Venue Map
Point at an island and the guides C and T hop over to introduce it.Tap an island and C and T show you around. Tap the same island again to go in.
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We cover cosplay first, along with related subcultures such as anime and games, and Web3 topics including COT (Cosplay Token).
Same destinations as the map. Press Tab to choose an island and Enter to open it.
Making and enjoying cosplay: costumes, makeup, photography, events and more.
Shibuya Ward's slogan for this Halloween is 'Goodbye Bad Halloween.' A year-round ban on drinking in the street, a 2,000-yen fine for littering, and road closures from October 30: the rules to know before you head out in costume, from the ward and police announcements.
A cosplay day at Comiket starts at the registration desk and the changing room, and the organizer's official cosplay support page lays it out from there. I followed it as a first-timer would: the 500-yen-a-day registration, the changing rooms in the Conference Tower and TFT, the cosplay areas, the rules on costumes and photos, and what the cloakroom costs.
Before you post a cosplay photo, the copyright question tends to surface — what about the costume itself? The Cabinet Office's press conference summaries and the Agency for Cultural Affairs' explainer show what the government actually says, with examples of rights holder guidelines that mention cosplay, and the order to check things in before shooting or posting.
Five events, five different answers to 'what does the cosplay registration fee actually cover?' Side by side, the official guides for acosta!, Ikeharo, Stofes, Tokyo Game Show and Comiket show how far your fee or pass gets you for changing rooms and bag storage — and which events also need a separate entry ticket.
Shooting cosplay at an event, posting it online — each step has its own consent question. The official rules of Comiket, Ikeharo and acosta!, plus guidance from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and Japan's Ministry of Justice, cover whose consent you need, how crowding shots and low angles are treated, and where to turn if your photo is posted without permission.
Can you bring a prop sword or gun to an event — and how do you carry it there? Comiket's and Ikeharo's official rules, with explanations from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and Nagano Prefectural Police, cover Japan's Swords and Firearms Control Law and Minor Offenses Act, and who to ask when in doubt.
Anime, games, manga and other culture connected to cosplay.
Same year, same report: two numbers appeared — 'the anime market is worth 3,840.7 billion yen' and '466.2 billion yen.' Both are called 'the anime market,' yet they differ by more than eight times. The Association of Japanese Animations' preliminary 2024 figures, read closely, separate the industry market from the production market — plus where growth is coming from overseas, and what to watch for when you quote the numbers.
AnimeJapan 2026 drew a record crowd — more than 156,000 visitors (an estimate). From the organizer's closing report and the official site: the number of exhibitor booths, the registration fee and rules for Cosplayers World, and the move to Osaka from 2027.
Obon and the year-end holidays are both when I go home, and Comiket overlaps both — so I've never made it there. The organizer's after-report, then: C108's attendance of 260,000 over two days, the circle space count, and the changing room registrations — plus C109, three days at the end of the year.
Explains the Web3 mechanisms related to cosplay, such as COT (Cosplay Token), keeping facts separate from plans.
Web3 articles are for information only. Operator’s position
'Isn't gacha gambling?' That is the question this piece follows through industry guidelines and documents from Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency and Digital Agency. How those documents line up random sales against the crime of gambling and the Premiums and Representations Act, and what users can check for themselves. It is not a legal conclusion.
Investment pitches on social media, romance scams that start on matching apps, messages claiming to be official, unregistered providers — crypto scams reach people through a handful of repeated routes. Warnings and figures from Japan's National Police Agency and National Consumer Affairs Center, backed by the Financial Services Agency and Consumer Affairs Agency, lay out the patterns and the official places to get help.
'It's 20% now' and 'it's still aggregate taxation' — you hear both. Reading the National Tax Agency's FAQ and the FY2026 reform overview, I tried to sort out what is actually settled: what the law has decided about 20% separate taxation, and why the start date is still undecided.
The cosplay Main Stage is in the middle, with the Costume Workshop and Photo Studio around it. Subculture Town is a little farther out, and the Web3 island lies at the end of a thin bridge of light.
The heart of COTPIA. From here you can read event reports and profiles of people devoted to making their work.
Destination: Cosplay category / Events, Reports, Profiles
The entrance to articles on the “making” side of cosplay: patterns and sewing, makeup, prop building and more (within the Cosplay category).
Destination: Cosplay category / Costumes, Makeup, Prop making
The entrance to articles on photography: how to light, compose and show off a pose (within the Cosplay category).
Destination: Cosplay category / Photography, Posing
Covers topics connected to cosplay, such as the works cosplay is based on and doujin and creative culture.
Destination: Subculture category / Anime, Manga, Games, Creative work
A small island on the outer edge. It explains the Web3 mechanisms related to cosplay, keeping what is already decided (facts) separate from what is planned.
Destination: Web3 category / COT, How it works
An island where you can play COT mini-games. We are getting it ready for opening soon.
Destination: none (coming soon) / Mini-games
The guides C and T are COT characters (they have no official names).
