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Japan National SF Convention History

1st. (1962 MAY. 27) MEG-CON
City Pref. : Meguro, Tokyo
Site : Meguro Public Hall Shimizu Annex
Chair : Takumi Shibano
Attend. : 180
2nd. (1963 OCT. 26-27) TOKON I
City Pref. : Takebashi(?), Tokyo
Site : Mainichi hall
Chair : Takumi Shibano
Attend. : 300
3rd. (1964 JUL. 25-26) DAICON I
City Pref. : Morinomiya, Osaka
Site : Osaka Prefectural Welfare Hall
Chair : Yasutaka Tsutsui
Attend. : 150
4th. (1965 AUG. 28-29) TOKON II
City Pref. : Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo
Site : Japan Universities Hall Science Museum
Chair : Takumi Shibano
Attend. : 400
5th. (1966 AUG. 20-21) MEICON I
City Pref. : Nagoya, Aichi
Site : Tourist Hall Aoi memorial Hall
Chair : Den Yoshimitsu
Attend. : 180
6th. (1967 AUG. 19-20) TOKON III
City Pref. : Jingu Gaien, Tokyo
Site : Japan Youth Hall Clothes Hall
Chair : Takumi Shibano
Attend. : 180
7th. (1968 AUG.31-SEP.1) TOKON IV
City Pref. : Jinbocho, Tokyo
Site : Clothes Hall Iwanami Hall
Chair : Masahiro Noda
Attend. : 250
8th. (1969 AUG. 23-24) KYUCON
City Pref. : Tsuetate-Spa, Kumamoto
Site : Tashiroya Ryokan
Chair : Shinji Matsuzaki
Attend. : 90
9th. (1970 AUG. 22-23) TOKON V
City Pref. : Jinbocho, Tokyo
Site : Clothes Hall Iwanami Hall
Chair : Norio Ito
Attend. : 250
10th. (1971 AUG. 21-22) DAICON II
City Pref. : Morinomiya, Osaka
Site : Osaka Prefectural Youth Hall Education Hall
Chair : Masanori Takahashi
Attend. : 250
11th. (1972 AUG. 19-20) MEICON II
City Pref. : Nagoya, Aichi
Site : Higashibetsuin Youth Hall
Chair : Junko Kohda
Attend. : 350
12th. (1973 AUG. 2-4) EZOCON I
City Pref. : Okotan, Hokkaido
Site : Shikotsu lake side
Chair : Yuji Miura
Chair of Honor : Yoshio Aramaki
Attend. : 80
13th. (1974 AUG. 3-4) MIYACON
City Pref. : Kyoto, Kyoto
Site : Education Culture Center
Chair : Akira Odane
Chair of Honor : Akira Hori
Attend. : 320
14th. (1975 AUG. 23-24) SHINCON
City Pref. : Kobe, Hyogo
Site : Culture Hall
Chair : Kosuke Shimizu
Chair of Honor : Yasutaka Tsutsui
Attend. : 1000
15th. (1976 AUG. 14-15) TOKON VI
City Pref. : Otemachi, Tokyo
Site : Nikkei Hall
Chair : Haruka Takachiho
Chair of Honor : Masahiro Noda
Attend. : 700
16th. (1977 AUG. 27-28) HINCON
City Pref. : Yokohama, Kanagawa
Site : Silk Museum Hall Industry & Trade Center
Chair : Jun'ichi Kadokura
Attend. : 300
17th. (1978 AUG. 18-20) ASHINOCON
City Pref. : Hakone-Spa, Kanagawa
Site : Ashinoko Hotel
Chair : Masami Katoh
Chair of Honor : Koji Tanaka
Attend. : 400
18th. (1979 AUG. 25-26) MEICON III
City Pref. : Nagoya, Aichi
Site : Nagoya Habor Hall
Chair : Hirohisa Suzuki
Chair of Honor : Den Yoshimitsu
Attend. : 700
19th. (1980 AUG. 9-10) TOKON VII
City Pref. : Asakusa, Tokyo
Site : Asakusa Public Hall
Chair : Hiroshi Sasaki
Chair of Honor : Norio Ito
Attend. : 1300
20th. (1981 AUG. 22-23) DAICON III
City Pref. : Morinomiya, Osaka
Site : Morinomiya Piloti Hall Osaka Municipia Labor Hall
Chair : Yasuhiro Takeda
Chair of Honor : Musashi Kanbe
Attend. : 1200
21st. (1982 AUG. 14-15) TOKON VIII
City Pref. : Koujimachi, Tokyo
Site : Toshi Center Hotel
Chair : Nobumitsu Omiya
Attend. : 1500
22nd. (1983 AUG. 20-21) DAICON IV
City Pref. : Yotsubashi, Osaka
Site : Osaka Koseinenkin Hall
Chair : Toshihiko Nishigaki
Attend. : 4000
23rd. (1984 JUL. 27-29) EZOCON II
City Pref. : Jozankei-Spa, Hokkaido
Site : Jozankei Hotel
Chair : Masayuki Mikami
Attend. : 1000
24th. (1985 AUG. 3-4) GATACON-SP
City Pref. : Yahiko-Spa, Niigata
Site :  
Chair : Kazuyoshi Kakizaki
Chair of Honor : Chohei Kanbayashi
Attend. : 1300
25th. (1986 AUG. 24-25) DAICON V
City Pref. : Suita, Osaka
Site : Suita Culture Hall MAY Theatre
Chair : Hiroshi Yamane
Attend. : 2500
26th. (1987 AUG. 8-9) (URACON'87)
City Pref. : Yamanaka-Spa, Ishikawa
Site :  
Chair : Yumiko Ura
Chair of Honor : Takumi Shibano
Attend. : 1200
27th. (1988 AUG. 27-28) Mig.Con
City Pref. : Minakami-Spa, Gunma
Site :  
Chair : Yasuhiro Takeda
Attend. : 1200
28th. (1989 AUG. 19-20) DAINACON*EX
City Pref. : Miya-Spa, Aichi
Site :  
Chair : Hideo Uchida
Attend. : 1600
29th. (1990 AUG. 18-19) TOKON IX
City Pref. : Asakusa, Tokyo
Site : Asakusa Public Hall Asakusa View Hotel
Chair : Eiichi Hosokawa
Attend. : 1000
30th. (1991 JUL. 26-27) i-CON
City Pref. : Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Site : Renais Kanazawa Culture Hall
Chair : Keiichi Nakatani
Attend. : 1500
31st. (1992 AUG. 21-23) HAMACON
City Pref. : Yokohama, Kanagawa
Site : Pacifico Yokohama
Chair : Norihiro Misaki
Attend. : 2300
32nd. (1993 AUG. 21-22) DAICON 6
City Pref. : Uehonmachi, Osaka
Site : International House , Osaka Yoshino Ryokan
Chair : Ken Yamamoto
Attend. : 1600
33rd. (1994 JUL. 1-3) RYUCON
City Pref. : Sajiki town, Okinawa
Site : Okinawa Welfare Vacation Center
Chair : Ikuro Yoshikawa
Attend. : 300
34th. (1995 AUG. 19-20) HAMANACON
City Pref. : Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Site : Hamamatsu ACT City
Chair : Yoshiaki Hatsumura
Attend. : 1500
35th. (1996 AUG. 23-25) KOKURA NOMICON
City Pref. : Kokura, Fukuoka
Site : The Kitakyushu International Conference Center Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura
Chair : Yasuyuki Urata
Attend. : 1200
36th. (1997 AUG. 23-24) AKICON
City Pref. : Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Site : Hiroshima Prince Hotel
Chair : Yukiko Kobayashi
Attend. : 1400
37th. (1998 AUG. 29-30) CAPRICON 1
City Pref. : Nagoya, Aichi
Site : Nagoya Congress Center
Chair : Yasuji Fusada
Chair of Honor : Haruka Takachiho
Attend. : 1115
38th. (1999 JUL. 3-4) YANECON
City Pref. : Minami Otari, Nagano
Site : Hotel Green Plaza Hakuba
Chair : Kunihito Tomii
Attend. : 1300
39th. (2000 AUG. 5-6) Zero-CON
City Pref. : Yokohama, Kanagawa
Site : Pacifico Yokohama
Chair : Hirotaka Kihara
Attend. : ????
40th. (2001 AUG. 18-19) SF2001
City Pref. : Makuhari, Chiba
Site : Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall International Exhibition Halls
Chair : Yasuhiro Takeda
Attend. : 3600
41st. (2002 JUL. 13-14) U-CON
City Pref. : Tamayu Township, Shimane
Site : Gyokusen, Matsunoyu
Chair : Katsumi Yuasa
Attend. : 700
42nd. (2003 JUL. 19-21) T-CON2003 (T3)
City Pref. : Shiobara-machi, Tochigi
Site : Hotel New Shiobara
Chair : Akio Kumakura
Attend. : 900
43rd. (2004 AUG. 21-22) G-con
City Pref. : Motosu County, Gifu
Site : Gifu Nagaragawa International Conference Hall
Chair : ----
Attend. : ----

· Upcoming Japan National SF Conventions ·

44th. (2005 JUL. 16-17) HAMACON2
City Pref. : Yokohama, Kanagawa
Site : Pacifico Yokohama
Chair : Michimaru Hanzawa
Attend. : ----
45th. (2006 JUL. 8-9) ZUNCON
City Pref. : Matsushima, Miyagi
Site : Sohkan hotel
Chair : Toshiko Shichiri
Attend. : ----

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