Utsunomiya Animation Festival 2018

This year's animation festival was held  just next to my condominium the other day.

Many young girls and boys wore animation character costume.

They were called cosplayer in Japanese; that is the word of combination of 'costume' and 'player.'

I took some snap shots and short videos on my way back home from a tennis court.

3x3 World Tour Utsunomiya Masters

'3x3 World Tour Utsunomiya Masters' was held at Futa-ara-yama Shrine last month.

The games were so exciting that even Gods at the shrine might have been surprised.

TV monitors were set outside the main basketball court and people who could not enter the venue enjoyed watching games through the mointors.

People were dancing at the music festival held one day before the 3x3 World Tour.

Utsunomiya Animation Festival 2015 Part-3

Needless to say their clothes were well prepared, their postures and facial expressions seemed far better than B-class movie stars.


When I was taking their pictures, I thought, they were able to become professional actors or actresses.

Utsunomiya Animation Festival 2015 Part-2

Anime-painted cars were on display in Banba square for the festival days.

Car owners from nearby prefectures came to the festival site.

They enjoyed talking and boasting with buddy geeks about their elaborately decorated cars.




It's sometimes hard to tell their gender in their costume.

Rock'n'Roll Street Live

I happened to see a rock'n'roll street live show on my way back home after shopping last week.

Their performances, both music and dancing were quite good as well as their clothes and makeup.

It reminded me of a good old days.

Utsunomiya Animation Festival

Animation Festival was held in my city Utsunomiya today.

As a part of the festival, animation painted cars and animation geeks came not only from all over our prefecture but also even from neighboring prefectures.

Some people wore animation heroes' costumes, danced to the music and were walking along the streets in their own 'cosplay' clothes.

It's really fun to watch those cars and the participants.