Fancy Picture Souvenir Heaven / Mello Yamashita / Comes with autograph and bonus sticker

A thorough dissection of the anonymous designs of the bubble era, "Fancy Picture Souvenirs"!
Melo Yamashita, a well-known researcher of the Heisei era retro era, thoroughly analyzes the "fancy picture souvenirs" he has collected from souvenir shops all over the country for many years. He travels around the country, compares items, and analyzes and speculates on the deep world hidden in nostalgic goods from travel destinations, sometimes lightheartedly and sometimes seriously, in full color.
Nostalgic yet innovative, relaxed yet sharp, this book delves deep into the seemingly shallow world of fancy picture souvenirs.

【table of contents】
Introduction

0 What are fancy picture souvenirs?
1. A Time-Traveling Patriot from the End of the Tokugawa Shogunate
2. Tourist destinations that have become popular through historical dramas

[Column 1] Coloring that goes beyond pastels

3. Take me to the skiing paradise
4. Souvenirs from the Garden and Greenery Exposition
5 🌴

[Column 2] Heaven and hell in conservation

6. Peace and War
7. Tsuppari/Yankee Culture and School Trips
8 God HELP!

[Column 3] The ancestor of all is the red fox

9 A world where young men and women bathe together in hot springs
10 Anxious Pun Souvenirs

Close-up fancy picture souvenir conservation activities
Timeline of the Famiyage Era

Comes with a signature and bonus hologram sticker.

Title: Fancy Picture Souvenir Heaven
Author: Mero Yamashita
Edited by: Nishimura Eri
Design: Takanashi Nao
Format: A5 variant
Number of pages: 220
Price: 2,200 yen + tax
Publication date: February 14, 2024
ISBN 978-4-910315-34-8

Mero Yamashita

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1981 and raised in Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture. Doorman at the Door of Memory.

He advocates Heisei Retro and studies the customs of ordinary people in the Showa and Heisei eras, with a focus on the bubble era. He pursues transparent culture such as skeletons, communication devices and digital products, talent shops, yankee culture, and gal culture, and has exhibits that recreate the rooms of young people at that time. He has also researched "fancy picture souvenirs," tourist souvenirs for children during the bubble era. He has traveled all over Japan to carry out conservation activities,6000Investigate the store25000The team has been protecting species, and will be reporting on fieldwork events and research results through various media.TBSShe has introduced nostalgic culture through numerous media appearances, including on the TV show "Matsuko's Unknown World."

Her books include "The World of Heisei Retro" (Tokyo Kirara Publishing) and "Fancy Picture Souvenir Encyclopedia" (East Press). She is currently serializing "Yamashita Mero's Heisei Retro Museum" in "Weekly Playboy" (Shueisha).