Kim Hyun Joong took some time out of his crazily busy schedule and made a surprise appearance at Tower Records, Shibuya (a music chain store in Japan) and Yamano Gakki, Ginza.
It’s a last-minute decision, therefore we didn’t manage to inform you of it. However, a lot of fans still arrived at the venue upon hearing the news. Even Kim Hyun Joong himself was kind of dumbfounded too.
The exhibition at Tower Records, Shibuya will remain open until January 31st while another one at Yamano Gakki, Ginza has been extended until February 6th.
Everyone please go and take a look!
Furthermore, (Kim Hyun Joong) will be a guest on “Music Japan” tonight at 6:10pm. Don’t forget to turn on your TV and tune in to the channel~
Kim Hyun Joong made a surprise appearance at Shibuya and Ginza music stores on January 29. Kim Hyun Joong’s agency “Key East” made the announcement on February 2, “Kim Hyun Joong made a surprise appearance in front of fans. Although it was cold a lot of fans came out to the event and gave cheers for joy.”
The fact that Kim Hyun Joong had made a surprise event was spread out through social networking services. Some fans even broadcast the event live.
A representative of the event stated, “Despite the cold weather Kim Hyun Joong were very nice to the fans. He signed autographs for fans and also did an impromptu hand shaking event.”
Kim Hyun Joong will hold another event “Premium Live 2012” on February 5 at the Yokohama Arena.
On January 29th, Kim Hyun Joong set up a guerrilla fan meeting for his Japanese fans!
He made a surprise visit at the Ginza Yamano and Tower Records stores in Shibuya and sat down with fans that were in the area. Kim Hyun Joong had actually been on his way to another schedule when he decided to make an extra stop. News of his stop spread on social network services, and within minutes, fans swarmed to the scene.
Kim Hyun Joong also had the biggest booth in the Tower Records store out of all of the other artists that released albums around the same time. A large scale screen plays his music videos along with a small photo exhibit.
The singer greeted fans with a warm smile and thanked them for coming all the way despite it being a short meeting.
is this really HJ's apartment?
"yes! that's where his apartment is located but they showed an identical room and not his original room of course for security and privacy purposes."--zelamel@youtube
Singer Kim Hyun-joong is enjoying huge popularity in Japan since his solo debut there. He had already gained a steady fan base there with boy band SS501 and his part in the hit drama "Boys Over Flowers."
Having released his Japanese debut single titled "KISS KISS/Lucky Guy" on Jan. 25, Kim held on to the second place on the Oricon weekly charts by selling over 100,000 copies in the first week. He is being bombarded with requests for appearances on major music programs on NHK, TV Asahi and Fuji TV.
Kim will meet over 20,000 fans to celebrate the release of the album in Yokohama Arena on Sunday.