{"id":902,"date":"2011-02-06T16:12:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T07:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/?p=902"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:52:31","slug":"%e3%82%a2%e3%83%a1%e3%83%aa%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bb%e3%83%841tp3-te3%83%bc%e3%82%bd%e3%83%b3%e4%bb%95%e5%85%a5%e3%82%8c%e61-tp3t97%a5%e8%a8%982011%e3%80%80%e3%81%9d%e3%81%ae5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/en\/blog\/902\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucson, U.S.A.: Stocking Diary 2011, Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Third day of stocking up. It is already the last day of Tucson!<\/p>\n<p>Today we continued our tent tour from this morning. It was warmer than yesterday, and we finally got out of our down jackets and into the nice Arizona weather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380119.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-903\" title=\"o0320024011030380119\" src=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380119-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380119-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380119.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tent finally has dinosaurs!<br \/>\nIt was a full-size mammoth. And in front of it, for some reason, was a Japanese armor with a strangely realistic doll in it.<br \/>\nSamurais are also a type of fossil?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380120.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-904\" title=\"o0320024011030380120\" src=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380120-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380120-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380120.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the same tent, there is also a huge tent selling everything from fossils, large crystals for figurines, freshly dug out stones (more like rocks) like building materials, and beautiful gems for jewelry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380123.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-905\" title=\"o0320024011030380123\" src=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380123-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380123-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380123.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the many boxes of junk, I found a beautiful azurite (group blue) crystal.<br \/>\nIt was very inexpensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380124.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-906\" title=\"o0320024011030380124\" src=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380124-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380124-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380124.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then there is cubic pyrite, the stunning cubic metallic crystals that nature creates, which I couldn't find yesterday.<br \/>\nI finally tracked down the vendor by searching online!<br \/>\nWhat a surprise, it is a natural stone from Rioja, a town in Spain famous for its wine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380121.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-907\" title=\"o0320024011030380121\" src=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380121-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380121-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fujimori.tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/o0320024011030380121.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the afternoon, I returned to the main convention center again to negotiate and purchase all the stones I had set my sights on at once.<br \/>\nIn the last spurt, we purchased quite a few items and amounts in the last two hours.<\/p>\n<p>We had a very productive three days of purchasing.<\/p>\n<p>We left the venue at three in the afternoon and went straight to the airport.<br \/>\nThe road to the airport finally warmed up, and we were able to open the car windows and enjoy the pleasant breeze and the typical Arizona scenery for a while.<\/p>\n<p>It was a quick 72-hour stay 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