Harry Potter fans dressed up in costume today as they bought the Japanese translation of the seventh and final book of the series, a year after it appeared in English.
 
 
Readers gathered in costume at bookstores, some of which opened as early as 03:30 IST to start selling the Japanese version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
 
 
"I'm so excited, I feel like crying. I'm totally enchanted," said a young Japanese woman who had waited outside the Tokyo bookstore since last afternoon. 
 
 
28-year-old Saori, who was dressed up as Harry, said the magic never died throughout the seven books.
 
 
Online bookstore Amazon Japan received about 95,000 orders, the most ever for a book in the Harry Potter series, topping its bestsellers chart. 

 
But some bookstores said the excitement for the latest book was not as much probably because readers had found out much of the plot already.