MEDIA RELEASE
27 October 2017
Tokyo Auto Salon Committee

Cutting Edge of Custom Car Scene“TOKYO AUTO SALON 2018”
Taking Place on Fri 12 to Sun 14 Jan at Makuhari Messe
Tokyo Auto Salon Committee (Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo) is pleased to announce that “TOKYO AUTO SALON2018”, one of the largest annual custom car and car-related product shows, takes place over the three-day
period from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 January 2018 at MAKUHARI MESSE International Convention
Complex (2-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City).
Inaugurated in 1983 as “Tokyo Exciting Car Show”, TOKYO AUTO SALON now is the annual carextravaganza covering the gamut of custom car related concerns. The show features a panoply of Japaneseleading automakers, foreign car importers, aftermarket manufacturers and custom car shops exercising
their ingenuity in showcasing latest cars, car-related products and technological solutions as well as sellingparts, goods and merchandise. Alongside more than 800 tuned & dressed up cars displayed crammed in thehuge venue,we have a lot more to offer including racing cars’demo run sessions and live music performances.
TOKYO AUTO SALON 2018 brings the best opportunity to experience an exciting mixture of the latest
trends in the powerful custom car scene and colourful lively entertaining content.
TOKYO AUTO SALON 2018, marking the 36th anniversary, takes place again on the largest-ever scale
occupying the entire Convention Complex of the MAKUHARI MESSE (International Exhibition Halls
1-11, International Conference Hall, Makuhari Event Hall and Outdoor Arena). The show has had over
300,000 attendance for 3 years running since 2015, and we expect even more visitors ranging from car
enthusiasts to casual fans.
Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, the 1st of November at TOKYO AUTO SALON official website.
Media registration will open online in early December at our official website:
www.tokyoautosalon.jp/2018/en/media/Busy venue
at TOKYO AUTO SALON 2017.

Early-morning car fansforming a long queue for entrance.

ABOUT THE SHOWu Official NameTOKYO AUTO SALON 2018
http://www.tokyoautosalon.jp
u Show Dates

Friday 12 January		
Saturday 13 January
Sunday 14 January

9:00am – 7:00pm (open only to Media, Trade Visitors and invitees)
2:00pm – 7:00pm (open to Premium Ticket holders)
9:00am – 7:00pm (open to public)
9:00am – 5:00pm (open to public)u Venue

MAKUHARI MESSE International Convention Complex(Int’l Exhibition Halls 1-11, Int’l Conference Hall, Makuhari Event Hall and Outdoor Arena)
Makuhari Messe Co., Ltd.
2-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba
http://www.m-messe.co.jp/
u Promoter

Tokyo Auto Salon Committeeu Organizer

Tokyo Auto Salon Association (TASA)u Co-Promoters *TBCMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism;
Chiba Prefecture; Chiba City; Nippon Auto Parts Aftermarket Committee (NAPAC);
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA); and Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)
u Special Thanks toMakuhari Messe and San-ei Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd.
u In Cooperation withASEA Division, JAWA Division, and JASMAu Exhibitor Lineup Includes• Japanese leading automakers• Foreign car importers• Aftermarket parts manufacturers• Custom shops• Auto-related businesses, auto-related specialized manufacturers, automotive vocational schools and moreu Admission * Children 12 and under are free (must be accompanied by adult).

Dates

Show Hours

Advance Purchase

At the DoorFri 12 Jan

2:00pm – 7:00pm¥3,000¥3,500

Sat 13 Jan

9:00pm – 7:00pm

Sun 14 Jan

9:00pm – 5:00pm

good for one day either Saturday or Sunday¥2,000¥2,500 (adult 19 and over)¥1,800 (junior 13 to 18)

Advance tickets are available at:- TOKYO AUTO SALON Online Ticket- T-TICKET- Lawson Ticket- e+ (e plus)- Ticket PIA- Seven Ticket- YAHOO! Ticket- JTB* TOKYO AUTO SALON 2018 will offer special pass with which you will enjoy certain privileges (detail follows). The special passes
come bundled with a specially designed strap & a PVC pass and are in limited supply. Available at TOKYO AUTO SALON Online
Ticket only.

u Show Outline

TOKYO AUTO SALON features a wide variety of dedicated exhibitors to- showcase and demonstrate their latest technological solutions and products for cars to be tuned-up anddressed-up- showcase and sell cars with dress-up parts and accessories- showcase and sell cars highlighting innovative tuning technologies- showcase and sell auto-related video games, aftermarket parts, motorsport merchandise and other diverse
auto-related products- showcase and sell off-the-shelf tuned-up cars and commercial vehicles
u Events Include••Tokyo International Custom Car Contest 2018
Race Queen Award 2017u Media Data download Page

To access MEDIA page for viewing/downloading previous Media Releases, photographs as well as the TAS 2018
logo, click on the link below and log in with the following ID and password:
URL (English page) : http://www.tokyoautosalon.jp/2018/en/media/
ID: autosalon
Password: tas2018
u TOKYO AUTO SALON ASSOCIATION (TASA)

Shinjuku Eastside Square 7/F, 6-27-30 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8463 JAPAN(office with-in San’s Inc.)
Phone: +81-3-6897-4820 Fax: +81-3-6897-4840

Contact us for media enquiries
TOKYO AUTO SALON Public Relation Division
Shinjuku Eastside Square 7/F, 6-27-30 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8463 JAPAN (office with-in San’s Inc.)
E-mail: pr.div@e-autosalon.net