Monday, 2nd December 2024
Issuing concert tickets
In Japan, paper tickets are still sometimes required to see a concert.
The ticket is paid for with a credit card to the ticketing company.
However, the paper tickets themselves are issued at a convenience store near where you live.
A fee of JPY 110 per ticket is paid to the convenience store.
The barcode issued by the ticket company is scanned from my smartphone at the check-out counter of the convenience store.
The ticket will then be printed from the printer inside the counter.
The method of payment is selected on the touch screen of the cash register.
For cash, I put money into the money slot on the cash register.
A paper receipt is issued when you put money in.
The shopkeeper will ask you to sign the receiver and will lend you a pen.
The pen they lend you is often not the shop's, but rather the shopkeeper's personal item, apparently.
In exchange for your signature, you will receive a piece of paper stamped with the date and the name of the shop, as well as a ticket.
Japanese people love paper!
For some concerts, a ticket, or rather a 2D barcode, is displayed on your smartphone, which you can then use to attend.
What I just wrote is what happens if you choose to pick up your tickets at a convenience store when you bought them.
Other options include paper tickets sent to you by courier.
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