• On the lookout for a good Bismarck, because mine could do with small improvements in places

  • Example: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00NRTFO7A

  • This one is good because it has chunky details around the chest and neck. It's the equivalent of putting greebles on space stations
  • Locations: Cospa/Cospatio (maybe), A-Cos (bottom of Gamers, out the back), Mandarake, animate
  • Other location: Don Quixote! Up on the top floor, they're awesome
• Miko cosplay
  • Comes in two styles, traditional (long) and miniskirt (it's uhhh... "modernised")
  • Should be easy to find, mikos are always popular
  • Location: Don Quixote will have cheapie costume-y ones probably
    • Cospa? Expensive
    • Mia, but where is their store...

      • Cheap: http://mia.shop-pro.jp/?pid=8592877

      • Better: http://mia.shop-pro.jp/?pid=520635

      • Fancy: http://mia.shop-pro.jp/?pid=9021873

      • They have a couple of photo studios too it seems: http://beautybeast.main.jp/mia/map.html

      • Store is 4F here, right next to Via Inn Akiba: http://lamoe.oops.jp/miacafe1/inf10.cgi?mode=main&cno=25

        • https://www.google.com.au/maps/@35.6966583,139.7722786,3a,27.9y,230.77h,89.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shio6F3Xvw4Wg2LMxEudA_A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

    • A-Cos at animate (just north of JR Akiba on the right side of the strip)
• Beatless - Tool for the Outsourcers (book+CD)
  • This is an artbook and CD collaboration between redjuice and kz
  • Likely to be found in a bookstore like K-Books, as it's not a doujin

  • https://otakumode.com/shop/53265b9b5be5946e01000044/Beatless-Tool-for-the-Outsourcers-Limited-Edition-CD-Art-Book-Set

  • Location: K-Books, ground floor of the Akiba Culture Zone (the new building roughly west and slightly-north of JR Akiba), maybe Melonbooks (under one of the arcades, the orange one)
• Beatless (a sketch/art book)
  • Only ISBN (9784041102909) is known, not much other detail

  • https://australia.kinokuniya.com/bw/9784041102909

  • Location: probably K-Books is best bet again, or Melonbooks
• Touhou glasses

  • Background explanation: http://otakumode.com/news/51008ef20b648d3e2000068b/TOHO-MEGANE-Fashionable-Glasses-Themed-After-Touhou-Characters-to-Be-Re-Released!?lang=en

  • What they look like: http://myfigurecollection.net/blog/10061

  • Official homepage: http://eyemirror.jp/tohomegane/

    • Ooh they have some new models, Tenshi (rainbow) and Yuuka (pink plaid and green)

  • OMG they have a physical store! http://www.eyemirror.jp/

  • Location:
    • Address: 豊島区東池袋1-31-13-101 (East Ikebukuro)

    • G-maps: https://www.google.co.jp/maps/place/%E3%80%92170-0013+%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E8%B1%8A%E5%B3%B6%E5%8C%BA%E6%9D%B1%E6%B1%A0%E8%A2%8B%EF%BC%91%E4%B8%81%E7%9B%AE%EF%BC%93%EF%BC%91%E2%88%92%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%93/@35.732091,139.716439,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x60188d6679bef113:0x6401229a591460d2?hl=ja

• Ro-chan doujin
  • Released at Comiket 88 this year, so should be easier to find (maybe on the "island" stands instead of on the shelves)
  • By ナイトウテクノロジー (naitou technology)

  • http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=51661747

  • Listing: http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/04/0030/32/96/040030329631.html

  • Artist's homepage: http://ryunaitou.jp/

  • Location: Toranoana (the big tall orange building with the kitty/tiger mascot), or Melonbooks
• Another Kancolle doujin book
  • Released at Comiket 88 this year, so should be easier to find (maybe on the "island" stands instead of on the shelves)
  • Also by naitou technology

  • Listing at Melonbooks: https://www.melonbooks.co.jp/detail/detail.php?product_id=136098

  • Location: Melonbooks or Toranoana
• CAT MAX doujin

  • Released at Comiket 88 this year, so should be easier to find in theory - might not be in stores

  • http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?illust_id=51874350&mode=medium

  • Homepage 1: http://excel.zuya.jp/

  • Homepage 2: http://gewalt.militaryblog.jp/

  • Not optimistic about this one being in stores
  • Location: Toranoana, Melonbooks, Comic ZIN

Suggestions

• Go check out the Zettai Ryouiki store

  • http://otakumode.com/news/5447991ba47ec8971f78f4dd/A-Must-See-for-Fans-of-Zettai-Ryoiki-Knee-High-Socks!-People-Who-Are-Wild-About-Knee-High-Socks-Original-Gravure-2-2

  • G-maps: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@35.7003097,139.7699592,3a,75y,34.18h,81.82t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAYshdEp-UR_9Dd6Z4kr0FA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DAYshdEp-UR_9Dd6Z4kr0FA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D315.07324%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656

• Idol photobooks: Go visit the idol goods store in Akiba Culture Zone, I'll be surprised if you don't find something great there
• Cameras: Fujiya in Nakano
• Cameras: Map Camera