Japan Amusement Expo

Japan Amusement Expo
ジャパン アミューズメント エキスポ
StatusActive
GenreTrade exhibition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueMakuhari Messe
Location(s)Greater Tokyo Area
CountryJapan
Inaugurated2012
Websitewww.jaepo.jp

The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO) is an annual trade fair for amusement arcade products, such as arcade games, redemption games, amusement rides, vending machines, and change machines.[1] The event is hosted one weekend per year in the Greater Tokyo Area. The event is held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba.

JAEPO is one of the largest amusement-machine trade fairs in the world.[1] It is organised by the combined efforts of the Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association (JAMMA) and the Amusement Machine Operators' Union (AOU). Before 2012, these organisations each produced separate trade fairs in Greater Tokyo: the Amusement Machine (AM) Show and the AOU Show, respectively.

History

The Amusement Machine Show, or AM Show, was sponsored by the Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association (JAMMA) and the Japan Amusement Park Equipment Association (JAPEA).[2][3] In 2012, JAMMA and JAPEA merged and reincorporated as the Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association. They partnered with the Amusement Machine Operators' Union to promote a single event.[1]

The AM Show was scheduled for one weekend in either September, October, or November; the AOU Show occurred in February. When the events merged, the organisers retained the AOU Show's February schedule.

The 49th Amusement Machine Show was held on 15–17 September 2011 at Makuhari Messe[4][5] (which remains the venue for JAEPO). The first two days of the expo were for industry invitees only, and the final day was open to the public.[4][5]

The final AOU Show was the weekend of 18 February 2012; it, too, was held at Makuhari Messe.[6] AOU was a two-day event in which the second day was open to the public.

References

  1. ^ a b c "JAEPO - Japan Amusement Expo 2014". Highway Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ Business Japan. Vol. 27. Nihon Kogyo Shinbun. 1982. pp. 75, 85.
  3. ^ Business America. Vol. 4. United States Department of Commerce. 1981. p. 34.
  4. ^ a b "Amusement Show, Vol. 49". am-show.jp. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b "第49回アミューズメントマシンショー開幕" [49th Amusement Machine Show Kicks Off]. Gigazine (in Japanese). 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. ^ "AOU 2012". aou.or.jp (in Japanese). All Nippon Amusement Machine Operators' Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.