Tokyo pt. 9 - Hamasaki's Concert 浜崎のコンサート

After the butler cafe we took a taxi over to Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the big show! 
先土曜日は浜崎あゆみの代々木ラスト週末コンサートへ行った！

Those of you who have seen my 'My Hamasaki Ayumi Concerts' photo album will know that even in provincial Fukuoka the turn out at a Hamasaki show includes an interesting array of super hardcore fans and in some cases, their customized vans, cars, etc.  

This case was no different!  I've taken my pics and inserted them into the photo album too,  here's a few of them. コンサートのお外の写真は僕のフォトアルバームに入った：

These things are NOT cheap... (view the rest at the end of this photo album!)



The show was pretty awesome (of course).  You may recall that I went to the 2005 and 2006 tours in Japan and was impressed w/ the fancy theatrics, special effects, etc.   2007's show in HK was good too, but they didn't bring down all the fancy stuff from the Japan tour, so i felt like i missed out a bit.    This year's show had its share of fancy stuff, but maybe not quite as much. (2005 had fountains AND snow, 2006 had rain falling from the ceiling AND giant moving video curtains AND Hamasaki in a hanging sphere that flew down the length of the hall.  

How could they top that?  Well I'm not sure if they did, but they certainly tried:

Don't ask... :-P

Of course I didn't take photos inside the show, but there are a bunch of officially released press photos available in Chinese media news articles:　このコンサート写真は中国語のニュースからです：
Apple daily taiwan   sina.com   163.com - 1   163.com - 2

Seemed like she did more costume changes this time (like one every two-three songs).  Being a music purist, of course these extra bells and whistles are not necessary. :-P
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