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Stopped by New People again to finish checking out the 2 nd floor. Along the way, I picked up 2 more DIY clay craft books (the one in the middle was purchased on my first visit). Exterior of the Building: Secretly shot these as I was walking towards the New People store. On the 2 nd floor, they have signs everywhere that indicates NO PICTURES ALLOWED. I always wonder why certain stores won't let you take pictures. The shoes on the 2 nd picture are sold on the 2 nd floor. If you enlarge the pic, they are ninja shoes w/ funky designs. I got to the place around 4:30PM on a Sunday. The New People store was packed with people but they were just browsing the store. Once we got up to the 2 nd floor, it was quiet and just a few people there. The employees of each shop, except for 6% DokiDoki , didn't even bother to greet us. They were just totally in their own world doing their own thing. At 6% DokiDoki , you can get gifts there for a decent price. Hair bows were $6 and up. At B...

I arrived at the brand new Newpeople store at 7:40pm yesterday and was only able to visit the "goods" section because they close at 8PM. In addition, when we took the elevator up to the "fashion" floor at 7:50PM, they were already closed and wouldn't let us get a peek. Overall, I was sort of disappointed at this brand new center because the local newspapers created such a hype on how it's going to be a huge shopping/cinema complex packed with cute and unique Japanese pop culture goods but the New People store just resembles a small museum gift shop. The basement is the cinema and the lobby has a kiosk selling drinks w/limited seating. The lobby is very spacious in order to accommodate the moviegoers hanging out before/after the movie but looks like a waste of space when not much people are around. As you walk up a couple of steps towards the back of the building, it will be the Newpeople store. I mostly saw books there but there were some cute items like ...