I would be in tears right next to you :yes

Haha ^_^~ cute xD the crying duo..haha

Yes, I can just tell my dad it's part of my gradution present. By telling him about the hotel, maybe it'll convince him more. :plot

Aah, that's how I got to see Ayu and go to Japan last year - my parents paid for my trip as a graduation present. ^^

I'm hoping my friend gets the tickets before they sell out... but, that's how I got my tickets last year, was through YAJ, and the process worked out just fine (though, the listing was a bit weird so I got a bit of a discount which is always fun ^^).

I'd probably cry too.. not a big cryer but seeing ayu in concert would probably do it. :P

For me it's Arena/Asia Tour 2010 I will see her. Have to finish uni first and save up some money >_<

Hehe ok. Then wanna try to get tickets together? ^^

I'm waiting a few days before I book my trip to Japan because a friend of of mine might accompany me and is now asking her boss for vacation. But I'm probabaly going to the concert in Yokohama on the 10th of May. Anyone else going? :)

I think that with this Arena Tour Ayu will have more time for resting and recover energy, she deserves it!!!!:yes:yes:yes:yes

I wish she could relax this year..:)

I guess it's better to be like this, she needs a good rest

And suddenly I feel like with this she can press the budget of going overseas and perform more elaborately and maybe she would add more coolness, gimmick, and many expensive props because of she's not going anywhere.

I hope it'll be a great ARENA TOUR

could anyone please tell me where the june concerts are located? like what city or arena for like the final few shows pleaseeee? i can't read it lol and i want to know if it's near tokyo or farther away. thanks!

Here are all the June dates:

Jun 06 Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena
Jun 13 Kobe World Kinen Hall
Jun 14 Kobe World Kinen Hall
Jun 18 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Jun 20 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Jun 21 Yoyogi National Gymnasium

The last three dates are in Tokyo.

^Poki-chan~ xD

Can you translate the May dates? (or has it been done in the thread already?)

I think May's the only time I'll be able to go >.>
Still crossing my fingers...

^ Neffi-chan~

Here's all the dates translated lol

Apr 11 Saitama Super Arena
Apr 12 Saitama Super Arena
Apr 15 Nihon Gaishi Hall
Apr 16 Nihon Gaishi Hall
Apr 21 Osaka-Jo Hall
Apr 22 Osaka-Jo Hall
Apr 25 Shizuoka Ecopa Arena
Apr 29 Sun Dome Fukui
May 02 Marine Messe Fukuoka
May 03 Marine Messe Fukuoka
May 09 Yokohama Arena
May 10 Yokohama Arena
May 13 Hot House Arena
May 16 Hiroshima Green Arena
May 20 Osaka-Jo Hall
May 21 Osaka-Jo Hall
May 27 Nihon Gaishi Hall
May 28 Nihon Gaishi Hall
Jun 06 Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena
Jun 13 Kobe World Kinen Hall
Jun 14 Kobe World Kinen Hall
Jun 18 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Jun 20 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Jun 21 Yoyogi National Gymnasium

O_o... how the heck are so many of you able to afford just schlepping off to Japan?

or rather, how the heck are so many of your parents able to afford it? XD I'm genuinely curious.

Parents in the military? :O

my answer:

working hard every day :D also in my case had already planned to go visit Japan all the month of April so that the tour dates was a gift!!

I'm very excited for all of you going to see Ayu this year (especially the ones for the first time)! Trust me, it'll be the most amazing experience you'll live through. A pure dream - and afterwards, you might even think it had to have been a dream. I really wish I could go again... :( Ha ha. I just love Ayu so MUCH!

Ok, so I was expecting an album before this tour (aren't we all?)... but now I see the first tour date is April 11th. The new single comes out at the end of February. How the heck is she gonna fit promotions for a new album, recordings, photoshoots, and PV shootings in before then!? And also have time for rehearsals!? Wow... maybe we won't get an album. But what the heck will the tour be about? Lol.

^Yeah, maybe it will be kind of a 45th single tour or something. Hehe. Or maybe she have something really supricing in her sleve. We'll never know. ^^

Hard work, save aloooooot. That was for the first time.

This time Im moving to jp(for one year) for studies and I hope I will get the chance to see her while Im there. :)

Yeah! Thanks for the news!

My parents gave me most of the money last year because my trip then was a graduation present. This year, I'm working EXTREMELY hard, and I'll be asking all my family for money when my birthday comes around.

Of course I'm jealous of all of you, haha. But have fun if/when you do end up going!

Maybe she'll do another tour in 2010 and I can go? Haha. We'll see about that. Or maybe if I plan for CDL 2009-2010, hm...

In any case, I'm kinda glad it's an arena tour this year around, sorta. I hope the asia fans don't slaughter me D: But it seemed like the asia tours took a lot to pull off, and especially two years in a row. Maybe she can use more money to make the production better instead of traveling and all that. But then again, it's subject to change right?

As for a new album... I hope she doesn't rush anything. Unless the album is gonna be super-long, I don't want any more singles after Rule/Sparkle because then we've already heard like half the album... even if "Life" doesn't make it onto the album.

Where resting is concerned, she said she wanted to be allowed to work at her own pace, so maybe this is her pace? I think we can trust that she won't work herself too hard... hopefully.

I hope one day to join the ranks of people who are able to fly to Japan for Ayu xD;

asia tour is gone... and i am not glad about it

Thanks Poki-chan!! 8D

I'm out of school and work full-time? Lol

Saving is the key!

^ Definitely. I feel like broken record when I always tell my story but I think it shows how determined I was to save. I pretty much started at the last minute around January of last year and worked 40 hrs a week at my job, sometimes late into the night and also had school every day (I was a Senior). I ate nothing but cereal for lunch and pretty much didn't eat anything else seeing as after school I would have to work and didn't have time to make anything to eat and certainly couldn't be spending my money on fast food everyday. I even put little sticky notes inside my wallet saying things like "SAVE YOUR MONEY! IT'S ALL FOR AYU!!" Ha ha. It was all worth it in the end.

To be honest I prefer it this way. I feel that ayu's schedule for the past 2 years prevented her from coming out with songs at a consistent pace and has alienated her japanese fans to some degree. Album in March? Lol...

Hi folks,
Any idea how to buy her concert ticket for Arena Tour 09? Still a noobie cos I only went to HK last year to watch her there >_<

You can try Yahoo! Auctions Japan, but those tickets can be a bit pricey depending on where the seats are. If you want to buy tickets while you're in Japan, there are many resellers that sell tickets for her concerts.

I'm getting my friend from Japan to buy me tickets, though, but she'll be buying them through the general sale, and those tickets (for the concert I'm going to) don't go on sale until April 15. If you have any friends in Japan, you can ask them to buy you tickets, too. =)

If you really just set your mind to it that you are going to go, it's possible and not as difficult as some might make it seem. Of course it definitely helped though that I already have experience living in Japan so I basically have no problem getting in and around and assimilating into the culture. Money wise, if you know what you are doing, it doesn't have to be an uber expensive trip either - the most expensive thing should be your plane ticket.

thank you very much! sorry it took so long to respond... since i don't have a computer anymore it takes a while for me to check ahs sometimes :D

I know for Asia Tour she comes back to Japan during September. Does she do the same thing for the Arena Tour too?

No... Arena Tour's are always held only in Japan. And she only went to Asia from September-November in AT08 - in AT07, she went to Asia in March and April.

Wait, so will she add on tour dates for september in japan?

No, the tour ends in June.

omg i didnt realize i can get tickets and stuff at a machine at convenient stores here hahahahahah xD i'll be doing that.

^ Yeah, that's how my friend's getting my tickets. But each concert date has a certain time period that tickets are available there so you'll have to check that first, and I'm not sure how quickly those sell out...

raaaaawr. if only i didn't have college to pay for!!! i'm not sure i wouldn't rather see Ayu live. >.>

I want to see the outfits so badly!!!!!

Me too! But education comes first, ne? :dead2

Yay! I'm going to the Yokohama concert on the 10th of May ^_________^

I've contacted my middleman to enter the Avex ticket lottery for me, which he did. But now he tells me that he will receive the ticket at the end of April :blink: Will I know which seat I got, only when he receives the ticket or earlier?

yes: musical education!!

I was hoping for another Asia tour because I'm in Hong Kong for a few months T_T

You don't even know if you will get a ticket yet, let alone what seats. A ticket lottery is just that, a lottery. Only a certain number of randomly selected people will get tickets from the lottery. If you don't, then you need to try to get tickets from a different source. With the ticket lottery, no, you will not know what your seats are until you get the ticket about 2 weeks before the show.

New dates have been added in October. I'm interested in going to the 3rd of 4th October concert, but I was wondering, when will the tickets go on sale?

I hope I can get a ticket in a reseller shop 2 weeks before the concert date? :(

sometimes it's a good news ayu doesnt do this Asia Tour... she'd be so stressed~

so many dates...ayu should be already exhausted!

i'm pretty sure you can :yes 2 just visit those reseller store in Shibuya and Harajuku