Japanese Charity Fiesta & Bazaar

Just yesterday, I was at a Japanese charity fiesta & bazaar, organized by the Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur.

To say the least, I was disappointed.


This event was held at Hotel Nikko, and to enter, I had to pay an on-the-spot ticket fee of RM15.


Despite being a Japanese bazaar, there wasn't really that much Japanese stuff to buy. A lot of items there could be obtained locally. There weren't even any geta for sale. :(

Entrance to the ballroom

The place was pretty packed

This was, perhaps, one of the few items worth looking into- pottery.



Being a bazaar for the public, I did not expect to see any otaku goods here, but lo and behold, there was one table that featured some old otaku goods.


There were tons of books, magazines, and supposedly limited edition GitS shirts.


There were tons of old magazines, and a lot with Evangelion at the front page. There were also some CDs for sale there, though they didn't really look legit. ^^;

There was a vast variety of items, but, as I mentioned earlier, most of it could be obtained locally.



There was lots of Japanese food too, but even the food was the kind that could be easily found like food from Jusco, Yokomon, and Beard Papa.

While most other tables were selling out, this table remained unvisited. The food here was less unique, anyway

Needless to say, the food there was pretty expensive. All I had was this strawberry-flavor coated waffle that cost me RM3.


The strawberry flavor didn't come out very well, but the waffle itself was pretty good. Overall, it was an okay snack.

Though the goods there were not really worth looking at, they had some other attractions as well, such as this-


Demonstration of how to prepare tea in the traditional, Japanese way.

There were also three games to play, though I only saw kids playing them.


Had absolutely no idea how to play these game though.

Except this one, maybe

But the best attraction was this- try on a kimono(?) for a certain price, and have your photo taken against a backdrop (there was a nice backdrop which I did not take a picture of).





Of all the girls and guys on stage, this one little fella got a lot of attention from photographers.




Overall, my friends and I agreed that this event wasn't worth the RM15 entry fee. But since that RM15 is going to charity, it's all good.

Safe to say, I won't be attending this event anymore in the future.