The crowd at Nippon Budokan (日本武道館) for DEG was different than other concert experiences I’ve had in Japan (or anywhere for that matter). Even though everyone, except those on the floor, had seats, no one sat in them. Fists were raised and heads were banged all the way to the back row. Most in attendance were female. I’ve never seen so many girls head banging before.

Some had important messages on their shirts. The fans were from all over Japan. The girls talking behind me on the way to the train station after the show mentioned having to connect to the bullet train to get home. Maybe that’s why concerts are over between 9 and 10 p.m. I only had three stations (6 minutes) to go to be home. Not quite as short as my concert commute in Copenhagen, but nice and short anyway.

I had a great time, but I don’t think I left a much bigger Dir En Grey fan than I was at the beginning of the day.

You can now purchase the music from this evening and hear for yourself:

Posted on January 10th, 2010 under Japan • Tags: dir en grey, metal. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed