Listen, when I get a decent enough job and stable enough that I can travel the world, I will splurge my money on practical merch alongside games.
My cousin went with her boyfriend to France, Germany, and Japan. It's in my wish bucket to go to Japan and experience everything there from the onsen to the Otome Road to Pokemon Centers, damn the prices. Yeah, I want to experience Japan....everything including staying in a capsule hotel. In all likelihood, I need to stay there for the whole of summer vacation. If I must, I can try to stay there weekly or probably a minimum of ten days throughout the year seasonally: 5 Days in the city like Osaka/Tokyo/Kyoto and then 5 Days in the countryside.
Even though I want to travel the world, my dearest wish was to visit Japan seasonally. My parents, my brother, my cousins, everybody in my family knows about this. Especially the cousin who went to Japan with her boyfriend.
Seriously, I'm gonna need a second suitcase just to carry my purchases back home. Yeah, I'm gonna go crazy buying stuff in stores like the Pokemon Center, Akihabara, and Nakano Broadway.
I would try street food, convenience stores, and so much more in Japan you cannot believe. I'll be spending my money like water if I get to Japan. No, it's a promise I'm gonna spend so much money.
My itinerary would include the obvious geek culture visitations sites as well as cultural sites. I will build an entire schedule to also fit into the train, extra luggage (I think I need to visit Don Quijote shop only for buying that extra suitcase) and passes. That is how much I want to my the best of my travels in Japan.
I just want a group of friends or family to travel to Japan with me because I don't think it'll be fun alone.
I'll need to get airtight plastic bags just for the plushies because I made it my mission to buy a cushion plushy.
I'll likely wake up early too just to ease my day into everything I need to do.
So basically I'll visit Japan's sights in particular order:
- Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo, Skytree, Kyoto, Yokohama, and Osaka - I'll make it my goal to buy something of interest, even if it'll cost me a boatload. I'll be likely buying one huge plushie there as in the cushion plushy. Out of them all, I wanted to visit Mega Tokyo in Ikebukuro, Kyoto, and Osaka the most.
- Akihabara: Magikarp taiyaki, visit shops there including the retro game store
- Nakano Broadway
- Otome Road
- Jump Shop - I'm a big shounen girl. I like shoujo just fine but my first love of manga will always be shounen.
- Don Quijote - extra suitcase
- Visit temples, famous ones too; get a fortune there. Will not keep a bad luck one
- try food: crepes, curry, izakaya, street food,
- visit onsen and stay in a ryokan
- try local food like sushi, sashimi, donburi, shaved ice, udon, ramen, ikayaki, takoyaki, soba...
- rent a Kimono for a day in Kyoto
- try the Ichiban Kuji lottery
- try Purikura
- try arcade games as in visit the retro game arcade. I don't think I would do crane games.
- try vending machines - useful ones only and drinks upon necessary. Wanna try the sake vending machine. Probably my first drink in Japan too.
- visit one of the animal cafe - dogs, cats, rabbits, hedgehogs...
- go to a Japanese festival
Of the Anime/Manga/Games and I know a lot so....: I'm not even gonna italicize. Might be getting gachapon for some of them if I can find them although I'm definitely getting large merch for most of them
- Hetalia - I want all the nations but depending on what I want, England or Romano
- FMA - Like I want a lot of characters but preferably Riza or Roy
- Digimon - Tai, Takato, and Takuya are my top priority. On the girls' side,
- Osomatsu-san - specifically Karamatsu because I love him out of the brothers
- Pokemon - I'll get what I can... Godoka, I want a lot of Pokemon and probably something for the Pokeani too
- CLAMP - CCS or Tokyo Babylon. I love many others but I'm prioritizing those two.
- Madoka Magica - probably just a gacha though because I want a Soul Gem but I also want something Godoka
- Persona series - I want merch across the series but I wanna get something Aigis
- Detective Conan - gonna get Kid. Seriously, Kid merch is basically my only goal in terms of this series. I won't mind Sato or Ran but anything Magic Kaito is my goal; Kid is still a top priority.
- gonna get something Boys' Love
- Sailor Moon - I already had two Sailor Moon merchandise - I specifically asked my cousin to buy me the metal ones of the purses, not the cheap bootleg ones. I am definitely going to the Sailor Moon shop in Harajuku and spend at least thirty minutes.
- Haikyuu
- One Piece - wanna get something Strawhats, Law, Zoro, Ace and Sanji but I definitely going to get something Zoro because I want something Zoro. I'm a Zosan shipper so I want to get something with just the two of them but I'll also likely get a Monster Trio merch. I'm definitely shopping at the Mugiwara Store in Shibuya. I'm gonna get a Sanji wanted poster pre-time skip because I love that joke so much. I want a Dracule Mihawk merch too... So basically for now: Mihawk, Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, Strawhats, Law, and Vivi. Because of course, Vivi would be on the list because I love her way too much. Probably Nami and Robin too... But Vivi is my goddess in OP so she's gonna be the priority over any girls merch in the entire shop.
- Ghibli? - I don't mind visiting the Totoro cafe, especially trying out the cream puffs. I'm more of a fan of Princess Mononoke than Totoro.
- Bungou Stray Dogs - I would love merch of the ADA mostly but I will favor Chuuya in the mix.
Of the things, I will buy to take home: NO TOYS AND FIGURINES. I'm a practical buyer, only buying plushies when the temptation gets too much. I'm not a collector of figurines since I think I'm not that type of person. I'm more the type to collect small chibis or accessories. I bought a small State Alchemist years previous and attached it to my Samantha Vega Sailor Moon purse to differentiate from my cousin's purse whom she puts fluffballs on it.
- cushion plushy
- probably one plushie
- Towels - hand, bath, handkerchief
- Apron and/or oven mitts
- Thermo Bottle
- Phone case
- letter opener - I fell in love with the Uranus Sword Opener
- a blind box because that looks awesome. Maybe one from each store like from the Mugiwara shop, Sailor Moon if they had any, Nakano, and Pokemon Center. I had a blind bag before when I went to Little Tokyo with friends and got a Riza keychain.
- Charms? - I'm more likely to attach it to my purses and pouches. As if my family and friends can't see that I am this big about this. My cousin is a huge cat fan so she buys things all cats. I'm likely to buy across the merch mentioned above.
Souvenirs side of things: On my end of souvenirs, it's loads of stuff I'm visiting from what mentioned above.
- KitKat
- cookies - I'll use the tin box because I'll get the cutest tin box and after it used up, I'll store something in there, maybe my merch I want to keep out of reach of others. I still kept my two Sailor Moon merchandise in their respective bags because I don't want to damage it. THAT is how bad I want to protect my merchandise. Seriously, if I ever get a good bookshelf, then I would make damn sure to clean it.
- magnets? - probably going to get them for my family as a commemorative piece...probably something like Tokyo Tower
- I'm more of a practical buyer again so I don't think my parents would find it useful to have magnets other than a decorative piece. My cousin who went to Florida with her husband, daughter, mother, and aunt (my aunts) came home with magnets. It's a trademark of hers. My other cousin who went with her boyfriend to Japan was more of a practical buyer; she specifically bought her sister a desk lamp to better help her in her drawing.
Events I would go if I could arrange:
- Sailor Moon exhibit
- Pikachu Outbreak Fest
- a Japanese festival
- USJ for the One Piece
- One Piece Tokyo Tower
I want to visit other places too like England and France but for right now, I'll place this trip as inevitable. Like, I don't want to travel anywhere else in the States. I would love to visit historical sites but I definitely prefer to visit Spain or Italy more than the US any day of the week. Probably exclude Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and New York because my other family member lives in PA and NV.
I might make a future trip to Hawaii or Spain or Italy or England or France or anywhere else I like to visit.
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