My Japanese Stuff

This is finally the last post about the recent trip to Japan with my family. I ended up spending the majority of my money that I brought on a bunch of Japanese junk that I kept for myself instead of giving away as presents or whatever. I'm going to run through the pictures that I have, but prices are not included because they are ridiculous.

On of the first days we visited the Matsuya Ginza department store and they had a shop with a whole bunch of prints and pictures. This is a print I picked up for pretty cheap:

A sweatshirt I picked up in Harajuku which is quickly becoming one of my favorites ever. BTW, the Japanese characters mean pretty rabbit:

I bought this small Buddha picture on New Year's day at the temple:

While at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, I picked up these postcards which are copies of famous Ukiyo-e prints. The ones with Mt. Fuji and the one with the tidal wave are from Hokusai in his 36 views of Mt. Fuji series:

I picked up a set of blow up paper spheres which are really cool but don't serve a lot of purpose. This one is of an octopus:

I bought a pair of sumo slippers on my last day. I saw a picture that said they are supposed to be worn at a small size so your foot hangs over the back, but these are really small. Someone may end up with them for a souvenier.

Another last day purchase of a strange ladder toy. This cylindrical block with a groove in the opposite sides is placed on the top rung and falls down each step. It's really cool.

By far my most important purchase in Japan, I picked up a stock of coffee flavored KitKats. These things are amazing. Nestle NEEDS to start making these everywhere. I picked up a bunch but I ate them pretty fast.

Well, this is definitely my last post about Japan. I did manage to milk about 11 blog posts out of it which came in hand due to the fact that I'm running out of new things to talk about. I do have a few more posts I plan to put up soon, so you know, check back soon.