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kawaii 100 yen shop

author Posted by: kirin on date Feb 2nd, 2010 | filed Filed under: Kawaii Shop

★100 yen shop★
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kawaii 100 yen shop Do you like 100 yen shop? As you may already know, unless priced, everything is 100 yen and it’s pretty simple. In fact, when we hear “100 yen”, it sounds cheap. But don’t be cheated! If you take a close look at some items such as snack or candy, you’ll see some of them are more expensive than those of supermarkets’. The container is smaller in order to make it 100 yen, for example.

It’s often possible that you can get things cheaper at drug store such as MatsumotoKiyoshi, discount shop such as Donquijote, and DIY store.

Most well-known 100yen shop is DAISO.
CAN DO is also popular. When it comes to online 100 yen shop, we have 100emon and 100 yen shop doumu. If you want to buy bulky things or so many pieces of goods at a time, online 100 yen shop is a good option. My hubby used to shop from either of them and was quite satisfied with what he got.

Kawaii 100 yen shop in the city area is Natural Kitchen. This is really nice! I love to shop here! Especially if you like natural and simple taste, I’m sure you’ll like it. Stores are often inside the station mall in Shibuya, Yokohama, and etc. Kawaii 100 yen shop a bit away from city area is Seria. But I’ve never visited it as there’s none of this store in my area.

SHOP99 is 99 yen grocery store. Everything comes with small portion or small number of pieces, and is ideal for single life!
natural kitchen kawaii 100 yen shop

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  1. Sparklewolfie Said,
    February 2nd, 2010 at 2:34 pm edit

    I love DAISO! There were two that I went to in Taipei, Taiwan :D Always, I buy stationery and notebooks, which do not actually need… <_< But they are too cute to resist!

  2. Lisa Said,
    February 2nd, 2010 at 4:42 pm edit

    Hi Kirin, great posts lately! I have been following but have been too distracted to comment. Will be doing so soon. :)
    I looooved my local 100 yen shops – there was one in my neighbourhood, and then a DAISO further away. I got all my kitchen utensils from there, which was great! Both cute and cheap. Really great to reduce costs when moving to a new place. I still have a lot of items from there that I took home with me – even really pretty ceramics, like a ramen bowl and some tea cups. (And of course dozens of chopstick sets… they were soooo cute I couldn't help it!) ^^ I noticed the same thing about the food though, it wasn't always so cheap. Don Quixote is definitely a top favourite too, seems like they have *everything*!! Hope you're well, take care. :)

  3. Valerie Said,
    February 2nd, 2010 at 6:19 pm edit

    We have a few Daiso stores here in the San Francisco/San Jose area, and I just love to look around and shop in them. Instead of 100 yen, the items are mostly $1.50. I do like a lot of the items they carry, but they don't change their inventory that often, so I wish they had a little more variety. Is this the same with Daiso in Japan?

    Natural Kitchen looks really nice though. Is it all kitchen items?

  4. megan Said,
    February 2nd, 2010 at 7:41 pm edit

    Natural Kitchen looks like a really sweet store!

    We have some $1 stores here (actually, there are a few Daiso in the US), and they aren't too bad. I haven't seen anything quite like Daiso before, but they're still okay places to shop and occasionally I can find good things that I might need.

  5. soma36 Said,
    February 2nd, 2010 at 8:58 pm edit

    You only remember how awesome the 100 yen shop is when you leave Japan! We have a $2 shop in NZ (depending on exchange rate about 120 yen) but the quality is terrible. We have a $3.15 shop here in Auckland (only place in NZ) which is based on similar products from the Japanese 100 yen stores, but, 100 yen just seems so cheap!!

  6. soma36 Said,
    February 2nd, 2010 at 9:53 pm edit

    You only realise how awesome the 100 yen shop is when you leave Japan. We have $2 shop here in NZ (about 120 yen) but hte quality is pretty bad. We do have one $3.15 shop in the whole country, which imports 100 yen store goods. But 100 yen always seemed so cheap!!

  7. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 am edit

    Aha! I totally understand that. I feel like buying Rilakkuma goods such as letter sets at Rilakkuma store even though I don't really need them. XD

  8. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 12:09 am edit

    Hi Lisa, it's nice to have you here all the time! :D
    As you say, the kitchen tools are really useful! I agree with you on that! To be honest, I looked down on 100 yen shop when they were new long time ago, but as years passed, they have increased items and quality as well. I sometimes regret my old habits that I first browse at Tokyu Hands or LOFT and then I will be shocked to find similar items at 100 yen shop. It's funny I wrote it down, "Check out 100 yen shop and MUJI first!" XD

  9. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 12:19 am edit

    They have variety of goods in Japan. Right now for example they have cute Valentine chocolate wrapping, box, and etc. but before this, it was new year decoration and before that it was Christmas decoration. So besides their ordinary goods, they have seasonal goods, too. This is fun to have a look.
    It's said they create 700-1000 of new items every month.
    If you have a chance, check out our 100 yen shop in Japan because DAISO is originally from Japan. Giga Machida shop and Giga Funabashi shop are huge!!

    Natural Kitchen mainly deals with kitchen items, but I saw they sell hanger, basket, and many small items for our daily life, too. ;)

  10. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 am edit

    I've never checked out U.S version of DAISO, but I think there is difference between Japanese one.

  11. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 12:24 am edit

    I understand what you mean. Even my friend from Hong Kong was crazy shopping at 100 yen shop in Tokyo when she visited Japan. She said they had a simiar store over there but 100 yen shop in Japan has more goods and cheaper.

  12. Syrix Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 12:51 am edit

    I just came back from Japan and went to the Daiso in Harajuku. Technically with the recession they raised the price of everything to 105 yen. They say "100 yen" then in a bubble next to it is (105 yen). Saw this at a few convenience stores as well.

  13. megan Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 am edit

    I've never been to a US Daiso either, and I was only briefly in one in Japan, so I can't say much about it.

    Oh, a funny thing. Here we have a store called "The Dollar Store," but most of the products actually cost more than $1! It's the same with a place called Family Dollar.

  14. happyichigo Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 1:53 am edit

    I can still imagine myself going crazy shopping at daiso! of course there are a few items that might be cheaper, so we need to think wisely! I love the shop you mention, NAtural Kitchen, lovely!!

  15. happyichigo Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 3:10 am edit

    kirin chan..i saw ur tweet that u're coming to malaysia! where r u staying?
    i live in kuala lumpur and work in klcc…if u want, we can meet and i can bring shopping at klcc, central market n petaling street!

  16. Courtney Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 9:47 am edit

    I love 99p/$/Yen stores! there awesome! over here we have several. Poundland and the 99p store and the favored ones. most of the mite when i go in there im looking for stuff in bulk anyway so i never feel cheated, unless i decide that im really thirsty and get a drink from there, when i know i could get it cheaper from a little cornershop. But yeh i tend to only go in there when i want sutff in bulk or want something i know im only gonna use once (like the christmas decoratons we got this year lol) i ve been into a poundland before and got an awesome bargain on some things, like i bought a card reader (for SD cards) for my computer and a USB Hub for 1 pound each and i use them quite often and they work Perfectly! which surprised me seeing as the qaulity of stuff tends to be bad ususally.

    Ive been into a 100Yen shop whilst i was in Tokyo last, it was one in Nakano Broadway next to the fabric shop (which i also went in :3 i luuurv my fabric!) It took me a whoooole lot of control not to buy everything in the store lol, lots and lot of japanese things for 100 yen, it was like a dream come true! but unfortuntaly i knew i wouldnt be able to fit it in my suitcase with all the other stuff i had already bought lol so i decided agaisnt it.

    But all in all , these types of shops are very handy… especially if your in need of a few bags of sweets or little toys for party bags, for halloween or Kids party's :3

  17. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm edit

    105 yen is because of 5% of sales tax. 100 yen shop originally was born when we had no sales tax. As we are very much used to the name as 100 yen shop, they didn't feel like changing the name 105 yen shop any longer, I guess.

    Also a few years ago, Japanese tax law changed and since then we have to price things with tax-inclusive. But some stores still show the prices without tax, and then they may write down both prices before tax and after tax for each item.

  18. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 pm edit

    haha, me too. I often find myself going crazy for shopping after all, even though I just drop by without planning to buy anything. XD

  19. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm edit

    Wow! That'll be wonderful. Would you privately contact me from CONTACT page (http://tokyokawaiietc.com/contact) to discuss more with me? Thanks! ^ ^

  20. kirin Said,
    February 3rd, 2010 at 2:33 pm edit

    oh you've been to Nakano? ^ ^
    I'm quite interested in browsing poundland. It's been a long long time since my last (it was the first one) visit to UK.

  21. courtney Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 12:28 am edit

    Yupo! nakano is sooo much fun! :3 i would so love to go back there when i get the chance!

    and Poundland is awesome! next time your over here you shold definatly take a look! :)

  22. Yasu Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 1:06 am edit

    Wow! So many 100 yen shops in Japan!! There's a DAISO here in San Francisco in California too, but I don't like shopping there that much because the shop is dimly lit and there's a sort of suspicious atmosphere about it! But that's probably because it is owned by a Chinese person, so most of the stock says "Made in China" and not Japan. :(

    But a cheap store that I love going to for Japanese goods is "Ichiban Kan"! Most of their items are directly imported from Japan and have bargain prices. They also have lots of kawaii goods there! *O* Every time I go there, I always fill up my shopping basket with a lot of kawaii goods and yummy snacks. And the best part is that, my wallet doesn't suffer much from it! ã‚„ã£ãŸ!! XD Do they also have Ichiban Kan stores in Japan, not just in the U.S.? :)

    Drug/discount stores? Which discount store do you think is the cheapest, Kirin, if 100-yen shops sometimes cheat you?! Or what I also mean is, what are your favorite discount stores? I really hate being cheated in quality, and want to make sure that the quality is the best and the price the lowest! :D

    Natural Kitchen sounds great too; my mom will most likely love it since she loves shopping for kitchen utensils! Plus, since I do have a natural and simple taste, I'll most likely love it as well! ^^

    ã‚ã‚ŠãŒã¨ã†ã”ã–ã„ã¾ã™ for sharing the info with us, Kirinã•ã‚“! m(_ _)m When I go to Japan in the future, I'll be sure to hit all of the discount stores first before going broke on shopping for clothes! Then I will live on コンビニ food for survival, hahaha. ã§ã‚‚コンビニも大好ãã§ã™ã€‚ XD

  23. mei Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 2:40 am edit

    that kind of store are in trend right now here too, example is Valu$ store. we get everything with just 5000 Indonesian Rupiah. And it's cheap-of course. but yes Kirin, if we look closer, there are many items more expensive than normal price in another 'normal' store. But this kind of store is unique, we can find many cute things and unusual and of course it will make us-customers are happy…..hehehe

  24. Cath Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 7:05 am edit

    Singaporeans love Daiso! I remember this shop – 3 coins at Sunshine City Plaze (Ikebukuro). Everythings' 300 yen. ^_^

  25. cin Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 11:51 am edit

    shop99!!!! we lived off there when we were in tokyo! XD

  26. kirin Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 12:52 pm edit

    Actually most of goods from 100 yen shop are manufactured in China, only supervised by Japanese company DAISO to reduce the cost, I guess.

    I think Ichibankan is only in the U.S. I don't know it in here…

    As for discount store, I like DonQuijote(http://www.donki.com/index.php) and Takeya(http://www.takeya.co.jp/). Especially my grandparents also loved to shop at Takeya.

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  27. kirin Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 12:53 pm edit

    In Indonesia you have similar stores too? :)

  28. kirin Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 12:58 pm edit

    Cath, I am visiting Singapore too this time. But my stay will be very short time and I am not able to see everyone this time. As you also plan to visit Japan again, please try to contact me then so we may meet up (if you are around Tokyo).

    As for 300 yen shop, I was planning to write a post soon. Stay tuned! :)

  29. Steven Stier Said,
    February 4th, 2010 at 11:14 pm edit

    In America these stores are called Dollar stores or "Everything is a Buck" Buck is slang for dollar. (You could say, "That item costs a buck") The items sold are very cheap. Sometimes they are last years items or off season items, like Christmas wrapping paper. But for someone just starting out on their own you can buy kitchen products or decorations for your new home until you can afford something more durable.

  30. Diyana Said,
    February 7th, 2010 at 9:56 am edit

    DAISO!! We have about 4 of it here in Singapore and one of their best selling product is the Tohato caramel popcorn cause it's much more expensive elsewhere~

  31. kirin Said,
    February 8th, 2010 at 1:37 pm edit

    I wonder if those stores existed 15 years ago when I was in the U.S as an exchange college student. I don't think I saw them at that time. I was in California.

  32. kirin Said,
    February 8th, 2010 at 1:38 pm edit

    LOL Caramel Corn…I ate it a lot when I was a kid!

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  34. biology-talk Said,
    February 3rd, 2011 at 11:21 pm edit

    I love 99p/$/Yen stores!

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