You may remember from last year and the year before, around this time, I uploaded a poster for an event called Kiku Chikyu Haku — the Chrysanthemum Earth Festival. This year I designed the poster again, but I went with a very different feeling this time. This year they really wanted to reach out to kids, and make the poster reflect that it’s a fun, family event. For the poster this year I went with sort of a Where’s Waldo style poster that also serves as a map of the festival grounds. It was fun to get into all of the minute details, and to add some fun things too, like the 5 “Kiku Rangers,” a Fukuiraptor, an Echizen crab, and Ecchan the stork from my comic series.

If you’re in the area on October 9th, please come and enjoy the festival!

Kiku Chikyu Hakue 2011