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first stop in tokyo-ADVENTURES IN KIDDYLAND

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Jun 19, 200973 Comments

If there is one thing my mom and I love more than shoes, it would be toys.
Tokyo's famous 'Kiddy Land' store was the first stop we made on our first day in Tokyo.

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We were having a great time until mom saw Pleo.
It was love at first sight…and sadly it was a doomed love, because unfortunately his size and price tag meant that Pleo couldn't come back to Texas with us.
Mom shared a tearful goodbye with Pleo before we left in search of lunch.
Kiddy Land was amazing, Pleo or not!! It wasn't our first trip to Kiddy Land and it won't be our last…gotta go back and get more Totoro toys.

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  1. Holly says

    June 19, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    you have officially just visited the cutesy shop in the world
    I love your header aswell ‘live from japan’ I wish I was there!
    Have an awesome time
    Holly x

    Reply
  2. Lauren says

    June 19, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    OH my god I want to go! And I love totoro.

    Reply
  3. lisa from london says

    June 19, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    looks like you are having a greta time! love the mystical looking dolls with the red hair and top hats. even their dolls’ costumes look revolutionary! thanks for sharing from tokyo. would love to visit some day x
    http://lisa-smalldetails.blogspot.com/

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  4. lbelle says

    June 19, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Awww…Pleo has stolen my heart too! There are a number of them available on ebay, so have your momma check them out when you guys get back to the US. Enjoy your time in Tokyo :)

    Reply
  5. Carmina says

    June 19, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    I LOVE Kiddyland! I also put up photos of the store and Harajuku shops: http://www.lacarmina.com/blog/2009/05/harajuku-street-style-putumayo-visual-kei-music-stores-kawaii-kiddyland/
    What do you think of shopping in Harajuku so far? Here is a huge guide to my favorite Gothic/Lolita/punk shops… check them out!
    http://www.lacarmina.com/blog/2009/05/harajuku-street-style-putumayo-visual-kei-music-stores-kawaii-kiddyland/

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  6. Liz says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    Wow. Color explosion.

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  7. Dani says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    Love Totoro! <3

    Reply
  8. bryana says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    aww japan! i used to collect the toys that are of the little mouse people with all their mini furniture. kawaii!!
    i want to go again:)
    http://www.makeandandbelieve.blogspot.com

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  9. Jennifer says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    OMG, Pullip dolls! I remember obsessing over them a few years ago. :)
    Kiddy Land looks amazing. Looking forward to future posts!

    Reply
  10. Anne says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    WHOA!!!
    I love TOKYO!!!
    Japan in that case, I wanna go too!

    Reply
  11. maria says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    All that pink is just awesome. I want those cute mice figurines and the goth girl with red hair. So cool.

    Reply
  12. Stephanie says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    what fun….eye candy!! they’re all so strange (in a good way!) and way cute!
    nice header “live from tokyo”!
    http://styleodyssey.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  13. Ava says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    Ahhh that looks like an amazing place! Everything is so damn CUTE! :)
    xx
    Ava
    http://www.aandhblog.wordpress.com

    Reply
  14. Style Scientist says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Everything is kawaii! So cute!
    http://stylescientist.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  15. fashionsuite says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    haaha my brother actually has a pleo
    http://www.fashionsuite.typepad.com

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  16. Kathleen says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Oh my dear lord you are probably the luckiest girl on the face of Earth. One of my million life objectives is to visit Kiddy Land. Yes, I am super advantageous.

    Reply
  17. quelle says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    i haven’t visited kiddyland, but i would recommend yamashiroya right across the street from ueno station. it’s 4 floors of 80s toys and miyazaki heaven!

    Reply
  18. skye says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    Kuroshitsuji Pullip dolls. O__O

    Reply
  19. Cruz says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    We have a Japanese toy store at our mall here and I always ask for a job when I go there, I could spend a day in a store like that! Looks like you’re having a fantastic time in Japan. :)

    Reply
  20. Michelle says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    I am currently living in Tokyo (only 2 more weeks to go) and I will return home with heeps and heeps of toys from kiddyland!!! I love it there
    Oh and if you like toys you should go to Nakano as they have a mall there with 60 toystores :D

    Reply
  21. kdsfdsjf says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    oh please, don’t talk about price tags.

    Reply
  22. KD says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    Green-eyed monster alert!

    Reply
  23. Zephyr says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Oh my gosh, Capybara-san (the big brown plush you’re holding)! Those are so adorable. And I spy some dolls dressed up like characters in a manga I love. All that pink in the first photo is fantastic. I am going to love your Japan posts so, so much!

    Reply
  24. yilin says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Yay I like Totoro too! You can visit the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo to make friends with all of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated characters.

    Reply
  25. Sylvia says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    Aww, I love Pleo!! And your header is so awesome :)

    Reply
  26. debby says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    THEY’RE SO CUUUTTEEEE….. T_T

    Reply
  27. mary says

    June 19, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    look at all those cute toys! by the way you have such a gorgeous face! have a wonderful time :)

    Reply
  28. xAZD says

    June 19, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    wow! those are so fun and look so collectible!
    xx
    http://xazddesign.com

    Reply
  29. Chowder says

    June 19, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    Don’t be sad!
    http://www.pleoworld.com/
    Are you going to see Ponyo?? If you liked Totoro, you’ll definitely like Ponyo.
    I think you would love the Ghibli Museum!
    Though it’s unfair that the Cat Bus is only for small children…
    HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME!

    Reply
  30. Punkie says

    June 20, 2009 at 12:23 am

    ooooh wow! what a cuties!!! I think I could die in a store like this, as much as I could die in a designer store!
    awesome pics, you’re a great photographer!

    Reply
  31. fawn says

    June 20, 2009 at 1:14 am

    DEFINATELY see the Ghibli museum, a friend of mine went and said it was really great.
    Also Scleich = love!

    Reply
  32. horst says

    June 20, 2009 at 2:04 am

    can you bring me one of these amazing figures?

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  33. avant-garde ephemera says

    June 20, 2009 at 4:43 am

    Jane, Thank you so much for your posts! Please keep going! We are so grateful and excited for you that you are continually updating us with so many exciting happenings of your day!
    I agree with punkie, you are a great photographer.
    I’ll be checking back daily as always.
    xx b

    Reply
  34. Celine says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:15 am

    Wow, it’t awesome!
    Love your posts!
    xoxo, C e l i n e

    Reply
  35. Zoe says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:18 am

    oh wow amazing, I wish I was there…the slyvanians! ahh!!

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  36. daisy says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:22 am

    I want to visit this store, it looks wondrous and Im in love with Pleo!!

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  37. malak says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:26 am

    OMG , This is amazing .
    I need to go there
    Fashion-Intervention

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  38. fashion roadkill says

    June 20, 2009 at 6:21 am

    That is the most amazing store ever!!! The toys are unreal..nothing like I’ve seen here.
    http://fashionroadkill-halifax.blogspot.com

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  39. Lauren says

    June 20, 2009 at 7:03 am

    Pleo is so expensive! He is cool though, love how he learns etc!
    Lauren c

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  40. candice says

    June 20, 2009 at 7:45 am

    thanks for posting this!
    tokyo is so colorful, so different. you are becoming quite the sartorialist…taking all those pics of tokyo street style! : )
    you are making me want to visit again…but it’s so expensive there!
    CC

    Reply
  41. Diana says

    June 20, 2009 at 8:23 am

    That store looks like so much fun!

    Reply
  42. Christine says

    June 20, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    That store is a cute overload!
    Thanks for posting while you’re in Japan!!

    Reply
  43. chicfaced says

    June 20, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    that photo of your mom’s hand on Pleo’s box made me lol – such longing. looks like you’re having a great time!

    Reply
  44. Sunshine Fox says

    June 20, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    you and your mom can get a Pleo here in the states… amazon.com has a great selection of vendors that sell them and ebay has them as well and from what I remember when I was in Japan a few months ago, for whatever strange reason, Pleo costs more in Japan that it does in the US.
    We have one and love the little guy…its like a tamogochi but on a whole different level.

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  45. Rafelina says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MOTHER DIDN’T BUY IT (PLEO DINO-ROBOT) IF ITS COST IS ONLY $1,500 uds. I BET SHE HAD PAY NEAR THAT MUCH OR ALMOST FOR A PAIR OF SHOES. STILL I DONT THINK SO. BUT GREAT PICS JANE. HAVE FUN IN TOKYO.

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  46. juliet says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    That’s just crazy!
    juliet xxx

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  47. kristen says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    I’m SO supremely jealous of your Tokyo trip… I’ve always wanted to go!
    Those toys are AMAZAING, talk about indulging your inner child :)

    Reply
  48. Jey says

    June 20, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    OMG Jane I F-ing LOVEEEEE Totoro.
    Hands down my favorite childhood movie!

    Reply
  49. bianca says

    June 21, 2009 at 12:16 am

    I’m so in love with Pullip dolls :)
    I hope you see a lot of lolita fashions the clothes are so colorful

    Reply
  50. mia says

    June 21, 2009 at 8:30 am

    oh my gosh I am from Australia and have looked everywhere for Blythe dolls with no luck. I found something resemebling one once but it was $140AU so :/

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  51. Malin says

    June 21, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    You got a really beatiful skin, and you´ve also been selected to bee one of the 15 best blogg in the world in Swedish Glamour. Isn´t that so funny, and I think your chanel shoes are really really cute

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  52. heleen says

    June 21, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    THOSE MICE!! Oh aren’t they just the sweetest things you ever laid eyes upon…

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  53. Jenny Cindy says

    June 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    I love Kiddyland I always get lost in time when I’m in there. It’s a must for me whenever I visit Tokyo – such a fun place!

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  54. Caitlin says

    June 21, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    They are the cutest toys I have ever seen. Pleo is amazing!

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  55. Jayrin says

    June 22, 2009 at 6:03 am

    ahhhhh hello kitty!

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  56. Isabel says

    June 22, 2009 at 7:51 am

    Wow, Tokyo looks like a plastic wonderland.

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  57. Jessica says

    June 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    i love that!
    my cousin has a Pleo.
    so adorable.

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    June 23, 2009 at 2:56 am

    What are the litte dolls with the top hats called? Soo adorable!

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  59. jess says

    June 23, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    That is one awesome shop.
    And i am super exited because you have 2 pictures of the naked babies with hats, and i neeeed to know who makes them :( i am so desperate haha
    On another note, Tokyo seems tobe treating you girls well. Love the pictures and thanks for sharing.
    PS. I will love you for life and send you lots and lots of virtual kisses if you can get the maker of the babies :D
    xo
    Jess

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    June 23, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    what does your mom do?

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    June 26, 2009 at 2:13 am

    oh man that’s all so adorable!
    the fifth picture down are calico critters! i had the craziest collection of those when i was a kid

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    July 5, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Kiddy LAND!!!!
    I f’kin loved that place!
    I was there about 8 years ago when I was in middle school.
    good times, right?
    :D

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    July 8, 2009 at 3:49 am

    hello, Which is the name of the dolls of the second photography??

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