Hello everyone.. I am planning on attending the Jan 12 show in Budokan.. But it's my first time attending a japanese concert.. I would like to ask for your help... What's the best way to buy tickets and at the same time get great seats as well?

I am currently in Japan.. I was advised by a fellow fan that I should check out ticketcamp.net and buy FC tickets that are being resold. Is someone familiar with this?

Does higher price = better seats? Also how will I know what the seat placement is?

thank you in advance to anyone who will answer my questions! Hope to see you all there!:D

You can buy tickets via a proxy service after the general release at October 17, 2015. Here are two reliable services but there are many more in the internet. JM is a bit cheaper but more complicated and FJ is very easy to use and offers PayPal and Credit Card.

http://www.japonicamarket.com/
http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/

You can also link yahoo auctions or ticket selling sites to both or FJ also takes requests from you to search the right ticket for a fixed budget.

http://www.ticket.co.jp/sys/search.php?com=init&ki=7086&st=20140622
http://ticketcamp.net/scandal-tickets/
http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/

It is not guaranteed that a higher price also results in a better seat. Before every concert is a seat plan released so you can check in which area the “letters” are and how close to the stage. I already bought a resale FC ticket and was very lucky in Osaka and average for Yokohama.

This time I will get my Mania tickets directly and I am already excited about their location. If they are not satisfying I am also going to use yahoo auctions again and accept the higher price.

Hi guys! need help! I'm planning on going to japan this december.. and i want to watch scandal where can i buy tickets?? from net...i'm planning on going to the nagoya concert please help

Thanks tomberry!!!

We have tickets for Nippon Gaishi Hall!!!!  .happy.
 
It's section I row 24 on this map: http://www.nespa.or.jp/hall/floormap/files/kanran.pdf

Middle of the stadium, 2nd set of seats going up.  So very good seats with no fuss via the hyatt concierge for only about 10% over the ticket price. (I found pictures of the view and of where the seats are exactly - it's not a huge arena so I think these are really good seats from the general sale.

Guessing this is about as good as I could expect via the general sale, I'm just excited to go to a concert in Japan!

Having mucho difficulties with Budokan tickets..... no one seems to clearly list where the seats will be.

Also nothing anywhere closer than the second floor area

^That too lol, I guess I wouldn't mind that..... they are only like 2000 Yen.

shirokun wrote:... they are only like 2000 Yen.

I wouldn't bet on it. 11 bidders and three days to go, if it's the same seller you're referring to.

kudo_maharizu wrote:

shirokun wrote:... they are only like 2000 Yen.

I wouldn't bet on it. 11 bidders and three days to go, if it's the same seller you're referring to.

Yeah..... They'll prolly become quite expensive.... maybe not going to this one, seems impossible to get tickets.

Hello guys... I already bought a ticket.. But it's in the second floor D 50.. I'm planning on buying a new ticket.. I saw a ticket in the 1st floor row C-G in the west area in ticketcamp.. But the problem is you should buy both tickets... I can't afford both.. Anyone interested to buy the first floor tickets with me?

Anyone else going to go to Nippon Gaishi Hall?  Should be a lot easier to get tickets since it's 90+ mins outside of Tokyo.

Alxa wrote:Anyone else going to go to Nippon Gaishi Hall?  Should be a lot easier to get tickets since it's 90+ mins outside of Tokyo.

Sounds like a good idea but I'm choosing the Budōkan because of:

1. timing
2. the historic signficance of the venue to many bands I love from Deep Purple to Pearl Jam!

And the shinkansen's not cheap (unless you've the rail pass). (^^;;

kudo_maharizu wrote:

Alxa wrote:Anyone else going to go to Nippon Gaishi Hall?  Should be a lot easier to get tickets since it's 90+ mins outside of Tokyo.

Sounds like a good idea but I'm choosing the Budōkan because of:

1. timing
2. the historic signficance of the venue to many bands I love from Deep Purple to Pearl Jam!

Fully understood, if you didn't already have a trip planned to Japan I can see this being the case.  We got lucky with a trip we've had planned for over a year.

Anyone ever use ticketcamp before? I don't know of anyone who has because rinkya doesn't have a good selection to chose from.

Arena seats are up in Ticketcamp! It's around 20,000 to 80,000 yen!!

Papers from the TIMM live 

ariadne32391 wrote:Does higher price = better seats? Also how will I know what the seat placement is?

Yes, to the first question (although I think you'd figure that out by now looking at your later posts). But this is more obvious when you look at the buy-it-now prices if it's at Y! Auctions.

Depending on luck, if you bid instead of doing a buy-it-now (which is kind of a trap as this entices buyers who are afraid of getting outbid) you can/may get it at a cheaper price than you think (but defo more than the retail 6480 yen price per ticket).

For the Budōkan, the seating plan in general is this:



Blocks A3-A8 seems to be the best ones. For me, at least. ^^

I am not sure if I should keep my tickets. Your feedback is welcome.

For Nagoya I got 2 tickets arena row 15 – it is quite good but I was hoping for until row 10.

Budokan 1/12 it is East 1st floor row 4
Budokan 1/13 it is 2nd floor row 1

In summary I expected better results for FC tickets. All my friends in Japan had more luck.

Tombery wrote:I am not sure if I should keep my tickets. Your feedback is welcome.

For Nagoya I got 2 tickets arena row 15 – it is quite good but I was hoping for until row 10.

Budokan 1/12 it is East 1st floor row 4
Budokan 1/13 it is 2nd floor row 1

In summary I expected better results for FC tickets. All my friends in Japan had more luck.

It's a subjective matter this.

If you are into getting real close to the stage, then all three tickets aren't good enough - but be prepared to spend more money on getting resale tickets.

In my opinion, what you already have gives you different ways to enjoy the arena tour - at Nagoya, you're pretty close, and at the Budōkan by being slightly farther away, you will then have a panoramic view of the entire set.

Remember, we don't know what they will have on the stage - may it be risers, large screens or ego ramps going out into the audience. Now, this is purely hypothetical but imagine having first row tickets, and HARU runs along to the end of the ego ramp which ends in the centre of the arena - you have to turn around to see that from first row, but will have a better overall view if you sat further back.

I saw a few sellers on Yahoo! Auctions selling literally first row tickets (or so they claim, and for a few *koff* thousand yen more), but personally I was somewhat nonplussed as this is not a live house show - although if SCANDAL decides to do a Blu-ray/DVD of the tour, your face might be in it hahaha....

Thank you for your feedback. I see your point. I will get new tickets and I saw already some which I really like but for more than a reasonable price. The problem is I don’t know my budget right now because I am expecting a bigger gain with stocks end of November. But you never know with the stock exchange and setting a fixed limit for SCANDAL tickets is a must otherwise it will be too costly :D

Tombery wrote:Thank you for your feedback. I see your point. I will get new tickets and I saw already some which I really like but for more than a reasonable price. The problem is I don’t know my budget right now because I am expecting a bigger gain with stocks end of November. But you never know with the stock exchange and setting a fixed limit for SCANDAL tickets is a must otherwise it will be too costly :D

No worries, only my personal opinion anyway. I am more of a "I wanna see the band not a screen" kind of person when it comes to see a band. I was successful in winning the bids (still a bit worried, in case things go pear-shaped) for centre-TOMOMI and centre-MAMI for the two nights and at worse my friend and I are in the arena 11th row of the middle A blocks. Now, for a venue that size, I am really really happy. And I didn't have to sell my right arm to win the bids for those tickets either. So, for me - it doesn't matter if better tickets are available next month or later. And I don't want to leave it too late either. I once bought tickets for Maebashi on the HELLO WORLD tour and it arrived the night before I flew off to Tokyo. Never again!!!

Anyone going to the 1/12 concert in Budokan?

kudo_maharizu wrote:

ariadne32391 wrote:Does higher price = better seats? Also how will I know what the seat placement is?

Yes, to the first question (although I think you'd figure that out by now looking at your later posts). But this is more obvious when you look at the buy-it-now prices if it's at Y! Auctions.

Depending on luck, if you bid instead of doing a buy-it-now (which is kind of a trap as this entices buyers who are afraid of getting outbid) you can/may get it at a cheaper price than you think (but defo more than the retail 6480 yen price per ticket).

For the Budōkan, the seating plan in general is this:



Blocks A3-A8 seems to be the best ones. For me, at least. ^^

Thanks for this.. I basically learned a lot from this experience.. Lol I bought my second ticket at Yahoo Auctions... It was A9 No. 13. I use the bid right away option... It was lower than the ones posted at ticketcamp.. Also, Bidding takes so much effort..

@kudo_maharizu
I am absolutely with you. I am neither a “looking at a screen” type. I thought about your words and came to the conclusion, I working and learning 7 days a week, almost 10 months in a year so don’t be greedy in Japan. I bought 2 new tickets for a reasonable price compared to the past when I had used a proxy service. They are row 5 arena and I had already good experience with row 5 at Osaka Jo-Hall.

@ariadne32391
I am going to Nagoya and both Budokan days.


I am wondering if there is a lower interest in this arena tour compared to 360°and Festival last year at scandal-heaven. The posts and views are much lower and there are also only a few questions about tickets. Time is running fast and soon December is near. Or does SCANDAL losing in popularity? Maybe the international fans are still satisfied from the HELLO WORLD tour.