My Hoyofest - Tears of Themis Experience

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland

I know, I know. I should have done this blog post at least a month after the hoyofest 2021 but real-life stuff happened and it was not easy for me to blog but here I am, sharing one of the best experiences during the pandemic. I went to mihoyo's HoYoFest 2021 - specifically at the Tears of Themis-themed event!

HoYoFest Tears of Themis (ToT) happened last November 19 to November 30, 2021, at Moon Rabbit Cafe, San Juan City, Metro Manila. It's an almost 2 weeks long-themed event where game enthusiasts met and fangirl/fanboy with each other as they share their love for their favorite ToT characters.

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland
Some photos I had during the 1st day of Tears of Themis event.

I was able to cover the event during my birthday, thanks to mihoyo. I'm so happy that I got to celebrate my birthday and I treat that day as a date with Artem Wing (lol) but it'll be more fun if I'll be with my BFF so we can fangirl with each other :p

A few days before (during the time that phone reservation opened), I guess I got lucky that after like 15 attempts, my call was able to reach the reservation handling team (I was out of town that time and worried because the signal may eventually cut off). I booked for November 27 for my BFF Anna and me to attend and I'm so happy that the reservation is a successful one.

We met halfway and took a service going to Moon Rabbit Cafe. I'm still not familiar with the area so we decided to just book a car (we then figure out how to go back so we commute after the event). It was amazing that our schedule is at 11am. We got to enjoy taking lots of pictures inside and outside the event and of course, taking pictures with the character standees.

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland

It's her first time visiting Moon Rabbit Cafe. The whole cafe is spacious and cozy. Tables of different sizes are available so people of 2 or even 6 will be able to share a table together. Merch is available on-hand but it's limited so technically if your schedule is around 11am, you'll be able to buy official merchandise.

Since I already tried Aterm and Luke's set meal during my birthday, I went ahead to try Marius' set meal while Anna tried Artem's set meal. Artem Wing is both our main favorite character <3

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland
(Left) Artem and Marius Set Meal and (right) Vyn's set meal.

The food is amazing! Artem's meatballs (lol) taste really good (oops) but I'll go for the Marius set meal as my favorite. Since it's still early, we decided to try Vyn's set meal as well. Each set meal comes with a drink of your choice + jelly for dessert.

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland
Enjoy his "meatballs" XD

I made a toploader for Artem and Marius. Will not miss the opportunity to take pictures with it! I gave the Artem toploader to Anna as my meet-up gift for her <3

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland

It was one of my favorite experiences last 2021 to be honest. Until now, I didn't expect that such an event will happen. Aside from that, it was sort of a reunion since Anna and I finally met each other again. The last time we met was way back in 2020 if I'm not mistaken (or even earlier, I forgot).

Big big thanks to mihoyo (now hoyoverse) for making such an event possible! To be honest, it's rare for such companies to hold a themed event (like what they do in Japan) here in the Philippines and this made fans really feel excited to attend. <3

Hoyofest 2021 Tears of Themis Event Philippines Reverie Wonderland

Thanks for reading! Did you go to hoyofest as well? Let me know your experience! I also went to the Genshin Impact-themed event which you can read here <3

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