Tadaima!!! Came back from Fukuoka Sunday night. Here's the link to the report I made. Quite long so head on over there and comment back here. Minna dozo! :fingerscrossed:
Wow... great recap! The Yokohama concert was my first time too ^_^ You were so lucky to be so close! I want arena seats really bad... My goal for the next concert... =P How did you get tickets? Sorry of I'm repeating, but I didn't catch it in the entry... Glad you had a great time!
Thanks Yuri! I'm also glad you had a great time in Yokohama. Got our tickets thru a friend who is an FC member and had extra ones. Also the second night tickets. We were lucky we did not have to pay a fortune for them. :victory:
My Japanese pal Junko wanted to go to the Fukuoka concert but she said it's simply impossible to get tickets if you're not a FC member ( and that's her case ) . sad ...
This year, I heard that the ticket allocations were really tight for the FC members... there were alot more public sales than before and some fans were unhappy that they could not get tickets.
Actually, i think the Fukuoka and sapporo tickets are the easier ones to get out of all the cities, cos they are not the bigger cities like Osaka and Tokyo. There were alot of tickets being sold on the yahoo auctions, which is where I bought my ticket for the Sapporo concert... But its really stressful buying it over the internet cos you are not sure if you will be cheated.... Just have to pray and hope that the seller is genuine...:fingerscrossed:
Next year... I think I will get a friend to join for me so that I can try for tickets.
Thanks SUMOBOY! The arena seats are actually what was allocated to my friend who is a FC member. She had 2 memberships and got tickets for Fukuoka and Sapporo. I think she traded some of her tickets for Sapporo to get Yokohama then sold her extra Fukuoka to us. I wish we will as lucky next time but my philosophy is - anywhere just there. :bonk:
According to her, she was lucky this year. Her friend who has 7 memberships only got tickets to 2 shows.
HELENE, its actually possible to get tickets but you have to be extremely fast and early at the venue. In Fukuoka, we saw dafuyas selling tickets for next day's concert the night before. It was our last night so we just wanted to wander around the stadium without any stress of catching the show. When we arrived there, we were already approached by dafuyas if we wanted tickets to Sunday's show.
Then on the first day of the concert, we were early because we do not want to run out of concert goods - the cap was out of stock after about a couple of hours. As early as that time, we already saw people with signs along the subway. Some are selling tickets, others are wanting to buy. I guess it all boils down to how much one is willing to pay.
My friend who sold us the tickets actually had 1 more arena seat. I advised her to sell the ticket to the dafuyas so that another soul will have the opportunity to see the show. She sold it for 10,000. A lady from Fukuoka bought it for 50,000 yen. The ticket was sold within a couple of hours she sold it.
So it does depend. By the way I read from Groundbreaker that tickets will be on sale for non-FC members for the Nagoya shows. Head on over there for details (www.grndbreaker.com).
sumoboy wrote:This year, I heard that the ticket allocations were really tight for the FC members... there were alot more public sales than before and some fans were unhappy that they could not get tickets.
Actually, i think the Fukuoka and sapporo tickets are the easier ones to get out of all the cities, cos they are not the bigger cities like Osaka and Tokyo. There were alot of tickets being sold on the yahoo auctions, which is where I bought my ticket for the Sapporo concert... But its really stressful buying it over the internet cos you are not sure if you will be cheated.... Just have to pray and hope that the seller is genuine...:fingerscrossed:
Next year... I think I will get a friend to join for me so that I can try for tickets.
hi... do you know which country of yahoo auction? i was trying to look for the tickets but too bad I not the FC member... and quite difficult to find a friend from Japan to sign up for me..
hi... do you know which country of yahoo auction? i was trying to look for the tickets but too bad I not the FC member... and quite difficult to find a friend from Japan to sign up for me..
better be carefully if you are thinking of getting the tickets from auction .. i know of cases where cash is being transfer over but did not receive ticket in the end.... S$900 gone... if possible buy from dafuya,idol shops or sometime on the venue itself at offical price... safer ...
konnichiwa!it's nakai-kun's tanjoobi today!he's now 33 years old,and still handsome!did you know that he was born on august 18,1972,on a day of
FRIDAY?
33 wishes for nakai-kun...
1.keep on rockin' the fashion world with your fashion sense.
2.keep on being a good oniichan to goro-chan,tsuyopon and shingo-kun.
3.keep on being a good leader.
4.keep on teasing tsuyopon...(eerr..not that much..)
5.keep on doing funny skits with tsuyopon and shingo-kun.
6.more smap concerts.
7.more smap albums.
8.keep on singing.(even if they're calling you onchi...who the hell they care,anyway?)
9.keep on dancing.
10.nice career ahead.
11.more dramas.
12.keep pn being a good actor.
13.keep on smiling.
14.don't do any harm on your hair.(oh,please...)
15.take care of your voice.
16.keep on amusing us.
17.how about cooking more at bistro smap?
18.keep on making us laugh.
19.keep on being a yankee.
20.be happy.
21.pray.
22.stay unique.
23.be patient(.....)
24.stay real.
25.think positive.(always.do yoga.)
26.appreciate yourself.
27.enjoy life.
28.drink moderately.
29.stay healthy.
30.keep on loving your family.
31.find some time to exercise("huh?what the hell--?!)
32.keep on being numbah 1!
33.HOPE YOU'LL BE HAPPY--NO,EXTREMELY HAPPY ON THIS SPECIAL DAY OF YOURS!!!
hi... do you know which country of yahoo auction? i was trying to look for the tickets but too bad I not the FC member... and quite difficult to find a friend from Japan to sign up for me..
It was Yahoo auctions Japan... the link is here...
I agree with Tk_iva..... you have to be careful when buying tickets off yahoo auctions... one way is to look at the seller's past history .... if he has more good ratings then it will be safer to buy from him. The one I bought from had about 350 good ratings so he was more trustworthy.
Also one thing I learnt.... don't transfer money internationally..... its more expensive because of the service charges . Its better to pay by credit card, so when you bid, bid for those that say that they will accept credit card payments. They don't ship internationally also, so you have to have an address in Japan which they can deliver the tickets to. Good Luck!!
I agree with Tk_iva..... you have to be careful when buying tickets off yahoo auctions... one way is to look at the seller's past history .... if he has more good ratings then it will be safer to buy from him. The one I bought from had about 350 good ratings so he was more trustworthy.
Also one thing I learnt.... don't transfer money internationally..... its more expensive because of the service charges . Its better to pay by credit card, so when you bid, bid for those that say that they will accept credit card payments. They don't ship internationally also, so you have to have an address in Japan which they can deliver the tickets to. Good Luck!!
Thank you.. sumoboy for the advice.. and wish Nakai-san.... "OMEDETTO TANJOUBI" :smitten:
HALLO, ANYBODY CAN HELP ME TO GIVE ME THE ADRESS WHERE I CAN FIND SMAP STUFF IN JAPAN, THE COMPLETE ADRESS, I'LL REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALL I KNOW THAT THE NAME OF THE SHOP "JOHNNY'S", I AM RIGHT???? :bow: :bow:
did you guys watch this week's SMAPxSMAP? i liked it so much!!! they showed all their popular songs from 1996. loved how they look back then! :dancing: