Live Journey Station 2: Kurashiki

Yay (short) report written in the morning of Station 3 lol.
Didn’t feel well since before this live but still enjoyed it very well, though forced myself to attend Faylan’s live the next day then school everyday etc so yeah.

After ELEVEN hours bus ride, I arrived in Kurashiki city of Okayama prefecture at 8am. Took a short bus (again!) to the hall and there were about 200 people queuing… definitely nothing compared to Fukuoka. ^^;;

First, limited phone wallpaper for Okayama!

So it’s really leftover shots from CD tokuten lol.

Journey

Kurashiki is a beautiful place famous for its Bikan district full of 17th century wooden warehouses (倉 kura) along a canal. Lots of “normal” tourists too (those who have money to ride the boat).

It’s also where Momotaro legend started!! Too bad no time to enjoy Momotaro Museum besides adding Nanachomo to Momotaro’s party xD But I ate momo/peach gelato!!

-Limited T-shirt for Kurashiki is .. shocking pink. ^^; And cute Nanette-onsen pin that should’ve been saved for Ehime that’s actually famous for onsen? ^^;;
-Spotted a cool Nana-itasha. Someday I’ll have one!

Curry Journey in Kurashiki.

Curry House Kobeya. They have a special “Bokkee Curry” (lit. Awesome Curry?) as in damn spicy so not a good idea to challenge that before live. ^^;; Ate a normal pork curry which was delicious. :3

Live.

Setlist wise, nothing much changed.

Refer to Fukuoka’s report for song impressions/costumes.

8. Love Trippin’ –> Young Alive!
..
18. Trickster –> ミュステリオン (Musterion)

-From 2006 jump to 2010′s Young Alive! rather unexpectedly (I was expecting something more.. Hybrid Universe?) but it fits the Journey theme pretty well (riding the rainbow-colored machine to the high sky~♪). Following the trend will we get You have a dream next? xD

-…and from Trickster to Musterion! Awesome. I love Musterion live tho I’d prefer they keep Trickster and change Bring it on! instead.. ^^;; oh well, crossing fingers for Wild Eyes next pleeeease?

Honestly I didn’t think it’d be only 2 songs difference.. Academy had at least 4 including double encore. >_<;; I was surprised she decided to keep Sora to Kokoro to (boosting non-King CD sales? lol) …and no new acoustic songs, really? ;__;

MC1. Greetings and title call.
-First full-blown live as Mizuki Nana in Okayama, but it’s a special place that actually “started” her career: The singing contest she won when she was 14 was held in Okayama. She decided to move to Tokyo after winning that.
-Nana aims to hold a live in all 47 prefectures of Japan, and Okayama is 13th. She’s been performing in the usual big cities the past few years, so this new addition is important.
-“Live Journey, Station 2 Kurashiki, departs!”

MC2. Retell Fukuoka’s epic fall story, but glad today was safe. ^^;
-Highlight of the day: Epic Mama. Nana’s mom came all the way from Ehime since it’s not that far, and surprised Nana in the dressing room. Nana was so happy but apparently Mama just dropped some mandarin oranges and go home……. ^^;;;;;; without watching rehearsal/live. But she will watch Ehime’s live!
-Instead of accent talk, Nana asked about Okayama’s specialty food. Everyone were shouting in the same time so in the end she just asked them to write comments on her blog. ^^; Results: Mamakari (some kind of fish) and Sawara (mackerel).

MC3. Similar mawatte act.
-Important announcement: new single out August 3rd!!! Banzai, banzai, banzai~! Perfect timing to be Blood-C opening actually. :3 and there’s still that Nanoha PSP game if it’s even out this year.

The rest were about the same as Station 1.

Encore costume changed. Nana wore T-shirt B + the same green short pants.

Power Gate route.

Staff were a lot stricter so Nana couldn’t high five as many people compared to Fukuoka. Either way I couldn’t get it but being on the last row of the front block (red dot) it was still very close and I could see Nana walking along the way. Only my row and the one behind could see her since she’s so tiny. ^^;;;

Bait.

Okayama-limited ほぉわほぉわぴーち (Howahowa peach / Fluffy peach) plushie. Nana said she bought it on the shinkansen area so I almost gave up but finally found it in a small shop in Okayama Station! I guess Nana had a car to Kurashiki or she’d find a cuter pink peach plushie (Kurashiki-limited) ^^;
-Much bigger than Fukuoka’s Karashimentai-kun, but very light so still ended up in row 5-7. Tbh the quality isn’t as nice as this photo or when Nana was holding it on stage…
-Nana signed the back part (near the tag).
-Costs 630yen. Funny story I accidentally LEFT it on the bus to Osaka (busy being sick), called the bus company and had them send it to me with COD shipping…  cost me 950yen. Ahaha. -_-;;;

Setlist.
Changes in red.

01．SCARLET KNIGHT
02．ETERNAL BLAZE
03．十字架のスプレッド (Juujika no Spread)
MC1.
04．恋の抑止力-type EXCITER-
05．HIGH STEPPER
06．Polaris
Cherry Boys.
07．ストロボシネマ (Strobe Cinema)
08．Young Alive!
09．DISCOTHEQUE
MC2.
10．STORIES (acoustic ver.)
11．アルビレオ (Albireo) (acoustic ver.)
Team Yoda.
12．suddenly ～巡り合えて～ (suddenly~meguriaete)
MC3.
13．空と心と… (Sora to Kokoro to)
Towel Lesson.
14．Level Hi!
Special Video.
15．囚われのBabel (Toraware no Babel)
16．残光のガイア (Zankou no Gaia)
MC4.
17．Bring it on!
18．ミュステリオン (Musterion)
19．UNBREAKABLE
MC5.
20．Pray
Encore (Nana call)
21．New Sensation
Shassu!
22．POWER GATE
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, NANA!!
23．POP MASTER
Kakatte koi!
Bait throwing

Next Station: Tochigi! (≧ω≦)ノ