100 Yen Shops

100 Yen Shops

Tokyo is a place to shop till you drop. The sprawling malls, modern departments, attractive stores, stylish boutiques, and even the vibrant and colorful flea markets, all together make the city a perfect shopping destination. The 100 Yen Shops are a remarkable chain of shops selling almost every kind of products including kitchen appliances, utensils, household goods, garden implements, bathroom fittings, stationary, food items, and lots more at reasonable prices.

Such shops mostly sell items like crockery, fine quality Japanese paper, kites, Japanese fans and lots more. Owing to their low priced goods, the shops have enormously and increasingly grown popular not only in Tokyo but in few other cities too. Starting from stationary and storage racks to sewing sets and socks, utensils, dishes, spices and canned food products to bathroom fittings and gardening implements, the shops have them all. You name it and they have it ! Apart from such goods, they also keep a wide range of cosmetics. Drinks are also sold out here at fair prices. Light snacks, pet food and toy like Pokemon are also to be found in here. Colorful plastic boxes are available here at very low rates.

The items you will get in 100 Yen Shops include crockery like dishes, rice and soup bowls, tea sets, forks, chopsticks and more; kitchen appliances like microwave, coffee filters, containers, knives, aluminum foil and detergent; goods for regular use like towels, socks, slippers, etc.; implements like screwdriver, hammer, tapes etc.; stationary items like pens, memo pads, pins, boxes etc.; garden tools including watering pots and rakes; and, other products comprising things like English-Japanese dictionaries, waterproof sunglasses, ping pong sets and lots more.

Most of the products sold here are Chinese and Asian. The price of one unit is decreased on the basis of the heavy production. Though the shops earn a low profit, their annual turnover is quite high. Excluding the actual price of any product sold out from 100 Yen Shops, there is a 5 percent consumer tax levied on the goods. The classification and distribution of goods in each shop is carefully done. All the stores are well-managed and efficiently maintained. Some places where you can find the 100 Yen Shops are Shinjuku and Kabuki Cho. The sizes of the shops range from extensive departments to small stores.

Daiso Giga Machida situated in front of Machida Station, is the largest 100 Yen Shop in Tokyo. Central Tokyo features another sprawling100 Yen Shop, Daiso Harajuku. It is located in Takeshita Dori. The Silk Kaminarimon near Asakusa Station, Can Do Kinkado near Ikebukuro Station, Daiso Takarada Akihabara near Akihabara Station and Can Do Meguro near Meguro Station are other prominent 100 Yen Shops. Certain other significant 100 Yen Shops in other cities are Daiso Sapporo Chuo, Daiso Kobe Promena, Daiso Osaka Nihonbashi, Daiso Nagoya Sakae Skyle and Daiso Fukuoka.

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