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- День 8
- воскресенье, 15 апреля 2018 г., 16:04
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Высота: 44 м
ЯпонияIkebukuro Eki35°43’54” N 139°42’44” E
Achievement Unlocked: Evangelion Store

Successfully made it to Ikebukuro to track down the location of the Evangelion Store Tokyo-01 to see if it's all that and a bag of Pen Pen.
Observations:
To say Neon Genesis Evangelion is popular in Japan is a bit of an understatement. This is the same country that took one of their Shinkansen trains, themed it to Evangelion and put a mini attraction in the first carriage.
http://www.500type-eva.jp/en/
So it's probably not too surprising to find out there is a whole store dedicated to all things Evangelion in Tokyo.
First thing, it's not *that* hard to find with Google maps. It's actually quite near the Ikebukuro station like everything else in Tokyo that is near a station of some sort.
Second thing, it's pretty small, but still pretty popular. I still get surprised that so many little old ladies are avid consumers of anime in Japan, but then I remember that Japan has been doing this for a *long* time.
The amount of merch is actually quite small in volume but diverse in range. If you aren't Japanese, you've probably never seen it.
I always thought Shinji from Evangelion was a a but of a sooky la la - the scene that was the straw that broke the Angel's back for me was his little "Musn't Run Away" freak out scene. Turns out I'm not the only one since there is a whole industry around taking the piss out of Shinji. Japanese merch for the win.
Oddly enough, the guy that served me had the persona of... Shinji...!
Here is this super geeky, socially awkward young kid carefully wrapping up my purchases like it was bomb about to go off, no doubt mentally telling himself "musn't run away!" The broken English-Japanese-Mime conversation largely consisted of me trying to explain how cool it was to have store devoted just to Evangelion, with him being immensely grateful that I even visited his store.
In any case, totally worth the trip if you come from a country that can't have nice things.
The Evangelion store shares a floor with some other quirky pop stores if nothing takes your fancy - and it's so accessible it's not really in the middle of Tokyo-03.
Kaiju Collected:
2 shirts, one Nerv coffee mug, Asuka's beta Eva, and an attempt to be like Rei Ayanami in front of the Rei Ayanami statue.Читать далее
ПутешественникMaybe you should have taken more suitcases. Maybe Japan has captured your heart and you will never come home.
ПутешественникStorage space is definitely now an issue.