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| Before the show started |
SuJu got the show started!
I lined up in front of Belluna Dome's entrance with my ELF friend of 10 years and seat mate of the night (I won't mention her name for privacy reasons). Our seats were far from the stage, but we got a good view of the arena floor and the giant screens. The concert started late because of the large capacity of seats and the ticket holders coming in.
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| SS10 Saitama group photo (Credits go to SM Entertainment) |
Soon, the fan favourite Song For You blasted from the speakers, signalling ELFs to light up their fan lights. The entire baseball stadium was in pearl sapphire blue prisms.
Super Junior opened their first day of Super Show 10 Saitama with their debut song Twins, excluding Kyuhyun, which of course made sense since the youngest member wasn't in the original lineup. I screamed and waved my light stick while my beloved stars descended to the main stage in dazzling white suits.
Kyuhyun, the full stop of the group, strutted towards the fans' view as the camera moved behind him like a movie. He performed his debut song, U, with the group. They also did one of my favourites, Black Suit and the Latin-inspired Mamacita.
SuJu disappeared for a few minutes while the screens showed a VCR of the members completing a sculpture and montages of each of their clips from past Super Shows. We cheered once the group sat on the thrones. Chills travelled down my skin as they performed Superman. They then switched to the M subunit's classic, Super Girl. All members nailed their vocals and choreography. They took a breather as each of the men greeted ELF. Ryeowook stripped half of his jacket to show that he's not cold. Shindong noticed that the jacket looked a bit too big on Ryeowook. He borrowed the jacket, and it fit him so well! 😂 Kyuhyun made everyone laugh with his echo effect: "Konbanwa...wa...wa...wa...wa...! O genki desu ka...ka....ka...ka...! Tsugi wa Heechuru desu....desu... desu....desu...!" (Hello! How are you? Next is Heechul!) Heechul gave his little brother the side eye and copied his echo trick. 😂
Eunhyuk did a brief dance break to the song that labels his debut nickname, the self-illuminating jewel, called Say My Name. As I chanted "Niko Niko Ni" with the audience, the words flashed in neon lights on the top wall! Leeteuk cracked the stadium up with his pun inspired by Belluna Dome: "Brrrrrr! Brrrrrrrrrrrr Bellunaaaaaaaaaaa!" Lights appeared on the top wall with his name on it. I can't with the leader's intro! 😆😂😂 This venue was a chilly place to have a concert. 🥶
The group proceeded to two more songs, which were Haircut and Say Less. These 40-year-old hotties got me smitten in their black, somewhat translucent outfits. 🔥👀 The excitement toned down when the boys disappeared from the stage and the VCR of ELF's journey story played on the screens. My seatmate teared up a bit after watching it. 🥺
SJ says hi from afar 💙
The K-pop legends stood on the stage in casual outfits. There wasn't an X-shaped platform again, but they surprised us with an illuminated "💙ELF💙" on the dome ceiling after the first chorus of I Know. 🥹🥰 They walked around the stage while singing the Japanese pop ballad Way. I sang along in gibberish most of the time. I should have practiced singing it more because it's one of my ultimate favourite Japanese songs. 😂
I rose from my seat once the boys sang No Other. Unlike SS10 Nagoya where the members walked and high-fived lucky fans, they split themselves into two groups and rode on trolleys. The vehicles had blue twinkling lights that said Super Show 10. Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Siwon, Donghae, and Heechul were on the right trolley, while Shindong, Eunhyuk, Yesung, and Leeteuk were on the left one. They moved from one side to the other in a semicircle. The members waved and smiled to every angle of the audience they could see. They did the same gesture in From U before getting off to prepare for their next ballad performance. It was a little disappointing that the stars didn't walk around this time, but it was nice that they got to greet ELF at every inch of the stadium on a bigger scale.
SuJu sat on elevated platforms to the instrumental of In My Dream. Everyone on the stage sounded heavenly! The members stood on the stairs in their last ballad, Dorothy. The harmony delivered by my ultimate biases, Kyuhyun and Eunhyuk, before the first chorus made my heart ascend into the sky! It was mesmerizing! 😭👏🫠
Give it up for Super Zoonior
During the group's outfit change, the 2D animation video entertained me. The characters transformed from vegetables to animals. They rehearsed for a big show. Once the cartoon ended, nine men dressed in animal onesies, except Heechul, who wore a blue sweater, black sweatpants, and a peacock backpiece. Ryeowook's falsetto wowed me! 😮👏 Shindong poked his head and hand through Heechul's colourful feathers, which was so funny!😂😂
I jumped to my feet when my other favourite Japanese song, Wow! Wow! Wow!, came out. Shindong gave Donghae a piggyback ride before the second verse. It looked like the muscular puppy was full of energy and wanted to play with his big panda brother. 😆 And, of course, I remembered the light stick dance moves by heart. Yesung's high notes blew me away as well!
Hot but cold!🥵🥶
The performers took a short break, leaving the sound staff to shine with their EDM mix. It included the same three songs: Super Duper, Super Clap, and Shake It Up. Neon strobes slashed all over the stage and faded out right when the members returned. They got me drooling with their sculpted biceps that outshone their black polo shirts. They danced their hearts out to a hyped mashup of DNA, Rockstar and A-Cha. At the last dance break of A-Cha, Eunhyuk asked Heechul, "Samu kunai?" (Aren't you cold?) The older member grabbed the younger's hand and dragged him to do the dance encore. When they finished, the younger asked his beloved brother again. Heechul answered no. They held hands while walking to the back of the stage. 🥹These two have come a long way as close friends now! How precious is their friendship! 🥰
Thirst traps incoming! 🔥
The screen showed the boys having a dinner party, popping champagne and clinking glasses. Super Junior moved on to the next performance, Express Mode. During the 83-liners' part, Heechul slid his hand from Leeteuk's butt up to the small of his back! 🔥 Eunhyuk stripped his jacket off to show his mesh top. 👀Then came Mr. Simple and Bonamana. The camera captured the youngest member's hip thrusts! 👀😏🤤🙈🫠 I almost dropped my light stick!
Heechul's drum solo and Yesung's high ad-libs were fire! 🔥🔥🔥D&E, the dynamic duo, made a hand heart near the end of Sorry Sorry. The members gave a lot of sexy and alluring stares, and the cameramen did a fantastic job showing good camera angles of each member.
Sweet romance between SJ and ELF
SuJu hurried backstage to put on their merch shirts. Meanwhile, I watched the Stuck With You music video that was on the screens. No matter how many times I listened to this song, it remains one of my favourite songs from their 20th anniversary album.
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| SS10 Saitama D-1's photo (Credits go to SM Entertainment) |
Waves of nostalgia crashed into my heart as I sang the chorus along with the audience during Marry U. Before the members did their closing comments, they took photos with their dancers and the audience.
Shindong started his speech with a new goal: He had lost a lot of weight and done some lifting. He wanted to go on a harder diet for Day 2 of the concert. To me, as long as he's happy with how he manages his health and appearance, that's all that matters.
Donghae shared some good news: his solo album is complete, and he has his first-ever solo concert coming up. He also hoped that his fellow members would come to his concert. I'm sure his best friend, Hyukjae, will be there to surprise him as expected. 😉
Yesung had a solo Japanese album and concert coming up as well! Heechul said, "YeSex is cool!" 😂 Speaking of his concert, I'm going to see him live in Tokyo at the end of May this year! 🤩 This will be my first ever Yesung concert! I'm excited to share my experience there with you soon!
Kyuhyun apologized to us for not sounding the best because of a sore throat. However, he gave his all in his dancing, especially during A-Cha. He noticed ELFs' sparkly eyes and smile (kira-kira no meh to ehgao) , so he felt our love. He also has a new album in the making, but it's a secret for now. 👀
Heechul was very into his little brother's echo effect that he did it once more. 😆 He then told everyone that he won't give up on ramen, but he's holding on to one more day of dieting for Day 2. He requested a kiss three times and leaned towards Eunhyuk who was beside him. Eunhyuk pecked him on his cheek! Aww! 🥺
Eunhyuk mentioned his solo fan meeting, Be: Ware of the Rabbit, which will be in April. Sadly, I couldn't go. 😢 However, I'll be watching his livestream from Day 2 of his Seoul fan meeting (March 29)! I can't wait! Anyway, back to the comments, the dancing machine got the event dates mixed, he made up for his mistake with a dance from his recent title track, Up & Down. He pointed to the top floor of seats and exclaimed, "Are you cold?" The fans waved their light sticks left and right in response.
They got onto the trolleys one more time to sing Bambina and Finale. As Finale reached its end, SuJu hopped off the trolleys and said goodbye. A bunch of ELFs were leaving after the members descended from the stage. To their surprise, the singers reappeared and did their encore song, Too Many Beautiful Girls. Donghae went down to the arena floor to greet lucky premium ticket holders. On the first floor, I spotted some venue staff telling the standing people to leave if they're not sitting. I feel bad for them because they wouldn't leave that soon if it wasn't an enclosed venue. Not only was it too cold to enjoy a concert properly, but the human traffic on the way back to the train station was a pain in the neck. 😒
I took out my phone and recorded the last two minutes of the boys' final appearance. Donghae commanded the audience to scream and cheer as he filmed with his phone. The big cameras caught Eunhyuk doing peace signs while making an exaggerated face. 😂 As my second bias left the stage, he gave the camera an air kiss. 🥰 Leeteuk said his last goodbyes before disappearing from sight. The screens showed a snippet of Yesung's upcoming comeback song. It sounded amazing! I can't wait for May! 🥹
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| SS10 Saitama group photo (Credits go to SM Entertainment) |
Some ouchies 😞
The concert was amazing, but there are a few things I wish we didn't have to experience again.
1. The cold.
I'm disappointed when I first found out that SS10 Saitama was at Seibu Dome. I was there for SS9, and it was just as cold as SS10! Why and who would ever have a concert in this open-air baseball stadium in the middle of the mountains? And amid winter? 🥶 Everyone in the dome had to deal with the cold for three-plus hours (or the whole day for those who lined up for goods since that morning). 😕😫
2. Human traffic
After the concert, everyone had no choice but to be squished against one another while squeezing to get through the ticket gates of the train station. It wasn't pleasant at all! There should be some sort of system to prevent anyone from getting claustrophobic or even hurt. Like maybe the premium ticket holders can go first, and then the first floor's general ticket holders can go next, etc. I remember the staff at Saitama Super Arena did grouping like this back in the Blue World or Return of the King fan meeting. Seibu/ Belluna Dome should learn from Saitama Super Arena!
3. Terrible data signal
Because the stadium was in the middle of nowhere, the data signal sucked! It was fine when I used my phone that day, but it went down once I entered the stadium. I couldn't even reach out to three friends to whom I wanted to pass a gift. 🙁 Too many people were using data as well, so maybe the signal gave out.
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| Goods list on top of the tents |
And when it was my turn to queue up at one of the front lines, a man was holding the line because he requested a long list of goods. 😕 I realized that this man was a scalper. He stuffed packs of T-shirts, hoodies, towels, acrylic stands, and such into an empty suitcase. There was another guy in the line next to mine, and he did the same thing with a giant duffel bag! 😨😧😟
I think I waited at the same spot for over thirty minutes. Could the concert staff do something about this, like patrolling the buyers or something? There should be a limit on what people can buy because there are so many ELFs who are hoping to buy some stuff, too! 😞
Some yays, too! 😃
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| Goods display |
Look how cute the Super Zoonior displays are! 😍🥹
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| Hyuk and Abura Soba 🐰🍜 |
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| Kyu and a microphone🐧🎤 |
I also got to catch up with a couple of friends, including my seatmate. We finally met in person, and I had an amazing time talking to her and enjoying the concert together.
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| Tsukemen |
We had a late lunch at a local ramen restaurant nearby. The tsukemen there was delicious! I think it was my friend's first time trying this dish, and she enjoyed it. She said that the broth was the perfect balance of salty and rich compared to America's. By the way, in case you don't know, tsukemen is a type of noodle dish that is like ramen, but you have to dip the cooked noodles into a separate bowl of broth. Separating noodles and broth is a smart idea because people can enjoy the flavour of the broth without having to worry about the noodles being soaked in the broth for too long.
One of the old ladies there served us our order, and she surprised us with an English question: "Where are you from?" My brain took a few seconds to switch from Japanese to English. 😆 I told her our countries while pointing at my friend and myself, and she gave us a warm comment, "Welcome to Japan," before she walked back to the kitchen. 🥺 I appreciate old Japanese people who are open to talking to foreigners.
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| My purchases from SS10 goods booths |
Oh, right! I traded three of my capsule toys for an Eunhyuk keychain and two Eunhyuk bath bombs! 😄 I didn't trade for any Kyuhyun ones this time, but it wasn't a big deal. The bath bomb left the bath water a nice blue colour, and the bunny toy came in a mini gacha capsule! How cute is this?! 😍🥹 Now I have a mini bunny toy to accompany my bunny plushie!
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| Eunhyuk's bath bomb |
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| Toy from the bath bomb |
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| Cute addition to my Hyuk bunny! |
Speaking of plushies, I also bought two Kyu plushies and one extra Hyuk plushie! I have two penguin stuffies, and I don't have to worry about losing another one again! 😌😀😄
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| Welcome home, my Kyu penguin! 🥹 |
Overall, SS10 Saitama was the highlight of 2026 so far, despite the venue. I hope that we'll have Super Show 11 at Tokyo Dome. Or at least have the next SuJu fan meeting be at Tokyo Dome. We need a gigantic, comfortable space to see SuJu live! And SuJu needs a gigantic, comfortable place to perform, too!
On an additional note, I didn't go to the second show of SS10 Saitama. However, I went to the SJ Market pop-up store in Shinjuku! Keep an eye on my recap of this special event which will be ready very soon! 😉
And to conclude this recap, here are photos of my new SuJu spread. I've cut one of my Koala March cookie boxes and added Leeteuk's quote. I've also used another box to store all of my concert streamers. bought the Koala March cookies from the SJ Market event, and I thought I would add these here since they're from the SS10 goods lineup. Enjoy! 😊 See you in my next blog post, which will be my SJ Market Japan recap.
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| New SuJu spread with Leeteuk's quote: BrrrrrrrBelluna! |
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| My box of streamers! |
