Since there was a lot of discussion about this last thread, I made a timeline of her trips. Gura went to Japan three times last year that we know about.
>Japan trip 1) 4th Holofes - Training Arc and Recording DaysStopped streaming for most of December and all of January.
Confirmed to be in Japan from at least January 25 (announcing she's in Japan
https://twitter.com/gawrgura/status/1618465741380153344)
to at most March 23 (She was back home for her March 24th members stream
https://youtu.be/Qb3tx1G5GVg)
>Japan trip 2) Connect the World BoogalooStopped streaming on June 21.
Confirmed to be in Japan from at least June 28 (Kiara's off-collab twitter space where she says they're in Japan
https://twitter.com/takanashikiara/status/1674053345525354499)
to at most July 3 (July 4 Collab with Ame where Ame talks about "when we were in Japan"
https://youtu.be/4Y0GCDcmSQg)
>Japan trip 3) The Onigiri Wars of HoloSummer '23Stopped streaming on July 10.
Confirmed to be in Japan from at least July 12 (Buying onigiri on the 12th.
https://twitter.com/gawrgura/status/1679196744540889088)
to at most July 16 (Gura streamed a lot between 7-17 and 8-17 during which she was streaming from her home setup)
As for possible times that Gura may have gone back to Japan during her break? Basically at any time between August 18 and January 23 besides the anniversary and Sendai collab, and times she showed up in other people's streams like during the Sports Fes where she said she was in the EST timezone.
But two times might be more likely than the others (purely speculation):
>1) In the middle of NovemberReasoning: The other EN members were there at the time like Ina and Kiara, as well as Iofi, with whom she had a performance with during the New Year's concert. It might possibly explain some of the odd things about the AnimeNYC panel on the 17th.
>2) In the middle of JanuaryReasoning: After months of inactivity, she began liking things on twitter at 5:00 AM EST on January 15 and liked and retweeted again on January 16 (
>>66761828,
>>66869024) Other than Marine's Shinkiro tweets in November, it was the first time Gura liked anything on twitter since October 31. She appeared in Kiara's chat on January 17, and started streaming again on January 24.
