J-Pop Summit

J-POP SUMMIT, hosted by SUPERFROG Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a Japanese cultural festival held every summer since 2009 in San Francisco, California, United States. By introducing the latest in Japanese music, fashion, film, art, games, tech-innovations, anime, food, as well as niche subcultures, the festival has become a landing platform for new trends from Japan. The festival is also getting attention as an effective opportunity for promotion and entry point into US markets. In 2014, the festival was held in Japantown and enjoyed 120,000 in attendance in two days. In 2015, the festival expanded its area to four different locations in the city; Fort Mason Center, Union Square, NEW PEOPLE Cinema and Castro Theatre and successfully relaunched as an indoor event.

J-POP SUMMIT first took place as an opening ceremony of NEW PEOPLE building at Japan Town in San Francisco in 2009. Since then it became an annual festival to introduce the latest Japanese pop including such contents as Anime, Manga, Game, Fashion, Films, and Music. In recent years, Interactive and Travel have been added to its content diversity to make stronger bonds between IT companies in the two countries and also to revitalize Japanese inbound tourism from the US. The event has provided good opportunities for Japanese companies to expand their business to the U.S. market.

"POP IS OUR TRADITION" is the theme of J-POP SUMMIT.

Takako Tokiwa, a Japanese actress and Yoshitaka Amano, and a well-known character designer joined the first J-POP SUMMIT in 2009, and since then, prominent guests from varieties of field including artists, actors, movie directors, designers, voice actors, programmers, were invited from Japan every year. One of the popular program is J-POP LIVE and many of Japan’s top sales singers such as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tomomi Itano, May'n, and JAM Project have performed on stage.

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