DAY 1 (FRI AUG 18) + DAY 2 (SAT AUG 19)

  1. This was my first time going to KCON LA! I had gone to KCON NY back in 2016 and 2018 but never LA, so it was a fun new experience for me! Sorry long messy post ahead lol

I mainly went for INI, XG, and JO1!! My first time seeing all those groups ahh I arrived in LA Friday evening, passed by the KCON area on my way to the hotel!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1692697359438807123

  1. Then met up with some MINIs for a little American dinner! It was very fun and hopefully next time we can get more people to gather lol (it was kinda last minute)

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1692753670071321001

  1. Spent the rest of the night preparing the freebies for the INI fanclub event and got everything ready to see INI the next day!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1692891596100870149

Barely slept because I was so excited

  1. SATURDAY AUG 19, 2023 (D-DAY!!)

First we went to LAPONE booth! There we actually ran into Choi CEO (of LAPONE) so we gave him the message book for INI and he took it 😭

Next up was the INI Fanclub event!! We were nervous but got to meet so many nice MINIs!! It was fun 😊

https://twitter.com/INI_USA/status/1693175979395645796

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1692954635768607017

  1. After taking a quick loop around the convention area, we lined up and waited for INI for their POP UP TALK! And finally they arrived!!

First we were on the side and saw a glimpse of Hiroto (and Kyosuke) and they were so cute waiting

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693011100692779458

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693010602606596198

  1. POP UP TALK- Had a pretty decent view!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693011905789436251

Was on Nishi’s side but they were all so cute and spoke so much English I was so proud of them!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693022090947960885

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693013530176282840?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1693013530176282840|twgr^b17ead05c2d2597d78e948f382353e79e0dfbfef|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Flogintakeru%2FKCON-LA-2023-63bfc69f7c4146d4a7e44c3183c5d4e9

Takeru was a real life prince 😭

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693018108456308858

Choosing ID:

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1694520003683561488

They danced to some older songs with acapella singing! Fanfare:

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693319627164749904

  1. POP UP TALK (cont’d)

Password:

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693373405331140912

Rocketeer:

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693568870748184726

Everyone (especially Masaya) spoke so much English I was really impressed and touched! Love them soo much <3

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693523175915868444

  1. Next was INI M&G! We grabbed a quick lunch then headed over to M&G but there was already a huge line (despite the rule of not lining up before 30 mins…) so we were kinda in the back and hard to see 😞

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693176912938668407

OK TAKERU

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693437033535185286

GOTO TAKERU!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693171669832278283

SANO YUDAI!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693159586956824959

MASAYA!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693177762511737302

NISHI

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693249407901401580

  1. INI M&G (cont’d)

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693781353391849976

They did some fun games!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693174246477058281

And a bit of MANIAC!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693236676372623797

Then it was time for HI TOUCH!! Though they were behind the plexiglass, it was still a very memorable experience and they were sooo cute and nice 😭

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693148899429826773

Overall 11/10 experience (besides not being able to see) I love them soo much!!

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693162888612217209

After M&G some of us headed back to my hotel to rest and eat before the concert!!

  1. THEN IT WAS CONCERT TIME!

I was in section 103! Row 12 (seats 5 & 6). It was a bit of a side view but pretty close!!

https://twitter.com/tenshiyudai/status/1693082507208531969

Got to see this special moment :’)

https://twitter.com/logintakeru/status/1693183544540156275

OK THANK YOU FOR READING THIS IF YOU READ ALL OF IT!!

Overall it was a very magical special day and I love INI and MINIs so much 💗

DAY 3 WILL BE A SEPARATE PAGE HERE ⬇️ (COMING SOON)

DAY 2 (Full Concert Report w/vids)

DAY 3