Attending AKB48 handshakes: how-to (work in progress)

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That's great to know, i have a few multiple tickets for same members so i'll probably use this system quite a bit.

Again, Thank You Very Much for the really helpful info!! Foreign fans are so dependent on you guys. It's very much appreciated.

 

@Cristafari You said that tickets can be used with another member with a star by their name after 30 minutes into the slot , isn't it after 60 minutes? But thanks too from me for all your knowledge, I too have a Haruppi ticket and also two for NGT48 members (Okappa and Oguiyui). However recently Saepii in NMB48 has been 'pulling me in' so I hope I can meet her as one of my replacements.

 

From what I remember, 60 minutes is cut off time (no more entering the line), 30 minutes open up to touken and oshimashi.

 

There's a map at the king records site for the 3/20 shamekai. Is the information booth the one with the "I" at the back if the lanes? And the goods selling is at the 2nd floor? Thanks. Sorry i'm not able to translate.

Also, it seems like the autograph lines are the light blue lanes at the back of the hall.

Thanks again.

 

Some members have a blue rectangle with '抽選なし' - what does that mean?

 

@Cristafari I can't easily confirm at the moment (I'm on a train heading for Yokohama and Day 2 of the NMB HS!), I'll study the chart properly tonight. However if I have one of those, am I allowed to politely decline the signed cheki and just have a normal 2-shot?

 

To me the chekis appear to be lower quality than a phone photo? Plus I'd have to scan them to put them on Facebook! lol (well, I'll see what happens tomorrow...)

 

Just take it and then throw it away after.

 

So you get the cheki and the 2-shot, not one or the other? Anyway I don't have any of those slots with the blue box. At the moment my main thoughts are with Sasshi, hopefully she'll be well enough for slot 4 when I'm scheduled to meet her.

 

I cant read what's posted in front of the lanes but many hkt members are out? For the 3/20 2-shot. No sakura and sasshi? Thank you.

 

Thanks for the quick response cris. Aww, now i have 7 tickets for missing members. 5 for sakuruppi who are my favorite members. Oh well.

 

For oshimashi, just line up and show the ticket for exchange right?
Tnx
Edit: ok i guess, no sheki chance though

 

That's right but this time using tickets for members with stars is subject to the cut-off time of 60 minutes, I'm sure that was not the case last year, you could use them later than that in the slot. But perhaps I'm wrong! (And no cheki chance with oshimashi.)

I'd love to know how tickets for Sasshi's first 2 slots got used in 4 & 5 as I had a ticket for 4 but as she still hadn't arrived over 30 minutes into the slot and with no information as to her expected time I had to abandon the line for fear of losing my other tickets in slot 4.

Now confession time. I won a cheki for Mikurin - and I refused it. I asked in the booth if I could have both cheki and phone shot which caused a lot of kerfuffle and even Nako came into the booth to get involved in the discussion! However the final word was 'one or the other' so I went for the phone shot. Was I crazy? Well as far as I'm concerned I got the better quality photo so I'm happy! (and I got to meet Nako too lol)