Design Festa last weekend!

Well, I dragged myself to Odaiba last weekend to go to the Design Festa. I was pretty tired after a full week and rather anxious that it might not live up to my expectations. But, it was great!

First, though, I had to get "Lost in Odaiba" for about 50 minutes and wandered the streets trying to find Tokyo Big Sight. I can't believe I managed to find it last time, about two years ago when I went to a draft exhibition to find this wonderful lady and her fabric designs. I was new to Tokyo at the time, and INCREDIBLY hungover, but I managed to make the 90 minute trek there (and caught the airport bus home so I could sleep for two hours without worrying about changing trains).

Anyway, this year I finally made it at around 12pm and promptly found a cafe to have lunch and a coffee - I needed to steel myself for the 2000-odd booths of crafts and art ranging from mediocre to fabulous....

I felt satisfied at about 3:30pm and went home. My wallet felt about 12,000 yen lighter (NZ$200), but my heart felt a whole lot fuller (in a good way : ) ).

Pictures of the goodies I bought will be in the next post.