Posted November 8, 2014 by Jonelle Patrick5 Comments Awesome Stuff To Do

Tokyo Design Festa: Zombie Matryoshika & More

If you’re in Tokyo, get thee to Design Festa RIGHT NOW! It’s on through Sunday the 9th, out in Odaiba at Big Sight. You definitely don’t want to miss seeing (and buying!):

Elfin anime-style figures, mind-bogglingly crafted from felt.

Eyeball clasp purses, leaking a little O Positive.

Gorgeous little mushrooms that light up.

Decidedly non-traditional New Year's figures for the upcoming Year Of The Sheep. — Decidedly non-traditional New Year’s figures for the upcoming Year Of The Sheep.

Steampunk bird masks (in case you don't already have a dozen in every color.) — Steampunk bird masks (in case you don’t already have a dozen in every color.)

Your big chance to make your mom faint when she sees the oozing gash applied with painterly skill by the Amazing School JUR special effects makeup students.

The Tokyo Zentai Club, that gathers regularly to beetle around Tokyo in their head-to-toe featureless lycra suits.

Design Festa is on from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. through Sunday November 9 at Tokyo Big Sight convention center, near Kokusai-tenjijo Station. Tickets are ¥1000 at the door. In addition to thousands of vendors selling quirky handmade merchandise, music and theatre performances run continuously throughout the day. Artists also are live painting murals thoughout the venue.

This mural features thousands of flowers, drawn on the spot with Spirographs.

If you’d like to go to Design Festa, information on the next one is posted on the Design Festa website. Tickets are ¥1000 for ages 12 & up, children get in free. It’s always held at the Big Sight convention Center out in Odaiba. A map is on my website, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had.

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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!

5 thoughts on “Tokyo Design Festa: Zombie Matryoshika & More” Leave a comment ›

hangtown says:

November 9, 2014 at 10:19 am

Wow, what great stuff! I love those goldfish and the frog purses.

- Jonelle Patrick says:
  
  November 9, 2014 at 12:21 pm
  
  There was SO MUCH great stuff! It’s good I didn’t have more money in my wallet…
  
Eda says:

November 9, 2014 at 12:10 pm

Shoot! Wish I’d known about it sooner. Next year, I guess.

- Jonelle Patrick says:
  
  November 9, 2014 at 12:21 pm
  
  You can still go until 7:00 tonight! ^^;;
  
  - Eda says:
    
    November 9, 2014 at 12:23 pm
    
    Yeah, but I’m lazy and Odaiba is so far away and it’s probably REALLY crowded today. Plus I have a yoga lesson at 4:00.
    
    Your pictures made it feel almost like I was there without the hassle of trains and crowds!