The Ningyocho event took place from 26 – 30 of September, and was the first event since we got rid of the Ueno Touken Kaikan in July, due to the lack of space and the awkward location.
While we are still looking for a new place, many of our clients have asked us to have another sales event, and so we organized the Ningyocho event, to answer to their request and to further our good relationships with them.
Ningyocho is in Shitamatchi (downtown Tokyo), and a place that is housing a lot of traditional shops as well as training places for traditional skills and crafts.
A lot of people came to the event, and stayed for a long time.
In total, more than 50 clients attended, and they seemed very happy, talking and learning about the Japanese sword, which also made sales for us pretty good.
However, on the last day of the event, there was a big typhoon coming, and the weather man on TV warned people again and again, to not go out if it could be avoided.
The weather therefore unfortunately made it impossible for some clients to show up on the last day.
This dampened the event a little, but I still feel very happy, as most of our regular clients showed up and stayed for a long time.
To me, it was a really good time.