Magic shop "Magic Dream" in Paris

I went to Paris for a conference and found some time to visit the magic shop "Magic Dream". The shop was quite large, and it was full of people. People kept coming and going, but there was always quite a lot of people there.

出張でパリに行ってきた。ちょっと暇な時間も出来たから、Magic Dreamというマジックショップに行ってみた。広かった。お客さんがいっぱいいた。人が出たり入ったりしたがずっと結構な人数がいた。

I found some magic props made in Japan, with Japanese explanations. That would be fine for me, but I would guess that most people in Paris do not read Japanese. I found some funny pens that are made in Japan that I have been wanting to buy but that are generally sold out in Japan. In Paris they were on sale, 50% off, so I bought two sets.

日本のメーカーのマジック道具もあった。日本語の解説しかないっぽいものもあった。パリでは日本語読めない人も多そうだけど…日本でちょっと探したが見つからなかったチョビチョビになるペンも半額になっていた。2セット買った。

I also bought a cute little shoe that is similar to the one David Copperfield used in this clip. 

カッパーフィールドがテレビで使った靴も可愛くて、買った。

Finally, I bought a set of cards that you can use to do lots of different cute tricks, like show a drawing of a sheep, pull out some cotton from the card, and show that the drawing is now of a shaved sheep, things like that. This was a product they had designed themselves, if I understood correctly.

店のオリジナル（だったと思う）カードも買った。カルタみたいで、色々なストーリーが出来るセットだった。例えば、羊の絵を見せて、絵から綿を取って、もう1回絵を見せると毛刈り後の羊の絵になっている。

The staff were very friendly and helpful. It was a very nice shop.

店の店員さんが凄い親切だった。いい店だね。

Fork-bending, a new toy

Recently this type of fork bending (which is most often used as a gag) is quite popular in Sapporo. I like joke props too, so I bought myself one. But looking at a movie clip like this it looks more like a real magic trick than a joke. Which is also good, haha.

最近、ギャグネタのフォーク曲げが流行っている。ギャグネタが大好きで、僕も買っちゃった。この動画で観たら、ギャグというより不思議なマジックに見えるけど。まぁ、それでもいいんだけど、笑。

New magic toy: appearing bread ・ 出現のフランスパンが届いた

Today I got a new toy in the mail: bread that appears out of your suspicious looking hand. I hope people will think this gag is as funny as I did when I first saw it.

今日ギャグネタの出現フランスパンが届いた。観客も僕ほど面白いと思ってくれればいいね（笑）。

Magic Medicine

My boss in the magic bar has started taking pills that help with your magic. They are very funny. It says on the can that if you have problems with "Forgetting you routine", "Shaking hands", or other problems common to magicians, this will help. Effects include "making people laugh even when you make mistakes", "no problems dealing with children or drunkards", "fewer people saying 'I know that trick', 'I saw that!' or similar things", and other things.

マジックバーの店長が最近「テジナウケ～ルZ」という薬を飲み始めた。うける。手順を忘れるか手が震えるか、何かの問題があればこの薬を飲むと問題がなくなる。「失敗してもうける」「酔っ払い、子供相手でも安心」「『見えた、分かった』の減少」色々な効果があるそうだ。

The content list is also funny. It contains among other things "54 decks of Zarrow-shuffle-natrium", "Dai-Vernon-soda", and many other things (that are all puns in Japanese).

材料のリストも面白い。ダイバノン酸808デックとか、アレガミエナイヘキサン1964デックとか、色々入っているみたい。