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Posted on 2009.07.03 at 14:44
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Well since I wrote all reviews and such I want you to show our (esp. Dai-chan's and minor mine) Photos and Videos.
DON'T FORGET THE CREDITS!!! THEY GO TO redDIEnamite or KYO-DAI-KONBI!!!


SORRY NO LIVE PHOTOS OR VIDEOS FROM UTRECHT



14/06/2009 Saarbrücken

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Video

(baaad baaad quality - just mobile cam so sorry)

Sa Bir Part I

Sa Bir Part II

Inconvenient Ideal Part I

Inconvenient Ideal Part II

Inconvenient Ideal III

Obscure Part I (I think ^^;)

Obscure Part II

Kyo Voice Part I

Kyo Voice Part II

Toguro Part I

Toguro Part II

The Final Part I

The Final Part II

The Final Part III (???)









16/06/2009 Munich


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VIDEO

VINUSHKA

Kyo Voice - Toguro

Gaika, chinmoku ga nemuru koro









25/06/2009 Berlin


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VIDEO

Sign Session (Dir en grey walking in)

Obscure Part I


Obscure Part II


RED SOIL

Toguro

The Final Intro


The Final




So let’s talk about the, at least for me, last Feast Of V Senses in Berlin.

First, on Wednesday I had to meet my university colleagues at university for preparing a presentation I had to held on Friday after the concert. Well this took very very very long so I was at Dai-chan’s just about 10pm!!! We had to get up very very early, at 1am again and I had done nothing so far for the concert. I had to get my things I needed packed and also wanted to write another letter to Kyo. Over that I still had to take a shower and eat something, because I haven’t eaten the whole day. So I took a shower when Dai-chan was so nice and got something to eat (Kebab by the way XD) <3<3<3 thank you for your support always!!! She came back and then we ate something and calmed down a bit. After that I packed my things and did my hair. Then we had to get some railroad connections in Berlin, so we would know after the show when, where and how to leave again. Finally all the important things were done around 12am -.- FINE!! Dai-chan decided to lay down for an hour then but I decided to write the letter to Kyo. So I began and in a flash it was 1am so time to “get up” again. I began to put on make up then and such things and so did Dai-chan.

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(Me doing make up and such)

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(Time to leave~)

We left her house then at 2.30am to go the nearest railwaystation, because we had to drive to Köln-Bonn Airport. And as you may know in germany at night not many trains are driving so you have to have muuuuch time to get to where you want to go. But we had to take that connection for not being too late for check in and such things.
So our travel begun… again! First we had to go to Essen HBF from there to Düsseldorf HBF then change the train to Köln Messe Deutz and there we finally could take the train to Köln-Bonn Airport. The ride took around 2 ½ hours or such… But finally with those stops we were at the Airport.

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(Düsseldorf HBF)

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(see the time? T^T)

So I can tell you never ever in your whole life fly from Köln-Bonn!!! THIS AIRPORT SUCKS A LOT!!! We had to run though the WHOLE airport because our check in counter were at the other end of it. There we got our boarding tickets and went into the security area. Our plane left on time and soon we were in Berlin-Schönefeld. From there we had to go by train to Berlin-Zoo. This took another 30-40 mins and it was muuuuch trouble to get the tickets for the train. So we took just some ticket that was cheap and valid for the whole day in whole Berlin but I think it was just for S and U-Bahn. Anyways we took the Deutsche Bahn RE and I think we were fare dodging ^^;;; Anyways we arrived in Berlin-Zoo without any trouble. There a friend we got to know in Saarbrücken (Denni) was already waiting for us to go to the Saturn near by where Dir en grey would hold a sign session this day before the concert. So we arrived at Saturn around 9.20am but it was still closed. It opened its doors at 10am. So we waited infront of Saturn and when we arrived there about 30 to 40 people was already there.

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(Saturn Europa-Center, Berlin)

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(waiting infront of Saturn)

Our 2 friends Elo and Sara were still at the bus from Belgium to Berlin at this time and we kept in contact via SMS. Close to 10am a guy came downstairs and opened the doors. We thought yay entrance finally but he just came to take pictures of us XD. Ya ya we know we are freaks thank you for telling us again and again. Well after they had their pictures taken we were allowed to get into the shop. The signing session was on the 5th floor of it so the ralley began… I don’t know why all these people were in a hurry so much because everybody who was there at that time would have gotten an autograph for sure so I just went up normally. There we were led to a little stage and a free place where we could sit down. And so we did. In the Shop there was already playing Dir en grey’s Uroboros so that was really nice for waiting. Behind the little stage also was a huge screen and they put in the new DVD –THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN- for us.

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(while waiting in the Saturn)

So we had good music and good videos to hear and watch! While waiting nothing special happened. Dai-chan and me decided to go downstairs again after some hours because we wanted something to eat and drink and go to the toilet as the Saturn didn’t have one. So we went to the Makku near by. While we were at Makku we met Nadine again and talked a bit. Also while being there Elo and Sara finally arrived at the Saturn and they wrote a short message where we are. I told them that we will be back in a few mins and infront of the Saturn we met them then. We went upstairs and it was impossible to get those two to the front where we were sitting because the fans again begun to lapse into hysteria. So well Denni wanted to go to the toilet too then and so I went with Denni, Elo and Sara downstairs again. We talked a bit and Elo was desperately searching for a tapping she could plug her hair straightener. But at Makku we had no luck so we went to Saturn again and I think they ask a guy who was working there if there was anything like that. While I wanted to go to my place in the front of the line again I also met Katja, who we met in Munich this year first, again. She was also rowing in the “line” for the sign session.
Some hours before it began a strange girl sat next to us (I don’t really know why she was “allowed” to get to the front where her friend was sitting). I saw her in Munich before and wahh what shall I say? She was soul-destroying. I mean I don’t care for superficial things and such and I’m okay with almost every kind of character but she was TOO hyper. She was jumping up and down and asked us stupid stuff all the time so after some hours we was very pissed in some kind of way and I pretended to sleep. But that didn’t seem to bother her and she went on with her talk and pawing. She made up stupid stories about how she thinks Dir en grey would be and Dai-chan and me just looked at each other having the same thoughts. This girl knows a fuck about the guys!!! I don’t want to be that way like saying I’m a better fan or something and really I don’t think that way. Everybody is unique and has his or her own way of being and thinking and such and everybody should be allowed to build his/her own belief about the guys. I really don’t care but what she was saying was soooo fucking stupid that even me was getting angry in some instant. It seemed she haven’t read like just 1 fucking serious interview or something else of the guys. Or when she did so she didn’t understand it I don’t know. It’s just I can’t understand why all people are thinking that Kyo e.g. is such an evil, totally schizoid person who isn’t living in his own world? I think for them he rather is a mass murderer as an human. At least that’s how they talked about him all the time. As if he was crazy and constantly under some kind of medication or something. Anyways… let’s stop that.
So waiting. After some time the security (who was very nice by the way, because they gave us hundreds of bottles of water while waiting ^^) came out with tables. They arranged them first infront of the stage on the right side. Then on the left side. And many many different other ways. At the end they decided to put them up on the stage and that was the final position of them. Then another guy showed up with chairs. All the fans were glaring at the stage to see how many chairs will be provided. The first and the second came together. Then the third and the fourth. After that there was a long pause without anybody on stage and a fifth chair wasn’t in sight but then the door next to the stage (some kind of backstage thing behind that) opened and a guy brought the fifth chair up on stage!!! The crowd clapped their hands and screamed because now it was clear that ALL members would be at the sign session!!! Half an hour before the sign session should begin all fans stood up to get ready for it and prepare their things they wanted to have a sign on. And so did we. Dai-chan and me had the new poster of the tour. Denni had a self printed (high quality) poster with, I think it was the Uroboros promotion picture. Then the pushing began a bit but I think it was bearable. After the half an hour Sa Bir began to play and we knew now was the time the band should show up and they did. First was Shinya then Toshiya, Kaoru, Kyo and last but not least Die. Dai-chan anyhow managed to make a video.





















After they sat down on stage, we had a wait a bit and then the first fans were led towards Dir en grey. I soon managed my way towards the security who let us in but somehow get pushed away from Dai-chan T^T. So I was let in with Denni. You had to pass Dir en grey this way: 1. Die, 2. Kyo, 3.Kaoru, 4. Toshiya, 5. Shinya. So I went towards Die first. He was very easy going and cool like always. I said konnichiwa (hello) to him and so he replied. I then lay down my Poster infront of him and he helped me a bit because it wanted to coil up again all the time. That was very nice of him. He put his marker (silver) on it an began to write. At the same time I saw a big hand with even longer fingers from the for me right side make it’s way towards my Poster. And smack it lay down on my poster and began to pull it towards the way it came from. Die was still writing at that time so it was a bit unlucky and Die aswell as me looked left/right towards Kyo. He was just sitting there watching us like nothing bad has happened and finally he pulled away my poster to his place. I looked at Die quickly and thanked him and then went one step to the right to stand infront of Kyo. I looked at him and said hello again and he just nodded. He then took his marker and suddenly made a move with his arm as if he wanted to make a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig sign on my poster and that was just what he did. He wrote very fast and I just watched my poster and then saw an almost 30cm big sign of Kyo on it. I was puzzled and surprised because I haven’t reconed with that. I looked at him again with a surprised gaze. The one hand of me was holding my poster the other lay on the table, which was very high by the way because it stood on the stage as said before. I prepared so many things I wanted to tell him but then all way blown away. First of all because I was so stunned that he just grabbed my poster so Die was just able to write on it. 2. because he looked so fucking hot. 3. he wrote on my poster. 4. his sign was just as big as the poster (yeah almost). So as said my free hand was lying on the table and then I just managed to say “arigatou… arigatou gozaimashita” (Thanks. Thank you.) He then finally looked at me (right into my eyes – Thanks to god just then because if he would have done that before I wouldn’t even could say thank you to him) smiled a bit and took my hand. I think my heart stopped beating for a moment then and I just looked at him. Normally (at least it was like that with Girugamesh, Kagrra, Dio and some others) Japanese people seem to have a rather light handclaps. But Kyo was totally different. He squeezed my hand very very strong so it almost hurt a bit. His hands were slightly cold (or mine were so warm because I was so nervous?) but also they were very smooth but still strong at the same time. Also as you can see on photos and such he has very big hands and nice long but thin fingers. All in all he felt very good!!! I don’t wanted to let go of his hands but well I had to ne. So our hands parted and I had to move on towards Kaoru. Again I was surprised because Mr. Grumpy directly smiled as he saw me. I said hello and he gave me his sign. I thanked him while bowing a bit then he smiled again and also bowed. Onwards to Toshiya he looked at me. When I was standing infront of him he suddenly began to grin a bit nasty and also a bit nice. It looked really really cute and I just had to grin too. I can’t tell you for sure of course but I think he recognized us because of the Saarbrücken incident XD He then put his sign on my poster and I watched him write. I somehow had to laugh a bit because it looked so funny as he wrote and I think he wanted it to look funny. I thanked him too with a big smile and then went to Shinya. Well I mean I like Shinya and without him it wouldn’t be the Dir en grey I love so much but well… he’s just the person out of the 5 I can refer to least. I don’t know why this is that way but it’s just like that and I think it’s the same for Shinya towards me. ^^; So I just said hello he gave me his sign, I thanked him and went away. Elo and Sara was already waiting at the exit of the sign thing. Elo was so moved she was close to tears. That was really cute and I hope they were tears of happiness. Sara too looked flashed and happy. After me Denni also came to us. Just then I realized that I forgot to give my letter I wrote to Kyo. He so shocked me and all this so I forget to tell him the things I wanted to say to him and even the letter. So Denni had given another poster she wanted to have a sign at to a security who was standing near Dir en grey but on the other side. He told her that she can fetch it after she had her autographs so I saw my chance to give my letter to Nora-chan who was standing there too. So we waited that Dai-chan came to us and soon she did. She also was so so happy and even got a sign from Die not the normal way but in Kanji (堕威). I was so happy for her because she fulfilled all the things she wanted to do. She asked him for a Kanji sign, gave her letter to him and Kyo also gave her his hand. And me… I was too nervous again and forgot everything so somehow this great feeling everyone felt right then didn’t want to show up. We went to the security on the other side and Denni got back her poster and was so kind to give my letter to Nora-chan. We stayed a bit longer and watched the guys while signing things and I just recognized something I also thought to see while waiting in the row. Kyo sometimes didn’t sign! He just shook his head or pushed the things he should sign away. I first thought I didn’t see it right so he had signed it already but now after the concert that I read some more reviews and also before the concert stared I heard some stories about it too. Kyo actually didn’t sign all stuff. He refused everything older than Withering to Death. On some pictures and such he just crossed himself out, scrabbled over his eyes or even scratched his eyes out but gave no sign. He just shook his head and Nora then told the people that Kyo don’t want to sign it. He seemingly did that with a lot of people.
So we wanted to get a more or less good place in the hall too so we left the sign session before the guys left it. It didn’t take too long and we were at the hall. There we met another friend, Stefanie (sorry for all this friends XD I don’t know why I know so many people either ^^;). We first met her at Dir en grey’s Dresden Live in 2007. She invited us to stand where she stood and that was a bit more to the front as we actually would have stood. Thank you~ ^^ There we talked a bit and such things and soon after us we realized that Dir en grey also came back from the sign session. They entered the hall and we could see them through a kind of gap underneath a fence and over a wall (It’s hard so describe sorry). They entered the Hall at the backstage entrance and came with a kind of Van. The Bus was already standing at the yard next to the hall. So we heard they did rehearsal and we went on talking. After some time Elo and Sara wanted to get something to drink and eat and asked me if I would like something too. <3 I really was hungry and above all thirsty so I was happy they asked. So they went away and fetched something for me too *___* That was so really nice of them. After some time they came back with a kebab, Volvic, Coke and mini-snickers. Actually I gave them 10 euros to buy something but they gave the whole 10 euros back to me. I was puzzled and so looked at them I think. But then they told me that it is a present ^//////^ I first don’t want to accept that because I know it’s expensive and all this but they won’t take my money. Ahhh I felt like a sponge!!! That really wasn’t necessary but THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR IT!!! <3 <3 <3 chu chu So we were served very well and waiting went on.

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(finally the Columbia Club)

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(cute Elo-chan while waiting)

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(Sara-chan while waiting)

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(cuuuuuteeee Elo and Sara... wahh really cute)

Then a bit too late I think the door opened. The first people entered and we still had to wait. But soon we also entered the hall. But before that I got bitched by some security. I really hate those guys especially in Berlin. They are really rude and unfriendly. I mean all you guys probably now the pushing and spinning at a show when the doors opens and as I first hold myself at Dai-chan my arms were up and then I couldn’t take them back down. So Dai-chan was already in the hall and this bastard screamed at me why I have my arms there and that I should take them away… HA HA HA!!! -____-*** So I just screamed back at him to where after his expectations I should do my arms??? He just looked some kind of puzzled but let me in then. BASTARD!!! Well I went inside then and saw Dai-chan standing at Die’s site. I went to her and finally I stood something like 2nd row a bit more right then directly infront of Die. But that really was okay because I haven’t reconed with such a good place anymore. After some time Elo came to us ^^. And also after a while somebody tap on my shoulder from the behind. I turned around and saw Yi~ a friend from London who followed Dir en grey in Prag Warschau and finally Berlin this year. We got her to know in London 2007 and haven’t seen her since January. So we were really happy to see again and began talking. She told us some stories about Warschau and Prag lives as we haven’t been there. She also was at the Singing Session but anyhow we haven’t met there.

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(The Stage before the show)

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(fans fans fans in Berlin. The last time)

But then for the last time the lights went off and the sounds of Sa Bir swung through the hall. Again Dir en grey took their time to enter the stage but finally first Shinya made his way to his drums. After that the other guys followed him. Directly from the start there was too feel a kind of tension in the air and all fans screamed and shouted like crazy. Just as Sa Bir was almost over Kyo INVADED the stage. But this time he didn’t just walk out but he went on it in a strange but never the less sexy, grotesque way. He just wore his tracking pants again, the black one with the golden stripes, white Adidas sports shoes and a kind of self pimped kabuki/noh mask. (You maybe saw it on pictures and such, because he wore it a lot of times in Japan during, I think it was the Rose Trims Again Tour) He, as said, did weird movement like wriggly body shaking or lopped off movements. He went to his box and stood on it and watched into the crowd with the mask and swung his head lopped off from one side to the other. I don’t really know how to explain but it looked a bit like traditional Kabuki dancing in his own special Kyo way. And it looked fantastic! Then Obscure started, not Inconvenient Ideal. Kyo danced on like he did before and still kept his mask over his face. It was the best Obscure performance I’ve ever seen. The other guys rocked like hell too, even Kaoru. After the song Kyo put down the mask and they kept on playing fantastic songs. There was not one calm song like Inconvenient Ideal or such. The only rather slow songs were Toguro and Glass Skin.

00 Sa Bir
01 Obscure
02 Grief
03 凱歌、沈黙が眠る頃(gaika, chinmoku ga nemuru koro)
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04 Red Soil
05 慟哭と去りぬ (doukoku to sarinu)
06 Dozing Green
07 Vinushka
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08 蜷局 (toguro)
09 Glass Skin

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10 Bugaboo
11 冷血なりせば (reiketsu nariseba)
12 Stuckman
13 Agitated Screams Of Maggots
14 Merciless Cult

En

01 The Final
02 朔-Saku-
03 Clever Sleazoid

The concert was just unbelievable. There are really no words to describe it the right way. I never saw the guys rocking out like that. I mean Kyo always rocks like hell but even him was going crazy more than usual. He even banged while he was singing. He also cheered the fans on with screaming “DOITSURAAAAND” (Deutschland) a lot of times. Everytime he did all the fans were screaming from the top of their lungs. Die and Toshiya also went onto a box which stood infront of the stage and came very close towards us. Kaoru went crazy on his site and banged almost the whole time.
At the end of the show the guys said goodbye. Kyo stood on his box raised his hands and clapped them for the fans. He smiled widely. Then he went down and took his bottles and spitted the water onto the fans. Then he threw his bottles into the fans. Me again didn’t got one T___T Die, Kaoru and Toshiya threw their picks into the crowd and also their bottles. Die came to our side while I was still watching Kyo. He then dumped the whole bottle into my face and in my eyes mainly. My contacts almost washed out my eyes and so I had to squeeze my eyes shut. And so I was blind for almost 1 min or something. While doing so I felt how another swung of water met my T-Shirt… directly on my breast. Well thank you Die-san ne. Finally I could open my eyes again and saw Kyo leave the stage. And then one after another left. Shinya threw his drumsticks into the crowd first though. But then the last FEAST OF V SENSES was over.

So we decided to get something to drink before we leave the hall. At the bar we met like everyone we got to know during this tour or on the tours before. Everybody was flashed and totally out of mind – IT WAS SO FUCKING GREAT!!! That was the only thing everybody could say.

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(After the concert outside)

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(my treasure survived!!!)

We built a little group and went outside then. We waited and waited but the guys really took their time to leave the hall. Some people said that Kyo and Die were already in the bus and such things. But we didn’t see anyone. Just Die right after the show sitting on the yard having a smoke XD of course! So we waited and waited but actually we had to go to the Berlin HBF and Berlin Schönefeld Airport that evening again and decided to leave before all the trains would stop service. So we went to the Platz Der Lufbrücke from where we had to go to Friedrichstr. again and from there to BERLIN HBF.

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(Us at the Platz der Luftbrücke)

I really really hate the Berlin HBf because there is just NOTHING. At night all restaurants are closed even McDonalds O.O I mean I was in Nagano this year which is really a small town and even there was a 24/7 McDonalds. Also in Essen at the HBF the Makku is open all night so WTF? It’s the capital city of germany!!! Well we didn’t find anything in the HBF so we went outside to maybe find something to eat there. And we had luck we found 3 little stands which were selling food and drinks. So we got ourselves something (kebab again XD at least me because I didn’t really like the other things there). We sat down and ate without haste and then Dai-chan and me had to leave for Airport. We had to leave very early and had to leave Ello and Sara behind which was really sad. They had to stay another day in Berlin and so we had just very short time together. T____T but it can’t be helped. It was the last train that drove to the Airport that night and if we had taken the next train driving there we would have been too late for our plane and we had to go to university the next day so no chance to go later or something.
Soon we were at the airport and had to wait again. But waiting was over soon because Dai-chan and me talked a lot and such things. My battery of my mobile was empty so I couldn’t call my parents or something but very early in the morning I could switch on my mobile one more time and the only thing I received was a short message from Elo which said “haha Micheal Jackson is dead tonight. His heart stopped beating” I just looked at Dai-chan like WTF? and had to laugh anyhow. I heard of the news earlier that day already but still this message was great!!! Sorry for everybody who really grieve for Michael Jackson and I think it’s really sad in some way but jeeee everybody dies sometimes and maybe he was famous and such but right at this second maybe 200 children die of thirst or hunger or whatever and nobody cares. Also there are people who die tragically and had a much more fucked up live. So WHY ALL THIS HYSTERIA because ONE human dies??? Sorry but that’s just my opinion to this. That don’t mean that I don’t care but it’s just it’s not that shock for me and I just don’t get why everybody thinks this is so dramatic. It’s just how live goes and really when you have 1trillion operations and that just because you like to… what do you think does that to your body??? If he would have been a “normal” person who followed that sort of living everybody would have said “what a crazy bastard” but just because somebody had sold some CDs and such it’s different? Ahhh sorry it’s just I can’t stand this mass-media attitude who dictate the brainless crowd their belief!!! HARGH JUST BEGIN TO THINK YOUR OWN WAY!!! PLEASE!!! So that’s it!

We arrived in Köln-Bonn Airport then on time and had to almost run for the train. But still we got it and drove to Köln HBF first and from there to Bochum directly. We were soooo sooo fucking tiered. Anyways when we arrived at my home first Dai-chan took a shower and me did the rest of our PowerPointPresentation me and my group would need later that day at university. Dai-chan had to leave for university then because she already was late anyways. I took a shower then too and also had to leave again. At university I felt how my head always felt over and I was asleep for some minutes. This went on until I had to hold my presentation. I was so clever and wrote the whole presentation down so I just had to read and not to think what to say and such. So it went somehow well and our tutor was thrilled. He thought it was very good so he gave us a 1,0 hahahaha (It’s the best note you can get in germany). That’s so ridiculous!!! But anyway I won’t complain XD
While me still had university Dai-chan’s course was over already. She came into my course and I gave her my keys. She did some purchasing and went home to me. When my course was over I also went home where Dai-chan was still waiting. I did something to eat (this time it was spaghetti yay) and then Dai-chan and me felt into coma.

Well that was the last FEAST OF V SENSES!

02/16 – JAPAN, Nagano, Club Junk Box
06/10 – HOLLAND, Utrecht, Tivoli
06/14 – GERMANY, Saarbrücken, Garage
06/16 – GERMANY, Munich, Backstage
06/25 – GERMANY, Berlin, Columbia Club

Special Thanks to: Dai-chan, Steffi-chan, the crazy Belgium rock crew: Elo-chan and Sara-chan, Andy –EdGe - , Gesa-chan, Denni and her friend, Pia and her friend, Katja, Yi, Nadine, DigiVampire (the girl from Holland), Stefanie (from Berlin), Dieter~, Inoue-shi, Masuda-san, Dir en grey’s Bus driver, Nora-chan AND OF COURSE DIR EN GREY-SAMA: Shinya, Toshiya, Kaoru, Die and above all KYO!!!

THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH FOR THIS SPECIAL AND GOOD TIME!!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN! YOU MADE THE TOUR EVEN MORE SPECIAL!!!

ネワー・セイ・グッドバイ(笑)



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After a long ride home from Saarbrücken and stressy way coming to the university and back to Dai-chan’s I felt into the bed like dead sleeping. Photobucket And that was good because this day we had to get up some kind of early again. But this time was more comfortable, because to Munich we went by plane! So we got up again, doing make up and such things and left the house for the train going to Düsseldorf Airport.

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(Me in the train towards Düsseldorf Airport)

We arrived there on time got our boarding tickets and could go into the plane directly. The plane had some problems with starting, I don’t know exactly so we left a bit late. Anyways we arrived on time in Munich and went to the Hall directly. As we arrived at the station we had to get off we were shocked. It was in the middle of nowhere. There really was NOTHING!!! Photobucket No toilet, no shop just a street and some houses. So we went up the street to get to the hall and there was even less. Just a big gate, a street, pavement and many trucks and building machines.

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(the fans still waiting at the hall)

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(NOTHINGNESS!!!)

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(Dai-chan and me waiting at the hall on the pavement)

Some fans were already waiting there but maybe just around 30 to 40 people. So not too many when you think of DIR EN GREY Lives in the past. We then just sat down on the pavement and waited. It was so so boring because there just was nothing. But on the way to the hall we saw a gas station, so the only “shop” you could get something to drink and stuff. So as we came with the plane in which taking something to drink with you wasn’t allowed I decided to walk to the gas station again to get something to drink at least. And so I did. Photobucket It didn’t took long and then I went back with my treasure. After some time Nadine (a girl we already got to know in Utrecht) also showed up. She sat down at our place too and we chatted a bit. Ahhh she had this ubercool DIR EN GREY NIHILISTIC bag!!! I want that so so so badly!!! Photobucket So there is nothing really special about waiting to write right now. But after some time a rather fatty looking girl went up to us. She immediately began to talk something like we should get some meters to the back because the people in the front sitting infront of the gate wouldn’t have enough space to sit down. We just looked at her rather unaffected and told her that we won’t do that. You know we are not mean or anything it was just like that: All people arriving at the hall just rowed infront of the gate because their “friends” already was waiting there. Furthermore there was more than enough space for everybody so no need to be panic! And so we just told her no and that there is enough space for everyone and that they just should make a normal line to the back! There she got angry and began shouting at us. Photobucket wow I really love such discussions!!! A LOT!!! She shouted at us that we should just go back because there is no space (wow that was so new to us) and that they slept infront of the hall two days before the show actually would take place. We just shruked and congratulated her for this great fact! She again began to say anything stupid like “Why won’t you go back just 1 meter? Everybody will get into the hall.” I had to laugh about this GREAT argument and told her if it’s like that so why don’t she row at the end of the line because there was muuuuuuch space. Photobucket She anyhow didn’t found this funny but actually I don’t really care. She just shouted at us again that she stayed the night infront of the hall (Well we already heard that the first time and we won’t get more interested in it the more often she told us) and then she angrily shouted “RUKIIIII!!! Come here! There’s a problem occurring up here!” As soon as I heard her shouting Ruki my face went like -_____________________________________________-********* woahhh I hate those “people” giving theirself Japanese names and even let their friends call them that way! Argh I mean it’s okay in the internet because of anonymity reasons and so on but in public??? Photobucket On concerts of Japanese people who really have Japanese names and know REAL Japanese people??? That’s so… Geisteskrank!!! Well then “RUKI” (why there is a Ruki at a Dir show anyway? Piss off with your fucking Gazette!) also came up to us and seemingly didn’t get the problem of Mrs. Fatty. We just shook our heads and didn’t listen to her anymore. So she stubbed away like a kindergarten-child. Jya bai bai~! Photobucket Anyhow it was sad because that way time flew by but yeah whatever. We then decided some time later to search a toilet which wasn’t a good idea. We left our drinks and stuff at our place and two nice girls watched after it as long as we were away. We went down the street and asked at the gas station but they lost the key to the toilets…. Yeah sure. Photobucket We went ouside the gas station as suddenly rain began to fall very hard. We looked at each other and I saw in Dai-chans face that she was thinking the same as me: They just opened up the gate so the fans can sit down on the place before the hall which was dry. Anyways we waited at the gas station till the rain was gone which didn’t took too long. Then we went back and of course the gate was open. Everybody was on the yard infront of the hall and we were standing at the end of the line. But the two girl were so nice and took our stuff with them so it wasn’t all wet because of the rain. It couldn’t be helped so we sat down at the dry floor and waited at the end. Photobucket More and more people came and nobody seems to care about the row order. Everybody went to the front and just stayed there. So we made the plan to go to the front half an hour the doors would open. I don’t like pushing through the lines and such but that just wasn’t fair. We waited there much longer and I think it was okay to there then. So some time before the doors opened we went towards the front of the line. There still was much space and we could get there easily. We still had to wait there a bit and surprisingly found another girl in our age. We chatted with her and got along very well. So again we gained a new friend – Katja.

We talked about this and that when the doors were opened. Suddenly the pushing began as always. Photobucket We were pushed so hard that we got into the hall very quick and made our way towards the second row infront of Die-san. Photobucket

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(FANS FANS FANS also in Munich!)

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(The stage!)

Katja, who actually is a lead guitarist – Kaoru-san – Fan also came to our side. We again waited in the hall for almost an hour but then again the light went off and SA BIR filled the air!!!
We stood as said second row and it was really nice! No pushing and such things even as SA BIR began to play. A loud shout of all fans went through the hall and then… silence! Just as the members came on stage there was a shout again but it was like nothing. Dai-chan and me looked at each other with surprised gazes and my first thought just was “Nooo please not again such a lame show as in Utrecht!” The first song again was Inconvenient Ideal and the atmosphere didn’t get better. We again sung along and everything but nobody else really did. Anyways the guys were great. Die-san again was so bouncy and in a very good mood and cheered us up. Kyo again looked so sexy, again in denim clothes. He had some problems with the high tunes during Inconvenient Ideal but that got better during the show. And just as Kyo’s voice the crowd began to party more and more. Finally when they played Obscure the atmosphere was great! Everybody went crazy and had fun except 2 girl next to me. Photobucket One of her was standing first her friend behind her second row right next to me. They really were strange. They just stood there looking up the stage doing nothing. They even looked at the guys like “Who the fuck is this?”. I really was puzzled about this behaviour and even more as they began to complain about the fact that there was so much pushing and jumping and everything in the 1/2nd row. Well that’s really surprising. Maybe they mistook the concert??? The girl next to me always pushed her elbow into my side because me also got pushed her way but what shall I do? I can’t stand against 300 people pushing me! Photobucket But I decided to don’t care and just went on like I wouldn’t recognize her. I watched Kyo-san and was so fascinated and also some kind of “shocked”. I almost know every song of them by heart at least I know what he is singing about. As said I wrote a letter to Kyo-san which he seemingly got via Inoue-san in Utrecht. In Saarbrücken I still wasn’t sure if he read it but during the show I more and more got the feeling that he actually read my letter. He was looking at me at some text passages which was just a sort of same message as I wrote in the letter. I felt how I got nervous more and more and also was happy. Photobucket I always smiled at him when he looked at me and then at one point while I smiled at him he through a smile back at me. Just like in Saarbrücken. But this time Dai-chan also saw it. Ahh I was so so happy and went on having a good time during the show. Toshi again showed up at our side very often and Die-san too came to the edge of the stage a lot of times. The whole show was just great!!!

00 SA BIR
01 INCONVENIENT IDEAL
02 VINUSHKA
03 OBSCURE
04 STUCK MAN
- Kyo's Acapella
05 Toguro
06 Dozing Green
- Kyo's Acapella
07 GRIEF
08 ASOM
09 Red Soil
10 GLASS SKIN
11 Bugaboo
12 Reiketsu nariseba
13 Gaika, chinmoku ga nemuru koro

EN
01 THE FINAL
02 saku
03 CLEVER SLEAZOID

Again waaaaaaaaaaaay too soon the concert was over. At the end Kyo stayed a bit longer, stood up on his box and clapped his hands for the fans. I also clapped my hands for the band esp. for Kyo-san. While doing so I always watched towards Kyo-san. Then something really really great happened. I don’t want to appear arrogant or anything but I think I can’t tell you what happened, because I fear that the magic and uniqueness of this moment will be destroyed. SORRY! My dearest friends (Dai-chan of course) know what I mean but I can just tell you it was really really special for me and when I just think of it I feel somehow good and blessed. At that special moment I just had to burst into tears because I was so touched and moved!!! Photobucket Dai-chan also saw everything and put her arm around me. Katja also gave me an handkerchief. THANK YOU TWO SO MUCH FOR THAT!!! I hope I don’t sound arrogant or crazy or anything else bad. I really don’t want to but I can’t describe my feelings about that and as said I fear of loosing this feeling. SORRY GUYS!!!
After that Kyo-san went off stage and the other stayed a bit longer. Die-san even lay on his box and reached out his hand with a pick in it towards some fans on his side. A girl was lucky enough to get his pick directly out of his hand. That was really cute!!! Photobucket
After the show was over and the guys left the stage I wanted to buy the Tour posters because I haven’t seen them in Utrecht. Also I promised Elo to get her a poster for the sign session in Berlin. So I went to the goods stand where Dieter was selling the stuff. Anyhow I left Dai-chan behind at least I didn’t noticed she didn’t come with me. I was standing at the merchs while Dai-chan came up to me smiling and showed me another pick of Die-san. YES she again did it. She got one. Photobucket (YOU ARE A FUCKING DIE MAGNET!!!) This time she caught it with her hair XD

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(Die-san's pick one side)

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(Die-sans's pick the other side)

After some time I got my posters and went outside the hall. We lost Katja somehow but we agreed before the show if we get lost that we will meet again at the Tour bus. So we went there and waited. After some time Katja showed up there too. We waited that Dir will show up again while walking into their bus and while doing so we saw them standing outside the backstage entrance taking pictures of themselves. Hehehe that was really cute how they posed and everything. Photobucket But then they took another entrance to leave the hall so we almost didn’t see them as they went into their bus.

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(Dir en grey's Tour bus still at the parking)

Anyways we waved as the bus left the yard. I saw that Die-san was sitting on a couch having a snack (I think it was something like French fries or potato chips). He had a towel around his neck and a bottle of beer.
After they left we also did. We went to the main station first because Katja had locked her things there. We stayed a bit because we had to see the toilet and then we went to the airport again. There we talked a bit and such things and then found a nice warm place where we could sleep. And so we did. I almost directly fell asleep and woke up when Katja woke me up because she had to leave. Us too had to get our boarding tickets and into the security area. We had to hurry a bit but got to the plane just in time. After some time we were back home again and had a nice breakfast. There we also talked and reviewed the concert again.

Now there is only the Berlin Show left! Ahh I’m so sad I don’t want it to end! I wanna see them much much much more times! Anyways I’m so happy and excited to see them again in a few days. Also Elo and Sara will be there too again. We also will have a sign session and I’m really nervous. I hope it will become another fucking great memorable show! But I’m sure it will be!!!Photobucketよし!!!

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(Us the next day after the concert at Düsseldorf Airport again. DEAD BUT FUCKING HAPPY!!!)



After Dir en grey-sama played at Download and so on they came back to GERMANY!!! And of course we were just where they are. So again a stressful day began. We again woke up very very early in the morning because we had to go by train to Saarbrücken.

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(Me in the morning already with make up entertaining Dai-chan)

The ride took almost 7h or something like that. Photobucket But first we got ready went to Essen HBF and went with the train to Düsseldorf HBF where we met with Andi-kun.

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(Andy in the ICE)

From there we went to Koblenz and had some stay there. After that the torture began. 2 hours by train through some little lifeless villages in the middle of nothingness!!!

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(NOTHINGNESS!!!)

It was so so so boring Photobucket but after some time we arrived in Saarbrücken and just had to find our way to the hall. A girl who also wanted to go there told us which train to take and so we did. So after a short time we were at the hall. And then??? RIGHT!!! Waiting. When we arrived at the hall I knew Gesa had to be there too. I met her in Bochum at the Girugamesh Live and we had a nice time of waiting together with Steffi-chan. Photobucket So when we arrived at the Hall I saw a girl but wasn’t sure weather it’s her or not. And I hate running towards people like “yaaay hello!” and in the end it’s not them (Just BTW it’s because what happened to me at the J-Rock Invasion in 2007. I was standing at the goods stand when a girl came up to me like “Wahhhhhhhh HELLOOOOOO~~~!!!” hugged me and then was gone again. I was confused and looked at Dai-chan who was like “WTF? Do you know her?” and Tsuya replied “Hah? No!! I’m just as confused as you!” So NOOO I won’t do that! Hazukashiiii~ yo!) So we decided to stare her down until she will notice us. And it worked. After some time she came up to us and yes it was her! So we chatted and had fun together. After some time we saw that the Bus arrived and decided to go to the backstage entrance. Photobucket I actually just wanted to speak to Inoue-san because I had some questions. There we waited and waited when the doors of the Bus opened and Die-san jumped outside ran towards the other side of the street, sat down and lit a cigarette (Hahahaha junkie!!!) Then finally Dieter (from NEOTOKYO) went ouside and we asked him if Inoue-san is still in the Bus. But he told us that he and Masuda-san already flew back to Japan! Photobucket Wahhh While talking to Dieter Dai-chan pushed me a bit and was like “mita mita Kyo~!” So I turned around and saw Kyo-san passing by. Photobucket He wore causal things, a trainer, jacket and the in japan well known mask. I don’t think he’s ill but I think he is afraid of getting ill. Japanese can be very strange sometimes ^^; Dieter had to leave then too and so we waited. We were only 5 people waiting there and we again became friends with two of them. ^^ So we waited as we were standing there anyways. Then Die-san, who hadn’t much of his cigarette because two fangirlies went to him directly so he left very fast into the bus again. Photobucket But now he had to pass us because he wanted to go Backstage. And he don’t need to fear anything because we are very nice and can behave I think. So he passed and we just said “konnichi wa Die-san!” He smiled and replied. Dai-chan then asked “genki? (are you feeling okay?)” And he ensured us that he feels good. So we were happy. Then again we waited some time and decided to ask for a photo when the next member would have to pass us. So we were lucky because the next one was Toshiya-san, who I think is always very very kind. So first we said hello again and then we asked for a photo with him and us. He stopped and looked at us thinking about it but very fast said “okay. One.” Photobucket We were happy thanked him and asked a staff member if he would be so kind to take the picture. And of course he did.

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(Yay nice Toshi-san and us!!! He's such a nice guy! Don't let yourself be affected by his look!)

After that Toshiya-san said goodbye, us too, and he went into the backstage area. After some time Shinya came and we just said hello because he rushed pass us. He said hello too though. The last but not least was Kaoru. He took his time to show up so in the meantime Die-san was again downstairs (as said he seems to be a chain smoker). All of a sudden he stood next to us smoking… again. So we asked him “Hey Die-san, won’t you take a photo with us?” He was already finished smoking and was like “Heeheee okaaaay~” grinned like a Cheshire cat and went upstairs again. loool We looked at each other with a WTF gaze Photobucket and then had to laugh. Die-san is always so so confused esp. when you speak Japanese with him outside of Japan. And even more when you speak Japanese while not looking Japanese. But maybe he just went upstairs to the other like “harhar Photo my ass!! I twitted them!” Who knows. Everything is possible when it comes to Die-san. Photobucket But after that finally Kaoru-san went into the backstage area. He was walking in a very chilled but somehow marching pace. Just like Kaoru-san ne. He walked pass us and stopped inside the garage kind of thing. He also was smoking and had to finish first. So we said hello and he nodded and also said hello. But you know Kaoru is and always will stay Mr. Grumpy so there was nothing special he did or said. So I decided to tell him that he should smile a bit more often and went like “Kaoru-san egao wo misete kurete kudasai ne!” And I couldn’t believe what happened. HE SMILED!!! Photobucket Just a short time but hey… he smiled.

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(Dir en grey's Tourbus)

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(The staff while getting Dir's stuff into the hall)

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(I touched Kyo's holy BOX >.<)

So after a while he also went upstairs and so we left again to row up in the line again. Andy was still waiting there and looking after our things. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT!!! We told Gesa and some others what happened and they were really happy for us <3. During waiting in the line Dir en grey’s bus driver showed up and talked to us. That was really funny because he could speak a bit german and he told us that he is from Belgium (yay again ^^).
After a while we decided to go again to the Bus… so nobody knows what can happen ne. Gesa-chan, another girl who is Kyo-fan, Dai-chan and me then went there. We again was alone there so we decided to risk a look inside the bus. So I went to the front of it and saw a paper lying there. On it was a very nice picture of Dir en grey and the design was just like the AAA-Pass of the staff and so on. So I wanted to take a picture of it but suddenly the bus driver took it away and I was a bit frightened he would get angry now. So I wanted to leave first but the he put the paper to the window of the door so we could take better pictures of it. Wahhh that was so nice!!!

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(the paper and the bus driver)

So we also took some photos with us and the bus and then waited a bit. We stood there while Dai-chan and me recognized that the hanger where all stuff and such of Dir is stored in is very very dirty so we can write something on it. So I wrote DIR様、ドイツに来てくれてありがとうございました。And 京 on it.

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(The hanger. A bit arranged with PS to see the reading better)

And then went on the other side of the street again. Dai-chan was still writing something when all the sudden Nora-chan (Dir en grey’s translator) appeared and short after her Kyo-san. Us 3 went like O.O woahh Kyo. But in a low voice. But Dai-chan didn’t recognized anything and was finished writing She turned around to walk back to us again but exactly in that moment Kyo stood directly infront of her. She looked at him shocked and so did he. It was very cute because he had to look upwards to see her face. She then said sorry and went away very fast. Kyo-san also went on but peered at the hanger. He went into the bus for a short time and came out f it again with his clothes in his hands. As soon as I saw him I waved towards him and as he passed me again I said “Kyo-san konnichiwa!” He first just looked away exerted but suddenly he looked like making up his mind smiled and nodded. Photobucket Photobucket PhotobucketBut then he went back into the backstage area. We were very happy then and chatted like crazy. The other girl who was with us who also is a big fan of Kyo was mega happy. So was I. After that nobody seemed to show up again so we again rowed in the line.

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(Gesa and the other Kyo fan in the row still flashed by the Kyo meeting)

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(Me waiting in the row)

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(Andy waiting)

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(the uncoordinated row)

Time seemed not to fly by but then the doors opened. We had luck and Gesa and her friends let us lay our things into their car so we had no bags or anything with us. The entrance was hell anyways. They opened up just a little door while 50 people tried to enter through it at the same time. I tell you that fucking hurts!!! But somehow I managed to enter the hall soon enough so Dai-chan who held space for me stood first row infront of Die-san. And after that me too. Gesa-chan and two other we got to know then stood second row. Andy-kun isn’t too keen to get into the first rows so he stayed in the back. Then again we had to waiiiiit.

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(The stage!)

But then SA BIR again began to play and the lights went off. Right at the beginning all fans went totally crazy! They shouted and screamed and Dir en grey entered the stage. SA BIR then was finished and they began to play Inconvenient Ideal… again. I mean it’s a nice song and everything BUT not a good first song!!! Anyways we partied hard and sung along. Then the set got better and better. They even played Audience Killer Loop!!! A song you rarely hear during EU Tours ne.

00 Sa Bir
01 Inconvenient Ideal
02 Vinushka
03 Obscure
04 Doukoku to Sarinu
05 Audience Killer Loop
06 Grief
07 Agitated Screams of Maggots
08 Toguro
09 Glass Skin
10 Stuck Man
11 Dozing Green
12 Gaika Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro
13 Reiketsu Nariseba
14 Mercilesss Cult

EN
01 The Final
02 Saku
03 Clever Sleazoid

The guys were really in a good mood. Also the crowd was. And you could feel it. Die-san was very bouncy like always. He smiled all the time and was very sweet. Toshiya-san too was bouncy and jumped from one leg to the other. He often came to our side and cheered and motivated us. And so did Die-san. A good thing was the stage. It was a normal stage but infront of Die-san, Kyo-san and Kaoru-san there were something like 3 cubes they could stand on and were much nearer to the fans. And of course they did so. The first one was Die-san who took that chance. He stood very near infront of us and got on his knees while playing guitar. The he took his guitar and raised it still on his knees. That looked just fantastic! Kyo-san and Kaoru-san also went to the cubes and Toshiya-san did it on both sides. Kyo-san often shouted “Saaaburukkeeeeen” (Saarbrücken) or “Jaameeniii” (Germany) or “doitsuraaaaand” (Deutschland) lol that was really cool! He didn’t do anything like that in Utrecht. During Grief then my favourite moment of the concert happened. Kyo-san stepped on his box and then clapped his hands to tell us we should do the same. We all did and he went on singing “I said destroy fuck off”. He then did his hair behind his ear and watched towards my direction. I always think you feel it when somebody, esp. Kyo is looking into your eyes. I also looked at him smiling like crazy. He then suddenly began to grin while looking at me. It was such an horny but fantastic grin!!! I directly turned to Dai-chan and went like “wahhhh did you see? Did you see????” But she didn’t ^^; BUT I have found a video on YouTube where you can see it!! Ahhh you can see it around 03.09min.









Chuuu I love this guy!!!
The concert as said was just great and as always over way too fast!!! I bought something to drink because I was almost dying of thirst. After that we went outside the hall and met up again at the car to get our things. We talked a bit again and changed email addresses and such things. We said good bye after some time and went to the bus again because we wanted to wait that Dir would leave. But when we arrived there almost 200 to 300 people were waiting there too. So we just stood ourselves to them and waited. After a short time (for Dir en grey it was a very short time) Dir en grey came out. And that was really really touching. They came out and all people shouted again. Dir en grey walked towards the bus waving and smiling. But Kyo-san stopped before going into the bus and looked at the fans obviously touched. He then nodded and got into the bus. They drove off and we waved.

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(The crowd waiting at the bus after the show)

After that we had to get to the main station which wasn’t easy, because Andy had hard pains in his knee because while moshing it flipped out and in again. So Dai-chan managed to get a gauze bandage to support Andy’s knee. As soon as the bandage was around his knee he could walk better. So we first went towards Makku again and got “some” food. The staff at Makku was very kind and gave us another bandage. With that Andy could walk with us to the main station.

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(Makku in SB at night! WOOOW)

There we sat outside because the weather was really fine and warm and had again fun.

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(Dai-chan doing a bandage around Andy's knee)

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(Me after the concert)

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(on the way to the train station. DIR-sama you see? even the german Sparkasse want IIID Empire!!! The other joke is that when I heard IIID Empire first I always understood SPARKASSE instead of Spark and Spark!)

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(Waiting outside the train station)

When the station opened we went to the platform we had to leave. Again I couldn’t sleep. But Dai-chan and Andy could.

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(Andy sleeping at the platform)

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(Dai-chan mo ne)

After some time our train again came and we could leave. But unfortunately the fucking train had some technical probs so we couldn’t drive to Trier where we actually had to get our ICE back to Düsseldorf. That was really troublesome, because me at least had to be at university and so I wouldn’t arrive in time. But it couldn’t be helped. In Koblenz then again we got the certificate that we can take another train and for me another that because of a train failure I couldn’t make it on time to my university lesson. Soon we arrived home and me at university, where because of demonstrations classes wasn’t possible anyways. After that I went back to Dai-chan’s because the next day we had to leave for Munich!!!


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The first one man show of Dir en grey with the FEAST OF V SENSES Tour in Europe. Of course we had to be there! Photobucket
So we stood up early in the morning for going to Utrecht with the train. Actually Steffi-chan wanted to come with us but it wasn’t too clear if she could go because she suddenly had the chance of getting a working place. So when you at the beginning you don’t want to ask your chef if you get a day off because you want to go to see a concert ne. So I almost reconed that she won’t have the chance to go. I was really sad because I love our trips to concerts!!! Photobucket Our J-Rock fanatic tachi. So Dai-chan and me got ready for the show in the morning and Steffi told us surprisingly that she will actually come WITH us!!! Photobucket Wahhh the mood of us all became much better at that point. So we left the house with happy faces heading towards the first train we had to take.

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(Steffi-chan and me in the train to Oberhausen)

It went to Oberhausen with us and from there we could go to Utrecht directly with an ICE.

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(Dir en grey Love in Oberhausen)

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(FUSIIIIIOOOOON!!!)

Soon we sat in the ICE and talked a bit and had fun.

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(Me in the ICE towards Utrecht looking... bad)

Arriving in Utrecht it was very confusing. We didn’t know where to go as the way to the hall description in the internet was in dutch only. Photobucket Well… NICE!!!

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(So now where is the hall???)

But after some time we found the way to the hall and met 2 other friends from Belgium (Elo and Sara) who already stayed the night before at the hall. We haven’t seen each other almost 2 years then and were very happy to meet again. When we arrived at the hall we also got numbers. I had number 46and was allowed to stay in a kind of hall infront of the hall. So no need to fear rain or cold!!! That was really comfortable.
But anyways we went outside to wait and maybe we thought we have the chance to see Dir en grey when they arrive at the hall. But actually we didn’t see them. Anyways we get to now many nice people who made the waiting much more interesting and the time passed much faster that way. We had much fun with a dutch girl who spoke a bit german, mostly swear words XD. But it was fun.

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(Finally the Hall!!!)

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(our hands with the numbers)

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(waiting outside yay! f.l.t.r.: me, Dai-chan, Sara-chan, Elo-chan and the dutch girl ^^ [Steffi-chan took the photo so she isn't on it .___.])

While waiting at the Gracht Inoue-san and Masuda-san arrived at the hall. That was my chance. I wrote a letter to Kyo and as it seemed I couldn’t give it to him directly. So I decided to give it to him via Inoue-san (Dir en grey’s manager btw). SO I went to him and asked him if he was kind enough to give the letter to Kyo-san. He nodded and said yes and went off fast. Photobucket I think he was a bit stressed. ^^;;; SORRY INOUE-SAN IF I STRESSED YOU WITH THAT EVEN MORE!!!

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(waiting with nice weather)

Also while waiting we met Masuda-san again. We said hello to him and after a while that he was running around confused he came up to us to chat a bit. He asked us where the hell we know him from so we told him that we first met in Berlin 2005 after the first Dir en grey show outside of Asia. And that we stalk his Blog on BARKS (If you’re able to read Japanese, then here is the link to Masuda-san’s Blog: 増田さんのブログ It’s very interesting not only for Dir en grey fans!!!) He also took a picture of us sitting on a bank infront of a Gracht hahahah! And the he went on and almost felt over something that lay on the ground Photobucket
It began to rain then so we went into the fron-of-the-hall-hall.

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(Hahaaaaaa you had to wait in the rain!!!)

Some time after sitting there Inoue-san showed up again. We just wanted to say hello and so we did. But surprisingly Inoue-san came to us and set down next to us on the floor. He was very nice and also chatted with us around 5 to 10 mins. We asked him some stuff and so he did. He also answered our questions though ne. It was really funny to have a chat with the manager of Dir en grey. He’s such a nice guy and we often met him on Dir en grey’s shows. He’s just great and does a good job I think. Photobucket After some time he had to go said “See you” to us (BTW the only 2 english words we talked with him XD). Then the time went on and on and we had to stand in row after our numbers. We first got a kind of wristband where the staff of the hall could see if we are grown ups who are allowed to buy alcohol or not. But then it was time to enter the hall!!!

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(our hands with those strange wristbands)

We managed our way as fast into it as possible and in the end were able to stand second row infront of Die-san! It was a really nice place but actually some german fangirl bitches destroyed our mood and the feeling of the hall a bit. That’s always so disappointing!!! Photobucket Anyways after some time the lights went off and SA BIR began to play.

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(The stage at the beginning)

We was like “Wrahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” but somehow the rest of the hall wasn’t that way. O.o Right at the first song we began to party even at Inconvenient Ideal which was the first song.

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(FANS FANS FANS!!!)

Die also rocked like a yound god no matter if the song actually is rather slow or not. Kyo looked fantastic!!! He wore denim pants and jacket which look really really hot. Underneath his jacket he wore just his skin with the nice tiger tattoo! First I saw him I was shocked (in a good way) because his hair has become sooo sooo long!!! He even could put his braid behind his ear. Ö.Ö As said we partied hart while the rest wasn’t too ambitious. E.g. they played Hydra-666- with this part where actually the band sings “six… six six!!” But instead of the band we should sing this part but I just heard maybe 3 people sing it. Also at maggots and other songs. The crowed was just very very lame and maybe because of that maybe because of other reasons (e.g. the bad experience at RAR) the band wasn’t in a good mood either. Kaoru somehow did nothing but I haven’t seen him all of the time. Die of course went crazy like always but it was different. Toshi showed up on our side all in a while but wasn’t too motivated too. Kyo rocked at his box and tried to sing in a good way but somehow the special Rock-your-ass-off Dir en grey Show feeling didn’t appear. It was a nice show really, but by far not the best I’ve seen of them. So somehow I was disappointed. I’ve seen them on the FEAST Tour in Nagano, Japan this year which made my expectations really high. But it wasn’t like Japan in no way. I mean that’s understandable of course and you can’t compare it really but still… After a very short show the guys went off the stage, first of all Kyo, of course. Dai-chan was lucky enough to catch a pick of Die-san which made me happy but to sum it up the show was lame in some way. They played:



00 SA BIR

01 INCONVENIENT IDEAL

02 VINUSHKA

03 OBSCURE

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04 RED SOIL

05 GRIEF

06 DOKOUKU

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07 DOZING GREEN

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VOICE

08 TOGURO

09 GLASS SKIN

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VOICE

10 BUGABOO

11 REIKETSU

12 STUCK MAN

13 AGITATED

14 GAIKA



EN

01 HYDRA -666-

02 THE FINAL

03 SAKU




Good songs but the feeling and the mood of the hall wasn’t burning. Also I missed IIId Empire a lot. So anyways we left the hall.
Actually we wanted to wait infront of the hall until Dir en grey would leave but some staff guy told us that we should leave. Dai-chan also felt bad and was some kind of sick. SO we went away to go to Makku. BUT in Utrecht it’s not easy finding anything that’s opened after 10pm. So we ran around in Utrecht without knowing where we go. Rain was falling and everybody was down and out. Dai-chan couldn’t walk anymore after a while so she just lay down on the street. Steffi-chan was really helpful and kind and searched for something to drink and eat and found a Makku after maybe 30mins of walk. Elo, Sara and me stayed with Dai-chan. Right after Steffi-chan was gone I really was afraid and had a bad conscience that I let her walk off alone at midnight in Utrecht!!! I’m so so so sorry I haven’t come with you!!!
But after some time Dai-chan felt better and we could go to the Central Station in Utrecht where we had to stay during the night. There we was lucky enough to get something to eat and drink. With our things we sat down somewhere on the floor and ate and talked a bit. But then we still had around 6h to go until our train hoe would leave. After some time Elo and Sara was able to sleep a bit but it was fucking freezing cold. But they haven’t slept a very long time then so seemingly they were so exhausted that all cold and everything couldn’t touch them anyhow. Dai-chan also managed to sleep a bit I think but me and Steffi-chan were awake all the time.

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(Elo and Sara while sleeping on the floor at the Centraal Station)

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(Dai-chan also slept)

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(Ahhhh freeeeezing fucking cold!!! And no sleep!!!)

Then early in the morning Sara woke up and after her Elo. They had to leave then because their train drove off 1h before ours. So we said good bye and until Berlin!!! Steffi-chan was very hyper because of loos of sleep and the sugar-bomb chocolate we bought in Utrecht. We had much fun then because Steffi-chan was our entertainer XD
After some time our train also left and we were in the warm train without rain and with a much more comfortable place to sleep. I couldn’t sleep again, because I forgot my iPod and so I heard all this dutch people speak in their strange language which drove me insane!!! Anyways after some hours we arrived in Essen again and were able to sleep then.

All in all it was a nice trip and a good show! I was so happy to see some friends again and to gain some new. And most of all I was happy that Steffi-chan, Dai-chan and me could do something together again, because those chances are very rare at the moment.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY: ELO, SARA, STEFFI, DAI, THE DUTCH GIRL (sorry I don’t know her name) and of course DIR EN GREY + MASUDA-SAN and INOUE-SAN FOR THE NICE DAY!!!
Anyways this was just the beginning of our Tour through Europe! THE FEAST OF V SENSES HAS STARTED!!!

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kick off: FEAST OF V SENSES TOUR DIARY!!!

Posted on 2009.07.03 at 13:54
Current Mood: nostalgic
2009/2/16 – 220km,snow,bitter coldness and pure happiness in mind⇒Dir en grey in Nagano (SHOW I)

Well on Monday, 16 February the time was come to leave Tokyo for going to Nagano to see Dir en grey live. Photobucket By the way 16 feb. is Kyo-kun’s birthday ne. Photobucket So I was even more excited to see them on that day.
Anyways we stood up at 6 am or something and got ourselves ready, like taking shower, doing make up, hair etc. After that we said goodbye to Steffi and my Mom and went outside for going to Ueno first with the Ginza-sen and leave for Nagano there with the Shinkansen. But first we got ourselves something to eat and then went to Ueno. We found our track where our Shinkansen should leave very fast and soon Asama (the Shinkansens’s name) arrived. We got inside to our seats and had to drive about 1 ½ hour then. But Shinkansen is great!!! Photobucket It’s really widely arranged so you can sit there very very comfortable. On the way to Nagano we took some photos.

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(inside the Shinkansen)

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(Dai-chan and me inside of ASAMA~)

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(on the way to Nagano. I think this volcano was in the news some time ago because it smolders a lot and some people think it’s about to erupt and could endanger Tokyo)

Then we arrived in Nagano. We got out the train and it was freezing cold!!! We haven’t assumed that because the weather in Tokyo was nice and warm. So I put on everything I had with me but still it was cold! First we went outside the station building and wanted to inform ourselves where the hall was and all that. So we stood outside the building and Dai recognized that it was actually snowing! We first thought it would be ash or something but in fact it was SNOW! As I saw that I froze even more. So we stood there and far and wide juuuust Japanese people. You might think “okay you’re in Japan! What have you expected?” But well when you’re in Tokyo there is always some not Japanese people or something so you really don’t stand out. But we really were the only gaijin there! Everybody looked at us like zoo-animals. Photobucket It was really scary. I just wanted to leave and so we did. Thanks to Toshio, who organized the Tickets for us, we had a plan along general lines where we would find the hall. It was really nice of him because he send us the tickets to Tokyo and even a print out of the way to the hall and a little letter where he told me his phone number and that I should call him anytime we have trouble! That was so so so nice of him! Photobucket THANK YOU AGAIN TOSHIO!!! Photobucket So we knew we have to go anywhere near the Tower Reco next to a Starbucks into a street then straight ahead and the next crossing road right. So we did. You know the concert was in the Nagano Club Junk Box which is really really small. The capacity of it is 400 people only which is very small for Dir en grey. And over the hall is in a kind of shopping mall at the 7th floor. But we knew the malls name was “AGAIN” and so we searched for a sign or anything. We walked and walked but there was no AGAIN!!! Photobucket So we went back down the road. I decided to ask for the building in a Lawson that we passed on our way. I couldn’t believe we didn’t find that thing because Nagano isn’t one of a big city. But then we walked into the Lawson and I asked the salesgirl (as always in Japanese but now translated) “Sorry, but do you know a building called again?” And she was almost laughing pointed out of the window and said “It’s right there on the other side of the road.” I just stood there then a little bit embrassed but thanked her and left with Dai. Well yeah it was a huuuuuge building with a huuuuuge again sign on the roof also. Photobucket Well it WAS embrassing. BUT the plan we had said we had to turn right and it was on the left side.,, anyways now we had found it. So we went into the building which was very warm thanks to god. We decided to go to the top first and have a look around the hall. So as there was no elevator we had to take the escalators into 7th floor. And felt 30 mins later we stood infront the hall’s entrance.

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(the AGAIN fashion building where Nagano Club Junk Box is inside)

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(the entrance door of the hall)

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(again the entrance… the door aswell as the wall was full with posters and such things)

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(one of the Posters on the wall. Girugamesh Poster with signs!!! ^^)

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(lynch. Poster with signs)

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(D’espairsRay Poster with signs)

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(THAT’S ROCK!!!)

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(some time later a Staff came out and arranged some tables and this tonights live information sign infront of the hall. The writing says that at that night there will be no more tickets on sale as the live is sold out!)

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(with the tables)

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(the event calendar infront of the hall entrance. DIR EN GREY SOLD OUT!!!)

There were some Japanese Dir en grey fans strolling around too but they looked at us like “what do you want here??” We stayed maybe an hour infront of the hall but then left as there was nothing really interesting. Actually I wanted to looked around in Nagano and see the 善光寺 (Zenko-ji), a Buddhist temple but it was just too cold to do a long walk like that.

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(the view over Nagano)

I was freezing so hard. But first Dai-chan wanted to have a smoke so we stood infront of the building and I waited for her. I was looking around and then saw a silver-colored Van driving by. I knew this Van out of Dir en grey Uroboros limited Blog because Shinya wrote that they will drive that Van during the feast of V senses Tour in Japan. And the Van just entered the parking of again. So I looked at Dai-chan like Ö.Ö “That’s Diru!!! It was their Van!!!” and without any hesitation or something we walked towards the parking lots. Photobucket That was the good thing about being the only not Japanese because nobody cared we took the way only diver are allowed to take and were standing on the parking like lost kittens. But Dir en grey just jumped out the Van and entered the Building as fast as they could and took the staff only elevator to the top where they arrived in the backstage area of the hall directly. I think Die was the only one who wanted to have a talk to the fans as there were maybe 5 japanese fans waiting too. But a girl of the staff looked at him as he stood in the door of the elevator so it wouldn’t close and pushed him in while saying something like “Die-chaaaaaan goooo!” Die is always so confused but sweet ne. Photobucket So it was a bit sad though because I had a present for Kyo as it was his birthday and now I couldn’t give it to him. Photobucket And I didn’t want to give it to the staff or anything because it was something really personal and the wrapping was transparent so everybody would have seen it. So the chance to give it to him was gone. But anyways we left then.
So we decided to look around in the Book off near the again building. But there also was nothing special. Well we had some hours left Photobucket then before we wanted to go back to the hall so we decided to go to McDonalds because you could get hot coffee there and it was cheaper and nearer than Starbucks.

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(a funny sign at Makku. I think the writing sounds like in star wars “May the food be with you… Ronald!”)

So we sat there maybe 2-3 hours. Actually we wanted to stay the night in Nagano because we wanted to wait until Dir en grey leaves the hall. But it was so cold and it was still daytime I didn’t want to stay the night there where it gets even colder. So we made the plan to look when the last Shinkansen drives back to Tokyo later. So we sat in McDonalds and waited and talked and such things. But after so much coffee I had to go to see the toilet. And like it is very used in Japan to have those high tech toilets there was one too. So afterwards I stood infront of it and searched the flushing but there was about 20 hand gears and buttons. I can read Japanese and such things but there was nothing written to the buttons just small pictures Photobucket and above that it was so small in there and I finally wanted to leave so I decided to just push those things until I found the flushing… well GREAT IDEA!!! Photobucket The first button I choose of course was the bidet and as I saw it I knew it. I was standing there and just then the water was spraying outside against the wall and the floor and everything. I just could turn away so I wasn’t hit. But then I had to laugh so so hard because it was just too funny that I’m this stupid. But as the water flying by and me laughing it was hard to find the stop button. I tried to get to the other side of the toilet somehow with my arm but the water almost made it impossible. And then I saw the 止 (stop) button. Finally ONE button with writing! I managed to push it without getting wet and the bidet stopped immediately. But non the less the whole toilet cabin was under water. It was running everywhere. At the floor, from the wall, on top of the changing table… everywhere. And still I had to laugh. So I tried to clean up a bit because it was my fault ne. But the toilet paper was wet too and not that thick anyways. I just tried it as hard as I could but just gave up after some time. Photobucket AND finally I found the flush button. So I pushed it washed my hands next room and went out. It was hard not to laugh while walking back to Dai-chan but as she knows me very well she saw that I was trying to hide my laughter. I looked at her and just said “We have to leave… FAST!!!” and began burst out laughing again. She didn’t know what was going on but left with me anyways. I couldn’t tell her what happened quite a time because I couldn’t talk at all because of laughing. But I tried and so she shortly after some “I was… was… searching… high tech toilet… the flushing… but didn’t find…” she knew what I was about to say and went on “NO you didn’t took the Bidet have you?” Photobucket I just nodded and told her how the water was running from everywhere and I couldn’t make it stop. Then she also had to laugh so hard because of my silliness and we went to the Nagano main station again. There we found out that the last train for Tokyo leaves at 21.40. So as the concert should start around 19.00 it was maybe possible to get the train.
As times had moved on we then walked back to the hall. (Wow it’s strange how I just feel the same excitement I had some days ago right now while writing this. Like I would go again.) There, there were already about 50 people waiting. We just sat down anywhere and waited. Still we had this feeling of not being welcome there. They looked at us all the time and I think were talking about us. I didn’t feel comfortable at all. I tried to make contact with them by sometimes smiling towards them or looking to the person next to me but they were just looking away. Photobucket So before the show started Dai-chan also wanted to go to the toilet as it wasn’t possible at McDs. So we went to the toilet next to the hall and there finally some Japanese girls talked to me while I was waiting for Dai-chan. They were really kind and my heart felt a bit better then. Photobucket Shortly after that there was the first announcement that we should row up and could give off our clothes we don’t need to the staff. So we rowed in the line and got a number (48) and the matching garbage bag with the same number written on it. We could then put all our things into the garbage bag and give it to the staff. They then stored the things for us in the room because it was the room next to the hall and wouldn’t be in use anyways. That was a really good idea of them because it is easy and fast and you can put a lot of things into such a bag. Not like in germany where you have to pay 1 or more euros for give off just ONE thing which they don’t find again at the end anyways. After that we went into the forum again. And after almost everybody had give away their things they announced that we should row again after our ticket numbers in the room next to the hall. They talked very very fast and it was very loud so first I didn’t understand was he was talking about but we just did was everybody else did. Photobucket So they separated the fans into numbers. First was numbers 1 to 100 and so on. We just stood ourselves next to girls who approximately had the number around ours. In the forum the staff already had put up some tables with goods you could buy. So we were led into the hall but first had to pass the table of goods if you liked to. Of course we wanted to have some goods so first I bought the All-in-one Set.

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(the All-In-One Set consists of all the items shown on this flyer)

After that I stood there waiting for Dai-chan as (I think she was the tour manager) came up to me and asked me if everything is okay and if we need help or anything. I just told her that we are fine and that I’m just waiting for my friend Photobucket so she smiled and I was called by Dai-chan because there was a problem at the goods tables. She wanted to have the all in One set in size L but L was sold out already. So the Girl at the table told her (everything in Japanese of course again) that there was just the pink Deadly Claris shirt left in L and the other shirt in M. And somehow it wasn’t possible to get the all in one set with two different sizes in it. So I told the girl that we then take the pink shirt in L and the black/grey shirt in set A in M (the A set was the shirt plus a vinyl back) and the stickers. So she understood and did it like I said. The price didn’t differed anyways. So we had everything we wanted and went into the hall. That means we did one step into it and had to stop because it was full.

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(the hall in an empty status)

It was such a small hall I think there never were 400 people in it like it’s said on the OHP. But the show was sold out. But the good thing about it was that we could see very good even from the back. So we waited that Dir en grey would enter the stage. Steffi already was at the Girugamesh Live in Kobe so she told us that the fans aren’t that pushing, pulling and screaming when the show starts and so on so we didn’t expected to get much more to the front. But as said it was okay where we stood. We talked a bit and were still surprised about the hall’s size when finally the light was turned out and SA BIR began to play. Photobucket As said we didn’t expected that we were pushed much or anything but suddenly everybody went crazy Photobucket and we got a hit from the back and were pushed towards the second barrier in the hall. It was really crazy because it was even harder than Dir en grey lives in Germany. Everybody screamed and the noise was almost unbelievable. So we suddenly stood infront of the barrier and had even a better view then before. Then Shinya got on stage and was followed by Toshiya then Die, Kaoru and last but not least KYO! They all did as usual a stop on Kyo’s Box and greeted the fans and went to their instruments on their place. They all looked just fantastic! I must admit I don’t now exactly what Shinya was wearing because I have seen him just 4 short times maybe, but I think he wore something white. His hair was blond a curly with a dark streak in his banks. Die wore a shirt and jeans (I think) and his hair like it was in England too. Toshi was a real funny thing to look at. Photobucket Actually I don’t now what he was wearing but I think he still had his half head shaved (but the half had grown a bit). But he had his long hair on the one side twirled together to a kind of braid and bound it around his head somehow. Around that he wore a blue bandana around his forehead. He looked like the crazy ramen delivery boy. Photobucket Kaoru had very straight down dark hair. He had as always his little chin-beard and wore a shirt and jeans. He looked really cool like always. Kyo wore blue trackers with yellow or gold(?) stripes. You know his new Adidas collection. I think he didn’t wear a jacket right from the beginning so you could see his tattoos very good. His new tiger is just awesome!!! Photobucket I love it also the place its on hehe. Photobucket He had blond hair and no chin-beard. And I think he wore his hair-band again. But I’m not so sure about it. Anyways he looked mega cool.
After SA BIR had finished directly the first sounds of VINUSHKA filled the air. I was overwhelmed! I so wanted to hear VINUSHKA live and it was the first song. I watched Kyo all the time and was just stunned by his appearance as if I would have seen him the first time. I think it was during VINUSHKA already, but maybe it was in another song so I’m not sure. You know the operetta-like singing in VINUSHKA? It’s at about 7.45 mins in the song. At that point at the Live suddenly Kyo began to sing just like that. In this operetta voice. First I had to smirk a bit but then I just was stunned he can do that with his voice and I was even more stunned as he directly after that began shouting again. It was such a difference in just one second. But actually if you listen to VINUSHKA very accurate you can hear that even in the song on CD Kyo IS singing the operetta part (Well maybe it’s nothing new for you but I have to admit that I didn’t recognized that until now). I loved the song right from the start and now after I saw it live I just love it even more. It still gives me shivers over my spine when I hear it now. It turned out to be so epic. I can’t really describe my feelings about it. It’s just the thoughts and memories and the way Kyo sings and… just everything.
As I don’t want to describe everything so detailed I will just give the concerts best moments away now. If I wouldn’t do that I could write a book about it I think and I don’t wanna bore you.
So they played 20 songs in whole: Sa Bir, Vinushka, Red Soil, Agitated Screams of Maggots, Stuck Man, 慟哭と去りぬ (doukoku to sarinu), The Final, 蜷局 (toguro), Glass Skin, Conceived Sorrow, Obscure, Hydra -666-, 冷血なりせば (reiketsu nariseba), Bugaboo, Dozing Green, E: 凱歌、沈黙が眠る頃 (gaika, chinmoku ga nemuru koro), Lie Buried With a Vengeance, Mr. Newsman, C, The IIID Empire (This is the right order)
All the new songs rock even more than on CD. Glass Skin is so emotional and great. Just every song is great live. Kyo also did a lot of his singing like he did at the Marrow of a bone tour too. He connected many songs like this and it sounded fantastic. Over that it was strangely but in a good way to see how changed the guys are when they play in their homeland. They are much more relaxed and easy going. Die bounced up and down even more than in Germany/Europe. He grinned all the time like a Cheshire cat from one ear to the other. Kaoru was very cool all the time but went crazy from time to time. Toshi bounced as much as Die but in his special ramen-boy-Toshi-way. Kyo was completely different. I really thought when I saw him in Nagano that I never knew him before. He was smiling and grinning a lot. He also talked to the fans and did some little games with them (us). He really rocked the party. He often let us sing really long parts of the songs, shouted NAGANOOOO and talked or screamed things like (at least I understood that. And it’s translated, of course he talked in Japanese) “I’m the greatest guy here!” (俺は一番良いな男だよ!) and “come on people!” (かかって来い!). He did little games with us like he said that all the girls should scream and then all guys and after that everybody. So he shouted a lot like “onna/Girls!” and “otoko/Guys!” and then “minna/everybody!” and everybody did like he said. He stood almost all the time on his box and rocked like crazy. He was just so different to german/European lives. At one time Kaoru and Toshi came to Kyo each of them on one side of the box. Then suddenly Kyo held his microphone infront of Toshi. Toshi first looked a bit puzzled but then roared into the mic. Everybody (the fans) went crazy and Kyo showed us that she should cheer for Toshi. Kyo looked so sweet (sorry Kyo, but it’s just like that!) while doing that. He smiled and pointed from above towards Toshi and screamed something too but it was too loud to understand him. Toshi also grinned then and rocked on.
We of course did our shouting again and tried to scream Die from stage. And then shortly before the break Die noticed us. He looked into our direction and looked harder. Then he began to grin again and nodded towards us as he was playing and couldn’t do anything else. After that they did a break. During the break the Japanese fans showed us their organized system again. They really portion their powers. They don’t just shouted like crazy everything that came to their minds but did a real organized encore choir. First the fans in the front shouted encore and after that the back and so on. It was fascinating. One could really heal a bit in the break too like that. After some time Diru came back on stage. They began to play again and Die again looked towards us und grinned and smiled and greeted us in some way. Shortly after that Toshi came to our side. We of course shouted and such things at Toshi because he was at “our” side. Suddenly Toshi stopped playing and held his hand against his forehead as if he was watching out for something in the back. He then met our eyes smiled and waved towards us. Well we seemed to stand out because, as said, we were the only foreigners in the hall and in the city I think. He then began playing again and bounced away. Kyo was somehow watching Toshi while he did that and then just looked towards our direction too. He also looked right into our eyes and pointed towards us also. Did you ever had eye contact with Kyo? I always think it’s even sensible that he looks at you when he does. I watched back at him like Ö.Ö and felt this strange jimjam in my stomach. (sorry this sounds so fangirlish but I really felt like that because Kyo’s gaze is so intensive I think.) Then even Kyo began to smile and did a gesture towards us that we should cheer to him. You know this gesture of him when he puts his index finger up and raises it? I can’t describe it better. We (Dai-chan and me) then screamed Kyooooo and seemingly he was satisfied with that. He again smiled and threw a kiss towards us. (you know what I mean? Like this Photobucket I don’t know the correct word for that in English. But the way he did towards us was somehow much more fondly.) I so was dying right then. Photobucket I always don’t wanna be such a fangirl but everything concerning Kyo let me forget everything. And as if that wouldn’t have been enough Kaoru came to our side shortly after that. We again cheered to him but he stayed in his cool leader mode. He directly found us and also told us with his gesture to cheer for him, the god of the guitar (he really looked like that). We of course obliged and shouted for him. He then nodded like you do as greeting sometimes and stumped away. I couldn’t believe that they had recognized us. I mean one can say it’s just conceit and maybe it is but actually I don’t think so. Because as said I think you can feel when somebody is looking at you and it’s even stronger when this somebody who is in some way your hero.
There were so many great little moments and details but I can’t write everything down now. On the one hand in would be way too much and on the other hand it’s just impossible because it was just this feeling being there, the atmosphere and little gestures or ways of playing/singing. Anyways the show went on and was over way too soon. Photobucket At the end All the members “said” goodbye and waved and threw things into the fans. Die seemingly wanted to throw pics towards us but failed because the hall was very low-ceilinged. So his pics always hit the ceiling and were tossed back by it. The ceiling was even so low that Kyo could adhere to it when he was standing on his box and leaning over the fans. That looked great. Kaoru also came to our side again (as there was the exit anyways) and clapped his hands for us so we did for him. Toshi again waved us and went down too. The light turned on again and the show was over. But it was the best concert I’ve ever been to. The new songs live, as said, are just mind blowing. The whole show is epic. As it was the mini-hall tour there were not much decoration on the stage or anything but still is was so fascinating and engrossing. We stood really far in the back which is very abnormal for us above all at a Dir concert but it so rocked. Another good thing about Japanese Lives is that they really don’t shout or sing along during songs or after them when Kyo is still singing or saying something. So you can enjoy the full spectrum of the music without disturbance but sometimes I have to admit it was hard for me not to sing along at my favourite parts and songs. But as said he let us sing a lot also while The Final which I love so it was okay. It was just fantastic and completely different to lives not in Japan. Not only the atmosphere but also the members themselves and somehow the meaning of the songs and the spoken words of Kyo. I even would say that anybody who hasn’t seen Dir en grey live in Japan don’t know the real Dir en grey. That shouldn’t sound arrogant or elite-like or something. It’s just that I can’t describe it better how great, mind blowing, EPIC they are when playing at home.
DIR EN GREY様!!!長野ライブ、ありがとうございました!!!出来ればだけ早くにドイツ/ヨーロッパに来てくれてお願いします!!!

We then left the hall and outside there was the staff waiting with flyers (the one you see in the photo above) and water. Another thing that’s great about Japanese lives! You could get something to drink for free there. It was just water but what else do you want if you die of thirst after a live? I don’t now if that is standard but I think so. At least at such small lives. Or maybe it was Kyo’s birthday gift for the fans? lol (Kyo: “Here you have 10 bottles of water!” *grin* I really could imagine that Photobucket). But the Japanese fans seemed to be used to that. Yeah anyways as said we wanted to get the last train to Tokyo somehow so we hurried up a bit because I didn’t know the time as my mobile phone was in my bag which was in the garbage bag with the staff. So we went to the room the garbage bags were stored and got our sack in less than 10 seconds back (!!!!). In germany that would be impossible. You need to wait at least one hour if you gave off something in a hall. So we ripped the bag open and I took a look at my mobile phone and my watch on it and saw that we had more than enough time left to get the last train. So we dressed unhurried and walked out the again building. Photobucket

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(Dai-chan and me infront of the Again building. In the back is the information board about the tonights concert. DIR EN GREY!)

We then went to the Nagano JR-Station calmly and waited there for the Shinkansen to open the doors so we could get in as it really was freezing cold now.

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(Nagano at night. You can see snow falling too.)

Even on the streets was laying snow now and we still were heated from the live which faded away with the cold. So 20 mins or something like that the door opened and we could get into the warm shinkansen. We choose the non-reserved car as we hadn’t had a reservation because we wanted to leave Nagano the next day. But there was no need for that anyways because the train was almost empty. We then drove back to Ueno/Tokyo which took another 1 ½ hour. It was so beautiful to see all the lights in Tokyo while we drove through it. Sadly I forgot to take pictures. But the feeling then was great. I really felt like coming home. While we drove back “home” Dai-chan and me talked a lot about the live and our impressions. There were other Dir en grey fans too so we heard them talking just as excited as us in Japanese. Finally we arrived in Ueno and got out of the Shinkansen and just had to take the Ginza-sen to Asakusa which are just 3 or 4 stops. So we did that but had to hurry a bit because in Tokyo the Metro stops service at 12am. But we had managed it to get to Asakusa again. There we had to walk about 5 mins to get to the Hostel again. It was strangely dark then because as said in Tokyo most of the service stops at 12am. So normally the Nakamise-dori and the Sensoji is illuminated at night but the lights were already off. That day there was a strong wind in Tokyo so we crossed the place infront of Sensoji in the dark and from the temple, the pagoda and the little Shrines around it all kind of bells were moved by the wind and the air was filled with hollow sounds of the big bells. It somehow was a creepy but very heart warming atmosphere. One of the kind you feel your heart jump in your breast. At least that’s what it was like for me. We soon went by the little security shelter which lays on the way to the hostel, went down the little road that leads towards the candy dazzling Hotel which was right next to the Hostel. There my Mom already waited for us at the lobby and welcomed us. We talked a bit with her but then just had to go into our room because we were so tiered. There Steffi was sleeping but we couldn’t help it but turn on the lights to see anything. Unfortunately Steffi woke up because I think we were too loud (Nochmals Tschuldigung!!! m(_ _)m) but then we told her about the concert and such things and got ready for our bed. As soon as I lay down I felt asleep.



Kick off

Posted on 2008.12.08 at 18:51
So I have this account a long time now but didn't pay much attention to it. But now it's kick off time here. If anybody cares anyways ^^;

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