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EDM Fan? Now is the Perfect Time to Visit Tokyo!

Are you an EDM fan? Are you a fan of Japanese pop-culture like anime, manga or Japanese video games?

If you are, now is the perfect time to visit Japan. The world's largest traveling Electronic Music festival, ULTRA, heads to Tokyo for Ultra Japan September 17, 18 and 19th in Odaiba. Only 40 minutes away from Odaiba, Tokyo Games Show will be taking place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba.

Of course, Ultra Japan is next weekend; if you're like most fans and need more than a week to plan your vacation, why not start planing your September 2017 trip to Tokyo and Ultra Japan now?

Adding to the list of already confirmed Ultra Japan headliners (deadmau5, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Nero (Live), DJ Snake and Tiësto) are four more world-class acts, all of whom will be making their ULTRA Japan debuts. Techno kingpin and SCI+TEC label boss Dubfire will be leading the charge on the RESISTANCE Stage, while heavy-hitters Knife Party, Kygo and ZHU will entertain fans with their eclectic Main Stage performances at the Odaiba Ultra Park, Tokyo in just over a month's time.

A further FIFTEEN acts have just been added to the list of Phase Two Support, with Carnage, Fedde Le Grand, Galantis, Gryffin, Shogun, Thomas Jack and W&W joining Jauz and Marshmello on Main Stage duties, while Anna, Art Department, Matador, Nic Fanciulli, Nicole Moudaber, Reboot, Shaded (Live), Technasia and Yotto will be throwing it down on the RESISTANCE Stage.

If that weren't enough, over forty more regional support acts have been confirmed, completing the ULTRA Japan Phase Two Lineup, which you can see in full here.

So not only do you get to see some of the best DJs from around the world, but you also get to see some of the best DJs that Japan has to offer, DJs like Ken Ishii, Takkyu Ishino, and Shinichi Osawa.

After the show, spend the rest of your week in Tokyo visiting the Otaku heartland.

- Akihabara – the heart of Otaku culture, especially for lovers of games and maid cafes. It's home to the Gundam café and the AKB48 café, both next to the station.

- … Though if you're looking specifically for Otaku merchandise, then head over to Nakano. The Nakano Broadway shopping complex sells an extraordinary range of collectibles, going back decades.

- Also in Odaiba, seconds from the Ultra Japan grounds, the Diver City shopping mall is protected by a giant life-size Gundam statue. Here, you can visit Gundam Front, an exhibition celebrating the mecha franchise.

- Mitaka is home to the Ghibli Museum. Remember, you need to buy museum tickets in advance, either from JTB Group stores outside Japan, from the Lawson Ticket website, or in the Lawson convenience stories in Japan.

- 40 minutes from Tokyo Station, the Makuhari Messe convention centre hosts the world-famous Tokyo Game Show and many other events – keep an eye on its calendar. Tokyo Game show is at the same time as Ultra, so you can head over to TGS in the morning, then take the Yurikamome from Shin Kiba station straight to Ultra Japan.

- See the bronze statues of Astro Boy, Lum, Tomorrow's Joe, Maetel and Tetsuro at Oizumi-gsakuen station in Nerima…

- … or check out the head of Godzilla atop the high-rise Hotel Gracery in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.

- The Robot Restaurant in Kabukicho throws spectacular cabarets with dancing girls and fighting mecha.

- If you loved Makoto Shinkai's Garden of Words, walk round the real place, the wondrously beautiful Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. But be warned, the last entry is 4pm, and the garden's shut on Mondays.

- Go to Shibuya and stride over the iconic scramble junction, represented in countless anime.

- Round things off by seeing the city from above. The Tokyo Skytree tower is the highest tower, but if you can't take the queue, there's also the Tokyo Tower, Roppongi Hills or the Observation Decks at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

See you in Tokyo!