Living in a small town makes it hard to get hold of some of the stuff you want. Here's a list of things to pick up when travelling.
Food & Drink
- Japanese stuff
- Pocari sweat
- miso (different kinds)
- pokki
- seaweed: kombu and wakame
- Indian stuff
- spices and curry pastes
- Helen's peanut sauce
- Adams peanut butter
- interesting-looking coffee or tea
- interesting-looking beer, wine, or spirits
- vegan or veggie specialty stuff
Hard goods
- outdoors stuff
check out a 6 Jet Spectra thumb compass if you can find it!
- deFeet socks
- army surplus-y stuff: groundsheet, ranger blanket
- bike stuff
- lights
- mirror
- Japanese stuff
- hanafuda cards
- bento boxen
- imported games
- hashi
- hakama
- hello kitty
- an ibrik
- books
- kitchen stuff
- knives
- cutting boards
- pastry tools; offset spatulas
- decent clothes
- espresso supplies
- cleaner
- grouphead brush
Things way cheaper stateside
- lactaid
- clif bars
- bottled water
- lithium batteries
'Standard' stuff available at Glens
- vegetarian vegetable soup
- refried beans
- corn tortillas
- stirfry sauce (house of tsang)
- morningstar stuff
- wasa crispbread