Anime Events

Biggest cosplay only event in Japan


This is the biggest cosplay only event in Japan held in Nagoya once a year. This year, 2024 will be held at August 2nd ~ 4th. Many Cosplayer gathers from all over the world!! There're stage, parade, Championship, photo shooting, and of course, Cosplay!!

You can also check other event at event calendar.
Table of contents
    How to WCS (Click or tap for each section)
    1. 01 How to get ticket of WCS
    2. 02 Ticket you should reserve if you're cosplaying
    3. 03 Changing Room
    4. 04 Photographer Tickets
    5. 05 Locker
    6. 06 Championship Ticket
    7. 07 Hotels

World Cosplay Summit is mainly held here

How to get ticket of WCS

To participate in WCS, you need to purchase tickets! This section provides basic information about tickets.

WCS Basic Information
Event Dates: August 2nd to August 4th
Venue: Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City
Prices: ¥1,000 to ¥5,200
Official Website: Click here!!

How to Get Tickets
You can purchase ticket at Peatix and KKday.

Buy tickets at Peatix here
Buy tickets at KKday here

Please note that ticket sales have already begun, and it will end once all tickets are sold out.


Ticket you should reserve if you're cosplaying

These are the tickets you can get for cosplayers

Ticket for Cosplayers without changing room.


If you want join World Cosplay Summit as a cosplayer but, do not need to change because you wear your costume from your home or other reason, get this ticket!
It is valid for a specific day! ! Person attending on both August 5th and 6th shall purchase each of the respective tickets! If you get only for one day, you can only attend to one day.

Eve-festival
Date: August 2nd
Opening time: 17:00~20:00
Price : 1,000 yen (tax included)

Main festival
Date: August 3rd & 4th
Opening time: 10:00~20:00
Price : 3,000 yen (tax included)/day

How to Get Tickets
In order to join this event, you need to bring your ticket to World Cosplay Summit Special Reception in the Central Park Underground Mall at the date of the event.
click here for map!!

Buy ticket at Peatix
Buy ticket at KKday


Ticket for Cosplayers with changing room.


There're 5 kinds of Tickets for Cosplayers in need of changing room. For Early, Night and Big changing room ticket, You can only buy it from Japan... Check details below↓


①Ticket for Eve-festival
This ticket is only for August 2nd World Cosplayers Summit Eve-festival.

Date : August 2nd
Reception time : 17:00~21:30
Price : 1,500 yen (tax included)

②Normal Ticket
Normal ticket with good price. But will very clouded at changing room.

Date : August 3rd~4th
Reception time : 10:30~
Price : 3,700 yen (tax included)/day

③Early Ticket
You can enter changing room earlier than normal ticket so that you can change easier than normal ticket users because it is not crowded compare to normal tickets.

Date : August 3rd~4th
Reception time 9:30~
Price : 4,000 yen (tax included)/day

④Night Ticket
Reasonable ticket and much less people compare to afternoon. Better to buy normal ticket. But temperature is cooler than daytime.

Date : August 3rd~4th
Reception time : 17:00~
Price : 2,500 yen (tax included)/day

⑤Ticket with big changing room
Really nice and big changing room. If you have money go for it!

Date : August 3rd~4th
Reception time : 9:30~
Price : 3,500 yen ~ 6,000 yen (tax included)/day

Before you go to the changing room. Go reception desk and exchange your ticket for a participation certificate.

World Cosplay Summit Special Reception↓↓


How to Get Tickets
In order to join this event, you need to bring your ticket to World Cosplay Summit Special Reception in the Central Park Underground Mall at the date of the event.

Buy ticket at Peatix
Buy ticket at KKday
For Early, Night and big changing room ticket, buy it from here!!

Changing Room

There are several places for changing room. The location of the available changing rooms differs depending on the ticket! Check the official website here!!

Place for changing

Photographer Tickets

This is the tickets for people who do not wants to do Cosplay but want see and take pictures.
①Eve festival Camera Ticket
Date：August 2nd
Reception time : 17:00~20:00
Price : 1,000 yen (tax included)

②Camera Ticket
Date：August 3rd&4th
Reception time: 10:00~20:00
Price : 3,000 yen (tax included)/Day

③2day Camera Ticket
Date：August 3rd&4th
Reception time: 10:00~20:00
Price : 5,500 yen (tax included)
How to Get Tickets
In order to join this event, you need to bring your ticket to World Cosplay Summit Special Reception in the Central Park Underground Mall at the date of the event.

Buy ticket at Peatix
Buy ticket at KKday

Locker

Available Dates and Times
August 4th(Fri) 18:00~20:00
August 5th(Sat) and 6th(Sun) 10:00~20:00

Reception Location
Central Park Underground Mall (Starbucks front store on the south side of Central Eye)
Click here to the Map


Championship Ticket

The World Cosplay Championship is a competition to determine the world's No. 1 cosplayers by showcasing their cosplay performances!!

Date : August 5, 2023 (Saturday)
Place : Aichi Arts Center (Main Hall)
Price : 1,500 yen (Tax included, A class seat with goods), 3,000 yen (Tax included, S class seat with goods)

For Map, Click Here!!
For Official web : Click Here!!
For Tickets : Click Here!!

Hotels


We will introduce hotels around the main venue!!



The map and list above is a map of hotels that is close to Oasis21 and rated more than ☆4. There are so many hotels around Oasis21. On the day of WCS, price might increase more then usual. If you're going to reserve hotel, we recommend using Rakuten!!


↑Click/Tap img to reserve!
This is the biggest and the most popular travel company in Japan!! You can reserve hotel at reasonable price!! Cannot understand English? don't worry!! There are English, Thai, Korean and Chinese version for Rakuten!! You can switch it from language. If you're using Smartphone, change website to PC version and switch the language to your language.
To stay in Japan, Japanese site is always the cheapest.

What you need for WCS


This event is best event for people who love cosplay!!! There is many cute cosplay! So if you have any plan to going to Nagoya just go event!! Will be so much fun!! But if you are going to Tokyo You can go to Comic Market as well. Both is best event for cosplay!! This is the link for Comic market ➡ Click!

DATE of World Cosplay Summit : August 2nd ~ 4th 2024

NOTE
Link for officials ➡Click here there is some English. To join, will need to reserve the ticket for both who want see the cosplay and who want to do coplay.
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↑(Click img above for hotel reservations)
This is the biggest and the most popular travel company in Japan!! You can reserve hotel at reasonable price!! There are English, Thai, Korean and Chinese version for Rakuten!! You can switch it from language. If you're using Smartphone, change website to PC version and switch the language to your language.
To stay in Japan, Japanese site is always the cheapest.