Japan's Biggest Cosplay Event Returns After 5 Years

The organizers of Osaka’s Nippombashi Street Festa, which they promote as “Japan’s biggest cosplay event,” announced on Tuesday that the event will return in 2024, for the first time in five years.

The annual parade runs Nippombashi’s Den Den Town area (Osaka’s shopping district known for anime, game, and manga goods, similar to Tokyo’s Akihabara).

The event was canceled completely in 2020 due to concerns over the outbreak of COVID-19.