Kotobukiya

Last friday, I left on a trip to New Jersey from school for Rider Cup, and along the way, we stopped at the Porter Exchange. The Porter Exchange is the ground level of a Lesley University building in Caimbridge. There are lots of japanese stores. I saw a Shiseido salon (!!! I love hair), a japanese bakery (I got a cream puff after watching too much Absolute Boyfriend), a japanese merchandise store (kimonos, t-shirts, tea sets, oriental papers, etc.), lots of ramen stores/noodle shops, and there were a few others that we didn’t have the time to go look in. Best of all, was Kotobukiya – a Japanese mart. I got so many good things there:

• Gatsby Moving Rubber Nuance Motion
• Almond Crush Pocky
• Chocolate Desert Pocky
• Hazelnut Pocky (I think)
• and the Original Choco Pocky!!    then…
• Mango, Grape, and Green Apple HiChew
• Marukawa Chewing Gum 7 Pack
• and (of course) Katsushika Hokusai chopsticks with “The Great Wave of Kanagawa” image on them. I got them in order to celebrate my completed recreation of the great wave print for a school project. (painting that thing was HARD)

I have no idea what the frog flavor is.

Yes!!!! I finally got Gatsby!!!! I was so happy – I’ve been looking for some Gatsby product for months now, and I finally found it! So excited to use it!! (I love hair, cutting hair, and styling hair. especially VK styles). Anyhoo, I’m so stereotypical with my selection of Pocky and HiChew. But, now I don’t have to ask my asian friends for them, so it’s all good. I saw tons of magazines in Kotobukiya, too – the King from Ikebukuro West Gate Park was an the cover of one - I was so proud of myself for recognising him!!! Ah! I should have looked for an AnAn issue. Or Shoxx. I also wanted to try the riceballs a Next time I go, we’ll spend the day. (hopefully)