One of the many delightful things about visiting Hokkaido with a giant history nerd is that we keep going to very serious government run museums and every time after we're done learning about the history of colonization or agricultural production or disputed territorial boundaries we turn the corner to the gift shop and there's a giant display of Golden Kamuy merch. Now that you've learned why Vladimir Putin is wrong about Russia's borders perhaps you'd like a huge art print of your favorite burly guy.
I found my boy!!!
It's a good thing I did watch Golden Kamuy because otherwise I would be having a VERY confusing time at these historic sites.
The Museum of Northern Peoples isn't even officially participating in this anime event, the curator just casually references the manga and dresses his little bird statues up as his favorite guys for the love of the game.
I went to the fancy hotel gift shop to grab some gifts for friends and... I think they made official merch of Noda's penis size rankings.
One last GK-branded beer in the airport featuring, of course, the character who dies in the real beer factory involved in this promotion.
If I had suggested a marketing tie-in campaign even a fraction as heartfelt and wild as this back when I worked with licensed IP, Hasbro would have taken me out behind the barn and shot me.
