After visiting the National Kokeshi Museum (see previous blog) we returned to the main festival venue. By that time things had calmed down somewhat and I was able to take pictures of everything.
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| There were a couple of these kokeshis wandering around the venue floor. We'll see more of them in an upcoming blog entry. |
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| A view of the venue floor. |
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| Another view. |
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| Darumas and tops for sale. |
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| These tenugui 手ぬぐい had the design of each Naruko kokeshi craftsmen currently making kokeshis. One fellow enthusiast purchased every one -- there were about 20 different kinds. |
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| Some mini kokeshis by Mr. Mito for sale. |
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| Various Yajiro kokeshis 弥次郎系こけし for sale. |
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| Takobozu kokeshis たこ坊主こけし. |
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| Naruko kokeshis. |
Another part of the festival is getting to see the award-winning kokeshis for the year, and all of them were beautiful. They were displayed on the stage, so here's a sample of what we got to see. Sorry for not transliterating the names and awards, but actually the kokeshis speak for themselves!
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