YOUR ARGUMENT IS STILL INVALID

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Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID…I HAVE A PAIR OF HATTIFATTENER TONGS.

I also have a plushie Too-Ticky, which is totally awesome.

Yes, I went all the way to Japan and bought a bunch of Finnish childrens’ book swag, but I am quite pleased at how popular the Moomins are over here. We happened upon the Moomin Mini shop in a Tokyo Station and of course I had to stop.

I could have got a bag of pasta shaped like Moomin characters, but I’m not sure we could have got it through Customs.

Comments

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I believe you can get prepared/cooked foods through with no problem, just don't bring anything fresh (for example, a sandwich, or an apple). I've brought home candied yuzu and sweets like mochi, and sake (in checked baggage). The only thing they ever got excited about was a large bunch of cut fresh orchids I picked up in Changi; those had to be carefully checked for pests (none found). I shouldn't have bought them, but I was pretty punchy by then.

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We got hassled over a small matchbook-looking thing with seeds in the paper that was stamped in large letters MADE IN THE USA.