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August 11th is Mountain Day (山の日) in Japan.

The current state of my Buffaloman collection after some additions I picked up in Japan.

I spent most of my day today in Nanba, where there are a lot of anime merch shops. The best one for Kinnikuman was Jungle. If you come here looking for it, be aware that there are two stores almost directly across the street from each other. One is just giant robot stuff. So you’ll want the other one if you are looking for Kinnikuman.

I really like the Robin Mask color scheme that is a combination of the comic and anime colors, and this Warsman color scheme goes really well with it for the Master Disciple Combi.

Not much to report today. Saw Akuma Shogun in an arcade UFO catcher. Bought a The Mountain bath towel and some stickers at Yodobashi Umeda. I saw the towel last year, but passed on it. Then every time I went to the gym I wished I had gotten it. Then when I went to Yodobashi this year and saw it was 4,400 yen ($28), I thought that was pretty expensive for a towel. But as I thought about it, and how I wanted it every time I’d gone to the gym, I decided to go ahead.

Also pictured is the pin badge that I got from completing the “find the mistakes” challenge at the Kinnikuman museum. The badge didn’t make it into the pics that day.

Today was my last big Kinnikuman day this trip, unless I do something crazy. May still buy a thing or two, but all the big destinations have now been covered. I started the day by getting on the bullet train first thing in the morning to Fukuyama. Then I took a taxi to the Kinnikuman Fair 2026 by Fukuyama SA. From there I went to Fukuyama Castle. I had lunch at a Ramen place with a bunch of Ramen Man figs and one Kinnikuman, before getting on the bullet train, headed back the way I’d come… except I stopped on the way back at Himeji for the Himeji Kinnikuman Pop Up. This was the weakest Pop-up I’ve seen, as it had no exclusive merch… but would definitely be pretty great if it was the only pop up somebody could get to. Then I hit Himeji Castle before coming home. Three people in Himeji commented on my Kinnikuman shirt, and had to be subjected to my stories about Kinnikuman being the reason I was in Himeji, and all of my Kinnikuman adventures this year.

I saw a few things at Mandarake and similar stores, but the big story today was finding the newly released Kinnikuman Machibouke 3 gacha. I got two Neptune Man, then a Great, before the Suguru I was aiming for.

(Machibouke is a gacha series right now releasing with every property under the sun.)

Buffaloman: The Restaurant.

In ShinOsaka there is a Japanese style stone-cooked steak restaurant called Buffaloman. It was absolutely delicious. I wore my Buffalo Hammer T-Shirt, so that sparked the conversation. I told him I’m America’s Number One Buffaloman fan and that’s why I’d come. Showed him my Buffaloman collection as it had stood before my departure and told him about my Kinnikuman tour so far and the rest of my Kinnikuman tour agenda.

He gave me a couple of things to add to my collection. Unfortunately, when I told him I would try to come back every time I’m in Osaka, he told me that he will be closing at the end of the year.

I’m sad it’s closing, but really happy I ate there before it’s gone.

Fairly big one today. I started out at the Kinnikuman Museum in Numazu. One of the staff members recognized me from last year. I did a “spot the mistakes” quiz to get a free pin badge. There were a few new things to look at and I was really happy to see that the nebuta (traditional parade float) was there. I’d admired it in pictures online. There was a free sticker for spending over 5,000 yen, as well as a chance at a second sticker in a shateki shooting gallery. I got the Buffaloman mini bust that I was starting to worry I wouldn’t find. The Mountaim was sold out. Then to Osaka, where I had a quick stop in a Shimamura, where I found a couple of pairs of socks, before heading to Umeda for the Kinnikuman corner in Yodobashi Camera, and the Mandarake.

I went to Nakano Broadway and Marui Annex in Shinjuku today. Met a Kinnikuman Fan from social media in person. Expanded my Buffaloman collection a bit with purchases and gifts.

I found a pair of Robin Mask socks at a Shimamura in the countryside. That’s all.

Went around Akihabara and Ueno a bit looking for Kinnikuman stuff. There was a bit of it, but a lot of the stores had “no photography” signs up. Stopped in and played a little pachinko. Found something to add to my BuffaloMan collection.

Went to KinnikuShop Tohoku in Sendai today. Also saw a few Kinnikuman gacha around. Got lucky on blind bags and the one gacha I tried. Got the Buffaloman in two out of three different blind bags, and the Machiboushi Buffaloman on the second try in the gacha. There are Machiboushi gacha for a ton of properties right now. Also, another customer at the store approached me to compliment my Geronimo T shirt. (Last pic is the back of my Geronimo shirt.)

The glasses store Aigan has Kinnikuman prescription glasses. I was planning on getting them this year, but my optometrist said I still only need readers. So I decided to get them and have them turned into sunglasses. Online they only have Fourth Dimension Killers, Kinnikuman, and Warsman frames still available, with everything else sold out. My wife went to an Aigan, though, and was able to order the Buffaloman frames for me and have them turned into sunglasses before I got here.

Arrived and went straight to the Kinnikuman Station in Ikebukuro. Some young ladies laughed as I was getting my picture taken and one of them said “his shirt is from Kinnikuman!” Didn’t buy much because I expect to see most of the merch again (and again and again) in my travels. Also snapped a couple of picks of the Sunshine Building that Sunshine is named after.

Kinnikuman Station Ikebukuro. KinnikuShop in Sendai. Kinnikuman Museum in Numazu. Kinnikuman Fair 2026 by Fukuyama Service Area. Kinnikuman Pop Up shop in Himeji. Kinnikuman corner in Yodobashi Camera, Umeda.

Watching a Japanese show on Netflix and this guy has a bunch of Kinnikuman figures in his room.