Last month me and a few friends of mine decided to start a magazine of cosplay.

We are sure we won’t be as big as cosmode >< But we just wanted to start one for our little country Belgium. So how far are we?
let me see:

- we have found a few sponsors
- we found a printer who will print our magazines
- we have possibility of 2 shops who will buy our magazines (this is not sure)
- we have nearly finished with the layout of our magazine
- the first interviews has been taken for the first edition.

what still needs to be done

- Find a original name for the magazine
- we need to discuss how much the magazine will cost.
- check the administration of this “company”
- convience people to buy the magazine ^^
…

I am doing the pre-writing of a few articles and my friend will be correcting them (because I make alot of spelling mistakes >< dont want to make a spelling mistake in a magazine)

So I started asking for interviews of cosplayers, photographers, … (this will not only be of belgium, but worldwide ^^)
The first ones are done! yay

Also starting today I will be posting every month a interview of a cosplayer and photographer on my site ^^ (with permission of the magazine)

So keep an eye for cosplayers and photographers of the month.

Namely photography. Yes there are thousands of photographers but I don’t care.
I will be doing this just for fun, when I’m in the mood, when I have time,…

so here is my first attempt for making decent pictures.
I have edited a few pictures. (yes I couldn’t hold my self to work with photoshop :p )

No more typing watch the pictures of the fabulous dance group Miracle Dancers with their first show.

Enjoy

-weather was too hot for cosplayers…
-expensive food and drinks
-alot of people
-To much pictures!!

+clamp cosplayers
+Clamp was there, sadly I did not see them
+meeting new cosplayers
+seeing old cosplayers
+azzie in cosplay
+square enix merchandise =)
+group cosplay
+seeing nice people
+fun fun fun
+hyperness
+and alot more

I had a blast, a more detailed feedback will follow later

If you have the chance to see it or to buy it, I recommed it

Cload movie

I am so excited to go….
but on the other hand I have to make 5 cosplays ><
I really hope I get them all done.
It is not all for me, it's for my friends aswell.
2 are almost done
And I will start with the other two this weekend.
Hopefully I will get them done!

There will be some nice guests at the convention.
Hopfully I will be able to see some

Clamp will be attending Japan expo aswell. And will be the jury for the Clamp cosplay compo… (duh)
I has singed to join the compo, but there are to many people who want to join so they will do a preselection. Hopefully I will be able to do my thing ^^.

(As you can see, there are some changes happening on the site. I am trying to make my site a little better. So keep watching )

Thanks to Hanami. She called me the before to ask me if I wanted to do a shoot with her. Ofcourse I said yes.

The cosplays I brought with me was Dark phoenix and Kaguya from Code Geass.

The location was super! It was at Mechelen.

Thanks guys for a nice day!

Time to leave Japan.

Woke up at 5 AM got our stuff and took the taxi to Kyoto station.
There we took the train back to Osaka airport.

Time for a last picture in Japan.

After the long travel we arrived back in Belgium.
We were really tired. so we went to bed.

Some pictures of the gifts from Japan

Conclusion of my trip:

I loved seeing my family back again.
I was glad to see my roots back again.
Saw alot of shrines and temples.
I would advise to do this trip but it’s very expensive, I was lucky that my aunt did alot for us, otherwise we wouldn’t have done the half of the sightseeing.
So my conclusion: 9/10

I’m definently going back!

Today was a day of fun! We went to Eigamura.

Eigamura is an amusement park but also a place wear they film movies.
info: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/kyoto/A23819.html

There’s alot of plastic stuff at the entrance.

One of the attractions in Eigamura is the ghost house. And I’m not going back in there. It was a little too spooky for me. My boyfriend enjoyed it however.

Lunch at eigamura. Noodle time! yummy again

After lunch we went to see this 3D movie in eigamura. It started cool until we saw this new version of powerrangers XD

They were filming, but we didnt see much

You have the oppertunity to dress up like then.

But it was late so I couldn’t I could only get my picture taken. sorry for the blurry foto, the good one has to be sent from japan.

Once we were finished with Eigamura we went back to my aunt and checked everything for the next day, because the next day we were leaving…

Then we went to eat some dinner. As the last meal we ate korean Nabé (hotpot). It was delicous but to much… XD

After dinner we said our goodbye’s and took the last picture of my old house with my aunt and niece.

End day 10

After the lunch we went to get some tea at the local Starbucks :p <table style=”width:auto;”><tr><td><a href=”http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/crcqzoyVOJEd-to5JvkycQ?feat=embedwebsite”><img src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/_B8Y8ZACtDoY/ScUQVq7N_8I/AAAAAAAAEOw/-lCDjARze7E/s144/DSC00770.JPG” /></a></td></tr></table> We had an appointment with Kyoshi to go to Otsu. Otsu is just next to Kyoto. It is known for the huge lake they have lake Biwako. From wikipedia The area of this lake is about 670 km², which is larger than Awaji Island. Small rivers drain from the surrounding mountains into Lake Biwa, which serves as a reservoir for the cities of Kyoto and Ōtsu and is a valuable resource for nearby textile industries. It provides drinking water for about 15 million people in the region. Lake Biwa is a breeding ground for freshwater fish, including trout, and for the pearl culture industry. The lake’s surface rises as much as three metres in spring due to melting snow and spring rains, and in autumn after typhoon rains. At Lake biwako there’s a big boat from Michigan USA. This boat was a present from Michigan to Biwako. We took a little cruise on the boat.

When we got back to Kyoto we went and eat some sushi.

After lunch we went and played Pachinko. To be honest I didn’t understand this game. It was crowdy and the music was loud. I think we were there for 10 min :p More info about pachinko: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko End day 9

The first day we slept without the alarm.

Once we woke up we went to the Nishiki market. What is the Nishiki market? well this is a market were you buy your food.

After Nishiki market we went to Kyoto station to Bic Camera. This is a shop like media market but waaaayyyy bigger. I saw some cool stuff, but didn’t buy anything… because it was waaay to expensive. Well I got to see a sneak previeuw of the new nintendo DS these you are able to buy in kyoto on 20th of march.

http://kotaku.com/5057870/nintendo-announce-new-ds-the-nintendo-dsi

On our way back to the hotel we saw some schoolgirls. I found it to cute not to take pictures of them.

When we got back to the hotel we took a nap and went to the Philosopher’s Path It would be beautiul when the Sakura would be open but it wasn’t open yet

Then it was time for dinner. We went back to the same restaurant as day 2.  This time we took pictures of the food. We forgot to take pictures last time and the plate’s are so nicely decorated.

Once we ate to much we left the restaurant and went to the GION district.
Gion is Kyoto’s most famous geisha district, and one of the city’s most popular attractions. The district lies in the city center around Shijo Avenue between Yasaka Shrine and the Kamo River, and is filled with ochaya (teahouses where geisha entertain), theaters, shops and restaurants. My aunt told me that it’s rare to see a maiko or a geisha, but to be honest we saw 6 in total, maybe we were lucky? Sadly no pictures… they may be beautiful but they walk really fast and we couldn’t get a good picture

How do you reconize a house were a maiko lives? Well if you see in the next pictures you see the wooden boards? On each wooden board there’s a name. so in the following picture there are 5 Maiko’s living in that house.

End Day 8