Kemono Square (KS) 2026 is scheduled for Jun 20-20, 2026 at Granship Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center, 6F Exchange Hall.
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.
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.
The most practical route is via the Tokaido Shinkansen to Shizuoka Station, which takes about 1 hour from Tokyo or 2 hours from Shin-Osaka. From Shizuoka Station, take the JR Tokaido Main Line one stop east to Higashi-Shizuoka Station, and Granship is a 3-minute walk from there. Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport (FSZ) also serves the area, with buses connecting to Shizuoka Station in about 55 minutes.
Curated stays near Granship Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Since this is a single-day event, many attendees make a day trip from Tokyo via Shinkansen. If you want to stay overnight, Shizuoka Station has several business hotels within walking distance, including chains like Toyoko Inn and Hotel Associa Shizuoka. The area around the station offers good dining options and is only one train stop from the venue.
Kemono Square 10 took place at Granship Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center on May 31, 2025, drawing 358 attendees. Guest of Honor was Roki from Yamainu Cafe. The one-day event continued its focus on kemono culture and local creator interactions.
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| Year | Dates | Theme | Attendance | Charity Raised | Guest(s) of Honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2027 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2026 | Jun 20-20 | TBA | TBA | TBA | None Announced |
2025 | May 31-31 | TBA | 358 | TBA | Roki (Yamainu Café) |
2024 | TBA | TBA | 245 | TBA | None Announced |
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Four-tier photo-centric sponsor ladder via Peatix
Kemono Square 10 sells four tiers through Peatix: General ¥3,000, Character (fursuit) ¥5,000, Sponsor+General ¥8,000, and Sponsor+Character ¥10,000. What makes the ladder distinctive among single-day Japanese events is that the sponsor uplift buys photography access rather than the usual swag-bag bundle, sponsors get a priority shooting slot in the on-site photo studio, a guaranteed front-row position in the 15:30 official group photo, name listing on-site and on the official website (芳名掲載), and exclusive sponsor goods. Registration also runs on dated phased gates: staff April 5, sponsors April 12, all tiers April 19, with sales closing June 10. That makes the sponsor tier a real priority gate, not just a marketing label.
Themed-table activity grid as the floor format
Since Kemono Square 5 (2016) the floor plan has been built around per-table activities, a mahjong table, a DJ booth, a darts station, video-game stations, a photo booth, and a kigurumi character roster zone, rather than a Western programming track with panels and a main stage. KS3 (2014) was the first edition that "enabled sound activities and greater creative freedom" after a venue change to the 6F Exchange Hall, and KS5 codified the themed-table grid that every subsequent edition has reused. This is the structural distinctive that separates Kemono Square from the Kemoket and Furrymosa doujinshi-fair model (where vendor circles dominate the floor) and from JMoF-scale conventions (where panel tracks dominate the schedule).
¥1,000 gift exchange with minor-safe rules at 17:30
Every recent edition has run a recurring 17:30 gift exchange (プレゼント交換) as one of the day's scheduled set-pieces. The rules are published and concrete: each attendee brings one wrapped item with a hard ¥1,000 cap, and alcohol, tobacco, and adult-themed items are explicitly banned because minors attend Kemono Square. The minor-safe framing is also why the surviving event sits inside the all-ages plaza identity rather than following the 2019 Hashimoto Lounge spin-offs the same organizers ran as 18+ adult bar nights. Confirmed for KS8 (2024), KS9 (2025), and KS10 (2026).
