2011/08/28＊Staff
「At the backstage area of Arabaki」
After the show had ended safely… playing around with the insects inhabiting the nature at the backstage area were Chihiro Kamijo and Taki Yoshimitsu.
Taki started keeping a stag beetle as a pet.
(And before that, a grasshopper. (lol))
Then, Kamijo went on a search for a (male) rhinoceros beetle!
Discovery!
There were apparently lots of females… but he finally found the male he really he was after!
There was a promise of a trade if he managed to successfully discover one, so he made his way over to that someone.
Presenting the rhinoceros beetle to Mr. Hosomi!
He was really pleased!
They’re still just boys, the both of them…
And then, for Ryouhei who helped Chihiro in his search,
Here you go, a rhinoceros beetle～!
He looks disgusted (lol)
Those were our fun memories created at Arabaki.
2011/08/28＊Staff
「Arabaki」
I took some pictures from the festival held at Kazuhiko’s hometown… it was a good show. Kazuhiko did an MC, “Kamome” played at night-time sounded beautiful… it was truly a wonderful festival!
Thank you!
2011/08/28＊Staff
「ARABAKI」
It’s really great weather here at the venue!!
I’ll be taking pictures of 9mm’s show on the HATAHATA stage at the ARABAKI festival that’s finally being held after delays!
We were hanging out with George backstage!!
The band will be giving their all for the show, starting at 19:00!
2011/08/01＊Staff
「7/30 @ South Korea」
A new day dawned on us after the Chamisul fest… and we we’re off to a South Korean record shop.
9mm Parabellum Bullet! They had some!
Everyone ate a lot of meat the day before, so for lunch we had reimen.
Two nights and three days in South Korea!
It was a really fulfilling time!!
2011/08/01＊Staff
「Evening of 7/29 @ South Korea」
After the show, we went for dinner with everyone!
Yakiniku～!!
That’s a leaf called egoma!
It’s something everyone either loves or hates.
Oh, and here’s egoman (lol)
Playing around until the meat was ready…
Also, we met up with another Zankyo band from South Korea, APOLLO18～.
They love 9mm and helped us out a lot with everything!
They taught us the South Korean style of drinking Chamisul!
Yeah ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ
Presenting the drunkards～!
Following that, everyone got increasingly more drunk～!
2011/08/01＊Staff
「7/29 @ South Korea」
The day of the show in South Korea!
Before the show, 9mm had some PR to do.
Recording a radio appearance～.
This was the first time for the band to do an interview alongside a translator… which resulted in lots of laughs!
Commemorative picture!
After that, it was time to prepare for the show.
Everyone felt nervous about playing for the first time abroad & in South Korea.
Taki, waving around his guitar!
Everyone was really into it!!
2011/07/28＊Staff
「Arrival in South Korea!」
The first time 9mm is performing abroad～. Everyone was excitedly checking-in since, aside from Kamijo, this was everyone’s first time traveling abroad. The band and staff along with the equipment hopped on the plane… everyone had their airline meal… and we arrived in South Korea without a hitch!!
But when we went to get our luggage!!! Our bags along with the equipment came tumbling out, rolling along on the conveyor belt going round and round… We had heard beforehand that the treatment of equipment was going to be “rough” at the airport, but that was still quite a shock to see.
After this and that, our bus arrived to welcome us!
Ooh!
『Zankyo Group』
After swaying in the bus for a while, we arrived at the hotel!
Wh-what! Just what is this pose Kamijo was doing in this celeb-like lobby!!
…Kamijo is his usual self even when abroad, it seems.
After resting for a while, we headed out for dinner. We had a variety of South Korean foods. Takuro and Kazuhiko are both weak against spicy food, but somehow Takuro was eating and saying “I think I might be okay with this～” while Kazuhiko avoided the red things on his plate as much as possible. There was jeon, japchae, misonabe and lots of delicious non-spicy foods, too. Taki and Kamijo both love spicy food, so no need to worry about them! (lol)
After that, it had to be makgeolli～.
In preparation for tomorrow’s show, we returned to the hotel early.
Here’s to hoping it’ll be a good show☆
Bonus picture.
South Korea’s “Kinoko no Yama“!
2011/07/25＊Staff
『7/18@Sendai enn 2nd』
On this day, cameraman Rui Hashimoto who was in Sendai for his photography exhibit came and took pictures of our show. The band as well as Rui were hoping for these pictures to become a source of power for Tohoku and as such, we’re publishing them.
