I visited the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival with my mom last week in Tokyo. Despite being slightly offput by the idea of a giant quilt show (I went to many as a child) I had a really nice time and quite enjoyed the quilts. The crowds of short, old ladies were a bit much, but other than that it was nice. I didn't take a lot of photos since I knew my mom was, but I did capture this one of a quilt that caught my eye.

There were a lot of vendors there too, but to my disappointment, the Clover booth didn't have any great knitting stuff. I hesitated for a while by the needle felting, but tore myself away at the last minute to cast on the toe of my sock. As I approached one booth, I couldn't believe that there were cars there. How could they possibly tie this in to quilts, I wondered?

But of course, the Honda Quilts Fair! It totally makes sense, doesn't it? I just love how they put quilted stuff in the trunk of the car.

By mid-afternoon I was pretty beat from all that wandering around the floor of the Tokyo Dome. But I got a good chuckle when I saw these guys at the door.

It does make sense to have people manning the revolving doors, especially when there's a crowd. But I just can't imagine any guy at home donning an arm band and going to work to spin a door all day. Just another reason that Japan is great!