7:06 a.m. and we are in the car

Nicole's with us too!

We're in the car heading to the shopping mall to get lucky bags

If you are new to the whole new year's lucky bag concept, here in Japan on January 1st

The majority of the stores will put together a surprise bag of their products

And they usually sell them for about a hundred dollars

They're all different, but it seems that the average price is about a hundred dollars. You have no idea

What's in it most of the time, sometimes you get really good stuff, sometimes it really sucks

Last year, I got a clothing bag from one of my favorite clothing brands

But the stuff in it was like

Nothing like what their clothes usually look like, and I wasn't very impressed with it. Some people in the comments thought the stuff was cute though

So it's totally up to you your own taste whether you like it or not, but this year

We're going really early because I really want to get another Pokemon bag because last year, the Pokemon lucky bag was so good. It was

Such a good deal. It's only about

$40 and there was so much stuff in it, it was so fun. So gonna line up and get that

Then I'm thinking to get a couple clothing bags. I want to get a cat bag again cuz that was also fun

Yeah, we're just gonna wander around the mall and see what looks like a good deal

Going in

Poke Center should be...just round the corner here.

So everybody's waiting at the different escalators, and I don't know which one goes up. This one says it-

Yeah, maybe here

Pokemon Center is on the second floor

So we got to wait by an escalator for them to open it I guess.

Alright, so this was the proper escalator because everyone in line is playing Pokemon. Kim's here with us

The three of us are gonna try our best to get some Pokemon bags. If there's a Raid like, right here, perfect

So it's like, 7:30-ish right now and the Pokemon Center opens at 9:00

so I think we're gonna be standing in line for like an hour and a half, but

It's worth it. Yeah. We are near the front

Let's see, there's this many people in front of us so

The lines getting quite long now

So here's a list with all the lucky bags that are available, all these different stores

Two sides. We're just looking for Lush, but it looks like there isn't one this year. Oh god, Moussy

There's only a hundred Moussy bags

It was so bad last year haha

I'm so tempted because I've gotten it all the years previously and they were really good

Moussy, I don't know what happened last year

So some of these stores you can go to early and line up like we're doing for the Pokemon Center

And then they'll give you a little ticket

Like this so we got one for Adidas

And then we can just go back any time before four o'clock to pick up our bag, so it's cool

You can grab those and then go to your next store and get another ticket, but unfortunately for the Pokemon Center

They don't do that so gotta wait till the store opens

So we just saw the 3Coins store has a lucky bag

They're all only three dollars each, even though lucky bag. This one's ladies socks, ladies accessories

Random goods so probably like house- household goods, and nail stuff. I don't know what that is, like nail polish I guess?

Four minutes to goooo

They're running. I've never seen people in Japan run

We made it! We're in line, and we're like, I don't know, like the fiftieth people in line, yay!

It's totally worth waiting

Since, 7? 7-ish for

The bags, so we should be already here soon, then we can head somewhere else to get another bag

Not sure where yet

I see the bags over there

It looks like they have two types of bags this year- the big ones that I got last year

And there are smaller plastic ones on the table over there

Got my tickets, so the other bag was a card bag. I decided not to get it

[In Japanese] Thank you

Kim got the card bag, so if you want to see what's in the card bag go check out Kim's channel

Hmm, house stuff would be nice

Ooh it's only 3000 (yen)

I just want it for the bag

We're in line at Ingni now for a clothing bag.

It's a really popular one, there's so many people here.

Kim got this bag last year and it had really cute clothes in it so

We're gonna try our luck again this year. Hope the stuff fits, it only comes in one size. So,

It's kind of a gamble but, why not

You can see the bags in the back there.

They're so big!

Okay, we dropped our bags off in the car because they were so heavy!

That Ingni bag was so big!

So we're heading back into the mall now.

We're gonna try and get a cat bag

cuz that was pretty good last year, they got a scratching post that they really loved and

Toys- I think there were toys in it too- toys and snacks, so

Gonna see if we can get another one of those.

We made it to the pet store

And they have two different bags this year

Fifty dollar one and a thirty five dollar one. This one seems to have a cat bed

Which we don't really need

We've got lots of cat beds that they've never used so we're gonna go with this one

And here's an example of what might be inside. It looks like lots of toys, so they'll be happy

I'm not gonna give them any treats anymore. It's because of Maro's stomach problems

I'm scared to give them treats, so we're gonna go for the toy bag

They have a dog bag for

$700, I think it comes with a dog buggy

Wow

They have a kitten at the pet store that looks just like Maro did when he was a baby

It's so cute

Oh my god.

He's fighting with the kitten next door so his tail's all poofy and his ears are (inaudible).

Alright, I decided to go back and get the clothing bag that I was eyeing

Because it's really cute. It's this fluffy pink bag, so even if I don't like the clothing inside

At least I really like the bag and I can just donate everything but, I think there's twelve things in here?

There's quite a bit in here, so there should be something good.

This Ank Rouge bag is super cute, but their clothing's really girly, so I don't know if they'd have anything that I would wear

Alright, this is our haul for this year. My husband got a couple for himself

One for the cats, few clothing ones. TIme to head back home

We tried out a few new bags this year

We've never gotten the Adidas bags

And I looked online and it looked like some people got some pretty cute stuff in there and even if it turns out being something

That I wouldn't wear on a daily basis

I can always use it in the gym. Our new apartment is right near a gym

And I'm really excited about that so I figured the sports bag would be a good investment

We each got one of those- one is men's and one is women's, will be opening both of those. My husband picked up this

it's a

Lucky bag of men's underwear

This one was from a clothing store that I've never heard of, I don't even know the name of it

but the bag was really cute, so I figured I could use this bag just as a big purse and

It looked like there's lots of stuff inside and this one was only

7,000 yen, so seems like a good deal

Excited to open that.

This huge one in the background. It doesn't look that big

It's really big. The name of this clothing brand is actually "Ing", apparently this is just supposed to be like

Read this way or this way and the actual name is just I-N-G

This is probably the most popular clothing bag in that mall that we're in today. The line was so long

We got ours, and I went back a couple hours later and passed by that store again

And the line was twice as long and I can see why because they give you so much stuff

This is a really heavy bag this one cost

10,000 yen so about $100 but

Just judging by the weight, there's lots of clothes in here so

This bag here is for the cats

Lots of toys in there, and then last but not least is the Pokemon bag

The one that I wanted the most. I got two but only one is for me

So we will be opening the Pokemon Center lucky bag which cost 4000 yen this year,

Same price as last year. It was amazing last year

They gave you so much stuff, so I'm expecting something just as good this year, we will see.

So I will be opening all of these lucky bags in separate videos over on

My other channel- my Sharmander channel, so make sure to go subscribe there

I will have the link down below in the description box

I hope you guys enjoyed today's vlog

And I hope you're looking forward to opening the bags because I sure am, happy new year to all of you

I hope 2018 is a really amazing year for all of you, and it brings you lots of opportunities and happiness

Thank you so much for your support in

2017. I'm really looking forward to 2018. If you don't follow me over in my Sharmander channel,

This is probably a huge announcement, but I am actually moving out of Japan and moving to South Korea in

two months so

Lots of changes coming for myself and my family in 2018, but we're really excited about it

So I hope you guys follow me along on my journey and starting from February

I will only be uploading videos on my Sharmander channel so make sure to subscribe over there to follow me

I want to put everything into one channel because it's just so much easier

And I'll be keeping all the videos on this channel as they are, I'm not gonna delete any so you can

come back and watch them if you need some info on Japan and

I will be traveling back and forth to Japan quite often for work

So I still will be doing some Japan vlogs, but from February all my videos will be uploaded over on Sharmander- Korea vlogs, Japan vlogs

Everything else vlogs they'll all be over there, so please go subscribe to that channel, and I'll see you guys soon. Bye