Cosplay, train,

Wow! Metallica should know this!! "I will not shave my beard until Metallica comes out with a new album."

This and this page have photos of German people's Cosplay. Wow, they do a very good job. I am so impressed with this guy's "Lupin the third." That color of jacket means it is the first Lupin of the series. My favorite one is Gaiko of Doraemon. She is a sister of Gian and she is violent too. Look at her. Cute and exactly Gaiko chan!!

Talking about Cosplay, foreign people had a Halloween party(?) but it was an issue on the Internet because they did a "Yamanote train jack." I really don't know -- is it usual for people to enjoy Halloween like that?  It was in disfavor for Japanese.

Here is another train topic, look at this video on YouTube. It has the properties of TV show. You can make it with these papers.

I mentioned a Gymnasium cafe would open. Today I found their official site. Here is the picture of inside. Those cute boys in school uniform will serve drinks and food for you. I won't be able to relax and can't enjoy coffee in such a mood.

If you were asked, "Give me a delicious food photo!" What kind of food photos would you give? Here are Japanese people's (looks like most are guys) replies. You won't think of Tamago Gohan at any rate :-). Me? I will pick "Yaki Imo" (baked Sweet potato). Super simple but hyper delicious.

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[Dale Mr.Lupin]

I was doing a google search and my photo lead me to your blog , yes the Green/Blue jacket Lupin sansei is me about 1997 and taken at Anime Expo in California . Here's a Youtube of the Naruhodo the World gameshow appearance segment me and my old partners did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O65pvs3eQI

[ガブちゃん gabuchan]

マリ、山手線のハロウィンパーティを参加した。
結構楽しかったが、できるだけ他の乗客に迷惑してなかった。
I was on the the yamanote train line that night. It was fun, but we tried not to be bothersome to others.

[Heidi]

Yamanote Halloween Train Jack - Mari-san wasn't critisizing foreigners, she was just reporting what she found on the internet, ne?

The train-jackers in those photos she linked to looked 20-ish and all-white to me - and yes Mari-san, Halloween can be very rowdy! Many young adults DO celebrate Halloween by performing obnoxious stunts like that - no matter where in the world they happen to be on Halloween - that is part of the tradition of Halloween. And because Halloween is a very "Western" holiday, of course mostly Gaijin are behind this stunt. If it happened in my proverbial backyard I would be offended too!

Tabun rainen Mari-san wa Yamanote line Halloween no otaku no Train Jack oshimasenka ;)

[Heidi]

Well, Halloween is just getting started here tonight - a little too cold (0 Celcius) for the kinds of activities that happened on the Yamanote line last night in Tokyo (@-@) Gomen ~ I agree with Mari-san ~ I don't wanna see naked otaku! Honto kowaii to itai ne!

I'm going to help my parents hand out candy to trick-O-treaters - a nice, wholesome, otaku-free, midwestern Halloween! :)

[Daniel]

(continuing)

Of course some of the people misbehave, but criticizing everyone because of a bunch of people doesn't sound good to me.

Well, Halloween is over, let's forget this discussion (at least for one more year).vSee you...

[Daniel]

Thanks for your post. I confess I was curious to know your opinion on the issue. Now if you allow me I'd like to state mine, ok?

You know, somehow I feel there's an overreaction to this event, feels that people used it as an excuse to criticize the foreigners in general. The trains in Yamanote are long, the party is restricted to a small part of it...

I don't know, this year the Japanese blogosphere really decided to speak out. But one important thing: there's a lot of Japanese in the Yamanote Halloween too, it's unfair to restrict criticisms to foreigners, don't you think?

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