Dai Rakugaki Matsuri @ Super7

We attended Dai Rakugaki Matsuri at Super7 San Francisco on Saturday. Arrived in the city around 8 a.m. to line up for a ticket in line for the show opening in the evening. Crazy, huh? We've done worse in the past.


Few friends of ours were already in line. I guess they beat us by a few minutes or so, even one by a few seconds! Haha, but it was all good fun. Most of us that got there early were interested in the smaller customs in the show. Super7 started handing out the line tickets before the store opened - around 10:30 a.m. We ventured out in Japantown for the several hours we had to kill before lining up for the actual show.


We had lunch at Mum's in Hotel Tomo. I had a combo bento that included one of THE best teriyaki chicken, ever. :) After eating, Bianca and I walked around the shopping center for an hour or so until our buddy Joe & fam hit us up to walk around and have a second lunch with them. Lol, yup. Had to settle for just a bowl of soup and drinks because we had the big lunch earlier in the day.

Time flew by fast once we started hanging with Joe & fam. Pretty soon it was about 2 hours before the show starts, so we went to wait outside Super7 'til the opening. Jeff, other Joe, and the others were already waiting, so we joined in on the fun. Met a few board members like Daniel, Michael, Dustin, and a couple others we haven't met before. Very chill people - fun to talk with.

The weather got a bit chilly and breezy as it approached 7 p.m. Everyone was getting pretty anxious to go in and check everything out inside. We got inside a little after 7:15-ish. It was 5 people inside at a time for the first few groups. We were #8 and #9 in line, so we got in pretty much before it got crazy in the store. The 5 people inside at a time did not last long, lol.

We met Koji, Kiyoka (Gargamel), and KaToPe. Picked out the toy, and just talked to people we knew. Funny that we did not know KaToPe before this show, and he was the artist we were most interested in after seeing his artwork. Amazing stuff! It's a shame we didn't pick a toy of his (we got a Gargamel toy).


We left the show about 9:30 p.m., then drove back home. I think this show was very fun and new for us. This was the most crowded event we have been to at Super7. Hopefully Super7 can have this show again next year. We'll definitely be there. :)

- Justin