#Okayama tour

[nctwish]

231210 Predebut Tour in Okayama D2

NCT New Team - Electric Kiss (EXO) (Yushi Focus) cr: shyningstar

#nct new team #yushi #fancam #231210 predebut tour okayama

[viper-motorsports]

The Taisan Advan Jr. team dropped down a class for their N°55 Chrysler Viper GTS-R where they looked to improve their chances starting the 2002 All Japan GT Championship with the GT300 competition.

#chrysler viper gts-r #all japan grand touring car championship #team taisan #okayama circuit #2002 jgtc #aida gt 300km #dodge viper #gt300

[mvrider1]

鬼の城(岡山)

桃太郎伝説ゆかりの鬼ノ城。大和朝廷の築いた古代山城 正確にはキノジョウと読む。主要道から3キロ近く続く山道T^T 所々すれ違いの為の待避場があるが、基本？車一台分の幅しか無い道にけっこう観光の車が・・・・ 20台分程度の駐車場に、無料の資料館。先ずはこちらで事前学習 資料館で事前学習によると城址一帯を一周するには山道を凡そ二時間。真ん中にあるショートを使っても一時間余り。時間が無いのでとりあえず一番近い西門まで 山道を5分ほど歩くと見えてきた。 天気が良いと四国まで見渡せる！らしい

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#ツーリング #バイクで行く景色 #castle #cool japan #鬼ノ城 #instagood #Okayama #photo #photographers on tumblr #photography #tour #touring #travel #城 #岡山 #日本 #桃太郎 #温羅 #二輪部

[war-is-bad-girls]

Okayama tour by @szMJep80

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Suletta: Ms. Miorine! It suits you so well! Miorine: Why only me? You should wear something too. Caption: She tried it on. S: How about that? M: ... Yeah. S: Isn't it weird? M: ... It's not weird.

#gundam #the witch from mercury #gundam suisei no majo #g witch #suletta mercury #miorine rembran #sulemio

[ateez-himari]

'HIMARI' PROFILE

... BASICS

Stage Name: Himari (히마리) Birth Name: Min Himari (민 히마리) Korean Name: Min Ha-Yun (민 하윤) Nicknames: Sunshine, KQ's Princess, The Siren, Korea's Angel, White Swan, The Holy Maknae, Hima, Hime, God's Touch, Hand of Midas (w/Yoongi)

Representative Animal: Tiger 🐯 MBTI Type: INFP Position(s): Lead vocalist, Sub-rapper, Producer, Maknae

Date of Birth : November 23, 2001 Birth Place: Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan Association: Yeoheung Min Clan Family: Min Won-Shik (father, 1967-2012), Endo Asuka (mother, 1970-2012), Min Hanzo (older brother), Adoptive Mother, Adoptive Father, Min Geum-Jae (adoptive older brother), Min Yoongi (Adoptive older brother)

Blood Type: O Height: 157cm (5'2")

... CAREER

・As of April 2024, Himari has 173 KOMCA credits

・Was the first 4th generation artist promoted to a full Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) membership in 2022

・Joined JYPE in late 2014 to be part of girl group Twice but was deemed too young to debut after 10 months of training

・Was the first trainee to join Hongjoong at KQ Entertainment and the last to join ATEEZ - following survival show 'Last of 10' (the group was originally going to have ten members but Lee Junyoung didn't debut)

・Became a producer during 'TREASURE EP.1: All to Zero' with credits on 'Stay', 'Twilight', 'Treasure' and 'My Way'

・Officially a part of ATEEZ's 'Demon Line' alongside Hongjoong, Seonghwa and San

・Made a special appearance on the 6th episode of MNet's show 'Good Girl', aired June 18 2020, to perform a cover of Dreamcatcher's 'Red Sun' against the cast.

・Made her acting debut in the K-Drama 'Hellbound' where she played the role of Jin Hee-Jeong. She then obtained the lead role in 'Where We Fall' alongside Yunho in September of 2023.

・She sang the OST 'Suzume' for the animated movie 'Suzume no Tojimari', 'Long Black Night' for K-Drama 'The Glory', 'Rewrite Me' for 'Where We Fall' and 'Blue' for 'The Killing Vote'

・Her fans are called 'Hirangies' which is a play on her representative animal called '호랑이' in Korean as well as her own name and '사랑' which means love.

... INTERESTS

・Her hobbies are traditional ink painting as well as photography and she enjoys leaning how to reform clothes from Hongjoong.

・Loves Studio Ghibli movies, her favorite being Grave of the Fireflies, and K-Dramas, her favorites being Death's Game, The Glory & My Name.

・Aside from the many groups whose fandoms she is a part of, there are quite a few soloists she tends to fangirl over, those being: Gemini, Penomeco, DPR Live, Han Seung Woo, Woodz, pH-1 and Zico. During her room tour in a recent live several albums of B.A.P could be seen resting on a shelf and she admitted to being a BABY whose bias is rapper/leader & soloist Bang Yongguk, whose albums were also spotted in her room. She calls herself a lucky fangirl as she has filmed the 'Bouncy' challenge with him as well as Woodz and Penomeco.

... HEALTH

・Was diagnosed with anxiety around 6 months following the group's debut, then a major depressive episode in the beginning of 2021.

・Had a large fear of being left alone while the members went somewhere else due to what happened to her parents - a lethal collision with a drunk driver.

・Has stress induced nightmares, though not as frequent as earlier in her career.

・Fractured her left ribs during a rehearsal for the first stage of 'Kingdom: Legendary War' in February of 2021, then again during the shooting of the 'Guerilla' music video in 2022.

・Since contracting COVID during the quarantine period she has had breathing problems which have permanently weakened her cardio and cause frequent needs for an oxygen mask especially when fatigued. The condition still remains unknown.

... MISCELLANEOUS

・Her favorite color is white because she feels like it is elegant, which is why she chose it as her microphone color.

・Her birth name means 'Sun' and her Korean name means 'Beautiful Summer' , chosen because the sun symbolizes hope

・The youngest of her brothers, Hanzo, is the National South Korean Soccer Team's captain and currently contracted with the PSG after leaving the Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the end of 2023

・When speaking quickly or passionately about something she tends to slip back into satoori (Daegu dialect)

・A palm reader stated that it was both her and Seonghwa's first life, which is why they approach things with such excitement.

・She can play the Koto (Japanese stringed instrument).

・The members tend to refer to her as '우리 Hime' which means 'Our Princess' using the Japanese word for the title and is also a play on words with Himari's shortened name.

・While other members claim that Halazia has one of the easiest choreographies, she finds it to be one of the hardest songs to perform as she has to sing background vocals through nearly the entire song while keeping up with the steps.

・Loves to cook but often tends to be careless when it comes to the amount of spice she puts in. In addition to this, she loves beef and hates any seafood that has a shell.

・Her ideal type is someone warm hearted with a sense of humor and who can accept her care when they need it.

#ateez 9th member #ateez au #ateez extra member #ateez female member #ateez imagines #kpop oc

[exoplanetupdates-blog]

CHEN JAPAN TOUR 2023 – Polaris (Fancams)

Greeting

Mini Q&A [2]

Message from CHEN

Teaser

Note: Most fancams are snippets as Japan concerts very heavily restrict recording. Also, Polaris DVD content will be added later.

230819 - Nagoya

Photograph + Traveler + Amaranth + Last Scene / [1] + Beautiful Goodbye + Mirage of Flower + Free World / [1] + Break Out + Watch Out + Light of My Life

Encore - Best Luck + My Sunshine

Best Luck + Ending

EXO-L JP FC Update

230901 - Yokohama Day 1

Photograph + My Dear + Free World / [1] / [1] + Watch Out [2] + Light of My Life

Encore - Best Luck + Shall We? + My Sunshine

230902 - Yokohama Day 2

Photograph + You Never Know + I Don't Even Mind + Mirage of Flower + Free World + Break Out + Watch Out + Light of My Life

Encore - Best Luck + Shall We?

Cream Soda

Ending

EXO-L JP FC Update

230904 - Osaka Day 1

Traveler + Hold You Tight + You Never Know + Last Scene + I Don't Even Mind + Free World + Watch Out + Light of My Life

Encore - Best Luck + Shall We? + My Sunshine

Ending

230905 - Osaka Day 2

Photograph + Beautiful Goodbye + On the Road + Mirage of Flower + Free World + Break Out

Encore - Best Luck + My Sunshine

EXO-L JP FC Update

230908 - Okayama

Photograph + Light of My Life

Encore - Best Luck

Ending

EXO-L JP FC Update

230916 - Fukuoka Day 1

Beautiful Goodbye + Light of My Life

Encore - Shall We? + My Sunshine

230917 - Fukuoka Day 2

Full Concert - Audio Only

Birthday Surprise

Chanyeol, Baekhyun & Xiumin Attendance [2] [3]

Ending Ment + Ending

EXO-L JP FC Update

#EXO #CONCERT #chen polaris concert #CHEN #2023 #XIUMIN #BAEKHYUN #CHANYEOL

[vagabundler]

⛩🎎 During our tour through Japan we made a stop in the historical-idyllic city of Kurashiki (Japanese 倉 敷 市, -shi). The Edo-era merchant town is located in Okayama prefecture and the former Bitchū province of Honshu, the main island of Japan. Kurashiki means something like “village from warehouses”. There are still dozens of buildings (Kura) preserved, which represent a symbol of the city due to their typical facades. It’s worth a visit. It is best to stay for a few days in the nearby Okayama and make a day trip by train to the cultural site - Kurashiki - [JAPAN🇯🇵] _____________________________________________ . . ↘️ Check out the reportage about the amazing place: http://vagabundler.com/japan/kurashiki/ ↗️ . . #japan #nippon #kurashiki #kurashikibikanhistoricalquarter #risingsun #okayama #edo #samurai #asiatravel #honshu #travelphotography📷 #religion #funnylittle #picoftheday #asia #vagabundler #travel #instagood #adventure #photooftheday #naturephotography #travelgram #konichiwa #travel #travelblogger #temple #japantrip #buddhism #buddhismus #history (hier: Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter 美観地区) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coo7_5vLy4U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#japan #nippon #kurashiki #kurashikibikanhistoricalquarter #risingsun #okayama #edo #samurai #asiatravel #honshu #travelphotography📷 #religion #funnylittle #picoftheday #asia #vagabundler #travel #instagood #adventure #photooftheday #naturephotography #travelgram #konichiwa #travelblogger #temple #japantrip #buddhism #buddhismus #history

[ethereal---spirits]

August 12th, 1994, MALICE MIZER performed at Okayama Pepper Land on their Cher de memoire Tour, with ROUAGE and VICE RISK. Songs played included Miwaku no Rooma, Sphere of God, E-GE Umi ni Sasagu ~The Vault of Heaven~, Lafflesia, Kioku to Sora, and seraph. 

#otd

[dailyexo]

Chen - 230705 Official EXO News Japan Twitter update: "『CHEN JAPAN TOUR 2023 - Polaris -』EXO-L-JAPAN2次先行受付開始！🎫 #CHEN からメッセージが届きました！💌 日本オリジナルのソロライブツアー、CHENの歌声・パフォーマンスをお楽しみに🎤✨

<EXO-L-JAPAN2次先行(抽選)> 🗓受付期間 2023年7月5日(水)15:00～7月11日(火)23:59 🔗受付URL http://r.y-tickets.jp/chen2301_fc2

💫詳細はこちら https://exo-jp.net/news/detail.php?id=1109474"

Translation (caption): "The second EXO-L-JAPAN fanclub ticket lottery for ‘CHEN JAPAN TOUR 2023 - Polaris -‘ has started!🎫 #CHEN has a video for fans! 💌 Look forward to this Japan exclusive solo tour featuring Chen’s vocals and performance!🎤✨

🗓Period 2023/7/5 (Wed)15:00～7/11(Tues)23:59 🔗 Application URL http://r.y-tickets.jp/chen2301_fc2 💫Details here https://exo-jp.net/news/detail.php?id=1109474"

Translation (video): "Hello, Japanese fans! It’s Chen. Long time no see, everyone! My first Japanese tour ‘Polaris’ has been announced! Yeah! I am very excited to be able to see you guys in Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, Okayama, and Fukuoka. I am working very hard on preparations so I hope you guys can all make it. Please look forward to what’s in store, i’ll see you guys at the venue! Bye-bye everyone!"

Credit: EXO News Japan.

#EXO #EXO M #Chen #230705 #exo vid #exo m vid #chen vid #official update #twitter update #v:official #translation #comeback:Fight

[nctwish]

231210 Predebut Tour in Okayama D2

cr: tokunoona

#nct new team #sakuya #fancam #fantaken #231210 predebut tour okayama

[ayuvogue]

Ayumi Hamasaki's official site has released the logo and official dates for her upcoming 25th Anniversary Live Tour. First announced at her one-night 25th anniversary arena show, the ambitious hall tour will visit all 47 of Japan's prefectures for the first time.

Ticket information has not been announced yet; we will no doubt have more details after TeamAyu is relaunched as an app next month. The tour dates are as follows:

July 8, 2023 (Sat) Chiba: Ichihara Civic Hall

July 9, 2023 (Sun) Chiba: Ichihara Civic Hall

July 15, 2023 (Sat) Saitama: Saitama City Cultural Center

July 22, 2023 (Sat) Aomori: Link Station Hall Aomori

July 23, 2023 (Sun) Iwate: Morioka Civic Cultural Center

July 29, 2023 (Sat) Niigata: Niigata Prefectural Civic Center

August 1, 2023 (Tue) Hokkaido: Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater Hitaru

August 5, 2023 (Sat) Yamanashi: YCC Prefectural Cultural Hall

August 18, 2023 (Fri) Osaka: Festival Hall

August 19, 2023 (Sat) Osaka: Festival Hall

August 26, 2023 (Sat) Aichi: Nagoya Conference Center Century Hall

August 27, 2023 (Sun) Aichi: Nagoya Conference Center Century Hall

September 2, 2023 (Sat) Ibaraki: The Hirosawa City Hall

September 8, 2023 (Fri) Ehime: Matsuyama Civic Hall

September 9, 2023 (Sat) Kagawa: Rexxam Hall

September 17, 2023 (Sun) Yamagata: Shelter Nanyo Hall

September 18, 2023 (Mon・Public Holiday) Fukushima: Kenshin Koriyama Cultural Center

September 30, 2023 (Sat) Tochigi: Utsunomiya City Cultural Center

October 2, 2023 (Mon) Kanagawa: Kanagawa Prefectural Hall

October 8, 2023 (Sun) Hyogo: Kobe International House Kokusai Hall

October 9, 2023 (Mon・Public Holiday) Kyoto: ROHM Theater Kyoto Main Hall

October 14, 2023 (Sat) Okayama: Kurashiki Civic Hall

October 15, 2023 (Sun) Hiroshima: Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall

November 4, 2023 (Sat) Gunma: Beisia Cultural Hall

November 18, 2023 (Sat) Miyagi: Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi

November 19, 2023 (Sun) Akita: Yuzawa City Cultural Center

November 24, 2023 (Fri) Fukuoka: Fukuoka Sun Palace

November 25, 2023 (Sat) Nagasaki: Nagasaki Brick Hall

December 3, 2023 (Sun) Shizuoka: Shizuoka Civic Cultural Center Large Hall

December 30, 2023 (Sat) Tokyo: To be announced soon!!

December 31, 2023 (Sun) Tokyo: To be announced soon!!

January 7, 2024 (Sun) Kagoshima: Hozan Hall (Kagoshima Prefectural Cultural Center)

January 8, 2024 (Mon・Public Holiday) Miyazaki: Miyazaki Civic Cultural Hall

January 13, 2024 (Sat) Shiga: Biwako Hall Large Hall

January 14, 2024 (Sun) Nara: Nara Centennial Hall Large Hall

January 20, 2024 (Sun) Ishikawa: Honda no Mori Hall Rescheduled 4/24 due to earthquake

January 21, 2024 (Sun) Fukui: Phoenix Plaza Rescheduled 4/23 due to earthquake

January 27, 2024 (Sat) Gifu: Toki City Cultural Plaza Sun Hall

January 28, 2024 (Sun) Mie: Yokkaichi City Cultural Hall 1st Hall

February 3, 2024 (Sat) Tokushima: Asty Tokushima

February 4, 2024 (Sun) Kochi: Kochi City Cultural Plaza CUL-PORT

February 9, 2024 (Fri) Oita: Oita Holt Hall

February 12, 2024 (Mon・Public Holiday) Yamaguchi: Shunan City Cultural Center

February 17, 2024 (Sat) Saga: Saga City Cultural Center

February 18, 2024 (Sun) Kumamoto: Kumamoto Castle Hall

February 23, 2024 (Friday) Tottori: Rika Hall, Torigin Bunka Kaikan

February 24, 2024 (Sat) Shimane: Shimane Prefectural Civic Center Large Hall

March 1, 2024 (Fri) Toyama: Aubade Hall

March 2, 2024 (Sat) Nagano: Hokuto Bunka Hall

March 9, 2024 (Sat) Wakayama: Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Center Large Hall

March 10, 2024 (Sun) Osaka: Orix Theater

March 23, 2024 (Sat) Okinawa: Okinawa Convention Center

March 24, 2024 (Sun) Okinawa: Okinawa Convention Center

April 23, 2024 (Tues) Fukui: Phoenix Plaza (rescheduled from January)

April 24, 2023 (Weds) Ishikawa: Honda no Mori Kitaden Hall (Rescheduled from January)

The only dates without a set venue are the New Year's Eve Tokyo dates, suggesting the possibility of a more traditional COUNTDOWN LIVE.

#ayumi hamasaki #hamasaki ayumi #浜崎あゆみ #j-pop #ayu news #25th anniversary #25th anniversary live tour

[spicykaraage]

Tenipuri Complete Profile - Juujirou Oni

[PROFILE]

Birthday: October 26th (Scorpio)

Blood Type: O

Birthplace: Okayama

Relatives: Grandmother, Mother, Younger Sister

High School: Okayama Central High School

Grade: Third Year

Committee: Public Relations Committee

Strong Subjects: Home Economics

U-17 Training Camp Position & Rank: Second String | Court 5 ➜ Second String | Court 3 ➜ First String | No.5

World Cup Team: U-17 World Cup Japanese Representatives

Favorite Motto: “Go beyond strong.”

Hobbies: Guitar, making stuffed animals (to give to children)

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Book: Picture books, children’s books

Favorite Food: Gingko seeds

Preferred Type: A person who likes children

Ideal Date Spot: A flea market

His Gift for a Special Person: A handmade picture book

Thing He Wants Most Right Now: A new house for his hamster

Dislikes: Children crying

Skills Outside of Tennis: Making stuffed animals, latte art [TP]

Routine During the World Cup: Watering the flowers around the Japanese Representatives’ accommodation building

[DATA]

Height: 187cm

Weight: 83kg

Dominant Arm: Right

Vision: 2.0 Left & Right

Play Style: All-Rounder

Signature Moves: Black Jack Knife, 10 Ball Strike, Pinnacle of Perfection

Favorite Brands:

Racquet: FISCHER MAGNETIC TOUR 100

Shoes: HEAD ad,apt_1105.t(A0555)

Overall Rating: Immeasurable

Kurobe Memo: “In his match against Tooyama, he played a style that was as lively as an innocent, naïve young boy. No doubt his source of energy comes from the regular calls he gets from the kids at the Poka Poka Yokocho.”

[POSSESSIONS]

What’s in His Locker at the U-17 Training Camp:

Yarn and knitting tools // He knits stuffed animals to help himself unwind. He gifts his stuffed animals to children

Hair gel

Sunflower seeds // For his hamster, Kaede. He brought her to the camp so he wouldn’t be worried about her

Origami paper // He secretly practices origami to impress the children. He struggles with it and has torn many sheets

What’s in His Travel Bag:

A large amount of Australian snacks // A lot of them are Christmas themed. He plans on gifting them to children

[TRIVIA]

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 1

He wears tiger-print underwear

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 8

In his first year of middle school, there was a girl he liked from another school who rode the same train as him. He became invigorated and wrote her a letter, but it’s unknown what happened after that

He is in a band with the other training camp members

He likes doing his voluntary training in nature, such as climbing waterfalls or going down rapids

The Prince of Tennis II 10.5 Fanbook

He is naturally dependable and liked by children due to his family consisting of all women

He is fond of children since his sister is much younger than him

He became interested in making stuffed animals when the manager of the Poka Poka Yokocho taught him how to

He is good friends with Nakagauchi. Nakagauchi thinks of him more as a rival, however

He was the first high schooler Konomi had created

The Prince of Tennis 23.5 Fanbook

During the “Spy Mission” in Golden Age 232, he and Nakagauchi had dressed up as yakuza. This led to Nakagauchi being apprehended and interrogated

While the other First Stringers were on their expedition, the high schoolers were still aware he was No.5 and that he was strong enough to defeat Byoudouin, but didn’t say anything

The Prince of Tennis 20th Anniversary Book: Tenipuri Party

His ideal relationship is a passionate one, where he will help his partner overcome any obstacle

He, Irie and Tokugawa spend their vacations together. The previous summer, they had went camping together and discussed their thoughts and feelings over the World Cup around a campfire

Konomi described him as the most popular out of all the high schoolers, especially with children

#tenipuri #tenirabi #profile #my post

[hotarutranslations]

Spring Concert Tour Dates!

Evening

🌎Morning Musume '24 Concert Tour Spring MOTTO MORNING MUSUME

Everyone! The spring tour has been decided! Yeah!

I'm happy

Thank you very much😌🫶🏻

3/16 (Sat) Tokyo 3/17 (Sun) Tokyo 3/23 (Sat) Osaka 3/24 (Sun) Osaka 4/6 (Sat) Aichi 4/7 (Sun) Aichi 4/13 (Sat) Hokkaido 4/20 (Sat) Miyagi 4/28 (Sun) Nagano 4/29 (Mon, Holiday) Niigata 5/4 (Sat, Holiday) Fukuoka 5/6 (Mon, Holiday) Ehime 5/12 (Sun) Okayama 5/18 (Sat) Gunma 5/19 (Sun) Tochigi

16 days, 31 performances🌏💫

With the tour title, Are you curious? with this title, right

Its just, "more"

For myself I'm still at the stage like, what is it!? If I get an explanation and take some time with it, I'll properly let you know soon~~🫶🏻

For the opening days, there are 4 performances over the weekend, It feels like a schedule we didn't have in the autumn so, Its really been a while, For the members, I think the hardest one is here-- lol

For the Miyagi performance, there is only 1 performance in Tohoku but…… .🥺🥺

I'd be happy if you could visit us!

We're also having a performance in Nagano, Akane-chin's hometown after its been a while!

There will also be Kanto performances at the end, in Gunma and Tochigi!

With Fukumura Mizuki-san having graduated, I think this spring tour, will be the time of the most changes

Everyone definitely,

Please watch over us!!!

I'll do my best!!!

Ah~~ But I'm looking forward to it~~

I can't wait! Already!

I hope that I'll be able to meet, with everyone!

It'd be nice to perform in Fests in May as well……

"HELLO! PROJECT STREAM"

Morning Musume '23 Concert Tour Fall "Neverending Shine Show ~Seiki~" Fukumura Mizuki Graduation Special

January 19th~January 31st📺✨️

It seems you'll be able to enjoy the stream again! For those who can't wait for the blu-ray, by all means!

Birthday Stream Event Is Here

January 19th~January 25th📺✨️ Don't miss it,,

Birthday goods are also here

~Deadline to buy is January 30th🩵 Please take a look--

Tokyo Sports note Series✍️

#138 Mentally Strong Birthday Girl

Releasing on February 7th "Hello! Project BEST SHOT!! Vol.26"

Ishida AyumixOda SakuraxNonaka Miki Fukumura MizukixIshida AyumixOda Sakura🫶🏻

Up To Boy They're delivering unreleased shots

.👗👠 Aoyama Clothing x Morning Musume '24

see you ayumin <3

#Ishida Ayumi #Morning Musume '24 #Morning Musume #Hello! Project #Translation #Blog

[ryqoshay]

Melody Air: Fly High - Castle

Primary Pairing Trio: YuuAyuSetsu Rating: G Words: 661 AU: Airline Fandom: Love Live Nijigasaki Parent Fic: Melody Air: Fly High Time Frame: Sometime after the main story Event: Promptober 2023 Event Source: Idol Fanfic Heaven channel on Discord Prompt: Parallel

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Author's Note: Primary entry for the 3rd

Summary: The trio is touring castles by air

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“If I may have your attention, dear passengers.” Setsuna’s voice came over the comm. “We are now approaching Ki Castle, an ancient mountainside castle built during the Yamato dynasty and home to Onra the demon for over a millennium. Also…”

Ayumu looked through the windshield to see the kilometers of aged stone wall and dozens of structures along and within them. She loved views like this, but for as much flying as she did for a living as an attendant, it was only when flying with her girlfriends in Setsuna’s Cessna, The Chaser of Blue Skies, that she could properly appreciate them. That was the difference between working on a large commercial jet and flying a tiny prop plane as a hobby.

She continued to take in the wonderful views of the Okayama prefecture as Setsuna continued to rattle off trivia about the castle they were visiting today. Most of facts Ayumu already knew as she had helped Yuu and Setsuna with their fanatic delve into researching the castles of Japan before this trip. But some facts were new, so it seemed Setsuna must have done even more research on her own; not like that came as a surprise of course.

The three young women were in the middle of a weeklong tour of ancient castles, ruins, and historic sites around Honshu. There were so many things to see in such a short time, not only did they have to limit the journey to the main island, but they also only flew over many of the sites, only visiting those that were short distances from airfields where they could land and store Chase.

Okayama had a small airport, transport to the castle, and a hotel downtown where they were able to get a discount as employees of Melody Air. As such, this was their last stop for the day. A quick flyby before looping back to the airport. They would then spend the afternoon touring the castle before heading into Okayama for a late dinner and to sleep for the night.

“Oh, the West Gate.” Yuu said as Setsuna banked Chase into a turn. “There were so~ many pictures of it online, but they’re nothing compared to seeing it like this.”

“There is a huge wooden model of the West Gate in the visitor center.” Setsuna explained. “And the real thing is a 400 meter hike away from there.”

Ayumu could hear Yuu’s distasteful expression through the tone of her seemingly neutral hum without needing to turn around in her seat to see it. Surprisingly, Yuu hadn’t complained much about all the walking the trio had done in the last few days. Of course, knowing her childhood friend for so many years, Ayumu could tell Yuu was keeping such things mostly to herself so as not to spoil Setsuna’s excitement.

“And now that we are West of the castle, I would encourage my passengers to look to the East.” Setsuna continued her enthusiastic tour guide bit. “You will see a lovely contrast of the old structure against the background of the modern Okayama skyline.”

“There are historic sites in the city proper though, right?” Yuu asked.

“Well, yes…” The tour guide façade faltered a little. “But I think the Ki Castle is still the oldest in the area… uhm…”

“I’d say most of what we can actually see from this distance and angle are more modern.” Ayumu said, thinking about the twenty to thirty floor parallel columns that towered over the comparatively squat castles and shrines.

“Ne, Ayumu-san.” Setsuna offered as she leveled the plane. “Would you like to try landing again?”

Ayumu felt her pulse quicken. She had only recently started practicing landing and was still a little nervous about them.

“You’ll be fine, Ayumu-san.” Setsuna assured, seeming to read her as well as Ayumu just read Yuu. “I’ll take over if it gets too rough.”

Ayumu took a deep breath before nodding. “Alright.” She said and took the yolk.

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Author's Note Continued: I am definitely going to have to come back and expand this chapter when I add it to the Fly High collection proper. I did far too much research into historic castles and ruins in Japan to leave it all on the cutting room floor as I cram exposition and a tiny bit of plot into the event limits. Not complaining, mind, it was a lot of fun.

That said, most of that extra research I really need to work into a geeky rant for Setsuna. I love writing her being a overenthusiastic nerd. She's just so cute when excited over stuff.

And finally, this marks three days now where I've managed to get three prompts into not only just entry, but my primary entry for the day. Twenty eight days and eighty four prompts left in my self challenge for the event. I'm still hesitant to adamantly hold myself to getting old prompts into my primary entries as I didn't do that last year and only had to deal with one set of extra prompts. As I've said before, we'll see how it goes.

#YuuAyuSetsu #Takasaki Yuu #Yuki Setsuna #Uehara Ayumu #Melody Air #Love Live Nijigasaki #fanfic #Promptober 2023

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141027 Japan Hall Tour SW 2014 ‘I’m Your Boy’ Okayama  

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KOKIA in flashback - 2006

The year of 2006 is an exciting one for KOKIA. She has gone abroad to perform before, but now she makes it all the way to Europe for concerts in Paris, France and represents Japan at MIDEM 2006, the World Music Market, in Cannes. Her new album aigakikoeru ('listen for the love') even gets a French/European release in November, ahead of the Japanese release next year and with an exclusive track. It is not her first album this year; she has enough songs to compile her first best of-album, resulting in the release of Pearl and Jewel, collecting her best of songs and promotional videos respectively.

Although KOKIA has been creating music for games and (animated) series and movies since the beginning of her career, the start of 2006 puts the spotlight on her with the single Ai no melody/chouwa oto ('melody of love/sound of harmony'), the opening and ending song for the movie Origin: Spirits of the Past (Giniro no kami no Agito in Japanese). Especially Chouwa oto ~with reflection~ turns into a much-requested hit, with KOKIA still regularly performing this song almost 20 years later. It is a new version of Chouwa, the first song on her album trip trip from 2002, which incorporates KOKIA-go ('KOKIA-language') by reversing the syllables of the Japanese lyrics.

And last but most definitely not least, 2006 is the year KOKIA becomes independent. In May, she decides to start her own private office, anco&co, which she runs to this day, in order to more freely express herself as an artist rather than being tied to the Japanese music scene. Aigakikoeru is her first release after her independence.

She starts her 47 Stories concerts this year, intending to visit all 47 prefectures of Japan, although in the end doesn't manage to get to all 47.

◆ Lives and events ◆

January 5 Giniro no kami no Agito (Origin: Spirits of the past) New Year's special event (Kawasaki, CLUB CITTA)

January 21 KOKIA Live in France: Bonjour Paris Bonjour mon ami! ('Hello Paris, hello my friend!') (Paris, L’espace Saint Martin) ※ First performance in Paris

January 23 MIDEM 2006 JAPAN NIGHT (Cannes, HOTEL MAJESTIC)

【KOKIA album tour 2006 Thank u!】 February 9 - Aichi, Electric Lady Land February 10 - Osaka, BIGCAT February 17 - Tokyo, DUO MUSIC EXCHANGE

February 26 Song for Winter Lovers in FACTORY (Sapporo Factory Atrium)

June 14 KOKIA 2006 keep moving vol.1 (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil) ※ 2 performances in 1 day. First live after going independent. Monthly performances spanning half a year.

July 1 at! Music Live (Queen's Square Yokohama)  ※ 2 performances in 1 day

July 14 Enoshima Live Party 2006 (Enoshima Yacht Harbor Terrace)

July 24 KOKIA 2006 keep moving vol.2 ~birthday party~ (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil)

July 29 MAKE a day 06 in TIVOLI (Okayama, Kurashiki Tivoli park, Plainen stage)

August 12 First Izumo Legends festival (Shimane prefecture, Izumo city, Hamayama park)   ※ Performed as a surprise guest

August 16 KOKIA 2006 keep moving vol.3 ~my favorite songs~ (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil)

August 27 6th Yuukyuu no mori ('forest of eternity') Shirakami festival (Akita, Goshonodai Fureai Park)

September 10 KOKIA concert ~47 stories in Shimane~ (Big Heart Izumo)

September 21 KOKIA 2006 keep moving vol.4 ~chello ni idakarete ♪~ ('embraced by the cello') (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil)

September 23 Kunimi mountain base music festival '06 (Nagasaki, Kunimi forest park)

October 14 Barefoot Kugenuma '06 Barefoot Concert (Prefectural Shônan Kaigan park, Surf Village, beach in front of the water plaza (mizu no hiroba)

October 22 KOKIA 2006 keep moving vol.5 ~neoclassic~ (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil)

November 27 KOKIA 2006 keep moving vol.6 ~finale~ (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil)

December 2 YAMAHA Stadium Mini Live (Shizuoka, Yamaha Stadium) ※ A capella opening live (Amazing Grace) and mini live after the match

December 8 KOKIA 47 stories in concert in Fukui (Mikuni cultural Miraikan)

December 24 KOKIA 2006 Christmas Dinner concert ~1 nenkan no jibun no gohoubi ni~ ('a reward to oneself after a full year') (Tokyo, Hotel Grand Pacific Meridian Palais Royal)

◆ Releases ◆ 

January 1 Release of the single Ai no melody/Chouwa oto ~with reflection~ ('melody of love/sound of harmony') (Victor Entertainment) ※ Both songs were used in the theatrically released animated movie Giniro no kami no Agito (Origin: Spirits of the past) as the ending and opening theme respectively

February 1 Best of album Pearl ~The Best Collection~ (Victor Entertainment) ※ First best of album. First released in France and Spain on January 20 with an European version (Discmedi)

February 1 Release of the DVD jewel ~The Best Video Collection~ (Victor Entertainment) ※ First video release. Collection of best music clips.

November 29 Release of original album aigakikoeru (listen for the love) (Wasabi Records) ※ First album after independence. Release in France ahead of Japanese release.

◆ Other releases ◆

January 7 Release of Giniro no kami no Agito (Origin: Spirits of the past) original soundtrack (Victor Entertainment) ※ Recorded the opening theme chouwa oto ~with reflection~ ('sound of harmony') and the end theme Ai no melody ('melody of love')

January 18 Release of the Yuki Ootake album Nemuru Kujaku ('Sleeping peacock') (King Records) ※ Composed the song Tokai no hitsuji (‘sheep of the city’) 

March 24 Release of the Shirakami mountain region image song collection Shirakami no shi ('Poems of Shirakami') ※ Recorded and sang Yuukyuu no mori ('Forest of eternity')

April 19 Release of Iruka wan no koibito (‘lovers of the dolphin bay’) original soundtrack (Rock Records) ※ Japanese version of the soundtrack of the popular Taiwanese drama. The songs I catch a cold and shiroi yuki ('white snow') were used as background music in the drama. (Taiwanese version released on January 1, 2003.)

June 7 Release of compilation album THANK YOU!! (Victor Entertainment) ※ Victor version of the compilation album of the 39 (sankyuu ('thank you')) project by Fuji TV's Mezamashi TV ('wake-up TV'). Performed Kawaranai koto ~since 1976~ ('things that won't change')

June 7 Release of compilation album Arigatou THANK YOU (Ponyo Canyon) ※Ponyo Canyon version of the compilation album of the 39 (sankyuu ('thank you')) project by Fuji TV's Mezamashi TV ('wake-up TV'). Performed Arigatou... ('thank you...')

◆ Books ◆

August 30 Release of the piano score Arigatou... ('thank you...') (anco&co)

◆ Other ◆

April Sang the commercial song for KOMATSU Ltd.

May 21 Started the company anco (independent)

July 14~ Sang the song Tatta hitotsu no hada e hen ('just one collection for your skin') for the POLA cosmetics APEX-i commercial

August Shiawase no hanataba ('bouquet of happiness') is used as image song for the Red Feather Central Community Chest of Japan

October 2 Start of her internet radio program KOKIAyakkyoku ('musical medicine') (until March 20, 2012) ※ Live internet radio program held every first and third Tuesday of the month

#KOKIA #25 years of kokia in flashback