Taken in the downtown shopping area off Shijo Dori in Kyoto, Japan. These three were promoting some kind of Cosplay club or bar, most likely. Cosplay is short for Costume Play where women are typically dressed in School Girl uniforms, like these three, or French Maid outfits or Anime charcters. I've been told at these bars, the women talk, have drinks and eat with the patrons. I wasn't interested in going to a bar but was more interested in taking a street portrait. I was pleasantly surprised when they agreed. I found many people in Japan are more shy and are less likely than in the United States to allow street portraits.
Aug 15, 2012
Cosplay Girls, Aya, Miyako and Mao - Kyoto, Japan
Taken in the downtown shopping area off Shijo Dori in Kyoto, Japan. These three were promoting some kind of Cosplay club or bar, most likely. Cosplay is short for Costume Play where women are typically dressed in School Girl uniforms, like these three, or French Maid outfits or Anime charcters. I've been told at these bars, the women talk, have drinks and eat with the patrons. I wasn't interested in going to a bar but was more interested in taking a street portrait. I was pleasantly surprised when they agreed. I found many people in Japan are more shy and are less likely than in the United States to allow street portraits.