She definitely noticed some similarities regarding the scale of the venues.Īfter a strict precautionary temperature check she was allowed inside.Īnd what sight greeted her but otaku upon otaku! IFEMA Madrid has the capacity to hold multiple large and small events all at once on the same day, which is somewhat similar to Tokyo Big Sight, the home of summer and winter Comiket in Japan. She relaxed by realizing that she could simply follow the otaku all the way to her destination. …if not for the throngs of cosplayers waiting to get on at every station along the way. Ordinarily riding an unknown metro system would have made her nervous… On the morning of her visit, she had to take the metro to get there since the venue, IFEMA Madrid, is a bit outside of the city center. In Ikuna’s own words, she “was able to experience a kind of chaos that she had never seen before in her whole life” and would now like to share her visit with the world. While the event itself happens fairly regularly in various regions throughout Spain, the Madrid one has been the largest so far in terms of attendance, with 10,000 attendees. That feeling of gratitude was no better encapsulated than at the recent Japan Weekend event held from September 25-26 in Madrid that she attended. Her heart has been continuously filled with gratitude for those who love her home country. While it’s not her first time in the country, this time she’s been surprised by the number of Japanese-language shirts and other gear she’s spotted Spaniards wearing. While the pandemic made that hobby difficult for a while, she recently secured her vaccine passport and subsequently jetted off to Spain. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa describes herself as someone who’s “not at home for half the year” due to her enthusiasm for travel. Our visiting Japanese reporter shares her thoughts on the Spanish capital’s tribute to Japanese culture in its various forms.
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