Makuhari Messe

Makuhari Messe
Location Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Operator Makuhari Messe, Inc.
Opened 1989
Enclosed space
 • Total space 75,098 m2 (808,350 sq ft)
Public transit access Kaihin-Makuhari Station
Website www.m-messe.co.jp/en/

Makuhari Messe (幕張メッセ) is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba city, in the northwest corner of Chiba prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is easily accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. Makuhari is the name of the area, and Messe is a German language word meaning "trade fair".

The convention center opened on October 9, 1989. It hosts many high-technology events.

Makuhari Messe is conveniently close to Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, and to Chiba prefecture's black sand beaches. It is easily accessible from Kaihin-Makuhari station on the Keiyō Line of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The center is the host of the annual Tokyo Auto Salon (modified car show, in January), the biennial Tokyo Motor Show (in October), the annual Tokyo Game Show (video game hardware and software exhibition, in September), and the annual Jump Festa (manga, anime, and video game exposition, in December). The venue was host to several Nintendo Space World events.

Notable events

Since 2000, the centre have been used for the music festival Summer Sonic every year, where the venue hosts the Mountain, Sonic and Dance stages.

On April 23 and 24, 2011, Australian singer Kylie Minogue performed as part of her Aphrodite World Tour.

On July 31, 1999, rock band Glay held their first Glay Expo concert, titled Glay Expo '99 Survival, at the venue. The concert garnered a total audience of about 200,000 people, making it the largest concert ever held by a single act in Japan, as certified by the Guinness World Records.[1]

The venue was noted in 2005 for hosting the first round of the Live8 concert.

On 1 July 2005, the company that owns the convention center changed its name from "Nippon Convention Center" to "Makuhari Messe".

The "Jack in the Box 2009 Summer" convention was held here on August 15, 2009, where numerous well-known acts performed,[2] including the reunion performance of influential metal band Dead End.[3]

American pop superstar Lady Gaga performed in the arena for the first time, as part of her debut headlining tour, The Fame Ball Tour on August 8, 2009.

The center also hosted the Magic: The Gathering World Championship in 2010.

It was scheduled to host the Anime Contents Expo, hosted by the Comic-10 Shakai in March 2011 to counter the Tokyo International Anime Fair as part of their boycott of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government under Governor Shintarō Ishihara, but both events were cancelled after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[4] The first Anime Contents Expo was held on March 31 and on April 1, 2012, and was visited by 42,000 people. The next one is scheduled for March 30 and March 31, 2013.[5]

The Japanese band the GazettE held various concerts there, e.g. their 10th anniversary concert on March 10, 2012.

The heavy metal annual festival tour Ozzfest will take place here on May 11–12, 2013. This will be the festival's first appearance in Japan.[6][7][8][9] One Direction's Final Leg of their Take Me Home Tour was held in the makuhari to an attendance of 150,000 people.[10] Got7 will end their all around the world Japanese tour there[11]

The Metal festival "Knotfest Japan" will be held here on 15 and 16 November 2014

As an epilogue to their 25th anniversary, Luna Sea will host the rock festival Lunatic Fest on June 27 and 28, 2015.[12] Other acts include Siam Shade, Dir en grey, 9mm Parabellum Bullet and Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas the first night and Glay, Mucc and Alexandros the second.[13]

Makuhari Messe is hosting a Vocaloid live concert, Magical Mirai 2016, in early September of that year.

Makuhari Messe will be the venue for three sports during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The sports are fencing, taekwondo, and wrestling, all of which were originally to be staged at Tokyo Big Sight. This move is a part of cost-cutting measures implemented by the organisers.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "GLAY、デビュー15周年の"特別な1年"の内容とは？". Barks (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  2. ↑ "JACK IN THE BOX 2009 SUMMER- Part 1". jame-world.com. 2011-08-19.
  3. ↑ "DEAD END Revival". jame-world.com. 2011-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Anime Contents Expo 2011 Cancelled". Anime News Network. March 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  5. ↑ "アニメ コンテンツ エキスポ　2013年の開催発表　会場は幕張メッセ4ホールに拡大". animeanime.jp. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  6. ↑ "Japanese Edition Of Ozzfest To Take Place Next May". Blabbermouth.net. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  7. ↑ "Ozzfest: More Details Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  8. ↑ "Black Sabbath, Slipknot Confirmed For Japan's Ozzfest". Blabbermouth.net. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Tool, Deftones, Slash, Stone Sour Confirmed For Ozzfest Japan". Blabbermouth.net. 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  10. ↑ http://www.onedirection.com
  11. ↑ http://www.got7japan.com/tour2014/
  12. ↑ "LUNA SEA hosts LUNATIC FEST. 12 artists perform on 3 stages (MOON, SHINE, FATE)". barks.jp. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  13. ↑ "LUNA SEAフェス、GLAYら10組日程発表 5・8出演者第2弾". Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  14. ↑ http://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-executive-board-confirms-tokyo-2020-venue-locations-for-eight-more-sports/246260
  15. ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/09/national/ioc-approves-new-events-2020-tokyo-games-stadium-delays-worry-bach-baseball-may-make-comeback/

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Preceded by
Sportovní hala, Prague		 World Figure Skating Championships
Venue
1994 		Succeeded by
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Coordinates: 35°38′54″N 140°2′5″E / 35.64833°N 140.03472°E / 35.64833; 140.03472

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