Japanese Pop Culture

More cool skateboards and personalized skateboard fittings, t-shirts, shoes, and hoodies than even a dedicated boarder could imagine. Plus walls of skate-abilia in a non-pushy, definitely non-factory environment. They've been in the skateboard business for over thirty years; they've seen all the cool skateboards roll in and out, so they'll know what's hot and what works for you. Check out their customized boards painted with the L.A. skyline- we've unofficially chosen them as the official Personal Urban Transportation vehicles of L.A. Electric Travel. Grab a couple of Non-Factory cool skateboards and roll your way to the nearest metro station.

If you can't make it to "Big Tokyo" to load up on Japanese pop art trinkets, take the Gold Line to Little Tokyo. Pop Killer sells the weird, the wacky, the indescribable and the unnecessary (who really needs a suicide gun wallet or an inflatable moose head)? Personally, we're saving up for the instructions on how to build a desktop Theremin. www.popkiller.us

The art supplies annex for students at the Sci Arc architecture school and anyone else longing to sketch towers to the sky or build a model of their dream house. Pens and sketchbooks of course, (including Copic markers, the pro's choice) but they also carry hardwood, plastic, metal, foam core and molded wood shapes for model making. www.sciarc.edu

Everything anima and manga. Wearable, watchable, frameable, portable, huggable, listenable and collectible (edible at your own risk). Plus piles of pop art comics, gothic toys and fashion accessories from Japanese designers. www.animejungle.net