Minegishi Minami (Miichan) / 1st Generation

btw ... that Prada dress .... it says 20~30万くらい　about 200 to 300.000 yen
that's about 1700 to 2500 euro, whoa
well, when she closes the sliding doors to the 'wardrobe' she uses the word プレゼント, so I guess she didn't buy all those clothes

 

Apart from PASMO card everything is cash, although they do accept credit cards in (some) restaurants as well, but basically it's cash the way, so you better ask in advance if you want to use plastic
But yeah, I would advice against carrying 3500 euro in your wallet, and even more showing it to someone in the street here in the Netherlands.
(and I think still she didn't bring enough, she brought 320,000 yen and was 7270 short .... and had to borrow 10,000 yen from the camera man I think )
yeah, she borrowed 'kashite kudasai, onegai shimasu'

ow, in the description she said she didn't so much go buy a computer, as well as to keep her promise to the shop clerk, Ose-san, to buy a computer
Ose-san confesses in the lift (elevator for americans ): 元々AKB48ファンだった - Originally an AKB48 fan
well, he must have been happy ... I would have been

trivia: this week in found out they they no longer hold a collection (someone use to make the rounds with an envelope) when a colleague leaves due to the fact that almost no one has any cash on them here in the Netherlands anymore (btw, we don't use credit cards that much either, is all debit cards or using your phone (apple pay etc.))

 

Spoiler: off topic, credit cards

While Japan is still primary cash-based (literally, the main method you do to buy house is cash-in-hand and not cheque like most other country [okay, sometimes it's bank transfer, but cash in hand is accepted]), credit card is not that uncommon tbh.

In Japan, credits card is accepted in most chain restaurants (i.e. the one that Japanese actually visit, but not tourist). Almost all supermarkets accept credit cards (except for the cheaper one). Living in Japan, I would say only 10% of my expense is in cash -- the rest is in either credit card or direct debit. But if you are tourist, like I think only 20-30% of tourist attraction accept any kind of credit/debit card (Suica/Passmo is another story), so it usually warped people perspective of how much credit card is used in Japan nowadays.

I think overall in Europe debit card is more common, and it's always the EU person that says they don't use credit but debit --- from Asia perspective when we say credit card we mean VISA/Mastercased/etc that includes both credit and debit card, as most of the time there's no need to differentiate from the transaction point of view.

Regarding the room, 'kirei' in that context usually mean 'neat', 'clean' or something along this line more than 'beautiful'. The toothbrush is that when other member come she put on new one, and it just kinda stay there lol.

Note that apartment of that size is common for 1 person who want something big, two person living together, or family with single small children.

 

I should have know that ... anyway, kinda funny how in Dutch 'schoon' ( related to German 'schön' ) has exactly the same double meaning (althought the usage for 'pretty' is a bit archaic in Dutch, but still very much in use in Flemish)
There's a similar thing with the translation for Sugoi

but it's still a pretty big apartment for just one person, a lot of Japanese apartments I've seen are about a third that size (as in the 'Let's start World War III' MV by World Order)

Spoiler: YouTube link

if the video does not show watch the video here

btw, that guy was kinda shameless in a really funny kind of way, normally no one in his right mind would start opening doors in someone else's home ... or worse, get into bed

btw, Miichan can get lost in her wardrobe.... you think there's a magical country hidden somewhere in there?

 

She then said that it's to prevent fans from feeling above each other because they gave expensive presents and to prevent awkward station during SSK. She said that literally 20 seconds after she said that the present limit for AKB48 is 10,000JPY.

 

To be clear, I didn't conclude that she got *that* dress as a gift ... and I wasn't even thinking about fans either all that much either

 

Pretty sure that's walk-in closet. While not that common, it is not hard to come across one: https://imgur.com/CoVmQy4

...come to think of it, I think all storage area big enough to walk in from bedroom is always label "WIC" (Walk-in closet)

 

私はデルフト工科大学で建築の学生でした
I was an architecture student at delft university of technology, those Japanese floor plans are a wonder of economy
you have no idea how much space you gain by using sliding doors, reducing the traffic space in your layout was a bit of a holy grail when I studied, but ... I must be honest, if I would have turned one of those designs in for a project I would have flunked badly (well, I flunked anyway, but that's a story for another time)
(and according to out standards Miichan's bedroom is too small for a double bed, ideally you need 90 (or was it 60cm) to be able to kneel when you make up the bed on both sides)
but the amount of storage space amazes me as well, here in the Netherlands it basically isn't included in the budget, you literally have to find some leftover space for it.

btw, if you have just one room and no storage space, your room will always look like a mess (and to be honest many single room apartments in Japan do, with clothing racks, washing hanging to dry ... etc.)

Admit it, You're just shipping Michan with someone and want to see some real みねチル

 

I read that tweet, and I wondered, maybe people were pissed off that they saw her spend 320.000 yen on a computer and showing of a 200.000-300.000 yen dress in the same week, but I must add that you can clearly see in the 'dress bit' that she was kinda embarrassed to admit to the price.
But haters are going to hate anyway, Miichan always takes a lot of flak, even before her 2013 incident, partly because she's always been one of the more outspoken members (like Sashii)

btw, don't know if it's related, but Shiichan tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/ooyachaaan1228/status/1234773666040139778
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私は自分のファンが誰かを攻撃してたら めちゃくちゃ残念だし恥ずかしいし辞めてほしい。 大家にはこんなファンがいるんだって思われたくないなと思う。 自分達の発言で 推してるアイドルが恥かく事しない方がいいのに。本人も望んでないはず なんの話って感じですが目に入って嫌な気持ちになったので
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I'm sorry, embarrassing and quit if my fans attack someone. I don't want to think that the Oya has such a fan. I wish I couldn't be ashamed of the idol I'm trying to say. It's like talking about what the person himself should not want, but I got into my eyes and felt bad
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ow, that's why someone referenced the 'Atomic Bomb' shirt ... they must mean BTS
and yeah, a lot of people mentioned a hoax, so that must be it ...


To be honest ... it's highly unlikely ... but damn, that would be a coup when she lands a famous 'sophisticated' Korean idol ... for someone regularly being called ugly

But seriously .. no self respecting Japanese girl should even be thinking of dating someone who wore a T-shirt like that (or was in the same group)... even if what the Japanese did in the 30s and 40s in Asia was atrocious, which of course it was