Tomochin, Yui and Ume-chan arrived in Shanghai this early afternoon for the 元気な日本 campaign which AKB48 are acting as supporters. A lot of Chinese fans have been planning for her arrival and even printed huge banners and new fan club T-shirts to welcome her. As no flight information was disclosed, many of the Chinese fans started waiting since the night before (until the twitter picture showing the three girls having dinner confirmed that they are not going to arrive in the night). Also, the fans were also unsure if the girls were actually departing from Tokyo, and that greatly increased the number of flight arrivals possible. In the end, the turnout at Pudong Airport was small because majority of the fans were camping for a different flight at Shanghai’s other airport, Hongqiao Airport.

After the news that tomochin and the other girls have arrived at Pudong Airport, all the remaining fans rushed to the venue where the performance was to be held and below are some photos taken by the various fans.

According to tomochin’s Google+/twitter, she has been feeling unwell even before the handshake event yesterday. After commenting that she was feeling uncomfortably warm and non-stop sneezes, fans and members and even Aki-P alike, commented on her posts and told her to take care of her health and rest more. Chinese fans were super worried that she was not going to make it for the Shanghai trip at the last minute but luckily all things went well; our dear girl even managed to sustain throughout the handshake event which is definitely not an easy feat.

More fan reports will come up soon and I hope to share more about her trip and the fans’ impressions soon.

It is official; tomochin will finally be making her first trip to meet her China fans as part of the Genki Japan campaign mentioned previously. There will be 3 stops in total, namely Beijing, Shanghai followed by Hong Kong. Tomochin, Ume-chan and Yui will be going to Shanghai for a special performance and a meet & greet session. It will be the first time tomochin gets to meet her huge chinese fanbase and I am feeling excited for this whole event already.

Due to the large number of people who wants to meet the girls, the organisers have set up a lucky draw system for the event. Results were announced earlier today via email and at the moment, there is a lot of activity over on the Chinese forums on exchanging of tickets for preferred time slot out of the 2. Let’s all hope that the security and reception will be awesome for the girls and that they will have a safe and memorable trip!