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Kawaii 300yen shop

author Posted by: kirin on date Mar 6th, 2010 | filed Filed under: kawaii shop, my kawaii

Some time ago I introduced kawaii 100 yen shops in Japan. Today I’d like to introduce you some of kawaii 300 yen shops in Japan. 100yen goods will be limited, but 300yen allows us more variety of goods to choose from, and they are all so cute and useful but they don’t look cheap.

3COINS
I think they are most well-known 300yen shop in Japan. They have many branch stores in Japan. Of course I’ve shopped there from time to time. (After all it’s 315yen, including consumption tax.)

3coins Kawaii 300yen shop

CouCou
There are not many CouCou stores, but I’ve been to the one in Daikanyama and found it so kawaii!

coucou1 Kawaii 300yen shop

Zoom in picture…it looks fun, isn’t it?

coucou2 Kawaii 300yen shop

Inside picture…so many cute stuff for all 300 yen each.

coucou3 Kawaii 300yen shop

YouYou
It seems they don’t have a store/company website. I’ve been to the one in Shinjuku.

YouYou Kawaii 300yen shop

Mikazuki Momoko
I’ve never been to Mikazuki Momoko store yet as their stores are not in my area. But they look nice from their website. ;)

If you have only been to Daiso to seek 100 yen goods, or to Tokyu Hands or LOFT for more expensive goods, try 300yen shop!


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SWIMMER, cute zakka store

author Posted by: kirin on date Feb 15th, 2010 | filed Filed under: kawaii shop, my kawaii

★cute zakka★
SWIMMER
various places in Japan

I know it’s too childish if I say that I still like small goods from SWIMMER. Most of the shoppers at SWIMMER are teens, early 20s, and moms with small kids. But I like SWIMMER since I was a teenager. I used to wear pajamas from SWIMMER and I still carry my makeup bag from it. There always two types of myself inside me. One says she likes something suitable for a big girl, while the other one says she still likes something sweet and kawaii! But I never fails to check out the store whenever I find it in a mall. XD

You can find a SWIMMER store at Laforet Harajuku, too. But actually SWIMMER stores are located at several places in Japan.

Sorry for my poor photos. (>_<;)

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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★
everywhere

 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

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Another OUTLET store!

author Posted by: kirin on date Jan 16th, 2010 | filed Filed under: kawaii shop
outlet jiyugaoka1' I found another OUTLET shop this time in Jiyugaoka. I’ve known this store but I didn’t realize it was OUTLET store, the same one in Daikanyama. They sell cheap kawaii daily goods and stationery at a reasonable price. I am always embarrassed to take photos inside the stores, because most of the time I am told not to take photos of their products…

I’m not a spy to steal what’s selling well at how much and etc. you know, I just want to share what we have in Tokyo. If my blog gets more popular, I will be able to ask any shops to let me interview them and take photos officially, but at a moment, well…it’s not yet…:p

BTW I think I’ve seen these socks at several other places such as my favorite Mighty Soxer and Village Vanguard, and many other places. (Speaking of the quality or texture of tights and socks, I personally do prefer Mighty Soxer to Tutuanna. When it comes to underwear, I’d prefer amo’s style or Peach John to Tutuanna, so it looks like Tutuanna is not my taste…Actually I like une nana cool’s cute underwear, too!)

If you are not familiar with kawaii things, you may think they are for children. But no, no. Some of them maybe targeted for small kids and school kids, but in Japan it’s quite natural that adults like to buy things like this. It’s not funny or strange that adults shop things from such store for themselves to use. That’s very natural and this is something I always miss when I travel abroad. I am too much used to Japanese kawaii things always around me. hahaha…^ ^;

If you ever have a chance to come over to Jiyugaoka, there are many nice shops, cafes and restaurants, but with less people around, which is unlike big cities such as Shibuya or Shinjuku. That’s why Jiyugaoka is one of my favorite places to hang around or eat out as well as it’s only 5 minutes or so by train from my nearest station.

Let me just add this post to the OUTLET in the page of “kawaii shop“.

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Small parts for crafting, phone decoration, clay sweets and etc.

author Posted by: kirin on date Dec 2nd, 2009 | filed Filed under: kawaii shop

★craft goods and parts★
ABC craft
address: 3-29-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8455
phone: 03-5919-1511
open: 11:00am- 9:00pm

ABC craft If you like to do some craft works, ABC craft is one of the places for you to get things such as accessory chains and connecting parts, deco parts (for decoden etc.), rhinestones, clay sweets, knitting yarm and tools, and more. They also have a few collections of craft books such as step-by-step of how to make clay sweets (should be more difficult than Decotti) or how to make decoden with bling-bling rhinestones or with cute clay decorations.
Disclaimer: The photo is quoted from Mitsukoshi Alcott.

I’m not good at craft work or fancy work because I’m kind of clumsy with my fingers, and first off, I have no time to learn them now. But if I have more free time in the future, I’d love to try from sewing machine to make modified clothing of my own as well as accessories and other small items to make my life more kawaii!

Not until I went to the event that was taken place at the corner of ABC craft, did I know this store. At that time, I was obsessed with browsing small deco parts and many of tiny cute little things that were sold there. I’ve been away from such craft shop in my life, all because of my clumsiness and harsh experiences from sewing classes at school days. However, since my first Decotti experience opened my mind, I started to challenge crafting little by little. When I tried my first decoden (decoration over cell phone), I could make it in a satisfactory level, which made me more interested in buying a little bit of deco parts.

The other day, I bought some rhinestones and clay sweets for the decoration using the filler left over from Decotti. I made my original deco bottle as a sugar container! (The post with my video will be coming soon!)

If you are looking for small parts for your crafting in Tokyo, Yuzawaya and Okadaya are other options, not to mention Tokyu Hands and LOFT. If you are just looking for craft books, you can check out these stores but you can have a lot more books at big-scaled book stores such as Kinokuniya, Junkudo, Maruzen or Sanseido.

Enjoy your craft works! :)

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