@MOSCOW: Japan's pop culture enthralls young Muscovites

December 22, 2011

KAZUHIRO SEKINE / Moscow Bureau Correspondent

Even though it was daytime in November, the temperature in Moscow barely made it above freezing.

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  • PROFILE / Kazuhiro Sekine, correspondent in the Moscow Bureau of The Asahi Shimbun: He joined The Asahi Shimbun Co. in 1998. He has worked for the Tokushima General Bureau, the Fukuyama Bureau, the Kobe General Bureau, the City News Section of the Osaka Head Office and the Foreign News Section. He has been in his current post since April 2011. He is 36 years old.
  • These women appeared on stage at the "Fashion show of Lolitas from the Gothic and Lolita Festival" held Nov. 19 as part of the J-FEST 2011 contemporary Japanese culture festival at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. (Kazuhiro Sekine)
  • A participant poses on stage during the "Fashion show of Lolitas from the Gothic and Lolita Festival" held Nov. 19 as part of the J-FEST 2011 contemporary Japanese culture festival at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. (Kazuhiro Sekine)
  • Audience pack the hall to the aisles and stairs during the "First All-Russia cosplay contest" held Nov. 20 as part of the J-FEST 2011 contemporary Japanese culture festival at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. (Kazuhiro Sekine)
  • This woman in cosplay costume was among the audience Nov. 19 at the J-FEST 2011 contemporary Japanese culture festival at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. (Kazuhiro Sekine)
  • This person in cosplay costume was among the audience Nov. 19 at the J-FEST 2011 contemporary Japanese culture festival at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. (Kazuhiro Sekine)
  • This pair in the costumes of manga characters was among the audience Nov. 19 at the J-FEST 2011 contemporary Japanese culture festival at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. (Kazuhiro Sekine)