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It’s a Japan Thing: Duffy Bear

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »

There is a phenomenon upon Japan I have never seen anywhere else. It’s captured the hearts of children, teens and adults, even grown men. The phenomenon is a stuffed bear. Meet Duffy Bear! Duffy the Disney Bear is a stuffed bear you can buy only at Tokyo Disney Sea, the theme park next to Tokyo […]

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It’s a Japan Thing- Purikura

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

There are arcades everywhere here in Tokyo. Some have actual video games, and some just have tons of crane games. After dinner one night, Dan and I pitstopped in an arcade we passed by. So many cute crane games! You can win candies, charms, dolls, all sorts of random things. Dan and I decided to […]

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It’s a Japan Thing- Cell Phone Charms

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on March 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »

So everywhere I go, men and women have charms hanging off their cell phones. Yes, you see these on occasion in America, but the majority of people here have these little charms dangling from their cell phones. Sometimes one charm, sometimes a bundle of like ten. It’s totally normal to see a businessman texting on […]

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