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The shows were successful. The capacity of the venue was 5,000 people and about 4,000 people came to each show. It seemed that the audience really enjoyed the shows. The general figure skating fans gave good reviews, too. They say the composition of the shows were well-balanced. There were elegant programs, comical ones, acrobats, aerial, and so on. It's a shame that the acrobats and the aerial program were canceled on the second day because of the flue.

At the opening Johnny wore the black and purple costume from the Christmas show last year. After three young Japanese skaters skated, two acrobat guys skated in Blues Brothers like black suits. Then Victor skated to Fly Me to the Moon. Very chic. Rena and John made us feel very romantic. Surya skated to Aretha Franklin's Think and did THE back flip.

And here came Johnny! L'Hymne à l'amour. He was absolutely beautiful! As Yuki and Meg said, this is the type of program he does really well. Elegant and fluid. The costume was otonal, I think, dark one.

Shizuka skated to It's a Beautiful Day. Stephane's new program was a French song which means Don't Go. As the last program of the first part, they skated to the tunes from 50's. Johnny wore a white T-shirt, a leather jacket, and straight blue jeans. He sometimes, well, you know, just followed Stephane So cute!

The last part started with Takeshi Honda followed by Cathy and Chris Reed. Then Victor skated to Mambo No.5 with so-called Mrs. Petrenko. That was hilarious. Everyone laughed. Surya skated to Memory and the acrobat guys did funny stuff. Kids loved it. Then again Rena and John made us feel romantic. The Russian couple's aerial was amazing. An old lady sitting behind me was actually crying.

And it was Johnny time again! Poker Face! The costume was the same one in Festa on Ice. I had been really looking forward to seeing it, and got very excited! So excited that I can't remember the detail! Adrenaline and dopamine totally kicked. It was gorgeous, that I can remember. When he passed my side I called "Johnny!" I thought he smirked, but I might just have had an illusion.

After that Miki Ando skated to Requiem by Mozart. Stephane, Tango. Shizuka, Yu-gao. All of them were beautiful. The finale was We're All in This Together from High School Musical. They all wore white costumes. Johnny was in the white one from FOI. Someone on the net said he was more beautiful than any other female skater at the finale. Actually, in the program leaflet, they introduced Johnny as 'A God of Beauty.' I'm not lying.

I'm sorry there are no photos. As you know, the rules in Japan are very strict. No photos. No recording. No throwing flowers. No high-fives at the finale (This was reasonable this time). No. No. No.
But the shows were really good. They did a good job with the sound and the lighting.

I did research after that. I checked bunch of blogs which were referring to Ice Jewelry.

Johnny's fans on the net are so excited and acclaims him. No surprise!
Other figure skating fans say about Johnny "he was beautiful just standing there", "he had an enormous aura."
About Poker Face, they say "that was kakko-ii (which means cool)!", "I saw a new side of Johnny!"
One non-Johnny fan liked Poker Face so much, that she bought the next day's ticket to see it again.
She says "That program is addictive."

There are a few blogs of non-figure skating fans, but I only found general impressions of the shows (I wanted to read their reviews about Johnny very much though). I could not find any bad reviews, anyway.
Instead I found a cute story. There was one very little girl. She was kind of restless. But when Poker Face started, she looked very surprised and got very still. She fixed her big eyes on Johnny throughout the performance. When it is finished, she gave a big clapping! I think Johnny has got a new little fan.

As someone said before, there are almost no photos or videos of the shows on the net.
At one point during the shows, some guards suddenly appeared and glared at the audience.
I thought somebody had rushed to the rink and tried to touch skaters or something.
But the announce said that a few people had taken photos, and if we try next, they would delete the data. They were ruthless!
If they didn't allow us take pictures, they should have taken more official photos and release them.
I don't understand why they don't show the success of the shows!