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YAJ is a great way to get tickets, but those are often very expensive, and since foreigners can't order off of YAJ, you'll either have to order them through a middleman, or if you have a friend in Japan, ask them to do it for you. That's how I ordered my tickets for AT08, and I paid 10,000yen (roughly $100 back then) for a ticket at the top in the back.

For AT09, I got my tickets from a reseller shop. My friend got tickets two days before the show, and paid 30,000yen for a pair of tickets that were right next to the side of the stage (first-level up). We bought a pair of tickets for 12,000yen the day of the other show, and those were in section C, right next to the middle stage.

Of course, knowing people in TA or in Japan who are able to buy them via phone or convenience stores is great, too, but those sell out extremely quickly. Or even knowing people with free front-row tickets is great, too. (I almost got a pair of those for AT09, but didn't know she had the tickets until the next day DX)

Just buy tickets however you feel comfortable most - if you definitely want a ticket before the show, buy them off the internet. There's always tickets available at reseller shops, though, in case you don't want to spend all that money on YAJ.