Akihabara

We wandered around part of Akihabara today. That’s the nerd/geek/gamer Mecca district of Tokyo, full of electronics stores, arcades, maid cafés, and every fannish thing under the sun. (Speaking of maid cafés, the girls out on the streets in their frilly uniforms shilling for their cafés looked so cold and unhappy! They had coats and…

YOUR ARGUMENT IS STILL INVALID

YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID…I HAVE A PAIR OF HATTIFATTENER TONGS. I also have a plushie Too-Ticky, which is totally awesome. Yes, I went all the way to Japan and bought a bunch of Finnish childrens’ book swag, but I am quite pleased at how popular the Moomins are over here. We happened upon the Moomin…

The Force is strong with this one…

We keep running into Star Wars stuff as we travel. There are two especially cool things I want to tell you about, though. Near our hotel is a historic doll maker that mostly makes traditional collectible dolls. And some collectible dolls that are not so traditional. I give you the Dark Side Samurai displays: http://www.yoshitoku.co.jp/list/10/…