So I went to Aeon Mall today. Actually, the whole Pokemon thing was a little anticlimactic, as my buddy Nick put it. Very, very few people in line, and the event going on outside of Toys R Us was not Pokemon, but the local baseball team from Nagoya. I bought the game, and then explored the mall a little. Winter fashion is beginning to hit the stores.
The first shop I went to was King's Road, a Gothic accessories shop. Lots of pretty good quality Sterling silver merch, including a couple showcases of New York and London designer jewelry. Lots of skulls, crossbones, and general awesomeness, if you have the cash. Also a 9800 yen t-shirt.
Next was Union Station, a pretty decent punk store. A little expensive, but most of the merch was pretty nice quality. I might pick up some of it later.
There was a Studio Ghibli merch shop. I looked through it, but doing so was so incredibly overpowering that I probably teared up a little. So much nostalgia. Also a thousand dollar, five foot tall Totoro plushie.
Another two cool stores were Semantic Design (more punk and gothic stuff) and Method (kind of a cross between hip hop and punk, plus a shelf of One Piece merch in kind of a hip hop style. It's as cornily awesome as it sounds).
Village Vanguard is a bit like Japanese Spencers, but change the sex toys section into an anime merch section and you've pretty much got it. They also had a rack of customized Zippos and rarer, more eccentric lighters.
Lunch was Takoyaki. Takoyaki are doughballs with minced and diced Octopus tentacle.They are also covered in delicious barbecue sauce, mayonnaise (Japanese mayo is infinitely better for some reason), and bonito flakes. Oishiiiiiikataaaa neeeee~
also, village vanguard has a sex toy section. but you have to search for it.
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