How to get SKE48 tickets

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Schedule for available shows:

http://www.ske48.co.jp/schedule/calenda ... lect=stage

Ticket types:
1. Enpou (For people living outside Aichi, Gifu or Mie prefectures)
2. Females, elementary school and middle school students
3. Ippan

Price of tickets:
Male: 2000 JPY
Female: 1000 JPY
Student (elementary school ~ high school) : 1000 JPY

*check in the website for tle las price of tickets.

Entry to lottery:
Time to enter lottery was at one point similar to AKB's, but lately I noticed that the lottery opened earlier than before (8~9 days advance for enpou). You will want to keep an eye on the official homepage, everytime lottery starts they will post it as a new item on the front page (an example:http://www.ske48.co.jp/news/?id=1245483940).

All entries are sent to: oubo@ske48.co.jp

For people living outside Aichi, Gifu or Mie prefectures. This means you.
Subject: date of the show / place you're coming from
Body: Your name *Only put your name in the body of the mail, no other information.

Example given:
Subject: 1月1日/大阪府 [translation: January 1st / Osaka-fu (月 is month, 日 is day)]
Body: 佐藤 太郎 [translation: Sato Taro]

For Females, elementary school and middle school students
Subject: date of the show / ticket type
Body: Your name Only put your name in the body of the mail, no other information.

Example given:
Subject: 1月1日/女性・学生 [translation: January 1st / Female・Student ]
Body: 佐藤 花子

For regular ticket
Subject: date of the show
Body: Your name *Only put your name in the body of the mail, no other information.

Example given:
Subject: 1月1日 [translation: January 1st ]
Body: 佐藤 太郎

If there's more than one show on that day, indicate which one you want to see next to the date. You can apply for all 3 shows in one day if you want, you just need to send 3 emails.
For example (for enpou, you should adjust the subject accordingly if you belong to other groups), seeing the second show this Sunday, the subject line would look like this:
2月22日2回目/大阪府 [translation: February 22nd 2nd show / Osaka-fu]

I was told you can no longer win more than 1 tickets in one day for AKB, but it seems that it is not the case for SKE. I won all 3 shows for SKE on a Sunday.

Same as AKB, if you win you will receive a reply, otherwise there will be no reply. And I dont think there is any cancel machi for SKE.

Getting there: (http://www.ske48.co.jp/access/)
SKE homepage has a map of the surrounding area. Use the subway to get to Sakae Station (栄駅 / Sakae-eki). It's about five minutes from Nagoya Station ( 名古屋駅/ Nagoya-eki)on the Subway Higashiyama line (名古屋市営東山線), bound for Fujigaoka (藤が丘行). The cost is a whopping 200yen. Now the SKE site tells you to take the number 8 exit of Sakae Station. Number 8 exit will lead you to Sunsine Sakae directly, you will reach the B1 level of the building once you get out Exit 8. And you will see the SKE shop on your left (to be honest it is just a cart and a bunch of posters telling you what they are selling, and they set it up when there is a show, the hours of the shop will be post in the official hp, look for something like this http://www.ske48.co.jp/news/?id=1245515698).

If you are not exiting from exit 8, look for the big ferris wheel or asking for Sunshine Sakae should get you there.

Buying the ticket and entering the theater:
The winning email will tell you when you should show up in the building. You basically lineup around the building to buy the ticket. Bring ID (or passport) with you for buying the ticket. Officially you will need a letter to prove your address (enpou), but I havent seen them asking for it.

UPDATE: Since late August SKE move to a system that only require you lining up once, you lineup according to your lottery number and enter accordingly. You pay for the ticket as you enter.

Like in AKB theather, special groups ( Enpou & Females, elementary school and middle school students) have their separate lines. Just find your own line to buy ticket and then re lineup in your line when it is time to enter the theater. You can pretty much ignore what will be said below.

The lottery number does not matter in determining the order of entering the theater. They use a similar but way messier system comparing to AKB's.
After you are lined up for ticket, you will be given a number according to your position in the line. After everybody get their ticket, you will have to reline up according to that new number. The entrance lottery will be done for groups of 10 (kinda like AKB's from this point on).