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

mimika · #1 24th January 2010, 03:31 AM

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:

mimika · #2 24th January 2010, 03:38 AM

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

mimika · #3 24th January 2010, 03:44 AM

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!

ayumasing · #4 24th January 2010, 03:50 AM

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?

AyUmIXx · #5 24th January 2010, 04:50 AM

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

rookies · #6 24th January 2010, 04:59 AM

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

mimika · #7 24th January 2010, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayumasing

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?

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....

hidekirby · #8 24th January 2010, 05:17 AM

^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?

AyUmIXx · #9 24th January 2010, 05:51 AM

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

mimika · #10 24th January 2010, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

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

sure my pleasure

AyUmIXx · #11 24th January 2010, 05:59 AM

^
Thanks a lottttt
yay

so envious of ppl who can go to Japan~~

AyuGAME · #12 24th January 2010, 06:15 AM

nice...thanks for sharing

mimika · #13 24th January 2010, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hidekirby

^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?

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

here you go:

mimika · #14 24th January 2010, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

^
Thanks a lottttt
yay

so envious of ppl who can go to Japan~~

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

ayumi.hamasaki · #15 24th January 2010, 07:58 AM

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

AyuWorld · #16 24th January 2010, 08:13 AM

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!

Heavenly · #17 24th January 2010, 11:30 AM

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 !^^

shizukanaotoko · #18 24th January 2010, 11:54 AM

whaaa... that's so cool! i'm definitely going next time

and i like your avatar too~ i miss the unglamorized ayu

shizukanaotoko · #19 24th January 2010, 11:55 AM

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!

Blasterion · #20 24th January 2010, 01:16 PM

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