AKB48, News, SDN48 → CK in Japan Spring 2012…Riding Out the Storm
So it isn’t like these trips I take never run into the occasional hitch. The good news was that I had managed to win a Team K show for Tuesday night. For those of you who pay attention to the goings on around AKB, you know how hard it is to win shows these days. But a huge storm decided to hit hit Tokyo today, causing much of the city to shut down early. That includes the AKB48 Theater. So my win just turned into nothing. According to the email I received there will be some sort of “compensation”, but I have no idea what that will look like. (Update: looks like the compensation is an “automatic win” next week. I hope it works, I leave next week. So I basically have one opportunity)
And I was so excited to cheer for Moeno and Yui too! Anyway…
Since I am basically riding out the storm in my hotel, I will post about a few things happening while I am here. Beginning with this…
The answer to a question I posed on this blog was answered recently by the announcement of this event, and the announcement that Hatakeyama Chisaki, along with SDN48′s Mitsui Hiromi are forming a singing duo called ChaMin. Unfortunately I wasn’t lucky enough to win a ticket to Chaki’s event tomorrow night. But I still might head over there to buy goods. She has a few cute little items for sale. And one never knows, maybe I can weasel my way in. I doubt it, but you never know, right?
What’s that? Takamina announcing the stations for the Yamanote Line? If you haven’t heard, one of the trains on the Yamanote inner loop (at least it was inner loop when I rode it) is completely adorned with AKB48 decor as a promotion for one of the local conbinis. Forgive the crappy camerawork as it was basically the first time I was using it and I didn’t realize I was holding the camera sideways. I will try to get better footage later this week.
Finally, a nice little report on that great SDN concert from last weekend. I cannot wait for it to come out on DVD!
I am playing the rest of the week by ear, leading up to the big upcoming weekend. I have a lot of handshake tickets, and one other little event in store. One thing is for sure, I will defimitely be making an ass out of myself in front of many idols…
and what’s wrong with that? As long as they remember me.
CK in Tokyo