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Nagoya-City World Cosplay Summit 2024

Date : 08/02/2024 - 08/04/2024

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One of the world's biggest cosplay festivals

Japan's culture of anime, manga, games, and special effects has recently been spreading far and wide around the world. Its breakthrough in recent years is particularly striking—even now becoming an international phenomenon of youth culture.

And one of the largest cosplay festivals—the World Cosplay Summit—is back in 2024 from Friday, August 2 to Sunday, August 4. World Cosplay Championship 2024 acts as the main event with the representative cosplayers from countries around the world coming to duke it out for the title in the city of Nagoya. A cosplay runway and numerous other events make for another tantalizing time.

From Nagoya to the rest of Japan… and the world!

World Cosplay Summit

Started in 2003, the World Cosplay Summit—or WCS—grew exponentially in the following years to become a mecca for international cosplayers. The event is held each summer in the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, and in 2023, hosted more than 36 countries and regions.
Nagoya works to invigorate its own local communities and stimulate the economy under the motto of "Cosplay" while at the same time offering a funfilled opportunity to enter a world of anime, manga, game, and other characters as they walk the streets. It's even spreading the joy around the world via online streaming.

Ticket info

A variety of tickets are available for purchase. Check the official website and ticket guide for details.

Click here for ticket details in English (external site)

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: Fri, Aug 2–Sun, Aug 4, 2024
Holding time	: • Fri, Aug 2: 6:00 pm–9:00 (Red Carpet Ceremony: 7:00 pm–8:30 pm) • Sat, Aug 3: 11:00 am–9:00 pm • Sun, Aug 4: 11:00 am–9:00 pm Note: • Schedule subject to change. For the latest information, check the official World Cosplay Summit website.
Place	: • Oasis21 • Aichi Arts Center (Main Hall) • Hisaya-Odori Park • Flarie • Osu Shopping Street
Location	: 〒461-0005 1-11-1, Higashi-Sakura, Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi (Oasis21)

Parking	: Paid parking available (512 spaces) Art Park Tokai (Aichi Arts Center basement) • Basic fee: JPY 300/every 30 minutes • Weekday fee: JPY 1,200 maximum flat fee (10:00 am–6:00 pm [final exit time], Mon–Fri) Note: • The basic fee occurs for use exceeding weekday parking hours.
Streaming platforms	: Niconico, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and X

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

LINK

World Cosplay Summit 2024 website

ACCESS

Access by public transport

To Oasis21:
From Nagoya Station, take the Higashiyama Subway Line. Get off at Sakae Station and walk 1 min. from Exit 4.
Access by car

Approx. 3 min. from the Toshincho Exit on the Nagoya Expressway's Circle 1 route.

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ACCESS MAP

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