Cosplay and Osaka: My Final Nipponbashi Street Festa

Ever since I moved to Japan in 2011, I have been checking out Osaka’s (my current hometown) cosplay extravaganza, the Nipponbashi Street Festa. Every year around the end of March, hundreds of cosplayers, anime/video game fans, and photographers collide in Nipponbashi (aka Den Den Town), Osaka’s answer to Akihabara. Sadly, this was my final experience in witnessing this wonderful event as I will be moving back to the U.S. this summer.

As always, it did not disappoint.

With the three hours I had, I tried my damn best to get as many photos as I could. The amount of people who come to this festival though gets crazier every year and I only managed to loop around the area once. Still, I got plenty of nice shots!

Present met future here.

Kylo Ren rocking those heels!

Gundaaaaaaaaaaam!

The parking lot where the itashas (cars drowned in anime decals) were located was replaced with a mini event that featured a giant statue of Mazinger Z.  I’ll take it.

Thanks for an awesome five years of cosplay, Osaka. Mark my words, I will find my way back sometime in the future!