Event      Cosplay Expo 2005 Idol Stage
Location   Tokyo Dome Prism Hall
Date       2005.07.17 - 2005.07.18
Time       14:00 - 20:00 (7/17)
           14:00 - 18:30 (7/18)
Cost       2000 yen
Guests     Mint Ranger
           Cosplay Unit SAI
           Sakuragawa Himeko
           Fice
           Polka Dot
           Cutie Pai

Cosplay Expo 2005 was a large cosplay event that took place in
Tokyo Dome City.  The cosplayers were both outside in the Tokyo Dome
City area and inside the Prism Hall.

I went on 7/18 to watch the Idol Stage.

The Idol Stage took place on a small and low stage inside the Prism Hall.
There was no special lighting for the stage, but it was fairly bright.

Photos allowed.  They didn't say anything about videos,
so maybe it would have been ok to take videos.
On 7/18, Cutie Pai even allowed photos during their stage.
I was surprised, as my friend said that they didn't allow photos
the previous day.

SAI sang 5 songs, and had one of the longer stages.
They sang "Party Night" (Di Gi Charat), "Happy Material" (Negima),
"Believe" (One Piece), "Super Love" (Koi Koi 7), and "Sekai ha Pi-Po-".
All of the SAI girls were wearing yukata.
The girls that participated were: Emiri, Yuuki Makoto, Sakura Fumi,
Nishikawa Makoto, Kohara Yui, and Ruka.

For the Mint Ranger stage, only Kayasaki Ryouko (blue) and
Imari Kiyoa (red) were there.  There is supposed to be one
more girl (green).  I heard all three appeared the previous day.

In the middle of the live, there was a present corner
where they gave away signature boards of the performers.
During this corner, Sagami Jun came as an assistant.

I left when Sakuragawa Himeko was singing, as I had another event
in the evening.

I used my 20D and 70-200mm F2.8L lens with the 550EX flash.
I took 886 photos with 321 of them worth keeping.
Pics at the usual place.
--
Hitoshi Doi
                         " this space for rent "
http://www.usagi.org/~doi/                                    doi@usagi.org