On September 19th, the Japanese boy band Arashi officially arrived in Hawaii. This extremely popular musical group in Japan came to Hawaii to hold two concerts. Officially, the group celebrated its 15 year anniversary by returning to Hawaii. Hawaii is where the group was formed in September of 1999 before releasing their debut album in November 1999. An estimated 15,000 Japanese people came to Hawaii to see the performance. Profits are expected to be in the millions. Interestingly, the whole thing was a complete surprise to those living in Hawaii who knew nothing about the band until the week of the concert. Most people were shocked when hotels were sold out all week due to the concert. In fact, a friend of mine that visited from the mainland that week had to change hotels everyday due to the sudden influx of Arashi fans from Japan.