HIKKY ( Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasushi Funakoshi) will hold "Virtual Market 2023 Real in Shibuhara" (also known as "Vket Real") as a real event of "Virtual Market", the world's largest metaverse event, which has been awarded Guinness World Record™, for two days from December 16 to 17, 2023 (Saturday to Sunday). The event will be held over two days from December 16 (Sat.) to 17 (Sun.), 2023. We are pleased to announce details of the contents and special stage events scheduled to be held at this event.
Virtual Market 2023 Real in Shibuhara official website:
A special stage event featuring popular creators and voice actors will be held!
A special stage event featuring popular creators and voice actors will be held at Shibuya Sakura Stage (https://www.shibuya-sakura-stage.com/ ), a new landmark in Shibuya completed this November!
Free entry to each stage will be available from December 1 (Fri.) to December 6 (Wed.), 2012. Please apply from the following page.
Special Stage Event Page: https://event.vket.com/2023Winter/real/stage
*You need to log in to your Vket account to apply.
*Applications can be made for each stage.
*Real-time stage viewing will be by lottery, but will also be broadcast live.
Date and time
December 16 (Sat.) and 17 (Sun.), 2023, 11:00-18:00 (4 stages each day)
Location
Special stage on the 3rd floor of Shibuya Sakura Stage
(Entrance time to each stage and meeting place for winners will be announced separately to winners.)
Details of each stage
Vket stroll with Nobaman and his good fellow members!
Date & Time
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 11:00-12:00
Performer
Nobaman (https://www.youtube.com/nobamangames)
Yamien (https://www.youtube.com/@Yamien )
Nephrite (https://www.youtube.com/@DFM_nephrite )
Stage Contents
UUUM creator "Nobaman", good friend member streamer "Yamien" and pro-gamer "Nephrite" will explore the VR space of Virtual Market 2023 Winter! They will experience the UUUM booth at Parareal London. In addition, we will be waiting for you with a variety of gorgeous contents, including a plan to take commemorative photos with the creators in the metaverse space, and a giveaway of signed real goods exclusively for visitors!
VRC Comedy Dojo Bakusho LIVE in Shibuhara
Date & Time
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 13:00-14:00
Performers
Members of VRC Comedy Dojo (https://twitter.com/VRC_Owarai_dojo), Yasochin, audaman, Denkiisu, Toru, Agent Satan, Sasagui, Asamura Ko, Jizo Metabi, Kurosaki Kogin
Stage Contents
Comedy live performance by "VRC Comedy Dojo," a comedy team active in metaverse! They will perform a comedy act that connects members in virtual space and real space. Please enjoy a new sense of comedy that is truly parareal, an intersection of the virtual and real worlds!
Tour with beauty-loving professional gamers! Club Cosmetics" Special Stage
Date & Time
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 15:00-16:00
Performer
Furanshisko (https://twitter.com/Franciscooo_T )
Kyu-chan (https://www.youtube.com/@Qch4n )
Club Cosmetics Beauty Staff (https://www.clubcosmetics.co.jp/ )
Stage Contents
Professional gamer "Furanshisko" and game streamer "Kyu-chan", both famous for their love of beauty, will experience the Metaverse space of Club Cosmetics, a long-established cosmetics manufacturer, in VR and web browser, respectively! In addition, the company's beauty staff will join them for a roundtable discussion on beauty. Men and women alike may be able to hear some useful information about beauty! This is a must-see stage for beauty lovers.
~#Kanae Project Presents~ Kanae Gakuen & Orekana inVket What's New? Stage
Date & Time
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 17:00-18:00
Performer
Kotori Koiwai (https://twitter.com/koiwai_kotori )
Tokui Aozora (https://twitter.com/tokui_sorangley )
Asami Imai (https://twitter.com/asamingosu )
Nanako Suzuki (https://twitter.com/7suzukinak0 )
Stage Contents
The collaboration stage of "Kanae Gakuen" and "Ore Kana", which originated from Kana Pro Market, will appear on the Virtual Market Real! We are pleased to announce that Kotori Koiwai, Aozora Tokui, Nanako Suzuki, and Asami Imai, voice actors who are well-known for "Kanae Gakuen" and "Ore Kana", will join us on stage in Santa costume!
There will be a reading part, a talk part that can only be heard here, and a remote fan meeting in the VR event space "VketSpace". And at the end of the stage, a big announcement will be made...?
Please look forward to this energetic special stage that will blow away the cold!
Kanae Gakuen official website
Kana Pro Market Official Twitter
Exercise for all! Everyone Participates! Virtual Gym in VketReal
Date & Time
December 17, 2023 (Sun.) 11:00-12:00
Performers
VRC Radio Gymnastics, Yuru-Fuwa Parapara Club, Minus to Start Flexibility Club
Stage Contents
This is a stage where you can enjoy exercising with radio calisthenics, para para, and flexibility. We will invite people from the community who usually do exercises in metaverse and have them coach the audience. Even if you are not a regular exerciser, let's enjoy exercising your body!
What is the fusion of "real" and "metaverse" worlds? Special Business Talk Show
Date & Time
December 17, 2023 (Sun.) 13:00-14:00
Performer
Yasushi Funakoshi, CEO, HIKKY Corporation (https://twitter.com/funacosystem )
Naoki Yoshida, announcer, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (https://twitter.com/yoshidahisanori )
Special Guests (to be announced later)
Stage Contents
Business talk show on the theme of "Fusion of Real and Metaverse" with Nippon Broadcasting System announcer Naoki Yoshida, who also works as a virtual MC, Isshou Ken, and special guests! This year's VketReal in Shibuhara, which takes on the challenge following the success of the summer VketReal in Akiba, will be explained from a business perspective. This is a one-hour talk show about the "fusion" of the real world and the metaverse, a topic that is only relevant now.
Let's Enjoy G1 Races with Voice Actors! Vket Real Trip Special Edition
Date and Time
December 17, 2023 (Sun.) 15:00-16:00
Performers
Nika Akaneya (https://twitter.com/iRis_a_himi)
Hope Yamamoto (https://twitter.com/nojomiy )
Lynn (https://twitter.com/Lynn_0601_ )
Hitomi Ueda (https://twitter.com/Weeeda_I )
Dangerous Yasuda (https://twitter.com/dangeryasuda )
Stage Content
A large gathering of comedians and voice actors who love horse racing and are horse racing novices! The performers will visit JAR's original metaverse world "Virtual Nakayama Racecourse" to hold a horse racing talk show that combines real and virtual. In addition, the G1 race to be held on the day of December 17 will be broadcast live while everyone tries to predict the outcome! Whether you are interested in horse racing or not, this is a must-see stage where you can fully enjoy the fascination of horse racing!
Virtual Market 5th Anniversary! Christmas Special Stage
Date and Time
December 17, 2023 (Sun.) 17:00-18:00
Performers
Founder of Vket, Phio of the Moving Castle (https://twitter.com/phio_alchemist )
HIKKY COO/CQO Sawa Emika (https://twitter.com/SawaeMika )
VketPM, Nagomi (https://twitter.com/nagomin12 )
Others
Stage Contents
The last talk live in 2023, the 5th anniversary of Virtual Market! The talk will include a look back at the memories of the past 5 years and what Vket wants to do in the future. This is a talk live suitable for the 5th anniversary and a must-see for Vket fans!☆
If you purchase the "Virtual Market 2023 Real in Shibuhara Original Tour" travel package now on sale through JR Tokai Tours, you will receive a "VIP Pass" that allows you to see all the above stages without a lottery!
This travel package offers a very reasonable price for a round-trip Shinkansen train + hotel accommodations from Osaka/Nagoya, so if you live far away, please take this opportunity to enjoy Vket Real at a great price with this travel package. Limited quantities are available, and it will be on sale until 23:30 7 days before the event, so don't delay!
| Original Tour Purchase Page One-night tour from Chubu: Two-night tour from Chubu: One-night tour from Kansai: Two-night tour from Kansai: |
Vket official off-line meeting "Vket to meet in real life" will be held!
A big event because it is a real event! The "Large-Scale Official Offline Meeting" will be held at Lad's GARAGE Shibuya (B1 KN Shibuya 1 Building, 13-11 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) and The Public stand Shibuya (2F Shibuya Parkside Kyodo Building, 1-25-6 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)!
Each store will have two sessions on both days, and each session will feature an original community event.
In addition, Lad's GARAGE will be equipped with the "KATVR" (https://katvr.jp/ ), a controller that allows you to walk around the VR space with your own feet, and The Public stand will have a "mist screen" (https:// www.seiko-giken.jp/solution/screen ), which can project images in three dimensions onto a fine mist.
Admission is by ticket, and tickets can be purchased in advance from the following page.
Off-line ticket purchase page: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/vketreal2023w
Advance purchase will get you tickets at a lower price than those purchased on the day of the event, so please purchase your tickets in advance!
Ticket prices
| 1Day 1 venue ticket “No.1” | 2,000 yen (Admission to one of the venues and one drink included) |
| 1Day 2 venue ticket “No.2” | 3,000 yen (Admission to both venues and 1 drink included) |
| Premium ALL ticket “King” | 5,000 yen (Admission to both venues for 2 days & 1 drink included) |
*Please refer to the official offline ticket sales page for details on each community event.
Cleaning up and "optimizing" the Real Shibuhara! Parareal Beautification Committee!
Together with members of the "Succubus Bar LILITH in SHIBUHARA" and "VirtualPuella" communities in VRChat who participate in some of the official offline meetings, as well as members and HIKKY staff who gather daily in the VR bar area "Poppy Yokocho", we are going out into the streets of Shibuya and Harajuku to "optimize" the real world as well! The "Parareal Beautification Committee" was launched to "optimize" the real world!
With the cooperation of Sanipak Japan, a manufacturer of plastic bags and garbage bags exhibited at the VR venue, and Seven-Eleven, a company that promotes sustainable activities, some of the members will be dressed in avatars! Some members of the group will tour the streets of Harajuku from Shibuya to Harajuku picking up trash. Those who participate in the trash pickup will receive a Sanipak plastic bag and a ticket in exchange for Seven Premium jasmine tea! Let's clean up and optimize the real Shibuhara together!
Travel the streets of Shibuya and Harajuku to solve the riddles! Riddle solving game "Shibuhara Neko Atsume: Riddle Solving Scouting Mission" is held!
The mystery-solving game "Shibuhara Neko Atsume: Riddle-Solving Scouting Mission" will be held! This time, the popular mystery-solving game will be held in the town of Shibuhara and will be even more powerful than before!
Join "Ma-nya," a cat girl who aspires to become a virtual fashion designer, as you visit up to 10 venues and stores to solve riddles and collect "virtual cat models!”
The key visual is by illustrator Guritan Tanuki (https://twitter.com/GreenTanuki64), and mystery designer Takayuki Magata (https://twitter.com/newmagata) has cooperated to create the mystery, The event will offer an exciting experience that is uniquely Shibuya/Harajuku.
As a participation bonus, all participants will receive an original clear file! In addition, when you clear the file, you will be given a sticker of the cats that appear in the story at random from a total of 10 different types.
Please enjoy the mystery-solving game that connects the real and virtual worlds together with cute cats!
<How to participate in the riddle-solving game>
Please visit the event counter at Himmelblau Harajuku or Shibuya Sakura Stage and receive a puzzle-solving kit.
<MAP of Riddle-Solving Spots>
In addition to the Vket real venues, there will be a directly managed store "KEEN GARAGE HARAJUKU" of outdoor footwear brand "KEEN (https://www.keenfootwear.jp/ )", a concept store "AURORA Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku" of umbrella manufacturer "Aurora (https:// aurora-store.jp/ ), a concept store "AURORA Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku", and "I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT KNIT by gim", a directly managed store of Harajuku-based knitwear maker "gim (https://www.gim.co.jp/)". KNIT by gim", a directly-managed store of Harajuku-based knitwear maker gim, will collaborate with Vket Real as a mystery-solving spot!
Please visit each store and solve the riddles to get the cute virtual cat models that match the image of each brand.
Virtual Market 2023 Real in SHIBUHARA" is a new type of real metaverse event that connects the virtual and the real, fusing the latest XR technology with the culture of Shibuya and Harajuku. Various contents will be offered in conjunction with facilities, stores, and shopping streets in Shibuya and Harajuku. We will continue to announce the details of the event, so please look forward to further information.
Virtual Market 2023 Real in SHIBUHARA Overview
Name | Virtual Market 2023 Real in Shibuhara |
Opening period | December 16 (Saturday) to December 17 (Sunday), 2023 |
Opening Hours | 10:00〜19:00 |
Venue | 1) Himmelblau Harajuku (1-19-19 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) 2) Wharf Harajuku (1-9-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) 3) UNKNOWN HARAJUKU (6-5-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) (4) SHIBUYA109 Shibuya store event space (2-29-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) (5) Shibuya Sakura Stage (1-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) Collaboration contents will also be held at other stores in the Shibuya and Harajuku areas. |
Entrance fee | Free of charge |
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