The Tokyo Concert Experience

  It’s been a while since my last show at an Arena of this size. Ariake Arena was built to host events for the Tokyo Olympics, so it is pretty much brand new. I really like that feeling of anticipation when walking through the large round corridors searching for your gate and walking past those enormous gaps -the gates. Getting a peak of what’s going on inside. Passing food vendors, restrooms, etc, until finding the actual gate, walking in and the huge contrast of the full illuminated arena with the stage. It’s a really cool experience.                          My seat was the cheapest, so I sat way up and luckily for me I was at the end of a row with a wall next to me I could lean on when inevitably everyone will stand once the show starts. The amount of cosplay, furry hat, shorts and tie wearing patrons was larger than I expected, as well as the generational gap...