For the picspammy challenge. I was gonna cap my con DVDs really extensively for this, buuut. Um. I got kind of bored after a while, since cons are kinda tiring to cap, and after Kokuritsu and Kotoba no Chikara back-to-back I was like... ORZ ( Read more... )

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I HAVE BEEN THROUGH BOYBAND HELL AND SURVIVED.


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( Arashi at Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Stadium: 9/5/08 )

I vote we name this tour Yumekon instead. We can retroactively call last tour the Disneyland tour or something. Last tour was Disneyland, but this one is apparently the one where DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUUUUUE.

( Here's the initial highlights, written before I found the setlist. The real thing I'll write tomorrow. )

ORZ I am so tiiiiired. We've been running around all over the place.

PHOTO POST TIME. There's something for everyone here, and by "everyone," I mean, "the people who share my sick obsession with a certain drama that starts with Hana and ends with...Dan." Though there's some Maou stuff in here too.

( THE HANADAN WALKING TOUR: DAYS 1 & 2 )

The finale.

( Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live 7/6/08: Sapporo Dome )

Arashi on "Ousama no Buranchi" to promote the retooled Arashi-chan: PLEASE TO KEEP DOING THIS CORNER. I LOVE IT ( Read more... )

Someone on a Japanese message board wrote that Jun said at some point that one of his future goals for Arashi was to finally have many songs that surpassed A-RA-SHI, because he felt they sometimes relied on A-RA-SHI as a crutch during concerts, and he wanted to reach the point that it wasn't needed anymore ( Read more... )

My new Arashi keitai strap has died. It hasn't even been a month! My phone was buried under my pillow, and when I grabbed it, the strap got caught. I tugged it free, and...beheaded the caterpillar. Poor caterpillar ( Read more... )