Attending AKB48 handshakes: how-to (work in progress)

The purpose of this thread is to help foreign fans attend handshake events in Japan. It is constantly growing and changing, due to the addition of new information and changes occurring at the events themselves. If you have new information or questions, please post and we'll see what we can do.



While this thread is specifically written for handshake events, most of it should be valid for 2shot photo events as well.



Section A - Essential vocabulary



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Attending AKB48 handshakes: how-to (work in progress)