Sunday, April 24, 2011

Tokyo, Japan - Cosplay Crazy

Definitely my favourite of the many Japanese urban tribes, cosplay (from costume play) is a trend that started with dressing like cartoon, movie or pop characters. One sunny saturday morning on my first ever trip to Tokyo I was walking around the Harajuku teen fashion area and suddenly found myself in the middle of their main meeting place, the Meiji Jingu bridge. Completely fascinated, as I had never heard of this cosplay thing before, I spent the rest of the day photographing and talking to these amazing people.




















For books about Cosplay:
My favourite is by photographer Shoichi Aoki:
For travel info about Tokyo I recommend this guide by Lonely Planet
For Japan they also publish this one

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