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On the Notte Stellata website, I see that one of the currently greyed out menu options is "発見！宮城" (translation: Discover! Miyagi) so it appears that there will be some tourism-related recommendations posted in the future. Perhaps things like places to visit, local specialties, etc.

JTB is a travel agency. From Google translating the Notte Stellata official website, it looks like they will be one of the sources for the ticket lottery and will also be offering various kinds of travel/tour packages.

I can't believe we have not one, but two different ice shows to look forward to and it's still only January We're going to need a "2023 Ice Shows" section on PH soon~ Also, I finally got Twitter notifications for Yuzuru's official account again when he retweeted the notte stellata announcement. For the past couple of weeks, anything he tweeted/RT/QRT wouldn't appear in my "Notifications" tab, though I'd still get the push notifications on my phone. I saw many similar comments on Twitter who noticed the same issue. Seems like whatever problem there was with his account has now been resolved

For anyone who hasn't already pre-ordered GIFT merchandise and would like to do so (pre-order sales end on December 31, 11:59 PM JST), please note that the following items are showing on the website now as "pre-order closed" and thus unavailable: - Boa Blouson - Canned Letter Set - Acrylic Keychain (Purple unavailable) Online Shop: https://www.asmart.jp/gift-official

For the Prologue goods, in addition to the live photos, the official documentary book (¥4,000) can also still be purchased until January 31, 2023. It's the book that still has the "Coming Soon" cover image: https://axelstore.jp/prologue/detail.php?goods_id=3475 I also noticed that for the official guidebook, the Prologue store website has uploaded an additional image notifying of two minor errors in the text and the corrections. If you have bought the book, then please refer to image #7: https://axelstore.jp/prologue/detail.php?goods_id=3410

In the video description for Yuzuru's Sasanqua, he quotes one of the song's lyrics: 「物語は続くんだ」 ("The story continues") Yes, it does Also, like many I thought Yuzuru was channelling a festive Christmas tree for his costume, but it looks like he was inspired in part by the flower, Camellia sasanqua:

The account seems to be okay now since Yuzuru's just tweeted two more times When I tried to figure out what Twitter considers "unusual activity" (as that was mentioned in the temporarily restricted message), stuff like entering one's login credentials incorrectly multiple times or switching between multiple devices without logging out came up as possible reasons so perhaps it was one of these things...

TV Asahi will be doing a 12-hour broadcast of Yuzuru-related programming on January 1 (11:11am-11:11pm ), which includes the first day of Prologue in Yokohama https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ch/sphone/recommend/figure/

After the live broadcast, I had originally planned to buy some of the restocked merch and go to bed since it would be close to 2 am here...could not do that after we were told about GIFT at Tokyo Dome lol Good luck to any and all Satellites who are able to enter the ticket lottery. Spotify users, I made a new playlist for Hachinohe based on the final day. If you would like to take a listen, then see below or search for "Yuzuru Hanyu: PROLOGUE (Hachinohe D3)".

I'm so used to using Chrome's translate function on Japanese websites for Yuzuru things that I totally missed that the GIFT website has an English page: https://gift-official.jp/index_en.html The first video message has English subs if you're on the EN page Do we already need a separate event thread for GIFT?? I can't keep up with everything lol

As a double-award winner for the Yahoo! Search Awards 2022, Yuzuru will receive two of these commemorative gifts: According to Google Translate, each gift is a business size card containing 1g of pure gold, presented in a Paulownia wood box This post has been tagged by Yuzu_legend as [NEWS].

I see J-fan reports on Twitter that mention A Fleeting Dream / Itsuka Owaru Yume, but one has to search for the song name in Japanese (いつか終わる夢).

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I just noticed today while looking at the Prologue online store that four more images of the White Legend blanket have been added to the listing: https://axelstore.jp/prologue/detail.php?goods_id=3473

I can't believe the first Hachinohe show starts this Friday Excited for another wave of fan reports, and hopefully lots of media photos and news clips. Also, I see that the Prologue online store listing for the blanket (which will also be available for sale at the Hachinohe shows) has been updated. Initially I remember there were only two images posted (CGI design of blanket + tag image), but at some point they added four more photos of the actual blanket. The design side looks to be smooth fleece, while the reverse has a more fluffy texture See all images for the White Legend Blanket: https://axelstore.jp/prologue/detail.php?goods_id=3473

You can think of this YouTube handle thing as a unique username for a YouTube channel It's helpful for promotional purposes. Before, if you wanted to share the website URL or link to Yuzuru's YouTube channel, you had to copy and paste this very long string of random letters and numbers, which isn't easy to remember: https://youtube.com/channel/UChXVX37lFVqMfYWNsDvqhdQ Now with YouTube's new handles feature, you can instead direct someone to the following URL or link and still be brought to Yuzuru's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hanyuyuzuru2624 ("hanyuyuzuru2624" being the current handle or username assigned/chosen for Yuzuru's channel)

This is YouTube's new handles feature: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11585688?hl=en YouTube creators will be automatically assigned a handle by YouTube if they didn't choose one by November 14. It can be changed, so if Yuzuru didn't purposely select the "2624" part then hopefully he changes it to something he prefers. However, both "hanyuyuzuru" and "yuzuruhanyu" are already taken by others as handles... Personally, I received an e-mail from YouTube on October 19 announcing the upcoming handles feature, and a second e-mail on November 1 notifying me that I could choose a handle for my channel (I technically have a channel attached to my YouTube account from a long time ago but there's nothing there lol).

I created a Spotify playlist that includes most of the songs used on Day 2 in Yokohama: songs Yuzuru skated to, those played during the video edits, etc. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to add Hana ni Nare (on Spotify but not available in my country) or Requiem (couldn't find on Spotify). You can find the playlist below, or search for "Yuzuru Hanyu: PROLOGUE (Yokohama D2)" on Spotify.

The background music in the video is "I'm home" by MoppySound

I've been checking too as I'd love to get something that showcases Yuzuru's new costumes (maybe clear files?). I'm sure the Prologue Twitter account will post an announcement once new merch is ready to be released to the online store

Both Yuzuru and the the light projection mapping in "A Fleeting Dream" were beautiful It would also be great though if we could see the performance in a different angle that captures more of him up close so we can see his expressions and form. I've become a bit obsessed with listening to the song, so I created a Spotify playlist that includes the original song along with many other versions I found (lots of piano covers, but there's also cool guitar rendition). If anyone is interested, you can find the playlist below. Or you can search for "Yuzuru Hanyu: A Fleeting Dream (Someday the Dream Will End)" on Spotify.

Glad to hear that you got an explanation from WorldShopping!

I think you should contact WorldShopping customer support about this, as the domestic shipping fee has gone back down to the original cost (JPY 880) as of today There were some fans discussing this same issue on Twitter yesterday and today. A link to WorldShopping's inquiry form can be found at https://worldshopping.force.com/help/s/contactsupport?language=en_US For anyone who may be unaware, when the Prologue goods were first available on November 1 at https://axelstore.jp/prologue, the domestic (within Japan) shipping fee quoted by WorldShopping was JPY 880. Yesterday, some fans noticed that this fee increased to JPY 1760 (double the cost! ). I also noticed that this yesterday as I didn't manage to get all of the items I wanted in my first order made on November 1 and was thinking of putting in a second order when items were restocked. Today the shipping fee is back down to JPY 880 if you check again. I am assuming that there may have been some issue or error in the system on WorldShopping's end causing this discrepancy that later got corrected. I encourage anyone who has made an order in the last day or so to double check their order confirmation e-mail and to contact WS if you got charged JPY 1760 instead of JPY 880 for the "Japan Domestic Shipping Fee". Note that the "Purchase Agency Fee" charged by WS is 10% of the total amount paid to the shop (item price + domestic shipping fee), so this amount should also get adjusted if you were charged the incorrect domestic shipping fee. Nobody wants to pay more fees than necessary, so I hope this information is helpful to some

I didn't have issues adding items to my cart, but initially WorldShopping couldn't process my payment for some reason (kept declining my credit cards and even PayPal) when I was on the site via desktop. I eventually switched to mobile and the transaction finally went through (but I lost out on getting a tumbler due to the delay...). Perhaps things are a bit buggy with the site due to the volume of orders being submitted.

I paid via credit card and received both a payment receipt e-mail and an order request confirmation e-mail. You may want to contact WorldShopping's customer support to see if there's any issue.

On the Prologue website goods page, there is actually a note that seems to mention products could sell out due to there being a limited amount: "* Due to production reasons, the number of orders for each product is limited. Please note that even during the reception period, the reception will be closed when the maximum number is reached." (Translation via Google Translate) So while the "reception period" for online sales is between November 1 - December 26, I'm guessing products will be marked as "Sold Out" on the shopping site once they reach whatever is the maximum number of orders (hopefully this is a high number to meet the anticipated demand!)