How to become an official BigEast member without residence in Japan. (very easy!)
Have you always wanted to be an official BigEast member but couldn’t because you don’t live in Japan or have friends in Japan who could do that for you? Now here is a very easy way to do that after all. ;) All you need is 5 minutes of your time and a Paypal account !
TUTORIAL: 1) Register on this website http://www.celga.com to make an account. (They have helped many Tohoshinki fans in the past so you are not the first to ask for their help.) 2) Once you have an account, log-in and look at the right side bar under “My Celga”, click on “webshop order”.
3) Now fill up the form like this: - Item count: 1 - Item name: Tohoshinki’s Bigeast Fanclub Membership - Item URL: http://toho-jp.net/fan - Quantity: 1 - Price: ¥5200 - Order info: “Hello there, I would like to sign up as a member of Tohoshinki’s Japanese fanclub, Bigeast. Please help me register as a member. Additional information:Date of birth: (Day/Month/Year) (write the month in words so there’s no misunderstandings!) Gender: Male/Female Thank you,(Name)” 4) Now click on submit and review your order. When everything is okay, confirm your order.Now the page will automatically show you a deposit. You have to pay that. Wait for an email from the Celga stuff. They will let you know when the order is proceeded. This could take a few days be patient. :) For the transfer of the money you need to have a Paypal account! Note: Celga fees are not included in this tutorial.When they registered you at BigEast you will be an official member. They will email you with your official member data such as Number and Log-in information. This could take a few weeks. And a few more weeks later you will get a notification that your member card has arrived at the warehouse. You can then ask for shipping and will receive this:
Once you’re a member you can order from the BigEast shop (you could buy the famous BigEast towel!! or any other official and limited fangoods). You can use Celga’s service to buy concert tickets too.
Membership lasts for 1 year. If you want to renew it you will have to pay a fee again but less than the first time you registered!
This is the link to the official shop where you can find all kinds of Tohoshinki goods: http://shop.mu-mo.net/st/fc/BGFC.html
Use “webshop order” on celga.com again to order it.
Additional info:
Avex sends out a magazine twice a year (summer and winter edition) that comes with a DVD. It’s free and for BigEast members only! This year (2013) they will send out the next magazines in mid July! Once it arrives you can request shipping!examples of the magazines:
(pic credits: celga) Continue your membership: After 1 year, Bigeast will send you an email and ask you if you want to continue your membership. If you want to continue your membership, you need to send Celga a fee of 5400yen and they will renew it for you. Just go to celga.com -> webshop order and fill it out as following: - Item count: 1 - Item name: Bigeast継続年会費お支払方法のご案内 - Item URL: http://fc.avex.jp/bigeast/continue/ - Quantity: 1 - Price: ¥3200- Order info: (add your name, bigeast number, birthday, your PASSWORD and maybe the exact date when your membership expires! it’s in the email you get from bigeast) And done. If you have any questions feel free to ask! credits: PhoenixFanclub
