I went to Ayu's mom shop and sing Ayu karaoke in Tokyo
 

I just got back from Tokyo! It's such a wonderful place! I recommand everyone should go there at least once in their life

I went to ayu mom's shop! It's a flower/candle/chocolate store in Hiroo region of Tokyo...unfortunately I didn't see ayu's mom and of course didn't see ayu (which I expected because hey why would ayu and even her mom be at the store? they have staff working for them.....) the staff there spoke a little english and was very friendly.. I bought a box of chocolate (4 pieces for 1300 yen, which is approx $13USD, quite pricy but it's all worth it!)... and I don't even wanna open it..haha..

Here are some pics of the store. The store name is Hanabi. You can see the sign 'Crea Hiroo' on the side of the store:

if you wanna go to ayu mom's store, take the tokyo metro hibiya line and get off at hiroo station....there is a map of the store on the store's website so it's pretty easy to find

here is the map and official website
http://www.hanabi-a.jp/shop_info/index.html

more pics of ayu store

I also went to karaoke to sing ayu songs! I went to the Big Echo at Shinjuku...just get off Shinjuku JR station west exit... Big Echo has a big red sign with, of course, says Big Echo.... if you sing in the afternoon the cost is 200yen per person per 1/2 hour (the cost in the evening doubles)...they have quite a few ayu songs but not all of them original PV...a lot of them are some random ugly videos...the lyrics all have hiragana so as long as you long the hiragana characters, don't worry about kanji you can sing!

Ah~~ Lucky you ! You got to visit my hometown...which obviously, I do not live there anymore!
You must have had so much fun! Oh, now I want to go back again just to see the shop. Maybe I can do something in the future~! Tee-hee. It was a great trip, right?

Thanks for a lot for sharing such experience..
thanks for Ayu's mom's shop information!!!
i wish to go to Japan too!!

Thx for posting, and nice pics you got there. ^^

Hi ayumasing are you from Hiroo? Where in Japan are you from?

Yes I had a great time! Love everything about the trip.... great food, great shopping, great sigtseeing....

^Thank you very much for the report!
Off-topic but, do you have the image on your avatar in better quality? I've never seen it. Does it come from a magazine photoshoot?

mimika, can i post your fanaccount and pics on my fanblog?
http://ayusstory.blogspot.com

sure my pleasure :)

^
Thanks a lottttt
yay :) so envious of ppl who can go to Japan~~

nice...thanks for sharing

this is a rare pic....one of the promo for poker face...i 4got where i got it

here you go:

hey AyUmIXx...I just realized I had a typo in my post..on the 2nd post where i said:

"there is a mom of the store on the store's website so it's pretty easy to find"

which of course didn't make any sense! i wanna say there is a map! i added the link of the map and edited that post...since it's quite important to get the map to get there..u may wanna change your post in ur website too....this would help fans get there a lot easier :) thx

thank you for those informations

I plan to visit japan next year and I want to do karaoke and will visit the store of ayus mum

thanx mimika for sharing this with us ^ ^

just wonder why is it Crea hiroo? Crea stands for pseudonym that ayu use? or anthing else?

wait Japan i'll be there in another 2 years!!! XDD i'll surely will go to hanaBi too!

i find that soo interesting *.*
i didn't know that Ayu's Mom has a chocolate shop lol
and i would like to sing Ayu songs in karaoke...
Thanks for sharing !^^

whaaa... that's so cool! i'm definitely going next time :) and i like your avatar too~ i miss the unglamorized ayu :(

haha and on the topic of karaoke, i went to big echo in shinjuku too this summer and sang a bunch of her medleys which annoyed my friends who aren't as into her ^.^ll but yes, i love medleys!

thank you for sharing this with us! ^^

It looks like you had an amazing time there.
next time when I'm in Tokyo I'll be sure to visit the shop :D

Oh wow, intresting.

I'll be sure to visit the store if I go to Tokyo.

Thanks for the info.

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing! I would have bought some chocolate and a lovely candle too... one of the candles Ayu's obsessed with and always talking about. :D

One day when I go Tokyo, I will definitely make sure I stop by the hanaBi store

http://hanabi-a.jp/

Thanks for sharing! I would go if I ever visited Japan :yes.

Thank you very much ; ) She's beautiful here! And indeed a rare pic!

Thanks for sharing this with us :D
That store looks so cute! Candles, flowers and chocolate *_* If I went to Tokyo I'll be sure to visit it

wow really? didn't know that i should have got one...which flavour is the candle?

Yep, I went there last time too. It's right down the street from my hotel actually. :)

I didn't see Ayu's Mom either, but I did see the guy that she was supposedly dating who had supposedly been Ayu's high school boyfriend.

i'll definitely go there if i go to Japan!

I didn't necessarily want to create a new thread, but I went to hanaBi the other day and got a few things and thought I'd share some pictures!

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3,500 yen.
These are so good! Dark and light chocolate. They look thin, but they're actually really thick! I was surprised.


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500 yen.
Raspberry chocolates. Really, really good. I've had the chocolates in the refrigerator so these taste a bit like ice cream! :)


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We spent over 3,000 yen so we received a present. The present was chocolates with Ayu's dogs on them. I chose Crea :D

I also received a little soap [Olive & Lavender scent] and got my polaroid taken with my roommate.

It's a really beautiful store!

thanks for sharing, when i'll be in Tokyo i'll surely have a look there (but not buying anything, usually it's difficult for me to repackage my luggages LOL)

^ Ahhh that store is so incredible! The staff and just the way everything works is so great really!

Those chocolates look so yummy! I'm such a chocoholic so I'm dying for them now!!

OMG chocolates with Ayu's dogs on them!! Why am I not surprised... Thanks for sharing!!

awww Crea looks so cute on that chocolate *_*
I like those packages, they looks really classy :yes

thanks for sharing!

How cute! I want a chocolate with CREA on it~
Thanks for sharing!

^It's probably around 35 USD.

For $35 that better be the grandaddy's momma of all chocolates and be the best thing I've ever tasted. :laugh That's really neat though, had no idea Ayu's mom had a shop. Just another thing on my Future Japan trip to-do list. :D

its quite expensive but i agree those chocolate looks really good and the gift is really cute . i guess all stores in tokyo or near tokyo area have to overchage to survive. rent a better space for her store must cost her more now .

The store is in Hiroo which is a very affluent neighbourhood in Tokyo. It has a lot of embassies and a lot of foreigners living there. I went to Hiroo with some friends and there are a lot of foreigners on the streets, in star bucks, etc. There are doctor clinics with signs saying they can speak english...... we went to that star bucks and it was one of the few star bucks in Japan where the staff had no problem understanding us