Design Festa

I went to "Design Festa" last Saturday.

http://www.designfesta.com/index_en.html

It's one of the largest international art event in Asia.

There were tons of fashionable people.

There were many young great creators,designers,musicians.

I never got bored!

http://www.designfesta.com/index_en.html

Trick or Treat?

Do you have your costume ready?

GLOOMY

I went out for a party last night.

What kinda party was it?

It was GLOOMY's 10-year celebration party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDuBR8S5ILw&feature=related

http://www.chax.cc/main.html?en

GLOOMY is a pink bear. It looks sooooo adorable but extremely demonic bear.

This is MORI CHACK. He is the creator.

He has a frank personality.

There were tons of his fans.

They were dressed fashionably! 

Norakuro

I went to " Norakuro Museum (のらくろ館) the day before yesterday.http://www.kcf.or.jp/morishita/norakuro.html

What's "Norakuro"?

Norakuro is a famous Japanese manga character that was serialized from 1931 to 1981 written by Suihou Tagawa.

Norakuro stands for NORA (homeless ) KURO (black dog).

It looks adorable,doesn't it?  (*⌒▽⌒*) /   

This one is a little bit scary!! 　(￣▽￣；)!!ｶﾞｰﾝ

It's one of most popular perennial manga characters in Japan.

Even now, over 80 years after the first appearance,a variety of goods related to it are on sale.

http://www.kcf.or.jp/morishita/norakuro.html

Jim-bei☆

Looky,looky!! The cute girls!! :D

They were wearing super cute outfit!! 

They're called "Jim-bei" .

They look like "Kimono" or "Yukata" but a little bit different from them.

What's the difference between "Kimono" and "Jin-bei?"

"Jin-bei" is a kinda suit.

So it's a separates.

They're loosely-fitted , don't have any annoying "obi" or something,use a breathing cloth.

So they're perfect for Japanese muggy summer.

Recently a variety of patterns of Jin-bei are sold at many shops.

I'd like to get one!! :D

Blythe ☆

I went to  "Blythe shop" at Daikan-Yama the other day.

What is "Blythe" ?

Blythe is a dress-up doll that was released from American toy company Kenner 

in 1972.

Unfortunately they stopped production of it in only one year after.

Then,in 2001,replicas of Blythe has been released by Japanese toy company 
Tomy Company.
It has gathered a huge following not only in Japan but also many countries.

The shop was crowded with Blythe fans.

See, it's sooooooo adrable!!

I'm LOVING it!! 

http://www.blythedoll.com

Crane machines

I went to a game arcade last Saturday.

It was fun!

There were a lot of  fun games!

I think the most popular are crane machines.

Crane machines in Japan are AMAZING!! 

You can get stuffed toys,cushions,key chains,,, even goldfish!! Wow!!

Almost all stuffs are limited product.

So,you can only get hold of them from the machines.

Now these "The World of GOLDEN EGGS" 's characters are popular with both children and grown-ups.

They look creepy-cute!

Finally,I got the cute stuffed toy!