For three days spanning October 14 (Fri), 15 (Sat), and 16 (Sun), Japan's largest convention center Makuhari Messe will be decked out in Visual-Kei.

Japanese Visual-Kei rock music has captured the hearts of rock fans worldwide.�Amidst the tons of festivals across the country comes the announcement of an enormous event to top them all: VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 Powered by Rakuten.

The first artists to be announced are X JAPAN, LUNA SEA, GLAY, hide with Spread Beaver, and Golden Bomber. Dozens more will be announced soon.

It's been nearly 30 years since the birth of Visual-Kei in Japan, and the event will be Japan's biggest-ever Visual-Kei festival, bringing together bands from across the country for an estimated audience of 100,000 people.

X JAPAN, who have been on hiatus since the sudden hospitalization of their guitarist PATA, will make a full return at the festival. The festival will also incorporate a revival 24 years later of Extasy Summit, the legendary event that began in 1988, which was last held in 1992 at the Osaka Castle Hall and Nippon Budokan. Plans are also being made for live viewing abroad.

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?Event Name??VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 Powered by Rakuten

?Dates??October 14th (Fri), 15th (Sat), and 16th (Sun), 2016

?Venue??Makuhari Messe Hall halls 9-11

?Doors/Performances begin/Performances end??Doors 8:00AM / Begin 9:00AM / End 10:00PM (times subject to change) ? On 10/16 (Sun), performances are currently planned to end at 9:00PM.

?Scheduled to appear?? X JAPAN, LUNA SEA, GLAY, hide with Spread Beaver, Golden Bomber, many more bands to be announced

?Promoter?Planning?? VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 Executive Committee Rakuten VISUAL JAPAN LLC

?Management?Production??Udo Artists. inc.

?Produced in collaboration with??Rakuten management

?Enquiries??VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 Executive Committee's office �(Rakuten management) (+81)-(0)3-6695-0497

?official web site? ?Japanese http://visual-japan.com/?English http://visual-japan.com/en/

?Sales schedule?

?Rakuten ticket pre-sales August 10th (Wed) 12:00 to 15th (Mon) 23:00

?Play Guide pre-sales August 16th (Tue ) 10:00 to 22nd (Mon) 23:00 �?l-tike?Pia?eplus

?Rakuten Ticket?Family Mart pre-sales August 23rd (Tue) 10:00 to 29th (Mon) 23:00

?Regular sales dateSeptember 3rd (Sat) 10:00

?Ticket prices?

?One day ticket (all standing) 14,000 yen (incl. tax)

?Three day ticket (all standing) 39,000 yen (incl. tax)

?VIP ticket (one day ticket / all seats reserved /includes a special take home director's chair) 60,000 yen (incl. tax)

?Enquiries regarding tickets??Rakuten ticket customer support �Phone?050-5817-9070 (weekdays 10:00-17:00)