today I report about the cherry blossom festival in Berlin, which is held every year in April in the Gardens of the World.
For me it's a tradition to go there since 2007.
There were some lacks because of graduation, work or weather but this year I was also able to go.
Therefore I went to Lisa's in the morning so we could have some breakfast and getting ready for the festival.
I definitely should have slept more.
It wasn't easy for me to give some bright shining smiles all the day. -w
We had some nice time there, met a bunch of people (Hello, Lau! ♪) and took some photos.
In the end it really was a calm day.
Usually there are a lot people we are with but this time it was just us two alone.
Because there was also a stall of Neo Tokyo I just took the chance to get the new Popteen issue.
I couldn't resist. ♥
Some funny things of the day:
♫ Elderly people were really interested to ask us about the festival and the phenomena 'cosplay'.
♪ Three groups of Asian people wanted to take photos with us. (Why?! xD)
♫ Kids around 12-14 yrs. addressed us formally with the German "Sie"
(You just use this for grown ups. So we felt some kind of old. Haha.)
♪ It was too easy to get in if you have an annual ticket. I really felt sorry for all the people who had to stand in the long queues (I guess there were... three of them?)
I also did some video recording, so there aren't a lot of pictures of the festival itself.
In the end there weren't any cherry blossoms at all because they were all gone with the wind. ^^;
♥ So just some screen shots from the video data ♥
One of the three crowds - and just the half of it
Byebye, cherryblossoms!
See you next year! (;///;)
See you next year! (;///;)
The weather was better than expected.
We prayed!
Some dancing and other performances
But THEY could also dance
Just when we wanted to go home a nice Kirito cosplayer
asked us for some pictures and we said 'Yes'.
But...
... then he wasn't the only one.
Some unknown audience got together at the place.
Some unknown audience got together at the place.
WHY? (x/D")
Just a short thought of people and photos
I really don't have a problem that people take pictures.
If you are a cosplayer and went to such a public event you have to think of it.
BUT: it would be all over nice if people could just ask before taking photos.
It's just a "Please wait, I want to take a picture of you!" and I would usually say "Okay."
So why is it always a problem for others?
They also don't want that WE take pictures of THEM without asking.
We are cosplayers but we are no dolls!
That is always a fact that really gets on my nerves when I attend a convention.
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So and last but not least some pictures of our little shooting.
I finally wore the yukata my penpal Chie sent me last year.
It was a little fight to get the obi right but thanks to Youtube no problem. ;D
The shoes aren't fitting but it was too cold
for real geta (>.<)"
I really love this last picture.
Editing the colours was much fun. ♥
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