“AKI FES” (Akihabara Festival) 2015 Autumn
Date: Sunday, October 25 – Sunday, November 1, 2015
“AKI FES” 2015 Autumn will be held in Akihabara area, Tokyo for eight days starting from Sunday, October 25 to Sunday, November 1 by Akihabara Festival Executive Committee (*１). This festival aims to attract tourists from home and overseas to Akihabara, let them spend time there and revitalize the area.
Events on a stage and lottery will be held in BelleSalle Akihabara this time. For foreign visitors, a Free Wi-Fi card will be handed out, and the expansion of tax-free coverage which started last year will be publicized.
“Halloween party 2015 in Akihabara,” “Kochi vs Tottori Manga Kingdom Conference 2015 in AKIBA,” “TAMASHII NATION 2015” and “Special sales of tax-free stores” will be held at the same time, so you can enjoy the whole area of Akihabara all day as if it were a theme park.
To promote visitors’ spend time visiting many spots, if you shop and receive a lottery ticket at the tax-free stores and/or about 70 stores which are the members of “Akihabara Omotenashi (hospitality) Project,” you can participate in Garapon lottery. You may win a prize such as Akihabara multi-coupon, the gift certificate equivalent to 1,000 yen, which can be used on smartphone and at the 47 stores in Akihabara, without drawing a blank. (The lottery venue is BelleSalle Akihabara.)
We will grow and enhance “Aki Fes” toward 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games so that everyone from all over the world can enjoy it.
*１: Akihabara Festival Executive Committee: Akihabara Shinkokai, Akihabara Shopping District Promotion Cooperative, avex vanguard Inc., ＮＴＴ East (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION), Sumitomo Fudosan BELLESALLE Co., Ltd., BANDAI Co., Ltd., BIGWEST FRONTIER, NPO Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association (ATPA)
| Date | 12:00 – 18:00, Sunday, October 25 – Sunday, November 1, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Event space in BelleSalle Akihabara MAP |
| Events | ・Stage event (October 25 only) ・Distributing of a Free Wi-Fi card (to foreign visitors only) ・Garapon lottery ・Food and drink corner |
| Fee | Free（except the food and drink corner. For Garapon lottery, a lottery ticket is required and it is given when a certain amount of purchase is made.) |
| Organizer | Akihabara Festival Executive Committee
（Akihabara Shinkokai, Akihabara Shopping District Promotion Cooperative, avex vanguard Inc., NTT East (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION), Sumitomo Fudosan BELLESALLE Co., Ltd., BANDAI Co., Ltd., BIGWEST FRONTIER, NPO Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association (ATPA)） |
| Supporting organizations | Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau |
Halloween party 2015 in Akihabara
Date: Sunday, October 25
Venue: B1F HALL, BelleSalle Akihabara
Fee: 4,000 yen including tax (Advance ticket required with reference number for standing only) Admission may be limited when the venue is crowded.
Event: Live event with many idols including / Cheeky Parade / GEM / 愛乙女★DOLL (Lovely Doll) / 虹のコンキスタドール (Niji no Conquistador) / 柊木りお (Rio Hiiragi) / 椎名ぴかりん(Shiina Pikarin) / SUPER☆GiRLS/ わーすた (The World Standard) (in alphabetical order) Girls DJ (ガールズDJ)
Organizer: avex vanguard Inc.
“Kochi vs Tottori Manga Kingdom Conference 2015 in AKIBA”
Date: Sunday, October 25
Venue: 1F HALL, BelleSalle Akihabara
Fee: Free
Event: Talk by cartoonists, voice actors, etc. from Kochi prefecture and Tottori prefecture
Organizers: Kochi prefecture / Tottori prefecture
“TAMASHII NATION 2015”
Date & time:
– Friday, October 30 to Saturday, October 31: 9：00 – 19：00 (Entry is until 18：30.),
– Sunday, November 1: 9：00-18：00 (Entry is until 17:30.）
Venue: BelleSalle Akihabara and AKIBA_SQUARE on Akihabara UDX２F
Fee:
– Advance e-ticket: 900 yen including tax
– Advance e-ticket with “ Chogokin no Katamari (Absolute Chogokin)”: 1,200 yen including tax These advance e-tickets are on sale at “ticket board.”
– Day of event e-ticket: 1,000 yen including tax
※ Day of event e-ticket is without “Chogokin no Katamari.”
Event: Super festival of robots and figures to excite your soul! This event will be held in parallel at two venues！ Akihabara will be dominated by a total of more than 500 TAMASHII elements.
Organizer: Collectors Division, BANDAI Co., Ltd.
menzei “AUTUMN FESTIVAL”
Date: Sunday, October 25 – Sunday, November 1, 2015
Event: Special sales of tax-free stores
Organizer: Akihabara Shinkokai (Cooperation with Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association)
PR, AKI FES Office: Miyake, Mikuriya, or Ishida (BIGWEST FRONTIER)
Tel: 03-3834-4961
Fax: 03-3834-4965