Cosplay 1997-2009

Staging and costuming of young people that has been developing in Tôkyô since the 1980s. Meeting place in Tôkyô: Until about 2010 in Harajuku at the entrance to Meiji Shrine, later in the Akihabara district. In Kyôto City, manga cosplay meetings are held from time to time at the local manga museum.

– Visual-Kei-cosplay = imitation of members of the J-Rock / Japan-Rock bands
– Manga cosplay = imitation of comic characters
– Lolita fashion / Lolita look = child / woman fashion

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March 1997

Takeshita Street / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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April 1999

Omotesandô Street / Tôkyô

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November 2000

entrance to Meiji Shrine / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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October 2001

entrance to Meiji Shrine / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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November 2002

entrance to Meiji Shrine / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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March 2003

entrance to Meiji Shrine / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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October 2004

Boutique for Lolita fashion / Daikanyama / Tôkyô

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November 2004

entrance to Meiji Shrine / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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June 2008

entrance to Meiji Shrine / Harajuku / Tôkyô

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May 2009

Manga Cosplay Meeting

Manga Museum / Kyôto City

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