Comments on: What will 100 Yen Buy in Tokyo?

By: Honor

Honor — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:53:10 +0000

Me I love 100 yen stores – our dishes, glasses, washing bin, cups, table mats……. you get the picture, all come from there! I can happily spend a couple of hours mooching around! I was gutted when my very good partner in 100 yen shopping decided to return to the UK to live. Now I generally tour alone as my fella is not a shopping guy.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:16:28 +0000

I am getting better at restraining myself but am still tempted every now and again. If you live in Japan some of the household goods and cleaning supplies work quite well and are much cheaper that other local stores.

Akira – the exchange rate isn’t actually 100:1 but it’s close enough to give a rough estimate of how much things cost in US dollars.

By: AkiraSabine

AkiraSabine — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:36:53 +0000

We also have 100 Yen shop here in Malaysia though not many. Ohh, your post struck me that it’s so easy to compare yen with USD, 100 yen=USD 1. That’s so easy to compared instead of RM3 or a lil ++ for each 100 yen.
I’m not sure who started it first but there seem to be RM1 and RM2 shops coming up here and there in Malaysia. They sell from cooking utensil including dishes to stationeries and make up accessories.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:25:17 +0000

When I first came to Japan I would come home with bags of things after checking out the 100 yen shop. Fortunately I’ve been able to tone it down a little bit.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:01:50 +0000

I love 100 yen stores and Daiso are definitely the best kind- Oh how I miss them!!! I have not been to the one in Funabashi before though but will definitely be checking it out when I go back to Japan!!!

There is a good one in Nakano too!