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However, this is not the only price increase and not anywhere near as annoying as the other one. The MOFO`s in the government (or is it the convinience stores themselves??) have in their wisdom applied a 105円 "sales tax" to all sports (and I assume all other) tickets bought from convinience store machines. 50, 000 sell out at Urawa? Ker-ching!! Japan National Team game at Nissan Stadium KERR-CHING!! 105 on one ticket admittedly doesn`t seem much but applied across the whole league for a whole season, across the Yomiuri Giants, across the whole of baseball, across the whole of ticketing in this country....holy shit that`s more than a tax and a half!! They`ll be putting the train prices up next....seriously if that happens blood will be spilled. Not by me personally however being from a land where train prices go up regardless of any discernable reason other than the passage of time. I`ve bought two sets of tickets in the last two days and paid 420 Yen on top of the ticket price. One bloke 4 tickets, I can`t be arsed with the maths but seemingly I shall travelling to work on a magic carpet in the coming years with all this government cash sloshing around. (Or buying the same old shitty sandwiches from a solid gold convinience store from a millionaire clerk looking down his nose at me).
Thanks for that Nerdy. How the hell the new owners think they're gonna attract new fans by putting ticket and shirt prices up (even though their company makes them) is anyones guess. So how much is it to buy the ticket on the day now?
ReplyDeleteThe on the day prices are the same (thought the 1969 seats have also disappeared) at 2000 yen for behind the goal but the old 1500 yen price if you buy the day before the game has been discontinued. It`s to be expected and FC Tokyo can afford to drop their pricers as they can expect a bigger turnout. Irritating but thats business I supose.
ReplyDeleteAs for the shirts,football shirts in Japan are monsterously priced everywhere. Anything up to 15,000 for a garment that costs about 50 pence for some kid in China to manufacture. It`s one of the things that some clubs in the UK have taken action on, Wolves have kept the same price (40 quid or about 5200 yen) for a shirt for the last 7 or 8 years. I don`t usually buy the official Verdy tops but go for one of the normal t-shirts. I think with the change of design, many more fans will buy the new tops for the want of "fitting in". In previous seasons any of the Green uniforms would`ve sufficed but now with the stripes,some fans who maybe didn`t feel the need for a new top will now shell out.
ReplyDeleteBloodyhell I just looked at the new Verdino webstore this minute.....absolutely brutal!!. I wonder if there is a more expensive (non autographed/special edition "normal") football top on the planet?
ReplyDeleteIf you make it to Mito for the return match, you can buy TWO tickets for the same price!
ReplyDeletePlease do... Mito desperately needs your support... Please give generously...
I might just do that, it`s a Sunday and not too far away. I just looked on the Mito site but can only see 1500yen for away fans?
ReplyDelete500 yen off for advanced purchase at convenience store?
ReplyDeletePretty sure?
Ill have a look next time I`m in the convenience store. How is the new stadium for parking? It`s probably cheapest for me to go by car and it`s a nice drive up to Ibaraki from mine.
ReplyDeleteGreat, there are never any parking issues, and even if afraid of that, there is a Mito parking lot twitter feed giving advice for people on the way.
ReplyDeleteThe furthest parking area is still a shorter walk than national stadium from the nearest station, for example.
Worst case scenario, there is a nearby Don Quixote/supermarket combination with a big parking lot, as well as a large pachinko parlor parking lot, that can be used without much repercussion.
Oh, and in a week, the Mito match takes on a bit of importance for Tokyo Verdy, at least in my world:
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