Comiket - Day 1 - Blogabond

Comiket 78 day 1 is over and my feet are tired. Bought some stuff, got some more for free and rubbed shoulders with countless other visitors. But from the beginning:

Miraikan-line

Wanted to enter the Miraikai again before going to Comiket to avoid the crowds (two hours waiting are quite possible if you reach there at the point of opening) and was greeted with the picture on the left. This line obviously ends at the entrance of the Miraikan, loops back (as you see in the picture), reaches the facade again, goes on along it to the opposite corner of this - very big - building, turns at the corner, continues there, then loops back to reach the facade again and ends near the corner opposing the entrance. Oh, and the markings on the street suggest that an even longer line is expected and manageable, by a slalom through eight trees, for example.
If I wanted enormous lines in the morning I would have gone to the Comiket first --> exactly what I did then.

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Entering - Riding the masses

After exiting the station I found a loop though the area in front of the Big Sight, but this was not really a line but a lot of people walking in the same direction. Didn't cost much time, but the sheer number of visitors is amazing. The venue can handle it, however, it really is BIG. Many halls, multiple storeys and you walk quite some time from one end to the other. Of course all the circles (35,000 of them, approximately) selling their stuff and all the potential buyers checking it out are taking the time spent exploring the area to a whole new level. Pictures are banned except for the cosplay areas, but it was an interesting experience in there. From the small circles selling their doujins to the big companies and makers having their booths with long lines in front of them and lots of stuff to hand you can get pretty much everything you need to satisfy your otaku needs.

Cosplay area - Day 1

And there are the cosplayers, great numbers of them. Not much more to say, just take a look:

Angel Beats pair

Mario

Fuehrer (the second one of the day)

Ranka [Macross Frontier]

Macross Frontier pair

DRRR!! pair

Kuririn [DB(Z)]

Thriller Bark pair [One Piece]

One Piece group

BASARA group

Kurushitsuji group

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (I guess)

By the way, I saw someone dressed as Hitler inside, but not on the cosplay area, thus two Fuehrers.

Also there was this line with people putting their stuff into boxes and handing it to the guys at the stand --> I am pretty sure they are sending it home this was, a business opportunity well taken, if you ask me.

As I said before, pictures are banned inside, but I came across this spot on my way out, should give you a feeling for what's going on:

Circle hall

So long and stay tuned,
JuergenS

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JuergenS on August 13, 2010 from Tokyo, Japan

from the travel blog: Two month of Japan

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