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Tiendas de Akihabara, maid cafés, torneos TCG, exposiciones de figuras y cine & convenciones de anime — verificado, bien mostrado y explicado para fans extranjeros: libre de impuestos, inglés, normas de fotos y cómo entrar.
Las grandes convenciones por las que vale la pena planear el viaje — fechas verificadas y cómo entran los extranjeros.
Comic Market 108 (C108) — Aug 15–16, 2026, Tokyo Big SightAug 15–16, 2026 at Tokyo Big Sight: the world's largest doujinshi fair, and the finale of Comiket's 50th-anniversary year. Paid wristband admission — how foreigners buy one, inside.
Wonder Festival 2026 [Summer]The world's largest garage-kit and figure festival, held for one day at Makuhari Messe on July 26, 2026. Theme: "Exploration."Tokyo Game Show 2026 — Sept 17–21, Makuhari MesseTokyo Game Show 2026 closed on 20 September 2026 with 257,642 visitors over four days: the 30th-anniversary show was booked for a record five days, but the final day (21 September) was cancelled outright for Typhoon No. 25. This page is the record of the show — figures, day-by-day attendance, and the TGS2027 dates.Niconico Chokaigi 2027 is officially confirmed for April 2027, but exact dates, venue and tickets haven't been announced yet. Here's what Chokaigi is, how its 2026 edition topped the year before (though still short of the pre-pandemic 2019 turnout), and how to catch the official announcement.
The world's largest garage-kit and figure festival returns to Makuhari Messe for a two-day event — the first in 36 years — officially confirmed for February 13–14, 2027.
The 13th Autumn Reitaisai, Japan's biggest Touhou Project doujinshi fair, runs Sunday, October 4, 2026, at Tokyo Big Sight East Hall — English go-info for it is almost nonexistent, which is exactly the gap this guide fills.
Comic Market 109 (Winter Comiket) runs December 29–31, 2026, at Tokyo Big Sight — a rare 3-day edition after several 2-day Comikets in a row, with East Halls 4–6 still closed for renovation.
Jump Festa 2027 runs 19–20 December 2026 at Makuhari Messe, 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), free to enter — but last edition every visitor from elementary school age up needed a free app-issued ticket, allocated by lottery in autumn. Miss it and you can't get in on the day.
Japan's largest anime industry expo. The 2027 edition relocates from Tokyo to INTEX Osaka, with public days announced for March 27–28, 2027.
EVANGELION STORE TOKYO-01 is the official Evangelion flagship store on 6F of the Ikebukuro PARCO main building, a 1-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station's East Exit, open 11:00–21:00 and tax-free. It moved from P'PARCO 2F in March 2023.
Pokémon Center TOKYO DX is on 5F of the Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. East Building, open 10:30–21:00 daily, direct from Nihombashi Station exit B2, tax-free in-store, with the reservation-only Pokémon Cafe TOKYO on the same floor.
Toranoana's Ikebukuro Store B is one of the shops that defines Otome Road — a women-only 7th-floor doujinshi and BL/otome goods floor a minute from Ikebukuro Station.
A single-floor retro video game specialty shop on Osaka's Otaroad, billed by the operator as having the largest retro-game selection in western Japan. Open every day, no closures.
A four-floor Mandarake branch in Nagoya's Osu shopping district, open every day of the year, buying and selling secondhand manga, toys, doujinshi, idol goods and cosplay.
Jungle Nagoya is a two-floor secondhand hobby shop on Osu's Akamon-dori arcade specializing in tokusatsu heroes, robot anime and figure collectibles, with current-series merchandise downstairs and vintage finds like Kamen Rider and Mazinger Z upstairs.
Four Akihabara maid cafés compared on what you actually pay, how long you can stay, English support, photo rules and opening hours: @home cafe (¥850 admission + one drink), Maidreamin (¥880 per hour + order), Cure Maid Café and Cafe Mai:lish (no seat charge posted). All figures from each café's official site, checked 2026-09-23.
AGF 2026 runs November 7–8, 2026 at Sunshine City, Ikebukuro. Tickets are Fast ¥3,000, General ¥1,800, Afternoon ¥1,000 and Evening ¥800 (tax incl.); the General lottery closes September 24, 23:59 JST. What overseas visitors need for face-ID e-tickets, the passport rule, the no-account Evening ticket and the free stages — checked against official sources.
New One Piece Card Game boosters at Tokyo's three official shops (Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya) are lottery-only, with an ID check and one checkout per person per day. Addresses, hours, the 1-box limit, card shops for singles in Akihabara and Ikebukuro, and the Japanese-card region rule, checked 2026-09-23.
Grand Blue's everyday setting is Kawana in Ito, Shizuoka — an 88 Anime Spots 2026 pick. The five real places from the anime, the 370-yen Izukyu fare from Ito Station, Rakumiya Marugen's hours (no reservations, 32 seats) and where to try-dive, all from official sources with check dates.
Amanchu! is set in Ito City, Shizuoka. What is still officially verifiable is two Tokai Bus wrapping buses (no fixed timetable) and three named partner companies. The Ito / Izu-Kogen 2-Day pass is 1,800 yen and rises to 2,150 yen for passes sold from 1 October 2026. Station fares and Marine Town's real numbers, each with the date we checked.
Osaka's otaku district is a single walkable strip, so one day genuinely covers it. Open early at Joshin and Surugaya (10:00), hit Mandarake and Volks from 12:00, and finish on Otaroad — all between Ebisucho and Namba.
