It's May and time for another Design Festa and as always there was lots of cool stuff and cool people.

After going to Chidorigafuchi and missing the Yuuzakura (night viewing) I was pretty determined to go back. Then, a couple of days after going to Chidorigafuchi I was on my way to visit my friend Yuki and family and I passed by Nakameguro around 6pm and from the train I got a glimpse of the sakura festival in Nakameguro with lamps all long a small river. I decided I had to check it out.

One of the advantages of living in Japan is the basement food market.  Even better for me, I live near Shinjuku, one of the largest cities in Japan in which there are no less than 8 of these places.

My classmates and I recently made it to the Kanamara Festival in Kawasaki Japan. The picture above should give you some idea of what it's about.

This year the sakara blossoms (cherry blossoms) came out early and as we had a holiday on March 21st my classmates and I decide to go Hanami

I checked out Design Festa for November 2001.  For whatever reason I didn't take nearly as many pictures as the last time or the first time.  Maybe there weren't as many interesting things or maybe it was that at least a third of the exhibitors were the same as before but still I did take a few so here they are.

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6ヶ月前からこれがやりたかった。やっとやったんだ。それはアメリカにない玩具とかコンテストで受賞することだ。もし時間とか、努力がかかり過ぎなければ、またやるかもしれない。

Some restaurants and other places in The OC.

• Alberto's
• Angelo's and Vinci's
• Bangkok 4
• Cheesecake Factory
• Claim Jumper
• Doria's Haus of Pizza
• Dragon Phoenix Palace Chinese Seafood Restaurant
• Ebisu Ramen
• Fatburger
• Felix Continental Cafe
• Genghis Kahn Mongolian BBQ
• Harbor House
• Hof's Hut
• Houston's
• Imperial Dragon
• Jan's Health Bar
• Jerry's Famous Deli
• Kanpai
• Kim Tar
• LaSalsa
• Little Saigon
• Natraj
• Niki's
• Peruvian place at Cerritos and Western.
• Pho Mai Nguyen (the Catfish Place)
• Picnic Garden
• Prehistoric Pets
• Rubio's
• Rutabegors
• Sagami
• Sam Woo in Irvine
• Seoul Garden
• Super Mex and Great Mex
• Sushi Wave
• Ten Ten
• Todai
• Tommy's
• Tommy Sushi
• Yaohan (now Mitsuwa)
• Zankou Chicken

Some restaurants and other places in L.A.

• Baja Bud's
• Bangkok West
• BCD Tofu House: The 24 hour Korean Tofu Soup place
• Cafe 50's
• California Roll Factory & Sushi
• Canters
• Chan Dara / Chan Darette
• Filipino place on South
• Furaibo
• Hodori Restaurant: The 24 hour Korean place
• Houstons
• Hurry Curry of Tokyo
• Insomnia Cafe
• Jerry's Deli
• Johnies
• Johnnies
• King's Road Cafe
• Le Saigon
• Luna Cafe
• Marukai
• Micro Tokyo
• Mishima & Taiko
• Mitsuwa
• Nam Kang: The Tol Sok Bi Bim Bap place
• NBC Seafood
• Newsroom
• Noodle Planet
• Nozawa
• Ocean Star
• Rae's Cafe
• Relaxtation
• Rockbottom's
• Sanamulang Cafe
• Shoreline Cafe
• Soot Bull Jeep: Korean BBQ place
• Sushi Mon
• T.C.B.Y (The Country's Best Yogurt)
• Tapioca Express
• The Hump
• Tito's Taco's
• Tommy's Hamburgers
• Wakasanchi
• Zen Grill

Some restaurants and other places in Japan.

• 99ramen
• Agideji
• Bai Wan Zhu Kuai Lou
• Barbacoa
• Bio Ojiyan Cafe
• Carne Station
• Cheesecake Cafe
• Chibo
• Chinese Cafe Eight
• Chinmabodofu
• Daddy's
• Dessert Company
• DexeeDiner
• El Cishco(sp?)
• Frangipani
• Gyoza Stadium
• Hakata Tenjin
• Ichiran
• Incheon and Seoul House
• Ippudo
• Jangara Ramen
• Jinmin Cafe
• Journal Standard
• Kaffir Lime
• Kaitenzushi (shinjuku)
• Kamakura
• Kiryu
• Kushiya Monogatari
• L'Habitude
• Loco Moco
• low
• Manrikiya
• Neuf Cafe
• News Deli
• Ninja
• O-Saji Ko-Saji
• OGO Ono-Loa Hawaii
• Organic Cafe
• Origin Bento
• Pineapple County
• Pumpkin Cook Katsura
• Rainbow Roll Sushi
• Salvatore
• Seiryuumon
• Shibuya Underpass Society
• Soho's
• Souryuutoukyokudou
• Star Kebab House
• T.Y. Harbor Brewery
• Tenten Joujou Kaitenbou
• Tokyo Bay Cafe Island
• Vietnam Frog
• Wan-zhu-ji
• Xi'an Toshoumen
• Yatana
• Yokohama Ramen
• Youshuushounin