Japan Expo
- Japan
- (AKB48 • idol groups • idol music • Japan Expo • live performance)
Photo Feature: Japan Expo 2014
-
Anime News Network
Jul 14, 2014
With more than 200,000 attendees visiting from all around the world, Japan Expo, the biggest anime convention in Europe, took place from July 2-6 at the Parc des Exposition in Paris. For its 15th Anniversary, Japan Expo invited numerous well-known and prestigious guests, including musicians Yoshiki and Kalafina, and character designer Daigo Ikeno. Other events included the European Cosplay Gathering finale, and the world premieres of Sword Art Online II and K: Missing Kings.
- Europe
- (Anime News Network • cosplay • Japan Expo • photos)
MOST POPULAR
Now
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
- Studio Ghibli unveils massive T-shirt collection featuring top anime movie characters
- One of Japan’s oldest castles now lets travelers spend night on the grounds, drink in its keep
- McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
- Is Japan’s massive Shizuoka steak sandwich really as delicious as it looks in promo photos?
- A visit to the ordinarily forbidden hall of Nara’s Hasedera Temple【Photos】
- Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
- The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there
- Moon prism comparison! Video places new, old Sailor Moon transformations side-by-side
Weekly
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
- Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
- Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
- Beautiful Red and Blue Star luxury trains set to be Japan’s new Hokkaido travel stars
- Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches
- McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
Monthly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
- Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
- Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
- We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen community
Yearly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
- Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
- One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
- We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
RECOMMENDED STORIES
- Is Japan’s massive Shizuoka steak sandwich really as delicious as it looks in promo photos?
- A visit to the ordinarily forbidden hall of Nara’s Hasedera Temple【Photos】
- Two things to do, and two things not to do, when leaving a traditional Japanese inn
- The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there
- Moon prism comparison! Video places new, old Sailor Moon transformations side-by-side
- Beyond sakura: How to tell a cherry blossom from a plum or peach flower
- Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
- Our reporter takes her 71-year-old mother to a visual kei concert for the first time
- Baby’s First Warmachine: the Perfect Mech for Your Tiny Supervillians!
- “Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood joint in Otaru!”
- Resol Poshtel: Cheap capsule hotel in Tokyo is a hit with overseas visitors, and we find out why
- Japanese grade students make working game consoles entirely out of cardboard for their summer homework
- Hamburg and Hamburg Shibuya: A Japanese restaurant you need to put on your Tokyo itinerary
-
Categories
Archives