【Event report】 Saki Shibata’s first fan event in Taiwan: Shibata Saki Premium Tea Party supported by Kyo Baum
Whilst everyone was enjoying the cake, Shibasaki and Kitoshin started their talk show. As both Shibasaki and Kitoshin are famous models from Japan and Taiwan respectively, they naturally started talking about fashion.
“When I was walking through the streets of Taiwan, I noticed that many people were dressed very differently to what I would see in Japan, but now I’m here at this event, I’ve noticed that so many fans are dressed in Japanese fashion! I’m quite surprised!” said Shibasaki.
“Well of course! This venue is full of your fans!” replied Kimi and the girls in the audience all gave a powerful nod in agreement. The girls at the event were all dressed in Shibasaki’s style – one would almost think that they were still in Japan!
For the question corner, one fan asked, “Will you be holding a handshake event or something similar?”
Shibasaki replied “I’m gonna work my hardest in order to come back to Taiwan!”Her reply was met with a massive round of applause.
The event continued with more conversation with the fans. The atmosphere of the tea party was very relaxed – as if they were still at home. There were some fans who could speak Japanese. Many who had a deep interest in Shibasaki and Japanese culture were very keen to tell their own stories.
Finally, there was a massive game of rock, paper, scissors with all the fans. The winner Yoyo, won a Kyo Baum that included the autographs of Shibasaki and Kimi.
Alongside the Kyo Baum, Yoyo also received a commemorative photo cheki with Shibasaki and Kimi. Yoyo was so happy to receive this.
After the rock, paper, scissors game, the girls started to wrap up the event. Shibasaki and Kitoshin bid their farewells to their fans.
Kimi: “I’m so happy to have been invited to this tea party and see Shibasaki again! The last time I saw her was in Tokyo at a MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON event. I’m looking forward to the next time we can work together! To all the fans that came to the event – I want to see you all again!”
After Kimi said her farewells to the audience, it was Shibasaki’s turn, but as she opened her mouth to speak, words just wouldn’t come out.
As everyone focussed their attention on Shibasaki, they could see tears welling up in her eyes.
Shibasaki: I’m overwhelmed with just how many people came today to support me. I couldn’t be happier. Up until now I could only ever dream of being capable of holding my own event in a foreign country – in Taiwan. I felt quite uneasy thinking that maybe nobody would come to my event today, so I’m overjoyed that each and every one of you came and had fun. I want to come back to Taiwan, and I want to see you all again, so I’ll be working my hardest! Thank you very much! We’ll see each other again!
The fans applauded, moving Shibasaki to tears once again. Everyone gathered for a commemorative photograph and with that, the event had finished. Shibasaki and Kimi handed souvenirs to each of the fans and saw them off.
The souvenirs consisted of popular Kyoto “Kotabe” sweets and Kyo Baum cake. The fans were also given a personal letter written by Shibasaki by hand. Some girls were moved to tears after reading their handwritten letter from Shibasaki.
Shibasaki’s event in Taiwan was a great success. For many fans, this was the first time they could get so close to Shibasaki and their first experience of matcha sweets. This event allowed fans to immerse themselves in Japanese culture. MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON aims to spread Japanese pop culture around the world. One way we achieve this goal is by holding Japanese culture events in different countries from time to time. Please check out MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON’s SNS websites for more information!
■Information
Shibata Saki Premium Tea Party supported by Kyo Baum
Venue：Fujin Tree Landmark No. 355, Fujin Street, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan, 105
Date：Friday 13th October 2017
Venue URL：http://fujintreegroup.com/shop-list/fujin-tree-landmark/
Kyo Baum URL：http://kyobaum.shop/
Saki Shibata’s Instagram： @shibasaaki
Kimi’s Instagram： @eatzz7
MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON：https://www.facebook.com/msmsnippon/
