[Tony G]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

You are. =)

Seriously, everyone, tickets is the last thing you need to worry about when going to Japan for an ayu concert. They're being resold literally everywhere. I find accommodation more of a headache than getting tickets.



Just take the JR Yamanote Line to Harajuku Station and exit through the Takeshita Exit. Don't worry there will be signs in English all over to guide you. Once out of the station, cross the street at the traffic junction right outside, and you will be on Takeshita Street. It's normally extremely crowded so it's easy to know once you're there. Besides, there's a big pink gate-like thing over the entrance, hard to miss. So just keep walking down the street, and about 3/4 of the way down you will find the ticket resale shop. It's on your left side, has blue and yellow signs, and you should see many many glass display cases and celebrity posters inside.

Once there, just look for 浜崎あゆみ tickets. Or ask the staff, they can speak enough English to help. As mentioned, if you're unsure about seating, just ask for a seat map, or post a query here on AHS. The prices for the tickets are generally alright, meaning they are priced reasonably according to how good the seat is. So you can normally tell how good that seat is just by looking at the price. Those going above 50,000yen are normally great arena seats, and beware of those below the original price of 8,500yen, as they are normally stand seats that are super far back/too high up.

Thanks for that info, I've saved it so I can follow these directions when I'm there!

I've found some nice accomodation but its in the "Arakawa" and "Taito" area. Is that really far out from the city centre or hard to get to with trains?