Hooray! A shogatsu (New Year's) package just arrived from my host family in Tokyo. In it, a slew of Tonari no Totoro goodies that ya can't find here in the states...- 2 Totoro school workbooks (I think, I as best I can figure)
- 2 sets of Totoro stationery envelopes (per my request, as I was running low)
- An *awesome* Totoro tear-away 2006 wall calendar
and finally....
A TOTORO KITCHEN APRON!!! *SQUEE!!* My world is complete! I can die happy!
My host mom must have picked the gear up at Yamashiroya, arguably the best toy store in Tokyo, located just outside Ueno station. (Remember that place, Alex?) It has SIX FLOORS of... everything! I don't know how much stuff I got there after I discovered it, but I have countless Totoro goodies and other odd schwag from them. It's the only place I've seen that much Totoro merch in one place.
[Check out their website for some true oddities, like Willie Wonka Underpants?!?]
Yes, I am that much more of a geek because I'm in love with an animated film decidedly directed toward children... but come on... Totoro is a CLASSIC, and MIYAZAKE made it. *nostalgic sigh* And it's one of the few Japanese movies I can watch without subtitles and really, really, understand the whole thing.
Posted on January 10, 2006 @ 10:26 PM | 6 comments
Comments:
i personaly like the "man hater" and "burning romance" undies... good stuff.
By 
Bewyldered, at
1:05 AM, January 11, 2006
Yes that place was awesome! It consumed much of my hard won Japanese currency. Too much. Heheh.
By 
, at
11:05 AM, January 11, 2006
is that thing a penguin?
By , at
3:09 PM, January 11, 2006
No, a Totoro is a...totoro. It's not a stylized other animal. (Kat wants me to type that it is a mammal that lives in the brush, it eats leaves and greens and is magical...that clarify?)\
-Justin
By , at
8:28 PM, January 11, 2006
Does Totoro have any hobbies? Like does it do anything cool?
By , at
10:45 PM, January 11, 2006
Totoros enjoy gardening and dancing. The biggest ones seem to be able to fly...
they're like snuggly forest spirits ^_^
(though they're fictional, not traditional characters)
By Kat, at
12:36 AM, January 12, 2006
