Pure TokyoScope Podcast 148: The Rise of Toy "Kidults" in Japan!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture direct from Japan!
PREVIEW EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) face the rise of “kidult” collectors in Japan, who are helping the toy industry reach new heights of fun and profits! Also, Cheap Trick returns to Tokyo Budokan for a farewell concert!
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SHOW NOTES
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Resigns After Election Defeats
Japan Railways Wants to Tear Down Godzilla-ya (Tokyo’s Oldest Otaku Toy Store) and Redevelop Koenji
![No.77 [DISCOVERY] At the heart of pop culture | ZOOM JAPAN](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WA88!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0f9c1db-7fb6-4e23-9290-3e3f1c4c928f_1000x701.jpeg "No.77 [DISCOVERY] At the heart of pop culture | ZOOM JAPAN")
Video tour of Godzilla-ya with information about the petition to delay construction at the end (turn your captions and auto-translate on)
Mint in Box Documentary Trailer
Under the Koenji Train Tracks
Japan’s Toy Market Booms as Adults Rediscover Play
Cheap Trick to play Budokan (Again)
Cheap Trick at Budokan, 1978
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