November 19, 2012
Chase goes to Design Festa!
Chase here,
On the weekend of November10-11 I went to the 37th Design Festa that was held at the Tokyo Big Site, a large exhibition area where many events are held.
The amount of interesting and diverse art forms was incredible. Things from cute little bunnies pictures to creepy marionettes, to knives made out of crystal. I was overwhelmed with the amount of things to see and do while I was there. It was so interesting that I went back for a second day afterwards because I did not have enough time the first day to see everything, and I still feel as I had missed some of the booths.
The art was not just limited to drawings and figures; there were also live performances, live bands, and a massive food court. One of the more interesting performances that I saw was a choreographed samurai fight between two groups of 5, one side women, and the other side men; there were also people playing music to go with the fight, even including a guy with a microphone making the sound effects to go with the fight.
Just as I was leaving, several guys with lucha libre styled panda masks stopped and asked if I wanted to take pictures with them with one of their panda masks on, which I immediately agreed to and donned the mask of the panda luchador for a few photos!