[ARASHI] The 38th thread ~ ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×20 DVD/Blu-ray (30.09.20)

[KarenPang]

Via Instagram Stories except for Sakurai , the other members said their favourite ARASHI songs are as so :

Nino - Hatenai Sora

MatsuJun -Turning Up

Aiba - PIKA☆NCHI

Ohno - Kimi no Uta

No reasons given though . Quite surprised MatsuJun said Turning Up , I thought at most he will say 1 of the 3 songs that were used for Hana Yori Dango

I agree with Aiba's choice . PIKA☆NCHI is still so bad ass after all these years

While I didn't like Kimi no Uta at 1st , the TV performances did help change my mind on it

Lastly for Nino's , at least he didn't said Dear Snow as late 2011 was boring ARASHI central singles wise

Thought maybe Nino will choose another song like maybe Breathless ?

[KarenPang]

Streaming of Thurs's Sakurai ・Ariyoshi THE Yakai

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av74898557

Guests - Ohno & Nino (again) , Nakagawa Taishi , Matsushita Yuki & Takizawa Karen

[KarenPang]

People who were successful in getting the JET STORM event fan ballot for tomorrow in here already received email notifications

For S'pore , it will take place tomorrow afternoon at Jewel Changi Airport & the JET STORM event will last about an hour before ARASHI leaves for Bangkok

Lol talk about being convenient and I thought the event will be held on top of the HSBC Rain Vortex but it's some enclosed event room o_O

At most before ARASHI leaves , they will take a group photo on top of HSBC Rain Vortex

I don't think my sister & I got chosen but that's ok , I'm frankly quite nonchalant about it lmao

And for me to say this , it's not normal somewhat ha

My sister said she will still go Jewel Changi Airport tomorrow to try to see ARASHI xD

[KarenPang]

Taken downtown here at a bus stop notice





https://twitter.com/AiHondaa/status/1192983006392119297

Unreal , never thought I see this in my country

[KarenPang]

Taken at Raffles City Shopping Centre



https://twitter.com/missingsapporo/s...41128682950656

Wow amazing

[KarenPang]

In something that should not surprise anyone (again) , Sakurai will be hosting Best Artist 2019 and it will be the 11th straight year he will be doing so o_O

https://twitter.com/musicday_ntv/sta...56146556633095
https://natalie.mu/music/news/354804

This was announced at the end of this week's Arashi ni Shiyagare

NTV will broadcast Best Artist 2019 live on 27th Nov and a Rugby special medley will be part of the performance which ARASHI , Little Glee Monster & Asakura Miki will perform

[KarenPang]

Streaming of last night's Arashi ni Shiyagare

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av75125330

Guest was comedian Okamura Takashi , haha

[KarenPang]

My sister is currently at Jewel Changi Airport & she took this earlier on



Woo

ARASHI's scheduled for today

Jakarta

到着5:00(7:00)
会見8:30-9:30(10:30-11:30)

Singapore

会見14:00(15:00)

Bangkok

到着18:30(20:30)
会見19:30(21:30)
ファンミ20:00(22:00)

https://twitter.com/1BXs7MhvEjRrJEf/...88502030434304



The timings stated in the brackets are in Japan time

[KarenPang]

ARASHI is physically right now in my country , so surreal



https://twitter.com/GEMtvasia/status...16150467481602

Originally my country's name had a typo error but that has been fixed





https://twitter.com/GEMtvasia/status...20519250386945

A warm welcome from Singapore for the members of ARASHI with orchids and a Merlion plush.



https://twitter.com/GEMtvasia/status...25502146424832

Doesn't get more local classic than this , too bad no local classic foods were included haha

My sister & her friends are at Jewel Changi Airport now x)

I don't know why GEM TV were not in charge in coordinating the JET STORM events but oh well :s

This's a homecoming of sorts for Sakurai as the last time he came here was in 2013 , zomg

[KarenPang]

ARASHI has left my country & now on the way to Bangkok

Photos my sister took





Damn so close

The press conference only lasted 30 mins & my sister spent 7 hours in waiting before ARASHI came but she said it was worth the wait lmao

[KarenPang]

https://twitter.com/GEMtvasia/status...49345858752515

Turns out the 50 people who were chosen , the perks were only they sat in front of the table that ARASHI sat together in , alongside with the media :x

My sister said the security was really poor & the company who were in charge of the S'pore league of JET STORM , it's the same company who's in charge of the annual AFA event in here -_-

Because ARASHI took a private jet , the plane did not land at Changi Airport which explained the delay of their arrival in Jewel

Not that it made fans unfazed . My sister also said people from China flew all the way here to see ARASHI despite the limited time they had o_O

If it's fans from Malaysia I can understand but wow from China ? Shouldn't they fly to Taipei tomorrow , it's so much more nearer for them O_o

[KarenPang]

CNA wrote about ARASHI's brief stop here



https://twitter.com/ChannelNewsAsia/...96795264901120

[SunshineSlayer]

^Have they made any announcements at these appearances? It seems like there should be something more than they just show up for 30 minutes, haha.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^Have they made any announcements at these appearances? It seems like there should be something more than they just show up for 30 minutes, haha.

The local paper here also wrote about their appearance with a bit more indepth details that CNA didn't include

https://twitter.com/ST_LifeTweets/st...84415252471809



https://twitter.com/arashi5official/...51977306341376

Some brief press conference footages

https://twitter.com/sakuraifacts/sta...40884005584898



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euuFPZOmGbY

If you're talking about like major Asian tour announcement & all that , nah :x

ARASHI probably might announce something at the end of their Taipei Jet Storm visit ?

My sister said their flight from Jakarta to here was delayed

Seletar Airport is a 15 mins drive from Changi Airport . I originally thought it was Paya Lebar Air Base their private plane would land but it's for military use

My sister waited 7 hours for ARASHI to come and she stood so long until her legs were like jelly

Talk wise , MatsuJun & Sakurai mainly did most of the talking and due to time constraints , they only answered 1 question :x

MatsuJun & Sakurai's English was pretty good considering things while my sister said Ohno looked so sleepy lmao

And for once a celebrity who visited here didn't said his favourite food is chicken rice or pandan chiffon cake or chilli crab ! I'm surprised Aiba likes Hokkien Mee cos it's not a dish I would recommend to tourists cos not everyone would like it

Also I know I complain how things were meh here but Jakarta's more extreme in that fans stood on the side of the roads to welcome ARASHI even though they couldn't really see them as the cars they were in , the windows were all tinted black

You can't do that here that's for sure LOL

[KarenPang]

ARASHI & DREAMS COME TRUE will perform at the opening ceremony of the new Kokuritsu

This will take place on 21st Dec

国立競技場オープニングイベント ~HELLO, OUR STADIUM~
2019年12月21日（土）東京都 国立競技場

OPEN 16:30 / START 18:30 / END 21:30頃

＜出演者＞

スポーツ
土井杏南 / ケンブリッジ飛鳥 / 福島千里 / ハンナ・コックロフト / ジャリッド・ウォレス / ジョニー・ピーコック / 市川華菜 / マールー・ファン・ライン / 村岡桃佳 / レイモンド・マーティン / 高桑早生 / 飯塚翔太 / 多田修平 / 井谷俊介 / 鈴木朋樹 / ウサイン・ボルト / 桐生祥秀 / 小池祐貴

音楽
嵐 / DREAMS COME TRUE

文化
鼓童 / 東北絆まつり
and more

https://natalie.mu/music/news/354889

[KarenPang]

More photos & article write up from yesterday's Jet Storm event here



https://twitter.com/SoJapanTweets/st...95388801515520

Also forgot to say that Sakurai said via Instagram Stories that his favourite song is We can make it!

[KarenPang]

Longer clip of yesterday's JET STORM event in Jewel Changi Airport , uploaded by Zaobao which's a local Mandarin morning paper



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZk5Jt2YpU

The clip has English & Mandarin inbuilt subtitles

[KarenPang]

RIAJ certified 5×20 All the BEST!! CLIPS 1999-2019 Triple Platinum for shipment of 750K copies

https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html

Also , avex Taiwan will release 5×20 All the BEST!! CLIPS 1999-2019 on 29th Nov and they will be making both the DVD & Blu-ray regular and limited versions !

11/29 嵐：ARASHI All the BEST!! CLIPS
(2BR) (1BR) (3DVD) (2DVD)

http://avex.com.tw/service/epaper/history.asp

That's great & this's the 1st ARASHI release avex Taiwan is able to make in Blu-ray format

And this's why I never bother to buy Japan press for ARASHI's releases . I have to wait but I don't mind cos I don't have any 'motivation' to buy Japan press of their releases

So everytime I see fans online fighting/lamenting over not getting the limited versions of ARASHI's releases , I can't help but laugh over it

[KarenPang]

Sakurai Sho to be the host for 'Best Artist' for the 11th consecutive time

NTV's music special 'Best Artist 2019' will have a four-hour live broadcast on November 27.

'Best Artist' is an annual music special that's been held since 2001, and Arashi's Sakurai Sho will serve as its host for the 11th consecutive time.

This year, it will air with the theme "artists who coloured the year," and it will feature performances from about 40 artists.

In a medley corner called 'Rugby Special Medley,' Arashi, Little Glee Monster, and Kuraki Mai will participate and sing songs associated with rugby.

https://www.tokyohive.com/article/20...nsecutive-time

[KarenPang]

Tabloids are reporting that Nino will be the 1st in ARASHI to get married

And Nino's supposedly wife is news announcer Ito Ayako

Both of them have been rumoured to have been together for quite a long time which both of them appeared together on TV twice

https://twitter.com/ExciteJapan/stat...87917670768641
https://twitter.com/taishujp/status/1194160540504883200
https://twitter.com/cyzo/status/1194212551334285313

If this's true , it's about time for someone in ARASHI to get married . It's surprising the 1st is not MatsuJun cos for him it's super long overdue to do so

While ARASHI attained so much success over the last 2 decades at the same time , the members are not able to find their own happiness and settle down :x

Maybe that's why the Johnnys always got married so late , except if you're KimuTaku x)