Comments on: Japan Trip 2009 #2 – not quite a travelogue

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:30:46 +0000

Call me an idiot, but I just noticed that the ward where Haneda Airport is located is “Ota-ku” in Japanese.

By: D

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:59:22 +0000

Hey what’s up. Been really lazy latey so haven’t hung around here.(so much to check/watch/listen…how do you guys do it without backlogs?…hehe) That trip sounds like a lot of fun. Wish I could attend it as well. Just saving up enough money again for my annual Tokyo trip which is about the same time as last year…^^; So far only few events are interesting. Ootsuka Kenji’s SZ concert looks good but want to wait to see if more interesting events pop up for that day. Also need to see what Payo Payo October’s gues would be. Kinda annnoying…hehe.

Oh yea, I need some help here, guys.^^; Animate tv seems to revamp their site again after not checking it for a week or two. It was bad enough I have to use proxy but now doesn’t seem to work for dl at all. Could you guys be kind to help me out here? Thanks in advance!

By: double

double — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:55:17 +0000

Oh well, I’ll just give it a shot and hang around the area. I’ll have to pass on YJA since I got my Tacica ticket from YJA and it costs almost 6000 yen after all the shipping and middleman fees.

Anyway, you’re pretty lucky that you went in August. There are all the music festivals and most bands are active during the summer. Sucks for me that I’ve got school. Haha.

By: j1m0ne

j1m0ne — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:49:14 +0000

Ah if it’s sold out you’re probably out of luck. Que is really small (maybe 200 tops) and generally security is tight, the club people will be hanging around the venue 10-15 minutes before they open the doors. I certainly didn’t see anyone within the area offering tickets….

Actually, I just did a quick check on Yahoo Auction Japan and there are tickets for the gig up for bidding so depending on how desperate you are to go you could try that route.

By: double

double — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:06:30 +0000

Alright, I’ll check out Shinjuku and Shimokitazawa. Thanks!

Another question I have here. There’s this Polysics live at Club Que, but the tickets are sold out. Based on your experience, do you think it’s possible to hang around the area before the live starts and get a ticket?

I’ve heard from a friends that it’s easy to get a ticket that way for X Japan at larger venues. But Club Que is pretty small, isn’t it?

By: j1m0ne

j1m0ne — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:11:05 +0000

@Panther
A good chunk of the people who went to the training thing looked like married couples :/

@Andrew
Erm Setagaya-ku as I mentioned somewhere.

@double
I’ve never been to a gig at the AX, but that’s where most of the bigger acts play. Generally Shibuya live houses are a hole, soulless and have no atmosphere except maybe O-Nest (generally avoid the Quattro or Duo unless you’re desperate to see the bands).

The clubs I would recommend – definitely Club Que in Shimokitazawa which has a lot of great, more melodic bands playing, Shelter (also Shimokita) which is more hard rock & punk… also the Loft and Jam in Shinjuku. Those places, you can actually feel the music; yes they’re small and cramped but they have great history & you won’t get better atmosphere elsewhere.

And ooh Tacica… would love to catch them one day. Have fun!

By: double

double — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:39:28 +0000

I’m heading over to Japan soon and I’m hoping to attend as many lives as I can. So far, all I have is a single ticket for Tacica’s live at Shibuya-AX. I’m planning to go for some indie lives in the various clubs, but I’m not too sure where’s good. Some places I’ve heard are Shibuya and Shimokitawaza.

Any specific places to recommend?

By: Nya~n

Nya~n — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:42:29 +0000

Murderous intent? When the Cicadas Cry?