100Yen Treasures

Trip Start Aug 11, 2007
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Trip End Sep 21, 2007


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Saturday, September 8, 2007

Just stayed local today, had quite a long walk! Went down to the Pearl Bridge again and just sat for a while.

Went to a 100Yen plaza earlier, and it's amazing what you can actually get for the money. We have "pound shops" over here but they suck. They 100yen stores are half the price and are infinitely better! I picked up 3 ties, a camera case (as I lost my other one!), and some souvenirs for under £5! Now that's a bargain.

Went for an Onsen again this evening. On the way back, there was a guy doing drifting...Fast and the Furious style...round the public roads! He must have had bald tyres by the end of it. Perhaps not the most sensible thing to do when there are quite alot of people round, but never mind..gives me something to talk about anyway!

I've made another observation - this time it's about Ambulances. They drive SO slow! And, no matter what time of day or night, wether its busy or not a single car on the road, they have the sirens on full blast, with voice announcements. In a place as efficient as Japan, I wouldn't have thought they would see the point of sirens and driving slowly on an empty road at 3am...but they do, and they wake me up from time to time!

Tomorrow i'm off solo again to Nagasaki, i'm really looking forward to it. I think it will be quite eerie visiting the A-Bomb site and museum. I've opted to stay in a Ryokan this time, which is a traditional Japanese Inn. Tatami mats, futon bedding, paper thin doors - the works. More to follow!
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fordjillian
fordjillian on Mar 24, 2009 at 03:15PM

100yen I wish
I just got back from okinawa ( www.okinawa-information.com )and I wish I had run into a 100yen store that would have been awesome - I love discount stores.

zaru
zaru on May 3, 2009 at 12:51AM

budget shopping in tokyo
I was astounded the first time I walked into a mega-100 yen shop, too. You really can get just about anything there, from food to panda-shaped rugs. Here's a photo of some items...

http://www.japan-i.jp/news/10-23-2008/d8jk7l0000011b5d.html

Funny, I'd thought that there would be plenty of 100 yen shops in Okinawa.

chrisuk07
chrisuk07 on Jun 14, 2009 at 12:22PM

thanks
Thanks for the comments! I'm heading back to Japan soon, hopefully will get some more bargains!

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