An event 'Kawaii ☆ Con' local report for Hawaii's largest 100% otaku that anime & cosplay love burst through, such a space filled with the best and cozy love looks like this



Hawaii's largest and first anime convention '

Kawaii Con ', which explodes love for Japanese manga and anime, is a completely non-profit event held for the love of local geek communities and anime . This event, which lasts for more than a decade from 2005, celebrates all aspects of Japanese culture for three days, once a year. Since 2019 will be held from April 5 to 7 in local time, otaku have actually gone to events where they meet, interact, enjoy and share their love for manga.

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The Hawaii Convention Center, the venue for the Kawaii Con, is just around the corner from Ala Moana Center, Hawaii's largest shopping mall. The address is '1801 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815'.


The total floor area of the Hawaii Convention Center is approximately 102,000 square meters, surrounded by palm trees, and has an open-air structure that makes you feel like Hawaii. It is also used as a visitor center for the 2015 Jurassic World .



A stream of cute ☆ Con is around the building.



The entrance looks like this ...



The entrance is an open-air space with sunbeams in it. Palm trees grow freely in the building, and the atmosphere is quite different from Japanese event venues.



In such a feeling, guidance of cute ☆ Con was put up. Registration to participate in cute ☆ con is done in the information center on the first floor. There are no events on the second floor, and various events are held on the third to fourth floors.



This is the information center. I purchased tickets from the

website in advance, so I asked where to get the pass.



I was guided to the back of the building.



Get a pass like this.



In addition, a panel shouting the love for

Natsuki , the creator of the fruit basket , was also placed here, and the message was spelled in Japanese and English.



The event started at 10 o'clock, and the number of people increased as the opening time neared. The cosplayers are coming and the place is getting more and more lively.



In the cosplayers ...



It was discovered that

Shirayuki was chosen as the Grand Prix of the 14th official character three-dimensional character of Otaku Kawayanagi .



Not only cosplayers, but also people who brought full-scale single-lens reflex cameras have come to shoot cosplayers at the cute ☆ con venue. This is the same as Japanese events.



Although the country and language of birth were different, love for cosplay and animation is the same ......! So, all the participants were friendly and immediately understood.



It looks like a box shot in no time.



What I found interesting is that there is only Hawaii, which is always summer, and where the water supply facilities are solid. The following water dispensers were placed everywhere in the Hawaii Convention Center.



You can now take out a cup like a triangular cone from the side of the water supply ......



All you can drink cold water in Kinkin.



I moved to the third floor like this. There is a spacious space with benches and plantings in the middle of the floor where many events are lined up.



It looks like this when you look at the venue with a 360 degree image.

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It is an open space, and facing the other side, it overlooks the high-rises of Hawaii.



There is also a stylish terrace.



Cute ☆ Con is not a point-of-sale party, but if it was a point-of-sale party, the wind can easily read the book I bought in an open space with a pleasant feel, so I wonder if it is the best ......... Hmm.



The stairs are also lawns, and I saw many people taking breaks and eating here as well.



As I was walking through the Tekudeku hall, there was a corner with a row of massage devices.



It is a coin-operated type that costs $ 1 in 5 minutes (approximately 110 yen). It's a soldier-friendly space where you can instantly heal yourself when you get tired of walking at an event and get back to the fight again.



There is also a water supply point near the massage device, just an oasis.



In the cute ☆ con, each room has a different event every hour, but there was also a permanent space. One of them is 'MANGA LIBRARY & COSPLAY CAFE'.



Inside is like this.



Temporary storage of baggage near the entrance.


There was also a Japanese menu. You will need $ 10 (approximately 1100 yen) for one day, and $ 5 (approximately 560 yen) for the deposit to be returned later. Handmade & handwritten information is a good taste.



The front side is MANGA LIBRARY (manga library), and you will want to read Japanese manga arranged in a row.



'

Ai Yori Aoshi ', 'AI ( A · I will not stop! ),' 'Battle Vixens ( Ikki )' such as the cartoon title Japan lined but ......



Inside was the English version.



There are also manga on the bookshelf.



English version boy jump. It was from 2005.



This is also in English.



The table placed in the room is free to use as a rest space, so it feels like a free manga cafe. Everyone was at ease.



Furthermore, in the corner of the room ...



There is a space called 'COSPLAY REPAIR' when your cosplay is torn or broken, and it's all about it. Other than Grugan ...




Tapes, scissors, bonds and pens.



Sewing set



The sewing machine etc. are put, and it is not possible to make a cosplay costume here instead of a large-scale restoration? It seemed that all the items were ready.



The back of the room, the other side of the arch is cosplay cafe (Cosplay Cafe).



The menu looks like this, with brownies priced at $ 6 (approximately 670 yen) and drinks at $ 5 (approximately 560 yen).



The cosplayers who are waiting here are the staff of the cosplay cafe and they are going to take photos together by paying money.



In a corner of the room

master of the drums were some people that are playing.



It feels like this when the venue is crowded ...



There are not many people there, so it's a spacious space as a whole, whether it's a library and cafe or a hall.



The hall also has a cafe like this, and sells coffee and snacks.



I bought 'Fruity Pebbles Ice Cream' ($ 3.50, approx. ¥ 390) that feels like American.



Milk ice cream and add a rainbow-colored cereal called Fruity Pebbles on top of it. Fruity Pebbles have an artificial fruity taste that is somewhat thirsty, but cold and sweet ice cream can heal your tired body.



From the third floor you can reach the ballroom on the fourth floor by elevator and stairs. On the 4th floor, it was that cosplayers were putting together in the rooftop space, so I went there.

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