27th Ikebukuro (1)

Ikebukuro! Yes! The anime and manga fan's haven! But... that day, we decided not to do anything otaku. Instead, everyone (all 5 of us) went to Sunshine City building. Mainly Nyamja Town. It was the day my companion's friends arrived too. Traffic was really bad and their airport bus got stuck for over an hour. (Lesson: the Skyliner train is a better choice. Cheaper too!)
But there was no escape from anime and manga. Ordinary household stores were selling related goods, like these Nana glasses. (And they were proudly advertised as Nana-related too!) Well, I'm not familiar with Nana so I wouldn't know. I've only read the first comic book.
The Japanese Toysr'us seems to have better stuff than ours. Oops... sorry I didn't mean this MacDonald's play set. But just look at how big cooperates are brain-washing young kids. Isn't this like, you're paying for them to brain-wash you? (Same thing applies to buying a shirt with a coke logo on it.)
Hmm... does "craft therapy" qualify as "Engrish"? Hahaha... Oh! I didn't have a chance to photograph the huge "blue ball" at the Big Sight too!
Oh there was this Moe Garden that sells a lot of Studio Ghibli goods. They had this cool 3D zoetrop! Oh well it's only neat to look at. It's too big and I'm too lazy to dusk something like that.
And of course tons of plushes. This huge Totoro is kinda creepy, though. It doesn't look like a Totoro.
There's a Disney Store next to this Moe Garden. And then after that, Sanrio House. They sure know how to keep their competitors in check.