Being an audience member

teiyoukaya · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: Being an audience member

Hello fellow Arashi fans! I was wondering if anyone has ever attended/been in the audience of one of Arashi's shows before? I will be taking a trip to Japan for 3 weeks and I was hoping to be able to see them live for one of their tapings. However, I checked the website for Arashi no Shukudai-kun and my Japanese isn't good enough to figure out what it says...

I hope I posted this question in the right place. I'm new here, so sorry if I didn't post in the right thread!

Sanae · Guest

I don't know if this will help you -

This is the address of NTV (the station that broadcasts AnS):

Nippon Television Network Corporation
1-6-1 Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7444, Japan
Tel: 81-3-6215-1111

The show is taped every Tuesday afternoon and according to the official website, the public is selected from groups who apply to go to the show via a request that I think one can only send from Japan to this address:

〒105-8714　日本テレビ「嵐の宿題くん」宛

Only those who are invited get sent the details and the invitation via post.

Now some good news: some fan reported having been to AnS and said that they were asked to meet up at around 1 pm near Nittere Tower in the Shiodome district of Tokyo so, if you're around at that time, look out for a group of fifty or so girls and you'll be on the right track.

akai-chan · Guest

I neither live in Japan nor do I speak Japanese so don't quote me on this but a while back, an user on LiveJournal made a post on how to purchase concert tickets and I believe she mentioned in there that for Arashi variety shows, you have to be a member of their fan club and apply for seats in a lottery.

teiyoukaya · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:59 am Post subject:

Sanae wrote:

I don't know if this will help you -

This is the address of NTV (the station that broadcasts AnS):

Nippon Television Network Corporation
1-6-1 Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7444, Japan
Tel: 81-3-6215-1111

The show is taped every Tuesday afternoon and according to the official website, the public is selected from groups who apply to go to the show via a request that I think one can only send from Japan to this address:

〒105-8714　日本テレビ「嵐の宿題くん」宛

Only those who are invited get sent the details and the invitation via post.

Now some good news: some fan reported having been to AnS and said that they were asked to meet up at around 1 pm near Nittere Tower in the Shiodome district of Tokyo so, if you're around at that time, look out for a group of fifty or so girls and you'll be on the right track.

Thanks for the information! I guess I'll try my best to see if I can get into the show! If not, maybe next time...

akai-chan wrote:

I neither live in Japan nor do I speak Japanese so don't quote me on this but a while back, an user on LiveJournal made a post on how to purchase concert tickets and I believe she mentioned in there that for Arashi variety shows, you have to be a member of their fan club and apply for seats in a lottery.

If this is true, perhaps I can't go see them given how much time I have between now and when I leave for Japan. I'll have to find someone to help me apply for their fanclub (using a mailing address in Japan) and such. I guess there's always next year...

yuckie wrote:

I'm sorry to make you disappointed, but it's impossible if you're just there for 3 weeks. First, you have to be a fanclub member. Second, you have to ballot if you want to be audience, and there's certain time where you can do that, not just randomly whenever (They inform about these things in emails received by fanclub members). Not many people able to get chosen and get into one of the filmings too, even though some already applied quite often for lots of filming dates.

Thanks so much again for the information. I guess I had a feeling that it wouldn't be so easy. I love Arashi but it's so frustrating how Johnny's works... Maybe I'll just try to spot them in public or at Aiba's restaurant or something, haha.

yuckie · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:28 am Post subject:

I'm sorry to make you disappointed, but it's impossible if you're just there for 3 weeks. First, you have to be a fanclub member. Second, you have to ballot if you want to be audience, and there's certain time where you can do that, not just randomly whenever (They inform about these things in emails received by fanclub members). Not many people able to get chosen and get into one of the filmings too, eventhough some already applied quite often for lots of filming dates.

nilad5 · PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 254

yuckie wrote:

I'm sorry to make you disappointed, but it's impossible if you're just there for 3 weeks. First, you have to be a fanclub member. Second, you have to ballot if you want to be audience, and there's certain time where you can do that, not just randomly whenever (They inform about these things in emails received by fanclub members). Not many people able to get chosen and get into one of the filmings too, eventhough some already applied quite often for lots of filming dates.

so basically, doing it the fangirl way is pretty much out of the question. there's no way we can be in the fanclub unless we have a japanese address. maybe if you knew the producer or someone else with some pull, you could have a chance of being an audience member, yeah? *sigh* a girl can dream, can't she?

lacktaid · Guest

I realize this is an old post, but hopefully somebody will read my reply! I am a FC member, our close family friend who moved to Japan signed me up. Could anybody explain how I could buy tickets? My Japanese is extremely limited (as in I just started class 2 months ago) so please use as much English as possible!

Ephin · PIKA☆NCHI Joined: 11 May 2009 Posts: 85

i neither live in japan nor speak japanese..
but i wish i can see them live.. wish

unai83 · Johnny's Jr Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 30

I am also dreaming of watching their show live one of these days as well. But the keyword is "dreaming" hehe I don't live in Japan too and after reading the posts on the process to become an audience, it seems really difficult and frustrating.

But I'm still thankful for the shows they have big grin

ossaluphjun... · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 7:50 pm Post subject:

so do i...
sometimes (in these few days it become "always") im dreaming to watch them live...
but it become impossibbe bcoz im not living in japan...
so all i can do is just watch their performance and dreaming to watch them lively...

big grin

6891nas_oken · PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 206

i really hope to watch Arashi live... but i guess its out of question since i'm not a Japanese... what i can do is just hoping that i could at least go for their concerts...

vui_tuoi · Johnny's Jr Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 52

I also want see shows of Arashi live, it is very difficult TT^TT. If I can visit Japan, I also can't know Japanese to get or ask thw way to jion TT^TT. it is sad oa oa oa oa cry

lorako · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject:

yuckie wrote:

I'm sorry to make you disappointed, but it's impossible if you're just there for 3 weeks. First, you have to be a fanclub member. Second, you have to ballot if you want to be audience, and there's certain time where you can do that, not just randomly whenever (They inform about these things in emails received by fanclub members). Not many people able to get chosen and get into one of the filmings too, eventhough some already applied quite often for lots of filming dates.

Thank you for the reply, you give me the information I wanted ^^
So the FC receive the possibility by mail and then we ballot ^^ thank you very much

nahnus · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject:

Ephin wrote:

i neither live in japan nor speak japanese..
but i wish i can see them live.. wish

ahhh *sigh*
same here...

ArtistNsunlight7 · PIKA☆NCHI Joined: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 107 Location: USA

Oh man it would be so amazing to have the chance to be an audience member. Wow it really is a complicated process in order to be one, ne? I'm pretty sure it isn't like that here in the US. But I live in the middle of nowhere so such a chance to go to a live taping doesn't happen well ..... at all.
If I understood and spoke Japanese well and were an audience member I'd hope Ohno or any of them would be like "what's w/ the foreigner?" or something. But that's not very realistic. But hey I can dream wish