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MANILA, Philippines – If you haven’t heard, Team 8 of the Japanese idol group AKB48 is in town, and they’re performing at the Cool Japan Festival, which runs November 7 and 8.
This is the girls’ first time in Manila, and the first time any of the AKB48 teams performed in the Philippines. (IN PHOTOS: AKB48, Alodia Gosiengfiao at Cool Japan Festival 2015)
The girls kicked off the first of their performances on November 7, with crowds of their fans dressed in AKB48 shirts cheering and dancing along to their songs. Watch some clips of Team 8 in their signature dark blue outfits below:
AKB48 in ManilaJPop group AKB48 is in Manila! More stories on the Cool Japan Festival coming up: http://bit.ly/1L2D8nn
Posted by Rappler on Saturday, 7 November 2015
Team 8 of #AKB48 will be performing at #CoolJapanFestival2015 today and tomorrow. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/kHanpKqMjc
— vernise tantuco (@verntantuco) November 7, 2015
This was the girls’ opening number:
I’ll have more videos of #AKB48 at #CoolJapanFestival2015 coming! @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/mLGIQub0dt
— vernise tantuco (@verntantuco) November 7, 2015
They even learned some Filipino, greeting their fans a good afternoon and telling them, “Itong awit ay para sa iyo (This song is for you)!”
"Magandang hapon po!" – Team 8 #AKB48 @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/93O2l8GJ1Q
— vernise tantuco (@verntantuco) November 7, 2015"Itong awit ay para sa inyo!" #AKB48 #CoolJapanFestival2015 @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/OCmgVsq9bz
— vernise tantuco (@verntantuco) November 7, 2015
Did you catch AKB48’s Team 8 at Cool Japan Festival? Tell us what you thought in the comments! – Rappler.com
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