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The Convention Essentials Checklist

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  • Fresh clothing for each day plus one extra day for backup
    • Bag for dirty clothes
  • Costume(s) (and all costume pieces)
    • Cosplay Repair Kit (safety pins, fabric tape, fabric glue, small hot glue gun, scissors, needles, thread, extra buttons, Bleach pen, lint roller)
  • Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, Soap, shampoo, air freshener, etc.)
  • Prescription medication
  • Non-prescription medication for necessity (ex. pepto-bismol, aspirin/tylenol, etc.)
  • Photo ID (driver’s license, passport, etc.)
  • Money, credit card, ATM card (Cash set aside for emergency)
  • Cell Phone (and charger plus backup charger)
  • Power Strip (many people with electronics in a room but usually only have a few plugs)
  • Camera and video camera (and charger)
  • Printed Needs
    • Directions to hotel
    • Printed hotel confirmation
    • Printed airline/train/bus itinerary
    • Printed receipt of San Japan Pre-Registration
    • Printed Convention Schedule
  • Entertainment (For down time in lines or what have you (DS, PSP, iPod, Apples to Apple, etc.)
  • Pens and Sharpies along with a notepad or sketchbook (good for jotting down info, Autographs, and updating lists)
    • List of Anime/Manga you already own so you don’t buy duplicates
    • Wishlist of Anime/Manga you want
  • Food for room if staying (Fruit Snacks, Chips, Canned Fruit, anything that can be made in without a microwave)
  • Snacks (meal bars, granola bars, breakfast bars – simple stuff)
  • Water bottle (Stay Hydrated, its August in Texas Heat – Stroke Is Bad)
  • return of guest2012

    Do the booths in the dealers room take credit/debit cards? Or do we need to bring cash only?

    • San Japan

      Some dealers _may_ accept debit/credit but we won’t know who or which dealer will take cards. It is on the individual dealer to decide how they will accept payment. You will have to ask the dealer if they accept them or not.

    • Magik32421

      I would bring a creedit/debit card, and $200 in cash (in 1s) JUST to be on the safe side.

  • Adrianar35

    could you bring a backpack to San Japan? It will be usedto store the essentials(water, granola bars, sketchbook, purchased items,etc.)

    • SanJapanAdmin

       A backpack is accepted at San Japan except for the late night electronic dance music at midnight. We do not watch or check bags.

  • Saiyagurl

    Okay, so, for pre-registration, we have to have “a printed receipt”, right?

    When we pre-registered at Ooples, their printer wasn’t working. We were given a small receipt for each person going, and they sent us the confirmation of the receipt. Which do we bring?