The Sky Blue Promise
CONTENTS.
The Announcement of the Third Memorial Live
The Day of Reaching the Promised Land
The Announcement of the Third Memorial Live
My brother and I always watch Hinatazaka46 concerts on TV. We are Ohisama from Kuwait. At first, we didn't know anything about Japanese idols but because my brother started studying the Japanese language in 2019 so he was searching on Youtube for Japanese songs for practicing his listening skills and one of the songs that appeared in Youtube while he was searching is “KONNA NI SUKI NI NATTYATTE II NO?” After listening to the song, he became interested in Hinatazaka46 and in 2020 he became Ohisama. But for me, it's a little bit late because I became Ohisama in 2021 after watching the documentary of Hinatazaka46.
And like all of Ohisama, my brother and I were waiting for Hinatazaka46 members to reach their dream and perform in Tokyo Dome. We were extremely happy after the announcement which was held at Hinakuri 2021 concert that Hinatazaka46 will finally perform in Tokyo Dome for their third memorial live concert.
As loyal fans, most of the time my brother and I often watch Hinatazaka46 concerts on the television so we decided to enter the lottery for our first time. Luckily, both of us won the concert tickets for the first live show on the 30th of March. We were so excited and happy that we decided to book a room in Tokyo Dome Hotel since we want to be part of the atmosphere before the concert starts.
A day before the concert, we went for a walk around Tokyo Dome to take some memorable pictures. We noticed that the staff were fixing a really big balloon which we realized that it was Poka. At that moment watching Poka makes us very happy.
The Day of Reaching the Promised Land
The day of the first live show, we got in the Dome early around 10 a.m. We started that day to take a walk again around the Tokyo Dome in order to get more pictures but this time we took pictures with the member’s flags and Poka with our oshimen towels.
After we took the pictures, one of the Ohisama saw me with a Hiyori Hamagishi towel. He came to me and gave me a Hiyori sticker. I was humbled and satisfied to receive a sticker from one of the Ohisama. Then, we continued walking around observing all Ohisama enjoying the atmosphere of the crowd and the unity of the people. We noticed that not only Hinatazaka46 members spread the “HAPPY AURA”, but also all Ohisama uniting together spread the “HAPPY AURA”. We were living the dream, it was like a family.
The two of us were so excited that we entered the Dome after the staff opened the gates immediately. We were so amazed by how wide the Dome was. My brother was on the first floor whereas I was on the second floor. Honestly, I was a little jealous but at the same time happy for my brother for getting a good seat.
After a while, all Ohisama were starting to enter the Dome and getting to their seats and starting to open their pen lights, the view was so charming and everyone was so excited.
The VTR started with the voice of Kumi Sasaki Hinatazaka46 captain saying: do you remember that day's promise?『あの日の約束、覚えてる？』From that point I was really emotional to keep watching the VTR. It was so difficult to continue watching it because I was in tears and almost cried.
After that, Hinatazaka46 members entered the stage and started dancing for the “OVERTURE”. My heart was beating really fast and I was screaming inside my heart “Hinatazaka…46...Hinatazaka…46”. Now I understand why Ohisama loves “OVERTURE”. And when the “HIRAGANA KEYAKI” was playing for the whole song I had goosebumps, my legs were shaking, and felt that finally Hinatazaka46 members are performing in Tokyo Dome. I couldn't believe my brother and I witnessed it. I really was happy with how the Live started with “HIRAGANA KEYAKI” as the first song to sing in the first Tokyo Dome live, it makes us remember where this group started.
The set list of the songs for the first live show was extremely good and I really enjoyed watching Hinatazaka46 members perform Hiragana Keyaki era songs, especially “KIMI NI HANASHITE OKITAI KOTO”. It's considered one of my favorite songs from the Hiragana Keyaki era. I still picture the members dancing behind the fountain in this song, but what makes me surprised the most is that some of the members were flying in a balloon. It was beautiful, all the Ohisama on the second floor were super excited that the members were close to them. And for Hamad, he was in tears when they performed “KONNA NI SUKI NI NATTYATTE IINO?” because it's the reason why he became Ohisama. He was also happy when the members performed “HANBUN NO KIOKO” as it is his favorite song in the Hiragana Keyaki era. No doubt, I think our favorite moment in the concert was the rainbow from the pen lights in the “JOYFUL LOVE” while the members were walking to the main stage. The concert was amazing, however, I was tired because of waving the pen lights for the whole concert.
For the second day, my brother and I were really sad that we didn't win the tickets. We still went to the Tokyo Dome for the second day to take more photos, and this time we took a lot of pictures with Ohisama. It was a lot of fun knowing we lived one of the best days of our lives due to Hinatazaka46 members and all Ohisama.
We both are really honored and glad that we recognize this amazing idol group and we are grateful and proud that we became Ohisama.
【執筆者：浜戸、あぶちゃん】