Hyper Japan 2013 Report

Date: 2013 August 08 15:30

Posted by Joe

London based Japanese culture event Hyper Japan has become a regular feature the calendar for fans of all things from Japan. Since it first started in 2010, it's organically grown bigger and bigger each year. Last year due to the London Olympics booking out all the large London venues in the summer Hyper Japan decided to run two events, the first in February 2012, and the second in November 2012.

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This year Hyper Japan returned to London for the summer. It ran from Friday 26th to Sunday 27th July 2013. This time around over 62,000 visitors attended the event!

The event had lots to offer over the 3 days, including:

Foodies were in for a treat, with many Japanese food stalls offering a huge variety of food, such as traditional Japanese street food.

A sake cocktail competition and the 2013 Sushi Awards were also running for those looking for high end treats.

Performing troop SIRO-A were present and doing their own unique blend of music, dance, mime and technology, both on the stage and off the stage getting attendees involved.

Music was well represented with J-Pop artist Yun*Chi, and J-Pop Duo Yankiku. Fans of visual-kei were treated to Vaniru.

They also had a fashion show, plus the now regular feature of a cosplay show.