Daiso, Japan's 100 Yen Shop

 I love Diaso.

I remember when I first came to Japan, there were pop-up shops outside the supermarket selling goods for 100 yen. I still have a plastic container that I bought to keep counters in 35 years ago, and it's still good.

One problem I have is that it can get rather dangerous. I go around putting things in the basket, then get to the register and find I've spent 2,000 yen! 

Yesterday Hannah and I went to Daiso near where I'm teaching. Hannah took a little video of the entrance and all the Christmas goods on sale. We wanted to take more, but it was very busy. Daiso doesn't mind taking videos or photos, but the privacy laws are very strict in Japan; you can get into trouble if someone sees you pointing a phone their way.

So many goodies for Christmas. These get taken down in early December for the New Year's display.

I went in to buy rice bowls; I don't have any! I'm not sure what happened to the ones I had.

But to get to the rice bowls, I had to walk through other sections, and a few things caught my eye.

Thick socks to wear at home; these look like cat paws.

Of course, I bought Hannah a pair.

There was also a rack of disaster preparation goods.

Disaster Preparation goods.

I had a look but didn't buy anything; we already have some stuff at home, and I wasn't sure what we needed.

There's a lovely choice of dishes and chopsticks.

And a cute cat cup.

I bought 3 rice bowls.

Here is my Daiso haul.

Bowls, a notebook, slippers, body wash cloths, a small brush to scrub the tiles and socks.

I turned the bowls so you can see the patterns on them.

Alan was doing a quality check; everything passed.

After Daiso, we went over the road to Shimamura, a clothes shop that is very reasonably priced.

As we were leaving, I asked Hannah to take a photo of the recyle shop next to Daiso.

I don't think that name would work in the UK!!