New year’s day is an extremely important day for otaku in Japan - it’s one of the best days in the year to bring home hauls of your favorite anime goods!
【初売り情報①】
アニメガ福袋を本日より販売致します!
1万円相当のグッズがなんと!
¥2000(税抜)となっておりますっ!
フィギュアやクッションが入っているものも!?
数に限りがありますので、ぜひお早めにご来店下さい! https://t.co/CLkqFdyX7r">pic.twitter.com/CLkqFdyX7r
— アニメガ天神ロフト (@animegatenjin) https://twitter.com/animegatenjin/status/682720796414849025">2016, 1月 1
In Japan, many shops sell fukubukuro, or Lucky Bags, over the New Year holiday, which often contain goods worth many times their prices. Fortunately for all of otaku-kind, many anime shops in Japan also offer these grab bags full of merchandise! Lucky Bags are extremely popular and sell out almost instantly, so oftentimes fans line up early--or even the night before--to grab them!
Are you curious to see what sorts of goodies were available this year? Here are some of our favorite fukubukuro hauls from some of the lucky fans in Japan who managed to grab a few for themselves!
Animate
Animate is a popular chain store in Japan for anime, manga and game-related products.
*▼This bag cost 1,000 yen but contain goods worth up to 48,000 yen!*
アニメイト福袋、1000円に対して……
中身の原価約48000円でした https://t.co/wlKMmQQiAb">pic.twitter.com/wlKMmQQiAb
— ちきもと (@broccoli_suko) https://twitter.com/broccoli_suko/status/683109962801741824">2016, 1月 2
*▼A lucky bag full of Uta no Prince-sama goods!*
アニメイト福袋!!!うたぷりばっかりww https://t.co/VXaGRFP0cS">pic.twitter.com/VXaGRFP0cS
— 海@ドンギブアー!! (@umi1024XX) https://twitter.com/umi1024XX/status/682797510528663552">2016, 1月 1
*▼An assortment of anime merchandise*
アニメイト福袋のネタバレです!欲しいものある人いれば、関西で手渡しなら可能なので言ってください! https://t.co/z7kDCCt2V3">pic.twitter.com/z7kDCCt2V3
— 甘楽@神谷浩史生誕祭2016 (@drrlovedgs) https://twitter.com/drrlovedgs/status/683273319638941696">2016, 1月 2
Animega
Animega is another well-known chain store in Japan for otaku goods.
*▼Great for fans of Yowamushi Pedal*
アニメガ福袋の中身!在庫処分感\(^o^)/でも東堂多めで良かったー! https://t.co/dNXvdkZsTi">pic.twitter.com/dNXvdkZsTi
— りっつ (@sjhd11163) https://twitter.com/sjhd11163/status/683206117829132289">2016, 1月 2
*▼A whole lot of Touken Ranbu happiness in one bag*
アニメガ福袋〜〜〜〜三日月推し袋だな https://t.co/422pcFpy3V">pic.twitter.com/422pcFpy3V
— なう (@_now107) https://twitter.com/_now107/status/683110669957238785">2016, 1月 2
One Piece Mugiwara Store
Located in Shibuya, Tokyo, the Mugiwara Store is the largest One Piece-themed store in the world.
*▼And of course, its lucky bag will not disappoint One Piece fans!*
タワーで遊びまくったあと渋谷の麦わらストアへ行って福袋購入👍
これが人生初の福袋です😆
Twitter見てたら朝から結構並んで大変だったみたいだけど、私達が行った頃は店内スムーズに入れ、お会計に15~20分待っただけ✨ https://t.co/VZKuCsUUhw">pic.twitter.com/VZKuCsUUhw
— あみ (@amickeyAMNOS) https://twitter.com/amickeyAMNOS/status/683256055174803458">2016, 1月 2
Adores
Adores is a popular chain of game centers in Japan.
*▼These red bags certainly ring in the festive season in Japan!*
アドアーズ福袋。UFOキャッチャーの余り景品とかかね。 https://t.co/bHzCcLekWm">pic.twitter.com/bHzCcLekWm
— 高坂 (@t_takasaka) https://twitter.com/t_takasaka/status/682804606376652800">2016, 1月 1
*▼Just 1000 yen for all these prizes!*
アイス食べながら今日買ったもの(∩゚∀゚)∩ageまずアドアーズ?でかったfreeの福袋(1000円)ですかねいっぱい入ってた´ω`*んでんでお母様にクレーンゲームでてってもらった新くんと隼様と冬コミの無料配布ですです https://t.co/WwCpqp9DsA">pic.twitter.com/WwCpqp9DsA
— 結弦´・ω・)ノ (@yuzuru0401) https://twitter.com/yuzuru0401/status/681832698000707584">2015, 12月 29
J-World Tokyo
J-World Tokyo is a theme park for Jump manga (think One Piece, Naruto, etc.)
*▼Adorable chibi Gintama characters*
銀魂 福袋 JW Jワールド3000円の福袋です。クッション高杉で本当良かったぁぁぁ。 https://t.co/YbtZZYxKaG">pic.twitter.com/YbtZZYxKaG
— キゼ (@kixe) https://twitter.com/kixe/status/683221948277522433">2016, 1月 2
*▼And for the Haikyuu!! fans too!*
Jワールドの福袋の中身こんなでした。 https://t.co/fKHHZA0Dl0">pic.twitter.com/fKHHZA0Dl0
— わか@春高決勝in東京体育館 (@conanrma) https://twitter.com/conanrma/status/683171008656703488">2016, 1月 2
If you happen to visit Japan on New Year’s Day next year, be sure not to miss out the Lucky Bag frenzy! And for those not living in Japan - you can check out TOM’s Lucky Bag collection here (promo ends January 14, 2016 PST)!
This is a Tokyo Otaku Mode original article.