[Discussion] Yamashita Tomohisa a.k.a. Yamapi

Oh gosh already this is so cute. It is fun to watch him experiencing America...Although Route 66 from Chicago to St. Louis should really only take about 6-7 hours...and that includes stops for gas. and driving a little slow. I am anxious to see how long it takes him and if they say! Thanks Elisabetta ;) ♥

That's his video diary, hope it shows up ^^; not quite sure how everything works around here yet.

OMO! Okay...It was SO COOL when he went through St. Louis! He actually went to two places I love! Broadway Oyster Bar and BB Jazz Blues and Soups!

BB's is where D and I and our friends used to go after every Cardinals game and sometimes just for fun! (I say used to because we just moved to Iowa) But it was so strange and yet so cool to see Yamapi standing in a place I have stood so many times. Wow. LOL

*Edit* Also...It was so cute when he was a little drunk and dancing at the bar, not caring what anyone thought, and just having a good time...enjoying the music. ♥♥♥ He was a little dorky but so so adorable.

I think I might be a little more in love with him now.

Gah! a couple of our MANY pics of BB's!

Jeaniessi wrote: Oh and just a quick observation. The man narrating Yamapi's trip? His voice sounds exactly like the masked MC announcing the Liar Game rules! It's a little creepy! LOL

lol Awesome :D

Jeaniessi wrote: What I really find fascinating about watching this is not "Oh Hot Yamapi is traveling through America! Isn't he hot?" It is actually his very normal human impressions of our country and what he thought as opposed to what he is discovering. At one point he makes a comment about how he thought America would be more 'cutting edge' and did not realize at all that it wasn't big shiny cities all the way through. He didn't expect or realize how rural our country is; which if you compare it to the size of Japan that makes sense. Japan is all he knows. Watching this part of his discovery of the unknown; his perceptions and perspectives is very interesting.

I agree with you, also it's nice to see how he enjoys a little break from his hectic "idol" schedule (like that he can eat meals on time and eat fast food even without care)and be independant to wash his own car and such.

But Jaeniessi OMO! to think you could've been one of the "local ladies" dancing with him at the bar :D

Rubyy wrote: Aww.... I dont know why it didn't work :(

I'm sad now.

Have you guys heard his song Shiver off his second album. I'm currently addicted to it. Its got a sort of rock feel to it

Shiver really is uncommon, I mean who would have thought he can produce such awesome rock voice and sound. If I heard without knowing it before, I wouldn't guess it was his. The man can really suprise me.

not related to what you've said earlier, but another example how Yamapi looks so natural in foreign countries. though it his a CM (sorry it's in french with no english subs). several commercials for ice cream I think, the scenes take place in a market in the south of France.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orcCXlqi8rw
He is so cute in these CM, and I adore listening to him speaking french.

Jeaniessi wrote: Awww! he's riding the horses on the Texas Ranch! I am so glad he is meeting so many nice people.

But he needs a better soundtrack than Nickelback. Just sayin'

xD the nickelback theme they kept playing was stuck in my head for weeks after the show ended. It's cute how he started bouncing to it at one point.

Completely addicted to the song Pi and Shingo wrote for the Monsters drama at the moment, I really hope it ends up as the theme song.