page_title: Comiket
section_title: Schedule
hierarchical_section_title: Comiket / Operations / Schedule
caption_attribution_description: Comiket BIG SITE
context_page_description: Comic Market, more commonly known as Comiket and sometimes Comike, is a biannual dōjinshi fair in Tokyo, Japan. A grassroots, DIY event focused on the sale of dōjin, Comiket is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run event administered by the Comic Market Preparatory Committee. Inaugurated on 21 December 1975, with an estimated 700 attendees, it has grown to become the largest fan convention in the world, with an estimated attendance of over half a million.
context_section_description: Comiket is held twice yearly, in August and December. These are typically referred to as NatsuComi (夏コミ, Natsukomi) and FuyuComi (冬コミ, Fuyukomi), contractions of Summer Comiket and Winter Comiket respectively. Since 1995, both events have run for three days each, with NatsuComi generally occurring Friday to Sunday in mid-August, and FuyuComi generally occurring the three days prior to New Year's Day. Starting with Comiket 96, the events have been four days long. Both events run daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, with corporate booths open until 5:00 p.m and the entire convention closing an hour early on the final day of the event. Comiket has been held at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo since 1996.
caption: Entry queue to Comiket 90 in August 2016
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