Bandai Japan has partnered up with ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL to deliver three collaboration shells to commemorate the ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2024! This event is the largest music festival in Japan, known for legendary performances, from different artists from around Asia! This year, the festival runs from Saturday, August 3rd, 2024 through Monday, August 12th, 2024 at Soga Sports Park in Chiba.
Bandai Japan has designed three exclusive shells to commemorate the 2024 festival, which will be exclusively sold at both ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2024 and ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2024 in Hitachinaka. The three shells are named Paint, which features a white shell with splashes of blue, pink, and yellow paint, Clear Blue, which features a clear blue shell along with lighter blue painted stripes, and Matte Red, which features a matte (not glossy) shell. All three shells feature the ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2024 logo, and it’s on the box too. They even have a custom background behind the screen, too. Priced at 4,500, you can learn more on the Goods page of the ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL website here.
Interesting article by Xavier from Archéo'Japon, overviewing the history and beliefs surrounding May 5th Kodomo no hi 子供の日 (children's day) / Tango no Sekku 端午の節句 (Japanese take on Duanwu festival) traditions.
Original article is in French but really worth a read through auto-translate if you wish to learn more about the origins of some of the Kodomo no hi rituals :)
"do you want to take a picture?" no "did you get any pictures?" no "aren't you sad you didn't get any pictures?" NO!!!! i am the not picture taker. i have to remind myself to take occasional selfies with my boyfriend so we can prove to the korean government we've been dating sufficiently long to get married.