing her from far away makes me want to meet her. Sakura I don't know.. I do like her a lot, but hmmm..Sayanee is a must (if I get a ticket) and maybe some other SKE members like Ryouha or Churi. Damn, why didn't Sae graduate one year later..

I'm having a 2shot event in June, but who knows, maybe I even meet Idols before that again.
I love Idols :')

AKB48 Handshake Event at Makuhari Messe 2017.01.07

I finally attended an AKB48 Handshake Event last weekend. I ordered the handshake tickets with their single "High Tension", which was released back in November. I was actually really really lucky and won almost everything I applied for! (on the downside I won almost nothing for the new album 2shots). I applied for both Events, saturday and sunday. I mostly wanted to meet Jurina and won all the tickets I applied for her, which was really cool. so I could meet her 6 times!
Let's talk about saturday first:

I had to wake up quite early, because my first Ticket was for Slot 2 and it took me 1 hour 20 minutes to Makuhari Messe. I  arrived at the Messe hall around 10. and everything went really fast. I didn't have any problems with my Trains, neither with finding the Messe place. Even for non-Japanese speaking people it is actually quite easy to find the place. I bought food from the Conbini and went through the Security Check. It was really fast as you simply have to show one of your tickets and they checked my bag and and I had to drink a bit from my water  (which I knew before, so I wasn't surprised). Coming inside the hall, it is really big actually so I checked the lanes places on a map hanging near the antrance. For this part it is good to know your member's Kanjis, because there is a list with their lanes only with Kanjis. But on the actual lined, there are also romaji. I was still early, but Jurinas lane already got formed, so I lined up and waited until 10:30. Then they checked our tickets and ID cards again and I had to press a button and didn't win a sign card :'(

 Jurina was a few minutes late and in the mean time I checked people around me and other members. The first member I actually saw from a far was Dasu. her line was close to Jurinas and she looked so genki and bubbly. I really need to talk to her, too. She's one of only ones, that I didn't win any tickets.
Between Dasu and Jurina' s line was a lane for disabled people and different members came from their booths to this place. I saw some cute interactions and for example, I could see Ryoha, Nao and Minarun.
On the other side of Jurinas booth I could see Rara really clearly. She's super cute even she looked really quite young. Since she had the video special, some people could take a video of her. She looked also really cute doing that.
When Jurina finally appeared I could already see her a bit from far away, but not really until I was closer. And she looked really really beautiful. Still have to her uses to her new blonde hair colour, but I think it fits her (though I like dark more). I was really excited and tried to think about what to say again. And then it was finally my turn and she took my hands.

Me: Hello
J: Thank you
Me: This is my first handshake Event. I love you!
J: Hey, (our hairstyle) looks similar
Me: Yeah, right!
J: Come again, please!
Me: Yes!
*staff started to push me away but she made a heart pose with me*

That was my first ever handshake, hahaha. Thats what I wanted to tell her, but she started talking about our hair. Sasuga Jurina xD That confused me a bit, but I think that was something really cute and unexpected. In the end, when she did the heart, I was even more confused, but I managed to make a heart with her, haha. That was really really sweet from her. And wow, she is really such a lovely Person and tries to make her fans happy!! And she is auch a beauty!

After that, I went to the toilet and then I checked out the place. There are so many members haha. But it's really hard to see members when you are not in their lane or next to them. There are just too many fans xD especially at booths from like Sayanee or Sakura. I sat down die a bit and watched some videos on the big screen.

When it was 11:45 I went to Jurinas line again, as the next slot started at 12:00. Of course it started a bit later but when the line was formed I was again quite early; didn't win a sign though.. when I was waiting I had an even better view of Rara. There was one moment when she didn't have any fans in line, so I smiled at her. I'm not sure if she saw me, but she smiled, too.
When it was almost my turn the OJS48 Stuff guy was also smiling at me really nicely. Maybe he recognized me again, and I was really nervous, so it was cute :)
Then it was my turn again.
Jurina actually grabbed my hands a bit differently this time, which surprised me a bit.

Me: Jurina!! You are cute
Jurina: You are cute.
Me: No, no
*slight pause*
Jurina: Where are you from?
Me: Germany!
Jurina: Wow, Germany. That' really cool.
You are stylish
Me: Thank you!
*staff starts pushing me away*
Jurina: Thank you, bye bye. Cuuute
Me: Bye bye

This one was also really cute, though there was a little pause after I said she looks cute. But even though it's boring, I wanted to tell her that. So she asked the obvious thing, where I was from. Well, I was kind of waiting for that question actually xD so when I said Germany, she went a bit crazy, saying how cool that is. You know, kakkoi!! That was really funny and she also said I'm stylish. Without context though XD

Even though it was fun, I was looking forward to the last meeting. But I had the whole 4th slot free, so I sat down again and watched the screen and ate something. Actually, there are also some food booths, one of them being from the AKB cafe and a goods stand.
And I started writing this xD so when it was closer to the start of 5th slot, I went to Jurina's line again. It's really relaxing to have just one member in one slot, because I don't have to worry about missing something. So this time, some fans talked to me!! Especially one oder guy started talking to me in English and there were two guys who also joined in. The guy who started talking to me was from Nagoya and we talked about Idols, Japan and Germany. It was really interesting and they were so nice. I have a nice image of Idol fans now xF One of them was even in Germany before xD it was a bit awkward at first,  but in the end we were making jokes :D
The old guy even showed me a two shot with Jurina *cries* She was 10 minutes late, but then she finally appeared. By the way, now next to her lane wasn't Rara anymore, it changed to Kuma-chan. She looks also nice and cute!! I could also see Sarina and some NGT member came once.
So it was my turn again:

Me: Heeey, are your hands ok?
J: *grabs my hands really tightly* Yes, thank you! You are really nice!
Me: Your blonde hair really looks a bit similar to mine. Looks Good in you
J: It is similar, right.
Time
J: (in English )I Love you! *kiss mouth*
Me: I love you! See you tomorrow

The first two times I was really nervous but this one was better. So I asked her about her hands, because she hurt them yesterday. But she just hold my hands more tightly.. wow. I wanted to say something about the wrestling thing, but turned back to her hair again, hahaha. It was just so cute, that she said we look similar *-* so we mentioned that again and then the time was over again and she said I love you with a kiss mouth. She really likes kisses ne xD
And so I said "See you tomorrow" because I wanted her to know, that I will come back xD But her English I love you was really cute and I like how that was the only thing she said in English xD

With that my Jurina experience of that day has ended. She is awesome!

So I had to wait again until 7th slot.. Sat back, ate something and prepared for Tano-chan. Another one of my favourites.
When I went to the direction of her line, some other members were just leaving, so some fans greeted them. One of the members was Mayuyu!!! I could really really recognized her very well, even though I was quite far away. The fans were going crazy and Mayuyu did some clapping thing with them. Everyone was clapping when she was clapping. That was really cool and I had so much fun. After Mayuyu, Yukirin left and even though I couldn't see her as well as Mayuyu, I still saw her and that was awesome!! Some other members like Yuiri were also leaving.
Then I could line up for Tano-chan. The line wasn't as long as Jurina's, you can clearly see a difference between the popular and not so popular members. Didn't win a Nengajou from her :/
She was a bit late, so I could see Goto Moe on one side and Seina on the other. Both looked really cute!!
Then Tano finally came and I could tell from my place that she looked really stylish. But the guy in front  me said something weird and kind of rude. I didn't understand everything, but he said something about her clothes being too white. Her shirt was really white, but I didn't get why he was a bit angry about that.. well, Tano looked a bit confused and then it was my turn

Tano: Thank you!
Me: You look really stylish
Tano: Really? Thank you. Your head is so small, ne
Me: Eh? I'm from Germany by the way
Tano: Eeeeeeh, Germany?
*time, but she still holds my hands tightly*
Me: Love you!

Meeting Tano was a really nice experience. It was a more relaxing and I had a bit more time ;) I really think she is stylish, and even more because of the guy before me I had to tell her. But then she said that my head is small, hahaha. That is a compliment, so I didn't know how to react. It's not even thaaat small xD It turned into me telling her I'm from Germany, hahaha. Well, she was also really surprised! And the best thing: she held my hand really really tightly, even when it was time to go for me. :o the Security gut was starting to push me out but she didn't let go, haha. I told her I love her, but then I really had to go. I definitely look forward to seeing her again!! I felt so relaxed and she is such a beauty. *-*

That was my first Hanshake Day. After this I was really tired and went to sleep almost immediately at home. So many things happened and I saw so many Idols! Especially Jurina looked like on picture or even more beautiful! I really liked her interactions. Tano-chan was a bit different but I felt so at ease talking with her! xD
Overall, this was a nice first day!!

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!!