Live Journey Station 4: Ishikawa
College is busier than I had expected (especially that I’m always “busy” on weekends…) so posting the previous station’s report on Friday would be the normal speed.. ^^;
June 4 @ Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture.
Notes
-Mini-chomo is back!! (≧ω≦)ノ
-For whatever reason, Nana called this 4th station by its prefecture “Ishikawa”, despite calling the previous 3 by city names. ^^;
…somehow this report ended to be pretty long lol. Gonna continue with Niigata after I watch TV *runs*
Limited phone wallpaper for Ishikawa.
I just want to pinch those cheeks.
Journey in Ishikawa
Pretty long bus ride of more than 8 hours, but it’s a really beautiful place.
Annual festival Hyakumangoku Matsuri was held during the weekend, and the main parade was held on Nana’s live day.. the road was blocked so I couldn’t take bus to the hotel and had my huge bag for the entire day orz. But hey, plenty cute loli. *runs*
Kenrokuen, one of the 3 most beautiful gardens in Japan. Free entry for the day thanks to the festival. Loved it!
Curry Journey
Planned to have Kanazawa Curry in Turban but they sold out by 1pm WTF damn festival. D= Anyway found another Kanazawa-style omurice dry curry so <3
Live
Honda no Mori Hall. 15 mins by bus/taxi from Kanazawa Sta, or 40 mins walk (+20 mins with so many people flooding the road for the festival..).
See: Station 1 Fukuoka (full setlist, costumes).
Station 2 Kurashiki. Station 3 Utsunomiya.
Red: first time sung in Journey.
| Sta1 | Sta2 | Sta3 | Sta4 | |
| #4 | #4 | – | – | Koi no Yokushiryoku-type EXCITER- |
| – | – | #4 | – | Take a shot |
| – | – | – | #4 | Gimmick Game |
| . | ||||
| #8 | – | #8 | – | Love Trippin’ |
| – | #8 | – | #8 | Young Alive! |
| . | ||||
| #13 | #13 | #13 | – | 空と心と… (Sora to Kokoro to) |
| – | – | – | #13 | supersonic girl |
| . | ||||
| #16 | #16 | #16 | – | 残光のガイア (Zankou no Gaia) |
| – | – | – | #16 | 沈黙の果実 (Chinmoku no Kajitsu) |
| . | ||||
| #18 | – | – | #18 | Trickster |
| – | #18 | #18 | – | ミュステリオン (Musterion) |
-GIMIGE KITAAAAAAAAAA—!!! Of course I still remember the dance. xD
-Replacing SoraKoko is…. from Nana’s first album: supersonic girl!!! KITAAAAAAA! Sounded SO much better with Nana’s current ability. Honestly I prefer SoraKoko sinceI like the old-style “Nana-chan” calls while this only had “Supersoniiiiiii~~~~c!” ^^;; ..but still a rare song. I wonder if she’d come up with other ancient song.. what’s the chance of Drive Away Dream pretty please? ;__;
-Chinmoku‘s explosion!! Well it’s nowhere near Gaia’s epicness (DNA GA SHOUTING!) but still my favorite UD song.
-No new variations for #8 and #18, but THREE new songs! I guess they kept going with the planned setlist even with 2-days in Sendai postponed. This way we’ll get Take A Shot on Sendai day-1 and Gimige on day-2? Whatever GIMIGEEEEE xDDDD
MC1. Greetings and title call.
-Announced Ishikawa as her 15/47 prefecture. First live in Ishikawa but she went to Yamashiro onsen (!!) with her best friend SAYURI. Also visited 21st Century Art Museum (I walked past it but no money to go in) and Kenrokuen. They rented a car and went on a drive too.. I don’t know if SAYURI can drive so assuming Nana drove here… sew jealous. ;__;
-PS. Too bad for Nana/Mamikko shippers, they didn’t do more than dinner dates. ^^;; SAYURI has been raburabu-ing with Nana since high-school (from Shin’ai book) and also wrote lyrics for her so yeah. xD
-Talked about the festival, but she fumbled while trying to say “Hyakumang–&#$” lol sew cute. Nana said she really wanted to participate in the dance parade thing, but then said “Let’s not lose to the festival, Live Journey, Station 4 Ishikawa, departs!!”
Cherry Boys. Forgot to mention this before, but Ryutan tried to make variations while introducing the band members for fans to follow. From the normal “Tom-kun!” to “Tom-yam” to “Tom Cruise” LOL.
MC2.
-Nana said she looked forward to local foods the most in this Journey. Nana ate sasa sushi (sushi wrapped in banana leaf), ankoro mochi (red-beans sticky cake), and some candy that claims to “make your voice sounds nicer” or sth. ^^;
-The locals recommended Kanazawa Curry that I couldn’t eat orz. Nana told us that she always ate curry before every Station (hey me too! xD). Curry with natto topping before Fukuoka, tsuke curry soba before Okayama, beef stew curry before Ishikawa..
-MC before Albireo. Introduced Itaruvic’s special instrument “Mandolin”.
MC3.
-Mawatte calls. lol poor Nana having to think about new things to say about mawatte calls at least 10 more times..
-Announcement! The new single’s title is Junketsu Paradox!! (純潔パラドックス) then explained Junketsu means “pure-hearted” then said “someone like me” then looked really embarrassed herself LOL darn cute. ;__;
-Someone in front row shouted “JunPara!” and Nana said “…that was fast ^^;;;;” but agreed to the nickname, so it’s official! The song is done so we just need to wait for SmileGang broadcast..
Towel lesson. Now the waving directions are in unison, but still mixed reactions to the punching moves. Hisayo-sensei clearly said left-right as “hidari/migi” for waving BUT “punch/hantai” (punch/another-side) for punching so the correct ones are NOT mirrored…
Encore. Nana wore T-shirt A (Journey logo)
-Thanked us for Nana call. Some people asked if it’s okay to call her name without honorifics (-san/chan), and she said it’s a-ok so the hall chanted “Na~na! Na~na!” for a while. ^^;
Power Gate route.
-As the smallest hall of Journey tour, it only had ONE floor.. properly elevated so I could see Nana when I jumped. ^^;
Bait: Koro-koro ankoro-chan.
Nana said they look like slimes (Dragon Quest) lol. Since there are 3 slimes connected to each other, she autographed 1, wrote “Live Journey” in 1, and wrote the dates in 1.
Setlist.
Changes noted from previous Station (Utsunomiya).
01．SCARLET KNIGHT
02．ETERNAL BLAZE
03．十字架のスプレッド (Juujika no Spread)
MC1.
04．Gimmick Game
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．supersonic girl
Towel Lesson.
14．Level Hi!
Special Video.
15．囚われのBabel (Toraware no Babel)
16．沈黙の果実 (Chinmoku no Kajitsu)
MC4.
17．Bring it on!
18．Trickster
19．UNBREAKABLE
MC5.
20．Pray
Encore (Nana call)
21．New Sensation
Shassu!
22．POWER GATE
23．POP MASTER
Kakatte koi!
Bait throwing
Next Station: Niigata
LOL, so much for not spoiling myself. I had a feeling Gimmick Game was coming, but OMGWTFBBQ SUPERSONIC GIRL???? REALLY???LOOOLLLLLL I can’t even imagine what it sounds like live cos the recorded version sounds soo dated and cheesy (supersoooniiicccc….), but it’s one of Nana’s older songs I’m… slightly embarrassed to admit I like *hides!* LOOL, damnit, now I’m actually hoping that she sings it in Ehime XD
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Junketsu means “pure-hearted” then said “someone like me” then looked really embarrassed herself
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Reminds me of someone else that I know, now who might that be? xD
It was amazing. Nana was amazing. ;___;
When she told us to call her “Nana”, and to say it again..
@Sapphodil so you were there too ?! *jelly*
yay, I’ve been waiting for that report for years ! thank u danie !
yayyyy *will listen to every smile gang from now!*
I’m surprised that Nana sometimes tends to swap some of her more recent songs for classic ones… either she sings them to make her feel young again (well, she’s still young, so I guess “younger” is a more appropriate term) or to do a service to her earlier fans–veteran listeners of her music.
I don’t know why Nana didn’t refer to this place by city name, either. Either she forgot or she decided to switch it up on her us… after all, God forbid if Nana begins to slip into the trap of predictability *GASP*.
It’s definitely a shame that Nana and Mamiko only did dinner dates together… I guess Nana didn’t want to give her aficionados too much fan-service and cause them to get bloody noses. ^_^
I like that wallpaper of her… she looks so darn cute that I wish I could give her a lollipop.
It definitely seems like Ishikawa has a lot of attractions to keep a person busy… old-fashioned, traditional fun with some modern twists.
And that moment where the fans started chanting her name continuously was EPIC as all get out. Just goes to show how far Nana has come when she can get a crowd to do that… and she has GOT to be overloaded with class for her to eliminate the formality of honorifics.
Glad you had fun… and I’m definitely looking forward to the Niigata show.
@issa-sa: lol well don’t read the next report then, big spoiler for you xD big chance supersonic will be in for June halls so don’t worry! xD
@David: I don’t understand.
@Sapphodil: yeah it’s a great live but not one people usually cry to /tease xD
@Bevue: Years? It’s only 5 days late!
@perceefinesse: Nana and Mamikko are good friends, but being realistic here (blog/Shin’ai), not to the extent certain people are hoping to be.
@Bevue: Yup, was there :3
@danie: Oh, hush. I take after my oshi in the waterworks department. xD
Well, that makes sense… in my honest opinion, it’s rarely ever good for work relationships to become platonic. If and when they fall apart, reconnecting at some point and rekindling a normal, non-romantic friendship becomes that much harder.
I wish them both the very best for them to be able to get married to faithful, non-abusive husbands and have positive-minded children (if they desire this destiny).