Making and enjoying cosplay: costumes, makeup, photography, events and more.
For related culture, see Subculture
Niconico is something I watch a lot, so for Chokaigi I start from the cosplay side: 138,228 visitors, the first standalone cosplay stage in three years, the types of Cho Cosplay Ticket and changing room hours, and the rules on photos and costumes — from Dwango's event report and the official site.
240,000 visitors to Nipponbashi Street Festa 2026. The City of Osaka's notice and the official site cover the cosplay and camera passes, changing room and photo area hours, and the rules for costumes and photos. On what comes next: the post-event notice says it is undecided.
The same costume can look completely different in the morning and in the evening — outdoors, your photos are shaped by the direction of light and the time of day. Official photography guides from Nikon, Canon, Sony and Fujifilm, plus the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's sunrise and sunset table for Tokyo in October 2026, cover angled light, top light, shade and backlight — and what a reflector does.
Portrait mode, HDR, zoom — the names are familiar, but when should each one be used for cosplay shots? Apple's iPhone User Guide and Google's Pixel Camera Help, used for their feature names and steps: background blur, adjusting focus and exposure, HDR, and zoom.
The top spot went to Hong Kong's Monster Hunter duo. The organizers' report on World Cosplay Summit 2026, where representatives of 40 countries and regions competed: the eve festival and the Osu parade, and the move to a November schedule from 2027.
