Japan expo 2016 in Paris report

Hello! I am Kasumin from portrait section. How did you enjoy itsu's reports of Japan Expo 2016? I will be writing about story behind Expo today!

I saw many things at the Japan Expo. So many cosplayers, duealists who are enjoying the battles. The most memorable person was a guy wearing popular girls' guardian's t-shirt who was very tough looking with tattoo but smiling so kindly. It made me smile too!

French staff I met at the Kyoto booth were all friendly and nice. They were my age and some of them were even illustrators like we are! That was such unforgettable meeting for us! I wish I was better at English...! The day they took us out became definitely a great memory of our journey. So, thank you so much!

This is another time, we were in the crowd at the subway between stations. We had no idea what was happening as we don't understand French so we thought maybe someone famous or cute animal is there. So we were stepping forward slowly with some excitement. The result was just an escalator not in operation so people were stuck there. It was so many people and we nearly had our belongings stolen there.

Did you know that supermarkets are closed on Sunday? We've never known about it so we were really starved looking for anywhere to get food. We were so tired, we sat on the bench then we nearly had pick pocketed again.
We aren't very careful people anyway so it was difficult for us to be aware of unusual situations.

So many things happened but it was such an opportunity to experience making portraits overseas! Thank you so much for the presents and doing cosplay, wearing kimono. I saw some people enjoying pokemon which wasn't out yet in Japan at the time. Made me feel closer even it's far from where I live. Manga really can bring connection between people over the boundaries.
Please visit Japan Expo if you ever have chance!

So, these were the Japan Expo 2016 reports from me and itsu. I hope there will be more opportunities that we can report! Please visit us for more stories at the museum! See you there!

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(Kasumin)