Iwasa Misaki and Hayabusa Live at Angyo Sports Center in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. (2023/05/05)

BTW, sorry for the massive delay in writing about this…

Wasamin wrapped uo Golden Week with two live singing events, one in Hiratsuka and the other in Kawaguchi. Hiratsuka is quite the trek from where I live, but Kawaguchi is in Saitama Prefecture, fairly close to where I work. In fact, during the April online cheki event, Misaki-chan specifically asked me if I was coming to see her there. So it was settled. I would spend Children’s Day, the final day of Golden Week, with Wasamin.

Kawaguchi is fairly easy to access, both from central Saitama and Tokyo. It’s just north of the Arakawa River on the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line. That said, Angyo Sports Park is far to the east. In fact, it took a 30+ minute bus ride to get there from the station. There were a few other Wasafans on the bus I boarded, so I knew I’d have no issue finding the place. It was just a block away from the bus stop, in an industrial area.

The event was part of the local Green Earth Festival. There wasn’t much in the way of food or cool booths for adults, mainly activities for kids and tips for ‘clean’ living. It was a warm and sunny day, so I spent most of my pre-show time trying to stay in the shade. At the end of the day, I did get a little sunburnt on my face and arms. On the stage were a series of local performers, mainly junior high school kids. Wasamin and Hayabusa were the main event. The local silverback crowd seemed to have reserved all of the seats earlier in the day, so all of the Wasamin and Hayabusa fans were standing in the back. Eventually the show started. Here’s the setlist…

Setlist
1. Omatsuri Mambo (sung by all)

Note: Wasamin left the stage, so the next songs were exclusively performed by Hayabusa.

7. Saba Kaido
8. Koisuru Fortune Cookie (enka ver.)
9. Blue Light Yokohama
10. Toshishita no Otokonoko
11. Akira

Hayabusa returns.

12. Yoi Uta (sung by all)

So essentially it was a Hayabusa and then a Wasamin mini-live, sandwiched between two songs sung by everyone. By the way, there were two guys standing by me, talking extremely loud for half the show. Many people, including me, were staring them down. They were truly annoying. Aside from that, it was the first time I had been to a Wasamin performance since February, so I really enjoyed it. Afterwards we headed to the CD sales booth. There were no 2-shots being offered. Instead Wasamin was actually selling the CDs, and packaging your goodies for you. It had been a long time since I had a regular handshake with her that didn’t involve posing for a pic, and you know what?

I loved it. As nice as 2-shots are, you spend most of the time posing and taking the pic, and barely given 10 seconds to talk as you are being rushed away the moment the pic is done. In this format, I got talk with her for almost a minute. It was very refreshing.

I hadn’t eaten all day, so I grabbed some soba from a tiny shop hidden behind the bathrooms, before catching the next bus back to Kawaguchi station. Anyway, this is the last Wasamin event I’ve been to. She hasn’t really done any. Although I did participate in her “Net Greeting” event this weekend. That was a ton of fun, and I will report on it as soon as I receive my goods in the mail

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