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Post by Phattso on Apr 6, 2023 13:44:49 GMT
Friendly forumites in Japan... I'm coming your way in May, and a big part of the trip was to catch the back end of the Sumo Basho in Tokyo. The vendor I used to get tickets has let me down, SO THE TRIP IS RUINED! BUT! Tickets go on general release on Saturday, 10AM. If there's a friendly forumite willing to run the gauntlet of ticket scalpers and pick up a few tickets for me via their web site, I can pay CASH MONEY and a forumite bonus via whatever payment mechanism you desire. Please and thankyou. Save my holiday.  \Stealth "wierdo Westener is big into Sumo" post |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2023 14:05:29 GMT
Username checks out.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Apr 6, 2023 14:07:35 GMT
You can age a person like cutting a tree by the random sports they got into watching C4 on Saturday morning.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2023 14:11:47 GMT
You can age a person like cutting a tree by the random sports they got into watching C4 on Saturday morning. Bollocks. /hides tickets to Kabaddi world cup |
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Post by sport✅ on Apr 6, 2023 14:20:14 GMT
Does Takeshi's Castle count?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 6, 2023 14:21:34 GMT
You can age a person like cutting a tree by the random sports they got into watching C4 on Saturday morning. So we got Transport, Kabaddi, Futbol Mundial and Football Italia on a Sunday. |
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Post by mrpon on Apr 6, 2023 14:42:37 GMT
Is this the sequel to Dino Crisis?
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 6, 2023 14:45:19 GMT
I'm pretty sure you can buy them online and in English, although there's no real way to be sure until they go online on the 8th. sumo.pia.jp/en/ |
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Apr 6, 2023 14:58:02 GMT
When I went to one of the Sumo events I got tickets on the day fairly easily from the kiosk outside the stadium. Admittedly if I hadn't found out it was on last minute I would have pre-booked to be safe. They always went to whatever city I wasn't visiting whenever I travelled and only in Osaka when I travelled out... This was back in 2012ish mind....
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 6, 2023 15:03:49 GMT
The number of overseas tourists coming to Japan absolutely skyrocketed in the 3-4 years before Covid, so I think it got a lot harder to get tickets.
When I went back in about 2009 we just rocked up late on the day and got tickets without any problems.
The number of overseas tourists dropped to about zero because of Covid, but it's rising steadily now, so I don't know what the sumo ticket situation is. I also read that they stopped selling them at the door on the day, but I don't know if that was due to Covid and whether they've restarted.
But it definitely looks like you can order online from that website, once they go live.
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Post by EMarkM on Apr 6, 2023 15:20:01 GMT
Does Takeshi's Castle count? Takeshi’s Castle ALWAYS COUNTS. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Apr 6, 2023 17:06:00 GMT
You can age a person like cutting a tree by the random sports they got into watching C4 on Saturday morning. Bollocks. /hides tickets to Kabaddi world cup Tamil Nadu 4 lyfe |
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Post by Phattso on Apr 6, 2023 19:43:13 GMT
Yeah we will definitely be in that site at 2AM. But the purchase pages revert to Japanese so it’s a bit frought. Locals on the ground after a good nights sleep stand a better chance. |
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Post by technoish on Apr 6, 2023 19:51:35 GMT
Yeah we will definitely be in that site at 2AM. But the purchase pages revert to Japanese so it’s a bit frought. Locals on the ground after a good nights sleep stand a better chance. Pretty sure we bought online in 2007 - translating the pages. Google auto translate? |
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Post by Phattso on Apr 6, 2023 19:57:36 GMT
Again: we’ll be trying, but reports are doing so from outside of Japan with the translation lag and server lag for a thing that’s in high demand… better to be on the inside. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 7, 2023 1:04:53 GMT
If translation is a thing on the website, I could potentially manage it. But the timezones may make it tricky.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 7, 2023 2:15:26 GMT
I'm in Japan, but if it's in Japanese then I'd be using chrome's built in translate as well.
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Post by Frog on Apr 7, 2023 7:48:18 GMT
I will vouch for user phattso Bill if you do grab him the tickets. He is a top bloke and will not let you down.
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Post by Dougs on Apr 7, 2023 7:55:23 GMT
I concur.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 7, 2023 8:06:26 GMT
My only worry (other than my own unreliability on Saturday mornings) is whether you'd need the same credit card to get the tickets, or whether the tickets would have names printed on them and you'd need id. I don't know what anti-scalping measures they have. [edit] This implies not: www.reddit.com/r/Sumo/comments/zsaql1/buying_sumo_tickets_as_a_gift/Phattso I'm not sure there'd be any advantage to me doing it over doing it yourself, other than the 2am thing, but I'm happy to do it if you'd like. Paypal would be the easiest way to get money to me. PM me your requirements for dates, seats, etc.. maybe with some backup dates/options if the first choice isn't available. [edit 2] It does look like it's going to be available in English though: sumo.pia.jp/en/vacant/va05.jsp |
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Post by Phattso on Apr 7, 2023 8:20:15 GMT
You’re a star, thankyou. It’s mainly a belt and braces thing - anecdotal evidence has suggested the site is dog slow outside Japan, plus the whole 2AM thing. I’ll do some research on ticket names/cc number as that’s a great shout. If that gets verified it’s a non starter. But otherwise I’ll drop you a PM with the deets. If you can you can, if not then absolutely no drama. |
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Post by Phattso on Apr 7, 2023 8:21:21 GMT
Re your edit: apparently it’s all in English… until it’s not. :-D
I guess we’ll find out soon enough!
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Post by Phattso on Apr 7, 2023 20:40:59 GMT
Wow. It turns out it’s really quite the faff. You purchase a “ticket” which you redeem at a 7-Eleven using the card used on the site and then the actual tickets are printed. Then you’d have to get them to our hotel by post. That’s a mission. 😁 No E-Tickets or QR codes you’d be able to just send me. We’ll take our chances at 2AM, but thanks for the kind offer. (There’s still an outside chance the company we used will come through - apparently some foreigners bought tickets through them at the last Basho and then made utter dicks of themselves so the Sumo Association waited until the 11th hour and then cut all ties with the ticketing company - a very Japanese moment - but they’ve petitioned to have that reversed) |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 8, 2023 1:51:19 GMT
Hope it goes/went well.
Website was down at 10am when I checked (typical!) but seems to be up again now.
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Post by Phattso on Apr 8, 2023 10:36:11 GMT
Yep yep, all good. Knackered now though. Late nights and early mornings are a young man’s game.  With that in the bag the trip just got real. Tachiai! |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 8, 2023 12:38:31 GMT
Glad it worked out in the end.
Out of interest, did it go Japanese at any point, or was it all in English? |
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Post by Phattso on Apr 8, 2023 12:42:08 GMT
Almost all in English. Fell into Japanese for the rules, the seating details, and a small amount of the payment flow. The video we watched of someone doing it late last year had much less English, sk good progress made.
Now to see if the kiosk in the 7-Eleven has English. The Ghibli Museum one in a Lawson didn’t a few years back!
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 8, 2023 12:45:50 GMT
They mostly have english in the kiosks, but frustratingly not all functions are available in English.
And things can sometimes drop back into Japanese, as you discovered.
If that happens I'd just give it to the convenience store staff and get them to do it for you.
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Post by deebs on Apr 8, 2023 23:14:16 GMT
I have friends in Chiba and Kyoto, but none in Tokyo at this time. I think it'd be a little awkward trying to get them to get the tickets to you.
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Post by Phattso on Apr 9, 2023 11:00:05 GMT
Thank ye, but it's all sorted now. We didn't get our preferred seats, but at least we have seats. Thoroughly hyped.
Just have to hope that my boy Takakeisho makes it to at least Day 11 now. If I go all the way to Japan and don't see the Battle Hamster do his thing, I'm going to be plenty pissed.
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