Over 1,200 Japanese fans traveled to Korea to see boy band Big Bang's return to the stage after a more than two-year absence.

The group held three concerts at the Olympic Park Gymnastic Stadium in Seoul from Friday to Sunday, with many of the Japanese visitors watching more than one of them. According to Look Korea Tour, which brought the fans here on a tour package, some 60 percent attended two concerts and 15 percent all three.

"I'd watch their concerts 10 or 20 times as long as I could get to see their faces," said one Japanese woman at the concert.

Japanese fans of Korean pop groups pay from W900,000 to W1.9 million (U$1=W1,127) for three- or four-day tours, which include attending concerts or other band events. These tourists tend to spend little money on shopping or sightseeing since their primary purpose is to watch the concerts.