When I need to buy something, I often check if I can find it in 100 yen shops. They are always full of people.
What are 100 yen shops?
Shops that sells items in 100 yen. It’s like a dollar shop. Some of the things are more than 100 yen and if you find stickers with different price such as 220 yen or 330 yen etc. Recently, there are also 300 yen shops, too. (3 coins)
Popular 100 yen shops
Chain 100 yen shop you can probably find all over in Japan are:
- Daiso
- Seria
- CanDo
What kind of things can you find?
Almost anything. From stationery to kitchen items, cleaning items, DIY, craft materials, food. I have found origami, sticker books for children, Japanese maps as well.
- Kitchen items–kitchen utensils, containers, kitchen wraps, ziploc,
- Cleaning items–small brush, cleaning cloth, cleaner, clenser, detergent
- Storage items–basket, box, storage bag, plastic shelf,
- Stationery–pens, pencil, eraser, notebooks, scissors, tapes, color pencils, paint, paper, envelop, stickers
- Character goods– Depending on the shop but often Sanrio (Hello Kitty, Kuromi etc), Disney, Doraemon, pouches, key chains etc
- Craft materials–cut cloth, yarn, thread, needles, beads, wires
- Beauty — mirror, brush, comb, hair tie, ribbon, cotton, sponge
- Food — snacks, chocolate, candy, small portion seasoning, dressing, drinks
Popular items
The currently popular items:
Kitchen items
- Silicon wrap I bought one in Daiso and it was so useful, I bought it and have a few now in different sizes. You can wash them and use them over and over so you can reduce plastic kitchen wrap. After drying, I roll them and put them in ziploc to keep it.
- Ajitama maker Small container to put boiled egg and seasoning to make Ajitama
- Cleaning items
- Stationery
Good for sourvenirs
- Origami
- Sticker book
- Coloring book
- Sanrio character goods (Hello Kitty, Kuromi etc)
- Japanese design items (Shibainu, Daruma, Beckoning cat)
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