L’Arc~en~Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012

Rock band L’Arc~en~Ciel has announced that they will be holding a world tour in 2012!

Titled “L’Arc~en~Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012“, the tour will kick off on March 3rd in Hong Kong. The band will then travel to Bangkok, Shanghai, Taipei, New York, London, and Paris, for a total of 7 performances.

The band is expected to perform for approximately 100,000 people for this tour. They will become the first Japanese artist to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York.

More dates are to be announced at a later date.
Check out the tour schedule below!

<L’Arc~en~Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012>

March 3rd – Asia World EXPO Arena / Hong Kong
March 7th – IMPACT ARENA / Bangkok, Thailand
March 10th – MERCEDES-BENZ ARENA / Shanghai, China
March 17th – TWTC Nangang Exhibition / Taipei, Taiwan
March 23rd – The Theater at Madison Square Garden / New York, USA
April 11th – indigO2 / London, England
April 14th – Le Zenith / Paris, France

Sources: tokyohive, natalie

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YEHEY!!! time to plan... ^____^

Japan offers 10,000 free trips???

Japan offers 10,000 free trips to foreigners—report
 source: inquirer.net


TOKYO – Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfares to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday. 

The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask would-be travellers to submit *online applications for the free flights, detailing which areas of the country they would like to visit, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said.  The agency will select the successful entrants and ask them to write a report about their trip which will be published on the Internet. 

Tourism authorities hope that positive reports from travellers about their experiences in Japan will help ease international worries about visiting the country, the newspaper said.  The programme, which will require travellers to cover other costs such as accommodation, is expected to start from next April, subject to government budgetary approval. 

The number of foreign tourists to Japan fell more than 50 percent year-on-year during the three months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered meltdowns and explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.  The sharp drop began to ease somewhat in the summer.  In June and July, tourist figures were down 36 percent from a year ago, easing to 32 percent in August as the country worked to reassure foreign tourism markets. 

The government has said Japan is safe except for the immediate vicinity of the crippled plant, where work crews are still trying to bring the facility to a cold shutdown.

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Sounds good to me... :) need to start saving "OKANE", ne???!!!   ^_______~


*i wonder where to submit the application....

Recommended sites...

Check this two (2) cool sites i've discovered recently:

Wimdu

Fitzvillafuerte

OMG! Laruku's newest single... ^___^

hmm, they look so young...again.. ^___^ can't wait for next year's trip. :)

Catalog No.	KSCL-1870
JAN	4562292973807
Number of discs	2
Item weight	200g
Label/Distributor	Sony Music Entertainment

Source: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KSCL-1870