Took a good beating!!!! ^^;

Yesterday was the Handmade Fair at Hyakumanben in Kyoto. I arrived to the Chion Temple where the fair was hold, before 6am..but there were already a lot of people waiting to get a good spot. It seemed to be by a tacit understanding, people who have been having booth at the fair for a long time normally take a same spot by the whistle at 6am, and then people who is new to the fair like me need to find an empty field to get a spot for the day. After the whistle, I was bewildered where to go, then ladies who seems to be regular to the fair asked me if I found a spot and suggested to put a sheet at an empty spot near their spots! They are very kind and helpful. Thank you! So, I was able to find a spot without any trouble and the day has began... Well...yesterday was a very very hot day and my booth was located in a very hot spot with out shadow so it seemed to be a quite difficult to get people to stop by,.. even my friend who helped me and I almost became heat stroke.. Also, I guess I set the price a bit too high for this kind of fair... so I took a good beating this time..But, anyway, I learned a lot from this experience and even with this horrible hot weather, some people kindly stop by at my booth and gave a good comments on my work. I had a really good time talking to those costumers and especially, thank you very very much for those who bought my pieces!!

昨日は京都の百万遍さんでの手作り市でした！６時前に会場である知恩寺に到着しましたが、もう既に凄い人。みんなよい出店スポットを取る為に待っているのです。６時の笛の音と同時に、常連さんはだいたいいつもと同じスポットにブースをかまえるようですが、初心者の私のような人たちは、空いてるところを探し、なんとかブースをゲットできるのです！あまりの一瞬の出来事に若干呆然としていると、常連らしきご夫人方が、あたな、場所は見つかったの？と声をかけてくださり、あそこ空いてるわよ〜！って、みなさんとっても親切でした！そんなわけで、さぁ、一日の始まり！
なにせとっても暑い一日で、ブースを一軒一軒止まって見るのも、億劫になるぐらいの暑さ。私も手伝ってくれた友達の危なく熱中症になるところでしたっ　^^;;　それに、このての手作り市には、若干値段設定が高かったのかな？実際に買ってもらえるまでにはいたらず。。今回は惨敗でした。。それでも、これも経験！いい勉強になりました〜！こんな大変は暑さの中でも、しっかり立ち止まって見て行ってくださったお客様もいらっしゃったし、作品を気に入ってくださったお客様もいらっしゃいました！
本当に、本当にありがとうございました！！！