Creep In, Hanawa chan ep1. Yokohama" 2012
There's a custom in Japan to send "hanawa" (wreath) for a happy event such as store opening and weddings.
It is a very kitsch object usually decorated with many vivid-colored flowers.
They used be everywhere even in a small store, but lately you rarely see them.
Apparently, hanawa culture is dying out because of the depression. Also, hanawa is becoming unwelcome because of its size.
We bought a hanawa sitting in the storage of a hanawa company. Made a hole on the center of hanawa so that a face peeps out.
We went out into the town wearing hanawa.
In the town we talked to various people, with the hanawa on.
Asking, "Did you have anything happy lately?"
When we find a happy event we write it down to share it with everyone.
Celebrating things you don't care in the everyday life and share the happiness with people in the town makes things into unusual happenings.
10min. movie
Examples of extracted happy events
"Everyday healthy"
"I was almost killed by my son, but I survived"
"My 2year old grand child is bilingual"
"The lunch menu came with a free spaghetti