Anime Events and Attractions
Anime in Tokyo, Japan
Check out the new Tokyo Anime Center Go to Tokyo Anime Center website
Inside an exhibit at theTokyo Anime Center
ANIME MUSEUMS
Ghibli Museum - website (in Japanese only)
A museum dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki, creator of of anime movies, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro. The museum concept takes the form of a giant maze with a warning, roughly translated from Japanese to English, "Let's Lose Our Way, Together".
To obtain tickets to the Ghibli Museum, you must purchase in advance and obtain registered tickets before you come to Tokyo. Go here to Order Tickets,outside of Japan: http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/ticket_info.html
Suginami Anime Museum - website (in Japanese)
for a simple translation from Japanese to English go here
AltaVista Babel Fish Translation
ANIME TOURS
A number of large, well known travel agencies from Japan offer anime tours. Consider making a reservation for these tours while you are ordering your airline tickets to Tokyo
Pop Japan Travel - Anime Tours
(Pop Japan Travel English site)
JBT USA
Tour itinerary
ANIME CONVENTIONS
Tokyo International Animation Fair
http://www.taf.metro.tokyo.jp/eng/ (English site)
Tokyo Character Show (Japanese site only)
http://event.1242.com/tcs/index.html
Comiket
http://www.comiket.co.jp/ (Japanese site only)
Anime Expo
http://www.axtokyo.jp/ (English site)
Tokyo Toy Festival at Tokyo Big Sight
This is one of the biggest toy markets in the world. General admission of 1,000 yen. Free for children 12 years and younger. Check Tokyo Big Site website for detail
Tokyo Game Show 2004, 2005, 200...
http://tgs.cesa.or.jp/english/index.html (English site)
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