Yesterday was my names day. This is a special and sacred day, and I do so look forward to opening all the gifts that will be waiting for me upon my return home.
Now today, today was busy! Lots to tell, but of course that has to wait until tomorrow’s post, so please wait patiently until then! Yesterday was less busy, as we headed back to Shinjuku to revisit a couple of shops we wanted to go to and buy a few particular souvenirs.
< Ranking Ranqueen
The above shop, in Shibuya station, is called Ranking Ranqueen, and only sells the highest ‘ranked’ products in a large range of categories.For most products they only sell the single best of its kind, but for others they have the top 2 or 3. Some examples:
Above you can see the #1 ranked calculator, the #1 ranked home soybean growing kit (looks familiar doesn’t it?) and the #1 ranked nose-thinning device (hard to believe someone ranks such a category eh?). Of course we had a laugh looking through this absurd but handy store – I mean who ranks plastic bananas anyway?
< Holy Meat!
KLS had a ‘donut burger’ for lunch at Mos Burger. She enjoyed it quite a bit. Alas the bun didn’t have a hole in it so the hole in the meat pattie was just a gimmick 🙂
Me dressed as a rice ball and a Pichu (that’s a baby Pikachu if you are a bit rusty on your Pokemon biology).
Those are Cutie costumes – two from a wide range the company does. I like the facial expression of the attendant. Japanese costumes (sold in the party supply section of Tokyu Hands) seem to be of a much higher quality (and more expensive) than those sold in the USA. Unfortunately a lot of the accessories – particularly hats – are now bagged so I was unable to model the ludicrous full-head frog hat 🙁
And here’s a shot of how our hotel room is holding up. The lack of toys/games and other otaku purchases is a deception – we’ve just stuffed them into the suitcases already!
Today’s post was a bit short and for that I am sorry. Tomorrow will be a good one I promise, because todays events will make at least two of you quite jealous. So stay tuned!