Hentai Matsuri 2026

HENTAI MATSURI is San Diego's most exciting adult-only (18+) event celebrating the mature side of anime and pop-culture! This will be taking place at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley San Diego! Get your tickets now!

HENTAI MATSURI will feature three days of programming, panels, entertainment, and more, celebrating hentai and mature art forms.

This will be a secure, inclusive, and educational space for open-minded people looking to meet other like-minded people. HENTAI MATSURI will have a "No Tolerance" policy for harassment and other nonconsensual violations. Any attendees harassing or violating other guests will have their badges/passes revoked and will be evicted from the event and potentially banned from all future events.

Single day tickets and weekend passes are now available - all tickets will be more expensive at the door! Also, ALL discount codes expire at 12:00am on 6/10/26 - absolutely no exceptions to this. This means your last opportunity to use one is 11:59pm on June 11.

Ticket Prices:

Single day and weekend passes are now available.

• Friday Only Pass/Badge - $29
• Saturday Only Pass/Badge - $59
• Sunday Only Pass/Badge - $49
• Weekend Pass/Badge - $99

VIP tickets are $200 and include:

• Three-day/Weekend Pass to Hentai Matsuri
• Japanese Food Reception Saturday Night
• Preferred Seating at Panels and Events (Limited)
• Special access to convention exclusive merchandise
• Exclusive Gift Tote Bag
• Hentai Matsuri T-Shirt
• Limited Edition Hentai Matsuri Stickers
• Exclusive VIP Paddle
• Exclusive VIP Badge
• Exclusive VIP Trading Card
• Meet and Greet Preferred Time Slots with V-Tuber Guests (Limited)
• Exclusive VIP Poster

Hentai Matsuri Hours:

Registration is open:

Friday 5:00pm – 9:00pm

Saturday 10:00am – 10:00pm

Sunday 10:00am – 6:00pm

Event hours are:

Friday 5:00pm – 1:00am (vendor and artist hall 5:00pm – 9:00pm)

Saturday 10:00am – 1:00am (vendor and artist hall 10:00pm – 6:00pm)

Sunday 10:00am – 6:00pm (vendor and artist hall 10:00pm – 6:00pm)

You MUST be at least 18 to enter and IDs will be checked! If you bought a ticket for yourself or someone else and they are not 18 at the time of the event, they will not be permitted entry, and there will be no refund. This is an 18+ only event! You MUST present a government issued ID with your date of birth on it when you check in - NO EXCEPTIONS! If you do not have any ID, regardless of how old you look, you will not be allowed into the event!

Reselling, sharing, or transferring a Hentai Matsuri badge/wristband or complimentary pass is strictly prohibited. If this is violated and ownership cannot be proved, the badge/wristband will be revoked and canceled without refund. Do NOT lose your badge or wristband – they will NOT be replaced without cost!

Refund policy - refunds for tickets will be honored until the day before the event. No refunds will be given on or after the event date. If you buy a ticket and do not attend the event (or did not like the event), you will not be refunded (this applies to you and to whatever situation you explain - no exceptions, there are no refunds on or after the event). Eventbrite fees are only refunded by Eventbrite.

Hentai Matsuri reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at the event, without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. We may use the photograph/video in publications or other media materials.

By attending Hentai Matsuri or by failing to notify us, in writing, your desire to not have your photograph or image used, you are agreeing to release, defend, hold harmless and indemnify Hentai Matsuri from any and all claims involving the use of your picture or likeness.

Hentai Matsuri is dedicated to ensuring our event is a safe environment for all participants. We have a zero tolerance policy for any and all harassment towards fellow attendees, artists, vendors, performers, special guests, event staff, and other event personnel. Anyone attending the event who engages in the following behavior below will have their passes confiscated, and then be ejected from the event without a refund.

Harrassment includes and is not limited to:

• verbal harassment
• video-recording without explicit verbal consent or permission
• photos without their explicit verbal consent or permission
• stalking or following other guests
• nonconsensual physical contact

Just don't be a creep; be cool and treat everyone with respect, and everything will be cool.

Hentai Matsuri is created and produced by Silk Road Productions and is in our family of pop culture events, including Fangaea Con, San Diego Anime Con, AnimeLand, Scream Diego, and others.

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