Tanabata [holiday] is gone already but good wishes to everybody.

When she was little she watched the early morning reruns of Sailor Moon so announcing the theme song was very emotional.

She's in charge of green-wearing Jupiter. Always liked her to the point of still hanging on to this old toy weapon.

Like in Malaysia they were welcomed at the airport by locals and fans who came from Japan. Their smiles wiped the flight's fatigue away.

Then they went straight to a restaurant. That's The French for you.

Fancy table arrangement and, this being France, load of bread with every meal.

They did three concerts in two days but never felt any cultural barrier. The locals and the japanese just lived it up as one.

All the time fans were around them and she's really grateful for that protection [no sarcasm detected]

Surprised that they have so many fans in France.

They did their first signings in a while [probably no longer works in Japan because of the masses] and because it was only french people she said "merci". They on the other hand mostly replied "arigatou gozaimasu" which was weird.

There was also someone who'd already been to their concert in Germany last year, and who was very glad when she said "I remember".

Again it hit home that the world is really connected by smiles!

This time the time difference was eight hours so she did feel lonely and disconnected from Japan sometimes [maybe couldn't call parents]

Eiffel tower at dusk was pretty and again fancy.

Because the japanese built in wood it's hard to preserve old structures, but France has amazingly many ancient stone buildings. Unlike at home she felt some absurdly long history.

Also went to the famous Louvre. Doesn't usually go to museums so this particular baptism felt like awakening a desire to consume that whole world in one go.

Famous works like the Mona Lisa, Milo's Venus and Vermeer's Lacemaker left a strong impression. Even with no sense of painting I felt like I noticed some things.

The rest they only saw from the bus: Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Obelisk, Place de la Concorde, Opera, Notre Dame, Seine, ...

Finally some souvenir buying downtown.

Anyway it was all very fancy. Of course, it's Paris.

But to be frank though everything felt as grand as the buildings it also all looked the same ;)

Will post more pictures in the following days, now the blog has "reopened".