If you're like me
Your trip to Tokyo has to include shopping for figures
First I'll talk about Akihabara
Then I'll mention a few other places you can find them
Akihabara or Akiba
Really is otaku central
You'll be spoilt for choice
It really is quite overwhelming
How much there is to look round
I've been to Tokyo several times
Each time I've spent a whole day there
Sometimes I even go back for a second visit
We've just been in Mulan
This shop behind me
And it's so crammed full
The aisles are so narrow
You can barely move
Especially when there's lots of other people looking round as well
So much to look round
This shop sells a lot of prize figures
They've got lots of new figures as well
And things like body pillows
Character good and general anime merch
Shops like this one have
Sega prize figures
So you can buy the figures you see in the UFO catchers
They've also got Figma
Gunpla
And Nendroids
If like me you're hopeless at claw machines
And can't win anything
You can buy the prize figures
For around 1000 - 2500 yen
I got these 2 Love Live figures
Without boxes
From Nakano Broadway
For 860 yen
And 1290 yen
In shops like this
There's lots of glass cabinets
And people rent a cabinet
To sell their things secondhand
But most of them are such good quality
So anything could be here!
You've got to have a hunt round
Each cabinet has a number
Some have slips of paper
So you can write down the cabinets
With the figures you want
Others you go up to the counter
And show the shop assistant to the right cabinet
Because they're second hand
They don't always have boxes
So if they don't,
They wrap them up for you
So many glass cabinets to look round!
We've got lots of figure hunting to do
Figures cost around 1000 yen upwards
The ones I usually buy
Are the figures from the UFO catcher claw machines
So they're not particularly high quality or rare
They're usually about 1000-2500 yen
Of course there are loads of more expensive, higher quality figures too
The prices do vary quite a bit
So if there's a particular figure you like
That you've seen around a few times
Do shop around for it
There's one right here
That we've seen for less than 2000 in other places
And here it's 4980 yen
In a different shop here's the same one
For almost 7000 yen
This is Chino from Is the Order a Rabbit
In the end I bought mine for 1980 yen
To me, she looks exactly the same
As the one that's almost 7000 yen
Unless I'm missing something
And it was a special edition
Remember that not everywhere takes credit cards
So you will need to take cash with you
And you'll need it for the arcades
Explore all the way down the main street
Last time I found some really good shops
Further down away from the station
Which had really good prices
Maybe because they weren't in prime position
There's also side roads off the main street
So remember to explore everywhere!
Lots of shops have several floors
So remember to go up and down
To find more stuff!
We're going up this - I think it's a fire escape
To get to the second floor of a shop
Seems kind of weird
But it's actually pretty common here
Unless there's somewhere particular you want to go
You don't need to research shops
They're everywhere
But I do recommend looking up Kotobukiya
Which isn't on the main road
This shop, Kotobukiya,
Is a really good one to look round
It's got some really good quality anime figures
The bottom floor is all merch
And little things
Then on the floors above they've got different stuff
They've got more detailed
Slightly more expensive figures
That are really good quality
And it's definitely worth looking round
Yodobashi Camera is a huge shop
Right by Akiba Station
It's got so many floors
It's actually unbelievable
It sells everything
They have a section with figures
And I'm no expert on gunpla
But my friend told me it's a good place to get them
With good prices
These are the figures you get from gachapon
But opened up
So you can pick which one you want
Or if you just need one to complete your collection
You can find it here
They cost a little more than the gachapon in the machines
There's lots of shops like this
Especially in Nakano Broadway
I've got a Monokuma
A hamster dango
And a hamster in a taiyaki
Do you remember it from my gachapon video?
And a Rise figure from Persona
It's got a button
That when it's activated
It talks
*Japanese*
You can also get figures from Nakano Broadway
A shopping mall right by Nakano Station
Nakano is slightly cheaper
And you can find more obscure figures
Toys and collectibles
It feels more like an everyday sort of mall
You really can find all sorts of things
Whatever sorts of toys you collect
Or figures
You'll find them somewhere
Akihabara has much more atmosphere
They're playing anime theme tunes
There's big posters of characters
Maids on the street
And it's more of an experience
So if you only have time for one
Definitely go to Akihabara
But if you do have time
Nakano's worth a visit as well
You can also find figures at Otome Road
In Ikebukuro
It's much smaller
And more like a collection of shops than a whole area
It's supposed to be aimed at female otaku
If you're travelling around Japan,
Denden Town in Osaka
Has cheaper prices than in Tokyo
I'm looking forward to going there on my next trip
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