I had 6 events during Golden Week (5/1 to 5/5).
Photos allowed in all of them. (^_^;

5/2 13:00-15:00 Artemis Live: Pre Idol Shinjin Happyoukai
5/2 19:30-22:00 Artemis Live: Idoil Rock Respect
5/4 11:00-12:30 Adusa photo session in Shiba Kouen
5/4 11:00-17:00 Dream Party
5/5 11:00-16:00 Takarajima
5/5 10:00-19:00 Cos Chara World

Detailed event reports might be coming later. (^_^;
Just some short comments for now.

On 5/1, Oda Yumiko was working as a companion for some magazine passing
out flyers in Shibuya.  But I didn't know where in Shibuya.
So I walked around looking for her, for about 2 hours.  I saw many
girls passing things out for many different things, but I couldn't
find Yumiko.  I even spotted an event for a magazine featuring the
models in that magazine.  (Girls weren't cute so I didn't take pics.)
The next day I learned from Yumiko that she was near the Inogashira Line
train station.

But I did see Mizuno Saya (a minor seiyuu) walking around (shopping)
in the middle of Shibuya.

On the way home I bought a used Sekonic L-408 light/flash meter.
No pics this day.

On 5/2, I had two events in Akihabara.  The first one was a song event
by "new" minor idols.  This was the "main" event for me, as my favorite,
Andou Akari was going to sing.  There were other minor idols and seiyuu
too.  The ones I was interested in were Adusa and Mizuno Saya.

The second event was an idol event by Oda Yumiko, Minase Nami,
Nanase Yukari, and Hoshino Minami.

Took over 1100 pics with two cameras.  VERY heavy..

  http://photos.usagi.org/artemis/20040502/

On 5/3, I didn't have any events scheduled, so I went to the post office
to send off packages to Richard, Kevin, and Sebastien.
While I was walking in Shinjuku, I heard some girls talking very
loudy, and when I turned around I saw the live action Sailor Moon
Usagi and Ami.  (I don't know their real names.)

On 5/4, I had a photo session in the morning.  The weather forecast was
for rain, but it was just cloudy (and windy) so the photo session went
as planned in Shiba Kouen (near Tokyo Tower).  This was my first photo
session with Adusa (18 year old junior college girl who is a cosplayer
and minor idol).  There were three sessions for this photo session,
but I only went to the first one, as I had to go to the Dream Party
event in the afternoon.

Dream Party was sort of like a Game Show for adult PC games.
Oda Yumiko was chosen to be one of the official Dream Party companion
girls, so I went to see her.  Also the Famires Senshi Pudding seiyuu
(Mizuno Saya).

Took around 450 pics with two cameras.  I didn't bring the big
lenses so it wasn't that heavy..

  http://photos.usagi.org/artemis/20040504/
  http://photos.usagi.org/dream-party/20040504/

On 5/5, I was planning on going to the Takarajima event, as the cosplay
cafe Creamy Cafe was supposed to be open there.  Akari said she wasn't
going to be there, but Yumiko was supposed to.  But she had to change
her schedule and had to go to the Cos Chara World event.
Since both events were being held nearby (Big Sight and TFT Building),
I went to both.  I went to Takarajima first, and didn't see any waitresses
that I recognized so I left right away.

Cos Chara World was VERY crowded.  It was the first cosplay only event
that I have ever gone too.  VERY strange.. (^_^;
Even though this was a cosplay only event, a few vendors had booths and
tried to sell their CDs and such.  But nobody paid attention to them.
Yumiko worked at the Milky booth (they make Famires Senshi Pudding).
Three of the Famires Senshi Pudding seiyuu had a song stage at 12:00
(but I arrived at 13:00).  Then the girls spent the rest of the time
taking pictures or getting their pictures taken.

I didn't take any cosplayer pics, but there were MANY.  This was my
first cosplay only event, but this makes Comic Market look deserted.
There were quite a few Pre Cure girls.  There was a girl dressed up
as Nova Usagi.  I think one girl was dressed up as Ogura Yuko too.

There was also a cosplay cafe Cos Doll Cafe, where the waitresses were
wearing outfits similar to Famires Senshi Pudding.  Those who bought a
drink at the cafe were able to take 5 photos of a waitress.  Adusa was
working at the cafe, so I took her picture.  I wanted to return to the
cafe again, but it was always full.

Took only 50 pics. 

  http://photos.usagi.org/cos/20040505/

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Hitoshi Doi                                      "this place also for rent"
                           " this space for rent "
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