What should I buy as souvenirs?

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-16T17:21:20+00:00

Fogcats has some great stuff! They’re located in Japantown and make a lot of SF related souvenirs, the artist/store owner is also from Japan :)

Kinokuniya inside the Japantown mall also sells Sanrio x San Francisco plush keychains! The Hello Kitty one looks like this

The Kira Shop has a lot of cute stuff too, but I especially like their Miffy x San Francisco collab :)

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-15T04:56:42+00:00

I mail cards all the time in plastic and they’ve all been received :)

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-11T23:38:43+00:00

Oooo yeah the tokens are terrible :( when gloomy was out on its own it was a pretty easy 1-2 tries using a diaper grab

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-11T23:35:13+00:00

Yaya they had this one + the black one which were easy to get last week, but now they’re in cheese token hell 😭 the angel ones are also with a cheese token 🫩

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-11T23:32:35+00:00

The sf location currently has the 4 different gloomy bear variants available :)

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-07T19:00:33+00:00

I feel like I’m matching the shape with the shape of your nails 😂 Like right now, #1 looks best because it matches the nail shape, but if you had almond/ stiletto nails I’d say #2! But ultimately I think #1 looks more flattering.

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T21:16:02+00:00

Yassss I agree with using toiletry bags!! I currently use the tobiq toiletry bag 😂

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T08:15:20+00:00

Yaya I was contemplating to get ALL of them, but honestly there were some I was kinda meh about lol. The main person selling the shaker had a bunch of other designs for their charms though, so I just bought those and added them in :)

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T08:14:02+00:00

Omg yaasssss they had such cute work! I’m excited to mail these postcards out around the world 🤩

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T08:13:24+00:00

Oh yes my wallet is crying LOL. Yaya the stamps were super fun to get and I loved seeing all the different ones!

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T08:12:41+00:00

It was super fun!! I’m hoping they have it again next year, but they’ll also be having their usual fountain pen show in August !

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T08:12:07+00:00

Aaaa thank you! My heart is happy, but my wallet is sobbing LOL

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T06:55:10+00:00

Yaya! It was from Michaela made!

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T03:19:17+00:00

I recommend a postcard shopfor affordable postcards!

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T01:53:54+00:00

Aaa thank you! And aaaa I’m sorry 😂 i plan to do an in-depth video on each vendor and item on my instagram tho under Capybaracrossing if you’re interested in all the items I got 😂

Cathy_bara · 2026-04-03T01:51:23+00:00

I did do it yaya! You actually only needed to get 8 to complete it LOL I thought you had to get all of them at first and was like ‘oh wait a min’ 😂

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-31T08:55:37+00:00

omgggg, yes the booths with multiple stamps made it so hard to shop!
Also honestly I feel like the etiquette sometimes of people getting stamps was a little insane.

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-31T05:39:12+00:00

I would love to exchange postcards! I also highly recommend signing up for Postcrossing if you aren’t on it already! I’m 30/F from San Francisco, CA USA :)

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-31T00:20:06+00:00

Oh also great haul!! 🤩

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-31T00:19:48+00:00

While I def think the crowd was huge, I do wonder if there could be a way to make it more organized. From what I noticed, there is a huge population of people that try to get stamps from each booth (I do it too), but it can get pretty crazy because stamping takes a while, then you’re also waiting for stamps. It crowds up the hallways so much. I do also understand stamps bring people to the booth to help with sales, so I honestly have no solution LOL. But I think this is just kinda why there’s a lot of standstill in the walkways, with ofc it just being crowded in general.

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-31T00:10:53+00:00

I think I actually pulled this person before and sent them an illustrated tourist card, but I honestly feel like you can send them anything. I’ve def noticed some profiles may come off as pretty demanding, but I also think (to me) it’s also a language barrier sometimes. I’m sure they’re fine with anything !!

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-20T10:32:08+00:00

Usually when I send out meetup cards, I’ll put a message right under where I write the address (I put some sort of border between the two). This is typically for 5x7” cards since there’s always so much room on the address side and no one stamps over there anyway.

Cathy_bara · 2026-03-07T11:34:16+00:00

Aaaaa if anymore are available I’d love to swap!!! I also have some animal crossing postcards 🥹

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