Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong｜《Festival Walk SOU・SOU x fatBottleland THE GARDEN STORY》Kyoto Design Aesthetics Meet fatBottle Rabbit Innocence　A Dreamlike Garden World Comes to Festival Walk

Description

To welcome the Lunar New Year in 2026, Festival Walk will proudly present 《Festival Walk SOU・SOU x fatBottleland – THE GARDEN STORY》at LG2 from 6 February to 1 March. This New Year project collaborates with SOU・SOU, a Japanese Kyoto creative brand, and fatBottle, a popular cute character. The limited-edition collaboration pattern of SOU・SOU x fatBottleland will debut! Ivana, the creator of fatBottle, showcases her talent by writing a poem for this collaboration, bringing the dream world in the poem to Festival Walk as the inspiration for the garden decoration. The poetic words turn into an imaginative magical garden filled with gigantic fatBottle rabbits and SOU・SOU classic designs, allowing visitors to embrace the new year with a peaceful and happy mind in a relaxing and delightful atmosphere.

During the event, there will be a pop-up store selling Japanese SOU・SOU products, and three gigantic fatBottle Daruma dolls in front of the store will bring sincere New Year blessings to every visitor! My FESTIVAL members can exclusively redeem the Festival Walk limited-edition SOU・SOU x fatBottleland red pocket set and homeware set, adding extra value to the festival for collection and gifting.

A Garden Story Interweaving Kyoto Design Aesthetics and the Innocence of fatBottle Rabbit

SOU・SOU is a design brand from Kyoto, founded by pattern designer Katsuji Wakisaka, architect Hisanobu Tsujimura, and producer Ram Lam Kong, with the core concept of 'creating a new Japanese culture'. It fuses Kyoto's traditional patterns with modern design language, drawing inspiration from the four seasons in Japan and reinterpretating Japanese aesthetic through repetitive, stacked, and rhythmic patterns. The brand insists on Japanese production and continues to use a variety of traditional handicrafts to preserve cultural roots in innovation.

In Ivana's artistic world, fatBottle is a symbol of the inner child, carrying curiosity, gentleness, and courage, accompanying everyone in exploring the world and growing up. She may be timid, but she always aspires to be strong and responds to life with kindness. Over the years, fatBottle has brought strength and hope to audiences of all ages through art installations, visual creations, and music videos, especially blessings and positive energy during the New Year.

The design inspiration comes from the poem written by Ivana for SOU・SOU x fatBottleland at the invitation of Festival Walk, transforming the dream world in the poem into a three-dimensional art space. The table, cherries, cherry blossom trees, flowing water, flower rain, and music in the poem turn into a strollable garden world, allowing people to feel the peaceful and abundant beauty of life and setting the style and soul of the entire exhibition.

New Year Garden Exhibition: A Stroll Through Blessings and Blooming Scenery

The garden decoration features five classic patterns selected from SOU・SOU, including the iconic 'SO-SU-U Numbers', 'Smile', 'Bloom', 'Konpeito', and 'Cat'. fatBottle also appears in different corners of the garden, sitting or lying down, enjoying this New Year garden with childlike curiosity and inviting everyone to slow down and appreciate the peaceful garden world.

In addition, there will be a mini-exhibition displaying limited-edition collections from SOU・SOU and fatBottleland, which cannot be missed! Also, the cat from the 'Cat' pattern is hiding in different corners of the garden, playing a game of hide-and-seek with visitors. Those who successfully find all the cats will surely have a prosperous and bright year ahead!

Pop-up Store: Extending New Year Blessings to Daily Life

The pop-up store follows the design of the SOU・SOU Kyoto flagship store, featuring a traditional Japanese wooden house space. In front of the store, three gigantic Daruma-style fatBottle dolls are hidden in the tall grass, each wearing SOU・SOU classic pattern clothing, becoming the 'best models' for the store. The store offers a wide range of products, from daily clothing to furniture and ornaments, making it an ideal place for New Year gifting.

My FESTIVAL Member Exclusive Privileges: Redeem SOU・SOU x fatBottleland Red Pocket Set and Homeware Set

During the event, My FESTIVAL members can redeem two limited-edition products with high collection value, making shopping in the New Year a blessing and a surprise.

The first redemption item is the SOU・SOU x fatBottleland THE GARDEN STORY red pocket set. From 30 January to 16 February, My FESTIVAL members who spend HK$1,800 or more in a single day in the mall can redeem this set. The red pocket set is specially designed for the Lunar New Year, and each red pocket features the unique pattern of SOU・SOU x fatBottleland's first collaboration, conveying blessings of luck, happiness, and abundance. The set includes eight designs, with two color schemes for each design, presenting fatBottle's daily life in four different styles, creating a rich and vivid visual experience. You can also get a random SOU・SOU x fatBottleland red pocket envelope. The adorable fatBottle wishes you a fulfilling new year and joins you in welcoming a wonderful year ahead!

SOU・SOU x fatBottleland THE GARDEN STORY Red Pocket Set

● Eight sets of fatBottle's favorite fresh grapes are combined with SOU・SOU's popular 'Smile' pattern, symbolizing '8 Blooming Things' in the new year, implying prosperity, abundance, and happiness. Each set of grapes is like a seed of blessing, inviting everyone to welcome a flourishing and prosperous year.

● The design integrates SOU・SOU's classic SO-SU-U Numbers pattern and the cherry, which symbolizes abundance. Cherries represent good luck and fortune, combined with simple and universally understood number elements, wishing everyone a happy and fulfilling new year with fatBottle.

● fatBottle is lying leisurely on the colorful 'Konpeito' pattern, as if surrounded by colorful little stars. Inspired by Japanese traditional Konpeito, it symbolizes happiness and blessings, implying that your wishes will quietly bloom in the new year with sweetness and tranquility.

● Derived from SOU・SOU's well-loved 'North Country' design, this pattern combines vibrant cherry blossom petals and tree elements, creating a layered visual effect. fatBottle is admiring the cherry blossoms, forming a poetic New Year scene full of spring vibes.

● SOU・SOU x fatBottleland red pocket envelope (two random styles)

The second redemption item is the SOU・SOU x fatBottleland THE GARDEN STORY homeware set. From 17 February to 1 March, My FESTIVAL members who spend HK$3,800 or more cumulatively in a single day in the mall can redeem this set. The rectangular tray features one of the red pocket patterns – SOU・SOU's classic 'SO-SU-U Numbers' pattern with fatBottle and cherries, symbolizing abundance and good fortune. The silicone coasters in powder pink and ivory white feature the 'Smile' pattern, echoing the gigantic flower design in the garden, making them both practical and commemorative.

My FESTIVAL Member Shopping Privileges

Date: 30 January – 1 March 2026

Time: 12nn – 9pm

Location: Festival Walk LG2 Customer Service Counter