Osaka Concert Notes

[SheFliesHigher]

I went to Ayu's concert last Saturday (April 15th)and thought I would share a little bit of the experience with you. Since a couple of people have already posted detailed descriptions of the concert plus pictures of her outfits, I'm going to try and offer "new" information!

(1) Ayu wore a different outfit at the concert I went to! Normally, the second outfit she puts on is a short dress made of yellow flowers, but at my concert, she wore a MUCH cooler gold and white corset with fur trim at the top and bottom plus a matching pair of killer boots! I wish I had a picture, but since you are not allowed to take photos in the arena, I have nothing to show. After the concert, photo sets of all the outfits Ayu wore were being sold from those Ayu vans. But the sets came with a pic of the flowery dress that she didn't wear. According to what was told to me, the flowery dress somehow got dirty, so Ayu had to choose a different outfit. In my opinion, the one she wore at the show I went to was WAY better, much more diva-ish!

(2) The MC segment was quite cute. The first question was "How do you sleep at night? On your right side, left side, stomach, etc?" When Yo-chan read the question, he said "I also want to know this!" ^_^; Ayu said that she usually sleeps on her back, but that there is a certain "zone" of her body that she never covers with a blanket. That zone is between her waist and neck. Apparently, if she covers that "zone" she thinks she will have nightmares! Oddly enough, covering herself completely with a blanket, like pulling it over her head, is acceptable. Yo-chan was like "that makes no sense!" and she laughingly agreed. She speculated that perhaps during her childhood, she had a scary dream while sleeping with that "zone" covered, and so came to believe that doing so would always lead to nightmares. Quite a funny story...it made Ayu seem adorable! ^^

The second question was about whether she understood Kansaiben (the Kansai dialect) or not. She said she understood it well enough and sometimes used it while in Osaka. Yo-chan decided to quiz her on certain Kansaiben words. She didn't know a single one, and the crowd would always try to help her by yelling hints. The first word was "jirachi", which means a noisy person. People from the crowd would yell 'Yo-chan is a jirachi!!" and Yo-chan would pretend to get mad, then they'd yell things like "Ayu-chan is not a jirachi!" So Ayu would say, "I'm not a jirachi....but Yo-chan is...what could it be..." The crowd absolutely loved this whole segment. It was hard for me to get some of the jokes because I'm not too good with Kansaiben, but Yo-chan quizzed her on three words and the results were always the same--Ayu didn't know, the audience would try to help, they'd say Yo-chan was the word, etc etc. very cute!

The final question was from a guy asking is Ayu liked yakiniku (like grilled chicken) and if she would come to a yakiniku party he was having. She said she liked it, but then the conversation somehow turned into Ayu and Yo-chan talking about being drunk. Next, Yo-chan showed some photos of Ayu devouring a mountain of salad. Ayu said "actually, I ate two of those..."

(3) I was so jealous of this group of girls that had front row seats. They were very into the whole experience and Ayu even referred to them a couple of times (she said "these girls in the front row are really energetic!") and the cameras showed them up on the big screens. At the very end, Ayu took off her wristbands and tossed them to the girls. The crowd gasped in envy. SOOOO JEALOUS!

(4) After the concert, staff members handed out cards that you could scan with your cellphone to get a special wallpaper plus a message from Ayu. My Japanese friend did it, and she showed me the email Ayu sent out later. Ayu said she had so much fun at the concert, she was able to get over the fact that she wasn't able to do hanami (flower viewing) the other day, and asked everyone to try not to be jirachi (lol). It was very cute.

(5) I was so happy to see so many Ayu fans gathered together. The place was PACKED and everyone was so excited. It was a great feeling. The couple sitting next to me had brought their very young daughter (3? 4?) along with them, and she was always covering her ears because the music was so loud. But after a while, she started dancing along to the music and pointing at Ayu when she appeared on the video screens.

[truehappiness]

...omg hot.

/envy.

All I've done is sit in the same bench as Ayu in Hawaii/take pictures and touch the water she was in for the fairyland PV/see the L&Lburgerjoint that she was at in Hawaii..

<3 Hope you had a incredible time! It sounds like you did.

[freedreamer]

whoa...new costume!...i hope she wears that but i think the flowery dress would suit the theme better...BUT i still hope she wear that..Since u say its much coooler

[Echiko]

wow!!!! LUCCKYY!!! I wish I could go to a concert someday...Glad you got such a positive feedback! Makes me want to go even more!

Hehehe..That's so cute...she has a certain way to sleep..hahah.

[Qt Mashi]

wow!!! that sounds awesome!!! i wish i could go to Ayu's concert

[SheFliesHigher]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

...omg hot.

/envy.

All I've done is sit in the same bench as Ayu in Hawaii/take pictures and touch the water she was in for the fairyland PV/see the L&Lburgerjoint that she was at in Hawaii..

<3 Hope you had a incredible time! It sounds like you did.

Hey, that's cool! I'd love to go to Hawaii, but it probably won't be happening any time soon...my parents plan to go but I'm not included in their plans, hehe....

The water must have been gorgeous. Did you feel Ayu's power when you touched it?

[ayu_ready?]

whoa!!!
*sigh*
ahhhhhhh

[Mirai Noah]

Wow, so awesome!

[CREA.tive]

wow thnxlooks great

[evolution7931]

lol Thanks for that info!! The MC sounds like a really fun part of the concert if you can understand Japanese XD

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by SheFliesHigher

Hey, that's cool! I'd love to go to Hawaii, but it probably won't be happening any time soon...my parents plan to go but I'm not included in their plans, hehe....

The water must have been gorgeous. Did you feel Ayu's power when you touched it?

Yes, it was TERRIBLY GORGEOUS. AHH. I felt like I was in fairyland LOL.

Now to post a picture~! [with dirty people in the water] >[

Waimea Falls = BEAUTIFUL. It was really deep in that bird observatory thing though. xD I saw 3 peacocks!

[SunshineSlayer]

Cool, thanks for the report. The new outfit sounds better, I hope she keeps it. So what did you think of the actual concert?

[Brittany]

Ayu is so sweet! OMG.. this is a side of her I've never heard of

Its great she's so nice to her fans .. Aww, I'm so jealous now

[Syphex]

OMG I want a wristband that ayu wears more then anything *______*

After the concert, staff members handed out cards that you could scan with your cellphone to get a special wallpaper plus a message from Ayu.

Anyway to upload this wallpaper?

[Axel_Grease]

Thanks for sharing. Those girls must've felt really happy to be mentioned by Ayu. And it's funny how they show a pic of Ayu eating salad and she's like, 'I ate two of those.' xD

[Corybobory]

That's sounded like such a great time!! Thanks for sharing it with us

[AyuGAME]

wow great experience wish i had one
i want to see that different outfit
how do you rate her performance and singing?

[SheFliesHigher]

Anyway to upload this wallpaper?

I didn't download it to my cellphone, but all it was was the (miss)understood album cover--the one where she is grinning.

Truhappiness: That picture is amazing! It can be hard to find nature in such beautiful condition these days, Thanks for sharing. I gotta get my butt to Hawaii someday.

People have asked what I thought of the performance. Well, my seat was pretty close to the stage, so I had a very good view, but I suppose the trade-off to being so close was that it was LOUD, LOUD, LOUD! Sometimes it was so loud that I could not even hear Ayu's voice! When she sang quieter songs, I was able to hear better...but by that point my eardrums had been rattled and everything sounded muffled. I suppose all concerts are this loud, but I've never been to a concert before in my life, so maybe I'm just not used to it. ^^; Some classmates that I went with who were in the "standing section" (so far back that I couldn't even see where it was) said that they could hear her voice perfectly, and that she sounded great. I guess I'll just have to take their word for it because it was extremely hard for me to judge the vocal quality of something I usually couldn't hear. During the acoustic section (which was the section I could hear the mosr clearly), where she sang Heaven and Teens, I thought she did a very good job, even though I don't particularly like Teens.

HOWEVER, since I had such an up close view of the stage, I can say that I found the performances to be fantastic. I am always impressed by the dancers, musicians, Ayu herself, the sets, special effects....you really get the feeling that everyone is one big family working together to make a great show. Whether this concert was "better" than the My Story one last year is hard to say. I LOVE the My Story concert but I loved this one too and am very excited for it to be released on DVD.

Oh yeah, and Yo-chan is an incredible guitarist. I'm sure you all already know that. He's definitely developed a strong following of his own and the crowd loved his solo.

I guess in conclusion I can say that going to Ayu's concert has been a whole new experience for me. Seeing Ayu wave to you from a DVD, and seeing her ACTUALLY wave to you in the audience is quite different!

[perfectdeath]

WOW, so many dedicated fans going to the arena tour. makes me very jealous. thanks for the review, makes me me feel like i'm there (almost) hahaha

[heyheyderek]

OH~~~you are so lucky~~
I want to go ther soso much~
I'm longing for the DVD~
Thx for sharing your experience~