I went to see J-Pop Band Sukima Switch with Reiko’s sister yesterday in their arena tour. It was my first time at a Japanese group’s gig in Japan and I enjoyed it.
The actions of the fans were notable. For the up-tempo songs, every person would clap one particular way for the verses, when it got to the chorus they’d double the speed. When it came back to the verse they’d slow down again. This happened for nearly every song. I was surprised at the rigid formality of the fans.
Still, they were all having a good time. Some fans tried to do double speed whenever they wanted but were quickly forced to adopt by the thousands of others keeping in time with each other.
