web page (with some pics) at

  http://www.usagi.org/doi/events/asuka/20100920.html

Event      Age Age Idol Matsuri
Location   Shibuya Milkyway
Date       2010.09.20
Time       11:30 - 15:50
Cost       3500 yen
Guest      Maru Maru Gakuen Housoubu

The Age Age Idol Matsuri was a very long minor idol event that took
place in Shibuya Milkyway. This is what used to be Take Off 7.
It's basically the same, but it seems to have been cleaned up a little.

Maru Maru Gakuen Housoubu was one of the guests.

Since the Maru Gaku stage was scheduled to start at around 13:30,
I arrived a little after 13:00. There were around 30 people in the
crowd. At the end, there were around 40 people. It was an all
standing event with no seats.

The event seemed to be running late, so the Maru Gaku stage started
at around 14:25.

Only eight of the ten Maru Gaku girls participated in this live.
Ueda Nao and Shiraishi Miki were absent. The girls wore their white
parka outfits for the first time.

The first song was "Motto Motto Tokimeki". There were only four mikes,
so the singers were Saori, Kanako, Kana, and Megumi.

The second and last song was "Seijuu Sentai Gingaman".

But before the second song, there was a birthday celebration for
Saori and Nao, even though Nao wasn't there. Asuka and Touko came
out wearing black maid outfits (and wearing masks to cover their eyes)
to bring little birthday cakes with the candles lit.

For "Gingaman", four girls held the mikes for the first half and
the other girls sang the second half.

A few slots after the Maru Gaku stage was Fujisaki Touko's stage.
Touko sang two solo songs. She was wearing a short pink maid outfit.
(The maid outfit was actually Asuka's.)

After the two songs, Asuka came out onto the stage wearing a black
maid outfit and cat ears. Touko and Asuka sang "Naniga Nandemo"
(Sakurakko Club) together.

After all of the groups sang, there was a short photo session on the
stage. A couple of groups/singers went to the middle of the stage
for 30 seconds each. The stage was pretty well lit, around ISO800,
F5.6, 1/100. 

After the event, the Maru Gaku girls came out to sell their photos.
100 yen each, individual photos. I just bought 8, one of each girl
that appeared today.

Asuka didn't have any goods to sell herself.

Photos and videos not allowed of the stage (talk and songs), except
during the photo session at the end of the event. But they allowed
photos during the goods selling. It was VERY dark though..

--
photos at

  http://photos.usagi.org/asuka/20100920/

messed up the white balance with the 20D (;_;)

--
Hitoshi Doi
                         " this space for rent "
http://www.usagi.org/doi/                                    doi@usagi.org