MiyakoCon is a small, Salem, Oregon based anime convention in its first year. We’re in the last stages of finalizing date and venue, but bear with us and stay tuned! If you or your business, campus club, or other organization would like to help make MiyakoCon awesome, please use this contact form to let us know what you have in mind. Meanwhile, if you have questions, please email Julie at [email protected] for more information. Click here to download MiyakoCon’s official press release.
is MiyakoCon’s chief mover and shaker. She’s going to college in Portland, but she grew up here in Salem, graduating from South Salem H.S. in 2014.
is Julie’s operational support. He runs a steampunk convention and other events in Portland, and is returning a lot of favors.
Julie and Stephen are collaborating on programming, operations, business affairs, and publicity for MiyakoCon.
Why “Miyako”? – About Our Name
The Miyako Odori is an annual festival of arts and performance in Kyoto, Japan’s former capital city (miyako). Another name for the festival is the “cherry blossom dances”. Since Salem is both the Cherry City as well as Oregon’s state capital, we could hardly wish for a better name than MiyakoCon!