If one spends even a little time in Japan, one realizes very quickly that the Japanese have a penchant for getting things stamped as a souvenir (some keeping special books in which to collect these stamps) and also they love to use cute characters (often some animal or such) to represent a product. Well, the Eco Fair that I have been going on about is not that much different- the only difference is that instead of animals, there is a human family (with their cat and dog) who show up in the promotional materials around town and in the mail.
Walking around the fair, I was just as enthusiastic about collecting the stamps (using a page from my sketchbook, since I haven't been doing much sketching recently) and I invaded the children's area when I saw that they were giving away stickers. You had to color a black and white illustrated sheet in order to get it, and I said that I will most gladly do it (despite the fact that only kids under 8 were seated), but the fellow distributing it just brushed me aside and I was able to get the stickers without sitting down with crayons in hand.
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| flyer, sticker and sketchbook/stamp page |
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| stickers! (which won't be stuck anywhere) |
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| the stamps, and 2 stickers (the gold one from lunchtime) |
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