[rie fu] 6/13/09 Blog Entry

Yosui Inoue-san's Tour @ Kanazawa







Kanazawa Station was imposing in its blend of Japanese and Western styles.

I was spellbound by the tone colors, like a long-awaited soft futon quilt, of Yosui-san's band!

Because today was Mayumix's day off from work, it was the first time we combined the two of us and Ghana chocolate.

After the live, I was super happy to get to have Mr. Blackthroat Sea Perch [nodoguro] after so long!




Nowww, Sunday this weekend will be a live show as Rie fu, after so long, at Daikanyama Loop.

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Original Japanese entry here.
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2009-onward

[rie fu] 6/12/09 Blog Entry

Delo Final Tour Stop



Nagoya was the final stop of our 4-part tour!


The final stop, yeah!
I forgot to take a picture of it!
You could say that's fitting for Delofamilia, huh.

A sense of a naturally carefree atmosphere... is what each of the shining band members with their crazy tastes were feigning. I think happily of being able to sing in the midst of such an ambiance.

Someday I'd like to do this again as this band.

Thanks so much to those of you who came to see us!





Tomorrow is the long-awaited Yosui-san's live show in Kanazawa.


By the way, the picture is of the pamphlets from the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts' Gauguin & Noritake exhibitions that I went to by myself before the live show. Both were great.

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Original Japanese entry here.
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2009-onward

[rie fu] 6/11/09 Blog Entry

Delo[familia] Tokyo & Osaka

With performances in Tokyo & Osaka, each time the number of Delo live shows adds up we've gotten steadily better.
Before you know it tomorrow will be the final tour stop @ Nagoya ell.fits.all.
If you're in the area, please come see us!



After the Daikanyama Unit live show~



After the Osaka Umeda Shangri-la live show~



Today was the Kyoto/Shiga Rie fu marketing campaign. In Kyoto for lunch I had wheat starch cuisine at a place decorated like some rich granny's house. Wheat starch, like springy strong-flavored tofu. Plus there were lots of deep-fried things covered in miso... it was elegantly delicious.

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Original Japanese entry here.
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2009-onward

[rie fu] 6/7/09 Blog Entry

I've come home to Tokyo



Tokyo, it's been a while...
It's a cleaning & laundry Sunday.

I like cleaning so much you could call it my hobby.
On top of really getting out dirt, since this cleaning cream also does a fluorine treatment, it's really useful in the bathroom and stuff. I found it at [Tokyu] Hands. The handmade-looking packaging is great, huh?

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Original Japanese entry here.
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2009-onward

[bonnie pink] 5/26/09 Diary Entry

In addition to the release of the "ONE" album, I've come to visit Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo for the promotional campaign. With the cold I've had for a long time finally calming, although a chronic cough still inhabits my bronchial tubes, for the present I don't have a runny nose. And my feverishness has also disappeared... what a relief.
While saying that, since we need to be careful about the new strains of flu [swine flu], the precautions of a mask and gargling are a must.
Everyone be careful. By the way, while visiting here and there I'd thought for sure masks would be sold out, but Sapporo convenience stores still had some. There when you need it, huh...
I got a lot of energy from being able to be comforted by the TV and radio station mascots I met here and there, eating delicious things, getting recognized instantly by the fans at satellite studios and such, etc.
Thank you very much to everyone who came to visit and meet me.
And, I'm very impressed by your continued support for "ONE."

Unusually, I'm even listening to it on repeat, lol. Though it's an album, the reaction I heard while visiting around the nation is that "Mousou Lover," "Himitsu," and "Get on the Bus" are popular. But though there are also people who say "Fyewsha Fyewsha Fyewsha," I wonder if there are also lots of people who'd say for guys it's "Rock You Till the Dawn"...
My favorite lately is "Play & Pause."
I'm still waiting to hear your thoughts!

Oh, hey hey hey, do you know about Kyuuton*? [BONNIE PINK]

* A comedy group in Japan.

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Original Japanese entry here (under "[2009.05.26]").
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2009-onward

[bonnie pink] 5/15/08 Diary Entry

I went with JUJU to the Ray-Ban party Chris Peppler-san invited me to. As I've been a fan of Ray-Ban's Wayfarer for a while, using Ray-Ban frames now each time I put on glasses, and yet I didn't really know much about all that stuff, Chris-san's invitation was.. right on target! Because I'd been secretly informed that there would be a surprise live where Anna Tsuchiya-chan would perform, I also wanted to come see that. There was a lot of excitement in the guests gathered by Anna-chan's powerful voice. She looked so cool! The truth is I don't really like parties (cries) but even so, in a space for rock at the Ebisu Liquid Room getting to see Kanou Shimai and Duke Saraie-san and thinking it would all never end, for all that I'm glad I went.. haha. As a souvenir I got cute stickers and some sunglasses! We were satisfied seeing the live and quickly made our way out and went somewhere else to finally do some serious drinking. I stayed out until dawn with JUJU. She's also a New York resident, so just talking with her makes you feel like you're drifting through New York--it's so strange. It made me want to go to New York again!!
[BONNIE PINK]


Extra: The sunglasses that have multiplied without my realizing it. Even though of course they might be the Ray-Ban I use every day...

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Original Japanese entry here (under "[2008.05.15]").
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2008-onward

[bonnie pink] 5/7/08 Diary Entry

I came to bother Hirai Ken-chan at his Budoukan live.
'Am I the kind of stupid person who's always late?' I worried upon receiving a text saying 'Bonnie, hurry up, it's starting' just before I got there, but thank god I made it in time. It really was.. just starting. But, not just the start but the whole thing was a wonderful show. Sorry to keep saying again how good his songs are, but they are good.. (I said it anyway). And not just the songs, but Ken-chan can do all kinds of things!
(／ ∇＼) Eeee--that's the kind of show it was. I can't say any more about how it looked, but I really enjoyed myself. Ken-chan's backup dancers have up until now been in various places watching him, but this time they were playing the parts of what looked like splattered syrup from a sponge shortcake, completing a "Hirai Ken" tower, with the strawberry and sponge sections propping him up while he was singing--but anyway, it was really a very lovely cake they gave us. Lots of times I was moved to tears... I was tired after the show and the quite refreshing Ken-chan outshone me. I, Kaori K, had come in wearing a pendant, but is that the Ken-chan's K he became friends with? --is what I was plunged into (haha). Today was wonderful in getting to do all I'd wanted. The truth is Ken-chan debuted in the same year as me--ooooh, and I'm still not there yet! But, I'll keep going! [BONNIE PINK]



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Original Japanese entry here (under "[2008.05.07]").
Translation © Sarah/Frecklegirl 2008-onward