Ayu is in New York! **Calling all fans in NY**
 

AYU IS IN NYC! :thud

So, it's official. Ayu is currently in New York! :luv2

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...0at90854AM.png

This is the moment for East Coast fans to try and get to see her. I remember how envious I was of West Coast fans when she went to L.A.!

Photos *NEW*

**SEPT. 7: Me, JackieRos, CatGirl, twilightmoon, henrydawg87 and 3 other fans meet Ayu! :)
**SEPT. 8: More fans (~15) meet Ayu! :)
**SEPT. 9: Even more fans (~30) meet Ayu!:)

—> She is staying at the Ritz Carlton Central Park (Link to Google Maps).

—> Twitter is your friend at this point in time because it is how Ayu (@ayu_19980408) and Stan (@sikepro) can keep in touch and know we're waiting =]

—> It's possible Ayu is staying until Sept. 12. Fans are planning on going again Friday (Sept. 9) and Saturday (Sept. 10)... scroll through the thread to see who in particular.

Tips:
- If you need to, pee in the restaurant beside the hotel. They don't mind that you're not a paying customer.
- There's a Starbucks, Subway and Chipotle right around the block on 6th Ave if you get hungry.
- The hotel makes a stink about crowding the doorway so staying a bit off to the side is best.
- Tweet Ayu and Stan to let them know you're there.
- Tweet Ayu saying thanks afterwards and she'll probably reply and be really happy about it.
- Faint from meeting Ayu.

Just a heads up, but she normally seems to stay in this hotel while in New York. (I think her views from her hotel room also identifies this as her hotel)

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Proper...rk/Default.htm

The Ritz Carlton, New York, Central Park~

Oh CRUD stuck in VA :( college started up..

Let me know if anyone can get to ayu!!!! :)

Thanks! And yea, based on her twitpic photo, there's a 90% chance she's at this one.

Good luck!!! I really hope you guys get to see her. :)

Ayu just retweeted me and replied... sort of. Ever the mysterious one =)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...5at92438PM.png

Well damn, school starts tomorrow. Look at that bad timing. : /

MAN! wish I could go!!.. To bad im all the way in Orlando!!

I'm stuck in Orlando too!
Working =(

I was in Manhattan today and I didn't know about this :doh :doh :doh

WHERE!!!!!!!!! OMG

If I wanted to lose my job, I'd go this weekend XD The earliest I could go is next Thursday... and I'd be skipping school to go see her :/ So, really, for me the earliest is next Friday, unfortunately. Hopefully someone can figure out how long she'll be staying there... I will definitely visit her next week if she stays that long!!!

I was waiting for a post like this to show up. lol! I'm also in new york & was super excited when I saw her post that she's in NY. I've tweeted her twice so far...I don't really want to bombard her with messages, but I would love to see her! Oh, here's my twitter: @nansuki311

according to leslie, they are there til the 12th

I was trying to get a definite answer from Ayu on twitter, but no reply yet :( My twitter: @kawaiicadie. I have a few days off this week, so I want to plan a trip up to meet her.

I live 1 hour away from NYC and still can't go visit to meet あゆ... :weep

im all the way in central PA but im willing to drive up just to meet her!!!

IM IN NYC !!! ANYONE WANNA WAIT FOR AYU AT THE HOTEL?

I AM TOTALLY WILLING TO WAIT FOR AYU AT HER HOTEL. But like, do you think she'll post when she'll be there or at other locations in NYC? I live on the Island and I don't wanna take the train ride out to NYC and then not know when she'll be somewhere D:

did she post her location last time when she was in L.A?

^yeah, she let us know through Team Ayu, but only after we kept asking her on Twitter where she was. Don't give up!
I bet you anything her and Leslie are shooting the 2012 calendar there.

ayu_19980408ayumi hamasaki





TA更新しましたなう☆

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she updated TA?

cool i live in nyc but dunno if i will have time to go

Not with her secret location though.

Where can we read TA? Or is it only for members?

aww ): guess i will wait for abit

nope she will see mannie and take some rest =)

I WILL NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!!!!! WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HER LOCATION ASAP!

Why don't you check out the hotel truehappiness recommended? I think Ayu likes staying at hotels she has in the past, that's your best bet.

Would someone be willing to get me an autograph of Ayu, if you really meet her??? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! This would be my biggest wish come true, especially since I live in Germany and I don't have any chance to meet her anytime soon (except she comes to Germany one day... *wishing really hard*)

Please pm me, if anyone is willing to do this! Thanks

We all should make plans to meet her. Are you guys bombarding her with tweets asking where she is?

Time to use my twitter for once.

still no news on where shes staying at?

does anyone know why ayu is visiting NYC?

Wahhhhhh I totally have the opportunity to meet her! But, if she is staying at the Ritz, I have no idea like when to go to the hotel. Do fans typically wait hours and hours to see her leave/return to the hotel? I have no idea how it works :(

wow, good luck guys~
don't forget to bring ayu's signature for me, hehe

I think you're both right
This is the view I get of Google Earth with 3D buildings from the hotel


There's a missing building near the Natural Museum in the Google view, but the others are in the same position.
At first I thought she was in the Plaza Hotel because these two are near.

I'm so jealous of every fan that is up in NY right now...

BTW I love how everybody is making this "THE MISSION" to see Ayu before she leaves :D

AYU'S POSSIBLE HOTEL:

Ok. Now please stop asking where she is staying. Not 100% sure this is where she is, but there are big chances.

I'm 7 hours from NYC. I work and am broke. Sadly I cannot attend, but I really want other fans in NYC, to be able to meet her.

From previous meet ups in California, fans tweeted Ayu SEVERAL TIMES to ask if she would be able to meet with them, to tell her they were waiting in front of such and such hotels to meet her, etc.

TWITTER IS YOUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW. Tweet away! At this point, honestly, I wouldn't care if I were you guys, I would tweet her every 5 minutes asking her something. Maybe not the same question, but ask something like "Ayu, I'm in NYC and want to congradulate you! Are you free today?" and then maybe 5-10 min later: "Ayu, a few fans are waiting for you in front of Ritz hotel, is there where you are?". And then go on.

If there are several of you guys, co-ordinate your tweets together! If she sees tweets coming from different usernames, she will get a clue and eventually 1 of them will surely catch her attention.

This is just my 2 cent, from following previous meet up threads.

GOOD LUCK! Keep us posted!!!!

If she's really gonna be there til the 12th I've got to go from Pittsburgh! :O

I'm in NY! I'm going to find time! Let's coordinate!

We want to know where she's staying at.
She gave clues on where she was staying in london and in l.a.,
she hasn't said which hotel she's staying at or give us clues.
There's that picture but it could be anywhere. Not everyone is familiar with central park.
Maybe she'll give clues on TA or twitter and if we don't ask we won't know if has said anything on there.

Guys... let's plan to see her tomorrow! We need a concrete plan to tell her: Yes, we will be here at so and so. I can be there tomorrow from before sunrise till 2 p.m. She -has- to leave her hotel between that time!

Is that good for everyone? This will be like a first attempt. We have to try something. No?

Or we can even start tonight. I'm willing to be up 24 hours for this woman! lol.

We just need to try something. That's what everyone in L.A. is doing.

Can't do tonight, but tomorrow morning might be a good plan!!! :) I can be there early in the morning (8-9am) for the whole day. I tried tweeting her earlier because she posted something, but she doesn't seem to be replying to tweets. IDK how often I'll be on Twitter today, so can someone try tweeting her like 20 times or something the next time she's on?! D:

I'm planning on trying tonight. Before everyone else stampedes her hotel this weekend.

Yes, yes! :yes

Go and get photos and autographs and please post high resolution photos on AHS later on!!! <3

I'm bringing my high-def camera hehe :)

Okay, so I'm going to update the first post, too. I will be there around 7pm~. I'll check it out and see if they have some kind of cafe or lobby or space where I can stay inside... all I really need initially is an outlet. I'm just going to pack a ton of crackers to eat (lol).

If not there's a few cafes and stuff nearby so it won't be an issue finding a set spot, at least until everything starts to close up.

Anyone who wants to get in touch with me can send me a private message, BBM (30D41410) or tweet (and I'll give my # in PM). I'll have my phone and laptop so I'll be connected :)

I am totally in. Day off tomorrow too so yes yes

See you tonight. Yessss. So excited.

Darn, I really can't do tonight TT____TT Can anyone else do tomorrow???

AHHH... wish I could be there, this makes me sooo sad! :*(

good luck to the NYC fans!!!
hope u guys can meet her.
and i'm sure u guys will meet her!
i think she'll meet u guys when she finishes her works with Leslie..
just keep tweeting her!

I'm going tomorrow

Does anybody know what she is doing in New York?? A photo shoot maybe?

Awesome!! :) What time? (Also, I think I have you on Facebook too, lmao)

I can tomorrow~ Hopefully it won't be raining.

She's doing something with Leslie Kee. When she tweeted me she said, "Come visit me and Leslie" so... sounds like a photoshoot.

Please share your photos and videos with Ayu here :D I'm so excited for you guys :yes Good luck guys !

Yeah, i saw that... but I wonder for what??
New single?
magz covers??

I sent you a PM! :innocent

The ones who are going tomorrow should make plans where to meet and what time.

This is my Facebook so we can get in touch.

I can do tonight but i'll have to leave NYC tomorrow morning round 9 am is it worth it??

I actually don't have a facebook. How about twitter (@nansuki311) or email (nansuki311@gmail.com)? Once we get the time to meet I can PM my number.

I would say, the earlier the better - depending how far we all are. It'll take me about 1hr - 1.5hrs to get to the hotel. I'm not much of a morning person, but I'll try my best to get up!

Yeah, it'll take me about the same time to get to the hotel too :/ I can be there around 8-9am at the earliest 'cause otherwise I won't have a ride to the station.

Also, has anyone else tried tweeting Ayu? I've been sending her tweets all day asking when she's free to see her fans, but no response ):

I tweeted her and she didn't reply anything, but she's never replied to me before so it's nothing new.

When I get off work I will tweet her and see what she says. I can't be there, but maybe I can get through for you guys LOL

My twitter: @SuteisiChan

I think you guys should also try to tweet Leslie too, since he'll probably be with her and might be able to provide a clue.

edit: Is Stan with her? Might wanna try to tweet him as well.

^ what's Leslie's twitter?

^ Leslie's twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lesliekeesuper

I don't think he's staying at the same hotel as Ayu...? The picture he posted:
http://img.ly/885T shows Macys on 34th.
http://img.ly/885Q But then there's the tweet with, "Have fun shopping! ♡Location Hunt なう"

what's stan's twitter?

sikepro is Stan's Twitter.

I think hotel is the best place to wait for ayu.

It's honorable all of you are going to do this. I would only go and wait if I absolutely knew I was going to meet her and get to take a picture with her or whatever.

I hope you actually get to see her!

I think someone askes Timmy if he is in NY and he replied yes, not 100% sure but maybe tweeting him is also an option. I also tweeted Ayu a couple times, I mean I'm from germany and obviously won't go to NY, but I will still try to support you guys!

They're playing hide n seek according to Leslie lool. I feel like I'm going to be running all over NYC tonight.

I think if Ayu wanted to meet she would have given clues or a name already but she hasn't. Maybe after she's finished doing all her work commitments she'll be ready to meet fans.

Well today/tomorrow is the only chance I'll have so I really hope she comes out tonight/tomorrow.

good luck you guys!!

good luck everyone! :D

aww, now i really feel sad that i can't see ayu. :( hopefully she'll come back someday when i'll be in the city! :laugh but until then, hope you all have fun & can meet ayu! good luck!! :D

Boo, I wouldn't be able to go out to see her until Saturday :( I have workkkkkkkkkk through Friday

Anyone have any luck? I'm not 100% sure if I wanna go tomorrow without knowing if she'll deffo be there D: I'm able to get to NYC almost any other day this week, so ^^v

It would be smarter for her to meet the fans when she's done with her work, but rumor is she's leaving the 12th? For some of us the 11th is an important day, so I'm really hoping she'll find us today and/or tomorrow - at least at the start or the end of her day.

I hope you all that are heading to scout for Ayu get to meet up with her! I would say keep up the tweeting to see if she will reveal her location to meet her. :)

well, rikku411 and i are supposedly at the Ritz waiting. hopefully, this is the correct hotel!

rikku and i just missed her tonight. =(

stan came out and said she was already in the hotel. =( x 2

if anyone can come, she'll be coming out around 8am today, wednesday. stan said she won't be back until 5 or 6pm though...

I'm gonna be there around 4-5pm and will stay 'till around 10ish if she's late, so! :3 If anyone would like to join me~

@henrydawg87 - oh man! thats horrible. =(

@catgirl - i can meet you there at 4ish~ there's no way i can get up to meet her at 8am.

Sure! :) Yeah, same here with the 6am thing :/ Remember to bring an umbrella XD

i know! i was so bummed! we thought that because she didn't take any pictures of her hotel room/toes/or something hotel-ish, she was still out partying...

but sadly, i will have to wait until tomorrow morning. i am beyond excited. this is going to be a dream come true.

If someone there can manage to get me her autograph I'll love you forever! <3

Wait, when was she in LA????

Last October/November.

Good luck for this morning guys! This is a chance that won't repeat that often, do your best to meet her!

damn this will prbly be the best chance i will ever get to meet Ayu (i live in Toronto) but sadly i cant go :(

good luck to all of you going. post ur pics here so we can be evn more jealous, lol. if u can get some video footage too, that would be awesome! loved the footage from her LA visit last year.

Aww that is too bad about just missing her! But at least you have the chance tomorrow~ Make sure to send her all of the fans love! :D

Updated the first post. Heading out now!~

:D

i hope everyone can meet her this morning! :D please update us ASAP! i'm excited for you guys.

I AM SO EXCITED! :mgagged

O________O

Hopefully everything will turn out successfully!

She was in LA for pretty much all of January and February.

I wonder, had I still lived in NH, if I would have gone down to NY to wait. haha

Really excited for everyone :)

Her hotel and all her pics look so lush. Her clothing style has matured so much but she still looks so...rich.

If people I meet her today, I'll try to go tomorrow! Keep us posted!