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'Cosplay' mecca in Saitama

'Cosplay' mecca in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Girls dressed as ''manga'' comic characters pose for photos in front of a portable Shinto shrine decorated with ''Lucky Star'' manga characters, at Kuki City in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2010, during the area's traditional Haji Festival. The area has become a mecca for ''cosplay'' fans, thanks to the manga based there.

'Cosplay' mecca in Saitama

'Cosplay' mecca in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Girls dressed as ''manga'' comic characters pose for photos in front of a portable Shinto shrine decorated with ''Lucky Star'' manga characters, at Kuki City in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 5, 2010, during the area's traditional Haji Festival. The area has become a mecca for ''cosplay'' fans, thanks to the manga based there. (Kyodo)

A distant view of the city of Kobe

A distant view of the city of Kobe

View of Kobe harbour from Mt. Suwa. Mid-Meiji Period. This is the same as photograph #4485, although the tinting of the buildings is different. The house surrounded by walls on the right of the main street running north-south is the residence of Kodera Yasujiro. The City of Kobe acquired this house in 1941 and named it Sorakuen. Yasujiro was a retainer of the Kuki family in the Sanda feudal domain. His first son, Kenkichi, became the first elected mayor of Kobe City in 1947.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐46‐0]