Kemono Square

Kemono Square is a smaller Japanese furry event based in Shizuoka, Japan. It is not trying to be JMoF-sized. The draw here is a lighter, regional single-day format that still has enough recurrence to show up in serious convention tracking.

2026: A Smaller Shizuoka Stop

Current community-calendar research points to June 20, 2026 for the next Kemono Square date, with the event remaining tied to Shizuoka even though the final venue has not been published on the official site yet. That makes it a useful page to have now: the event is recurring, the branding is stable, and the geography is distinct from Japan's larger hotel and resort conventions.

Recent attendance tracking logged 245 attendees for 2024, which is enough to place Kemono Square on the lower end of the global ranked event list while still being clearly larger than a casual furmeet. For travelers, the value is not scale. It is that Kemono Square gives you another real entry point into Japan's regional event map outside the best-known mega-events.

What It Feels Like

• Single-day pace: This is the sort of event you can fit into a broader Japan trip without blocking out a whole long weekend.
• Regional identity: Shizuoka gives it a different feel from Tokyo and Kansai event clusters.
• Manageable size: The event is large enough to matter but small enough to stay easy to navigate.

Past Years

2025: Shizuoka Gathering. Kemono Square 10 took place at the Granship in Shizuoka on June 1, 2025. The one-day event continued its focus on kemono culture and local creator interactions in the Kansai region.