2025 is an important year for Perfume. It's the 25th anniversary of the formation of Perfume and the 20th anniversary of their major debut. After announcing their latest album "ネビュラロマンス－前編", they also announced their 10th tour in the first half of 2025 across 11 cities. I managed to get the ticket to attend the concert in Tokyo!!!
Nowadays it's quite difficult to ballot for the concert ticket in Japan. For Perfume case, they are using ぴあチケット (PIA ticket) system for the ticketing. So in order to register an account in the PIA ticket, they require a Japan phone number for authentication. With this requirement many foreign fans will not be able to ballot for a ticket unless they have registered to the Global fans club - World PTA (WPTA). This time after checking the schedule, I've decided to ballot for the one in Tokyo which will be on 15th and 16th February. I've balloted for both days just in case I couldn't get it for either day. Then in September 2024, during my cousin's wedding dinner I've got a notifications from my credit card that a transaction has been charged to my credit card. After checking my balloting result, OMG!!! I got the tickets to Perfume concert in Tokyo! Furthermore, I got both days!!! FINALLY!
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| I was so excited after looking at this result. I keep smiling during the dinner. LOL |
One thing about the concert in Japan which is different from other country is that there's only 1 ticket price. Unlike the concert in other countries where there are different ticket category with different pricing, so that people can choose whether to pay more to have the arena seats or pay less for further seats. The concert in Japan there's only one ticket price and you will never know where is your seat until you scan your ticket on the concert day. So it's really depends on luck whether you get the arena seat or the upper floor seat. However this time, there's a special privilege to PTA/WPTA members, where we can ballot again to upgrade our tickets to get the VIP seats which is a confirmed arena seats and the closest seats to the stage. I also balloted for both days to upgrade my tickets but this time couldn't upgrade for both days. Well, at least I've secured a VIP seat for 1 day!!! Woohoo!! 😆So one day I could enjoy the concert from far to see all the light effects and stage design. Then the other day I could see Perfume up close! Kia~! 楽しみ！！
I only took 2 days leave for this concert, so I will be going to Tokyo only for the weekends. I took Air Japan for this trip which is a budget airline from Japan and flew there on Valentine's Day early morning. As a single, Valentine's Day doesn't bother me too much but I flew there a day before the concert so that on the Valentine's Day night I could watch the PTA live from Perfume. It's an annual program for the fans club. Below is a 30 minutes sneak peak of the live for non-members.
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| A glimpse of Mt. Fuji 🗻 |
The concert in Tokyo this time is held in Ari Ake Arena（有明アリーナ）, it's a 30 minutes bus ride from Tokyo station. On 15th Feb the concert goods start selling at 1pm and I reached there around 12.20pm. Fortunately the queue wasn't too bad. (Not sure is it good or bad 😅) Compare to my previous Perfume concert in Japan where it took me 5 minutes to walk till the end of queue, this time was rather shorter. Probably because during that period the influenza in Tokyo was quite serious, so they try to avoid the crowd.
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| I'm the first of the second queue |
Enjoying the view while queuing
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| 1 pm - Going In Now |
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| The Goods sale at the Sub Arena |
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| The Goods Pricing |
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| The Concert Goods Display |
This time there's a special treat for the fans club members. For 500 yen we can get 1 ticket to scratch which has a chance to win one of the prize. Rank S is a signed concert T-shirt with the winner's name on it and there's only one on each concert day. Rank A is a limited Perfume towel. Rank B is a ticket case. Rank C is a pin badge. Lastly is a participation prize which is a voice message from Perfume. Each person can only buy 5 tickets at a time, so if we want to buy again we have to re-queue. On each day I bought 10 tickets and the result was I got 5 Rank B prizes and 1 Rank C prize. So I got 5 ticket cases and 1 pin badge. 😭
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| The CD booth |
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| Fans Message Banner |
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| The Goods which I bought this tour |
This time I've also prepared a gifts to Perfume. I've bought the Singapore Otter souvenirs for them. However on that day there was no designated place for fans to put their gifts to Perfume. I have to wait until I went into the concert area and asked the staff where can I put the gifts. In the end the staff helped to collect the gifts and bring to backstage.
On the second day of the concert, I got the upgraded ticket for the VIP seats. Actually for the upgraded ticket, besides having the VIP seats we will also received some special VIP goods. The goods include a special VIP design T-shirt, a sheet and a VIP pass.
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| While waiting to enter the arena |
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| Ariake Arena |
1 hour and 15 minutes before the concert starts, they started to let us queue in front of the entrance to get ready to scan our ticket. Since I was quite free there, both days I was at the front of the queue. Once the entrance doors open everyone slowly walk towards the door and scan their tickets. After the ticket is scanned, the seat number will be printed out and only at that point we know where we will be sitting at. In this tour we will be divided into 3 teams - CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW. In the seat ticket, the team name is printed as well and they will distribute the team ID badge to everyone. On both days I was in the Magenta team which is also the center seat group! 😆
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| The Seat Map |
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| The seat ticket and Team Badge |
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| The View on Day 1 |
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| The View on Day 2 - VIP seat. So CLOSE!!! |
Iyo Iyo the concert starting soon! The view for both days was so good! Day 1 view I can enjoy the performance from far to see the lighting effect and stage. My Day 2 seat was just next to the end of the T stage! So when they moved to the end of the stage, they're just in front of me! Oh my! This would the closest distance I had with them so far.
The concert started off with a movie intro which is a SF movie that talk about a Robot Army spaceship has been destroyed and 3 girls has been sent to Earth. In order to protect the girls they have been sent to dancing school and start performing like normal Human. After the movie intro is finished, the 3 ladies appeared from the bottom at the center stage and start to perform the first song - The Light!
On Day 1 beside me was an old couple in their 60s (I knew it from the Perfume MC corner). At first I thought they're just casual fans or got the tickets from someone to attend. However as soon as the movie intro starts everyone stood up even the old couple, and when Perfume start performing the uncle next to me starts jumping too! Wow, Perfume's fans age range is so wide, from young to 70s also have. After the first song, Perfume dropped back down from the stage and the movie narrating continue. After performing the second song - ラヴ・クラウド, the stage rotate 180 degree and become the MV set of Cosmic Treat. Exactly the same! That's the next song they performed.
So for the first half of the concert they performed the album setlist in the exact order without stopping for any MC corner. For fans who have been to Perfume concerts several times, this is rather new because usually after 5 or 6 songs they will stop and do self introduction and start to chit chat with the audiences. After performing the last song in the album, it's Nakata Yasutake showtime! After that Perfume appear again in the center stage and start to perform Cling Cling! You can feel the whole space is more lively and more energetic. Everyone is jumping.
After Cling Cling they performed 2 more songs they finally stop and make their self introduction. A~chan even make fun of this by saying "Did you think we are going to perform all the way without any MC section? Can you even that Perfume not going to talk during a concert?" LOL. Then they explained the concert concept for this tour. It's divided into Side A and Side B. Side A is to perform the album "Nebula Romance Episode 1" setlist. Side B is the setlist they came up with for each concert, so it's a unique setlist for each of the concerts during this tour. On Day 1, Nocchi talked about Valentine's Day and say she received 4 chocolates with a doh ya face. She then asked who received chocolate yesterday. After seeing the number of people who raised their hand, she closes her eyes and say "Oh my, so little" LOL. Day 1 was 15th February and it's A~chan's birthday! Everyone sang birthday song to her. This is my second concert which fall on the member's birthday. The first one is my first ever Perfume concert in Japan and it was Nocchi's Birthday! After the birthday song, it's PTA corner time! As usual there's a part where A~chan ask us to follow her action, and at one point she asked us to a mirror ball and turn. Probably not many people turning (including me 😜) she stopped and "scolded" us. "Why you all are not turning. It will be more fun if everyone turn together. Are you embarrassed because you think other people are watching you? Don't worry. NOBODY IS WATCHING YOU! So let's turn together!" After she "scolded", this time everyone did turn together. LOL. In this tour, Perfume want to do a challenge with all the audience. In the Cosmic Treat dance, there's an iconic move called 無重力 (Zero Gravity) and they want to do a 無重力 challenge with us. So we gonna lift our right leg up and see can we maintain the pose for 30 seconds. That is why Perfume concert is so fun! 😝
After the PTA corner, they say there are 5 songs remaining so let's enjoy to the fullness! Damn, that's so fast. Right after they said that it's the song - FAKE IT! JUMP! JUMP! JUMP! What a song to start. Probably because the day before was Valentine's Day, so they performed their disco songs back to back - Chocolate Disco and One Room Disco. On Day 2 it was even more high. They started with Party Maker and continue with Fake It. What a way to lose some calories. LOL. On Day 2 they also reproduce the MV of ナチュラルに恋して (Natural Ni Koishite) with the moving stage and walk way. Otsukare to all the staffs because they literally need to move the stage. 😅 On Day 1 because it was A~chan's birthday so she personally request Baby Face - her fav song.
Before the last song, they stopped for a MC section and express their feeling on the day. On Day 1, probably the emotion hit her, Kashiyuka already crying when she was expressing her feeling. She was grateful to have A~chan and no matter what happened to her, she will always be with her. Both of them hugged together while crying. What a beautiful sight. On Nocchi's turn who rarely get emotional while expressing her feeling also in tears. She admire A~chan as a Sun who shine upon others, and she Nocchi from behind think A~chan is so cool. Even though they have talked about this so many times in different shows, she still think it's such a miracle and fate that a simple invitation in an elevator and led to a long lasting friendship. A~chan who's already crying say is this her wedding ceremony, both speech hit her heart. She feel so blessed with all the loves she received that it's fine that's her last day alive. Even for me seeing this scene also shed a tear. This is why I love Perfume so much. The sincere love they have to each other. 💕
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| They did the same pose at the concert |
After the last song, it's really time to say goodbye. I'm so grateful of my VIP seat where I can look at them so up close and wave to them. I was so excited when it's Nocchi's turn at the end of the T stage. LOL. Even during the MC section they will be standing there. めちゃ近かった。People ask isn't it a waste of money to watch the same concert twice? Well, it'll never be enough to watch your favourite group perform and it's different setlist for each concert day. Too bad I'm not staying in Japan or else I might attend all the concerts. Hehe.
🎉🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY あ〜ちゃん🎂🎉
— Perfume_Staff (@Perfume_Staff) February 15, 2025
有明公演1日目のリハーサルで
お祝いしました🧚🏻♀️
この1年があ〜ちゃんとって
素敵な年になりますように🫶🏻#prfm pic.twitter.com/yetE0z9HtW
After the concert finished, from A~chan's insta post I realized there's so many celebrities attended the concert in Tokyo too! Like KPP, Haruna-chan, Nishino Kana, etc. Wow, they probably sitting at the VIP seats too. Too bad never catch any of them. LOL
Perfumeライブ最高すぎた〜
— きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ (@pamyurin) February 15, 2025
踊って泣いて今夜は眠れなさそう…！
セトリも良かったし、なにより西脇綾香さんお誕生日おめでとうございますすぎる😭だいだい大好き！！！ pic.twitter.com/hOWrcnWkUn
After the sad experience I had for my previous Perfume concert in Japan which got cancelled in the last minute in 2020, finally I can see them in Tokyo again. Since this tour is "Nebula Romance Episode 1", I strongly believe there will be Episode 2! I will try to attend again!! 😝
2025/02/15 side B setlist:
- Cling Cling
- Electro World
- Baby Cruising Love
~ MC - PTA corner ~
- Fake It
- Chocolate Disco
- One Room Disco
- Baby Face
~ MC ~
- 無限未来
2025/02/16 side B setlist:
- Cling Cling
- Night Flight
- Perfect Star Perfect Style
~ MC - PTA corner ~
- Party Maker
- Fake It
- ナチュラルに恋して
- My Color
~ MC ~
- Flow
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