What are small things you bought?

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1. Pens (any kind of stationery really) and nail clippers from Tokyu Hands.

   Gachapon from everywhere.

   Basically just go nuts at Hands on all the tiny things.

2. I brought a fish bone pick, I cook enough fish that is actually pretty useful. Japan does have some pretty high quality specialized kitchen equipment

3. Plastic dimpled rice spoon from Tokuyu Hands. We eat Japanese meals 1-2 times a week, and use it all the time…

   A lupin the 3rd mug originally given away by a petrol station, found in a second hand shop for ¥500

4. Gel pens, washi paper, little kitchen things like pastry tins, bento box picks, stickers, incense sticks, brush pens.

   At 100yen stores (Seria), Kyukyodo, Loft

5. I buy mostly from the flea markets – old textiles/kimono, ceramics, illustrations, lacquer items, things like that.

6. Brushes. Like a traditional Japanese pot cleaning brush from a centuries old brush maker shop in Kyoto

7. stickers from anime and pokemon, granted they’re not cheap, but I plan to put them on my laptop. I also got a bunch of stamp stickers from Hakone open air museum that features Ukiyo-e. I was thinking of using it to make my Japan trip memorabilia.

8. I bought one of those air cooled vests the workers wear in akiabara, a boar from Go-o shrine in Kyoto and a watch from Kuoe in Kyoto to

9. Nice mechanical pencils, a seiko wrist watch, a tokyo giants baseball cap

10. [Ulcer/canker sore patches](https://ebisujapan.com/en/products/第3類醫藥品-大正製藥-口腔潰瘍貼片-10枚?srsltid=AfmBOooZvME0QeVZyw8Ww2pDvAZlBIzx4EfiqsRJZWoAcYP5y-I5WFTz&variant=42477079560413) and [liquid bandages](https://kobayashi.com.sg/aproduct/liquid-bandage/). Got them from Don Quijote but they’re also available at pharmacies.

11. I bought various furoshiki, Japanese wrapping cloth. Various prints, fabrics and sizes. Purchased at Musubi Tokyo Store, 2 Chome-31-8 Jingumae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001.

12. Japanese carving tools, from Hands-Shibuya and from Michihamono’s store.

    https://shop.michihamono.com/collections/all-products

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    Japanese watercolor sketching books from book-off, larger bookstores, and art supply shops. They’re beautiful and anyone can follow the pictures.

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    0.3 mm mechanical pencils. Pentel P203 represent!

    “Platinum Desk Fountain Pen” with platinum carbon ink for watercolor.
    https://www.gouletpens.com/products/platinum-desk-fountain-pen-black#:~:text=Fountain%20Pens-,Platinum%20Desk%20Fountain%20Pen,-Product%20Code%20Plat

13. Not small, but I brought back to the US one of those iconic (and very useful) Japanese transparent umbrellas, for those rainy days. You’ll definitely stand out using this clear umbrella, among the ubiquitous regular nylon/polyester sameness.

14. Muji travel wallet, mini pouch with a mesh pocket on one side, and some plastic containers for lotions & ointment. Can’t always find these things in my own home town.

15. Music Box. I went on a day trip to Otaru which is famous for it. I managed to find a song as its music that I tend to associate with Sapporo (ehem First Love jdrama). I treasure it a lot and I consider one of my best travel souvenirs.