SENDAI, Japan — Costume players (1st to 4th from L) pose with members of »Datebushoutai,» a tourism promotion group who dress as warriors, at the site of former Sendai Castle in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2011. The four women from Japan, South Korea, China and Thailand have won an Internet ‘cosplay’ contest organized by a Thai company. (Kyodo)