Happy New Year's to everyone who went to the Count Down show, and anyone who wanted to check out Oreska but couldn't make it, and to all music lovers.

Hey hey, it's Ikasu.

We finished our recording in Tokyo, so I'm on my way back to Osaka. I'm on the train now.

I can help thinking of our full album. But really, I can see it. I can just see it.

I can't wait.

Oh right. Tomorrow is the Coming of Age ceremony. And Saki's birthday.
Soon I'll be the only teenager. It's kind of weird to have the ceremony before I actually turn twenty though.

But I'll get to see my friends from middle school. It's interesting to see my friends who knew me back when Oreska first got together.

I'm pretty excited.

Today we finished recording the song for Dreams Come True. It came out so well I couldn't stop smirking. I love Dreams Come True, so I was so happy to work with them. I think we'll be able to bring the track to you before Spring. Please pick it out and have a listen when it goes on sale. Oh, I can't wait!

The photos are of the sushi that Ikasu and I made during recording, and a picture that Saki and Leader drew of three years from now.

January 1st went so quickly. Did you all have a good new year's eve?

I'm so thankful to COUNT DOWN JAPAN for giving us the amazing chance to spend such a great New Year's eve. The SHAKALABBITS put on a great show, and our own show was the most fun I've had all year. Thank you so much to everyone who came to the show! I'm so grateful for all the things I've found and all the people who've supported us in 2008! Thank you!!

I went home to Osaka late last night, and Tae-san and some of my old band friends went to Kobe to see the night scenery. As we got higher up the mountain it started to snow. When we got to our destination, it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be, but it was still really cold (which is it?). We walked around, but when we finally got there, it was so foggy we couldn't see anything.

I don't really know what the heck we went out into the mountains for in the beginning of the new year, but we bought corn soup, drank it, and then went back down the mountain. (LOL)

So now two days of the new year are over. We watched TV all New Year's. It was really boring.

We're going to start writing music again this month, and put out a mini album in the spring, and then...
I can't say yet, but I think this year will be a lot of fun for both us, and you!

Let's enjoy!

Please keep supporting us this year, everyone!

Happy new year!

It doesn't even seem like the new year is here, but I guess it is,

I didn't watch any end of the year television or do a big end of the year cleaning. We did have our count down show which was super end of the year-ish, but after that all I did was go home and eat sukiyaki and sleep. What's up with that? Is that what I call New Year's?

That's what I thought, but no, it's really New Year's. I slept late (We'd been up late the night before) and here we are today, this is Ikasu Yoshioka in 2009.

So much happened in 2008: Recording, Warped Tour, the summer festivals, our solo shows in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, and our acoustic show and countdown show at the end of the year.

It was a year full of joy and new experiences.

I met so many people though music this year, in both the US and Japan, and laughed and cried, and sometimes totally spaced out. People and music got me through everything.

So this year, I want to give back to everyone! That might be a weird way of putting it, but I don't know another.

At any rate, I want us keep on being ourselves in 2009.

Oh, I forgot to follow up on my last entry. Santa Claus didn't come.

Santa is so fickle. He skipped us.Happy New Year! [IKASU] 　

Happy, happy, happy new year!

Oreska has had an amazing end to 2008 and an amazing beginning to 2009!!

COUNT DOWN JAPAN was amazing!! Thanks JAPAN!

This was the first time I rang out the old year and welcomed the new year playing a show. And there were so many people there....I was so happy.
Thanks sooo much!

And thanks so much for all of your comments! I looked at all of them. We got them all.

This year, Oreska will bring you tons of surprises. (LOL)

We'll make this year a fun, interesting and super hyper one!

Please keep supporting us this year!!