Tokyo Madness

After Christmas and New Year shopping is a huge event anywhere in the world. However, NOTHING beats the madness in Tokyo. Many stores offer "fukubukuro" which are like grab bags. The content in the bags are merchandise marked way down. You can get great merchandise for a fraction of the price. But!...There's a but...the bags are shut super tight and there's no way to know what's in the bags. They line up the bags and you just pick out the one you want. Why do they love this so much? Besides the fact you can get great deals, I think people want to test out their luck for the new year. One thing about Japanese people...they have mad patience! Wait...let me rephrase that. People IN Japan...I'm Japanese but don't have nearly as much patience! These people will wait hours and hours in line! I don't think I could wait 3 hours in line when I don't even know what I'm buying! Here's some crazy pix I found online...

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