This post will be all about ordering cheki for pick up at a Hitchcock live!
For information on how to do Hitchcock satsueikai, or if you’re nervous about your first ever vkei live in Japan, check out these other posts!
Now onto cheki yoyaku (reservation) !!! I’m going to be quite repetitive on certain facts, so be ready. This is specifically for in-person pick up at the venue. Their online store does not ship internationally so pick up is the only way. It also does not accept foreign credit and debit cards, (update: my friends told me their international credit cards were accepted!) but that won’t be an issue for cheki pick up. You can only reserve to pick up cheki at a live you are attending. You will pay directly at the goods table after the live and NOT online!
Steps:
*IMPORTANT* The deadline to order cheki is always by 23:59 the night prior!
Example: If the live is on Jan 30th, you must yoyaku cheki by Jan 29th 23:59!
Not all Hitchcock lives will offer venue pick up! They will always announce on their Twitter which lives have mail order or venue pick up. Click here to see what the tweet looks like. (There will be two separate tweets. This one is specifically the venue pick up tweet.) But the website will be organized as well. Just be sure to click the correct cheki link so you don’t get confused.
Mail order can take a long time (sometimes months) so I do not recommend using a Japanese address that isn't yours or a friend's.
THE DAY OF THE LIVE
Now it’s show time! You’re ready to enjoy a fun Hitchcock performance and see your beautiful cheki.
Before the live starts, you can collect your stamps for your point card, buy 2shot (satsueikai) tickets, or any goods. But you cannot pick up your cheki until after the live ends.
Once it’s time, join the goods line. Many fans will be forming a line in front of the goods table, and a sign with a Hitchcock band photo will be passed around. That sign indicates the end of the line. Join from there.
When it is your turn, choose which items you’d like to purchase, if any. Then tell them you made a cheki reservation along with the name you used for the cheki.
Example: (member)-san no cheki wo yoyaku shimashita. (name) desu.
(This always works for me. Sorry I can't really help with Japanese lol)
Once the staff finds your cheki, they will show you the cover to make sure the name is correct. The name you want written onto the cheki will be written either on the plastic bag or on a paper envelope inside the plastic bag. When everything is confirmed, you will be told the total amount to pay, and you’re done!
Best of luck!
reida
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