AKB48 (And Me) In Minami Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture


I went up to bring aid to people in Miyagi prefecture again with a team from my town, but I'm afraid we weren't the main attraction by far on Saturday, as girl band and phenomenon AKB48 decided to do a surprise live at an event the local High School that survived the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

They also visited a local home for elderly people and were amazed that one of the ladies was 84 years old. Isn't that like the total age of all of the AKB48 members, added up together? You can actually see me very briefly trying to run away from the press and all the screaming fans. Anyway, for the first time on this humble blog, I give you AKB48:



And of course I promise to resume regular blogging once I recover from heat stroke and girl band dancing...

Image from Asahi Shimbun, video posted by one of the millions of fans who follow every move they make.

Glad to see that this event caught the eye of the media, Minami Sanriku town will need all the help they can get to recover.

Comments

Pandabonium said…
Welcome back. Glad you escaped the paparazzi.

I hope you make some room in your email box. :)
3:46 pm, July 11, 2011
Martin J Frid said…
Thanks P, we were supposed to bring donated cookies and donuts to this event, but as AKB48 decided to show up for their "suprise" live performance, there were too many people and police and whatnot. We drove on to the large volunteer center in Minami Sanriku instead, and (hopefully) made some people happy there instead :)
2:12 am, July 12, 2011
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