Fukubukuro (lucky pack) season in Osaka

[mushomaru]

This may be a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone could give me some insight into buying lucky packs during New Years in Osaka (the Shinsaibashi area)? After some digging, I found some info about the Tokyo area, but nothing for Osaka yet. Any info would help.

Comments

[chiichick]

Oh good, that helps :)

Angelic Pretty and IW had plenty of stock but Btssb and AATP sold out relatively quickly of the popular styles. The trains to get there that morning and the general crowd were CRAZY. To get down the street to go to the Disney store, for example, you were shoulder to shoulder deep with people only moving as fast or slow as the crowd. Same with the mall area housing Liz Lisa. Happily the lolita stores are just secluded enough from the popular areas though that they're not bad at all :)
Here's a video I took of the little line at AP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_vMY61w_vI

As far as I know there's only one used store in the area . .it's next to Burger King up on the second floor of a punk store, sound like the same one?

I would say stay in Osaka, not Tokyo! Tokyo has amazing shops but the crowds are so unbelievably crazy (so I'm told) that I just don't think it would be worth the extra hassle. Just my personal opinion though XD
I guess I might see you there this year in Osaka :)

[mushomaru]

I have a leaning for Metamorphose when it comes to brands, so I'll probably go there first, then Angelic Pretty and IW (it's more out of the way than the others, but oh well). I could go either way with Btssb and AATP, but it really depends on the prints. Thanks for the video, that line seems really managable. :)

I looked-up Burger King in the area, and the one that came up was across the street from Big Step, does this sounds right? Also, Maiden Clothing doesn't seem to be the one that I'm thinking of, since the second-hand store I've been to is literally just on the right of the Angelic Pretty store-front (down a hallway, ground-floor). I'm going back this weekend, so I can try to see if I can find out where Maiden Clothing is.

Tokyo seems like it would be an amazing experience, but most of it would probably be lost on me since I'm pretty unfamiliar wtih most Japanese clothing brands. And I'm sure all the LPs for the lolita stores will be the same everywhere (right?).

I guess a lot of it depends on who's going to end-up coming to visit for the holidays, and what we end-up doing.