I took a Jr. from Chiba all the way to Tokyo. It was so fast that it was almost like going from one large human settlement to another. The speed of development in the world always makes people feel amazing.
Tachibana Aya led Natsuki and turned left and right on the streets of Tokyo. When Natsuki had no idea where she was, she came to a place that looked like a shopping street. However, Natsuki didn't recognize this place.
"arrive!"
Xia Zhi looked around and saw that there were indeed many shops and the flow of people was not small.
"here it is?"
"You don't know? I think this place is quite famous. This is Ameyoko Shopping Street."
It's great, but the name feels strange.
"This place seems to have been built to imitate American streets at that time, so it's called Ameyoko Town. Although things are a bit expensive, there are quite a lot of varieties. We can look around here, and if we find something suitable, we can go to a cheaper store.
Just go and buy it.”
"There are quite a lot of tourists here. I would rather say that most of them are tourists. Most of the shops here sell snacks or souvenirs. After all, it is near the station, so it is normal for the prices to be a little expensive. Let's take a look while walking.
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Tachibana Aya led Xia Zhi to stroll on the street. After walking not far, Xia Zhi always felt that it was no different from the streets in China. There were also big signs, crowded people, and unscientific prices.
Or they are products that are so affordable that they look like fakes. There are food, drink, some souvenirs, or small items. However, most shopping streets are probably like this, right?
You can see most of the products here, and you can probably count them all. But Xia Zhi always felt that something was not right. As he walked, he asked Tachibana Aya doubtfully: "Are you sure this street is a replica?
Isn’t the United States imitating China?”
Along the way, there are spicy hotpots, braised food, duck necks, pig's trotters, snail noodles, Chongqing noodles... What kind of shopping street is this? Is this a Chinese snack street?
"I think it's normal. No matter which country you are in, the biggest customer group faced by the tourism industry is you Chinese, right? On this street, there may be hundreds or thousands of Chinese people buying things every week.
, accounting for 70 to 80 percent of foreign tourists. What an enviable development speed.”
Tachibana Aya sighed.
"No, isn't that right? If they are traveling from China, why do you want to open a Chinese snack bar? Are you afraid that they have never eaten it? No matter what, you should open a Japanese style restaurant, right? Takoyaki, Taiyaki
Ah or something."
"Yes, there are. Although there have been fewer in recent years, it's not none. Look over there."
Tachibana Aya pointed to a small shop between the two shops, which sold what looked like takoyaki.
"Besides, there are many shops on this street that seem to have been opened by you Chinese, right?"
Xia Zhi felt a little sore. He went abroad for a trip and went to a relatively large shopping street. After shopping around, almost half of the products in his hand were products from his own family. This was similar to the time when he rushed to buy Japanese toilet seats and ended up buying them.
It's a pain in the ass made in China.
In today's era of economic globalization, many things are no longer simply produced by one country. For example, airplanes, cars, etc., none of them have parts made in other countries. The parts of a car come from all over the world.
More than a dozen countries are no longer new. I don’t know whether this is an advantage or a disadvantage, but in-depth cultural exchanges around the world have become an inevitable trend. China’s stepping stone may not be these snack bars...
However, whether it is authentic or not is another matter. If you eat Chongqing noodles in the Northeast, they may shake your understanding of spicy food.
"With so many Chinese tourists, do these snack bars really have a business?"
They are all from China. They came to Japan specially to eat Chinese snacks. Isn’t this so idle?
"It should be about the same, right? Isn't there a big difference between the north and the south of China? They are all across the sea. Maybe some people are not used to Japanese food."
Then I'm afraid he will regret it to death when he travels.
Xia Zhi has black lines all over his head.
"I've already gone abroad, is it possible that I still need to buy a Chinese-style birthday gift and send it back?"
"That sounds like it, so let's go this way. There are some shops selling souvenirs not far away, it seems."
"It seems... I thought you were an experienced driver, but I didn't expect you didn't know the road."
"I don't come here often!"
Tachibana Aya defended herself, and the two of them walked forward together.
Along the way, the smell of food was everywhere, and Xia Zhi almost lost control of his wallet.
They came to a souvenir shop and walked in. The store was decorated in a modern style, and the shelves were filled with a wide variety of products, from cute key pendants, to postcards, notebooks, to larger dolls and so on.
Regardless of the previous ones, this doll does have a Japanese feel.
Xia Zhi doesn’t know much about dolls, but in general, he can still distinguish the difference between Western dolls and Japanese dolls. Most Western dolls follow the tradition of blond hair, blue eyes, and plump figures, and most of them are sexy-themed.
, and the world-famous Barbie doll is one of the representatives of Western dolls. Just such a doll, her clothes alone can bring huge benefits to businesses, just like a game, selling DLC like crazy to make a living.
But Japanese-style dolls are slightly different. The core of Japanese-style dolls is not the doll itself, but its clothing. This is different from Barbie doll, which has one body and 10,000 pieces of clothing. Japanese-style dolls are exquisitely crafted in clothing to fill the
Ethnic kimonos, headdresses, and embellishments are used to show the beauty of the dolls, and most of them come in a pair, that is, one doll with one set of clothes, which is different from the Barbie dolls sold in DLC. Japanese dolls have extremely strong ethnic characteristics.
In addition, there is actually a difference between figures and dolls. As we all know about figures, this kind of exquisite work, from proportions to facial features, from height to body, from clothing to posture, are all the product of careful work. They are not
A product that can be mass-produced. Generally speaking, a set of figurine grinding tools can intelligently produce about twenty figurines. If it is reproduced, the mold needs to be re-opened.
Moreover, the raw material of the figures is different from that of most dolls. Figures generally use resin as the body material. The best one currently seems to be Japanese cast resin. It has a smooth touch and is not easy to change color, but it is also quite expensive.
As for dolls, there are many materials, including rubber ones, such as Barbie dolls, and wooden carpenter dolls. China has more carpenter dolls, which can be regarded as a traditional craft, but most of them are animal products.
, toads, tigers, there have been many of them since a long time ago. Japanese-style dolls are made of an eclectic range of materials, and their fine craftsmanship is mainly in their clothing, which expresses the theme through posture and clothing.
Nowadays, Japanese dolls are not as popular as they used to be compared to anime figures, as can be seen in Tachibana Aya's apartment. However, there are also well-known collectors who collect well-made dolls.
"Dolls... I used to really like them, but now they're all figures."
"This is proof that you are gradually losing tradition."
"Please say keep pace with the times."
Xia Zhi looked around the store. It was a comprehensive store. There were Japanese dolls in large cabinets and Barbie dolls in boxes. There were many woodcarved animals on the counter.
The figures seem to be of good quality. Generally speaking, they are a hodgepodge, but there is nothing that Xia Zhi wants.
"Although they all look pretty good, I still want something more practical."
"Something more practical? A little yellow book?"
"Be more serious."
Although Xiaohuangshu is indeed very practical, in other senses.
"Oh! I've been looking for it for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be here."
Tachibana Aya picked up a figure box. Natsuki didn't know what work she belonged to, but the figure was really cute. Well, the price was also very cute, 6,700 yen.
"Hey, it's just like what I saw online. He's a cute kid. It's 6,700 yen, which is very cheap. I bought it."
When walking out of the doll shop, Xia Zhi gained nothing, but [ ] Tachibana Aya happily hugged the figure box and refused to let go.
"You should just put it in your bag. Don't you want to go shopping?"
"Let's go shopping. Anyway, I don't have anything else right now, so what's the problem with a hug?"
"You look pretty normal, but why do you have such a nerdy personality?"
"Such a cute child will be punished by God if he doesn't hold it."
Tachibana Aya argued hard, but she didn't want to put down the box in her hand. Because she was a beauty, she was already very noticeable, but now she was holding a box with a look of infatuation on her face, which made her even more attractive. If possible,
I kind of want to leave her and go shopping alone. This is so shameful.
"Okay, okay, put it away quickly. Let's go inside and take a walk."
Natsuki saw a boutique and asked Tachibana Aya to go in and take a look. Tachibana Aya reluctantly put the box into a paper bag, and then followed Natsuki into the boutique. As expected, most of these shops selling small items would
Ask for a paper bag or bag to be stored.
This boutique is divided into two parts, the high-end product area and the commodity area. Xia Zhi simply and clearly divided it into the wealthy area and the civilian area. The wealthy area is full of accessories, jewelry, necklaces and the like, which Xia Zhi cannot afford at all, and
Tachibana Aya wasn't interested at all. We wanted to visit the main civilian area, and most of them had bracelets, pendants, hairpins, and the like.
Although they are quite beautiful, they don't seem to be very practical, and my mother doesn't seem to use these things. She is a relatively simple person.
It would be better to go look elsewhere. Just as she was thinking this, Tachibana Aya stood motionless in front of a container. Natsuki waited for her for a while, and she came over with two identical cups in her hand.
"Xia Zhi, does this cup look good?"
"It's okay."
The capacity of the cup looks quite large, and it is white, with two halves of a white cloud printed on it. It is obvious that this is a pair of cups.
"Then I'll buy it."
Tachibana Aya took the cups and went over to check out. The two cups were wrapped in boxes by the clerk and put into paper bags.
"By the way, why did you suddenly buy two cups?"
Xia Zhi remembered that there were a bunch of cups at Tachibana Aya's house, all of which were in good condition. Why would he know? Xia Zhi knew this when he went to this guy's house a few weeks ago.
"Oh, I suddenly remembered that you don't have any cups at home. I can use them to drink water or something the next time I go."
Xia Zhi:???
"I bought a pair of cups specially, please remember to thank me."
Is there anything to be thankful for for a pair of cups? I mean...
“Do you mean by buying this cup, you’re going to visit my house frequently?”
Tachibana Aya looked at Natsuki as if she were a fool.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?"
Xia Zhi suddenly felt that his life was in crisis.