Second round of the lottery has been announced. The tickets are 6000 yen and include a custom-made blanket.

Many of Maaya's songs are related to her own experiences although you need to follow the newsletters/blog posts/live MCs/liner notes to know it. Some examples that I remember: - Nicola was written after her travels in Cappadocia (Turkey) - Everywhere was the fruit of her solo travels in Europe (see ...

Got the tickets! I have a few extras for the March 31st performance in case other fans are interested in going.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the fan club IDS! there will be a live event on the 30th and 31st of March at the Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater nearby Mt. Fuji. The ticket lottery has started.

It seems they extended the enrollment/renewal period and it is now from October till end of February.

You should have received some confirmation emails, probably from ids-info!at!fc-ids.com and/or Lawson (check your spam folder). Sometimes they send out some news or announcements, e.g. lately they've been notifying members about the tickets to the fanclub-only live tour “STAND UP". I think it's...

In theory you can buy the tickets in open sale, but it is a pretty chancy business and is especially difficult if you don’t live in Japan. Fan club members usually get an opportunity to participate in pre-sale lottery for a chance to buy a ticket earlier. It’s not a guarantee but certainly is a much...

There are some old episodes from 2009 on Nico Nico: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/15052028

I mentioned it in the other topic but I decided to make a dedicated topic for the single, even though the release date is today :) Release date: 2018/05/23 Catalog number: VTCL-35273 Tracklist: 1．Hello, Hello（TV anime "Amanchu! ~Advance~" Ending Theme） Lyrics & Music: Maaya Sakamoto Ar...

Final set list for all shows:


via https://twitter.com/satoshin_ya/status/ ... 6670455809

HK live report (in Chinese):
http://www.jpbeta.net/2018/03/20180328-maaya/

If anyone is in HK for the concert and would like to meet up, feel free to ping me on LINE (ID=my nick).

The new season of the Amanchu! anime will feature two songs written by Maaya. Opening: 「Crosswalk」 by Minori Suzuki (鈴木 みのり) Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto Music & Arrangement: Katsutoshi Kitagawa (北川勝利) Strings arrangement: Konno Shin Ending: 「ハロー、ハロー」(Hello Hello) by Maaya Sakamoto Lyrics & Music:...

100331 blog has the setlist(spoiler alert):
http://100331.blog31.fc2.com/blog-entry-462.html

I’ll be at the HK live!