Day 2 in Tokyo. Tough choices to make: go to Tokorozawa early to look around, or go to Tokyo Tower (thus the LOTR reference to the 2nd movie). In the end, making it legit to use a LOTR reference made it an easy decision. So, to Tokyo Tower I go.
Like many places in Tokyo, been there done that a half dozen times. I don't care so much for the top of the tower, but rather what's on the 4th floor - special exhibition on Fujio F. Fujiko, the creator of Doraemon! He would've been 80 this year if he hadn't died.
It was spectacular! Doraemon statues and gadgets everywhere, plus other (less known) series that Fujio created and I watched as a kid. And then there's the merch shop. I was pressed for time but still dilly-daddled. More useless spending on its way.
Onto today's main event: Mizuki Nana at Seibu Dome. On the train, I could tell who's going to the concert; they're all wearing something Nana - old concert T-shirts, baseball jerseys with number 7 (Nana is also 7 in Japanese), pins, bags, etc. They're like old war trophies of veterans. I was a noob so I kept my mouth shut. By the time I changed trains at Tokorozawa, the whole train was filled with Nana fans (since Seibu Dome's the last station on the line).
Once on site, I was fumbling around like a noob to find the goods area that I lost my ticket for a minute. I ran around like Foghorn Leghorn after his head got chopped off (Family Guy reference), until I found where I dropped it. My goal here was to get the Mizuki Nana nendoroid, but it's sold out long before I found the queue. Feeling sorry for myself, I chowed down a 550¥ hot dog (almost worth it) and bought a 1600¥ concert light stick. Might as well enjoy the concert...
There was no doubt that the concert was awesome. Seibu Dome was sold out. Nana looked just as good as any of her pictures, and sounded just like her CDs with no lip synch. From opening act, the fans were waving light sticks in rhythm and unison. A few were doing some crazy rave thing, and had rigs for a dozen glow sticks. It took a while, but I was fully into it by halftime when Nana sang "Pop Master".
I took off right before the end, so I can catch the bus at Shinjuku for my next stop. Time for my return to Hiroshima.
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