Acid Black Cherry (yasu) kicked off his massive 47-prefectures Project "Shangri-la" with "Shangri-la Meeting" in Fukushima on August 10th and "Shangri-la Tour" in Fukushima on August 13th. He has completed three prefectures so far (Fukushima, Akita and Miyagi) with three meetings and three concerts had been done. He is in Yamagata now and has finished the meeting in Yamagata. What is awesome about "Shangri-la Meeting", unlike nowadays handshake/high five/high touch/M&G events, NO PURCHASE is needed to enter the lotteries for "Shangri-la" meeting. You only need to reside in the specific prefecture where the particular meeting will be held and you need to express your dying love for Acid Black Cherry.
Every time he completes the meeting and concert in specific prefecture, the prefecture will turn green on the Shangri-la map. Project 'Shangri-la' is a project that revolves around the effort to put a smile on the faces of all the people who love yasu's music. Once this huge project ends, the whole Japan will turn green on the Shangri-la map, a symbol that the smile has fully infected Japan.
Each prefecture also receives special venue-only merchandise, an obitsu kewpie specially designated for the prefecture (Hokkaido receives two as it is a big prefecture and there will be many concerts over there).
Below are the photo digests around Shangri-la meetings and tour in Fukushima, Akita and Miyagi. Special designated kewpies and concert setlists are also included.
Shangri-la truck:
FUKUSHIMA
Fukushima kewpie:
[Trivia]
赤ベコ (akabeko) is Fukushima's folk toy and mascot, a red cattle.
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Shangri-la Meeting in Fukushima (2013/08/10):
Shangri-la Tour in Fukushima (2013/08/13):
Setlist:
01 Shangri-la
02 Jigsaw
03 doomsday clock
04 CRISIS
05 in the Mirror
06 Re:birth
07 Yes
08 Mother
09 Bit Stupid
10 Cherry Cherry
11 Black Cherry
12 Pistol
13 SPELL MAGIC
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14 Aishitenai
15 Greed Greed Greed
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16 Shoujo no Inori
17 DRAGON CARNIVAL
English translation of the official blog's entry (on Shangri-la Tour in Fukushima) can be found here.
AKITA
Akita kewpie:
[Trivia]
なまはげ (namahage) is a demonlike being from the traditional Japanese folklore, portrayed by men wearing oversized ogre masks and traditional straw capes.
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Shangri-la Meeting in Akita (2013/08/16):
Shangri-la Tour in Akita (2013/08/17):
Setlist:
01 Re:birth
02 Shoujo no Inori
03 Kuroi Taiyou
04 in the Mirror
05 Yubiwa Monogatari
06 Black Cherry
07 Aishitenai
08 Fuyu no Maboroshi
09 Cherry Cherry
10 Shangri-la
11 I'm not a ghost
12 Tsumi to Batsu ~Kamisama no Alibi~
13 Pistol
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14 Shoujo no Inori III
15 Rakuen
16 Greed Greed Greed
17 SPELL MAGIC
English translation of the official blog's entry (on Shangri-la Tour in Akita) can be found here.
MIYAGI
Miyagi kewpie:
[Trivia]
伊達政宗 (Date Masamune) was a regional strongman of Japan's Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful daimyo in the Tohoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more iconic for his missing eye, and Date was often called dokuganryuu (one-eyed dragon).
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Shangri-la Meeting in Miyagi (2013/08/18):
Shangri-la Tour in Miyagi (2013/08/21):
Setlist:
01 I'm not a ghost
02 Rakuen
03 Pistol
04 Tsumi to Batsu ~Kamisama no Alibi~
05 scar
06 Fallin' Angel
07 Nemurihime
08 Yes
09 DRAGON CARNIVAL
10 Shoujo no Inori III
11 Shoujo no Inori
12 cord name【JUSTICE】
13 20+∞Century Boys
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14 Cherry Cherry
15 Greed Greed Greed
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16 Black Cherry
17 Shangri-la
English translation of the official blog's entry (on Shangri-la Tour in Miyagi) can be found here.
And, a bonus photo from YUKI! :)
Sources: 1, 2, 3