Sharkie

This is Sharkie. I got him at the Round 1 arcade at the Divercity mall in Tokyo, from a gigantic claw machine. I think I may have spent $18 trying to win him. A worker tried to help me like 3 different times and I still kept fucking it up, but in the end I GOT HIM.



I had to carry him around the rest of the time that I was there at the mall… I felt a little silly but it was fun. I got food with him, and as I was leaving a woman pointed at me and laughed, so I made some shark noises and moved his mouth up and down at her.

Then I had to take him all the way home on the train… It was really crowded and I had to clutch him tightly against my chest like a baby. I felt kind of like an ASSHOLE because it was so packed but it was okay. I got all the way back to the hotel and that was where he stayed until I had to go to Kyoto.



I managed to fit him into my suitcase but he took up a good chunk of room. This was also how I brought him back home. So if you’re ever in Japan and get a big plush and worry about getting it home. Do not worry, it is possible.



Now he sits on my bed.