{"id":964,"date":"2007-12-07T00:58:43","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T04:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/2007\/12\/07\/japan-2007-harajuku-part-2-peanuts-tintin-moomin\/"},"modified":"2008-03-05T01:38:33","modified_gmt":"2008-03-05T05:38:33","slug":"japan-2007-harajuku-part-2-peanuts-tintin-moomin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=964","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2007: Harajuku, Peanuts, Tintin, Moomin, and High Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When last we left Harajuku, we were standing outside of the Peanuts theme store with our Gothloli friend:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3070.jpg\" id=\"image946\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3070.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3067.jpg\" id=\"image947\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3067.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Peanuts store is pretty damned awesome, what with it being a completely and thoroughly &#8216;themed&#8217; shopping experience, meant to feel like the historical middle American past of the strip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3068.jpg\" id=\"image948\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3068.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the way, in Japan it&#8217;s not Peanuts, it&#8217;s all about the Snoopy. Welcome to Snoopy-Town!<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading this entry after the cut:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3073.jpg\" id=\"image949\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3073.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3075.jpg\" id=\"image950\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3075.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3077.jpg\" id=\"image951\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3077.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was almost Halloween when we were there, which explains the Great Pumpkin display, as well as the ghost-costume wearing Snoopies and Woodstocks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3078.jpg\" id=\"image952\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3078.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hey look! It&#8217;s the English-language Fantagraphics-published Peanuts books! In Japan! (alongside tons of volumes of the Japanese Snoopy collections, of course). This image is here in the hopes that the fine folks at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/blog\">http:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/blog<\/a> will link me. *Cough*<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3082.jpg\" id=\"image953\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3082.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, heh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3088.jpg\" id=\"image956\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3088.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Notice the themeing on the counter? Look familiar?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3085.jpg\" id=\"image957\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3085.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The whole thing was like an outdoor market in California somewhere, &#8216;cracker pavement&#8217; floors, sewer grates, the whole nine yards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3090.jpg\" id=\"image958\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3090.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3098.jpg\" id=\"image961\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3098.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even a fire-hydrant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3092.jpg\" id=\"image959\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3092.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s with all the aprons? We saw aprons everywhere&#8230; I know there&#8217;s a really specific domestic culture in Japan, but I feel like people in Japan are collecting aprons rather than buying them to use&#8230; Like decorative thimbles or something. Weird.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3094.jpg\" id=\"image960\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3094.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3095.jpg\" id=\"image962\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3095.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These were both pretty awesome, actually. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>We actually bumped into a woman in the Peanuts shop who was carrying a Tintin shopping bag&#8230; which blew my mind. I mean, I&#8217;d knd of acclimated to the idea of a Peanuts Boutique store (not a boutique: actually bigger than most comic stores I&#8217;ve visited), but a Tintin boutique? In the area? She spoke really great english and actually gave me the commemorative postcard that you get with purchases at the store, which had a handy map on it! Awesome! So off we headed in search of the Tintin store.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3104.jpg\" id=\"image969\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3104.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3106.jpg\" id=\"image963\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3106.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3110.jpg\" id=\"image966\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3110.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the first major intersection we came to, and it was clearly AWESOME. Shopping is more than just an activity here, it&#8217;s a way of life. Speaking of which, there was another awesome condom shop on this corner, so I had to get another picture of the greatest condoms I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3112.jpg\" id=\"image967\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3112.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to lie to you. I now have both a Pikachu condom and a Spider-Man condom, and I have 6 months to use&#8217;em. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3113.jpg\" id=\"image968\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3113.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was really busy, being Sunday afternoon (I think). Coming up on the right, you can see KIDDY LAND, the first Japanese toy store that I got to visit in Japan. I only spent $250 there.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3124.jpg\" id=\"image972\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3124.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boutiqued all to hell and 7 stories of toys, I was having a little shopping freak-out. How could I go all the way to Japan and not get Doraemon souvenirs?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3126.jpg\" id=\"image973\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3126.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls&#8217; section was really cool, though very&#8230; domestically oriented.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3128.jpg\" id=\"image978\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3128.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much like everywhere in Japan, there was an elaborate Evangelion display, with a life-sized Rei Ayanami doll. It was so cooooool. I found eva stuff in this store that I didn&#8217;t find anywhere else. And bought it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3130.jpg\" id=\"image976\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3130.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Evangelion Unit 01 Papercraft. Tyt!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3132.jpg\" id=\"image977\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3132.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is so cute that it makes minimates look like vomit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3134.jpg\" id=\"image979\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3134.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3135.jpg\" id=\"image980\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3135.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ebony&#8230; and ivory! Living together in perfect, harmony! Side by side in my display case, oh lord, why can&#8217;t we?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3142.jpg\" id=\"image982\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3142.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Never forget: Hello Kitty is bigger than Jesus, and celebrates way more holidays to boot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3146.jpg\" id=\"image983\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3146.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3148.jpg\" id=\"image984\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3148.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3150.jpg\" id=\"image985\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3152.jpg\" id=\"image986\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3152.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MOOMIN! There&#8217;s a giant Moomin boutique! Three times as big as the last Moomin boutique!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3153.jpg\" id=\"image987\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3153.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3156.jpg\" id=\"image988\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3156.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3158.jpg\" id=\"image989\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3158.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3160.jpg\" id=\"image991\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3160.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These pictures are included in the hopes of getting a link back from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/blog\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/blog\/index.php<\/a>. Because that&#8217;s how I roll. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3162.jpg\" id=\"image992\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3162.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Madeline!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3166.jpg\" id=\"image993\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3166.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My cousin Alison would have totally died.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3167.jpg\" id=\"image994\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3167.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew feels a vague sense of unease. Maybe because the Totoro&#8217;s were looking at him?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3172.jpg\" id=\"image996\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3172.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to buy myself a Jiji (Gigi?). So I did. But I mean, they&#8217;ve even got a replica of the baked fish dish that she delivers in the rain! LOOK AT THAT.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3173.jpg\" id=\"image997\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3173.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So awesome. But I knew we were on our way to the Ghibli museum later in the trip, so I didn&#8217;t want to spend all of my ducats up front on Ghibli stuff if it might be available elsewhere, or more officially, or&#8230; something. I don&#8217;t know. I was just rationalising not spending that much money up front. But. Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3176.jpg\" id=\"image998\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3176.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yikes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3170.jpg\" id=\"image995\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3170.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You know? Seriously? There was nothing I was looking for that couldn&#8217;t find, and a ton of stuff I never even thought I&#8217;d find. Anyway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3180.jpg\" id=\"image999\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3180.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(I really like this photo.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3182.jpg\" id=\"image1000\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3182.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We headed down the alley off of the main strip towards the Tintin boutique after finally escaping the kick-ass toy store. Even the alleys were cool, pedestrians and scooters and amazing little boutiques.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3183.jpg\" id=\"image1001\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3183.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we got to the TINTIN STORE! Yeah! All I did was freak out and take pictures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3185.jpg\" id=\"image1002\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3185.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3186.jpg\" id=\"image1003\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3186.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3187.jpg\" id=\"image1004\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3187.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The original albums in French.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3188.jpg\" id=\"image1007\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3188.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Japanese translations! These are really interesting, because they&#8217;re printed in the manga digest format, though they keep the original left-to-right orientation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3189.jpg\" id=\"image1008\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3189.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rather than shrinking the art, they decided instead to cut-and-paste the panels and pages to create a thicker, more &#8216;manga-sized&#8217; expeirence. And in black and white too. I&#8217;d be surprised if this particular translation\/reformat wasn&#8217;t actually handled in France, because it&#8217;s pretty-much a note-perfect translation of the stories from one format to another. I picked up one of these for a diehard Tintin fan that we know, and he loved it. Cool beans!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3190.jpg\" id=\"image1009\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3190.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3191.jpg\" id=\"image1010\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3191.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3192.jpg\" id=\"image1011\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3192.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3193.jpg\" id=\"image1012\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3193.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Life-sized bust of Capt. Haddock, anyone?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3195.jpg\" id=\"image1013\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3195.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the time we exited the Tintin store, it was getting dark. Luckily, Harajuku stores open late and the whole area goes all night!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3202.jpg\" id=\"image1014\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3202.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3208.jpg\" id=\"image1015\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3208.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The outside of the toy store Kiddy Land at night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3210.jpg\" id=\"image1016\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3210.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Dior headquarters. Apparently there&#8217;s a fabulous club in there exclusively for the jet-set superstars of Japan. Needless to say, in shorts and a T-shirt I was not invited. Actually, we didn&#8217;t even go in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3213.jpg\" id=\"image1020\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3213.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A view from the bridge over the main shopping drag.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3218.jpg\" id=\"image1021\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3218.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ultra-fabulous flagship Ralph Lauren store.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3219.jpg\" id=\"image1022\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3219.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shanty-town that sprung up in front of the ultra-fabulous, flagship Ralph Lauren store. Power to the people!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3221.jpg\" id=\"image1023\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3221.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marc. Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3223.jpg\" id=\"image1024\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3223.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sure, the big names are all over Harajuku, but there are really beautfully designed boutique clothing stores crammed into every square foot of the area we visited.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3224.jpg\" id=\"image1025\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3224.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew is carrying my bag of toys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3225.jpg\" id=\"image1026\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3 floors of boutique shopping.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3226.jpg\" id=\"image1027\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3226.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3228.jpg\" id=\"image1028\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3228.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3229.jpg\" id=\"image1029\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3229.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t affiliated with the video game company Rockstar Games in any way. They just seem to have uh, homaged, the logo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3231.jpg\" id=\"image1030\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3231.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3232.jpg\" id=\"image1031\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3232.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This place was tamer than an Old Navy commercial. YOU HAVE A POORLY-NAMED STORE.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3233.jpg\" id=\"image1032\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3233.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3234.jpg\" id=\"image1033\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3234.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We like the perfectly design graffiti.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3235.jpg\" id=\"image1034\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3235.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was Book-Off, and they sold discount manga. 105 yen-400 yen. At this point I&#8217;ve been walking for like 7 hours, have three bags of stuff, and? I bought another 20 manga. For like 40 bucks. I bought the two Taiyo Matsumoto artbooks for $8 each. My feet are killing me, after this photo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3236.jpg\" id=\"image1035\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3236.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got laughed at for being a tourist while taking a photo of the gorilla.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3238.jpg\" id=\"image1037\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3238.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They had so many awesome shoes, and they were all on sale. Problem? Size 11 in Japan is reserved for Sasquatch. But if you&#8217;re up to a size 9, mens? The world is your rare-sneakers-from-around-the-world Oyster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3237.jpg\" id=\"image1036\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3237.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mmmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3239.jpg\" id=\"image1038\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3239.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we went for crepes. They were so, so awesome. This is the fake-food crepe display out in front of the crepe stand, to show you how awesome your crepe would be and help you make up your mind.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3241.jpg\" id=\"image1039\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3241.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By this time I&#8217;m falling apart, and I find the street warning message <em>hilarious<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3243.jpg\" id=\"image1040\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3243.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>YOU ARE A CRIMINAL.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3244.jpg\" id=\"image1041\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3244.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MY DOG IS IN DANGER.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3246.jpg\" id=\"image1042\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3246.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am still amazed by how awesome the design can be though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3248.jpg\" id=\"image1043\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3248.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am worse for wear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3250.jpg\" id=\"image1044\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3250.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then a masked hero appears, and heads into the subway. He waves though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dscf3251.jpg\" id=\"image1045\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dscf3251.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I was shocked by the awesome machine designed to go up and down stairs.<\/p>\n<p>I slept well this evening, surrounded by my day&#8217;s purchases. The next morning? Studio Ghibli!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Christopher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When last we left Harajuku, we were standing outside of the Peanuts theme store with our Gothloli friend: The Peanuts store is pretty damned awesome, what with it being a completely and thoroughly &#8216;themed&#8217; shopping experience, meant to feel like the historical middle American past of the strip. By the way, in Japan it&#8217;s not &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=964\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Japan 2007: Harajuku, Peanuts, Tintin, Moomin, and High Fashion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-japan","category-manga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7524,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/7524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}