Mitsui Aika to graduate from Morning Musume。on 5/18

[Amped]

http://ameblo.jp/takahashiai-blog/entry ... 82391.html

[wotakubrandon]

AIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't even see it coming, I probably should have but I didn't. T_T

[iceymoon]

(from aramatheydidnt)
"Moreover, we considered what would be the right timing in her schedule and other plans, but thinking that, rather than a delay, a quick announcement and graduation would be less of a burden in many senses of the word as well as make for simpler departures in the future, we've decided the graduation will take place alongside Niigaki Risa's. Please understand."
I'm not sure I like this statement. Hopefully it's one of those that can be interpreted differently..

... I learn this 2 days after having cancelled my Gaki-san graduation trip because I truly cannot afford it.

My 2 favorites. At once.

I'm currently trying to see what I can possibly to do be there.

If anyone, ANYONE has tips.. please help me.

not much you can do about airline tickets, but for lodging.. you can get some really cheap rates if you stay in a hostel (shared room/bathroom OR just shared bathroom): http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/
also http://airbnb.com/ sometimes has good deals (shared bathroom usually, because often the listings are an extra room in someone's house). some of them have weekly rates.

for airline tickets, the only advice i have is to use Kayak and mess with the details (which day you leave, which day you return) until you find the cheapest option. has anyone tried the "name your own price deals" flight+hotel deals? i hear you can get crappy hotels, but that might be acceptable in desperate situations.

for concert ticket you're in my current situation.. you're probably looking at the 20000yen range unless you're willing to accept bad seats (and those prices aren't a "good" seat, just not the reaally bad ones). though prices may go up the longer it is before you can buy one (but, assuming they're available, bad seats should stay within or below this range).

[Pavlova]

20000 yen for the tickets is .. manageable, i'm just freaking out about the whole logistics deal. i don't want to buy them before i have my plane tickets and so on so forth.

i'm checking my airmiles right now to see if that could help significantly for the plane tickets but not sure it will. last minute plane tickets cost so much.

[rikkikow]

Aika Forever!
For Aika

Spoiler: show

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[Sohee]

Icey: That one sentence should probably be more along the lines "To make it easier (for Aika) to make a new start we chose to deal with this quickly(...)"
Not as in other graduations. ^^;

[Pavlova]

I'm circling around in my apartment crying.

Man, I hate this sudden double grad.

[iceymoon]

Icey: That one sentence should probably be more along the lines "To make it easier (for Aika) to make a new start we chose to deal with this quickly(...)"
Not as in other graduations. ^^;

oh thank god. xD thank you~!
i was hoping it was the interpretation, it would be really random/inappropriate to insert the idea that other grads in the future might happen this way too lol.

[TotallyUncool]

I'm sad to see her go -- I think she had a strong personality, and I liked it.

[Celedam]

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