Over the weekend the first "TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL" took place in Shinegawa, Tokyo, and was met with great success.� It was formed to "create a flow for new idols in Tokyo," "form a new relationship between idols and the media," and "to create a trade fair for the biggest idols in Japan."

The event spread to multiple venues in the Shinegawa area and fans could see their idols in a number of diverse settings.� Events ranged from live concerts to meet and greets to dolphin shows to even bowling.� The range of events to chose from over the two day span truly made it a festival for fans.

At the eve of the event on August 6th many of the top idol groups in Japan gave special live performances.� Idoling, Vanilla Beans, Fudanjuku, and Momoiro Clover all made appearances.� For the following two days of the festival over 30 different idol groups made appearances including new Avex idol groups TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE and SUPER?GiRLS.� The live events and meet and greets were spread across eight different venues.

This was quite the unprecedented event and filled with new debuts of idol groups, but fans who couldn't attend shouldn't fear; the event will be broadcast on television.� The live footage from the TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL will be shown on Sky Channel on September 10th and 20th.� It may be a long way off, but fans will surely find it worth the wait!

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Source: natalie