Nadeshicon 2013: Post Mortem

I might have good news to announce soon, but I can't speak of it right now so how about I ramble about Nadeshicon?

Since I had a spot in the artist alley, I spent most of the weekend sitting there and chatting with my friend Ju, who was sharing the table with me. Here's Ju helpfully holding up a copy of my book at our table. The art pieces are hers. (The dvds contain ebook copies.)




We talked to people browsing the displays and played "identify the cosplay." I regret not taking a picture of that Loki cosplayer. She maintained the cold disdainful look so very well. I however have a picture of the Doctor who kept showing up at our table--sometimes with Tardis in tow. Behold! (I don't know where his red fez went, but he had one.)



I got away a few times to watch some shows happening as part of the convention. Notably there was a short but impressive performance by a Japanese acrobat and a one-hour show from a group that performs traditional Japanese music and dances, Matsu Také. They had a guy on a Japanese flute, a guy on drums, a woman on a koto (an horizontal string instrument) and a woman who both danced and played the shamisen (a three-string instrument).

Shamisen are really neat. Here, have a video of the Yoshida Brothers, who play shamisen like guitars. The contrast between the traditional elements and the modern ones is great.





I'd have liked to end with a picture of my own fabulous getup, but I didn't think of asking my friend to take one and none has yet showed up online from the people who stopped to ask for a picture of me.