[2009-04-01]









A supermarket in Aya's hometown has Aya's beloooooooved imagawayaki and taiyaki
They replenished my elergy









My dorama is also starting soon and before I became all busy... my mother and I hurriedly traveled to Hakone during my 2 days of vacation.
It was still before the blooming of the cherry trees, but the air was good and the food delicious
We had a big bath
Both my mother and I lay idle
That gave me back a great amount of elergy
That picture is from inside the romance car of the train
I found this under the table
[it says "bottle opener" in the pic]
Romance cars are the best





[2009-04-02]

"Smile Project"


Hello everyone

Most of you might know this already!!

I can finally announce it! I'm so happy!!

We've actually been thoroughly planning it since last summer, but I'm resuming my music activities!! I've even already spent some time in the recording studio!

Of course, you - my fans have been the trigger... and my staff. I've read it in fan letters and heard it at handshake events... There have really been a lot of messages about my music activities from all of you... I was really touched.

To be honest... I still don't have a lot of self-confidence and am anxious about my singing. However, since I seem to have touched my people's hearts with my songs, I'd like to return to reaching you through music... that's what I thought.

We've had many, many meetings regarding this project and finally found a name for it, "Smile".

"Smile" isn't too simple or anything.
Each and every person's smile, also depending on the time and place can be very different... It has a really deep meaning to me.
Smiling to oneself and smiling towards other people...
And in order to bring that smile to you all, expressing it through various melodies, voices and nuances together with many other artists, I went back into the studio. ...or rather am still going to the studio right now!!

We are in the middle of creating this project that is supposed to reach as many as possible people, so please try to wait for it a little bit longer.

To all of you I love so much... let these feelings reach you...


Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com
Please don't post this translation anywhere else!

Several translation notes:

imagawayaki = muffin containing bean jam
taiyaki = fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

Aya wrote "elergy" instead of "energy" all the time... I kept it that way, just in case it's considered 'cute' or something.. It might be nothing more than a typo, though.

"romance car" or "deluxe train" is a wagon with double-seats