A beautiful day for a hobby show!

Warm temperatures and clear skies made for a very pleasant weekend.

South Hall Entrance

This way leads to the modelers' club exhibition area and some of the manufacturers. The North Hall was manufacturer exhibits only.

Nissan Dualis "Powered Suit"

Designed by Macross designer Shoji Kawamori for Nissan, this very cool "powered suit" is featured in commercials for the Dualis (Qashqui).

Nissan Dualis "Powered Suit"

Look closely, and you'll spot in the foreground the small-scale Power Suit and Dualis models that were displayed beside the tremendous "lifesize" version!

Tatsuya Kaneko at the Model Art booth

Eager modelers gather around to glean some modeling insight from master modeler Kaneko-sensei!

Tatsuya Kaneko at the Model Art booth

Kaneko-sensei makes a point while wielding a toothbrush.

Tatsuya Kaneko at the Model Art booth

The aforementioned toothbrush was instrumental in creating a very realistic ground surface.

Tatsuya Kaneko at the Model Art booth

Kaneko-sensei shows the results to the eager onlookers.

Inside the North Hall

Throngs of happy hobbyists check out the latest goodies!

The scene at the Tamiya area

Tamiya, loved the world over!

The other end of the Tamiya area

With various demonstrations and events going on all day, it was never easy to move around the crowded Tamiya area!

JASDF Flight Demonstration

Three Japan Air Self Defense Force Kawasaki T-4 jet trainers wowed the crowd with some low-level flying on Saturday.