Making and enjoying cosplay: costumes, makeup, photography, events and more.
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'Up to 180°C' on a heat-resistant wig — so how hot can the iron actually be? I wanted to check, so I read up on Assist Wig, Classe and Aquadoll's official guidance: the difference between the heat limit and the recommended temperature, how each maker's guideline differs, what to watch for when styling, and how to wash your wig.
A car-sharing service was breached, and about 1.6 million accounts had identity verification documents, including driver's license images, affected. ID photos show up not only at events but in everyday life. What the company's announcements say, how to read a leak announcement, and the small habits that help.
Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes 2026 runs three days: the night of October 30, then October 31 and November 1. The official site covers Ikehalo Night hours, ticket prices, the parade application window, changing rooms and bag storage, and the key participation rules.
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.
