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Comiket for foreign visitors: tickets, rules and cosplay
C109 runs 29 to 31 December 2026. Ticket details are not announced yet, so here is last edition's system, the official cosplay rules and what to check.
Tourists can go to Comiket, and you should expect a paid ticket for one chosen date, not walk-up entry. Comiket 109 runs from 29 to 31 December 2026 at Tokyo Big Sight. Its ticket and catalogue details are not announced yet, so this page gives last edition’s system and tells you where to check. Resale is banned.
Comiket, short for Comic Market, is a convention where fans sell their own self-published works and cosplayers gather. It sits in Anime and manga. For the shopping days around it, see the Akihabara first-timer guide.
When are Comiket 109 and 110?
| Edition | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Comiket 109 | 29 to 31 December 2026 | 3 |
| Comiket 110 | 14 and 15 August 2027 | 2 |
Both dates come from the organiser’s official site. C109 is the one that fits a winter trip, and it draws a crowd. A news report reported about 260,000 people over the two days of C108 and about 300,000 over the two days of the December 2025 edition. Those figures count everyone, not foreign visitors.
Can a tourist buy a ticket for C109?
Not yet: C109 ticket and catalogue details are not announced. The official Comiket site has a page for attendees from overseas, and that is where the news should appear. Read it before you plan a day around the event.
Comiket 108 is the best guide. A visitor guide to that edition describes the system below. It is a secondary source, so treat the figures as a sketch of C109, not a price list.
- Entry was a paid wristband for one named date. There was no two-day ticket.
- Tickets were non-refundable and could not be resold, and queueing overnight was not allowed.
- Online buyers on eplus got a QR code, then swapped it for the wristband at a point near a Rinkai Line station from 8:00.
| Entry | Price at C108 |
|---|---|
| Morning | $8 (¥1,210) bought at stores, from about 11:00 |
| Morning, eplus | $9 (¥1,331) bought through the eplus ticket site |
| Afternoon | $3 (¥440) bought in advance, after 12:30 |
| Afternoon, door | $6 (¥1,000), planned for the day |
| Early | $32 (¥5,000), sold out |
Dollar figures use about ¥155 to US$1 and are rounded; you pay in yen, so check the rate. Comiket forbids ticket resale, so buy only through the channels the organiser names.
Last known winter system (Comiket 105, December 2024): everyone needed a day-specific ticket or wristband, with Early Entry (10:30, by lottery, sold out), AM Entry (11:00) and PM Entry (12:30). Wristbands were sold through anime shops such as Animate, Toranoana and Melonbooks, and on site only PM Entry wristbands were sold, after 12:30. The current system is unclear right now: check the organiser before you go.
What should you look for on the overseas page?
Five things decide your plan, and none is confirmed for C109 yet.
- Whether wristbands return, and whether they are sold per date. If they do, pick one day, because C108 had no two-day ticket.
- Sale dates and the shops or sites that sell them.
- Whether morning and afternoon entry still exist at different prices.
- The catalogue release.
- An updated cosplay page, which would replace the Comiket 107 rules below.
Can you cosplay at Comiket?
Yes, inside the venue, and you change there too. Do not arrive or leave in costume: the official rules say you can be refused. The rules below come from the organiser’s cosplay page for Comiket 107, the December 2025 edition, which is the latest available. Check the C109 version when it appears.
- Change only in the cosplay changing rooms. Changing in toilets is not allowed.
- The first changing-room entry each day costs $3 (¥500). The last entry is at 15:30.
- No real or replica weapons, no fire items, no large batteries and no helium balloons.
- Props taller than 2 m or wider than 1 m must be taken apart.
- Paid baggage storage costs $3 (¥500) per item.
Can you photograph cosplayers?
Ask each cosplayer before you take their photo. Photos inside the changing rooms are banned. Both rules come from the same official page.
How do you get to Tokyo Big Sight?
Two stations serve the venue, according to one visitor guide. Kokusai-tenjijo on the Rinkai Line is about a 7 minute walk. Tokyo Big Sight station on the Yurikamome line is about 3 minutes. The Rinkai Line also matters for the wristband swap above. Where to base yourself in Tokyo is covered in Destinations.
What does a Comiket day look like on paper?
A Comiket day runs from the wristband swap at 8:00 to the last changing-room entry at 15:30. The times below are from C108 and the C107 cosplay page, so C109 may shift them, and none of them is a queue time. No official queue times were found.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| From 8:00 | QR codes swapped for wristbands near a Rinkai Line station |
| About 11:00 | Morning entry |
| After 12:30 | Afternoon entry |
| 15:30 | Last entry to the cosplay changing rooms |
Is Comiket worth a day of your trip?
Worth it if you accept a crowd and a one-date ticket. Recent two-day editions drew roughly 260,000 to 300,000 visits, entry is tied to one date, and C108 priced mornings above afternoons. If you are happy to spend a day on those terms, book it once the C109 system is out. If you mainly want manga and anime shops, the Akihabara first-timer guide covers a day with no wristband.
What else is on this winter?
- Jump Festa 2027: 19 and 20 December 2026 at Makuhari Messe, 9:00 to 17:00. It is free but invitation or application-based, with entry lotteries, and everyone from elementary school age up needs an e-ticket in the Jump NAVI app, which is in Japanese. The official page has no overseas visitor information.
- AnimeJapan 2027: 27 and 28 March 2027 at INTEX Osaka, the first time it has left Tokyo. Ticket details are not found.
Comiket 110 on 14 and 15 August 2027 is the summer option; no ticket details are announced.
Questions
Yes, with a paid ticket for one date. Comiket 108 used paid wristbands for one chosen date, with no two-day ticket, and C109 ticket details are not announced yet. The official Comiket site has a page for attendees from overseas, which is where C109 news should appear.
Yes inside the venue, but change there. The official rules (Comiket 107 version) say to use the cosplay changing rooms only, never a toilet, and not to arrive or leave in costume, because you can be refused. The first changing-room entry each day costs $3 (¥500).
Ask each cosplayer before you photograph them. Photos inside the changing rooms are banned. Both rules are on the organiser's cosplay page for Comiket 107, so check the C109 version.
One visitor guide lists two stations: Kokusai-tenjijo on the Rinkai Line, about a 7 minute walk, and Tokyo Big Sight on the Yurikamome line, about 3 minutes. Check the organiser's access notes for the day.
Comiket 110 is on 14 and 15 August 2027, according to the organiser's official site. That is two days, against three for C109.