Japonism Tour - 2015, 2016

From Daily Sports 2015:

The good relationship between these five people who debuted in 1999 hasn’t changed. Named with the Japanese flavored “Japonism”, this tour’s concept has also been discussed among the members. Matsumoto is known to have many ideas for their performances, but Sakurai said, “We’ve never had a heated debate for 16 years. Because it’s the reliable and stable Matsumoto,” revealing that they don’t get into fights over that. Just as Aiba Masaki (33) has described this one year using the word “banquet”, accordingly they had a lot of chances to gather together as five people even in private. “Once, the five of us gathered right after we were dismissed (from work). I was nervous,” Matsumoto said, embarrassed over their banquet.

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From Nikkei Newspaper 2016:

S: If we’re talking about the content of our concert, well, Japonism is a concert made while going to the extremes. It’s densely filled with nuance. Matsumoto (Jun) made this concert but I can honestly say this with pride: I hope many people can see it.

Up until now, every year, we try to make concerts that’s like our business card that says, “This is Arashi,” but this time, to say truthfully, it feels like “Matsumoto really did a good job, huh!” Although he’s a fellow member of the same group, I really think that’s amazing. Including the dome and arena concerts, they’re all splendidly done.

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