Impressed By Sambal While In Indonesia, Japanese Idol Group Tokisen: Spicy But Delicious

JAKARTA - The band from Japan, Tokisen or Cho Tokimei Sendenbu became one of the performers at the Japanese Music Festival Impact Japan Festival 2023 which took place on July 28 -29 at Istora Senayan, Jakarta. Cho Tokimei Sendenbu performed for approximately one hour with an energetic performance performing a number of popular songs such as Suki! ~ Cho ver ~.

Tokisen expressed their impression about Jakarta when they had the opportunity to set foot in the capital city of Indonesia to meet their fans last weekend.

"Initially it was hot, but, compared to Japan, it was cooler in Indonesia," said Hitoka Sakai, known as the red member of Cho Tokimei Sendenbu, quoted from ANTARA, Tuesday, August 1.

Meanwhile, the leader of the group Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu Kanami Tsujino (blue member) admitted that he was surprised to see many cars and motorbikes passing along the streets he passed. Not only about the weather and the conditions of the streets, Suki's singers! ~ Cho ver ~ it also tasted a number of local culinary delights such as meatballs, fried noodles, to chili sauce and praised the taste.

"We have tried meatballs, fried noodles, fried rice, chocolate cake. Everything is delicious. Sambal, spicy, but delicious," said Cho Tokimei Sendenbu.

This is not the first time Tokisen personnel have tasted Indonesian culinary delights. A year ago Cho Tokimei Sendenbu had tried various dishes such as rendang, Batakor, fried noodles, fried rice and one of the packaged drink products from Indonesia.

Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu then uploaded a video of the excitement of trying Indonesian food, including the fact about Indonesian food, which personnel like the most on their YouTube page.

Talking about Indonesian fans, Cho Tokimei Sendenbu recognized them through comments left on social media. Haruka Koizumi (pink member) and Kanami Tsujino said these comments were usually written by one of them after Tokisen held a concert.

Hiyori Yoshikawa (green member) argues through this comment that they feel connected to fans from Indonesia.

"We are only promoting in Japan, but, we were surprised when we received many comments from fans in Indonesia. Feeling connected because Indonesian fans like to tag us on social media," said Hiyori Yoshikawa.

Tokisen said their current fans were diverse from the background of age, gender and national origin.

Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu plans to launch a new single titled Kawaii Memorial on September 27, 2023. The song is about someone who is indecisive between feeling in love or not.

Haruka Koizumi describes the word kawai (mut-mut) as energy that can be shared with others so that they can feel happy and kawaii is the best praise.

Hitoka Sakai added that he and his group hope to give their best performance through a smile. A smile, continued Aki Suda (the member) is one of the keys to being healthy and happy.