Can I touch it? -Sure you can

You're good at it. Do you train?

I'm a cosplayer -Oh really?

What kind of booth is this?

We specialize in Pizza Cutters

Pizza Cutter?? -Yes

Not weapons? -No way

Tools to cut pizza

Why do you make pizza cutters?

When I thought how to use real weapons like swords, katana and sables,

I don't like tools which intend to hurt other people

Oh right. Especially in this age

That also, and I wanted to make a pizza cutter which looks like a weapon to fill your stomachs

That is what I wanted to make -nice

Wonderful

That is why I make them

I really like pizza so I really am happy for this

This is hand-made? -Yes, I made it myself

They are all wood? -Yes

Nice

Is this where you put your chinese character in it and made?

It could be alphabets as well

You get the feeling so I will go here,

now we came here

Release

It's going deep!

So so so?

hello Nakanishi-san

Could you introduce which art is displayed in this booth?

As you can see, these are my works this time

It's called Ago-Hazurex -funny name

The concept here is a pun. Ago-hazure (displaced jaw)

and T-rex, both word combined and made into a pun figurine

This is another work I did

Knight- ammonites

ammonites are extinct ancient animals, combined with knights

This is also a figurines with a pun

So you make art with a combination of two words?

That's pretty much it

This is cute. I like this

In figurine art, is there a diffirence between Japanese and foreign?

For people making this kind of figurine, the software and the machine is pretty much common worldwide

but what makes Japanese ones different are the various subcultures in Japan

Anime is not just for kids but for adults here. Also the religious elements involved and the sense of beauty

I think there are many artist who grew on these elements from very young age and grew up with it

so I believe quite a various artistic arts are born from there

so people experience the Japanese culture from a very young age. Wonderful

Thank you

Hello nice to meet you. I see a very nice booth. Could you introduce this?

We are selling hair bands with horns

We make it strong and light

For the material, the core is made of aluminum wires

for the horns we add wet paper and let it dry and make it hard

This is called the Hariko method

When it's dry, we add color on top and done

It's a wonderful work of art. Also it's so easy to add on

It feels like it's always been there

That's another key point I try to emphasize. It's so light

It's so light, like a normal headband

It's made of paper, and the inside is hollow so that's why it's so light

People abroad come quite a lot asking what this is made of, and the conversation and questions are quite fun

We have this situation going on, but if you can come to Japan and visit us we'll be very happy

Oh thank you for the story