18 March 2017

Takarazuka Snow Troupe 'Bakumatsu taiyouden' ~ I guess it's the same fine mess we're in

Most of all I worry about preparing and being ready for all kinds of conditions that might arise on my way. While I cannot say I never rely on chance and never grasp the opportunities that come, it's important for me to know that I did what I could to be able to grasp the best of them.
That's why I got up as early as 10-55 in the morning on this sunny Saturday and went to see how the tickets sale is going. I mean, when it was 11 o'clock here where I live, it was 10 in Japan and the tickets went on sale.
This is my conclusion:
Ticket Pia - I remember that it didn't accept my credit card last year and even before that, but if you're planning to buy tickets there, they were sold out 6 minutes after the start.
CNPlayguide - wonderfully, no tickets for Snow Troupe's performance at all.
Lawson ticket - as always, the website is not able to sustain the flood of visitors in the first several minutes, it only loaded without a problem on my 3rd or 4th attempt around 10-08 (Japanese time). A few tickets still available even at 10-20 for some days, but only a limited number (). Mostly available are tickets for Monday to Thursday (Wednesday being a day-off).
Takarazuka official website, English version - looks like it offers the greatest numbers of tickets but don't be mislead, even if it says there are plenty (◯), it doesn't mean the system will easily secure them for you. A few tickets still left after 10-20, hard to say if some days of the week are freer than others, available tickets are occasional.
Since I know no other system to buy tickets, this is the end of my journey. I guess the 14th of May will be a hard day.