Japan Science Fiction Conventions Listing - Completed Events (in 2000)

2001

2000

Comic Market 59 (Fri, Dec 29 - Sat, Dec 30, 2000)

Tokyo Big Sight, Koto-ku, Tokyo; Japan biggest comic market.

• http://www.comiket.co.jp/

New Year Greeting Card Show by Japanese and Korean manga humorists (Dec, 2000 - Mar, 2001) [Updated]

About 50 Korean and 60 Japan manga humorists posted their cards. (Non-SF)

SF Christmas 2000 (Sat, Dec 16 - Sun, Dec 17, 2000)

Tokyo Hotel Urashima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Tokyo local SF convention.

UNCON 12 (Sat, Nov 18 - Sun, Nov 19, 2000)

Hostel Reiwun-so, Tamayu-cho, Shimane; Izumo area or Shimane local SF convention. "Un" of UnCon means Izumo, where is the old name of Shimane prefecture and has the Shinto's oldest Japan Creation Story.

• http://fish.miracle.ne.jp/goddie/uk12/index.htm

Kyoto SF Festival 2000 (Sat, Nov 11 - Sun, Nov 12, 2000)

Kyoto, Kyoto; Kyoto local SF convention.

• http://kyo-fes.web.infoseek.co.jp/2000/
• After reports http://www.fan.gr.jp/~hosoi/kyofes2000.html

KamuiCON 2000 (Sat, Nov 4 - Sun, Nov 5, 2000)

Hokkaido local SF convention. Kamui (Kamuy) means God or Bear between Aynu the aborigins in Hokkaido.

• GBH02654@nifty.ne.jp

CONTACT Japan 4 (Fri, Nov 3 - Sun, Nov 5, 2000)

Ayase, Kanagawa; Japanese version of CONTACT.

• http://www.ne.jp/asahi/contact/japan/cj_xxx/cj4/cj4ann.html

DAINA-CON17 (Sat, Oct 21 - Sun, Oct 22, 2000)

Goshiki-en, Nisshin, Aichi; "Dai-Nagoya (Greater Nagoya) Convention," Nagoya local SF convention.

• http://www.aba.ne.jp/~hpzac/daina17/daina17.htm

IFCON-0 (Sun, Oct 8 - Mon, Oct 9, 2000)

Kawasaki, Kanagawa; 1st Military Simulation Fiction Convention.

• http://webclub.kcom.ne.jp/ma/kat5u/

DASACON4 (Sat, Sep 30, 2000)

Choyokan Honke, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; "Dai-San (Third) force or Dasai (Unpolished) Convention" by SF readers on Internet.

• http://dasacon.ore.to/4/dasacon.html
• After reports http://dasacon.ore.to/4/sanka4.html

Comic Market 58 (Fri, Aug 11 - Sun, Aug 13, 2000)

Japan biggest comic market.

• http://www.comiket.co.jp/

Zero-CON, the 39th Japan National SF Convention (Sat, Aug 5 - Sun, Aug 6, 2000)

Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Kanagawa;

• http://www.cute.or.jp/sf39/zerocon/
• After reports http://www.cute.or.jp/sf39/zerocon/after/reports.htm
• Related site http://www.super-robot.net/refcon2004/2000/index.htm [New]

Star Wars Racer Arcade Internet Ranking (Jul, 2000 - 2004)

Meeting for the Preliminary Committee of Worldcon in Japan (Fri, May 5, 2000)

A bid for Worldcon in Japan.

SF Seminar 2000 (Wed, May 3, 2000)

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Tokyo local SF convention.

• http://www.sfseminar.org/
• After reports http://www.sfseminar.org/arc2000/link2000.html

Star Wars Festival 2000 (Sat, Apr 8 - Sun, Apr 9, 2000)

Tokyo Joypolis, Minato-ku, Tokyo;

Reimei Award (Apr, 2000 - Fri, Jun 30, 2000)

Science fiction and fantasy contest by an e-book publisher.

DASACON3 (Sat, Apr 1, 2000)

Chuo-ku, Osaka; "Dai-San (Third) force or Dasai (Unpolished) Convention" by SF readers on Internet.

• http://dasacon.ore.to/3/dasacon.html
• After reports http://dasacon.ore.to/3/sanka3.html

TORI Miki Show (Sun, Jan 30, 2000)

Aoyama Book Center, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; TORI Miki, the Japan comic author

• http://www.sfwj.or.jp/library/2000/01/200001b.html

YaneCon Skiing Tour (Sat, Jan 29 - Sun, Jan 30, 2000)

Hotel Green Plaza Hakuba, Otari-mura, Nagano;

1999