Friday, April 17, 2009

"Boys over Flower" main casts in Japan for promotional activities

F4 member Kim Hyun Joong was in Japan recently. Apart from his impressive display of Japanese, the expected results of the "Korean Wave" was also reached. To promote KBS2 TV's "Boys over Flower", F4 members and Goo Hye Sun arrived in Tokyo on the 15th. Among them, Kim Hyun Joong's arrival was highly anticipated due to his activities in Japan as a member of SS501 in the past 2 years. His grasp of Japanese was impressive, and over 300 fans followed him around.

On the 15th, around 4pm, F4 arrived at TBS, located in Akasaka, Tokyo, for the live broadcast of talkshow "Sacas".

When the host asked "Which is the first place you want to go in Japan", Lee Min Ho and Kim Bum answered "Harajuku", Kim Jun answered "Roppongi", Goo Hye Sun answered "Ueno Park", Kim Hyun Joong replied in fluent Japanese "I like gyudon, so I want to go to a place with good gyudon."

The live program only went on for 2 minutes, and Kim Hyun Joong was asked two questions regarding the show. Even though it was only for a short time, more than 300 fans went to the studio to see F4 in person, and F4 had a short fan meeting subsequently.

At the fan meeting, Lee Min Ho was asked "Do you have any special memories of Japan", his answer caused laughter in the studio. "2 years ago I came here with my friends but because we didn't know the cabs were expensive, so we took a cab from the airport all the way to Shibuya. The cab fare was very memorable."

Goo Hye Sun was asked "Who do you like most in F4", her answer was "Lee Min Ho and Kim Hyun Joong". They then participated in a recording of Fuji TV's variety show "SMAP X SMAP", and will have a press conference and fan meeting on the 16th at 2pm and 7pm respectively, at Tokyo's JBC Hall, before returning to Korea around the 20th.

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