Random Japan observations
Jul. 24th, 2008 10:58 am
This was a super-giant, super-scary Tarako kewpie thingie we saw at a collectibles shop in Chiba.
Japan has gotta be the sleepiest country in the world. Even though there's this cultural stereotype of the Japanese as super-hardworking, which seems to be pretty true, every time they sit down, they seem to nod off! We rode the subway a couple of times with some random person snoozing on our shoulder - and not some crazy homeless person, we mean an office worker. When distributing the medallions to the audience at the collectibles panels at Celebration, we often had to nudge people awake. Not really sure what to attribute it to, though the super hot/humid weather certainly didn't help. Maybe because it's so safe, people feel ok about nodding off in public knowing that they'll still have their purse or wallet intact when they wake up.
Last night
Jul. 24th, 2008 10:24 amWednesday night (which, due to time changes and crossing the international date line, which is not really a line at all, was about 4,657 hours ago) was our last night in Japan.

So of course, we went to play claw machines!!!!

Eeee! Stitch panda bunnies! Win them for us, Mr. Tiki!!

Can Mr. Tiki work his magic????

So of course, we went to play claw machines!!!!

Eeee! Stitch panda bunnies! Win them for us, Mr. Tiki!!

Can Mr. Tiki work his magic????
More C Japan
Jul. 19th, 2008 03:57 pm
The Japan post office's official R2 post box. Squee!!!

Andy's booth. After the con opened, we couldn't get NEAR.

Here's the official con store exclusives. Those are hoodies on the top, and there are Bearbricks, and a fan.

We ended up picking up a couple of the tee shirts, even though, at $40, they're a tad pricey. The little round things are bottle caps, which are packaged like gashapon, in blind capsules, much to the frustration of collectors.
Collectionistas!
Jul. 19th, 2008 03:27 pm
So, lest we forget, the whole reason we're in Japan is 'cuz of Star Wars toys. Were here at Celebration Japan to spread the Star Wars collecting gospel, plus to hand out these pretty, pretty medallions.
( meet the collectors )
Stitch goes to Celebration Japan
Jul. 19th, 2008 03:10 pm
In answer to the first question everybody's been asking, yes, Virginia, there IS Stitch at Celebration Japan. There's Emperor Stitch and Yoda Stitch actino figures, AND lookee what we spotted at the Hot Toys booth! Plus, nice people have been coming to us with little Stitchies, like
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)

PLUS! The dollar store nearby has a bunch of leetle Stitchie tchotchkes.

And they've even got their own Stitchie air force!!
Celebration Japan, Day 1: the lineup
Jul. 19th, 2008 03:00 pmSorries we haven't been blogging much, but tikis like to sleep very very much.

So, yesterday was the first official day of Celebration Japan. Naturally, you always wonder how these things will go, first time in a new country. We walked out of our hotel and into the near end of the con center, out of the tropical heat. The first thing we noticed was that they'd finally turned on the air conditioning, yay! The SECOND thing we noticed was the line....
( The Wait )

So, yesterday was the first official day of Celebration Japan. Naturally, you always wonder how these things will go, first time in a new country. We walked out of our hotel and into the near end of the con center, out of the tropical heat. The first thing we noticed was that they'd finally turned on the air conditioning, yay! The SECOND thing we noticed was the line....
( The Wait )
Tuesday Stitch haul
Jul. 15th, 2008 03:37 pm
Not bad for a start. ^_^
Though, when we were changing trains in Omiya, we noticed we were literally across the street from the Japan Stitch store. EEK!!
( Stitchiness" )
7-11 wars!
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:34 pmBecause nothing says "Star Wars goes to Japan" like Stormy n Darth picking up a Mr. Squishy and some Cheese Doodles!!

From.

From.