Hina Kawata: Her beyond tantalizing "Omoide no Junban" photobook scans!!!!

 

 Whew, busiest weekend of the year as there's been eleven posts in three days. Two reasons for that, one is that there's finally been some things to post about but have been working harder at them too. The other reason is that tomorrow is a holiday and will be taking it off so this will be the final post until Tuesday night but sure there's enough posts here worth checking out. Always wait at least three months before posting a photobook from a '46' member, this came out exactly four months ago and sales were solid so decided to wait just a bit longer.

 Sales have been decent for this book as at least 115,000 copies have been sold. When it was first announced Hina was going to have the next group photobook I was a bit surprised. Not that I don't like her but thought there were more popular members but after viewing these pics can understand why she was chosen! At 153 cm Hina is the group's third shortest member but you don't notice her height unless she's standing next to others. Brought that up because have you noticed over the years how many Idols whose height is 155 cm or less are so bodacious? Hmmm, that'd make for an interesting list for who are my fave Idols 155 cm or shorter, there are quite a few who I like. Lot of these pics at the top you may have seen before, still think they release too many of the best pics too early.

 Will admit I was a bit stunned with how sultry Hina looks in this book, you would have never realized how great she looks by her normal pics... bet we could say that about a few other members too. So the best pics in this book are close to unbeatable and may be the top ones for this year. But do have a minor beef and you'll see what I mean when you view the pics. So many pages just have half a photo and what a waste of space. 

 Was going to edit them but decided against it for some viewers may want what's on the rest of the page which are some messages she wrote about the photo shoot. It took place in her hometown of Shimonoseki which is in the prefecture of Yamaguchi. One other minor beef is that this book was just too darn large! Did get rid of some pics that she wasn't in or could be considered redundant but there's still a total of 152 pics which is the largest book for a '46' member. Okay, that wraps up my blabbering and on to this truly searing book. Have run out of superlatives for Hina who just looks so amazing in these pics and just once I wish there was a DVD for a '46' member's photo shoot.