' Kaze Koute Hana Yureru ( 風乞うて花揺れる, Ask for the Wind and the Flowers Sway)' ' Ashita no Sora ( あしたのそら, Tomorrow's Sky)' Ryou Eguchi, Strings arranged by: Ryou Eguchi, Tatsuya Murayama The source for romanized title tracks is (Source for track information: Ikimonogakari Official Site ). Prior to the tour, it was expected that the tour would attract a total audience of two hundred thousand across the twenty-five concerts. Concerts were also be held at: Yokohama Arena (Yokohama), Sendai Sekisui-Heim Super Arena (Sendai), Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka), Fukuoka Convention Center (Fukuoka), Makomanai Ice Arena (Sapporo), Ehime Budōkan (Ehime), Hiroshima Green Arena (Hiroshima), World Memorial Hall (Kobe), Ecopa Arena (Shizuoka), Nippon Budokan (Tokyo) and Nippon Gaishi Hall (Nagoya). A total of twenty-five concerts were held, the first concert being held at Sun Dome Fukui in Fukui on Septemand the last in Sun Arena in Mie on December 7, 2013. In August 2013, during the build up to the tour, Ikimono-gakari released four trailers on their official site which included: interviews with vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka, leader Yoshiki Mizuno and recording engineer for the album Toshirō Kai as well as footage from previous tours. The release of the album was followed by a tour of Japan entitled 'いきものがかりの みなさん、こんにつあー!! 2013 ~ I ~' (To all Ikimono-gakari fans, hello tour! 2013 ~I~). Various tracks hold individual references to the phonetic reading of the album title 'I': 'Koiato' references 逢い ai, the Japanese for meeting (often a loved one and often by chance) and 'Kaze Koute Hana Yureru' refers to 藍 ai the Japanese for indigo. 'Ascending to the Capital' is also a common theme throughout later tracks, in particular 'Tōkyō' and 'Nukumori' where the theme is used as a metaphor to describe the emotions experienced by Yoshioka and Yamashita respectively in leaving their home town in Kanagawa prefecture behind to pursue a recording contract in the Japanesemusic industry. Whereas '1 2 3 ~Koi ga Hajimaru~', in keeping with previous singles such as 'Kimagure Romantic' and 'Natuzora Graffiti', describes the light-hearted and optimistic first love of a teenage girl, the others describe experiences of being broken hearted from various stages of adulthood, a theme which has rarely featured in recent Ikimono-gakari singles. Love is a common theme throughout the album, referenced frequently in '1 2 3 ~Koi ga Hajimaru~', 'Koiato', 'Nannde' and 'Renaishousetsu'.
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