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INTRODUCTION

Since the first edition, Japan Expo assigned itself two golden words: knowledge and entertainment. From Manga to J-Pop, Cosplay shows to Martial Arts, the festival tackles as much traditional Japanese culture as contemporary pop culture.

Japan Expo is not a mere festival but a real party event! Among the many exhibitors you can find all the publishers of the Manga, Anime and video games markets, a great deal of shops, Young Designers under Japanese influence, as well as hundreds of fanzines and amateur booths.

The festival is also a place of amazing meetings between passionate people who like to gather around thousands activities: conferences, fashion shows, martial arts initiations, previews, Cosplay, Karaoke contests, video game tournaments, live concerts…

But Japan Expo would be nothing without its prestigious guests! Mangaka, character designers, singers, directors, authors… Coming from Japan, France and other countries they have the opportunity here to meet their public and other artists.

For the 2010 new edition, the entire Japan Expo team is preparing a great deal of novelties, surprises and special activities for you. Of course, we cannot unveil everything now but here is a quick preview of some new activities: you will be able to take baseball lessons, the Japanese national sport, thanks to a Batting Center, but also discover the last music trends with the J.E. Music Box. You will be able to vote for the best video clips with the J.E. Music Contest. Eventually you will live an incredible experience through a giant photo exhibition, a true experience of Japanese countryside without leaving the festival!
 

EVENTS

Cosplay

As time goes by, Cosplay has become one of the most popular events at Japan Expo. That’s why there are more and more events related to Cosplay, to allow the attendees to have a complete view of this eternal Japanese trend. They can even take part in it! The Cosplay shows put forward the best French competitors, taking part in the parades on a tremendous stage: almost 15,000 people cheering the event and giving a unique atmosphere to the shows! The World Cosplay Summit, co-organized by TV Aichi in Japan, and whose stop in France bears the initials J.E, also allows the French winners to compete with the best Cosplayers on Earth!

Yet you do not need to compete with the best to try Cosplay in a purely friendly spirit: in the festival alleys, thousands of fans feel free to disguise as their favorite heroes or artists (Manga, Anime, Movies, Video games and even J-Music!). Every day, Japan Expo is a real show!

And since Cosplay is so inescapable, prodigious, entertaining and – will I say the words?? – so exhilarating and federative, Japan Expo is the first event all over the world to offer such a huge stage, entirely dedicated to this activity. Anybody can come and parade, without contest, without subscription list – in a word, free as the wind!

Fashion

Thanks to fashion shows and the Young Designers booths, Japan Expo is proud to help Japanese fashion develop in all its styles. The attendees gladly do their part of the job, since Tokyo street fashion can also be seen in the festival alleys!

It is the ideal place to discover original creations by dozens of creators, and maybe, who knows, you will find your next outfit in the Young Designers Village! This area is totally dedicated to “fashion addicts” and keeps growing every year, offering more clothes, more accessories, for an extravagant, gothic or lolita chic look! Now it is up to you to decide, whatever your style, whatever your taste!   

J.E. Live House

Edition after edition, concerts take a greater place at Japan Expo and now in the attendees’ hearts. Huge stars accepted to come at Japan Expo in the past few years, like Yoshiki (X Japan), the band AciD FLavoR, and the girls from Scandal, Betta Flash or Plastic Tree! A dozen of Japanese groups gave a show on the darkened stage of the J.E. Live House!

Now the J.E Live House has become the beating heart of the festival thanks to its capacity of 8,000 people. Imagine the incredible atmosphere in the place when thousands of people cheer their favorite stars together at the same time… You have to experience it to believe it!

Anime Screening

As time goes by, Japan Expo has made a name for itself, even in Japan. That’s how Japanese editors themselves wish to take part to the programming of our Projection Rooms! It is not only French exclusive Anime that we offer, but also and above all Word previews of the current Anime market. In 2008, a special montage of the new Cobra OAV was displayed to the public, testimony of an industry of entertainment more and more present among Japan Expo’s associates!

Let’s also thank the French editors who try hard to offer each year dozens of exclusive Anime!

Cultural Stage

The traditional cultures of Japan and other countries have always fascinated pop culture fans. The cultural stage, where Japan unveils its entire splendor during four days, is the ideal place to attend true traditional shows: Minyô, Kimono display, Ikebana, conferences, Nihon Buyô dance, tea ceremony, and many more!

It is a unique occasion to meet Japanese artists and passionate fans of Japan whose only goal is to display the most genuine aspects of their culture, which is often richer than imagined.

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