Event Stories

• Sensoji Temple Blends 1,400 Years of Asakusa History With Digital Light
• Bangkok's National Book Fair Turns QSNCC Into a Giant World of Books
• From Tokyo to Bangkok: Japan's Game Culture Heads to gamescom asia × Thailand Game Show
• Diwali Festa Nishikasai Brings India's Festival of Lights to Tokyo
• atmoscon 2026 Turns Shinjuku Into a Playground for Sneakers, Music and Street Culture
• Appare! HALLOWEEN FES. Takes Over Shibuya With a Multi-Venue Idol Festival
• ROPPONGIWEEN 2026 Unites Six Roppongi Clubs and Bars for Halloween
• Philippine Festival Tokyo 2026 Brings Filipino Culture and P-Pop to Yoyogi Park
• Setagaya Bread Festival 2026 Brings 260 Bakery and Food Entries to Tokyo
• Kanda Curry Grand Prix 2026 Lets Tokyo Fans Vote for This Year's Curry Champion
• Malaysia Fair 2026 Brings Food, Dance and Traditional Culture to Toyosu
• WOMB Halloween Brings Craig Richards and Ivan Smagghe to Shibuya
• Hoshimachi Suisei Takes Over Tokyu Kabukicho Tower With KABUKICHO STELLAR TOWER
• Pokemon Celebrates 30 Years With Special Christmas Illumination in Yokohama
• Okayama Momo Anime Festival Brings Cosplay, Voice Actors and Anison to the City This Weekend
• Gintama Takes Over Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA With Kabukicho-Themed Collaboration
• My Hero Academia HERO HOLICS Cafe Opens at Osaka's HEP FIVE
• Love Live's Ikizulive! Opens Winter Date Pop-Up in Shibuya
• Lucca Comics & Games 2026: What to See as the 60th Anniversary Festival Approaches
• YuniCon 2026 Reveals Full Weekend Schedule With SPYAIR and Saki Fujita
• ACE Bangkok 2026: How the Anime Event Connects With gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show
• Comic Frontier 23 Guide: Comifuro Returns to ICE BSD City
• NIJISANJI Speciale Opens 'Rabbiale' Collaboration at Animate Cafe
• Azur Lane's Funwari Harbor POP UP STORE Opens in Akihabara
• Sanrio Characters Return to Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA for a New Bath Collaboration
• ACE Bangkok 2026 Turns Thailand Into a Major Anime and Gaming Destination
• Japan Touch 2026 Brings a 45,000-Visitor Celebration of Japanese Culture to Lyon
• A Yokai Alley Takes Over Haneda Airport for Japan's Halloween Week
• Major Cosplay Event acosta! Takes Over Rural Daigo Town, Ibaraki
• Luminous Witches Museum Takes Over Akihabara Gamers This October
• Horror & Mystery Fest Takes Over Daimaru Umeda This Halloween Season
• KonoSuba Celebrates 10 Years With a Full Exhibition in Akihabara
• Girls Band Cry Special Exhibition Opens at Anime Tokyo Station This November
• Tokyo Revengers' BAKUSO POP UP Tour Hits Seoul, Taipei, and Bangkok
• Theatrical Anime Hyakuemu. Pop-Up Store Opens in Shibuya This Week
• Nintama Rantaro Teams Up With Atami and Noboribetsu Onsen for a GPS Stamp Rally
• Lucca Comics & Games Celebrates 60 Years With "LEGACY" in 2026
• Manga Barcelona 2026 Builds Major Guest Lineup With Junji Ito, Reol and Shoji Kawamori
• Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes 2026 Adds Kis-My-Ft2's Toshiya Miyata as Special Guest
• Niigata Idol Festival 2026 Expands Into Cosplay and Pop Culture at Bandai City
• Japan Family Day Brings Anime, Cosplay and Japanese Culture to California
• Crown Point Anime-Fest Brings Anime, Manga and Cosplay Fans Together in Indiana
• Aki Fest Brings Anime, Cosplay and Fandom Culture to Yerevan This Halloween
• Madrid Otaku 2026 Marks 10 Years of Japanese Culture at La Caja Mágica
• YuniCon 2026 Brings Cosplay, Maid Cafe, and SPYAIR to Austria
• FACTS Fall 2026 Brings Belgium's Biggest Pop Culture Celebration to Ghent
• Éternellement Manga 2026 Brings Japanese Pop Culture to Southern France
• Manga Matsuri's Halloween Edition Brings Cosplay and Manga to Eastern France
• Made in Asia Fall 2026 Brings Anime, Manga and Cosplay Fans Together in Brussels
• TOKYO ANIME NEXT Reveals 2026 Program With Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan and Conan Orchestra Event
• Japan Days 2026 Brings Cosplay, J-Pop and Japanese Culture to Rome
• Anime & Manga Spot EXPO 2026 Turns Ikebukuro Into a Celebration of Japan's Anime Destinations
• Nasza Japonia Brings Anime, Cosplay and Japanese Culture to Poland This November
• Tokyo BD Festival 2026 Explores the Creative Connection Between Manga and European Comics
• JAPAN Fes Continues Its New York Tour With an Upper East Side Stop
• Kumoricon 2026 Brings VTuber PorcelainMaid to Portland, Oregon This November
• OC Japan Fair Continues This Weekend After Friday Cancellation Due to Santa Ana Winds
• KouYouCon 2026 Brings Anime, Matsuri and Japanese Culture to Heilbronn
• Japan Otaku Festival 2026 Brings Japanese Pop Culture to Évreux This Weekend
• AnimeGO! 2026 Brings Cosplay, Manga and Japanese Pop Culture to Adelaide
• Japan Event 2026 Brings Manga, Anime and a New Concert to Clermont-Ferrand
• Canberra Nara Candle Festival 2026 Celebrates Japanese Culture Under Thousands of Lights
• Yamato Manga Fest 2026 Brings Manga, Cosplay and Japanese Culture to Semur-en-Auxois
• Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2026: Experience Japanese Tea Culture
• KOMAFES 2026 Brings Anime, Music and Traditional Culture to Nakano
• MEX Berlin 2026 Celebrates Anime, Manga and Japanese Pop Culture
• Japanese Film Festival Ireland 2026: Japanese Cinema Across Ireland
• Japanese Author Nao-cola Yamazaki Tours Six UK Cities in October 2026
• Kawagoe Festival 2026: Japan's Grandest Float Festival Returns October 17–18
• Machi Asobi Vol.31 Brings TYPE-MOON, Azur Lane, and Demon Slayer to Tokushima
• Autumn MondoCon 2026: Anime Concerts and Cosplay Take Over Budapest
• AnimeCon Dublin 2026 Brings Voice Actors Lex Lang and Sandy Fox to Ireland
• Japan Fest Northampton 2026: Taiko, Kendo, and Street Food Fill Franklin's Gardens
• Global Festa JAPAN 2026 Fills Shinjuku With International Cooperation and Culture
• Beyond the Festival: What Global Festa JAPAN Reveals About Japan's International Cooperation
• MCM London Comic Con Returns to ExCeL for Three Days of Anime, Gaming, and Cosplay
• World Cosplay Summit UK Qualifier: The Road From London to Nagoya
• Kyoto's Awata Festival Opens October 10, Carrying Nearly 1,000 Years of History
• New Urban Arts Festival ARTE TOKYO Opens October 10 Across Three Tokyo Districts
• Japan-America Friendship Festival Returns to Newport, Rhode Island, October 17
• Osaka-Kansai Expo Marks One-Year Closing Anniversary With Three Days of Events
• X VORDER RUNWAY Brings VTubers, Game Characters and Real Artists Together at Makuhari Messe
• More Than 100 Idol Acts Are Heading to Ueno for Four Days of Giga Mori MAX Live
• LEAF EXPO 2026 Brings VTubers, Agencies, Fans and Creators Together in Tokyo
• Tsubame-Sanjo Japan Fest Mixes Music, Fashion and Local Craft Culture in Niigata
• Habatake! Idol Festival Draws More Than 1,000 Visitors in Osaka’s Two-Day Autumn Event
• Tokyo’s Mugi Fes Celebrates Japan’s New Wheat With Bread, Ramen, Pizza and Sweets
• Working Factories Become Art Venues at the New Setouchi Art & Industry Festival
• Autumn Meteorite 2026 Brings International Performing Arts to Ikebukuro This October
• TGC 2026 A/W Brings Japan's Biggest Idol Names to the Runway in Yokohama
• Okinawan Culture Takes Over Kawasaki Racecourse This Silver Week
• Japan's Idol and Fashion Worlds Meet at Yokohama Arena Today
• Japan's AI Filmmakers Bring 90-Second Movies to an Odaiba Cinema
• Odaiba Turns Mexican for Three Days at Fiesta Mexicana 2026
• JAPAN Fes Makes Its Albany Debut Today
• Hololive Reveals New Four-Member Unit Asobi★Mawaritai!
• Shibuya's Konno Hachimangu Festival Brings 14 Mikoshi to the City
• Sydney Sake Festival 2026 Marks 50 Years of Australia-Japan Friendship
• Japan Weekend Madrid 2026 Finalizes Lineup With Liella!, May'n and Katsuyuki Konishi
• Tennoz Art Week Opens Tokyo's Galleries and Artist Studios to the Public
• AC-bu Reimagines Kyu Sakamoto's "Ashita ga Aru Sa" in a New Shinjuku Exhibition
• JapanFest Atlanta 2026 Brings "Timeless Japan" to Georgia This September
• Yoshitaka Amano's "Big Bang" Brings Nearly 30 Years of Art to Houston
• OSK Nippon Revue Company Brings a Century of Japanese Revue Culture to Singapore
• Japanese Classic Car Show 2026 Brings Kyusha Culture Back to Long Beach
• Keiro no Hi Festival Brings Japan's Respect for the Aged Tradition to Los Angeles
• Aki Matsuri Brings a Japanese Fall Festival to Ardmore, Pennsylvania
• Swallowtail 4K Remaster Opens Today — Iwai Shunji's 1996 Classic Returns, Fully Supervised
• Germany's Biggest Volunteer-Run Anime Convention, Connichi, Opens This Weekend in Wiesbaden
• TOFROM YAESU TOWER, a New Tokyo Station Landmark, Opens September 10
• Tokyo Performing Arts Festival 2026 Is Underway — Two Months of Theater, Dance and Circus Across the City
• Shibuya Sky's Rooftop Festival Puts Bon Odori 229 Meters Above the City
• Nezu Shrine's Reitaisai Brings a Once-Every-Four-Years Mikoshi Procession on September 27
• Tokyo's MOT Opens a Major Taiwan–Japan Modern Art Exhibition on September 5
• Japanese Curry Festival 2026 Adds a Third Venue — Toranomon Hills Joins September 11
• Azabudai Hills' Outdoor Cinema Returns for Its Longest Run Yet — Six Nights This September
• China Festival 2026 Brings Food, Culture and Stage Performances to Yoyogi Park This Weekend
• This Weekend's Free Live-Performance Showcase Lands Right at Takanawa Gateway Station
• A Taiwan Night Market Lands in Hibiya Park, Complete With a Nightly Sky Lantern Release
• Kaminarimon Bon Odori Brings Dance and Lantern Light to Asakusa
• Yokohama Night Flowers Lights Up Shinko Pier Ahead of the 2027 Green Expo
• TRY A TOKYO SENTO Makes Tokyo's Public Baths 300 Yen Through October
• animate Theater LIVE 2026 Reaches Its Final Day in Ikebukuro
• Tokyo Opens Registration for an International Conference on Culture and Inclusion
• The Real Squid Game in Shibuya Is Ending August 31
• JFF Theater Launches a New Kiyoshi Kurosawa Film Lineup on September 2
• The Haruhi Suzumiya 20th Anniversary SOS Exhibition Ends August 30 in Ikebukuro
• Animaga Melbourne 2026 Brings Anime, Cosplay and Gaming to the MCEC
• AniManGaki 2026 Brings Cosplay, Games and Japanese Pop Culture to Malaysia
• hololive Announces Two-Day "Wacha Wacha School Festival" at Keio Arena Tokyo
• Harajuku Omotesando Super Yosakoi 2026 Brings Dance and Color to Tokyo This Weekend
• Asakusa Samba Carnival 2026 Returns with a Major Parade Through Tokyo
• Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori 2026 Takes Over the Streets This Weekend
• Anime Events in Japan: How Conventions, Exhibitions and Fan Festivals Work
• Anpanman's Creator Yanase Takashi Gets His First-Ever Major Retrospective — Now in Tokyo
• Comic Market 109 Returns to a Three-Day Format, First Time in Years
• Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2026: Exploring the Future of Mobility at Makuhari Messe
• Anime NYC 2026: How Fans Around the World Celebrated Japanese Pop Culture
• Fancy Frontier FF47: Inside Taiwan's Biggest Doujin Convention as It Wraps Up Its Final Day
• Life-Sized Unicorn Gundam Statue's Final Ceremony Set for August 29, With YouTube Livestream
• Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes 2026 Tickets Go on Sale September 4
• Tokyo Comic Con 2026: December 11-13 at Makuhari Messe
• 39th Tokyo International Film Festival: October 26-November 4 in Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi, and Ginza
• Rakuten GirlsAward 2026 Autumn/Winter: September 26 at Makuhari Messe, Marking Its 30th Anniversary
• Tokyo Ramen Festa 2026: October 30-November 3 at Komazawa Olympic Park
• Design Festa vol.64: November 14-15 at Tokyo Big Sight
• Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO 2027 S/S: August 31-September 5, Centered on Shibuya Hikarie
• RESISTANCE Tokyo 2026: The Independent Techno/House Stage Within Ultra Japan's Weekend
• Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes 2026: October 30-November 1, With Enako Returning After 7 Years
• TOKYO Toy Show 2026: August 27-30 at Tokyo Big Sight
• Mynavi TGC 2026 A/W: September 19 at Yokohama Arena, Themed "NEW GRAVITY"
• What to Expect at a Japanese Cosplay Event: A First-Timer's Guide
• Good Smile Fes 2026 Osaka: What to Know About the August 22-23 Figure Event
• Summer Sonic 2026 Tokyo: What Fans Need to Know
• Summer Sonic 2026: Japanese Artists International Fans Should Watch
• BABYMETAL at Summer Sonic 2026: Why This Year Is Special
• ULTRA JAPAN 2026: What Fans Need to Know
• What Is ULTRA JAPAN? Tokyo's Global EDM Festival Explained
• What Is AnimeJapan? Japan's Major Anime Industry Event Explained
• What Is Jump Festa? Shueisha's Biggest Annual Fan Event, Explained by Marine
• Capsule Hotels & Budget Accommodation: A Practical Guide for Fans Visiting Japan
• Planning Your First Japan Fan Trip: A Practical Checklist
• NIJISANJI Koshien 2026 Kicks Off With a Dramatic Bottom-of-the-9th Comeback
• NIJISANJI Koshien 2026, Explained: VTuber Livers Face Off in a Power Pro Baseball Tournament
• hololive Brings SUPER KARAOKE PARTY to Anime NYC 2026 for the First Time
• The KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS × PARCO GAMES Strand Store Is Live at Shibuya PARCO Through August 30
• Ikebukuro Manga Anime Weeks 2026: Stamp Rally and PARCO Pop Culture Park, Both Running Now
• Japan's Fan Culture Calendar for Late Summer 2026: From Ikebukuro to Tokyo Game Show
• AFA Indonesia 2026: What Fans Need to Know Before the Event
• Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026: What First-Time Visitors Should Know
• Universal Cool Japan 2026: Japanese Franchises and Visitor Information
• Why Fans Travel to Japan for Anime, Manga, Games and Events
• IDOL SUMMER JUNGLE 2026: Tickets, Schedule and What Fans Should Know
• Comic Market 108: Final Updates for International Visitors
• Anime NYC 2026: Japanese Pop Culture Highlights to Watch
• Anime Expo, Explained: A First-Timer's Guide to Japanese Pop Culture in Los Angeles
• Japan Expo Paris, Explained: A Guide for First-Time Visitors
• AFA Singapore, Explained: Anime, Music, and Japan's Ties to Southeast Asia
• Comic Fiesta, Explained: Where Malaysian Fans Meet Japanese Pop Culture
• HYPER JAPAN, Explained: A Guide to London's Japanese Culture Festival
• SMASH! Sydney, Explained: A First-Timer's Guide for Anime and Manga Fans
• World Cosplay Summit 2026 Winners and Championship Highlights
• TIF 2026 Tickets and Wristbands: What to Know If You're Going Today
• TIF 2026 in Odaiba: A First-Timer's Guide to Getting There and Getting Around
• World Cosplay Summit 2026: Nagoya's World Championship of Cosplay
• Japan's Summer Fan Event Calendar 2026: TIF, Comiket, Magical Mirai, and More
• How TIF Works: Stages, Timetables, and Finding Your Next Oshi
• Japan Expo Paris 2026: Highlights and Fan Reactions
• Where Is Tokyo's Next Culture Scene Forming? Takanawa, Toranomon, and the New DJ-Culture Corridor

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