Reports of Japanese festival "CosHoli (Cosplay holic)"

What is "Cosholi (Cosplay holic) "?

I experienced a kind of initiation last winter and I expect my experience can help anybody who consider join.
If any questions, I can answer as much as I understand.

When it comes to photo, It's not easy to take pictures of the event, so I won't post them.
I recommend you to search for pics in Twitter by key words in Japanese such as "コスホリ"
Or you can refer below links
blog.livedoor.jp
blog.livedoor.jp
mashanworld.com
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In short

  • "Cosholi" is an abbreviation for "cosplay holic," a type of adult-oriented trade show run by doujin and companies.
  • ROMs, photo books, and photo tickets are sold at the booths, and you can take photos in the photo area according to the ticket.
  • Before entering the venue, you need to show your ID that you are over 18 years old, and the number of visitors is limited to two parts by time.
  • Unauthorized photography will be strictly controlled and enforced.
  • Brochures with A4 photo books (2,000 yen) in lieu of certificated tickets can be purchased in advance at specific book shops like Mandarake/Surugaya.
  • The event will be held at the Tokyo Ryutsu Center near Haneda Airport.

What was COSHORI?

Before entering

　The only way to get to the Tokyo Ryutsu Center is by monorail, so inevitably the atmosphere in the train car was bizarre. A guy not clean + a vendor or a model girl + a neutral nerd + other passengers who got on at the "wrong" time. However, the mysterious sense of cooperation, not to say cacophony, was evident in the orderly waiting lines and smooth operation, which gave me a sense of security for the upcoming event.
　On the other hand, I hadn't read the pamphlet properly, and I felt frustrated that I hadn't thought of a touring plan because I was so caught up in the atmosphere of the other people around me who seemed to be experts. So, making full use of Twitter, a friend of mine and I pondered over a plan to go around in the waiting line, and we came up with an overly simple plan: "Just go around in order.
　
　In other words, a layman would have no idea what would happen at the Coshori. Just feel it.

Admission

　The event began. Everyone was quickly being sucked into the hall. I see the venue, it's not too big as I expected. I was getting excited.
　In accordance with my plan to go around the booths in order, I stood about 2 meters away from the booths and looked at the products on the desks from a distance. This is when I noticed something. The products are not cheap (unit price is about 3000 yen). While I am cautious about making a purchase, I cannot know what to be expected unless I stopped and stared. I wanted to stop, but wasn't. I wasn't able to make eye contact with the sellers smiling and wearing less. I felt like I was in a situation where I was being approached by a clerk at a clothing store, but upped a couple of notches.

　The leaflets are received with intense curiosity coated with a distorted amiable smile and a sense of guilt for not purchasing. The only thing I see are skin tones and a space suffocated by the carbon dioxide and body heat exhaled by visitors, and my five senses become dulled. 10-space patrol + 5-minute break. It's like a long-distance crawl.
　
　After a round of breathlessness, I finally began to grasp the whole experience. I started to get an idea of what was for sale and where I could find something I was interested in. As with RPGs, I began to calmly listen to the eroticism of the ROMs taught to me by the old men who had participated in them. I see, I see.

　Then, my decisions were below !
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After leaving

　Refreshing my brain with fresh winter air. While I was opening my loot at a restaurant in Shinagawa station, a feminine lady across the street from me left with a huge grin on her face. It's totally all-ages content, though Coshori is still not like this. Below are the minutes of the meeting for reflection.
　

  • The hurdles to photography are high!

The price yes matters and it seems to be better to have a good single-lens reflex camera. However, it's a further initiation to take a photo with models by ourselves.

  • I couldn't get my hands on the bondage type.

　I think I'd rather have the results of ROMs and such, not the method explanations.

  • I'm not a big fan of completely R18 works.

　I thought I liked fetishism more.

  • I think it's better to avoid male sellers or use black suits.

　I thought that male vendors in doujin porn are usually a reverse sales promotion.

Finally

　I didn't expect to hear a comment from one of the vendors, "How dare you come to such a dense event? However, for me at least, it was a more realistic world than I had imagined.
　It was a healthy event in the sense that it followed solid rules, and in that sense I really felt that I was missing something. In any case, I felt that it's regarded as good as log as they took off their clothes and dressed sensationally, but I thought I was missing out on a glimpse of the inflation of "eroticism". Inflation of sexuality. In this respect, I have memories of the Fetish Festival, which gave me somewhat similar impressions but more interest.
　Of course, the models and photographers had countless tastes. I respect them all. However, in my sense of value, which values discovery, if "not knowing" is erotic, then increasing "knowing" is a double-edged sword.
　I would like to continue to search for "unknown" things.