There were 137 invitees including spouses, partners and kids. Typically the number of attendees for IPPs held in Asia tend to be lesser as a many puzzlers from the US and Europe do not wish to make the long (and perhaps rather costly) journey to Japan.
The Puzzle Party itself was held on Sunday 7th August. To know more and what typically happens at the Puzzle Party, click here.
As the turnout for this year's IPP was lower, the number of "stalls" were fewer and consequently, a lesser number and variety of puzzles were also offered for sale. Nonetheless, the mood of the attendees was no less exuberant and the crowd rushed in when the event doors were opened at 9am sharp. I will let the pictures do the talking....scroll down further to see close-ups...
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| Eitan Cher |
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| Robert Sandfield |
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| Susumu Kimura & Meiko Kimura (Torito Japan) |
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| Atsushi Katagiri |
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| Shiro Tajima |
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| Brian & Sue Young (Mr Puzzle Australia) |
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| Takahisa Nakanishi |
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| Frederic Boucher (with Anh Bui, Vietnam) |
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| Osanori Yamamoto |
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| Koshi & Yuko Arai |
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| Andrew Rhoda & Kathy Hess |
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| Guan Shi & Min Shih |
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| Emrehan Halici & Ezgi Karasin |
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| The Krasnoukhovs |
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| Wil Strijbos |
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| Tania Gillen |
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| Left: Andreas Rover (Burr Tools) and Gary Foshee |
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| Oscar & Jose van Deventer |
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| Peter Hajek |
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| Henry Strout |
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| John Rausch |
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| Steve Nicholls & Stephen Miller |
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| Allan Stein (Puzzlemaster, Canada) & Amy Jepson |
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| Carl & Patricia Hoff |
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| Nick Baxter (standing) and Jerry Slocum |
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| Sue Toorenburg |
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| Naoaki Takashima |
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| Mr & Mrs Edi Nagata |
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| Hiroshi Uchinaka |
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| Hiroshi Yamamoto |
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| Jerry Slocum |
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| Scott Elliot |
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| Kathleen Malcolmson ("Please please buy my puzzle...") & Ginda Fisher (kneeling) |
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| Peter von Knorre |
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| Hirokazu Iwasawa |
That's all folks! Look out for my future posts on Exchange Puzzles....
Excellent job.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jerry! Wonderful pictures of a simply amazing event. We really appreciate the time to upload the images and share them with us. Fantastic... I really like the Box Packing puzzles 'Cross in People' etc. Who offered them for sale? Still keen to get an imaginary Cube Puzzle :-) Definitely want a Trois Chocolate from Frederic Boucher - simply love his puzzles. Not going to even comment about the Dutch Souvenir Pack - LOVE IT! Where can I find Rob Hegge lol
ReplyDeleteVery nice collection of photos, thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat pix, Jerry! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, thanks Jerry.
ReplyDeletegreat Job Jerry.Lots of pictures and i was transfered there.... I could almost smell the carpet!!!
ReplyDeleteJerry thanks for the photos, lookslike it was great fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting these!
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