Hamasaki Republic Magazine

murasakinohana · #1 3rd April 2009, 04:41 AM

Does anyone know the where was the exact locations for the Hamasaki Republic Magazine photoshoots?? It could have been France.. could it?? I just LOVE the castle shots!!

chloeM · #2 3rd April 2009, 05:24 AM

when was the shot thing?

noidea · #3 3rd April 2009, 06:27 PM

could you link the shots? the only castle shots I remember are the free & easy shots for this magazine

kilia22 · #4 3rd April 2009, 06:56 PM

See here

Quote:

In April 2002, Ayumi Hamasaki released several items that were inspired by the life of Joan of Arc. Shortly after her single “Free & Easy”, a Japanese magazine of the same name released a special edition called “Hamasaki Republic”. The magazine stars Ayumi as Joan of Arc and features interviews and advertisements she had done during that time.

I don't think it is in France =)

noidea · #5 3rd April 2009, 08:11 PM

But if its about Joan de Arc, france would be likely

emi♡ · #6 3rd April 2009, 10:59 PM

It actually should be very easy to figure out if someone here knew their castles/cathedrals...

the building material from the castle seems very specific. The doors are very plain...

It's very likely that it was not shot in France since a lot of those castles, and especially cathedrals are old and very articulated...but who knows...it looks like...a very "new" castle...or maybe it's Romanesque? I doubt it though...

Does anyone have a better picture of it?

Anyway...my friend has the mag, I'll ask him if it says anything about the location...

ren0210989 · #7 4th April 2009, 02:38 AM

i'm 99% sure it ain't France.
didn't Ayu say that her first trip to Europe/France was the MW PV shooting??

anyways.... it looks A LOT like the place/studio momentum was shoot at. (i mean the first row on the link posted)

murasakinohana · #8 5th April 2009, 04:38 AM

OH OK. Thanks for clarifying my doubts guys!! i just ABSOLUTELY ADORE the photoshoots!!

seems so medieval and all..

Catzi · #9 5th April 2009, 04:39 AM

Here are scans of the entire mag.

This castle looks really new. The stone doesn't look very old, and the windows have glass in them.

kendelle · #10 5th April 2009, 03:48 PM

I have a copy of the scans from the mag and looked through for Katakana references for the shot location and didn't find anything =\

Castles are located all around the world though....is it possible it's in another Eastern European country or maybe some kind of set for a movie or something? You don't see much of the castle, it's possible the whole shoot was done against one wall and a corner with the camera at different angles =[

*Petit* · #11 5th April 2009, 07:58 PM

^
I thought it lookd kind of propish too.. It doesen't look like any styl of castle, it's probably something in japan if it exists. After all they have a lot of buildings (even ntire villages) modlled after traditional european styles.

critter333294 · #12 6th April 2009, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ren0210989

i'm 99% sure it ain't France.
didn't Ayu say that her first trip to Europe/France was the MW PV shooting??

Sorry to go off topic but....Ayu had never been to Europe before the MW PV?! WTF. I know she's busy and all but with the amount of money she's making I would've traveled everywhere.....at least to Europe lol. Ayu needs a vacation.

Kazeyomi · #13 6th April 2009, 04:42 AM

It looks an english castle for me.

But, if Ayu never been to Europe before MW and the cm.. maybe it's just an american house that looks like a castle. I guess lol