Japan 2015 trip report (na no da yo)

[wednesday_10_00]

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[spacealien_vamp]

Awesome trip report! I'm glad you posted the picture of the Sky Tree ice cream. That was funny. And I'm sorry you had so much trouble on the trip back. ;_;

[wednesday_10_00]

The delays in Atlanta were extra annoying because they were on my last stop before home. I hope next time I can find a more direct flight.

[mangaroo]

I didn't go into the trip planning to buy nothing but MidoTaka doujinshi.

I was glad to see you articulate this, because that intense focus was one of the surprises for me on this trip.

M stayed behind to nap in our room

Thank you! I would have died otherwise. Or sobbed publicly.

Were the TVs this small in the Twin A?

The television did not seem smaller to me than what I was used to on previous visits to the Prince. (Now I want to measure them every trip, for science.

Sara came up with the idea of taking pictures of doujinshi covers, to keep from double-buying.

Freakin' brilliant. For the next trip, I want to figure out how to organize them into pairing-specific folders. (Except I shouldn't assume I'll be buying random fandom stuff next time.)

we had to go back for umbrellas (though we couldn't find Sara's)

Sara, where was your umbrella that morning? We practically ransacked your luggage looking for it.

The vampire Mr. Potato Head bucket is so awesome.We should go back and get one! (Also, it looks like it can be filled with

[wednesday_10_00]

that intense focus was one of the surprises for me on this trip

I think I was as surprised as anyone, honestly.

Sara, where was your umbrella that morning?

If I remember right, it was in one of the smaller pockets we didn't check.

Also, it looks like it can be filled with your choice of three flavors?

I think it's available at three different locations (hence the three flavors). I see they also just started a new thing where you can buy an empty bucket and they'll give you a ticket good for a popcorn fill, so you can get the bucket you want and fill it with whatever flavor.

One food note not noted was that we wanted one of those cream-filled funnel things and the snack shack that sells it had closed down earlier than we had anticipated.

I completely forgot about that! Next time, maybe. Except next time we might go to Land? Someday, tunnel of cream...

There was definitely a specific doujinshi goal to the morning shopping, possibly more than one.I know one of them was ColtPython, but I can't remember why. Oh! I think she may

[mangaroo]

I see they also just started a new thing where you can buy an empty bucket and they'll give you a ticket good for a popcorn fill, so you can get the bucket you want and fill it with whatever flavor.

I approve the increased flexibility, but couldn't they just make the various buckets available at different locations?

Also, you were looking for an IwaOi thing for Sara, I think? Maybe the shoe salesman one?

I hope Sara already had the shoe salesman one at that point, because it was also available at Ichinose's table, and I would feel bad if we bought it used in the midst of Comiket planning.

Secretly, I worry that if I don't have a fandom, I will have no shopping next Japan.

[wednesday_10_00]

I think the limited space for stock at the carts makes having multiple buckets too difficult. (It's one of the big stores at the front of the park that has the special bucket + voucher offer.)

Secretly, I worry that if I don't have a fandom, I will have no shopping next Japan.

I hope the sportsball love lasts forever. It's so much fun.

[sara_tanaquil]

It says something about my life for the last week that this is the first time I've been on LJ since you posted. *cries* I'm usually on at least once a day. So much business!

I LOVE that you structured the whole trip report around stages of the shrine, because that just encapsulates the awesome and the crazy and the awesome.

I am still hoping to do enough of a report to cover One Piece Tower. Thank you for inspiring me!

(PS I also have absolutely no memory of what we were looking for at K-Books on planning day, except that as I recall, whatever it was wasn't there.)

[spacealien_vamp]

I am still hoping to do enough of a report to cover One Piece Tower.

I'm looking forward to seeing your report!

[wednesday_10_00]

The start of the school year is crazy, but hang in there!

(I'm glad people like looking at the shrine in its stages of growth, because I worry I might be a little too like a proud parent in showing it off.)

Looking forward to your report! (All the trip reports!)

[megory]

We loved your report. Thanks so much. We hope to do a small report sometime soon. Our memories aren't so great, and we didn't take many photos. It was nice seeing the giant Hello Kitty in your scrapbook.
( I hope someone will post a photo of us with the giant Hello Kitty.)

I wish we could have helped you with some of the cargo.

I'm so glad you all are doing this while you are young and energetic. Fifteen miles at Disney Sea would have been a huge challenge for us, I am thinking.

[wednesday_10_00]

Oh, I have to take extensive notes during the trip, and honestly the main reason I write the report is because I want to remember the trip later.

I didn't post a photo of us with Hello Kitty because I didn't particularly like how I looked in the picture, but I can email it to you later.

I'm so glad you all are doing this while you are young and energetic.

Ha, it's all relative, I guess! I certainly didn't feel young and energetic either at Disney or Comiket.