１００ Yen Stores
Setting up your home from scratch can be very easy and quite inexpensive if you shop at a 100-yen store compared to a regular supermarket and many supermarkets even have a 100-yen section offering the same goods sold in the supermarket at 100-yen. An example was I was in a UNI supermarket and after a plain white t-shirt that I found being sold for 800 yen, on checking out the 100-yen section I found a plain white t-shirt for 100-yen. Contents of 100-yen stores can vary as some carry products another store a few blocks away might not, so I suggest some reconnaissance before making a purchase.
Stocking up the pantry can come very cheap also as most 100-yen stores carry a huge range of sauces and seasonings as standard. Curry blocks, mayonnaise, ketchup, bulldog sauce, yakisoba sauce and even gyouza sauce are all 100-yen. The snacks and cold drinks range are huge so if you’re after a snack and the 100-yen store is still open head there instead of the convenience store. To my knowledge no 100-yen stores in Japan sell cigarettes or alcohol so you will have to visit a convenience store or a vending machine to stock up.
Most large shopping centers will have a 100-yen store although some like Daiso stand by themselves, you can consult your local phone book but defiantly make an exploratory trip around your immediate area. Locals can point you to you local 100-yen also so take their advice on which is the best one and save some money whilst getting some great value.
http://www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english
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Comments (1)
Be careful. Sometimes you can end up spending more money by shopping at a 100yen store. Some things aren’t even worth that 100 yen. My friends and I have had a complete lack of success with cookware and plastic containers at the 100yen store. At my local discount household store I am able to buy better products and for less money. Where the 100yen store may sell single items (like hangers) for 100yen, I can get a larger pack of the same or better items. Together the pack may cost more than 100yen but the individual items end up being much cheaper than at the 100yen store.
Posted by gaizilla | May 9, 2007 10:04 PM