What's holiday like in Japan without a freaking Cosplay? We dressed up as Noctis and Prompto from Final Fantasy XV and walked through the streets of Tokyo. I am not saying that cosplaying is a must do when you're in Japan, but we had very much fun actually. We've never been stopped by that many curious people before that wanted to talk or make selfies with us. It was simply crazy!
I remember this sweet Japanese grandpa. The only english words he knew were 'hello', 'bye', 'photo' and 'camera' but he was sooo cute with his brown suit that had some frog plush toys on it. He tried talking to us in Japanese and even though we weren't able to understand all of it, thanks to his gestures and facial expression, we knew what he ment and tried answering with our best pseudo Japanese and some easy english words.
I think we 'talked' for like 30 minutes when another man passed by and joined the conversation. This man was French and very interested in our costumes as well. Thanks to his son, who was studying abroad in Australia, he was fluent in english and better in speaking japanese than we were, so he ended up with playing the translator to all of us.
Actually, we wanted to do some photo shoots in the streets of Tokyo but got interrupted like every five minutes but that's okay. It was fun! In the end we shot a photo together and our ways parted... at least for another ten minutes because the Japanese grandpa came back - with a gift! The photo we made was on his camera, so he went to the next store and had it printed in good quality for each of us. This was so sweet!
In the afternoon we headed to Shinjuku. To the Government Building to be precise, because this actually looks like the citadel in Final Fantsy XV. The weather was quite shitty when we arrived. It was rainy but we withstand the cold and shot some nice photos. Again, we were interrupted by many curious people - this time mostly Western tourists - but we didn't mind.
In the end we went to Harajuku to buy some souvenirs but when we got there it was already too late and the shops were closed. So, we grabbed something to eat and headed back to our hotel in Asakusabashi.
I remember this sweet Japanese grandpa. The only english words he knew were 'hello', 'bye', 'photo' and 'camera' but he was sooo cute with his brown suit that had some frog plush toys on it. He tried talking to us in Japanese and even though we weren't able to understand all of it, thanks to his gestures and facial expression, we knew what he ment and tried answering with our best pseudo Japanese and some easy english words.
I think we 'talked' for like 30 minutes when another man passed by and joined the conversation. This man was French and very interested in our costumes as well. Thanks to his son, who was studying abroad in Australia, he was fluent in english and better in speaking japanese than we were, so he ended up with playing the translator to all of us.
Actually, we wanted to do some photo shoots in the streets of Tokyo but got interrupted like every five minutes but that's okay. It was fun! In the end we shot a photo together and our ways parted... at least for another ten minutes because the Japanese grandpa came back - with a gift! The photo we made was on his camera, so he went to the next store and had it printed in good quality for each of us. This was so sweet!
In the afternoon we headed to Shinjuku. To the Government Building to be precise, because this actually looks like the citadel in Final Fantsy XV. The weather was quite shitty when we arrived. It was rainy but we withstand the cold and shot some nice photos. Again, we were interrupted by many curious people - this time mostly Western tourists - but we didn't mind.
In the end we went to Harajuku to buy some souvenirs but when we got there it was already too late and the shops were closed. So, we grabbed something to eat and headed back to our hotel in Asakusabashi.
