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Last weekend, in the middle of Osaka, people came out in costumes. To play.
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There was quite a bit of flesh flashing about....
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and where there was flesh, there were blokes with cameras....
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....and blokes in dresses with cameras....
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....and not blokes not in dresses
with cameras....
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....as well as people being trodden on...
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Even Osaka Castle was trying to muscle in on the action....
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There were characters I didn't recognise....
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....and a few that I did.....
Batman makes an appearanceSome
Osaka favourites were in attendance....
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....along with some of Alice's friends....
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To top it all off, there was even one guy dressed as a traffic cop!