Apr.23.2009

Event report: "Blythe 8 Wonderful Years" at Yokohama Doll Museum!

The exhibition "Blythe 8 Wonderful Years" at Yokohama Doll Museum is now open and is enchanting a huge out pouring of Blythe fans every day!
Yokohama celebrated it's 150th anniversary this year, and this exhibition has helped to bring much fun and spirit to Yokohama.
At the museum, all of the Neo and Petite Blythe, from the very first Neo Blythe "Parco Limited" and "Mondrian" to the newest Blythe released this year, are gathered and displayed!
Of course the anniversary dolls and collaboration dolls are there, too, with all of their outfits and accessories!
This exhibition will be perfect for your Golden Week vacation!

Teruhisa Kitahara, the producer of Yokohama Doll Museum, gave us comments about the exhibition!
I fell in love with Blythe when I first met her, and own a few Blythe dolls now.
This year's exhibition held at Yokohama Doll Museum, you can meet "Parco Limited," who made the start of this Blythe sensation.
There is a total of 138 Neo Blythe and 189 Petite Blythe exhibited, including the anniversary dolls and collaboration dolls...the view of so many Blythe dolls all together is quite splendid!
The Blythe fan base has been increasing over the years, so I am sure that not only old Blythe fans but also new fans will be entranced by Blythe and want to collect the dolls more and more from this exhibition!
I met a lot of fans coming to the exhibition many times, fans taking pictures with Blythe around the museum, and fans from overseas coming to Japan just for this exhibition.
I would love to let people who haven't met Blythe yet come to the museum and know the charm and beauty of Blythe, too!

◆Profile of Teruhisa Kitahara
Famous for collecting tin toys.
CEO of TOYS., Co. ltd. and curator of Yokohama Tin Toy Museum.
Producer of Yokohama Doll Museum.
One of the judges at the TV show "Kaiun! Nandemo Kantei-dan."
Received "Yokohama Culture Award" in 2007.

Duration of the exhibition: until May 10, 2009
Place: Yokohama Doll Museum
18, Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Tel: 045-671-9361
Entrance fee: 800 yen for adults, 200 yen for children
Open hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Entrance by 6:00 p.m.)
HP: http://www.museum.or.jp/yokohama-doll-museum/