海外オタクが観光しに来る時に買うものとは

僕の故郷に住むこのサイトのメンバーのArekusuさんが最近日本に遊びに来ました。
彼のベッドに置いてあるのは彼が買ったもの。40,000円〜50,000円ぐらい使っていた。
主にグレンラガングッズにガンプラ、音楽CD、ねんどろいど、NDSやPSPのゲーム。そして頭に巻く「日本」のやつ。あれなんという?
実は僕も最初に日本に遊びに来た時に買っていました。僕のやつは「必勝」。日本あこがれ外人はこういうのが好き。
僕が初めて来た時に、買っていたのは殆どグラビアアイドルの写真集やVHSテープだった。西田ひかるはもちろん、リボンも好きだった。今日も彼女達のCDも聞いている。10年前以上に買ったCD。。。
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hmmm....a lousy student on a small dot country
nice lot u hav ther
"stare wit eyes of envy"
For 8 weeks im a NEET
*Stares with Aoi.*
SNSD Lover
http://realtaku.wordpress.com/
Envy is an pathetic word to describe my sentiments towards this loot.
http://mkuain.wordpress.com/
Don't really like much of the stuff but feels envious of the MG Wing Zero Custom *drools*
Student
Cant wait till the day I raid akiba! getting closer and closer :P
大学の学生 1st year
http://otakunaka.blogspot.com/
Ergh England sorry to say but I hate it there raining always >.<..but the people are nice...anyway xD Nice haul how long were you there for? And I would like to see your other photos as well
三年せいとオタク
Love all the Yoko loot. :D Is the thing that says Nihon on it an arm/head band?
http://kikiyasha.deviantart.com/
*drool* all of your gurren laggan stuff, i'm jealous i want that simon picture/poster/book of some sort idk what it is, the only things i have out of that are zetsubou sensei and the yoko nendo
Otaku/Agent Of Death
Nice items, especially the Gurren Lagann stuff. How much did you pay for all of that?
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
I think I ended up spending between 40,000 - 50,000 Yen, which translates as roughly £270 - £340.
But I got some brilliant deals for some things. Like Nendoroid Yoko was going for 1,980 Yen, when Nendoroids normally go for around 3,500(ish) Yen, meaning I got her for about £13.
http://paliodor.wordpress.com
Nice lot, I see that you are Yoko fan since a lot of stuff is with her ^^.
Damn I don't wanna think how much stuff I will bring home when I will be back from Japan XD
Administrative Assistant
http://bob-san.animeblogger.net
Nice haul. Looks like the ind of haul I'm going to get to bring home in a few weeks when I head to ACEN
Self Employee NEET
http://www.nekoroid.com
MG Wing Zero Custom, check!
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
I spot Funky Monkey Baby album~~~
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
Ah you know of them? Awesome! Yeah I was watching Us vs. The Police on the plane, and it had their songs in, so I went and bought not only the film, but also the albums :D
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
Yea, I like their songs, used to watch it on Music Station every week.
I got the movie, but haven't got around to watch it yet.
Student
http://www.desangel.blogspot.com
So many Yoko related things....^.^ a very nice loot...
Student
A lot of Yoko products I see.
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com
*STARE* Lucky!! YOu get to go to Japan T__T ohh haha I'd love to have that Lagann mouse pad XD ahah
Website Director, Artist
http://www.mognet.net
Looks like you had a great time! Can't wait to see the full report.
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
okairi! it looks like you had fun and brought lots of goodies ^0^
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
You needs a blog so we can see all the worldliness of your loot! Close up piccies!!!
Can't wait to see the pics of your trip!
Otaku, once in a while a student
Awesome Yoko loots! Are those moving rubber I spot near the top of photo?
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
They sure are! I was running low on my pink (spikey edge) gatsby. And figured i'd get the green one for when my hair gets longer :D
Otaku, once in a while a student
Lol they're the best. I should have stocked up more when I could. Having trouble obtaining one where I live now :/
My first Japan loot was some magazine and artbooks, and a huge bag full of gashapon, still in their individual casings, which I hand carried because it would take too much space in my suitcase. I can still remember the weird look they gave me every time I passed the x-ray points XD
Student
nice stuff, the only loot i can call first loot would be a bunch of gachapon repackaged figures including nendo puchi, which i didn't know what it was back then :P. after seeing people's posts its really tempting to put one up, on a blog or something
Avid figma collector
http://yuuichikun.wordpress.com/
Nice haul there, man! I see you got the Revoltech Enkidu; I'm looking for Enki myself, since my Gurren Lagann is looking lonely without its wings >< I can't wait to make my way to the land of the rising sun myself one day...
Teacher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandkat/
Love FUNKEY MONKY BABYS! :)
Teacher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandkat/
FUNKY even!
http://www.ryusworld.com
You got nice goodies there. Hope to see some detailed pics.
My first Japan Vacation loot wasn't that much of an Otaku shopping tour.
I had to remember that I am only allowed to bring a 20 KG suitcase with me.
Didn't buy any Figures but a few Manga, the Suzumiya Haruhi Light Novel, a lot of CDs.
Next time I will bring less cloths with me so I have more space for loot.
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
Our limit was 20kg this time, my overall weight was 22.3kg xD But they didn't Charge me, how nice!
Web Designer/Graphic/Developer
http://junliwanag.deviantart.com
I really like your MG loot ^_^ and also the Yoko Nendoroid kawaii!!!
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
Ah thank you Danny for using my photo/post! I feel honoured >=]
And I am working out the best way to upload the photos right now. I am going to be putting them on Facebook, but I figure not everyone has facebook, so I may have to find somewhere else to upload them. Anyone got any suggestions of places that do batch upload?
Student
http://chappypyon.wordpress.com/
Bad bad. No Japan loot because have not been to Japan before. I believe i will have the chance though.
Sales + Technician + Trainer = 何でも屋
Nendroid Youko! Hope I can still score one in singapore... >_<
Glad I got and built my MG Wing Zero back in the days. lol. Don't think I'll have the time to build it now that I'm working..
Nekophilia
Loads of gurren lagann I see~
Dental Technician, i make teeth!
http://antsizedman.blogspot.com/
Cool stuff, still haven't leanrt enough Japanese for me to go yet. I want to be able to talk to in Japanese instead of being that Britash shouting idiot you see on tv.
When i go im going to buy the most random Japanese gadgets and little bit and pieces i can get.
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
Welcome back lol. It's raining here too ^^;
Very nice loots. I guess that did all fit in one luggage then, eh? ^_^
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
Haha! Only just, it took up about 3/4 of my suit case. It's amazing how small clothes can fold up! >:D
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
not quite there yet, but waiting anxiously for the day (i meant weeks ^^) when i'll go do some loot hunting in akiba, of course DC will be the first one (actually second, i'll be first XD) to see it!
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
my first Japan loot, one f the more memorable one= I bought a yukata, wore it over my regular clothes and took the plane home in it (LOL). Let's put it this way it was a trip which I never expected to happen so was definitely unprepared ^^; Think most of the photos still back in SG at my parents ;_;
Student
http://heleth.wordpress.com
I see Funky Monkey Babys or should I say Funky Monkey Babies since I'm seeing 3!!
Medical student
http://www.protocolsnow.com
I seem to have the opposite experience of everybody. For my first visit to Tokyo/Akihabara, I had made a giant list of all sorts of games and anime stuff I wanted to shop for. I was very surprised to see that for the most part, used Japanese game prices are roughly the same as what I can find online (i.e. expensive). When I saw the rows and rows of anime merchandise, virtually none that I recognized, I realized maybe I'm not that much of an otaku at all lol! I ended up buying only a handful of things game or anime related.
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
Yoko here and Yoko there, awesome! XD
Student
Nice loot! I've never been to Japan before but if I did, I have a feeling I'd return with massive amounts of loot :P This doesn't really count but my first item I ordered from Japan to have shipped to my house was the figma Haruhi though XD
GIS Tech
http://hamstercorp.blogspot.com
Haven't gotten to go to Japan yet (or much of anywhere, really).
Until then, HLJ will be getting plenty of my money.
if shipping counts, my first loot was Mai-HiME manga vol. 1 and Mai-Otome manga vol. 1 :-)
COMPENG/SWENG Student
http://ryan2006.deviantart.com
The only "loot" I got was a figma Nagato doll and Silver Dualshock 3... Couldn't get myself to buy anything else.
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
My first loot from japan? Man, that was a while ago. It was hen I took part in a school exchange around 10 years ago and most of the stuff I brought back were family gifts...
Lots of host school items were taken back (Seifu Nankai in Osaka for those interested) such as calligraphy sets, lots of photo albums, bottles of Sake (even though we were actually underage at the time) and Shinais (Bamboo blades used for kendo. Mine still gets used!!!)
On a more personal note, I bought myself a sega dreamcast and 4 games. Sega weren't doing too great back then either so I managed to get a pretty sweet deal. I also bought shining force 3 part 2. A japanese only release for the saturn and thus started my heavy games importing (and my japanese was far worse than it is now)
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
http://blog.jpopdb.org/
Very nice loot ;p Lots of Gurren Lagann stuff ^^
My first loot from Japan wasn't that big. Back in november 2006, it consisted of a special Suzumiya Haruhi bag that was sold for one week in Akiba (which is quite precious ;p) The rest were a few cds&dvds, some manga books, an art book and some magazines. It was just one week Tokyo back then, so the loot wasn't very big (no Ayu concert yet, which was to be the next May in 2007).
Can't wait to be back in Japan, Tokyo and Akihabara, which is only 9 days away. Next week on Sunday I'll be going to Japan again for 2.5 weeks ^^
http://nopybot.com
I still haven't got a first loot from Japan :(
Hopefully I'll be able to go next year after I graduate.
First loot I ever obtained were some DBZ games for my Super Famicom.
http://www.stefkov.com/
That's an awesome loot. Lots of Gurren Lagann merchandise which I want.
I haven't got my first loot from abroad but when I got my first batch of figures I was extremely happy. Need to save up moneys but it's hard.
Video Reviewer of Anime Figures, Mecha and Merch (youtube.com/user/Actar576295)
http://actar.wordpress.com
Going at the end of the year.
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
No moe stuff? Ack... its hard to believe Moe is fairly new lol....
I can't wait for my first trip to Japan.... I wud go crazy in Akiba.... I know lol...
Otaku Lord Of East London
http://eastfpct.wordpress.com/
OMG LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL MG WING ZERO CUSTOM THAT KIT BRING A TEAR TO MY EYE SO KICK ASS!!
gurren lagann freaks !!!
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
Lol?But Gurren Lagann is the bestest :D
Chinese/Viet restaurant waiter, no post secondary
Very awesome loot. I especially love the Zelda plushies. What DS and UMDs did you get? Any Gyakuten Saiban stuff?
University's Slave
I still haven't gone to Japan yet either. I hope to go on exchange sometime before I graduate, but funds are sort of. . . nonexistant. -_-;
Marketing Sales Promotions
http://lyfeprojekt.blogspot.com/
i was too young to rmb anything from Akihabara
but i do remember my father bought me a 2mpx Sony camera! ahahah
Graphic Designer
MAJOR props for having Muramasa the Demon Blade in that haul. +100 respect points!
pokemaster
http://francast.wordpress.com/
someday i gotta live in japan.
Grad Student
The loot I brought back from Kanazawa to the US was mostly books. All of boogiepop, Lodoss, Chrno Crusade, and EVA 1-11 (At the time I didn't realize that they manga hadn't finished. Now I need to work out some way to get the rest at some point). Book Off FTW!
Used books seem to be in much better condition in Japan. Aside from the fact that they weren't wrapped up, all of these books look brand new. I wonder if there is a sociology paper in this...
Student
That band written 日本 is called a Hachimaki(はちまき,towel tied around one's head ).
Danny bought a thing like this, didn't he?
http://image-search.yahoo.co.jp/detail?ei=UTF-8&fr=top_ga1_sa&p=%E5%BF%85%E5%8B%9D%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A1%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8D&ib=0
http://accany.wordpress.com/
I need to save up money and go there someday...
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
wow, very nice GET load
well, time to work harder!
???Confused???
I keep telling myself one of these days...but has yet to come...
こうこうせい
http://stickymochi.blogspot.com
What a nice and well organized loot! :D
If it were me (one day I will go to Japan and make my parents cry when I come back home...) my stuff would be strewn all over my room and I'd be too lazy to organize it. xD
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
Haha! Yeah I know what you mean, my loot was messy at first, when I first unpacked it, but I just can't do mess. Lol I probs have like OCD or something, but everything has to be organised and like evenly spaced etc... V_V
College Freshmen
Doujin, a gundam, and some cheap figures I bough on impulse. It was more for the experience rather than the stuff. In the future though, it'll probably be different.
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
http://koiaichaku.com/
Going into Japan last year, I didn't know what to expect but a lot of anime goods...
I thought I had a lot of money...but then...it wasn't enough...
There is still a lot of things I want to buy!!!!!
Here's my last year loot: http://koiaichaku.com/2008/08/29/the-overflowing-loot/
Well going to Japan again with twice the budget then last time, but staying more then twice as long...25 days in Japan...
Planning to bring back a lot more this time...
Student/ Anime Club Leader at St. Joseph Secondary
http://haruhiist.blogspot.com/
ooooh cool First Japan Loot ^0^
would definitely love to go in the future, but lots of money to save up and planning to do...
NEET
I like you loot, especially the Gundam Zero. I am planning my first trip to Japan early next year, and I hope to return with very anime and manga.
student
http://zephi-san.deviantart.com/
Nice first Japan loot.
My first loot consisted of mostly flat objects, books, and doujinshi since I happened to go during comiket 75. Bought a few hard to find figures from those 2nd hand stores, and a new ones as well. Memory stick for my camera, cuz I was running low on storage space.
Pokemon master
http://thecococafe.wordpress.com/
First Japan loot? Probably doesn't count as I've only been to the airport before transferring to go to Taiwan. Got a adorable tanuki keychain but it broke and I lost it. :(
student, vexillologist
http://twitter.com/zscout370
The first things I remember getting from Japan is several small Japanese flags 「日の丸」 from my dad when he was stationed in Okinawa. I lost them, but I gotten plenty more over time.
student, vexillologist
http://twitter.com/zscout370
This was in 1992 or 1993, when I was about 6 or 7 years old.
http://darkdam.deviantart.com/
haven't gone yet and no plans to until I take enough japanese classes to understand anime
Web Designer & Game Developer
http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/
Nice Loot! thought i'd share mine too :)
2007 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/32706275@N03/3452424412/
2008 - http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=96
anime + games collector
nice lot u got there.
*stares with eyes of envy*
MG Impulse no Tamashi
got Savior and bunches of MSG weapons/10,11,12 AC weapons and some hard to find hobby tools in my current country.
couldn't find the shinki bodies in the colors I was looking for.
Student!
http://notcliche.com/
From what you've said about Akihabara, it reminds me a lot about Sim Lim Square back at Singapore. It was really quiet during the past, and it's all about electronics, such as lighting, drainage stuff and all. Nothing much to do with computers.
Man, things have changed.
Student
Stuff looks awesome, would like to visit Japan sometime in the future...
Accountant
Some photos of what I bought when I went to Japan here
http://gallery.me.com/petelechem#100031
It Support Officer
http://www.thehowellsnest.com
Brilliant, so wish that one day i will be showing off my Otaku Possesions.
Drug testing
Wow why are there so many people that have Gundam Zero Wing XD
By the way what's that book entitled "Korean Illustration" about?
Good work, nice haul of Gurren goodies :D
Hope i can get the same when I go. About how much did this cost?
Struggling Otaku & High School Student
Nice loot ^,O
Student
My first Japan loot was a PS and a Kenshin RPG game.
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
http://dixinfernal.wordpress.com
i see lots of Yoko^^
Retailerz
my loot pile is so much more when I go to Japan ^-^ it is overweight bag XD