Tag: tourism
April 4, 2016 · 0 comments
Inside AnimeJapan 2016
Andy Hanley finds out if it really is bigger in Japan… If you’ve ever been to one of the MCM Comic Cons dotted around the UK, then you know what it’s like to share a busy event show floor with lots of like-minded individuals. You may even have travelled further afield, perhaps to Paris’ vast […]
December 26, 2015 · 1 comment
The Holy Land of Nerima
By Andrew Osmond. Pictures by Carlos Nakajima. Anime tourism is big business in today’s Japan. Around the country, local governments are savvy to the fact that if you can link your neighbourhood to a popular comic or cartoon, then the fan tourists will come. One way is to present your hometown in an anime, so […]