MATSURI LATINO 2019

Thank you very much,

どうもありがとうございます,

Grazie mille,

Muchissimas gracias,

Muito obrigado mesmo

To all the nice people, old and new friends, that today came to the 6th edition of the Matsuri Latino!

It's amazing to see how this little event grew throughout these years...

As usual, it has been great fun, even if I worked as a machine. I don't know how many dozens of espresso I made.
Super-Special THANKS to Akemi Sesoko Sensei for letting us have fun at her school; to Maria Soledad Nerome and to Rumiko Onaka for organizing the whole thing; to Juan Carlos Lugo for being, once more, the perfect host, with happiness and great energy; to Oswaldo Castro, for coming directly from Chile; to the neko-women Satoko Ishizaki and Eiko Pocky for trying to raise some funds to help the poor stray cats of Okinawa. And, more in general, to all the happy souls that brought their good mood to the party and helped cleaning.

See you at the Matsuri Latino 2020!!!

MARKT & PROOTS

ARIGATOu GOZAIMASUissimo to all the kind clients and friends that yesterday came to our tables ('Europa Vintage Okinawa' + 'Tibitoko') at the annual edition of Markt, the German-style Christmas market this time held inside Cargoes Mall (outside, especially in the morning, the weather was horrible; I feel sorry for the food sellers, not authorized to keep their stalls inside...).

A VERY special THANK YOU to two friends that saved our lives: the always-wonderful Gino Goya Sensei: without his car to transport a couple of pyramids from our studio to the mall under the rain yesterday's market would have been Mission Impossible #9 for us; without his arms to pack the leftover of the pyramids at the end of the market we won't have been able to leave the mall by 9 o'clock p.m., as scheduled; and a special THANK YOU to the super-nice Chiyo-san who saved two starving souls bringing us wonderful coffees and cakes: at luch time we were so busy we couldn't go hunting for any kind of food.

Also special THANKS to Tom McKinney and to his lovely wife for coming to Naha from Uruma just to buy one of Satoko's unique Santa Claus(es), unfortunately sold out a couple of hours after starting the market... Satoko promised that she'll make another one for them as soon as possible (which means: hopefully before August), so for the moment, guys, please be happy just with a photo of Sato's Santas... Last but not least, a special ARIGATOu to Sudou-san, the Super-Organizer of this fantastic event that we were lucky to join, finally, after many years we wanted so. Excellent job! Yesterday, between the many interesting goods - handicrafts, vintage, exotic stuff -, we especially enjoyed the stall of a Tokyo's shop selling wonderful Scandinavian items - mostly pottery, but not only.

Markt continues today (Sunday), with our friend Yu-san of Proots (local goods store in Minatogawa, Urasoe) taking our place, this time outside, along Kokusai-dori, where now shines a beautiful sun. 'Europa Vintage Okinawa' exhibition-sale continues at Proots, starting from Tuesday 10th until Tuesday 24 included (closed on Wednesday 11th and 18th). See you there, ciao!