【Event report】 Saki Shibata’s first fan event in Taiwan: Shibata Saki Premium Tea Party supported by Kyo Baum
Saki Shibata (aka Shibasaki) held first ever fan event in a foreign country in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday 13th October. The event was called “Shibata Saki Premium Tea Party supported by Kyo Baum”, and was a tea party dedicated to her fans!
This was a limited event to which only 30 of Shibasaki’s fans received an invite. The event was overflowing with a Japanese atmosphere. The event featured Kyo Baum – a delicious dessert that is made with a generous amount of matcha. This dessert was specially selected by MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON. While fans dug into the delicious matcha cake, the tea party unfolded.
The venue was a location where many cool Taiwanese shops and art is brought together – Huashan 1914 Creative Park. More specifically, the event took place at Fujin Tree Landmark, where a variety of Japanese items, materials and specially selected general goods are displayed. There is a cafe space inside Fujin Tree Landmark, which was where the event was held.
The minute Shibasaki walked into the venue, she couldn’t hold back her excitement, exclaiming “cute!” The accessories and tableware, handmade clothing and shoes really grabbed her attention.
From stationery to flower arrangements, her eyes drifted over the various items. Wherever you choose to take a picture, it would turn out beautiful. This was a beautiful shop.
Once Shibasaki arrived, all that was left was to wait for the fans. That would have been easy, except for the hint of worry amongst the staff. There was a strong typhoon raging closer. The combination of the strong wind and heavy rain was enough to make Shibasaki worry – a single step outside and maybe you would fly away with the raging typhoon. The staff were worried that the fans could not make it. Would anyone come despite the tragic weather? While Shibasaki pondered on this, she started to compose personal letters for each individual fan, pouring her heart into each page.
20 minutes before the start of the event (15:40), one fan made it to the venue, followed by another. The venue was almost full by the performance start time of 16:00. Despite the bad weather, majority of the fans made it on time! Shibasaki could feel the love from her fans. ♡
Shibasaki kicked off the event with a self-introduction and some small talk about Taiwan. Shibasaki tried as hard as she could to speak in Chinese. One of the questions she was asked that related to Taiwan was “what kind of food do you like?” To that she answered; everything is delicious! Which caused the audience to roar with laughter. Being able to make an audience in a foreign country laugh so hard is not very surprising for Shibasaki!
During the talk, the main dish for the tea ceremony was presented to the fans!
Kimi, a popular Taiwanese model who appears in Taiwanese magazines and on TV, made an appearance alongside Shibasaki as a guest for this event. With that, the tea party began!
Everyone took a photo together with the beautiful Kyo Baum cake. After the photo, everyone dug straight in and tried everything.
“Kyo Baum” is a matcha-flavoured cake that is covered with matcha fondant. It is a popular Kyoto souvenir. Even matcha sweets are popular in Taiwan, and it really showed because so many people went for seconds! Of course, the Kyo Baum tastes great on its own, but for those who have a sweet tooth, we recommend you to try it with fresh cream. If you’re ever in Kyoto, make sure to check it out!
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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/
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