COSPLAY SHOPPING IN TOKYO || EPISODE 1: AKIHABARA

We begin Cosplay Life's first video series with a tour of some of the more notable and interesting cosplay shops in Tokyo's famous otaku district Akihabara.
Whether you're looking for anything from a second hand costume to a brand new custom styled wig, this video will help you find what you need.
This is the first in a four part series where we'll be covering all the major shops and districts that every cosplayer is going to want to check out on a visit to Tokyo.
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[@boba_fi]

This is so informative and useful to know, I wish this video as available when I went! Looking forward to the next videos in the series :)

[@PANCAKECRAB1]

How much was the usual price for 1 costume?

[@edelainekaluau808]

A random person: this place is so beautiful to live in Me: ya it's so beautiful to die for MR. CORONA: am I a joke to u

[@sunminny3815]

Thank you for the videos they're very useful and well done! I have a quick question; my brother is in Japan right now and I want to send him on ab errand for me. Which shop is the most affordable one for wigs? I'm not looking for anything super high quality, just simple non-styled wigs, a short one and a long one. From what I've seen in your videos, Acos Wigs in Ikebukuro and Assist Wig look very interesting but I couldn't really catch the prices.

[@CosplayLife]

Hey!! Thanks so much for the kind words

[@screaminberries9046]

sunminny lmao I accidentally commented on here sorry

[@screaminberries9046]

sunminny assist wigs and acos are around the same price and I know assist wigs are very nice acos did seem as good as assist though

[@IgnaCosplay]

Thank you for the guide!!! the wig store is goals to go!!!

[@valeriopaffetti1305]

I hope visit this shop in future. I love japan style and invention ❤, here in Italy we dream this

[@FeryLullaby]

Thanks for your video! i watch all of them & i will go for shure in some of this place **

[@bluebellsrinzu1151]

this is rlly helpful, thank you so much!

[@nellyjanna7199]

This is so helpful in many ways ,much love :p

[@vivianmay3629]

Videos are amazing!! Really helpful if manga/anime fan!!! 😁

[@CosplayLife]

Thank you so much!!

[@86thfloor]

This is such an awesome guide!! Excited to see more videos from you guys

[@CosplayLife]

Ahhh thank you so much, it really means a lot!!!

[@nataliacristaldo422]

thank you, very much this video helped me a lot.

[@CosplayLife]

Ravenah you're so so welcome!!! I'm so glad you found it useful!! 💕💕

[@Jungson-br4wi]

The contact lenses look so cool!

[@XenoCosplay]

Thank you so much for this! I'm hoping to visit Japan some time soon so this is super helpful. I was wondering, in terms of price how would you say it compares to buying costumes in the UK? Would you say it's cheaper overall than buying online? Subscribed because I can't wait for more :D

[@CosplayLife]

Xenogenetics I would say depending on which shop you go to, it can be cheaper or more expensive. The second hand stores have some real bargains, you can get full, excellent quality costumes (better than what you can get online) for very cheap. Or you can pick up higher priced brand new "designer" brand costumes from places, too. There's a few more videos to come in the series which might help which show a lot more stores you can visit. The good thing about getting them in person I'd say is you can judge the quality/colour/fabric of the outfit yourself and try it on to make sure it fits right :)

[@Babyy_girl]

It was disturbing.. I checked on google earth and two of the shops with the whole building inclusive were just gone O.O (2019)

[@scarecrowart6449]

♡Sweetypony♡ weird...

[@scarecrowart6449]

Which ones?

[@Messyself_]

Just subbed to you thanks for the effort champs

[@Peachelliver]

We're in japan right now and we've tried to find this place and it says it's closed .... could you help us out?

[@screaminberries9046]

I've been to Japan twice and I'm very happy you included Mitsubadou. When I went there I bought 7 wigs. Now from my honest opinion I got one that was something I couldn't wear and one that could be worn but the rest were beautiful. I got this red wig that is probably the best quality wig I've ever gotten. I suggest that store a thousand times

[@screaminberries9046]

There are also some that you mention I didn't even know were there

[@CosplayLife]

Totally!! That place is a huge treasure trove, you can find some amazing things in there (but of course there's missed as well as hits!) I'm super glad you found new stuff, too - there's even more than we included it's just impossible to cover everything :)

[@screaminberries9046]

Oh yes! I want to go again with my friends this time. I remember I had a question I forgot to ask but when it comes to me I'll comment it.

[@CosplayLife]

Yaayyy it's so great to do cosplay bargain hunting with friends! If it comes back to you just drop a comment any time

[@screaminberries9046]

Thanks!!

[@kellibowen]

Do you commonly see princess lea clip on buns in these shops? they are so hard to find in europe. always sold out. thank you for replying! :-)

[@Skyee_AK]

Hey, This halloween i want to be Robin from Titans, Can you suggest where i can find this costume in Tokyo? :)

[@ms.pirate]

old video, but do Japanese cosplay sell in a size 2x? I'm a size US L or XL, but in Japan I'm considered a size 2X or almost 3X

[@hamzazx5772]

I wanna ask something I am so eager I wanna ask that...japan have more cosplay custome items right I mean it is the japan stores which makes cosplay outfits of anime characters coz I also when search In Google images I notice that Japanese things are selling in China online market like ebay means they copy japanese Actually the outfits wigs etc first comes in japan then everyone copies it as new animes comes am I right anxiously waiting for reply

[@makalakaluau8137]

Hell yay i am going my dream is to be a cosplayer 🇰🇷🇯🇵🇰🇷🇯🇵

[@hi-t6635]

You can make them and when you can afford you buy it 😄 thats ehat i do i mostly make it do

[@lauralopez3463]

Is it normal to cosplay in public in Japan? Like if I were in Japan can I cosplay haku from naruto in public ?

[@lauralopez3463]

Emily Share what the actual fuck? I thought Japan was home to cosplay unlike here in America where it’s considered weird unless Halloween 🎃

[@thienthien9377]

mizuki

[@weeb4427]

Three years later hi lol

[@lunarheroine8677]

Why can't we have these shops in my country 😭😭😭

[@atticuslin8962]

Any JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure cosplays?

[@louisuncensored]

Probably now

[@kayla_pac]

I have tan skin so it’s hard for me to cosplay because all anime characters are light skin 😭😞

[@dimpalrai6469]

Kayla P don’t worry I just got tan skin just for swimming for few min

[@vivredeseaux9758]

Gotta stop watching these.... I want to visit ;-;

[@JDragon2025]

Kept on saying Akihabara wrong.

[@hi-qr3lw]

Yeah, I noticed that too. But it’s best not to mention that because it comes across as rude. :/

[@ahmadkarabache5189]

thes video so brisk ples do slow