GLAY ARENA TOUR 2026-2027 “EXOFIRE”— GLAY ARENA Tokyo tickets

Ariake Arena is a 15,000-capacity indoor venue in Koto City, Tokyo, purpose-built for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, where it hosted volleyball and wheelchair basketball. Since its February 2020 opening it has been repurposed as one of the capital's newest mid-tier concert and sports arenas, filling a gap between Yoyogi National Stadium and the larger Saitama Super Arena. The interior uses a wooden ceiling modelled on the curves of a traditional Japanese fan, a design by Kume Sekkei and NTT Facilities that also tunes reverberation for amplified music. Configurations range from centre-stage 360-degree setups to end-stage concerts with a lowered seat count of around 12,000; the lower bowl and two upper tiers are steep enough to keep sight lines close to the stage. Access is via the Rinkai Line to Kokusai-Tenjijo Station (about eight minutes on foot) or the Yurikamome monorail to Ariake-Tennis-no-Mori Station (five minutes), and the last Rinkai Line train toward Shin-Kiba runs past midnight — useful for post-encore transfers to JR. The surrounding Ariake district now clusters Ariake Garden mall, Panasonic Center Tokyo and several new hotels, which makes pre-show dining and late-night check-ins straightforward. Foreign fans should note that the arena enforces identity-checked entry for most K-pop runs: arrive at the will-call window with the original buyer's passport, or follow the resale QR flow shared the night before.