The London MCM Expo (if you didn’t know already) is Britain's largest Comic Convention with 50,000+ people per show and is a showcase of Cult Entertainment and Pop-Culture from various segments of the Entertainment Industry: Science Fiction/Fantasy Films & TV, Animation, Comics, Games, Japan, Anime, Manga, Cosplay, Pop Art, Collectable’s (Figures, Autographs etc.).
Both Dominic and I love photography (we even have A-Levels to prove it!) and as you probably know by now we like to blog about events like the MCM Expo which means taking a lot of photos! Unfortunately due to the amount of work we need to do over the expo weekend we don’t get a lot of time to get shots which is why we’re asking one of you very lovely people to help us! We’re looking for someone to help us photo blog this Octobers London MCM Expo. 
Hey Guys, Emilie here!
Hey guys we’re back from (an extremely hot) Japan. The last few weeks have been the busiest of my life I think. As well as Japan we had the LFCC (London Film and Comic Con) the weekend before we left and the Manchester MCM Expo the weekend after we came back… but we do it because we care, honest. Other than sweating like Pedo Bear in a playground (TMI right?) I had a really good time so it would be really nice over the following weeks if we could share what we got up to (minus the sweaty bits… I promise). As well as our blogs about Japan we’ll also be letting you guys know our plans for October MCM Expo! We’ll be showing off some of the great stuff we’ll have on offer.We’ll also be implementing some changes to TokyoBookstore but don’t worry they’re all for the better trust me. 
As you might have noticed the Tokyobookstore blog isn’t coming out as quick as a lot of you probably would like (we feel the same way). We apologise to you guys but we do have a few excuses so hopefully you guys will understand.
A lot of people are into collecting Doujinshi books, the main product we sell here on TokyoBookstore. But only a fraction of those who collect the books, collect other Doujinshi items like Music, Artbooks and even Video Games.
A neat little bit of Japan’s culture that we have wanted to indulge in for a while here at Tokyobookstore; is the practice of offering “Fukubukuro” on the site. For those who may not know, “Fukubukuro” – “Lucky Bags” in English, are bags of mixed goods from a shop, sold at a heavily discounted price, unbeknownst to customers when purchasing. Usually a New Year’s marketing tool among shopkeepers in Japan, we want to provide you with these fantastic lucky bags throughout the year while stocks last.
Happy New Year to everyone from tokyobook- store.com, for us and tokyobookstore last year was extremely hectic. In 2010 we’ve seen the business expand from some tables at a few comic expos to an online store where anyone at anytime throughout Europe and the rest of the world can purchase from us. But don’t worry you’ll still be able to visit our stand at upcoming events in 2011 so make sure to keep checking our events page for more details. In 2011 we hope to grow the business even more, adding new features to the web site giving customers and visitors a far better experience. We plan on expanding our product range like we’ve started with the sale of Tenga adult toys; we’re also planning to attend a lot more conventions and events. We’ve also got some very exciting new promotions coming up later on in the year so make sure to watch out for those.