Amazing Scores from secondhand shopping!

After Nara park, we took one train out into a very local, non tourist area (never seen as many white people in Japan as we did on the train towards and in Nara park) to go out into the sticks again and check out their secondhand shops. And boy, was this detour worth it! We scored!

At the BookOff I got 3 Pokemon t-shirts, two of them actually having Ash Ketchum on them, which is a score since I've not seen a single bit of merch with Ash on it basically anywhere! The rare times I've seen something, it was like hundreds of dollars, and all 3 shirts fit me spot on as loungewear.

At the 2nd Street, I found another Yuri On Ice keychain for less than $1! I couldn't believe it. It was a blink and you'll miss it moment, and this one is so cute because it's Yuri Plisetsky with cats and the cat hoodie on from the photo that I recreated in Karatsu!

And then, the ultimate score at HardOff. I FINALLY found her. Serena. As a figuring. For less than $10. Again, it was a blink and you'll miss it moment, as she was tucked inside a cabinet and I was soooo worried that she was a display piece. She wasn't. I bought her immediately, making sure to tuck her into the box with my Shikamaru figurine in my suitcase the second I got home. I really wasn't expecting to find a figurine of her. So to get one... It's made my trip!

Michael also scored at this HardOff. There are sections at HardOff called "junk", and it's basically giant rows and piles of old tech that either has issues, doesn't work, or needs some sort of fixing up. I think my uncle Nige and my steppy Rob would have a field day in these. The tech is unreal. So much random, quirky stuff. Anyway, Michael decided he wanted some memorabilia and fix up projects to take home.

He found a Fujifilm Nexia Q1 for $3 and a Nikon Coolpix 950 for $22. Both are super old, weird, cool cameras/video cameras. We bought batteries for the Nikon and it legit works. It's pretty dope, and all a bit of fun!

After all this shopping, we finally had lunch at another local Udon chain. These meals were so big and delish, we had no hope of finishing them! But at $14 each, we couldn't complain!!!Leggi altro