or as RIKA puts it in her blog “HELLO 30s!!” 
happy RIKA DAY! THANK YOU RIKA for being the inspiration to build 
You inspire us with your POSITIVE thinking, constant self improvement, and just being silly NO FUCKS GIVEN. Without Rika, I would have not met some of my bestest friends in da whole wide world!! to quote my homie, Sab: RIKA IS GOD
Once you’ve read our concert report and our full interview with Morning Musume。’14, check out this email interview we were given with Morning Musume。’14’s former leader, Sayumi Michishige!
JPHiP was given the chance to interview Morning Musume。’14 after their successful New York concert. Topics included their thoughts on New York, their fans, the new 12th generation members, and their new triple-A-side single, “TIKI BUN/Shaba Daba Do~/Mikaeri Bijin”. Read on to hear what these talented young ladies had to say!
On October 5th, popular Japanese idol group Morning Musume。’14 held a concert in New York City at Times Square’s Best Buy Theater. While the most diehard fans had started lining up soon after midnight, by the afternoon the line had grown to wrap around the entire block. Read on for the full details!
NEW YORK, JUNE 2014 ― The Japanese all-girl idol group Morning Musume。’14 will perform a live concert for the 1st time in New York on October 5th at the well-known Best Buy Theater, located in the center of Broadway.
Schedule: October 5th, 2014 OPEN 3PM / START 4PM
Place: Best Buy Theater (1515 Broadway at W. 44th St. New York, NY 10036)www.bestbuytheater.com/
Tickets price: All Standing, pre-sale 42$
VIP TICKET: 100$ (limited to 200 tickets), including Early Entry, 1 Autographed VIP Pass Laminate and 1 CD + a handshake session ticket
On sale: Friday 20th June 2014 from 12:00PM (EDT)
www.axs.com/events/252012/morning-musume-14-tickets?skin=bestbuy
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Hello! Project International Survey, the response was amazing with over 3000 votes worldwide. Morning Musume ’14 took the honours with over 58% of the votes, while the most Hello! Project fans representing was from the United States.
Detailed results with map and charts are here: http://jphip.com/survey/results.php Thank you JPH!P Senior Correspondent Site Guru, Slack for setting it all up. This has been an amazing learning experience that will benefit H!P Fans worldwide.
We have been commissioned to come up with statistics on which group Hello! Project Fans like (if you could only choose ONE) and where they are located. We’ll give this information back to Hello! Project Management so they can have an idea of where to go next! Just click on the SURVEY http://www.jphip.com/survey
WE want to hear from YOU.
Coming off the heels of events in 2013 where we saw LoVendoR and You Kikkawa come to America, this is an exciting time for overseas fans like YOU so make your voice heard!
Solo idol and former member of Hello! Project Kikkawa You, a.k.a. Kikka, was chosen to be the official reporter for the very first Japan Expo USA held from August 23rd to 25th in Santa Clara, California. After JPHiP interviewed Kikka at Anime Weekend Atlanta andJapan Expo in Brussels last year, Tris-chan and Slack got another chance to catch up with the beautiful young songstress.
This festival was made for us.
One only has to look at the guest and panel lineups for other larger cons in the San Francisco Bay Area to see that. Anime conventions are made for anime people. Guests are voice actors, writers, directors, etc., and panels are discussing various aspects of anime. Sometimes you’ll get a music act, but the trend is towards US-based acts, usually rock bands. The closest to idol culture you get are vocaloid, anisongs, and the occasional idol anime.