Apr 03 2008
A Desperate Plea
Dates for KAT-TUN’s new concert tour are out. They can be found here
My plea is the usual one, can someone please, PLEASE, PLEASE help me get tickets? They’re not on sale yet, but I’m starting to look for someone to help me early because the thought of not being able to attend makes me feel kind of panicky. Lol. My Japanese speaking and listening is pretty good, but my reading isn’t that great (because I hate studying kanji), so I don’t trust myself to try to buy from ticket websites that are in Japanese without screwing it up somehow. Also, I don’t have a Japanese credit card, and while I can use one of my friend’s addresses to register, I’m not really comfortable asking for their credit card information. I really want to go to either one of the Tokyo Dome concerts (August 2nd or 3rd) or the Ishikawa concerts (July 20th or 21st) because I will be in Ishikawa staying with friends in late July and in my new permanent residence in Saitama by early August. Going to the Ishikawa concert would be my first choice because it’d probably be more convenient for me and maybe less expensive.
Ideally, I’d hope that someone would like to attend one of these concerts with me, but if you are just willing to help me buy tickets, that’s cool too. I’ll take what I can get (insanely expensive seats, crap seats, insanely expensive crap seats, whatever) as long as I can go. I really MUST go to one of these concerts. You probably don’t even understand how important this is to me. I’m willing to generously compensate you for your time and effort if you can help me. This may well be my only chance to see KAT-TUN live, and I think you’d be surprised what I’m willing to pay to make that happen. Leave me a comment or an AIM address and we can work something out. I’m looking for a serious commitment here, not just “well maybe” so I can just stop freaking out about this. If I can’t go I may fall into a deep depression and never blog again!! You wouldn’t want to be responsible for that now, would you?
I think I’m officially a crazy fan,
~Celestia~
yeah,somehow KAT-TUN feels sorry for the current lineup after everything they’ve been through,miki qutting,yossie graduating,the sales for mikan,by the way here are
the total sales for both singles.
keep the faith:459,919
mikan:38,667
yeah,but ai-chan has been pushed to a position she never had after the previous leader Made the biggest mistake of her time in mm,and kame knows what its like.yeah they somehow care really much about mm at this time.
hello,i just said something,what am i a ghost or something?
you do realize that this is a blog’s comment section, not some kind of instant message window, right? and further, it’s almost 6 am
Hi there, saw your comment on lj looking for someone to go to the concerts with.. I can’t help you with the tickets, but I am contemplating heading to Japan for the concerts. Problem would be I’m not sure how willing am I to travel alone, and that I’m not sure how expensive the concert tickets will get. The maximum I’m willing to pay for tickets is USD200… The actual tickets is less than half that price though… And tickets… I think we’d be able to find some on Yahoo Auctions Japan, though they’re not allowed to sell them like that (I think).
ooh sorry!
it’s just that you are sooo wise about h!p/johnny’s,i wanted to know if kat-tun really cares about the current lineup of momusu.sorry! for bothering you!
lol. I’m not wise, just opinionated. I’ve never heard KT mention Morning Musume before, so that leads me to believe that they’re not very concerned about them, but who knows really?
yeah,but do they hate them?
i doubt it
that is your opinion? right?
When I lived in Japan before I always got tickets through official machines in convenience stores for small/indie lives or on yahoo japan auctions for popular ones. Unless you’re a member of the fan club for a JE group your only on-line option for buying tickets is yahoo japan auctions but you need a Japanese address to register and usually payment needs to be made from a Japanese bank account or post office.
If that’s intimidating, then here’s my advice: I usually wouldn’t recommend it because you have a probability of being ripped off, but there’s two ways to get tickets once you get to Japan even if they’re sold out (and they will be). Option 1 is to go to a ticket reselling store. They have them in Harajuku or other places in Tokyo. I’ve been to them but never bought there because they’re highly priced and not the best seats, but if you’re desperate it could work. More info: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bigron/hp/hpticket.html
Option 2 is to buy from a scalper. I’m not sure about KAT-TUN, but every large concert I went to had people selling tickets last-minute around the venue right before the concert. They usually stand in the path from the nearest station to the venue but not too close to the place itself. Again, the tickets are overpriced and not the best seats. I’ve never bought from a scalper but I’ve heard if you wait until 10 minutes or less before the start of the concert you could get a great deal.
If you’re going to be in Japan over a week before the concert you still have the option of yahoo auctions. Bad seats in particular (3rd floor and whatnot) tend to start selling really cheaply a week or two before the date of the concert. As for payment, you can easily send cash through the post office and a lot of sellers accept this.
I won’t be in Japan until September so I’m missing out on all the great summer tours
but if I can help you out let me know, I’ve been to a lot of concerts and am fluent in Japanese.
thanks for the advice. Like I said, I have friends who’s address I can use to register for yahoo auctions, but I think it’s too much for me to ask to use their bank accounts, even if i do pay them back, so I don’t think that option will work for this one.
mostly, i worry about trying to buy tickets only a week or less in advance (which is when i’ll finally be in japan). there seem to be ways i could do it, but there’s always a risk that i won’t be able to if i put it off that long… i’ll be really devastated if I can’t go. sigh.
oh, and i’ve accepted that i’m probably going to have to pay many times what the tickets cost to the fan club members to get one. as long as things are in the 3 figure range (dollars wise) anything is fine.
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Hi! I was also searching for ways to get tickets but to the Tokyo Dome instead. I found this site http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~jfca/ where you can become a member of the fanclubs and buy pre-sale tickets even if you are not from Japan, but only available to Asian countries and the US. A number of JE artists are listed but not KT because I think they don’t have their own fanclub yet. It is pretty steep and I can’t really afford it. If you are able to purchase tickets from them will you help me with mine?
Hello there,
unfortunately my japanese sucks and I’m getting frustrated.
I just couldn’t resist commenting. I was so happy to find another foreign KAT-TUN fan that’s trying to go to the concert this summer. I understand your need completely I too REALLY REALLY must go to their concert. I have been going crazy trying to find a way to get tickets
I am basing my whole vacation on this and am willing to spend crazy amounts of money for any date and seating. I really would like someone to go with too, I’m willing to help with the expenses SO PLEASE let me know if your interested?
BTW….. I don’t know if you’ve seen this post but it seriously confused me further :http://community.livejournal.com/jone_records/52185.html#cutid1