Kokusai-Tenjijo Station
Biannual running of the otaku fails to take place for second time in a row
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Master Blaster
Aug 14, 2022 - Tweet
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- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket Dash • COVID-19 • dojinshi • doujinshi • Kokusai-Tenjijo Station • manga • otaku • Running of the Otaku • Tokyo Big Sight)
The opening morning of Comiket looked very different this year, and so did the night before【Vids】
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Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2021
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 99 • doujinshi • Kokusai-Tenjijo Station • otaku • Running of the Otaku • video • Winter Comiket 2021)
Twice a year, mother nature treats us to one of her most spectacular phenomenon: the mass migration of otaku through Kokusai-Tenjijō Station in Tokyo.
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