We all know Japan is the home of kawaii
A few weeks ago I showed you Character Street
In Tokyo Station
And today I've got another place where you can buy cute things in Tokyo
Kiddyland is a shop with kawaii character merchandise
They call them Character Goods
And there is so much cute stuff
We're in Harajuku
At Kiddyland
It's a shop that sells lots of character goods
So like: Sanrio things, Gudetama
There'll be lots of characters we know
And some that we don't know yet
This one is in Harajuku
It's a really big shop with lots of floors
There are Kiddylands elsewhere in Japan as well
There's one in Odaiba
And several other places in Tokyo
This is the main, biggest one
I'm going to take you through floor by floor
And show you what there is
I think it's interesting to see which Japanese characters
Have become popular in the rest of the world
And which western characters have made it over to Japan
It always kind of surprises me
To see things like Thomas the Tank Engine
And Thunderbirds in Japan
Because they seem so British to me
So see which you recognise
And which you don't
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Right at the start we've got Cardcaptor Sakura
Special Shop
And - what is this?
Funassyi letterbox?!
I don't know what you're supposed to do with this
Do we write a letter to Funassyi?
Pear juice bushaaa!!!
We've got some cute penguins here
Penguin pancakes!
He's called Kopenchan
There's a Care Bears section
Phil's looking for a passholder
I don't think he'll want a Care Bears one though!
I saw there's a pop-up cafe for the Care Bears at the moment
There's quite a big Funassyi section
Funassyi boxers!
"For the human smile"
Look how cute these little scenes are
They've got Studuo Ghibli scenery
They've got a load of blindboxes
Ah hamsters!
They're the same ones that were in the gachapon before
I wonder why they're in a blindbox now?
Can I interest you in a cat in a box
Yes
Look it's a scottish fold!
How much are they?
That's 300 yen
There's Kimmidoll
I'm not sure if that's a Japanese thing actually
I've seen it in the UK
Cute stationery
How can you resist
Omurice ketchup
There's so many accessories!
So sparkly!
Look at all this!
Hatchimals made it to Japan
They are definitely not a Japanese thing
At the back here
We've got a Kumamon section
He's the mascot of Kumamoto
When I went through the station the other day
There wasn't any sign of him
He should have been everywhere I think!
Not sure who this guy is?
Blue bear
With a fancy haircut!
It says Krunk Bigbang
I've never heard of him before
Koguma's cake shop
A bear that runs a bakery
Harry Potter stuff
Oh yeah, some lovely wands
And Hedwig
And Pusheen
Now Pusheen is from America
He's not Japanese
But he does look Japanese
And Adventure Time
You recognise all these?
They've got all these blindboxes
And Re-Ment
There's so many of them!
If you buy the box set you can collect them all
British Tea Time
With Rilakuma
Here's some Sumikko Gurashi
Here's the floor guide
There's 4 floors
The basement floor is Snoopy Town
This is the one we've been on
Hair accessories & things
Floor up: There's Studio Ghibli, The Bear's School
Sesame Street, Monchichi
Doraemon
And Moomins
Then we've got boys & girls toys
Lego, Tomico, dolls
Anpanman and figures
Maybe that's got actual toys
Rather than character goods
And at the top: Rilakuma
Sumikko Gurashi
Hello Kitty
Gudetama & Cinnamoroll
All the big names
In the penthouse
This one is Sanrio
We've got a big Hello Kitty display
And because it's April
It's cherry blossom season
There's all the pink sakura stuff
There's Hello Kitty looking very pretty in her sakura kimono
Now we're talking, here's Gudetama
It says "Extremely soft"
They're right
Gudetama boxer briefs
It says they're unisex
1200, they are quite expensive
But I do kind of want them
They don't have any pass holders
Ah no!!!
What's this, just a pouch?
You get an extra pouch in the heart
That doesn't look much like Gudetama
I would have said that was fake
If we weren't here
There's that Gudetama calculator again
I like that!
Next is the Rilakkuma Store
Happy life with Rilakkuma!
Look here's Sumikko Gurashi!
There's a lot of cute things here
Lots of little beds
And some little tents
These remind me of Neko Atsume
And all the cat toys
And hideaways
Awww!
Ah you can make things like this!
Look at this little toast pouch!
That's so cute!
Just a little more!
See what's down here
Here we've got Star Wars
We've got some Sonny Angel there
There's some Gundams
Godzilla
Here's Osomatsu San
That's so popular in Japan now
I think it has been for a long time actually
Blythe dolls
We've got some Sylvanian Families
There's Barbie
My Little Pony
Ah look Tokidoki!
My favourite!
There's the Unicornos
And the Mermicornos
I think round here we've got more normal toys
Actual kids' toys!
Yep!
Let's go to the next floor
Look, it's the Yamanote line
We're on the Studio Ghibli level
Like quite a few other shops in Japan
Kiddyland is tax-free for foreigners
If you spend over 5000 yen
Show them your passport at the till
And you don't have to pay the consumption tax
Which is 8%
Going up to 10% in October 2019
It's for all the different base- basketball teams
I always get them mixed up!
Baseball
Back here they've got a lot of Disney stuff
They're all sleeping!
Down to....
Snoopy Town
Snoopy and Yamanote Line merch
They've got a whole range of it
You quite often seen special merch for particular locations
Or seasons
Like the cherry blossom Hello Kitty stuff we saw earlier
I think it makes it more special
That you can only get these things at a particular time or place
The Yamanote line is a train line that runs around Tokyo
So if you want washi tape
Commemorating a train line
That also has Snoopy on it
Here's where you can get it
Well that was Kiddyland
They've certainly got a lot of stuff in there
And if you like Japanese characters
It's definitely a great place to go
It's a good place to find presents or souvenirs for people
I was kind of surprised
That the bottom floor was all Snoopy
It seemed like there was a large proportion of Snoopy
Compared to everything else
Maybe he's really popular
I don't know
It was interesting to see
Some of the characters
And especially on the floor where you go in
It was good to see all the ranges of characters
And what they had
And what's popular at the moment
Here's where to find Kiddyland
You can walk there from Takeshita Street
That's the main shopping street in Harajuku
It's also right by Meiji jingumae Metro Station
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