Kamikaze Girls Movie location holds ‘Lolita fashion’ contest
A Lolita fashion contest was held in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, as a means of promoting the city, northeast of Tokyo, where the 2004 movie “Kamikaze Girls” was shot.
The movie, released in Japan under the title “Shimotsuma Monogatari (下妻物語/Shimotsuma Story）” features heroine Momoko Ryugasaki, played by actress Kyoko Fukada (深田恭子）, who dresses in Baby, The Stars Shine Bright.
Poster of Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari )
The competition attracted 35 contestants from many areas of Japan, with Yui Hosokawa(細川唯), 24, from Kawasaki, judged the winner. She wore a white dress with big frills.
Winner Yui Hosokawa
Hosokawa said, “I will be happy to be a help, so that local rice paddies will be filled with girls in Lolita fashion.”
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