(the) Road to the Deep East

A fashion model and talento, Sasaki Nozomi-chan releases her first photo book titled 'nozomi' on August 1. On her official blog, she is introducing this book with her orange bikini photo.

http://ameblo.jp/sasaki-nozomi/entry-10114414642.html
Speaking of a photo books from a fashion model, it's always boring for men, but it seems hers is not the case.

But most interesting point of this photo book is the campaign to promote this photobook. Amazingly, one man and woman who puchase this photobook and win the lottery can go out with nozomi-chan, one on one!!

Nozomi-chan to(と） Date!! This kind of promotional activity is very common in Japanese otaku world, especially the ones called underground (地下) idol(Remember AKB48). However, it is very rare that a famous fashion model like her does like this. It must be the evidence that the desperate way of otaku business like AKB48 is now influencing other entertainment business industry, which is declining for the aging society in Japan.

And this book is just 1,200 yens, just as cheap as CD singles. Different from other famous fashion models, Nozomi-chan is popular even among men (like me) It's sure some desperate fans will buy tens or hundreds by themselves just to attend to the lottery.

But can he really date with her?? I'm suspicious. If it were two years ago, the gachinko(genuine) date campaign could be held, but it is just few months after a murder in Akihabara. What if some paranoid and unsatisfied otaku like Mr Kato wins the lottery?

So, I think this lottery is just a lure to tantalize fans. Maybe, the opponent of this date has already been selected before the release of this photo book. A harmless virgin high school student from a local city, who is not perfectly fashionable but also doesn't look like an otaku, whose face can be forgettable in 30 seconds.

But this is just my imagination. We need a scientific approach. And I'm also interested in, how true this date is. Can the winner do what common adult man and woman do during the date? I'd like to purchase this photo book and apply to this lottery and verify the fairness of this lottery. If you see the news on August 2nd, '30 year-old man attacked a famous fashion model!!' , that's the concrete evidence that this date campaign was the genuine one. This blog won't be updated again then, but you don't worry. It's the evidence that the justice and fai trade in Japan are guaranteed.