Japan in 3 minutes 22 seconds

[rallamajoop]

I have now written probably around 10,000 words of various Japan report posts (and I'm still not done askhglkas), but to save all that tl;dr, there can be no better way to summarise the trip than this. Marvel at our lame attempts to stay in time with either the music *or* each other for more than two hip-wiggles in a row! And you probably all thought I was kidding with that post title back there. ^_~

Edited by k_chan009 (<3<3<3), staring everyone who came with us on the trip plus whoever else we could talk into joining in. In the end I don't think we covered even half the places we visited in Japan - so much running around that sometimes it was so very hard to remember to spare ten minutes to line everyone up in front of the camera. But this is a pretty decent subset, and no prizes for guessing what we were singing at karaoke that day. *g* Missing from the final cut: at least one take of me in front of the Udogawa mural losing it completely after making the mistake of glancing over to see what our Sho cosplayer was doing on my right. Aargh so many more photos still to come!

ETA: Because I just remembered that not everyone on the web has heard of the whole caramelldansen thing yet, have a wikipedia entry for context. ^^; Also, you should all go watch Where The Hell Is Matt? not simply because it was relevant inspiration, but also because I have not done enough yet today to spread laughter and warm fuzzies.

Comments

[harveystoat.livejournal.com]

Sweet Jesus! Why, this video's a feat of incredibility! It's tremendous, it's stupendous, it's... not many people bother to synchronise a dance on their trip around the country, this is wonderful!

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

JOHN! *tackleglomp*

'Synchronise' may be a bit of a relative term for what we were doing there. >.> I can take no credit for the idea, but damn we had fun doing it. XD Usually in full daylight and in as many locations and costumes as possible. *g*

[cheloya.livejournal.com]

*cracks up laughing*

........WHY DOES IT LOOK SO NORMAL WHEN ZACK DOES CARAMEL DANSEN???? XDDDDD

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

XD Because Zack would so totally do that maybe?

You are shortly coming to the part of the country where all those crazy people in that vid live. I just needed to point that out here. *g*

[cheloya.livejournal.com]

And I am rather desperately looking forward to it. JUST SAYING.

It just looks so natural for him. XD XD XDDD

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Speaking of which, I should probably find time to talk to you about what you're doing when and where such so I can figure out whether I should be, oh, making plans or leaving days open or whatever. ^^;

Much as I hate to cite Crisis Core, isn't there a cactaur summon that involves him doing a stupid little dance? It must be a very slippery slope from there down.

[cheloya.livejournal.com]

Possibly you should, yes! Um, I will be there from about midday Nov 22 to Dec 6, and... I have no idea what our plans are outside writing, since I am staying with my writing group! But I will email you my mobile number so you can SMS me if you like. XD

Er, possibly? I have not dared to plumb the depths of Crisis Core fully, so I may not have seen it. Or I may have been distracted by Tseng's eyes. Even odds, really.

[phred-has-sonar.livejournal.com]

*ROLFparade* That's brilliant!! :D

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

*bows* It was k_chan009's idea, from memory, and what a moment of genius it was!

[sansele.livejournal.com]

I've watched this video three times already and my reaction is always the same: "...crazy gaijin... <3"

XD You guys win so hard. WEWY caramelldansen is awesome.

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

XD Yeah, we've been sort of spamming our mutual f-lists with this video. 'Crazy gaijin' XD Couldn't summarise it much better than that!

The WEWY caramelldansen must be up there with the best parts in that vid. And we sure did a lot of it!

[sethyhide.livejournal.com]

This is all sorts of awesome! XD

Me and my friends are actually thinking of doing that when we go for Comiket next August. You guys got it first. XD

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Thank you, it will make for the best kind of trip souvenir~ *g*

Well, nothing to say you can't do it too. Wish I could've made it to Comiket, but the TGS won over.

[sethyhide.livejournal.com]

We're gonna have so many Caramelldansens all over Japan, at the rate we're going. XD
But it definitely makes the whole trip memorable. =w=

And who's to say we're stopping at just one trip to Japan anyways? XD
You can always try for Comiket next year!

[aphelion-orion.livejournal.com]

"Where the hell is Matt" is the first thing I thought of when I saw that video. XD And I'll have you know it's incredibly confusing and highly entertaining to stare at this and figure out who's out of synch and which way the hips are supposed to go. *giggles*

Also, people don't know about Caramelldansen? o_O I thought by now, it's like Pokemon. Everybody's heard about it. XD

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Well, if this video turns into little more than an excuse to point a few people to 'Where the hell is Matt?', I think it will still have served it's purpose. *g*

And I'll have you know it's incredibly confusing and highly entertaining to stare at this and figure out who's out of synch and which way the hips are supposed to go. *giggles*

*snigger* Well, god knows we had no idea half the time. XD We always tried to have someone count us in and go 'left first' so we kept time, but sometimes that just didn't seem to help much.

Incredibly, there've been some I've had to explain it to quite recently. And without a computer handy at the time. This was not so easy.

[meljane.livejournal.com]

That is so funny :)

Did it freak out any of the people ?

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

You know, I could not tell you. I was too busy dancing to pay any attention. ^^; I'm going to guess we got a few weird stares at least. The worst one was when we were dancing in the middle of a road while the lights changed, right next to a traffic cop, but fortunately he seemed pretty happy to let us get away with it.

[k-chan009.livejournal.com]

MUAHAHHAHA MY VISION HAS BECOME A REALITY!!!! ♥ thanks for being a part of it ^__^

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

<3 Thank you for allowing us to aid you in your work of genius! XD