Secondhand Shopping BookOff & 2nd Street

Michael suggested we hit up the BookOff and 2nd Street, as the images of the 2nd Street on google maps were showing that they had memorabilia and other stuff that wasn't just designer clothes and handbags.

Well... We have learnt! When you go regional, you get a bargain! Gone were the luxury 2nd streets of the cities, and in were the bargains!

I got my Yuri On Ice merch, a Shikamaru figurine (my fave character from Naruto Shippuden, an anime Michael and I both love) AND a super massive score... A Serena Pokemon Card Sleeve pack! This pack contains 64 sleeves to put your Pokemon cards in, and they all have Serena on them!!!! I can put her everywhere hahaha, as they are the same size as all of our credit cards/work access passes/pt passes, etc. and it only cost me $5! Stoked!

But it gets better. 2nd Street had some absolute scores. We got 5 Naruto themed folder slips, which I want to use as placemats or frame and put on the walls at home, as well as super cool Naruto stat packs, which contained 12 separate Naruto characters. Then I found these plastic pop out mini stands of a range of Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, and Star Wars characters (Michael will keep the Alice characters, I'll keep the Beauty and the Beast, and I'll give my brother Glen the star wars ones). I found a cute keychain as well, and to top it off, I found myself an AMAZING autumn/spring jacket/dress that has a very specific detail that I have been searching for for ages. We don't know what it's called, but it's like an old fashioned bell collar that runs down the arms and around the top half of the back. My boobs are a little big to button all the way up, but it looks great as an open jacket, and for $9... I wasn't letting this go!

Michael also absolutely scored. He got a secondhand Sony 28-60mm full framed lens for $190. These lens' retail at over $600 new, and secondhand online for $400-$500, so between this lens and the other one, he's fully set now! Winner winner!

We finished up super late in the afternoon, so we ended up having "lunch" around 4pm ish at a local fast food chain that does beef and rice bowls. They hit the spot! Then we got ourselves home via 90 min train, packed up our bags to be shipped off to Osaka, ate some chicken snacks from the local Lawson's, finished off our game we've been playing (Dispatch), and hit the hay!

Overall, today was an amazing day, and we absolutely have loved our time on the southern end of the mainland Japan! Next stop... Onomichi!Read more