How do I get a concert ticket?

[mja7033]

Originally Posted by Kei Rei

the way i did it was i went to Lawson's (which idk if you have them where you are but it's a konbini, like 7/11) and asked if they knew where to get concert tickets. they showed me how to use an automatic ticket kiosk-machine-type thing over in the corner, i found the concert i wanted, then paid at the register and they gave me the ticket. it was a lot easier than yahoo! auctions or anything online, although i think i did get hit with a fee.

Yes, we do have Lawson's here. I want to check it out and find this. But how do I know when the actually tickets are available for sale? Is there a option to like "pre order a ticket"?

Originally Posted by MissElin_

The tickets in the Lawson machine (called "Loppi" btw) sells out like superfast. Once i stood ready 5 minutes before the Loppi machine even would start and on the minute it booted up at 10:00 I went in, found ayu's concert one minute later and when I was going to book my tickets they where already sold out. It's a reaaally hard way to get the tickets one.

If I was you I would either beg a nice japanese friend to buy a ticket trough Yahoo! Auctions.jp (since you pretty much must live in the country to register there) or go to a reseller ticket store when you arrive to Tokyo.

My favourite option is actually a reseller store. You can choose seating of your liking (and can afford to) and get the ticket right in your hand. And I'm pretty sure tickets will be avaible when you arrive. I once bought a CDL ticket one hour before the show started (I did that cuz when the concert starts they just want to sell off the remaining tickets really fast so they lower their prices). Anywho, that is what I would have done. Good luck!

Why was it hard for you to get a ticket at the Loppi machine? Was it because you waited last second to try to get a ticket?

Also I do have a good friend who would buy me a ticket through Yahoo! Auctions.jp. But once again, how do I know when the ticket is available for the public?

Thank you so much for the both of you for the useful information!

[MissElin_]

No I didn't wait until the last second. I was there on the right day 5 minutes the tickets would start go on sale. But the ticket sold off really fast. Even in one minute both CDL concerts was sold out. Even though I had planned out everything so good (or at least that is what I thought) the tickets still got sold out the same minute they got on sale.

I think it's for two reasons:
1. CDL is only two shows instead of an Arena Tour with like 30+ shows = why they sell out so fast.
2. Ayumi Hamasaki is a safe brand to resell tickets = on the day (even on the minute) the tickets go out on sale all these resellers stand ready to buy up all the tickets. And they do.

So if you really want to go to CDL, the easiest way is really either winn the lottery in TA, buy from Yahoo! Auctions or by from reseller stores.

[mja7033]

Originally Posted by MissElin_

No I didn't wait until the last second. I was there on the right day 5 minutes the tickets would start go on sale. But the ticket sold off really fast. Even in one minute both CDL concerts was sold out. Even though I had planned out everything so good (or at least that is what I thought) the tickets still got sold out the same minute they got on sale.

I think it's for two reasons:
1. CDL is only two shows instead of an Arena Tour with like 30+ shows = why they sell out so fast.
2. Ayumi Hamasaki is a safe brand to resell tickets = on the day (even on the minute) the tickets go out on sale all these resellers stand ready to buy up all the tickets. And they do.

So if you really want to go to CDL, the easiest way is really either winn the lottery in TA, buy from Yahoo! Auctions or by from reseller stores.

Ohh this is what I was afraid of!

Any confirmation when the exact time the tickets go on sale?