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Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp Live in Concert is coming in Osaka this month　[musical]

I thought I wanted to see it in Kansai area, Osaka,and Hyogo, when I knew in the web that Anthony Rapp performed in the show, "Without you" in Seoul. After several months, I knew the news that Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp was coming for a concert in Japan this year and I was very exciting. As I expected, the concert was Tokyo as well as the musical, RENT that they performed last year. Ah, I was sad because Tokyo is so far for me. I was at a loss whether to go or gave up to Tokyo.
I checked Anthony Rapp's Japanese fan site by chance after few weeks. The site introduced the schedule for Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp Live in Concert Japan tour. Wow! I noticed there are Osaka performance. Fantastic!! It was correct to get ticket in Tokyo performance and reserved Shinkansen, limited express, ticket and hotel! They play it in 25 and 26 December. The tickets sold already. Oh, I have to get ticket!

I called my friends who likes to see musicals or a play and I asked them to the concert. One of them was ok. I hesitate to ask which date she wanted to go because I guessed she would spend the time surely with her boyfriend in Christmas though I guessed they would sing Christmas song in concert if we could go in Christmas and I wanted to go as possible. I thought it was good to share to enjoy with my friend than I went to the concert alone in Christmas Day. After all, I asked her the question, which date do you go? We decided to go in 26 December and I got tickets hurry.

When we met recently for have dinner, I knew she would be free in Christmas day because she said Chistmas day was ok. Oh, no! I shoudn't buy ticket hurry! Even if I got ticket that they would play in Christmas day, her boyfriend might change schedule in the day.(I hope they spend the time then.) Anyway, I will enjoy the concert. I am looking forward to the concert!

P.S. The concert's commercial message suddenly is on the air after December came. I wonder the tickets don't sell much.

I want to go the event, Thunder Bunny Over The World!　[life]

I checked RodneyFun.com by chance because I didn't see his goods recently. I knew there are Rodney Alan Greenblat's autograph session in Thunder Bunny Over The World, his event in this autumn. The news made me really excited because I love his picture all the time. Especially, I love PJ BERRI and Wonder Mew. It was a girl's fashion magazine, MC sister when I knew him at first and I became love his pictures. I read the magazines every month when I was high school student and the magazines introuduced his pictures or him many times. (But I forgot the reason and I remebered his picture's booth had in the fashion magazine's event an exhibition called Sister Festival in Tokyo that I would go and the magazine introuduced the booth in the fastival's report.)

I think Rodney Alan Greenblat's pictures are famous in Japan as a illustrator who designed Japanese women music group, PUFFY's CD jackets or play station's game software, PaRappa the Rapper's CD jacket in 1996 because PUFFY and parappa the rapper were popular in Japan.
<---He designed their CD jackets.
But I think the magagizes introduced him before he designed PUFFY's CD jeckets. So, I saw his goods in supermarket or shops, (Kiddyland and more), after the software became a hit and I was moved his goods because his goods sold even though it was rural supermarket. Of course, I bought his goods then.

When Familymart, Japanese popular convenience store, released lunch boxs and desserts that he designed packages and conducted a prize that his goods that it weren't sale could get, I often went to familymart and bought them because I had to collect application stickers that they put for enter the prize and I entered the prize many times. (I won Limited Edition sticker and I was happy. But I would win another goods.)

miss Kurukuru, a dessert that Familymart sold a long time ago <--- The dessert that I often ate for prize. It's really long-forgotten dessert!

Asia meal, a lunch box that Familymart sold a long time ago <--The lunch box that I ate for prize.

When a cellphone conducted a campaign that new contracted customers (maybe, I thought customers that new cellphone bought were ok.) got Thunder Bunny original cellphone strap, I sighed into the cellphone for get it. Maybe there are 2 or 3 times like a campaign and I bought new cellphone and I got the goods (PUFFY & Thunder Bunny & Wonder Mew Limited Edition strap or mug) whenever the events.
I often went to a exhibition that we could see his works, NEW STUDIO RODNEY, and bought Limited Edition goods that we could buy only the event. I still use the mouse pad that I bought in the event.

NEW STUDIO RODNEY
http://www.whimsyload.com/cgi-bin/shop/shopdetail.cgi?id=POS-105&keyword=POS-&category=
<---It's the exhibition that I often went. But I went to the exhibition at Parco department store in Otsu.

<---The mouse pad that I bought in the event.

<---A mechanical pencil and colored pencil that I use when I am studying for pass a exam.

Anyway, I love his pictures. I want to go Thunder Bunny Over The World because it's rare to meet him and I am in time for Thunder Bunny Over The World in Kyoto. Since I will have something else to do in the day, I hope I manage to go there in time.

Thunder Bunny Over The World (Japanese)<--You can see pictures that the event will sell.

cafe Rodney(Japanese) <---I really had gone the cafe when I went to Tokyo and the cafe closed.

TM NETWORK's hit single, SEVEN DAYS WAR will be covered by Ayumi Hamasaki this month　[music]

The day of yestarday, I knew that Ayumi Hamasaki's new single will release a song, "SEVEN DAYS WAR", TM NETWORK's hit single, as a cover version and I was surprised it because I love TM NETWORK. I thought it was unexpected that she covered their song.

<---This is her new single. You can listen a song, "SEVEN DAYS WAR" that she sings.

TM NETWORK is Japanese 3 men music group, Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine and Tetsuya Komuro, and the sing was released a single "SEVEN DAYS WAR" in 1988 as a theme song of Japanese movie "Bokura no nanokakan sensou" (It means our 7 days war in English. The movie is a story of junior school students who their teachers and parents rebelled.).

<---"SEVEN DAYS WAR" was a theme song of this Japanese movie.

<--- I have seen the movie, "Bokura no nanokakan sensou" in TV a long time ago. Rie Miyazawa who she was the movie's leading actress and Japanese popular idol was cute.

Their famous song is "Get wild", a famous anime "City hunter" opening theme song and released in 1987. They hit the sing and became a star. Many musician and music group have recorded and released the song. I am always fed up with news that they recorded and released the song as a CD. Especially, I couldn't understand that "Get wild" would release by globe, other Japanese music group that Tetsuya Komuro who "Get wild" composed has because I thought that all TM NETWORK's fan are never globe's fan and I couldn't understand why Tetsuya Komuro's other Japanese group covered and Tetsuya Komuro's wife, the group's vocalist, sang the song regard of it's one of special songs for many TM NETWORK's fan.

<---Chosinsei covered "Get wild" in July. When I saw their promotion video that they sing "Get wild" in TV, I was surprised.

So, it wasn't bad that she recorded thier other song except "Get wild" and Japanese famous singer like her covered thier song because it's good effect that young man or woman who they doesn't know TM NETWORK might listen thier song. Anyway, I hope that many people listen thier song　in the world. I hope that she will sing the song music TV program like "music station", popular Japanese music TV program and the song takes notice.

SEVEN DAYS WAR TM NETWORK the words information - goo music
<---You can see the song's words.

<---This video is their peformance that they sang "SEVEN DAYS WAR" in their final concert as a group, TMN. When they sing and play the song, fans sing in chorus in a part of chorus that many people sing. When I saw the video yestarday after a long time, I remembered that I couldn't go the concert (because Tokyo domed baseball stadium was so far for me) and I was young and I shed tears. I wish I had gone there and sung this song in chorus.

Galbo chips, Japanese chocolate chips　[sweets]

I ate Galbo chips White and cocoa in these days. Meiji company, Japanese very popular confectionary maker sell the chips. It was nice sweets.

<---- This is the chip that I ate in these days.





The next day, I saw the video that RENT musical member who will play in Korea appeared by chance. I found out Galbo chips in the video. Wow! How great that I can see the chips such a video that members that I saw RENT musical last year appear. Moreover, he put a Miyako combu (Miyako sea tangle), Japanese long seller snack, besides Galbo chips. How great! Miyako combu match Japanese green tea. Since these snack seemed to be packed, I wonder that someone presented him (or them) it.


<---This is Galbo chips. (It's original.)


<---This is Galbo ball, new sweets that Galbo chips related. As I go to some supermarket, I see shelves that many Galbo ball put.

Miyako combu official site (Japanese):
http://www.nakanobussan.co.jp/index.html

http://www.nakanobussan.co.jp/index.html <---You can see how to make miyako combu in pictures.

Sagebrush soft ice cream in Shizugatake service area　[sweets]

I ate Sagebrush soft ice cream in Shizugatake service area at first.

<---This is Sagebrushsoft ice cream.

　Indeed it was a little bit raw Sagebrush smell. But I thought it was more nice than order mixed soft ice cream, vanilla icecream with a sagebrush swirl or soft ice cream with soda pop.

Shizugatake service area information (Service area guide Official site) (English):
http://en-c-exis.jp/sapa/Shizugatake-SA-Kanazawa<---You can see Gourmet, Shopping in Shizugatake service area.

Sagebrush soft ice cream information in Shizugatake service area (English):
http://en-c-exis.jp/detail/snack/299<---You can see information about Safebrush soft ice cream.

Taberogu Official Site (Japanese):
Shizugatake service area
http://bit.ly/c5nXCs<---You can see photos about food etc.

GODIVA Chocolixir White Chocolate Double Strawberry　[restaurant and cafe]

It's very hot day in Kyoto and Shiga in these days. So, I went to GODIVA shop to drink a Chocolixir. It is easy to go to it in Mitsui Outlet park Ryuo. But the shop was very crowed for eat Chocolixir as I went to there. Maybe, about 50 people were wait for a line. Since I don't want to be wait for a line, I guessed the shops in Kyoto wasn't crowded because it was weekday then, I decided to go Kyoto.

As expected, the shop wasn't crowded at all. Licky! Anyway, I ordered Chocolixir White Chocolate Double Strawberry. We sat down chair and waiter gave me it.

<---It was really cold as my body got cold. But it was nice!

<---Chocolixir Milk Chocolate Banana. It's limited edition.

When I looked for GODIVA shop to introduce places where we can eat it in Kyoto in my blog, I noticed that I seems to can eat it in Mina Kyoto and Warnar mycal cinemas. Really!? Though I didn't need to go Kyoto, the cinemas don't sell it until 15 this month. After all, it was good to go Kyoto to drink it.

When we left Kyoto station, I found out Sprink Awake's poster that Shiki company will play in Kyoto from 10 October, the first stage in Kansai area. I want to gooooo!!!!!!!

<---Spring Awake's poster that put nearby JR Kyoto Isetan, very famous depertment store, because Kyoto theater where play the musical is nearby the depeartment store.

GODIVA Official Site (Japanese):
http://www.godiva.co.jp/welcome.php

http://www.godiva.co.jp/ products/chocolixir.php <---You can find out where you can drink Chocolixir in Japan.

Gion Koishi, famous Japanese tea salon in Kyoto　[restaurant and cafe]

I went to Gion Koishi to eat a ice shavings recently. The cafe is very famous Japanese tea salon nearby Yasaka shrine in Kyoto and often wait for a line. But it was lucky to order without wait for a line.
It's popular to eat a ice shavings. Especially, Wagamama goori is very popular. There are 4 type Wagamamagoori, Kokutou mitsu (=black suger syrup), Kokutou milk (=black suger milk), Uji (=Green tea), milk.

　<---This is Wagamama goori, limited menu during the end of April to September. It's Kokutou mitsu.

<----It's Wagamama goori Uji.

<--- There are black suger syrup jelly and green tea jelly and bean jam and more. It's main salespoint is the hidden jaellies and bean jam called anmitsu within.

<---This is Uji milk cream kintoki.

<---It's Maikosan no okeiko gaeri Natsu kan that I order in this case. The hidden icecream and jelly.

Gion Koishi Official site(Japanese):
http://www.g-koisi.com/index.php

http://www.g-koisi.com/cafe_menu.html <---You can see menu.

When I passed Shijyo street by car to come back to home, some police man tried to regulate Shijyo street for regulation of traffic in Gion festival, famous festival on July in Kyoto. If I get back to home after several minutes, we couldn't pass it.

<---If you are around Shijyo street, Kyoto in July, you might see a Yamahoko like these picture. In addtion, it is very crowed in Yamahoko jyunko, the most climax even, on 17th July.

<---It is the video about Gion festival.

<---It is the highlight scene in Yamahoko jyunko. When I was child, I used to watch live broadcast on Kyoto television.

I could go Mitsui outlet park Shiga Ryuo　[life]

I went to Mitsui outlet park Shiga Ryuo. Though it wasn't terrible congested at all, all parking lot was full. So, I parked my car in temporary lot. Customers who parked in the lot had to take a bus to the entrance of Outlet park because it was prohibition to walk from the lot to the entrance.

I went to Yutori no kuukan produced Harumi Kurihara, it was rather small shop and I didn't buy any goods. I didn't buy any goods in LE CREUSET and Fissler shop, too.

KUA'AINA was very crowded. When I knew there was KUA'AINA I felt that I could eat the hamburger in Shiga even if I didn't go Hawaii or Tokyo. I will go it after about harf year pass.

Though I could eat a crepe in TOKYO CREPE GIRL, the shop waited for a line,too and it seemed to take a time to make it. I gave it up. It seemed to be popular in Singapore. Is it true to be close?

Anyway, I will go it for eating a food in weekday because weekend and summer vacation season will be crowed.

Shiga guide (Japanese):
http://www.gaido.jp/clickalbum/detail.php?ID=2554&gaido_code=1 <--- You can see many pictures in the Outlet park.

The article about the outlet park in last weekend on Kyoto nespaper online (Japanese only)
http://mainichi.jp/area/shiga/news/20100711ddlk25020298000c.html<--- About 7000 peoples went to there before open time, 10:00 am.

Mitsui outlet park Shiga Ryuo opened yestarday!　[life]

Mitsui outlet park Shiga Ryuo opened yestarday. The outlet park is the first outlet shopping mall in Shiga and the most big outlet shopping mall in Kansai area. Especially,25 shops is the first outlet shop in Japan.

Mitsui outlet park official site (English):
http://www.31op.com/shiga/foreign/index_en.html

Since it was pre-open in the day before yesterday, I went to Ryuo to go there with my husband to go food shop. But it was terrible congested and we gave up immediately and went to home. I looked for articles about the outlet mall, it was congested about 13 kilometer. It happened big bad traffic congestion in Konan city, Omihachiman city, Yasu city nearby Ryuo as Moriyama city (nearby Yasu city), Ritto city(nearby Moriyama city).

You can read the article in Kyoto newspaper online and yahoo Japan news online site.
The article on Kyoto nespaper online (Japanese only) about traffic congestion in pre-open outlet part Shiga Ryuo
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20100707000178

The article on yahoo Japan new online (Japanese only) about traffic congestion in pre-open outlet part Shiga Ryuo
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100708-00000106-mailo-l25

I think it's really strange to urge to go the outlet park by train and bus in the official website. We can't go Ryuo on train directly and have to change bus or taxi from JR Omihachiman or Yasu station. It is inconvenience to go Ryuo without car. So, many people living Shiga will go there on car. In addtion, it made very close to the Ryuo Interchange. Why it made about 500 meters from the Ryuo Interchange? This is Mitsui estate's expectation that people living Tokai area, (Mie, Nagoya, Gihu etc..) and Hokuriku area like Hukui prefecture. They can go there on the car than train and bus. The company should have considered the traffic congestion for resident living Ryuo and nearby Ryuo.

Anyway, I felt that it avoids to pass National Highway Route 8 and 477, main road to Hikone or Kusatu and more, and Ryuo and Ritto Interchange because I guess that these road are congested to go there, especially weekend, Golden week (on 3-5 May), Obon Festival.(on 13-15 August), in the end of the year and the beginning of the year. I am sad and angry to avoid to pass Nation Highway Route 8.

<-- You can see these shop, (Wacoal lovers market, UNITED ARROWS Outlet and more) in the outlet mall.

<---You can see Chichin puipui, a popular Kansai TV program. I think that it might be good for studying Japanse because the TV program use panel everday and you can read and listen Japanese.

<---You can see Kinki area map that there are outlet mall and information in Mitsui outlet park Shiga Ryuo. (Maybe the TV program is News Yu+, evening TV program in Kansai area.) Though I don't want to buy clothes in outlet mallat at all, I want to go Yutori no kuukan produced Harumi Kurihara, popular cooking artist in Japan.

Scrapbooking -snow day-　[scrapbooking]

I made a scrapbook when I watched a soccer game, FIFA World cup, Japan VS Cameroon, in TV.
(Of course, I stopped scrapbooking when it was PK scene.)

<--- hide a journal, I remebered and wrote what the day happened, on the paper.

In addition, there were pitures that I took in Kenroku-en, very famous sightseeing spot in Kanazawa. When I went to there, it was snowed hard. Foreigners took a pictures with a snowman. ( I don't know who the snowman made.)

Kenroku-en official site (English) : http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kenrokuen/e/index.html