It's not the 1st Hyper Japan event being held in London & and since it is a culture of entertaing, fun, interesting, cute, beautifull and weird.. this should be good.
There was gaming stations, cute "kawii" shops, a few traditional bits and bobs, some manga illustrators (A drawing of you can range from £5-30), craft areas that you can participate in (for free write your name in Japanese or make origami), and food stalls!
Those who follow my blog know I've been to Japan. So I was a tad disappointed that I didn't see the things I liked from when I was there. No banana roar, no easy eat bento boxes, no representatives showing Kyoto, hardly any sushi, and prices for things like soft toys were more then in the shops outside.
There was still a lot of space that can be filled and in time there might be more shows and stalls. It was fun to see people dress up in their character outfits.. one was even in stilts as a robot (cracked me up ordering food).
I did watch some traditional music as well as some J pop performances. Wish they had Japanese drummers.. seen some before and they were awesome!
I think its an event that is still yet to grow.
*regular up coming event info posted on my Facebook fan page*
