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Snow Man’s dome tour kicked off on October 30 at Sapporo’s Daiwa House Premist Dome, with total attendance through the 31st expected to top 120,000. On 5ch, alongside comments marveling at the sheer scale of the crowd, a lot of attention went to reports that a Jetstar flight to New Chitose Airport used by some fans heading to the venue was delayed more than 7 hours, making them miss the start of the show entirely. Plenty of posts also got into details specific to Johnny’s-affiliated (now Starto Entertainment) concerts, like how the ticket lottery works and past examples of surprise collabs at shows.
Concerts by the popular idol group Snow Man began on October 30, and the area around the venue has been packed with fans.
Snow Man’s dome tour started on the 30th at Daiwa House Premist Dome in Sapporo City, and the venue was still buzzing with fans on the 31st.
“Meme (Ren Meguro) and I are with Fukazawa and Sakuma.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Can you even hang out at New Chitose Airport till morning?
Literally don't recognize a single one of them lol
Nah, it basically doesn't change.
Sometimes if there's a press-conference type event during the tour they'll work it into the MC segment, or a collab gets announced and a special guest shows up.
Just recently a Naniwa Danshi x Sanrio collab was announced, so Sanrio characters appeared for just one show.
Back when Johnny (Kitagawa) was still alive, he'd throw in small changes on a whim sometimes though.
Johnny's/Starto is still rock solid.
Apparently a coworker of mine paid 120,000 yen for a hotel.
Couldn't snag anywhere cheaper, I guess.
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October 31, 2026
Some fans heading to Snow Man's Sapporo show (doors at 5:00 PM) got hit by
a massive delay on Jetstar flight GK105!!
The flight, originally set to depart at 8:35 AM, got pushed back to 3:25 PM, meaning some passengers wouldn't reach the venue until after the show had already started…
A video of the airport departure board went viral, with people calling for the show's start time to be pushed back
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There's a flood of 'couldn't make it to Snow Man because of Jetstar' stories going around, but
I don't get why all of them decided to just sit and wait from 8 AM to 3 PM for the same flight.
Just rebook immediately or get a refund, that's all I can think — especially on a budget airline, you'd think people would be glued to the flight-status page and jump the second fee-free rebooking opens up, that's just common sense.
Narita departure 08:35 (delayed to 16:09) → New Chitose arrival 10:15 (delayed to 17:32)
Delayed over 7 hours; every rebooking slot was full and there was no backup aircraft
Most of the passengers were Snow Man fans, and the concert started at 17:00
RIP
If there'd been a flight, flying into Asahikawa and taking the JR train into Sapporo might've actually been faster.
Well, actually — when you apply you pick a 1st through 3rd choice venue, but there's also a 4th option for 'anywhere is fine,' and if you check that without realizing, your 1st-3rd picks get ignored and you can end up assigned straight to Sapporo Dome.
Feels like they should just rebrand it 'Live House Sapporo Dome' at this point.
Oh, so they're manufacturing a 'sellout' by dumping cheap tickets?
What is this, the J.League or a basketball game?
Why's that?
Basically, Johnny's/Starto talent is popular before they even debut.
If you're not popular, you don't get to debut in the first place.
It's a different kind of obsession from male idol-otaku.
Totally get that.
There's a certain… clinginess to it, you know?
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
Dome tours by Johnny’s-affiliated groups like Snow Man involve fierce competition for seats: in the ticket lottery, applicants pick a 1st through 3rd choice venue, but there’s also a 4th slot for “anywhere is fine” — choosing it can mean your top three picks get overridden entirely and you’re assigned to a venue you never wanted. Among fans, the general understanding is that the setlist doesn’t change much over the course of a tour, apart from the occasional guest appearance when a collaboration is announced. The flight delay that drew so much attention was the result of overlapping rebooking and refund demands hitting a budget carrier at once — less a problem unique to Snow Man’s concert and more a case study in the kind of travel chaos that happens during peak congestion. The thread mixed comments amazed at the sheer 120,000-person turnout with comments poking fun at fan behavior — the real split wasn’t over how impressive the turnout was, but over how to view fan culture itself.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News+) thread “[Music] Snow Man Dome Tour: Fans Gather in Sapporo From Japan and Abroad, Over 120,000 Expected to Attend [Sapporo Dome]“.
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