The first time I went to Harajuku was...We I wasn't sure what to expect, So I just took it all in as it came, I had loaded my DS broswer with the dirrections to the Volks shop there, it was amazinlg close to the statiion. For those how are creeped out buy souless husks with pericing eyes or Dollfies... I suggest that you don't look at the bottom of this page.(The photo uploading is currently down so you win this round)
For now I have a picture of an interesting, weird, tasty drink I found in a vending machine while walking to Shinjuku it's white grape juice with chunks of aloe in it. I had bought aloe drinks at a Chinese specialty store in Victoria..can't recall the name of it now...but I was so good...once you get past the idea of chunks of a plant you usually rub on you skin for moisture in something that you drink and you sometimes have to chew in order to down it it's a really heathy and dillish drink. But I hate the bubble tea because it has chunks of...darn what is that stuff called...tapioca(I think) in it and when I drank it the little balls would be chewy like rubber and taste disgusting...on the other had I like calamari because it is chewy...Well lets say that I am willing to try anything once...well not fugu...but I am getting off on a tangent here so.
It was a nice combo on a hot day. Next time I walk to/from Harajuku/Shinjuku I will be buying more of this.
The walk to Shinjuku wasn't all that bad t only took about 20min-25mns,considering I was walking around aimlessly, tying to follow the tracks. I was really easy to walk, I thought that I would have to walk through Yoyogi to get to Shinjuku, but on one of the main roads there was a sign that said Yoygi on the left, and Shinjuku straight, one of these times I am feeling adventuress I try to get to Shinjuku through Yoygi and maybe see Yoygi park a long the way.
The first thing I saw out of the Station was the Snoopy town,(A store devoted to everything snoopy, I know an old coworker that would love to see that place so maybe I will buy her something)
The first time there I was focused on going to the Volks store so I didn't really wander around all that much, but today I am going to go "Crazy-kid-seeing" and have what should be an exciting time there.
My Trip to the Harajuku Volks stores:
I had easy found the Harajuku Volks, Showroom and store thanks to a guide I found on a website.
The entire building is devoted to Volks, the left side had the show room, with mostly Dollfie Dream and Super Dollfies. I had slowly looked through out all the store and I am always impressed on the displays all of the Volks Showrooms had that I have seen so far. I still have a few more stores in Tokyo to check out still. But as I thought I did see the Dollfie that I really wanted for "display", this I later found out this buy try how to say "do you have any left" or "is this for sale" in Japanese for at least 20mins, I was looking through both of my phrase books and one was a bit of help.
I asked for help and tried to say "I would like to buy this" I really didn't want to say it like this because of the presumptuous American pointing to anything on display and saying "I am buying this no matter the cost". I was nervous so I ended up showing the clerk the phrase I was trying to say, so then said something in Japanese, which I had no I idea what she was talking about, seeing my confused face she asked another clerk for a pen and paper and wrote down that the doll was a Display doll and was sold out in English. I then bowed and said sorry and then thanked her and continued to wander the store. I had found a free guide which I picked up and then left.
I had decided to walk to Shinjuku, which didn't take that long,(read the post above about it) and I ended up buying the Dollfie that I had saw the previous day at the store. I was nervous taking her home she did get bummed a few times but the bag took most of the damage "Sofie" is now home and safe on my desk around my other figures.
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You seemed to enjoy Harajuku... you said you were going "crazy kid watching" -- was this on Sunday?
Best thing to do with Japanese is jump in and don't be afraid to make mistakes the first few times. After that it will get much easier. They don't really expect much Japanese from foreigners over there, but they do appreciate the effort. And then, when you actually do say something correctly, the expression of surprise on the faces of the Japanese people you're talking to is worth it. :)
Let me know what you think of Yoyogi!
I'm curious, what exactly is a Volks store? You've been mentioning em alot lately.
Grats on the new dollfie. Bring out the pictures! :)
Yep I went crazy-kid-watching on Sunday.
Volks is a company that makes garage kits, dolls, figures and various things for the Dollfies, but they are most famous for there Super Dollfies (Dollfies are Asian Ball Jointed Dolls,Dolls that have ball joints and are strung together with elastic cord, the term Dollfies only pertains to Dolls made buy Volks, all other ball jointed dolls are called Asian Ball jointed Dolls or ABJD)
The different Dollfies that they make, range from the fashion sized doll(23-27cm Barbie size) to the Super Dollfie(43-60+cm Which I think is 1/3 size of an average human).
In the Shinjuku shop in the "Bigs" building they have a hole bunch of of casting supples which is cool, I could pick some up and maybe ship it home...but then again it might be considered dangerous chemicals and they might not ship it.
They also have a lot of Mech kits, which you build and paint yourself. Also they have kits of cute/sexy girls as well, I want to pick up a kit of Mina(the girl with the bunny ears and the carrot rockets on her behind in Densha Otoko, there is an anime with that character but I can't think of the name...ah good old Animenewsnetwork.com it's called "Getsumen To Heiki Mina")
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