The First Japan Arena Tour is the first Japanese concert tour by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation to promote their 2011 self-titled album in Japanese.
It was announced on March 7, 2011, that Girls' Generation would embark on their first nationwide Japan tour on May 18, 2011, at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, with a total of seven stops in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka.[1] The start of the tour was postponed to May 31, 2011, because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Due to overwhelming demand with up to 300,000 applicants applying for tickets,[2] additional stops were added to the tour.[3]
The tour covered Osaka, Saitama, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Fukuoka with total of fourteen performances.[4] The tour attracted about 140,000 fans.[5]
Various Japanese media, including Mezamashi TV, covered the start of their concert with detailed reports.[6]NHK's Music Japan presented a Girls' Generation special, detailing their meteoric rise in Korea and subsequent debut in Japan, with an interview session interspersed with footage from the Osaka stop of the First Japan Arena Tour.[7] Girls' Generation First Japan Arena Tour in 3D was broadcast on Japan's SkyPerfectTv on August 21.[8]
Girls' Generation First Japan Tour is the fifth DVD and Blu-ray release from South Koreangirl groupGirls' Generation. Following their announcement that Girls' Generation will be releasing their First Japanese photobook titled 'Holiday' on November 30, 2011, they also released a Blu-ray/DVD for their First Japanese Concert Tour on December 14.
The DVD contains performances and footage from their first Japan tour, which began on May 31, 2011, and took the girls through six cities in Japan for 14 performances.[11] The Blu-ray/DVD included two editions, the 'limited edition' which will come with the special footage, photobook and a pin badge set. The Blu-ray and DVD copies included special footage but the 36-paged photobook will differ. The limited edition included a special caramel box, digipak for the disk case, and a special cosmetic case holding the ten pin badges (Blu-ray: Gold color / DVD: Silver color).[12]
Girls’ Generation's ‘Japan First Arena Tour Girls’ Generation’ which was released on December 14 took the no.1 spot on December 14's Oricon Daily DVD Combined Chart, Blu-ray Chart and DVD Music Chart.[13] According to the Oricon Charts, the DVD version of the “Japan First Tour” has placed first for the week of December 12 through the 18th in both the “Music DVD” category and in total DVDs sold. Since its release on December 14, the DVD of Girls’ Generation's successful concert tour in Japan has sold 69,000 copies.
The Blu-ray version of the “Japan First Tour” placed first for the “Music Blu-ray” category and second in total Blu-ray sales for the week. The Blu-ray, released at the same as the DVD, has to date sold 37,000 copies. Girls’ Generation is the only foreign artist to place first on the Oricon Weekly Charts for both the “Music DVD” and “Blu-ray DVD” categories at the same time.[14]
^少女時代アリーナツアー2011スケジュール (in Japanese). Official Girls' Generation Japanese Website. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
^"소녀시대, 첫 日 투어 14만명 운집-관계자 호평 대기록" [Girls' Generation attracts 140,000 people for their first Japan tour - a record of favorable reviews from officials]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^₩18,700,000,000 approximated conversion at reported date (₩1 = $0.00094).
길혜성 (July 18, 2011). "소시, 日첫투어 '최소 200억 매출'..14만 동원 성료". Naver (in Korean). Star News. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
