Otaku and Proud

Besides Harajuku and Sugamo*, the other interesting dress-up area of Tokyo is in Akihabara, the electric district. This really is the home for computer geeks and nerds - otaku. CosPlay, as in costume play, is the fashion for dressing up as characters, or to fulfil the fantasies of sad and wishful onlookers. And boy, they don't get any sadder than here. Many girls dress up as anime characters or maids and show knowledge in computer terminology; the most famous runs her own blog, which gets a fair few more hits than mine.

A few were out on the streets, entertaining the masses. Men of all ages, and levels of pathetic-ness, were busy snapping photos. The post-it-note you can see the girls hand over are their autographs.



There's a famous name for girls who act all innocent for men. Bri~co. The pose says it all.


I, of course, was purely an intrigued onlooker; solely taking photos for your sake. I'm no geek.

Blog shmog.

*The retirement home version of Harajuku girls. Sexy.