
It’s Cosplay time as the Nipponbashi Street Festival hits Osaka (and Twitter) again this year!
The Nipponbashi Street Festival is held on Spring Equinox Day in Japan each year, (this year, it was March 20) and this time around it was the 12th anniversary of the occasion, affectionately known in Japan as “SutoFes”!
Cosplayers from all over Japan flooded into the area to show off their skills and indulge in endless photo-ops, and we’ve pulled some of the coolest cosplayers’ pictures from Twitter for your viewing pleasure!
If you can identify each character being cosplayed just from the pictures, we salute you!
https://twitter.com/kikikiringring/status/711402056137838593
ストフェス
— まさしし🐞 (@tikotamu) March 20, 2016
肉球あやとせんせい(ë) pic.twitter.com/HsvEKbTEf3
中指負傷して時間かかっちゃった!アニメイトむかいます!
— 倉坂くるる🐥🌸4/6生誕 (@Kururu_45) March 20, 2016
アイカツ!ののっちです! #ストフェス pic.twitter.com/fXKiOvIXQT
△ “I’m Nonocchi from Aikatsu!”
けいおんの秋山澪のコスプレでストフェスにいます(せつめい) pic.twitter.com/ioMnmmr2Ib
— はるまき@雪瀬はる (@uniharu0626) March 20, 2016
△”I’m at SutoFes dressed as Rei Akiyama from K-on!”
https://twitter.com/mdmddn_/status/711424898959192065
△ “I’m Seina from Haganai!”
https://twitter.com/otoginekomu/status/711374775336042497
△ Shinku from Rozen Maiden
【速報】
— Nina (@forcosplayonly) March 20, 2016
ストフェスなうー!!
着替えおわったよ!!◝(⑅•ᴗ•⑅)◜..°♡ pic.twitter.com/jap6N5WeQQ
真紅ちゃんん!!!
— 本宮希彩 (@saki_miyamoto) March 20, 2016
ストフェスってすごいねぇ…… pic.twitter.com/MKOdWgWQZI
アルカナソードのジータちゃんでサンマルクカフェ前にいます(*´ㅂ`*) pic.twitter.com/TtbSemz8gk
— うさぉ🐰 (@usagicos) March 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/chips2fkrfl/status/712412053747605508
#ストフェス2016 #ストフェス #日本橋ストリートフェスタ #ジャックスパロウ#CaptainJackSparrow pic.twitter.com/2XEPLirew8
— CaptJaySparrow (@CaptJaySparrow1) March 21, 2016
△ Of course, everyone knows Captain Jack Sparrow!
https://twitter.com/ketaro_ovn/status/711810207249096704
https://twitter.com/ketaro_ovn/status/711792350092132352
https://twitter.com/supura0fuufu/status/711595941002752000
△ It’s the Terminator!
Minesweeper... #ストフェス pic.twitter.com/2deqTWFI5w
— Ahmed®︎ ・アーメッド®︎🏙️ (@coollead) March 20, 2016
△ This costume looks, er, like a budget option…
最終兵器彼女で参加してますー!#エアストフェス#ストフェス pic.twitter.com/dTMJc1iMh3
— クルミ🐿超会議 (@k_purarine) March 20, 2016
△ We recognise @k_purarine from Tokyo Game Show!
このレイヤーさん、何かを言いたそうな目をしている… #ストフェス pic.twitter.com/HrhSXXGgGW
— だい@なんだかおもしろい (@nandakaomo) March 20, 2016
△ And of course, cosplay’s not just for people… Dogsplay is also a major sub-genre! (Or, if it’s not, it really should be!)
Have you ever cosplayed in public? Were you shy or did you love the attention as much as the folks above seemed to?
Source: Togech
Top image: Twitter @kikikiringring
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