Major Cosplay Event acosta! Takes Over Rural Daigo Town, Ibaraki

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A major cosplay event is heading somewhere you wouldn't expect: a small town in rural Ibaraki.

Daigo Town Becomes the Stage

acosta!, which Daigo Town describes as drawing more than 300,000 participants annually across its nationwide events, holds its Daigo Town edition on October 24, 2026, across multiple locations: the Bunka Fukushi Kaikan "Main," the Hitachi-Daigo Station shopping district, Fujita Tourist Apple Farm, Daigo Oyaki School, and Okukuji Tea Village Park, among other spots, connected by a free shuttle.

Cosplay Photography Meets Satoyama Scenery

Confirmed activities include cosplay photography, participant interaction, a cosplay dance stage, and local shop participation around town.

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What To Know

Bringing a major cosplay event with 300,000+ annual participants nationwide into a small rural town turns Daigo's retro streets, apple farm, and tea village park into cosplay backdrops that look nothing like a typical convention center - a genuinely different kind of cosplay photography experience.

acosta! moving into a satoyama (rural mountain-and-farmland) setting like Daigo Town is part of a broader trend of large Japanese fan events using rural towns as distinctive backdrops, giving both the event and the town new visibility.

What Fans Are Saying

• "Cosplay photos at an apple farm sound amazing."
• "Never expected a major cosplay event to come to Daigo."

Original Japanese

• 「りんご園でコスプレ撮影とは面白い」
• 「大子町にこんな大きなイベントが来るとは」

Easy Japanese

大きなコスプレイベント「acosta！」が、10月24日に茨城県の大子町で開かれます。町の色々な場所が会場になります。