Today I visited Osaka for the first time and went to the Kyocera Dome for an EXO concert!! It's nearly impossible to see EXO in the U.S., so when my friend invited me to go, I was ecstatic. This was an opportunity I couldn't pass up! To get there, I took a Ryoubi bus, and the way there I got to see all of the nice scenery around the area. Watching Japan pass by in a bus is a lot different than watching California pass by in your car.
I was used to seeing videos online of EXO interacting with their fans in Korea, so watching them interact with a stadium full of Japanese fans was really awesome. They all had practiced their Japanese really really hard to do their introductions to the fans and to be able to interact with us. Though I believe I was one of the only 1 or 2 other Caucasian people there in the whole stadium, Lol! Though, that's not a bad thing at all. The concert itself was amazing, and I got the opportunity to interact with a lot of the Japanese fans that my friend knew. It was interesting seeing the difference between American Kpop fans and Japanese Kpop fans. Japanese fans spend a lot of time before the concert exchanging fan made goods with people they meet off of Twitter or Tumblr, and often interact with them a lot, whereas American fans usually just wait in line patiently before the concert starts. A lot of the Japanese fans were between the ages of 15-30 (though there were some young kids as well as older folks) and were almost all wearing concert gear, including wearing something that represented their favorite member in EXO. One thing that was nice is that the process to get into the stadium was really short and simple, whereas the ones in America take an incredibly long time because they have to check everyones belongings. They did that here too, but a lot more professionally and efficiently. Anyways, Exo's performance was spectacular, and seeing it in Osaka was really cool. I want to come back to Osaka during break to explore some new/tourist spots that are there as well.
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