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The First Japan Arena Tour (Girls' Generation)

{{Short description|2011 concert tour by Girls' Generation}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = The First Japan Arena Tour

| image = Girls'_Generation_First_Japan_Tour_Poster.png

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| landscape = yes

| artist = Girls' Generation

| location = Japan

| type = Japan

| album = Girls' Generation

| start_date = {{Start date|2011|5|31}}

| end_date = {{End date|2011|07|18}}

| number_of_shows = 14

| URL =

| gross =

| last_tour = Into the New World Asia Tour
(2009–10)

| this_tour = The First Japan Arena Tour
(2011)

| next_tour = Girls' Generation Tour
(2011–12)

| Misc =

}}

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.

Background

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.{{cite web|title=Shoujo Jidai to release original Japanese single "MR. TAXI" + Arena Tour|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/03/shoujo-jidai-to-release-original-japanese-single-mr-taxi-arena-tour/|publisher=Tokyohive|accessdate=June 16, 2011}} 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,{{cite news|script-title=ko:너도 나도 "소녀시대 보자"…日투어 30만명 폭주|url=http://www.eto.co.kr/news/outview.asp?Code=20110428102854093&ts=144728|accessdate=June 16, 2011|newspaper=Economy Today News|author=곽민구|language=Korean|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502102329/http://www.eto.co.kr/news/outview.asp?Code=20110428102854093&ts=144728|archivedate=May 2, 2011}} additional stops were added to the tour.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少女時代、ジャパン・ツアーの日程を変更&埼玉と広島公演を追加|url=http://tower.jp/article/news/77628|publisher=Tower Records|accessdate=June 16, 2011|language=Japanese}}

The tour covered Osaka, Saitama, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Fukuoka with total of fourteen performances.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少女時代アリーナツアー2011スケジュール|url=http://girls-generation.jp/gg/category/live|publisher=Official Girls' Generation Japanese Website|accessdate=June 16, 2011|language=Japanese}} The tour attracted about 140,000 fans.{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-07-19 |title=소녀시대, 첫 日 투어 14만명 운집-관계자 호평 대기록 |trans-title=Girls' Generation attracts 140,000 people for their first Japan tour - a record of favorable reviews from officials |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0002126940 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Sports Chosun |publisher=Naver |language=ko}}

Commercial performance

Tickets for the First Japan Arena Tour were priced at ¥9,300 (₩124,500). Star News estimated the total gross revenue from the tour at ₩18.7 billion (US$17.5 million), with merchandise sales bringing the total revenue to over ₩20 billion ($18.8 million).

Media coverage

Various Japanese media, including Mezamashi TV, covered the start of their concert with detailed reports.{{cite news|script-title=ko:소녀시대 첫 일본투어 열광, '소시 發 오사카 대지진' 는 국내에서도 두 번째 단독 콘서트를 열 계획이다. [곽현수|url=http://tvdaily.mk.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1306909633164783011|accessdate=June 17, 2011|newspaper=TV Daily|author=곽현수|language=Korean|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406035635/http://tvdaily.mk.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1306909633164783011|archivedate=April 6, 2012}} 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.{{cite web|title=『MJ presents 少女時代 スペシャル』|url=http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/cgiblog/tb.cgi/34695|publisher=NHK|accessdate=June 17, 2011|language=Japanese|archive-date=March 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324225504/http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/cgiblog/tb.cgi/34695|url-status=dead}} Girls' Generation First Japan Arena Tour in 3D was broadcast on Japan's SkyPerfectTv on August 21.http://www.wonderfulgeneration.net/2011/07/snsds-1st-japan-arena-tour-to-be-aired.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

Set list

;Main set

{{Div col}}

  1. "Genie (Japanese ver.)"
  2. "You-aholic"
  3. "Mr. Taxi"
  4. "I'm In Love With The Hero"
  5. "Let It Rain"
  6. "Snowy Wish"
  7. "Etude"
  8. "Kissing You"
  9. "Oh! (House ver.)"
  10. "Almost" (Jessica's solo)
  11. "Lady Marmalade" (Taeyeon & Tiffany's duet)
  12. "3" (Sunny's solo)
  13. "Don't Stop the Music" (Hyoyeon's solo)
  14. "The Great Escape"
  15. "Bad Girl"
  16. "Devil's Cry" (Taeyeon's solo)
  17. "Run Devil Run (Japanese ver.)"
  18. "Beautiful Stranger"
  19. "Hoot (Japanese ver.)"
  20. "If" (Yuri's solo)
  21. "4 Minutes (Yoona's solo)
  22. "Stuff Like That There" (Seohyun's solo)
  23. "Sway" (Sooyoung's solo)
  24. "Danny Boy
  25. "Complete"
  26. "My Child"
  27. "Cold Noodles"
  28. "HaHaHa"
  29. "Gee (Japanese ver.)"
  30. "Born To Be A Lady"

;Encore

  1. "Into the New World"
  2. "Way To Go"
  3. "It's Fantastic" (Japanese ver.)

{{div col end}}

Tour dates

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|+List of concert dates

scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Date

! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | City

! scope="col" style="width:17em;" | Venue

! scope="col" style="width:8em;" | Attendance

! scope="col" style="width:8em;" | Revenue

May 31, 2011

| rowspan="2"| Osaka

| rowspan="2"| Osaka-jō Hall

| rowspan="14" | 140,000{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Tae-yi |date=25 July 2011 |title=S.Korea's Girls Generation ready to take on the world |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/korea-girlsgeneration-idUSL3E7IP1BU20110725/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518141443/https://www.reuters.com/article/korea-girlsgeneration-idUSL3E7IP1BU20110725/ |archive-date=2021-05-18 |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=Reuters |language=en}}

| rowspan="14" | $17,578,000₩18,700,000,000 approximated conversion at reported date (₩1 = $0.00094).

{{cite web |author= |date=July 18, 2011 |title=소시, 日첫투어 '최소 200억 매출'..14만 동원 성료 |trans-title=Soshi, first Japanese tour 'at least 20 billion won in sales'..140,000 people mobilized successfully |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002090042 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020074404/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002090042 |archive-date=October 20, 2022 |access-date=October 20, 2022 |via=Naver |website=Star News |language=ko}}

June 1, 2011
June 4, 2011

| rowspan="2"| Saitama

| rowspan="2"| Saitama Super Arena

June 5, 2011
June 17, 2011

| rowspan="4"| Tokyo

| rowspan="4"| Yoyogi National Gymnasium

June 18, 2011
June 28, 2011
June 29, 2011
July 2, 2011

| rowspan="2"| Hiroshima

| rowspan="2"| Hiroshima Green Arena

July 3, 2011
July 6, 2011

| rowspan="2"| Nagoya

| rowspan="2"| Nippon Gaishi Hall

July 7, 2011
July 17, 2011

| rowspan="2"| Fukuoka

| rowspan="2"| Marine Messe Fukuoka

July 18, 2011
colspan="3" |Total

!140,000

!$17,578,000

DVD

{{Infobox album

| italic_title = no

| name = Girls' Generation First Japan Tour

| type = DVD

| artist = Girls' Generation

| cover = Snsdjapantourdvd.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2011|12|14}}

| recorded = 2011

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = K-pop, J-pop

| length = approx. 120 minutes

| label = Nayutawave Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Girls' Generation - The 1st Asia Tour: Into the New World

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Girls' Generation Complete Video Collection

| next_year = 2012

}}

Girls' Generation First Japan Tour is the fifth DVD and Blu-ray release from South Korean girl group Girls' 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.

=History=

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.{{cite web | url=http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/snsd-s-dvd-blu-ray-disc-sells-big-011017004.html | title=SNSD's DVD, Blu-Ray Disc Sells Big in Japan in 2012 }} 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).{{cite web |script-title=ja:少女時代 / Japan First Tour Girls' Generation［DVD+写真集+ピンバッチ］＜豪華初回限定盤＞ |url=https://tower.jp/item/3016033/JAPAN-FIRST-TOUR-GIRLS'-GENERATION-%EF%BC%BBDVD%EF%BC%8B%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E9%9B%86%EF%BC%8B%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%EF%BC%BD%EF%BC%9C%E8%B1%AA%E8%8F%AF%E5%88%9D%E5%9B%9E%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4%EF%BC%9E?_adp_c=wa&_adp_e=c&_adp_u=p&_adp_p_md=5724&_adp_p_cp=47672&_adp_p_agr=8690871&_adp_p_ad=13867718&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrN3lo6Dh_gIVnJpmAh0jtwgUEAMYASAAEgId-vD_BwE |website=Tower Records Japan |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=ja |date=2011-12-14}}

=Track list=

{{div col}}

  1. Genie
  2. You-aholic
  3. Mr. Taxi
  4. I'm in Love With the Hero
  5. Let It Rain
  6. Snowy Wish
  7. Etude
  8. Kissing you
  9. Oh!
  10. The Great Escape
  11. Bad Girl
  12. Run Devil Run intro
  13. Run Devil Run
  14. Beautiful Stranger
  15. Hoot
  16. Complete
  17. My Child
  18. Ice Boy
  19. HaHaHaSong
  20. Gee
  21. Born to Be Lady
  22. Into the New world
  23. Way to Go
  24. It's Fantastic! (Japanese ver.)

First Press Limited Edition

  1. Bonus video recording

{{div col end}}

=Chart performance=

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.{{cite web | url=http://soshified.weebly.com/1/post/2011/12/girls-generation-dominates-oricon-and-tower-records-charts.html | title=Girls' Generation dominates Oricon and Tower Records' Charts }} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.dkpopnews.net/2011/12/news-girls-generations-japan-first-tour.html | title=[News] Girls' Generation's 'Japan First Tour' DVD and Blu-ray Achieve 'Double First' on the Oricon Weekly Chart! }}

=Charts=

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! Chart

! Peak
position

align="left" | Japanese DVD Chart (Oricon){{cite news |date=December 21, 2011 |title=소녀시대, 일본에서 새로운 기록 달성 |publisher=Economy Today |url=http://www.etoday.co.kr/news/section/newsview.php?TM=news&SM=4102&idxno=521303 |accessdate=May 24, 2015}}

| 1

align="left" | Japanese Blu-ray Chart (Oricon)

| 1

=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=video|artist=Girls' Generation|title=Japan First Tour|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2011|certmonth=12}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

=Release history=

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scope="col"| CountryDateFormatLabel
rowspan="1"| Japan

| December 14, 2011

| DVD, Blu-ray Disc

| rowspan="1"| Nayutawave Records

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Taiwan

| rowspan="2"|April 27, 2012

| rowspan="5"|{{center|DVD}}

| rowspan="3"|Universal Music

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Hong Kong
Thailand

| June 30, 2012

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Philippines

| August 29, 2012

| MCA Music

Indonesia

| November 16, 2012

| Universal Music

References

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