Originally Posted by
jphripjah
If I recall correctly, they offer different options for ticket delivery, and one option was by QR code. That's what I chose. I bought the ticket, gave my credit card number, and they emailed a link to the QR code. Then I just took my phone with me to the game and pulled up the QR code and showed that at the turnstiles. They scanned it and I walked in, not unlike using a mobile boarding pass to board an airplane.
Wanted to very much thank you for your advice. I bought a 4500 yen ticket, 3rd base side and now have the QR "ticket". Easy to do, did not need a Japanese name, etc. Would not take AMEX card, so I used Visa. ( I could have bought a 5000 yen ticket but saw that was in the first 20 rows which you had warned about).
Very happy with the purchase. This was the only ticket I was slightly worried about. Already have a Giants ticket, and the rest of the games I plan on attending will all be in the Kanto region...Swallows, Lions, Baystars and maybe the Marines. Those I can buy easily, although I still may preorder a Swallows ticket since it is against the Carp and they are on a roll these days. I will be there first 2 weeks in Sept and I know weather(Typhoons) can affect things, but with my only 2 prepurchase being in domed stadiums I won't have to worry about rain cancellations.
Also going to attend a couple farm league games just to see those (Giants, Marines). Can't bet the price of the Marines (free) and Giants is 1000 yen.
As a post-script...why can't baseball and sports tickets in North America be sold without gouge type markups? The Ham Fighter tickets had no markup at all. I was looking at 2 Triple A tickets in Buffalo NY. By the time fees the tickets had jumped in price over 50%.