"Report" from Tokyoooooo Live
Hello everyone, if there's still someone in this community ^^; Shougo has returned over a year ago but because he's only doing small live events and self-published CDs, we who aren't Japanese don't get to enjoy his presence much at all. But thanks to everyone who still loves and supports Sakamoto Shougo even now💛
I'm currently in Tokyo doing student exchange and yesterday I went to his LIVE. My first live event which has something to do with my Japan-related fandoms x.^
I posted something about it on my tumblr here, but I'll repost it here too (I actually just fixed some mistakes from the tumblr post and added some more things to this post on LJ; sorry! >//< I didn't read it after writing it, I'm not a native English speaker and too used to slang to form proper sentences in some cases).
2014/2/15 Tokyooooo live in The Doors Hatsudai
Well it was one of the best days of my life. Could speak with, and touch (shh hand shake okay? no creep) Shougo and hear him talk and sing. I can die in peace now. Small live events are much better than big concerts, it’s so personal >:D
I’m not completely sure if I understood right, but if yes, then he basically said that he wasn’t planning on coming back when he left in 2011… but then he realized, during Christmas 2012, something like “What am I doing with my life?” and decided to at least try to pursue his dream/singing for a year and see how it goes. And here we are. It made me so scared in that moment because, what if he hadn’t decided to? T_T I would had been left waiting forever.
Cause of the snow calamity thing here, the car with CDs etc didn’t arrive so I couldn’t buy them (but I will the next concert).. I'm sad, the first song he sang he had real tears almost falling down his cheeks and I wanted to know what the song was about since I didn’t catch it (or it was only because he saw how many people came even through the calamity? He’s so grateful for every fan ;_;)
And a lot of people came. The live bar was completely full (I think it was about 220 people but I'm basing that only on me buying the last two tickets before it was sold out I think, and I was number 220. Another not related thing I forgot to say in the tumblr post is that it was solid 3 hours long. My friend who doesn't know him or any of japanese fandoms except for MatsuJun/ARASHI was getting kinda antsy by the end. My feet were kinda sore cos I had to wear special ugly and achey anti-snow/rain boots to be able to come. Walking through 50cm snow to the station because buses don't run. Snow still got inside. 9 hours with that on feet. Fun! Was that TMI? Sorry. Anyway, 100% WORTH). He had a talking part where he asked people where they were from, and there were people from EVERYWHERE in Japan except from Hokkaido. People traveling from Okinawa! As well as from Korea, who came just for this concert to Tokyo the day before. Remember the calamity thing? We fans are damn cool. Me and my friend were the only non-Asians and I was soo nervous explaining that we’re from Europe and doing exchange. My japanese had to sound very funny lol ;;
News:
• New album will be called SIMPLE and come out in June, and with that a Tour! In Oosaka, Tokyo and Nagoya IIRC. Forgot dates but I know one of the performances is on the day a day after his birthday. I know the Tokyo one is probably on a day that I’m not free and I can’t make myself free, damn that good-bye speech T_T
*Actually, there's something special about this album, but I don't know what レコハツ (reko-hatsu) means. I think it's either that it will be first BIG album, or it will be under a company? I don't know. Someone help me'h. ^^;
• He’s doing another live in Tokyo in APRIL! April 14th, exactly. And, I already bought a ticket☆ミ
..of course I did, cos after buying a ticket I was standing in front of him. So I just thanked him for the performance and said I was really happy and that I’m coming again. Hah so embarrassing. Should have prepared something better ;_; And then we sort-of shook hands.. like not a western shake but like with two hands? Like, “thank you”-sort of shake. Whatever. (Not really whatever, more like asfdgsjhjkl;jlg but I don't know if it's not too creepy for me to be so happy about it. It's just.. you know,... YOU KNOW?)
Goddang it happened. IT HAPPENED !!!!!!! He said one thing during the concert, that being there and seeing the people come and other things, that he felt so that he could die now and be happy. Is exactly how I felt too. ;;
TL;DR Shougo is still beautiful, very funny, very nice, very natural and just… a normal, down to earth kind of person. Cya again in April, dear <3
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Anyway I'm planning on making a "gift" like some fans gave him yesterday, in April. Like a fan letter and a picture or something. If there's someone who wants me to pass on something, I could do it. Also if there's someone reading this who will go to the April live in Tokyo, please contact me!!
Anyway, that's it. I thought it would be nice to post my experience here. Again, sorry about some awkward English, I got worse since coming here both in my mother language and English. m(_ _)m Please to continue supporting Shougo from now on too! ^^ Check out his twitter and homepage.
I'm currently in Tokyo doing student exchange and yesterday I went to his LIVE. My first live event which has something to do with my Japan-related fandoms x.^
I posted something about it on my tumblr here, but I'll repost it here too (I actually just fixed some mistakes from the tumblr post and added some more things to this post on LJ; sorry! >//< I didn't read it after writing it, I'm not a native English speaker and too used to slang to form proper sentences in some cases).
2014/2/15 Tokyooooo live in The Doors Hatsudai
Well it was one of the best days of my life. Could speak with, and touch (shh hand shake okay? no creep) Shougo and hear him talk and sing. I can die in peace now. Small live events are much better than big concerts, it’s so personal >:D
I’m not completely sure if I understood right, but if yes, then he basically said that he wasn’t planning on coming back when he left in 2011… but then he realized, during Christmas 2012, something like “What am I doing with my life?” and decided to at least try to pursue his dream/singing for a year and see how it goes. And here we are. It made me so scared in that moment because, what if he hadn’t decided to? T_T I would had been left waiting forever.
Cause of the snow calamity thing here, the car with CDs etc didn’t arrive so I couldn’t buy them (but I will the next concert).. I'm sad, the first song he sang he had real tears almost falling down his cheeks and I wanted to know what the song was about since I didn’t catch it (or it was only because he saw how many people came even through the calamity? He’s so grateful for every fan ;_;)
And a lot of people came. The live bar was completely full (I think it was about 220 people but I'm basing that only on me buying the last two tickets before it was sold out I think, and I was number 220. Another not related thing I forgot to say in the tumblr post is that it was solid 3 hours long. My friend who doesn't know him or any of japanese fandoms except for MatsuJun/ARASHI was getting kinda antsy by the end. My feet were kinda sore cos I had to wear special ugly and achey anti-snow/rain boots to be able to come. Walking through 50cm snow to the station because buses don't run. Snow still got inside. 9 hours with that on feet. Fun! Was that TMI? Sorry. Anyway, 100% WORTH). He had a talking part where he asked people where they were from, and there were people from EVERYWHERE in Japan except from Hokkaido. People traveling from Okinawa! As well as from Korea, who came just for this concert to Tokyo the day before. Remember the calamity thing? We fans are damn cool. Me and my friend were the only non-Asians and I was soo nervous explaining that we’re from Europe and doing exchange. My japanese had to sound very funny lol ;;
News:
• New album will be called SIMPLE and come out in June, and with that a Tour! In Oosaka, Tokyo and Nagoya IIRC. Forgot dates but I know one of the performances is on the day a day after his birthday. I know the Tokyo one is probably on a day that I’m not free and I can’t make myself free, damn that good-bye speech T_T
*Actually, there's something special about this album, but I don't know what レコハツ (reko-hatsu) means. I think it's either that it will be first BIG album, or it will be under a company? I don't know. Someone help me'h. ^^;
• He’s doing another live in Tokyo in APRIL! April 14th, exactly. And, I already bought a ticket☆ミ
..of course I did, cos after buying a ticket I was standing in front of him. So I just thanked him for the performance and said I was really happy and that I’m coming again. Hah so embarrassing. Should have prepared something better ;_; And then we sort-of shook hands.. like not a western shake but like with two hands? Like, “thank you”-sort of shake. Whatever. (Not really whatever, more like asfdgsjhjkl;jlg but I don't know if it's not too creepy for me to be so happy about it. It's just.. you know,... YOU KNOW?)
Goddang it happened. IT HAPPENED !!!!!!! He said one thing during the concert, that being there and seeing the people come and other things, that he felt so that he could die now and be happy. Is exactly how I felt too. ;;
TL;DR Shougo is still beautiful, very funny, very nice, very natural and just… a normal, down to earth kind of person. Cya again in April, dear <3
*******
Anyway I'm planning on making a "gift" like some fans gave him yesterday, in April. Like a fan letter and a picture or something. If there's someone who wants me to pass on something, I could do it. Also if there's someone reading this who will go to the April live in Tokyo, please contact me!!
Anyway, that's it. I thought it would be nice to post my experience here. Again, sorry about some awkward English, I got worse since coming here both in my mother language and English. m(_ _)m Please to continue supporting Shougo from now on too! ^^ Check out his twitter and homepage.