Question: Buying concert goods at Kokuritsu

[j-halo7.livejournal.com]

Hi, I was wondering how does the buying of concert goods at the Kokuritsu venue works? Is it the same as other venues where it's set up outside so people without tickets can queue for them too? And do they still continue to sell the goods even after the concert has started? Are there restrictions on the number of items you can buy?

I hope your can answer my questions. Thank you. :)

Comments

[gwendy-ast.livejournal.com]

I would imagine that it's the same, but I have never bought goods at a kokuritsu concert before. Johnny's-net will put up the times the goods will be sold 1-2 weeks before the concert.

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/arashi/consta/consta.html

There is nothing there yet, but maybe in a couple weeks.

Also, I don't think there will be a limit on what you can buy. There never has been in the past.

[j-halo7.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your help. I didn't know there would be an announcement for the times the goods will be sold.

Btw who's momo is that in ur icon? o.O

[mintceres.livejournal.com]

if I may intrude and answer your question...

this is nothing less than our keio-boy most precious behind ;)

[chibi-hime.livejournal.com]

I went last year for the Around Asia tour. They had a main area where you didn't need a ticket but if you do, there are shorter lines by one of that gates. I heard many people waited at least 3 hours on the main line. In the hot hot August sun...

Go early! Most of the goods were sold out before the last show even started. All they had left last year were some photosets, aiba and sho jumbo uchiwas, the penlight and rain poncho...

[j-halo7.livejournal.com]

Oh my...sold out before the last show?! I was hoping the goods will still be sold when the concert has started so there will be less people in the queue.

Thank you so much for your tips. ^^

[kawaii-solemia.livejournal.com]

What chibi_hime says is right. Last year many of the goods were totally sold out.

For the AAA 2008 tour goods I did a preorder, and get my goods luckily.
But since when I did the prorder pics of the goods were not out yet, I didn't ordered some, and later, when I saw the pic for Nino's uchiwa.... *____* I felt I need it anyhow!!! xD But it was already out of print T.T

What I mean with all this nonsense paragraph LOL is that last year, I think due to the success of the concert goods, they were put on sale at Johnny's web after tour ended, so fans could buy whatever they wanted.
That way, I could get hold of the Nino's uchiwa and the purple t-shirt ^____^

Of course, for that I needed someone with fan club access, since I'm not a fan club member -.-"

[j-halo7.livejournal.com]

Wow, I hope they'll realize that Arashi has tons more fans than they can imagine and produce even more goods so every fan can get what they want.

[kawaii-solemia.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome, indeed! ^^

[pandagirl939.livejournal.com]

Hi!
the goods are set up outside of the venues, and people start queing for the good waaaaay before the concert even starts.
Yeah, people who don't have tickets can get the goods!! :D
They don't sell the goods at the venues, but they have them in the JE shops, which you need a FC membership to go in. and they also have long lines to go into. and theres limits to the things you can buy in the shop i think.

also, i think they might put a limit on this years con goods. seeing how many sold out last year! and the new "rule" for the FC member tickets.
and they have a lot of fans this year! XD and its there 10th. this is just a guess, i have no idea, but i hope they wont be sold out by the time i get there! :D

JE needs to make lots a larger quanity of goods for Arashi! haha

[j-halo7.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your help. How early do you think is reasonable to start queueing? 10 am?

I agree that JE needs to produce even more goods for Arashi. It's only the first venue of the tour so extra stock can always be sold at the later venues.

[wendy138.livejournal.com]

I had a very sweet person buy goods from me at Kokuritsu last year. The one item that was limited to one per person was the towel, and perhaps raincoat. But towel for sure.

[j-halo7.livejournal.com]

That's nice of the person. Thank you for your help. I'll keep in mind that towels are limited to one per person.

[elleipsis.livejournal.com]

I'm heading to Japan around the time of the Kokuritsu shows as well ( still hoping that I can get one ticket to one of the shows, but I doubt that will happen, so the goods are a good second place!), so this thread helped a lot, thanks.
Um, I'm a little confused now because of what pandagirl939 sai. I didn't think we had to have FC membership to get into the JE shop, we just had to get a number and wait, and then go in? Do they sell concert stuff there as well?
The best advice is to get there early, so on the 28th, the first concert, around 10am is a good time? I have never done this before, so thanks for the advice from everyone on the thread! This was a brilliant question!