I never mentioned this, did I.

Paris

Again, I didn't book any hotel in advance and was just glad to get to the front row! I met Thigi, whom I almost worked on a fanzine with 3 years ago and the people of Shikigami Club, Onmyo-za's Japanese fanclub. So, I got to chat with a bunch of real cool people before the concert started and also after it ended. Front row was cool! Ah and I loved the "Paari, paari, paari" song they made. In Berling, it was "Baarin, baarin, baarin"

Thigi Thigi and Yuki

In all honesty, I think the Eifeltower is a huge pile of ugly suckage. Waste metal.  That night, I decided to hunt them down  I asked at all the hotels if there was a group of at least 5 Japanese people. I finally found one and checked in. The morning after, I strategically sat down at a hidden corner in the breakfast room from which I could see who entered or left. Turned out those Japanese were salarymen  So I took a sightseeing bus! From the roof of a bus you can spot people lots easier! I first excluded all places shown in the photo album of the previous tour since they've already been there. I saw le Sacrecoeur de Montmartre, le Tour Eiffel, L'Arc du Triomphe and a lot more but no Onmyo-za  Did find a nice expensive looking mobile phone though

Berlin

I didn't tell anyone I was going to Berlin as well, but hell how can I miss an Onmyo-za concert when they're so close?! That morning, I arrived at the hall at 10 o'clock. In the hall next door, Farin Urlaub, Die Ârzte vocalist, had already collected a huge waiting crowd of fans while I was the only one for Onmyo-za  Until, half an hour later, she came. Mad Yukishiro. Mad indeed  We fooled around alot and eventually, the Shikigami people came too, they still recognized me and I got to practice my skills in Japanese  Finally, into the afternoon, the band arrived and Mad Yukiushiro took photos! Yay!!

The concert was even better than in Paris, even if I only got 2nd row  Some reward for lining up at 10 in the morning
Anyways, afterwards I went to look for a place to stay with Yukishiro and a few others, but we ended up at the Bahnhofsmission, a place where lost travellers and the poor can spend the night for free. It was so cold I left though. But it was sooooo great!

Mad

Moe Wakaki, a Japanese idol. Shoulda taken her autograph

It's decided: I MUST go to all the concerts I can afford!