For a single day in June, cosplay studio Haco Stadium will be welcoming dolls, instead of people, to partake in photo shoots at their Ikebukuro location. You may remember when we introduced Haco ...

Tokyo Otaku Mode attended the Japan Game Awards 2025 ceremony on September 23 at Iino Hall in Tokyo. The event honored the ...

A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

TOKYO -- Ikebukuro is quickly becoming one of the hottest subculture spots in Tokyo. Stores specializing in anime and manga goods there are swamped with young fans, and regularly held cosplay events ...

TOKYO (Japan News/ANN): The country's anime, manga, and video games hold soft power with its worldwide following. Soon, cosplaying will likely become one of its central pillars. Cosplaying is becoming ...

Get ready to be transported to the vibrant streets of Japan right here in Houston! On June 15 and 16, you can indulge in mouthwatering Japanese cuisine, experience captivating performances, and ...

Japan’s cosplay culture has attracted fans all over the world. And one photographer at the center of this culture is Yuji Sudo. This August he is holding his first solo exhibition for a series called ...

Halloween celebrations start early in Japan, and both Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea will be debuting new Halloween parades and shows on September 10. But it’s not just the new performances that have ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - You can call it Jane Eyre meets the Addams family, but for the hundreds of Japanese girls who dress in Victorian dresses trimmed with lace, eyes rimmed with heavy black makeup, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. At any geek event in Japan, you'll see them: cosplayers. Convention centers are not ideal backgrounds for the fantasy of fancy costumes. Amateur ...