[Official Message] ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ [Happening Here announcement]

[Tony G]

Definitely look at hostels. Often they are better than hotels and a fraction of the price. That's where I'll be staying.

How to check for sales - find out what budget airlines in your country fly to Japan. Then check their website as much as you can, sale fares are common.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Don't think I could do the hostel. Just not for me. I need my privacy, and I'm an extremely light sleeper.

[TeamAyu2004]

^ you can get private rooms!
I'm the same way... I was thinking that I couldnt do it, because being a light sleeper and all that. But a friend and I got one for a week in new York city... we shared a bungbed but had are own room... shared a bathroom with something like four other rooms...

Anyways... it was amazing... and we were hardly in the room, just used it for sleeping...
But 40 a night compared to something like 200 a night..! lol....

I sooooo hope I can go this year... I already got 400 saved up!

Originally Posted by Tony G

Definitely look at hostels. Often they are better than hotels and a fraction of the price. That's where I'll be staying.

How to check for sales - find out what budget airlines in your country fly to Japan. Then check their website as much as you can, sale fares are common.

Which hostels have you stayed at before??

[Tony G]

Hostels have private rooms. Its not all huge sharing dorms. If you're going alone, many will have one-bed private rooms. Cheaper if you want to use a shared bathroom but many have private as well. Everything a hotel has. Plus many include breakfast, free wifi-internet.

I've stayed in hostels across Europe and many are amazing. The standard is very high. From what I've heard, Japanese standards are just as high. When I was looking to go last year I found heaps of good ones.

Check out hostel world and hostel bookers. Watch out for the dodgy places though - read reviews and check out the rating %'s. Also look at location, proximity to train station, time to get to centre of city etc.

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

I use the all-in-one booking sites too, I feel like they help save money.

Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline, etc.

I priced out flight+hotel, same duration, for next week, and then for July, which is in 6 months. Surprisingly, the flight for July is a LOT more expensive! Why is that?! Both packages are for departure on a Monday and a return on a Friday. Hmmmm...

Peak flight times and travel seasons are in the summer and Christmas holidays. Summer kids are out of school, families travel more. Christmas, well you know it, pretty self explanatory.

Sometimes if available, flights that leave in the middle of the week can have a difference in price. A lot more people travel on the weekends. I noticed flights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays can sometimes be a little cheaper.

[AyuGAME]

My plan is to stay here
http://www.palace-japan.com/english/index.html

the website looks great, the room pic looks tidy and clean, it has private room, but no shower, need to use shared bathroom...which i don't mind, since i won't sleep in bathroom...LOL...the price is reasonable...and it's new!!!

[polka-dot-jewel]

Originally Posted by Huaka

You could sort of find a loophole if you were going to use JAL. Instead of just clicking round trip or whatever, click the option that says multi-city. You get the same airports and what not and tickets are like $200-$300 cheaper. Sometimes more, sometimes less. In 2009, I went during summer in June, and bought tickets, I think two months out? It was $674 round trip.

I just tried doing that... Yeah, the roundtrip price before taxes was $1095, but then the taxes were $693. Prices have really jumped up since 2009 :/ Air taxes have jumped through the roof.

[AngieChan]

I want to go to the concert too in Tokyo!! I am from Australia...

I hope we can get the dates asap - do u think the dates will be announced soon? say in January?

[TeamAyu2004]

^ so we should all totally get together!
I think it would be fun and over run a hostel.. lol

[freedreamer]

November now has a totally different feeling

[mosaicbuster]

Originally Posted by AngieChan

I want to go to the concert too in Tokyo!! I am from Australia...

I hope we can get the dates asap - do u think the dates will be announced soon? say in January?

I'm In Australia as well! I want to start booking and planning etc but going crazy waiting for the tour dates @.@

[maikkun]

Dates are out for the tour, according to Twitter!

Hopefully someone can save the image!!

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

From TA

“ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 ～HOTEL Love songs～”の公演スケジュールが決定しました！

日程 会場名 開場/開演(仮)
2012年4月7日（土） さいたまスーパーアリーナ 17:30/18:30
2012年4月8日（日） さいたまスーパーアリーナ 15:00/16:00
2012年4月14日（土） 大阪城ホール 17:30/18:30
2012年4月15日（日） 大阪城ホール 15:00/16:00
2012年4月21日（土） マリンメッセ福岡 17:30/18:30
2012年4月22日（日） マリンメッセ福岡 15:00/16:00
2012年5月3日（木・祝） サンドーム福井 17:30/18:30
2012年5月4日（金・祝） サンドーム福井 15:00/16:00
2012年5月12日（土） 横浜アリーナ 17:30/18:30
2012年5月13日（日） 横浜アリーナ 15:00/16:00
2012年5月19日（土） 神戸ワールド記念ホール 17:30/18:30
2012年5月20日（日） 神戸ワールド記念ホール 15:00/16:00
2012年5月26日（土） 日本ガイシホール（旧名古屋レインボーホール） 17:30/18:30
2012年5月27日（日） 日本ガイシホール（旧名古屋レインボーホール） 15:00/16:00
2012年6月9日（土） 北海道立総合体育センター 北海きたえーる 17:00/18:00
2012年6月16日（土） セキスイハイムスーパーアリーナ（旧グランディ） 17:00/18:00
2012年6月23日（土） 新潟朱鷺メッセ 17:00/18:00
2012年6月30日（土） 日本ガイシホール（旧名古屋レインボーホール） 17:30/18:30
2012年7月1日（日） 日本ガイシホール（旧名古屋レインボーホール） 15:00/16:00
2012年7月7日（土） 広島グリーンアリーナ 17:30/18:30
2012年7月8日（日） 広島グリーンアリーナ 15:00/16:00
2012年7月21日（土) 大阪城ホール 17:30/18:30
2012年7月22日（日） 大阪城ホール 15:00/16:00
2012年7月28日（土） 静岡エコパアリーナ 17:30/18:30
2012年7月29日（日） 静岡エコパアリーナ 15:00/16:00
2012年8月11日（土） マリンメッセ福岡 17:30/18:30
2012年8月12日（日） マリンメッセ福岡 15:00/16:00

※開場・開演時間は変更になる場合がございます。

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[maikkun]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

From TA

Thanks!

She's performing her tour until August...
Does this mean she's not gonna be in A-NATION this year?
OR... is there even going to be an A-NATION this year? o_o

And no Yoyogi dates now, so we can be sure there's going to be another ~PREMIUM FINAL CHAPTER ENDING SEQUENCE SPECIAL LIVE~ this year too. Ahaha.

[YUKARI]

thanks for update!!

well, I'm kind of confused now. I planned to attend her concert this summer, July or August, but it seems like as long as I will stay at Tokyo the only place not so far away to visit is Shizuoka O.o and it seems like I will have to take a train to there attend a Saturday concert, and then sleep somewhere and go to a Sunday's concert and in the evening come back to Tokyo. woow... I don't want to do it alone (T_T)

on the other side, I always wanted to visit ayu's hometown Fukuoka... but it's sooo far away from Tokyo and I think I'll need to go there by plane...

[truehappiness]

She will likely have a lot more dates after this. She almost always has additional tour dates after the initial announcements.

It's a bit strange that it's cutting it so close to a-nation but I guess that it could be starting very late this time around?

[Aderianu]

TOUR DATES
01. 2012.4.07 (Sat) / Saitama Super Arena / 17:30/18:30
02. 2012.4.08 (Sun) / Saitama Super Arena / 15:00/16:00
03. 2012.4.14 (Sat) / Osaka Castle Hall / 17:30/18:30
04. 2012.4.15 (Sun) / Osaka Castle Hall / 15:00/16:00
05. 2012.4.21 (Sat) / Marine Messe Fukuoka / 17:30/18:30
06. 2012.4.22 (Sun) / Marine Messe Fukuoka / 15:00/16:00
07. 2012.5.03 (Thu) / Fukui Sun Dome / 17:30/18:30
08. 2012.5.04 (Fri) / Fukui Sun Dome / 15:00/16:00
09. 2012.5.12 (Sat) / Yokohama / 17:30/18:30
10. 2012.5.13 (Sun) / Yokohama / 15:00/16:00
11. 2012.5.19 (Sat) / Kobe World Memorial / 17:30/18:30
12. 2012.5.20 (Sun) / Kobe World Memorial / 15:00/16:00
13. 2012.5.26 (Sat) / NGK Insulators Hall (formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall) / 17:30/18:30
14. 2012.5.27 (Sat) / NGK Insulators Hall (formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall) / 15:00/16:00
15. 2012.6.09 (Sat) / Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center / 17:00/18:00
16. 2012.6.16 (Sat) / Sekisui Heim Super Arena (formerly Grande) / 17:00/18:00
17. 2012.6.23 (Sat) / Niigata Toki Messe / 17:00/18:00
18. 2012.6.30 (Sat) / / NGK Insulators Hall (formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall) / 17:30/18:30
19. 2012.7.01 (Sun) / NGK Insulators Hall (formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall) / 15:00/16:00
20. 2012.7.07 (Sat) / Hiroshima Green Arena / 17:30/18:30
21. 2012.7.08 (Sun) / Hiroshima Green Arena / 15:00/16:00
22. 2012.7.21 (Sat) / Osaka Castle Hall / 17:30/18:30
23. 2012.7.22 (Sun) / Osaka Castle Hall / 15:00/16:00
24. 2012.7.28 (Sat) / Shizuoka Ecopa Arena / 17:30/18:30
25. 2012.7.29 (Sun) / Shizuoka Ecopa Arena / 15:00/16:00
26. 2012.8.11 (Sat) / Marine Messe Fukuoka / 17:30/18:30
27. 2012.8.12 (Sun) / Marine Messe Fukuoka / 15:00/16:00

[njanjayrp]

When do the tickets go on sale? Dayumn I thought she'd announce Tokyo/Yoyogi dates right away so I could plan ahead. Now Shizuoka is my only option.

[Aderianu]

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

When do the tickets go on sale? Dayumn I thought she'd announce Tokyo/Yoyogi dates right away so I could plan ahead. Now Shizuoka is my only option.

me too

I wonder when will she perform at Yoyogi