my website about my trip to japan is up ^_^

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Posted by sothis on Jan-19-2003 09:46:

my website about my trip to japan is up ^_^

i know this isnt western canada related, but some of you had sounded interested in my trip, so i wanted to share this link with you! it took me like 8 hours to scan everything and a week to get the site up, so i hope you enjoy it! be warned, the pics are big..

http://www.acm.wwu.edu/~sothis/japan/

Posted by apri_peel on Jan-19-2003 18:53:

pretty cool layout
looks like you had tons of fun kim!

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jan-20-2003 05:44:

yeah looks like lots of fun... i'd love to go to Japan except i don't know how long i could go on their food, and that nothing to lean up against thing would drive me crazy! i'm glad you had a good time though. come up for the party next weekend!

Posted by sothis on Jan-20-2003 20:52:

ooo which party?

Posted by .montecarlo. on Jan-20-2003 21:35:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...&threadid=82359

Posted by zummy on Feb-03-2003 06:37:

yay!!!

quote:
Originally posted by sothis
i know this isnt western canada related, but some of you had sounded interested in my trip, so i wanted to share this link with you! it took me like 8 hours to scan everything and a week to get the site up, so i hope you enjoy it! be warned, the pics are big..

http://www.acm.wwu.edu/~sothis/japan/

It seems like you had so much fun in Japan. I went back to Japan last summer and realized that everyone had cell phones. That's why I couldn't find many green public phones like before. Your website is awesome!!

By the way, I luv Totoro.

Posted by Tudo Beleza on Mar-01-2003 02:50:

Me and Maaz were talking about japan and he mentioned your trip. Looks like a awesome time, nice web page, it makes me want to go there quicker, gonna do a year there exchange program, how was the trance scene?

Posted by MrMiyagi on Mar-02-2003 14:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Tudo Beleza
Me and Maaz were talking about japan and he mentioned your trip. Looks like a awesome time, nice web page, it makes me want to go there quicker, gonna do a year there exchange program, how was the trance scene?

ill answer that question kim...

the trance scene in Japan is based around Yoji Biomehanika and Ferry Corsten... Yoji's hard dance is THEE sound of Tokyo... the progressive scene does not pull very well unless its well advertised... the Armin show did NOT pull at all... at the venue where it was at, it can hold around 4,000 people... Yoji sold that place out... Armin got like around 6-700 people at most...

the main trance club of Tokyo is Club Velfarre, its very famous for its Cybertrance(UK hard house and anthem trance) nights... the technology of the club is by far better then any other club in the world, no joke... this club is sponsored by Avex Recordings, Japan's top recording industry... DJs like Johan Gielen, Ferry Corsten, Push, Rank 1, can commonly be seen there as they are signed under that label... in fact, Johan Gielen got his start doing a residency there weekly when the club opened in 95...

another very popular scene is the Goa/Psy scene... LOTS of clubs that play this stuff... in the summer, some of the top Goa festivals in the world are held around Mt. Fuji... all the big names in this genre make it over to one of these Festivals, Infected Mushroom is a common act...

and in case youre wondering, no Ayumi never performs her music with the trance remixes... but she is currently the main music icon of Japan...

Posted by trainspotter on Mar-25-2003 22:55:

well, she did, once, w/ above and beyond when they were playing in japan

Posted by MrMiyagi on Apr-06-2003 18:35:

quote:
Originally posted by trainspotter
well, she did, once, w/ above and beyond when they were playing in japan

i went to the last two AnB shows (or Dirt Devils), and my friend went to the ones before that, said he never saw her... but actually, youre right in another way, i do remember seeing a clip of her on a show where she was performing with the AnB remix of "Maria"... my friend also reminded me that "Connected" is partly produced by Ferry Corsten, but ive yet to see her perform it... probly wont now either since im out of Japan...

Posted by trainspotter on Apr-06-2003 20:11:

that one and only performance was in the release party of the first ayu trance

Posted by King_Mack on Apr-11-2003 10:23:

japan is an awesome place, i was lucky enough to visit there a couple years ago. Hopefully I'll save some funds next year and go back. Great to hear you guys had a wonderful trip

All the best,

Posted by sothis on Apr-11-2003 16:37:

looks like someone is trying to increase his post count

Posted by MrMiyagi on Apr-12-2003 18:15:

quote:
Originally posted by trainspotter
that one and only performance was in the release party of the first ayu trance

my friend went to that at Club Velfarre in Roppongi... he said she wasnt there... i went to the Ayu Cyber 2 party, she wasnt there either... who knows

however, i did see her once at the train station, haha

Posted by afastest on Jun-27-2003 22:44:

nice, it probably has taken a lot of time (making the site)

Posted by trainspotter on Jun-27-2003 23:37:

quote:
Originally posted by MrMiyagi
my friend went to that at Club Velfarre in Roppongi... he said she wasnt there... i went to the Ayu Cyber 2 party, she wasnt there either... who knows

however, i did see her once at the train station, haha

believe me, she was in the ayu trance (1) release party
while above & beyond was spinning M remix they introduced her and she surprised the whole audience bcoz they didnt know she would be there, she sang a part of M

in the train station? i think u just saw someone else or one of her paper board :P

Posted by wienerschnitzel on Jun-28-2003 06:38:

great page!! You should send a picture of that lemon postcard to www.engrish.com !

Posted by Warez Guy on Jun-28-2003 07:38:

Didn't notice this thread untill now. Good read and good pics, sounds like you had fun.

Posted by balancedchaos on Jun-29-2003 07:23:

wow... great pictures, and great detail!

i want to go on a trip now too... but i'm stuck here!

Posted by MrMiyagi on Jul-01-2003 06:46:

quote:
Originally posted by trainspotter
in the train station? i think u just saw someone else or one of her paper board :P

no, it was her, she had security with her, was at the Shinjuku train station, they were waiting to board the Soubu/chuo(yellow) line... i tried (as did a few dozen others) to take picture of her with my cell phone... to no luck...