He's been live streaming from Dragon, so I don't think being in a crowded public establishment is a huge problem for him.

Didn't he retweet a bunch of articles downplaying covid and complaining about lockdowns because they have a negative effect on the economy? So yeah, I kinda doubt he'd be against holding concerts

Yikes lol

Unrelated but I saw photos from Shibuya the other day in that space by the Hachiko entrance of the station and a bunch of anti-maskers were demonstrating. But one of them was wearing a mask.

People are just...... :tired

I won tickets for CDL :)

Tbh I wanted to skip it this year because a friend is visiting lol which is why I really wanted to go to the Christmas live, but since I won I’ll of course go. My 3 other friends also won, so I wonder if less people are planning to go? Or if we all just got lucky?

Surprising indeed.

Oh, interesting...

Hoping they do a stream or TV broadcast announce soon!

^I want a stream so badly! It would be great to have something to look forward to.

How is Covid-19 going on Japan right now? Today I saw a TV news saying they reached a record of people infected in Tokyo (602 cases). Is there any possibility of Ayu's shows with crowd being cancelled / postponed or the situation is controlled there?

There’s a possibility, for sure. But for the moment it seems Japan is taking it’s chances due to the current economic situation.

Do you remember CDL13-14 is not TV broadcast / stream？

Yay ! CDL will be broadcasted in streaming !


Do you know if Thumva is available overseas ?
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◆"ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2020-2021 A ～MUSIC for LIFE～" will be available to stream on Thumva and Bilibili!

COUNTDOWN LIVE for 2021 at the one and only Yoyogi!
"ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2020-2021 A ～MUSIC for LIFE～" has been set for live streaming.
Be sure to check it out! !

For Japan, the live stream will start on Thumva at 10:30pm on December 31st (Thu).
For China, the stream will start on Bilibili at 10:30pm (Local Time) on December 31st (Thu).
Please check the streaming site for more details.

■Thumva: https://thumva.com/events/cXxxDRLC1v6cp7s
Price to watch: 4,200 Yen (with tax)
Available to purchases starting on Friday December 11th, 2020 at 7:00pm until Sunday January 3rd, 2021 at 9:00pm.
The stream will be available via archive starting Friday January 1st, 2021 at 9:00am until Sunday January 3rd at 11:59pm.
*Purchasing a ticket will enter you into a drawing for a signed tour T-shirt. Shirts will be given to a total of 10 winners.

■Bilibili: https://bit.ly/39Ue7Th
Price to watch: 249 Yuan
Available to purchases starting on Friday December 11th, 2020 at 7:00pm until Thursday December 31st, 2020 at 9:30pm (Local Time in China)

Watching via Bilibili is limited to mainland China only.
*Content and dates are subject to change without notice.


◆Ticket application for“ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2020-2021 A ～MUSIC for LIFE～” is now being accepted!

Ticket application is now open until December 13(Sun) 23:59!
Please take this opportunity to apply.

Also, the deadline for payment for the fastest advance tickets for "ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2020-2021 A ～MUSIC for LIFE～" is 23:59 on December 13 (Sun).
If you are a member who has applied for this event, please make sure not to forget about it.

*Tickets for this event are available to those who are already TeamAyu members and those who join TeamAyu as well as receive their member ID before the end of the booking period (December 13 [Sun] 23:59) and whose membership expiry date is beyond December 2020.
*This performance will consider the current social climate, and will not sell Live Pocket tickets for non-Japanese members. We appreciate your understanding.

[Schedule]
December 31 (Thursday), 2020.

[Venue]
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, 1st Gymnasium

[Doors Open / Performance Start Times]
20:30/22:30 (Scheduled)

[Ticket Types / Prices]
Reserved Seats Only: 11,000 Yen (tax included), comes with a complimentary luminous fan.
*Credit card payment only.
*There is a charge for children above the age of 3, and minors need permission from a guardian.
*Each member may purchase up to 4 tickets.

[Applications accepted during]
December 8 (Tue)15:00 - December 13, 2020 (Sun) 23:59

【Result Checking】
December 16 (Wed)13:00

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https://global-fc.net/teamayu/news/limitednews/24117/

https://info.thumva.com/html/help.html
Machine translation: I want to watch from overseas
We cannot guarantee the operation, so we do not support it.
(* The Thumva app is only available in Japan)

From PC though the trial video works without proxy and I can even download it (and it's not encrypted!): https://thumva.com/others/trial_movie
Maximum quality is:
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 30fps [V: h264 high L4.0, yuv420p, 1920x1080]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 142kbps [A: English [eng] (aac lc, 48000 Hz, stereo, 142 kb/s)]
Not bad at all.

Thumva is locked to Japan only. Bilibili is also apparently locked but can probably VPN both?

Thumva seems to be one of those things like Zoom where you can 'video chat' with other people while watching but I'd have just rathered it be on mu-mo LIVE.

I'm very disappointed that they simply don't seem to care for their overseas fans. I don't get why they exclude us here. Maybe I shouldn't renew my TA membership this month.

Well, if the sample video is any indication, there are no restrictions. But who knows, right?

^ from the answer you posted it seems to me that they just can't guarantee the work and not going to forbid it on purpose

I believe if you can see the sample, you will have no problem watching the concert. Mu-mo stream service was also Japan only and it worked fine everywhere.

https://live-on.mu-mo.net/ayu/
海外での利用は可能ですか？
本サービスは日本国内にてご利用いただくサービスです。

The quality of the stream is a lot better than mu-mo, so maybe this is a good thing.

I got in touch with Ai Otsuka international community facebook fanpage because I found Ai streamed a concert in September on Thumva. So they said they were able to enjoy the show without a VPN. Naturally, there's a chance this has changed. Anyway, they gave me a twitter link of theirs with some tips for overseas fans :) They were so kind
https://twitter.com/WeLoveAiOtsuka/s...1564289232896?