Echoes of Life tour 2024-25

[Magill]

I would bet that all these seats are already sold out! But they also have a streaming on Douyin.

Apparently they just start selling tickets today (i.e. December 31 in Shanghai) at noon!
And both shows in Hiroshima are fully sold out!

 

[Magill]

So, it took less than a minute to have all the tickets for the Echoes of Life live viewing in the NBA ON SHOW venue in Shanghai Stadium all sold out!!! Some of the lucky ones will travel for several hours to get there and enjoy the experience of watching the show on the huge 360° screen!

 

[Magill]

The Echoes of Life staff and Yuzuru Hanyu send their gratitude and thank all their fans for their amazing and continuous support in 2024 and wait to see you back in 2025 !!!!!
Let me join by wishing you all very happy and loving New Year that will see your most beautiful dreams come true!!! May Peace prevail on Earth!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Yuzuru Hanyu in suit reminds us the dates of the Hiroshima shows, January 3d and 5th. No, we had not forgotten, but thank you for the photos:
https://x.com/echoesoflife_jp/status/1874417789227729258?ref_url=


https://www.instagram.com/p/DESAZNihngz/

 

[Magill]

Yuzuru Hanyu in suit reminds us the dates of the Hiroshima shows, January 3d and 5th. No, we had not forgotten, but thank you for the photos:
https://x.com/echoesoflife_jp/status/1874417789227729258?ref_url=


https://www.instagram.com/p/DESAZNihngz/

New Year Day, Hiroshima Airport. Fans start to flock in for the show(s)

 

[Magill]

... and if you're going to one the Hiroshima shows, you might want to join one of the international fan meet-ups for a traditional joint video-making together !!!
Here are the times and the designated meeting point round the Green Arena

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

For these fans gatherings before the shows, many fans, particularly fanartists, prepare give-aways and collect those they are given. Here are only two among them, different from those given in Saitama as now, the makers know the costumes:

https://x.com/pretty_kumachan/status/1872948829731029276?mx=2

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[Magill]

I came across this amazing review of Echoes of Life from the perspective of C.G. Jung, posted on X in 6 subsequent parts - as subsequent replies to this post. I think you need to open the post on X to read the whole thing but it is truly very insightful and interesting,
Jung is one of those psychologists Yuzu himself pointed to as his inspiration and someone he did read a lot (the other one was Adler) so it feels like a very legitimate analysis. Enjoy and get inspired!
PS For those who have not seen the show - The Poem of Everyone's Soul is the last program closing the show.
https://x.com/BlueFeather9999/status/1873333885700022360

This pretty amazing video appeared on my YT feed as a perfect supplement to the review I have linked above several days ago, taking the Poem of Everyone's Soul, the last program of the show, as a starting point for analysis. The video shows how in this program, before skating through each of the doors put on ice, Yuzu does a little gesture or a single element pointing to one of the programs from the show, a part of the story he's just told, that this particular door is a symbol of.
I don't know how accurate it is but it is really beautiful, deeply symbolic, and left me deeply in awe of how precise, thoughtful and well-knit to every little tiny detail this show is (a quality that is quite characteristic of Yuzu shows by now).

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

This pretty amazing video appeared on my YT feed as a perfect supplement to the review I have linked above several days ago, taking the Poem of Everyone's Soul, the last program of the show, as a starting point for analysis. The video shows how in this program, before skating through each of the doors put on ice, Yuzu does a little gesture or a single element pointing to one of the programs from the show, a part of the story he's just told, that this particular door is a symbol of.
I don't know how accurate it is but it is really beautiful, deeply symbolic, and left me deeply in awe of how precise, thoughtful and well-knit to every little tiny detail this show is (a quality that is quite characteristic of Yuzu shows by now).

I find it a very likely explanation!

 

[Magill]

Here' s from Mikiko on the coming shows in Hiroshima this week! Her first interview with the local media is out, even more precious as she herself grew up there, though she was born in Tokyo.
I saw some of her work from other shows, off-ice, not just with Yuzuru, and I plainly adore her choreos. So happy to hear that she also feels staging Echoes of Life in Hiroshima is very special. Personally I could not agree more.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here' s from Mikiko on the coming shows in Hiroshima this week! Her first interview with the local media is out, even more precious as she herself grew up there, though she was born in Tokyo.
I saw some of her work from other shows, off-ice, not just with Yuzuru, and I plainly adore her choreos. So happy to hear that she also feels staging Echoes of Life in Hiroshima is very special. Personally I could not agree more.

A Hiroshima local TV (Home) has broadcast a report on Echoes of Life in Hiroshima, with a brief interview of hers; her being from Hiroshima gives it even more sense:
https://x.com/ichigomilky5/status/1874726906391834955?mx=2


This local TV also posted:
https://x.com/HOME_NEWS5/status/1874728596658634794

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The last seats (those which appear to be sellable with partial view warning once the equipment is in place on the site) for Echoes of Life in Hiroshima, have been put for sale, resulting in a site crash... in spite of which I believe they have all been sold:
https://x.com/echoesoflife_jp/status/1874667249719783544


https://x.com/jasminet_twt/status/1874718478793576905?ref_url=

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The venue of the show, Hiroshima Green Arena, has posted very useful practical information for access and frequently asked questions:
https://x.com/hiroshima_ga/status/1874730096042315782

 

[Magill]

Fingers crossed for Yuzu and his first show in Hiroshima which is just a few hours away!

 

[Magill]

The venue of the show, Hiroshima Green Arena, has posted very useful practical information for access and frequently asked questions:
https://x.com/hiroshima_ga/status/1874730096042315782

... and here it comes translated for those not speaking Japanese

 

[Magill]

While we are awaiting today's show, please be reminded that applications for Chiba shows'lottery are being accepted till January 6

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

While we are awaiting today's show, please be reminded that applications for Chiba shows'lottery are being accepted till January 6

For the very few seats at Chiba Echoes of Life shows that were kept for this sale... but still, it's possible to get one.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Regarding Echoes of Life in Hiroshima, today and Sunday, posters are greeting viewers as early as in Tokyo Station (Marunouchi exit). The poster is a Tokyo hotel who often posts about Yuzuru Hanyu's whereabouts, I suppose that either they have fans in their PR team, or they have a number of fans as guests during shows? Or both!
https://x.com/YaesuTerminalH/status/1874267073272308183

 

[Magill]

So! It has started!!! Fingers crossed for a great vibe and a most successful performance!

 

[Magill]

Oh, fans watching in the venue in Hiroshima right now report that the show has evolved, there are modified visuals, new light effects, new or modified scenes.... oh! That's surprising!!!
I will not link the reports here not to play spoilers before Sunday when we can see it for ourselves on one of the streams, but wow!