FUTILE TEPPEI TICKETS

Jess, Kellie and I had a mission. Well, at least I did. As the Japanese pop music fan in our group, I found out through some fan Web sites about singer-guitarist-actor Koike Teppei's solo concert tour this summer. After endless searching through his official homepage (all in Japanese), I discovered that the first stop on his tour is in a concert hall in Odori Park on July 17th. Yes!
So, like the typical concertgoer, I took the bus down to Odori again (with Jess and Kellie, who didn't mind another excuse to head downtown) and managed to find the concert hall. But...

"Um, where's the ticket counter?"

We waited for about 20 minutes for the doors to open, walked around the entire perimeter of the building to look for other possible entrances, then ran in the now-pouring rain to another part of Odori to pass some time before trying again.

So we took pictures. (You should be used to this by now.)


photo by Jessica Beehler


We found this gorgeous building at the end of the park area. We're still not sure what it's for, but we assume it's some type of museum or government building because people were always going in and out.






I have absolutely no clue what this is.


Sapporo's famous landmark clocktower, Tokeidai - it cost about $2 for a tour


One of the giant clock models on the tower's second floor


So, for the conclusion to this scenario: I talked to my friend Dylan from New Zealand, an exchange student here at Sapporo University who has taken it upon himself to guide us around, about the ticket situation. Turns out that tickets can only be bought at a convenience store, not at the hall itself. Good to know - now. :)

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