FurryJoA (Furry Joining of Asia) is held in Goyang, South Korea, and grew from roughly 1,133 attendees in 2024 to 2,372 in 2025, making it one of the fastest-growing furry conventions in Asia. The event serves as a regional meeting point for attendees from Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan, and raised 10,000,000 KRW for the Bridge Disaster Relief Association in 2025.
The February 2026 "Magic and Fantasy" edition has wrapped, and FunzinnuMedia has not yet announced dates or theme for FurryJoA 2027. The convention has typically run in late February at the YMCA International Youth Cultural Center in Goyang. Watch furryjoa.com and the official X account for the next registration period.
FurryJoA has grown significantly since its inception, rising from fewer than 500 attendees in 2020 to over 2,300 for its 2025 "Sports" theme. This makes it one of the fastest-growing furry conventions in Asia. The convention pairs this growth with local philanthropy, raising over 10,000,000 KRW for the Bridge Disaster Relief Association in 2025.
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The nearest airport is Incheon International Airport (ICN), South Korea's primary international hub, about 70 minutes from Goyang by airport bus or AREX express train to Seoul Station followed by Subway Line 3 northbound. Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is closer for domestic and regional flights and connects directly to the Seoul subway system. The YMCA International Youth Cultural Center in Goyang is near the KINTEX exhibition area, reachable via Subway Line 3 to the Jeongbalsan or Daehwa stations. From central Seoul, the journey to Goyang takes about 40 minutes by subway.
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The convention is held at the YMCA International Youth Cultural Center in Goyang, in the Ilsan district near KINTEX. Hotels in the Ilsan area around KINTEX and along Subway Line 3 offer convenient access. Central Seoul is also a practical base, with the subway providing a direct route to the venue. Budget-friendly guesthouses (known locally as goshiwon) are plentiful throughout the Ilsan and Hongdae areas.
FurryJoA 2026 ran February 21-22 at the YMCA International Youth Cultural Center in Goyang under the "Magic and Fantasy" theme. Final attendance, fursuiter count, and charity figures had not been posted to the official site or social channels at the time of writing.
FurryJoA 2025 drew 2,372 attendees to Goyang on February 22-23 and raised ₩10,000,000 for the Bridge Disaster Relief Association under the "Sports" theme, more than doubling the previous year's turnout.
FurryJoA 2024 drew 1,133 attendees, including 494 fursuiters and 67 international participants, establishing the convention as a serious regional gathering.
Historical data and growth track record
See how this convention grew over time.
| Year | Dates | Theme | Attendance | Charity Raised | Guest(s) of Honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2027 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2026 | Feb 21-22 | Magic and Fantasy | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2025 | Feb 22-23 | Sports | 2,372 | ₩10,000,000(Bridge Disaster Relief Association) | None Announced |
2024 | TBA | Discover | 1,133 | TBA | None Announced |
2023 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2022 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
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Korean falconry & sichime: heritage-craft booth with two conservation NGOs
Sunday-only, FurryJoA runs an on-site cultural-heritage booth co-staffed by the Korea Bird Protection Association (한국조류보호협회) and the Han River Biology Conservation Research Center (한강생물보전연구센터). The programming covers a traditional Korean falconry experience and a make-your-own sichime workshop, the sichime (시치미, 매꼬리표) is the historic name-tag tied to a hunting hawk's tail to identify its owner, a Korean folk-craft tradition tied to the country's intangible cultural heritage. Sessions cap at roughly twelve attendees each and run under the Bird Protection Association's safety control. A cross-institutional cultural-heritage partnership with two named civic conservation bodies is structurally unusual at a furry con, most charity ties run the con's money outward to a cause; this one runs heritage-craft education inward to attendees.
Pre-purchase social-media screening: orders can be cancelled before check-in
Most cons publish behaviour codes that fire on the convention floor. FurryJoA fires one before check-in. The rule26 guide makes explicit that pre-registered packages may be cancelled if the buyer's fursuit has a public social-media history of posting pornography or equivalent adult expression, with BDSM, latex, and ABDL named even when no skin is exposed. The mechanism is a pre-event screen against the buyer's online footprint, and it is the operational expression of the venue itself: the YMCA International Youth Culture Center in Goyang is an all-ages, family-attended civic site, and the con publishes the cancellation clause as the price of keeping its programming and dealers den compatible with that venue category. Adult-fetish props (Fetish Dog Mask, latex suits, latex masks) are also banned campus-wide, including in hostel rooms.
Campus carve-out: Wellness Sports Center off-limits to fursuiting
The YMCA campus has two buildings, and FurryJoA carves the fursuit perimeter exactly along the line between them. Fursuiting is allowed in and around the YMCA International Youth Culture Center building and the adjacent athletic field where Saturday's outdoor group photo happens, but the neighbouring YMCA Wellness Sports Center is explicitly off-limits because it shares the campus with non-attendee civic traffic and is not affiliated with the con. The Sunday dealers' den opens to Super Sponsors at 11:00 and general at 12:00, a one-hour priority window operationalising tiers as floor access.
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