About this Event
🌸 Chicago Reincarnated: An Anime Market & Pop-Up Experience
You’ve been invited to a secret anime tea garden… 🌸☕
Step through the portal and spend an afternoon surrounded by anime, cosplay, cute things, local artists, and fellow fans.
✨ What to expect
🛍️ 30+ local artists & vendors
Anime art, handmade goods, keychains, stickers, prints, accessories, collectibles, plushies, and more.
🌸 Sakura Tea Garden
Explore our themed photo area and take cute photos in an anime-inspired tea garden.
📸 Meet local cosplayers
Take photos and hang out with our featured official cosplayer guests.
💗 Flash Tattoos
Get a cute fandom-inspired tattoo from our participating tattoo artist.
🎀 Stamp Rally
Make a purchase from any vendor, collect your event stamp, and turn it in for a cute fan prize!
🎁 Hourly Raffles
Raffles begin at 1:30 PM, with prizes from participating artists, vendors, and community supporters.
🍵 Café Treats & Drinks
Grab a drink or snack while you explore the event.
🎨 Creative Activities
Take part in DIY activities, trinket trading, the wishing tree, and other fandom activities throughout the day.
💕 Made for anime fans
Whether you're a longtime otaku, casual anime watcher, manga reader, cosplayer, collector, or simply someone who loves cute things, Chicago Reincarnated is a welcoming, low-pressure way to enjoy fandom without the overwhelming feeling of a huge convention.
Shop small. Meet fellow fans. Take cute photos. Make something. Find your next favorite artist.
🌸 Your portal is open. Are you ready to be reincarnated?
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✨ OFFICIAL COSPLAYERS ✨
Come meet our featured cosplayers throughout the event!
💕 Cat / Cat_Kanna
🌸 Emma Fischer
🎀 Mangoe
✨ Alex / Mikaswag
🩷 peach / peachm1lk
🌷 Christine / Xine
🎨 OFFICIAL ARTISTS & VENDORS
35+ artists, creators & shops to explore!
AstroManatee • Bunbakerye • Candy Fluffs • Caramell.ia
Chiyarts • Cybersoda • Deadly Nailz LLC • Deerist One Designs • domantics • EEMPO ART • Frog and Fill • Gummybear & Co. • HariniMadeCrafts • Heigen’s Fishmarket • Honey Bun Pop Shop • Hoshiiru • Itsveryyarmy • Legumi.Art • Lilahs Studio • Little Lunar Co • Love, Mylien • Mochi Shinobi LLC • Nekoland Anime • Neon Needle Records • Nerd Dreams Tattoo • OceanicPears • Popswif • psychosnroses • Pysics • ren3gade • Sea Turtle Whimsy • Slipslidn_art • sopeoo • SweeToothGhost • Velpi • WOO! Prints
Event venue & nearby stays
Vjosa Cafe & Events, 1010 West 35th Street, Chicago, United States
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