Unfortunately, YUI-Lover TV broadcast was not possible due to technical difficulties, but Cyclo and Jun made a complete report of their trip.

Contents:
#0: Getting there
#1: Outside Kamakura Station*
#2: Shotengai and Hachimangu Shrine

* – Taiyou no Uta filming locations

#0: Getting there

We are two YUI fans living in Tokyo, and today we’ve decided to take some YUI-Lovers on a tour around Kamakura, the filming location of Taiyou no Uta. On the left is Jun, and on the right is me (better known as cyclo)

We meet at Hachiko Statue in Shibuya (Hachiko deserves like an entire post itself but for now I’m just gonna leave a wiki link. If you don’t know where Shibuya is, you should really find that out!) at 9am, and begin the long journey to Kamakura.

We transfer at Yokohama, the city which Kaoru’s boyfriend took her to, but didn’t spend any time there. Saving it for another day ;)

I swear the only reason I took those photos was to highlight how Japanese girls compete to show more skin even though it’s @*%&(@ cold.

A little over an hour later, we finally arrive at Kamakura. (Jun lives more than an hour away from Shibuya, so this makes his total journey like 2.5 hours xD)

And we start the livestream! (Once again, apologies for not being able to do it over USTREAM. It wasn’t fast enough over 3G)

#1: Outside Kamakura Station

Recognise this place?

Clue #1

Clue #2

Clue #3…

If you still don’t know then you’re probably not a YUI-Lover!! (or go watch Goodbye Days PV again or better still, rewatch Taiyou no Uta :P)

#2: Shotengai and Hachimangu Shrine

While this section doesn’t have much to do with YUI, but might be interesting to read anyway!

We pass by a Shotengai (which just means Shopping Alley, and is very common all across Japan).

And stop for some dango!

I knew that Kamakura was famous for its shrines, but didn’t expect to see gates like these littered all across town…

We took a turn onto the main street and saw it decorated with lanterns…

They lead us to…

A scramble crossing! (Scramble crossings are common here in Japan, it’s when all the pedestrian lights will turn green at the same time and all the cars will stop, so you see people walking in all directions, the best example would be Shibuya’s Hachiko scramble crossing… sound familiar? )

But seriously xD It lead us to Hachimangu Shrine, Kamakura’s most important Shinto shrine.

The grounds are huge and very scenic. Jun says it was filled with flowers and animals like fish and tortoises in the Summer when he came last year.

A long walk in with some food stalls along the sides

Lots of nice traditional Japanese buildings

Some more elaborate than others

This is the main building

It’s a sunday so lots of people are here to pray

We enter for a closer look

Inside, people toss coins (usually 5 yen, because the way it is pronounced sounds like the same word for good destiny). I join in and show the viewers on Google Hangout how to go about making a wish at a Shinto Shrine. Kikino tells me to wish to bump into YUI along the way, which didn’t work. Maybe I should have tossed more than 5 yen or bow lower!

We head back down by a more quiet path

Pass the stalls again (Jun still holding on to his phone for the stream with bare hands even though its freeeezing. Please thank him properly!)

And its on to the next exciting location (Kamakura: Taiyou no Uta Tour (Part 2)!!

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kinoko617 sent us a couple of very nice scans from Shanghai magazines (and japanese ones), all of them reporting YUI’s activities in the past year.

Visit the forum to get them!

Click here to watch the video!

After the concert report she talked about the three most delicious foods she tried while on Tour.

Damn cute.

For even more pictures, visit the blog of mina daisuki

2012/01/20 10:25～11:25 日本テレビ「PON」
2012/01/20 5:25～8:00 フジテレビ「めざましテレビ」
2012/01/20 4:00～5:50 日本テレビ「Oha!4」
2012/01/19 22:54～23:58 日本テレビ「NEWS ZERO」

NEWS ZERO report was pretty much unexpected, but the people of YUI@HK on facebook shared these pictures.

That’s all for now ^_^

Some unofficial pictures found at Yahoo Auction

It looks like regardless the high security at the concert venues, it is still possible to sneak a camera and take good shots.

Since YUI’s management has released ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about YUI’s tour, they have forced fans to look to illegal sources… xD
Sadly, the motivation of the photographer was not YUI Love, but money.

On a side note… she looks amazing xD

Visit the thread in he forum for more information

The magazine features the top ranking of general things in 2011 (i.e. Comics, Foods, Games, Entertainment, etc.).

It’s a really nice photoshoot.

Here’s a preview:

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YUI’s 5th album HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVEW reached the first place in oricon. For this reason, she made a comment.
You can see a lot of posters behind her. Many posters are for sale on ebay, in case youre interested xD

This time she talked about her latest obsession. Puzzle rings.

When she solved it, all the staff exclaimed “Oooh”

Pictures thanks to Mina daisuki

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The first song played was HELLO (Full version!).

From the beginning you can hear the new sound made by Sakura!

After that, “Private pictures” where shown. But for YUI-Lovers none of these pictures was a surprise xD

After all, nothing about her trip to Italy was mentioned. I guess this will remain as a mystery forever.

They shown a couple of pictures of her secret lives at schools in Miyagi prefecture and after that, they shown YUI’s cover of Tsubasa wo Kudasai.

It was beautiful!

Continuing the show, they asked Fujimori to play inserting words into CHE.R.RY. He made an absurd performance xD

After that, they asked him to play the song and he looked surprised by the request. Regardless, he managed to play the chorus quite decently.
Since the barre chords looked hard, YUI grabbed her guitar to show the correct way to play. When she started playing, Fujimori started to sing. A couple of seconds later YUI said “That’s not right, you should play with your words”
He said “Really!?!? that makes me so happy” xD

♫ YUI-chan I fall in love! ♫

To finish, Green a.live.
Again, Sakura’s congas are a nice addition! xD

They asked Miori what she wanted YUI to say to her. She replied “Become my litle sister”
Miori: I think it would be so nice to have such a sister.
Host: What do you think about tihs request?
YUI: Really?!
Miori: No way
YUI: …Become my little sister!
Miori: Big sister!
YUI: Kawaii~

Finally, a short segment of YOU.

The performance was outstanding… but interrupted. Curse you, television formats!!

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**Bonus**

今日、夜23:30～からMusic Loversにゲスト出演させていただきます。
Today at 23:30 I’ll make a guest appearance in Music Lovers.

オリラジの藤森さんともご一緒させていただいたんですが、大好きなYUIさんに緊張されていたのか普段のチャラさは発揮されていませんでした。笑
I appear together with OriRaji’s Fujinomori, so I think my dear YUI was nervous about it. She didn’t show her usual bright. Haha

YUIさんの生ライブ、近くで聴けて興奮しましたーっ。
Listening to YUI’s pure concert from upclose made me feel excited.

終わってからYUIさんと撮ってもらったよ～。
I had a picture with her when the show finished~.

YUIさんファンの方、お見逃しなく
To YUI’s fans, don’t miss it.

Source: Miori Takimoto’s blog

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Looks like it’s just a short interview about her new album HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE.

B.L.T. Magazine stands for Beautiful Lady & Television. It seems to feature a lot of Japanese idol groups in this issue but anyway! …here’s a preview!

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