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I have finally found my sanctuary, and it is a store called Daiso.
I have two huge character traits (flaws?) that make me the target demographic for this store. The first is that I am extremely frugal (coughcheap) when it comes to most things of material nature (cuisine is a whole different story), and second that I am irrationally attracted to useless cute things.
Enter Daiso, the home of cheap, uselessly cute things! This store is the ultimate time suck. It's the perfect place to visit mid-week on a day off when it's gross and rainy outside, since the store itself has SO much to look at you literally forget about time altogether.
As other reviewers have stated, this is a great place to assemble a cute sushi entertaining set, or piece together a new dinner/kitchen set. They have both classically decorated kitchenware as well as super dorky/cartoony stuff (can you guess what I gravitated towards?). They also have some really fun bento boxes which are cute enough to encourage yourself to bring lunch to work more often, which is always a good thing!
There's also a lot of stationery/office supply/snacks/home improvement type stuff, but I think the store's biggest draw is definitely it's eclectic mixture of dishware. Whenever I have a few extra bucks to blow, I'll probably end up buying more cat-shaped mugs from Daiso (better here than at Uwajimaya!)
Best.Store.Ever.
So much 1.50 goodness!
Any section you are in, you find yourself 'needing' everything in that store.
I ended up baking as a hobby now because of all the different shaped cookie cutters, cake modules, and even different cake boxes and cute dessert wrapping paper and decorative 'bread envelopes'.
Need to wrap up a birthday, channakah, baby-shower gift nicely on a budget? You find yourself buying all sorts of ribbons, bows, decoritve bags and tags for your next gift.
Best place to shop if you are really into nail art. Lots of odds and ends to decorate and paint your nails with. Need a good pair of fake eyelashes? This is the place to stock up, best variety, better quality than shopping at Walgreen, target or even the beauty supply store. Daiso even sells eyelashes for the bottom of your eyes. Lots of great make up brushes too.
Best place to get Japanese dishes if you want to serve a japanese meal at home. I am a proud owner of many miso soup bowls and random Japanese dishes that i hope to use someday.
Going to a cosutme party? Going to Burning man? Their toy section is full of fun masks, wigs, bunny ears, anything you can think of.
As a scrapbooker this is a great store for me because there are so many great stickers. I am happy that they sell "ABC" stickers and "" (hiragana) stickers. [for when i want to make a point in my scrapbooks in japanese]
Like everyone else said, its a great place to shop. To sum it up, you end up doing:
1.buying a lot of things you didn't know you needed
2.buying things you "might" need/ "can make use for"
3.always, being amused by the "engrish" on most products
I must shop here once a week! ;]
This was my 1st Daiso that I visited (not knowing that there were stores where I LIVE!!!) and me and the wife spent 2 hours just browsing and picking up some stuff! Time just flew by.
Nice size store packed to the gills from the floor to the ceiling! Aisle are tight so don't have a fat backpack like I did (one wrong turn and a whole shelf will get knocked off!)
Among other things we ended up with 6 glass and ceramic cups and had to lug them back to San Francisco.
A great alternative to all the expensive downtown stores!
Ah Daiso, so many of your teacups have shattered on my counter, so many of your utensils bent under my unsuspecting foot in my kitchen, but I keep coming back for more.
Everything here is so cute. Really, everything. If you are a repressed shopaholic , like me, this place is the perfect creative outlet for frivolous spending.
I don't mean to demean Daiso, but does anybody NEED shrimp chips? Paper lanterns designed to fit over a hanging single bulb? A hamburger shaped bath sponge?
No, we really don't. But this place is far less devastating to the spend thrift than the HSN, or a sale at Nordstrom's rack.
Somethings are semi essential- your 2.50 pumice stone shaped like a flower, obviously is almost essential.
I may be projecting some unintended animosity because I can't leave without buying at least 30.00 dollars in chotchkies, and my impulse control could use some work.
Daiso is pretty much your place for chotchkies .
It's located on the bottom floor of Westlake Mall and does close earlier at 7pm. If I'm ever in downtown, I always stop by with a script of goods I need. Let me break it down...
Dishware: I get all my kitty's water and food bowls here. It's not all gaudy and garish like the ones at Petco and functional too. Serving platters, ramekins, small plates for parties. Great gift items like tea sets, sake+cups, and sushi sets. They have mugs and glassware too. They look nice, stuff easily found overpriced at Uwajis.
Kitchenware: I've bought a serrated bread knife, rice paddles, soup spoons. Stuff on the kitchen accessory wall at Target that you would easily pay $10 for can be found for $1.50!!! Spatulas, colanders, tongs, real good kitchen tools. It's insane.
Storage: I'm no neat freak but I do love me some Storables and functional organization, but it does all add up. From kitchen/pantry organizers, baskets for under the sink, stuff that hangs and hangs more stuff, everything to store all the hair products, streamlining the closet with tools you name it, Daiso has it. Tap into your OCDness on the cheap.
Personal care/cleaning: Heyy~ on the super-cute sponges! They have ones for the bath too. Dip into the whole melamine cleaning line. It's basically Mr. Clean erasers on toilet bowl cleaners, mops, sponges. It's fucking ingenious, just add water. No cleaning solvents needed. Personal grooming? Nail clippers, tweezers, scissors all cheap!!!
And that's just the real useful stuff. I didn't even get into the rest. There is also one up in Lynnwood too.
Daiso saved my life for one thing - cotton pads. Cotton balls aren't the same. Cotton pads in US seem to be too hard and thin and absorb lotion too much to apply to face. I used to pay $3.50 for a package of Japanese cotton pads at Uwajimaya. No more. $1.50 at Daiso!
Their plates, mugs, etc. are pretty cute too. Good enough for your house sushi party.
Since none of their items has English translation, it's probably a good idea to bring your Japanese-speaking friend with you. There are so many funky items you can only find in Japan. Even me, from Japan, finds lots of weird stuff makes me wonder who invented...
They opened a small shop across from Uwajimaya in International District. But the sign said cash only and variety is limited.
I have never walked out of this place without having bought something.
$1.50 for everything unless otherwise marked, and full of cute/useful japanese housewares? Hands down, this is the most entertaining and interesting store in Westlake Mall.
Amazing prices and great quatlity products!
I went in just to see (still new to Seattle) and walked out with a Sake set & coffee flavored candy for my fiance's birthday. Which by the way he freaking loved!!
I bought myself a gorgeous note pad with Japanese writing and flowers on it.
So overall, Sake set, two bags of candy and a note pad: $9.57!!! This place is better than any dollar store I've ever been to. I HIGHLY recommend it for little trinckets and gifts.
My God how long has this store been here?!?
I was out scouting the town with my gf while waiting for our IMAX 3d show of Monsters vs Aliens to start, and we wandered in here. What first caught our attention was all the Japanese bowls/plates/cups/etc that are in the store front. We at first walk in expecting Noritake prices (for those of you who don't know Noritake is like uber-expensive high quality Japanese porcelain). But what's this, literally everything in the store is only like a few dollars. And a large portion under $2.
I think after 10-15 minutes wandering through the store, I overheard someone say "this place has everything". And they were right. I even turned to my girlfriend and in my excited little boy in Disney Land voice said "This place is AWESOME!!!".
Okay so it's not Disney Land, but really all those little random Asian knick-knacks you always wanted are here. Here's an example of some of my plunder:
1) Cheap Stoneware pot for Shabu Shabu and Sukiyaki, like $10-15 rather than the $50-100 you'd spend somewhere like Uwajimaya
2) Those cool Japanese tupperwares that separate everything into cool compartments and/or have built in strainers or lifters that allow you to steam the veggies in them and/or keep them crisp.
3) Plates with the bamboo tops meant to keep cold soba dry.
4) BENTO BOXES!!!
and although I didn't buy it, they even had those tiny plastic stools that all Asian parents have. You know the ones they sit on when they are marinating that large stainless steel bowl of lemon grass chicken or Kim Chi at home for tomorrow's wedding/birthday party/etc. Hell I think they even had the huge stainless steel bowl.
Let me repeat myself...This place is AWESOME!!!
~G
I love Daiso! It's one of my favorite stores. They have everything!!
Screw Ikea if you need cheap-yet-cool-looking plates/cutlery. Daiso is better in my opinion! My favorites are the soup spoons and the hand-fans.
It's also fun to buy one of the CD's every once in awhile...I can't read the packaging, it's in Japanese...so it's always a surprise when I first listen to them!
Yay Daiso!
So I almost cried tears of joy when I found out there was a Daiso a few blocks from my new apartment. I used to live near the biggest Daiso in Japan where I spent countless hours digging for Engrish treasure and taking silly purikura with friends.
I made several trips here daily when settling in my new apartment. I think I'd forget things on purpose so I could go back and buy more cute things I do not need.
There's a whole aisle of bento accessories. I don't bento, but I can't resist the little animal toothpicks, soy sauce containers, and food dividers. I'm sure I'll find creative non-bento uses for them some day. I buy toys for my cat here. You can even buy a Buddhist shrine for your enlightened cat. I buy a lot of kitchen stuff here as I am culinarily challenged and would rather not buy expensive things I will use once and most likely burn at Sur La Table. I buy mesh wash bags here so my washing machine can't eat up my $$$ lingerie. There are stylish file holders and business card holders that I use for my credit cards. I love their baking section. Heart shaped molds, gorgeous containers for gifting homemade truffles, cookie cutters, all kinds of muffin cups. Of course I don't bake but I might start one day. Couldn't hurt to have them around. I use my 'nabe' pot for ramen because it'll boil water before you can tear open the ramen wrapper. Amazing.
But my favorite Daiso purchase? Portable ashtrays!! People in Tokyo look at you like you're a complete idiot covered in poo if you put your cig out on the street. My current portable ashtray is green, has a picture of a sheep and says 'Improving the manners of smokers'.
Stock changes often so if you see something you like, drop it in your basket immediately and check back for new stock often.
So obviously, my need for daily Daiso trips is completely sane.
Doesn't bother me but things others might find annoying :
- No returns, no exchanges
- Really narrow aisles
My secret, I get almost everything here, razors, cases, nail polishes, pencils, notebooks, even make up. But the make up's pigment is a little bad and the colour appears brighter than the colour on the palette. I like how this place has almost everything at $1.50 and I go there a lot, they also have some strange items, my friend claims that they sell "fake boobs" there. Um....
As a Japanese person myself, I like reading the labels, and this place is a must see if youre visiting Seattle. But Im warning you, depending on the carrier that you have, you might not get service down here.
Where is this store on the East Coast. Why don't we have Japanese dollar stores in our malls. WHY GOD WHY.
I didn't think anything could excite me more than when I went to Ichiban Kan in SF but I think Daiso did. I think the giant pink and white plush donut I bought did. And the bread placemats. And the miniature jeweled crown hair combs. And the package of cardboard fast food french fry holders. Ok yes they also have tons of useful home things as well, I just tend to gravitate towards the useless. I was sad I was really tired when I finally came here because I could have spent hours searching every last nook and cranny of this store but in the long run it was for the best because my luggage was already crammed with what I did end up buying.
A small group of loud teenagers came in and I was about to roll my eyes because I'm easily annoyed by other human beings but to my surprise instead of acting like obnoxious jerks as they tend to do in every other square inch of malls, they too became innocently enthralled by everything around them and quieted down a bit. It's almost like this store has a tranquilizer effect. We could wipe out teen pregnancy by putting Daisos all across the country - teens will be too busy oohing and aahing over strawberry hair ties and trash cans with cute animals on them to have sex with each other.
In short: go here now.
This store has a bunch of interesting stuff from Japan, however it has nothing I need or want.
Unlike the 100 yen store in Japan, this place has a very poor selection of food and candies. All it has it the left over stuff that is not really worth it.
It is fun to go inside and reminisce about the crazy packaging and items in Japan, but I rarely find myself wanting to buy anything.
just dropped in here for the first time today and was fairly blown away. it's relatively posh locale paired with a bargain-bin atmosphere which makes for quite the shopping experience. can't wait to go back sometime with more spare time for perusing their eclectic wares :)
so Japanese and so cheap! all can be bought here for the going rate of $1.50, unless otherwise marked. and they've got some 'fine' things indeed!
What a great little store!
I have found all kinds of "stuff" of surprising decent quality at absurdly low prices. I have bought pot holders, book ends, garden tools, even this cute little purse, and been pleased with them all. And, for only $1.50 each!
Not everything is great here. I was on the quest for some new picture frames a while back and the ones here were all pretty plastic and cheap-looking.
BUT, if I am in need of most any sort of household knick-knack, it is definitely worth a stop at Daiso to see what they have to offer.
It was my first time in a Daiso store and hopefully it won't be the last. It was as if Pic-N-Save (please tell me you know what that is), Dollar store, Hello Kitty, and the rest of Japan got together in one big orgy and Daiso became the result. Even though this store was relatively small in the mall, I'm sure the other locations around and in Japan are IKEA-sized, judging from the pictures on their website. Imagine the possibilities of a Daiso in a city like Irvine. Hmmm.
I was amazed that so many potential useful items were only $1.50. But I'd be careful not to go too crazy and buy everything in sight. You may or may not have any use for that pink toilet plunger with cute bunny designs on it. Even some things at $3 were a relative bargain, like the stoneware I found that can be used for noodle soups. I also found they had a pretty nice selection of bowls and plates with different designs. We liked it so much that we bought some to stuff into our luggage to make it even heavier. I didn't have wheels on my carry-on bag, so I was sweatin' it out walking through the airport.
The is a cheapskate's dream! I absolutely love the 100 Yen stores in Japan and Daiso is one of the most famous chains that have made it across the ocean! Everyone should come here to get household items... forget Ikea! Japanese quality = better!!!! -_-
Where else can you get fake eyelashes, silk flowers, toilet plungers, face wash, mochi snacks, Japanese drinks, arts and craft material, car wash items and Tupperware all in one roof?
The Tupperware section here is totally aggressive. I love Tupperware. It's like Asian man's tumi luggage. You take it everywhere and consider it a part of the family.
Anyway, most items are $1.50 unless otherwise noted. I heart Daiso!
Why have I been schlepping my ass all the way to Lynn-hood to get my Daiso fix of tiny tools and Engrish when there's a Daiso right here downtown?
Best fake lashes anywhere: The #9s in the pink case that says "voluminous type"
I heart Daiso
LOVE IT! ITS JUST LIKE THE ONE IN JAPAN!
Daiso is a little girls dream come true! Everything is so cute, cheap and pretty good quality for the amount you pay.
Things I have bought from Daiso:
1. A notebook decorated with English vocabulary words
2. Jelly stars to decorate my shower
3. Puffy crackers (about 5 minutes after ingesting, both my boyfriend and I felt a little nauseous. Avoid the puffy crackers!)
So, *** for the awesome junk you don't really need. Their stock changes fairly rapidly, so if you see a really great set of stickers or the perfect wrapping paper, get it! It won't be there next time. (I am still mourning the sunfish-shaped stickers I passed on last time.)
I think it would be a good place to take small kids (or adults with inner kids), especially since the interactive projector game on the floor is so mesmerizing.
Sometimes Daiso forces me to think about our disposable culture, and that's a little depressing. But... sunfish-shaped stickers!
this place sucks me in i could spend hours looking at all the cheap junk.
most of it is JUNK...that is true.
but its all very cheap. and there are some things you will find here that you just can not find anywhere else. I don't even know what they are called cause they are labeled in japanese.
its great for trinkets and gifts but i have to take off some stars cause i always come out of there with at least $10 worth of stuff i don't need and breaks as soon as i pay for it.
This is a destination store for me--I will walk here on my lunch break to shop for small but necessary items that the Japanese do just a little bit better. Things like nail polish remover that doesn't smell like paint remover and comes in a no spill bottle. Things like giant fat plastic hair clips that don't pinch your head and also manage to hold a whole bunch of hair. Things like Japanese okaki snacks that are low fat/low calorie (Japanese women are constantly watching their weight) that only cost $1.50. DAISO is a cool store--more purely Japanese than Uwajimaya. The next best thing to flying to Tokyo in the middle of the day.
Two plastic boxes to hold bags of flour and sugar (with wheels on them, for some reason!).
Two plastic ice trays that I am going to use to sort my earrings.
A lingerie bag for the washer that I have been needing FOREVER.
A very cute flower-shaped hair-catcher (ew) for our bathroom sink.
A fake-bald-head mask.
And my favorite, a mug that has printed on it over and over again, "Sorry, you're leaving." Okay, so maybe they mean, "I'm sorry that you're leaving our workplace!" or whatever, but even so -- who buys a mug that says that?! So from now on this is going to be our extra-super-special mug for guests who overstay their welcome. Be warned!
A client told me about this place, and I went the next day - it was awesome! Found some pink tinsel for my Xmas tree, along with a bunch of other random stuff I didn't even know that I needed. And I got enough false lashes to last me till Christmas XD Super stoked.
I was hoping to find some Hello Kitty stuff though and didn't see a single thing. Was pretty bummed about that.
Also, teeny tiny isles. Couldn't turn around without knocking into shit.
The Daiso in Seattle is nothing compared to the one in Vancouver/Richmond, but again - any Daiso rocks based on its sheer awesomeness in stocking uber-useful, uber-cute things you forgot you needed. It's nowhere near as big or spacious, therefore also compromising the selection, but it's conveniently located in downtown, and everything is onlt $1.50. As a previous reviewer said, I wouldn't go out of my way to check out Daiso-Seattle (but I would for Daiso-Richmond), but if you're wandering in the area.... (3.5 stars)
PS - Daiso-Seattle also gets props for carrying the *exact* hair clip I'd broken months earlier. (See my Daiso-Richmond review)
It is a dollar fifty store. And an amazing one.
It's not gross, everyone is super nice and all their little items are incredibly clever. They have almost anything. Chopsticks, wristwatches, umbrellas, picture frames, dog food trays. teacups, notebooks, toys, containers, candy, bags, brooms, whatever.
Buck fifty per.
Well, for the most part. There are a couple five to ten dollar items deceptively placed among their buck fifty brothers and sisters. But, like, whatever.
If you work downtown then the bus tunnel drops you off at their doorstep. I go during my lunch break all the time.
And the picture frames and dishware? Ceramic. Not plastic.
Everyone should go there and give them all your dollar fifties every day.
Outside the store they also got this floor-projection stomping game where the little cartoons on the floor apparently respond to your movements. I've been wanting to figure it out but there's always some mean 5-year-old child there who won't let me play with them.
Daiso is Japanese version of dollar store.
(However, most of their items are $1.50 due to the shipping fee)
Some stuff they have are cheap and good ,for example, they have many different sizes and types of mesh bags for laundry for $1.50.
I love the one for wired bras.
Also, I live to shop gift wrappings there.
(Box, papers, ribbons are all $1.50)
Also, they have a lot of Japanese kitchenware including chopsticks and small dishes, tea pots and more.
I'm pretty sure it would be fun to check out because they really do have everything. (including Food, Goods for pets, bath soaps, cosmetic goods)
Man, I thought these types of shops were only in the International District (ID) aka Chinatown. Imagine my suprise when I rounded the corner to see one in the bottom level of the Westlake Center! Best cheap stuff on the planet. Also, if you're into Japanese cuisine and need simple food items such as rice wine vinegar, dried kelp/seaweed, furikaki, sesame seeds, somen, etc., this is the cheapest place in the Seattle area. E.g, 16oz. Albertsons rice vinegar = $3.49. DAISO = $1.50. Dried kelp for making sushi rolls: Albertsons = $6.49; Daiso - $1.50. -You get the idea.
All things handy and cheap corralled into a small space and labeled in Japanese.
Gotta love it.
First off, you have to accept and come to love the fact that everything in this store is cheap, and most likely unnecessary. Rich in the tradition of the dollar store, most things are priced at a meager $1.50.
You should come here if you want cheap plastic storage units (they even have cute lil bento boxes!) or tea cups that will assuredly break into a million porcelain pieces if you place it with force on any solid surface. If you live by the adage of you get what you pay for, you'll find this store delightful and fun.
Japanese kitch meets consumerism meets awe and delight. That's how I'd sum up Daiso. Come when you've got a few bucks burning a hole in your pocket and you want to load up on Japanese big band cd's for $3.00.
Disappointing, but maybe my expectations were too high. I was looking forward to this store but it really left me a little flat.
The store does carry a wonderful array of items and would be ideal for anyone moving or on a budget. I was honestly impressed with their garden tools, handbags, storage containers, fans and dishes. And in all honesty, I might be back to grab some of their storage bins since they are priced well and are something that is expendable.
I guess the main problem is that it's poor quality, like really poor quality. And lacks any style. It had that whole Target, Walmart thing going on, which I don't like American style and apparently don't like Japanese style either.
If I was in college, moving into my first place or on a uber tight budget, this place would be 4 stars and praised as a savior. But as things stand, it's interesting to run through but leaves a lot to be desired.
Going to Daiso at Westlake Center is certainly much more convenient than heading to the one at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, and definitely a lot more convenient than hopping a flight to Japan. So, I will keep wandering in when I find myself with a spare 20 minutes while downtown, but if I really want to do some Japanese Dollar Store shopping I'll go ahead and make the drive up to the Lynnwood Daiso.
For some reason the Westlake store seems to lack the style, selection, and whimsy of the Lynnwood store, and really, it's a sad day in America when Lynnwood beats Seattle. The store is also laid out in an odd manner, has no natural light whatsoever, and is a just plain old unpleasant place to shop.
But, you should definitely stop in, check out the stationary, see if you need any small items made out of pastel plastic, and enjoy a little slice of Japanese life brought over to Seattle.
My boyfriend brought back pricey jade chopsticks from China. They broke. I bought us $1.50 cute chopsticks from Daiso. Haven't broken yet, and so what if they do? I'll just buy more.
This place has so many things you wouldn't expect to find all in one place for so cheap. Planters and garden spades? Check. Kitchen items galore? Check. Crochet needles?! $1.50, hell yeah. Men's ties? That's odd. Cheap gift bags and wrapping paper? Yay. I could go on and on but you get the point: go here, waste an afternoon getting cheap things you forgot you needed.
I have an addiction, and it's name is Daiso.
I discovered Daiso just a couple months ago (how did I not find out about it sooner??) and have been going pretty regularly ever since. Need something boring for your house, like a sponge? Don't go to the grocery store and buy the standard green + yellow pilly sponge - go to Daiso and get a sponge shaped like a little pig! There's a huge selection of dishware, utensils, glassware - and super interesting Japanese beauty supply section. Daiso's conveniently located in Westlake Center, just next to my homeward bound bus stop - hence why I go there way too often.
It truly is an amazing wonderland of Japanese goods - for cheap! Everything starts at just $1.50.
My office is not that far from Uwajimaya, but just far enough to make me think twice about swinging by after work. So when I heard that a new Japanese home store was opening up in Westlake Center, I was thrilled at the thought of being able to get my Asian-trinket fix anytime I wanted. Alas, the reality was not so exciting. For everyone who's ever wondered, "Are there dollar stores in Japan?" I present to you Daiso.
Though it has a tiny (and uninspired) snack section, Daiso is really more of a housewares store --- you wouldn't call this a grocery by any stretch. When you first enter, you'll be confronted by a HUGE display of cheap painted stoneware: cups, bowls, and plates in many different colorful patterns, and most are $1.50 each. Most of the stuff in the store, in fact, is $1.50, and what isn't is clearly marked with price tags (I believe the most expensive item is $5).
As you work your way through the giant, confusing labyrinth of the store, you'll encounter baking supplies, cookware (including scarily cheap pots and knives), stationery, gift wrap, household cleaners and bathroom stuff. Prepare for the unexpected, like $1.50 terrycloth toilet seat cozies in a rainbow of pastels, or glamorous portable ashtrays-on-a-rope. If you're looking for Sanrio stuff or adorably kawaii writing supplies with amusing Engrish, though, keep walking --- the pens and stationery are pretty limited and not very cute.
I walked in there ready to buy, buy, buy, but after over half an hour of wandering, I couldn't come up with a single thing that I really wanted, even for $1.50. And that is a bad sign, my friends. If you happen to be in Westlake anyway, it might be worth going down to the first floor to take a look, but if you really want to go on a Jap-snacks spree, save your dollars and your energy for Uwajimaya.
how can you NOT love Daiso?
hello?!?! eyelashes for $2.00?
$2.00 MUTHA-EFFIN' dollaz, son!
melon soda for $1.99
gift wrapping, gift boxes, sushi sets, etc.
toilet seat covers for $3
beautiful plates for $4
knick knacks and other essential home/apartment items are all decently priced for a girl on a tight budget. yes, their items aren't the highest of caliber... but it sure beats the U.S. dollar store! =)
what i DON'T like is their return policy. one of the plates i purchased wasn't a part of the set i originally wanted. i simply wanted to swap it out with the one that matches my set... (same price) but they didn't allow it. boo!
I love Daiso the 100 yen shop, though its basically the Walmart of Japan, (the effect on the Japanese economy is HUGE)
But still... I love this place. I'm addicted to cheap, yet useful pretty good quality stuff. I'm so glad they opened one up in Seattle. They have everything from Kitchen supplies to learning material. Sometimes there's really bad quality stuff there, and sometimes there's stuff that you would never believe is $1.50. I go here mainly to buy tableware, house slippers, odd bathroom supplies, bento oriented stuff, book covers (they have these wonderful cloth book storage solutions) and laundry items. And of course the 'I'll never use stuff' like foot massaging stickers and plastic gel thingys that stick to windows...
Most of their stuff is in Japanese so it may take a while to get oriented to everything in the store if you don't have familiarity with the language. Also you might want to make this your only stop or last stop of the day if you're out shopping in westlake.. somehow 15-20 items end up in your basket ......
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so!!
Wow - this place is a great hidden gem! I have been to Westlake Center many, many times but never ventured past Hot Topic. This weekend, I was downstairs and I saw the Daiso sign. I had never bothered to go check it out - but since I remembered reading something on Yelp about it, I figured I'd at least go see what it was.
I walked in and was immediately in love! I didn't see the "Almost everything is $1.50" sign. So, I wandered around looking at things I wanted to buy, but didn't grab them because I wasn't sure how much they cost. Then, I saw that sign and went crazy! Who needs a wash cloth with a kitten wearing a kimono on it or a bowl with a anime looking penguin on it? I DO. That's who!
I also found some practical things for cheap - I got a super cute makeup bag for $3, desk organizer for $1.50, and some darling cherry blossom tea cups for $1.50 each. Yeah, I probably spent another $20 on "useless" stuff. But, hey, when in Rome....er, Japan?
Happy message: cute, unique items - all you can imagine - available w/funny word placements for under $2.00.
They even had a paper airplane kit. And an elephant with wheels as a massager. And cloth headbands. And yummy candy. And, andandandand...
Oh so happy. :-)
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Here are some of the places (and things) I visited…
The stuff I intend to make my visiting family…
My small list of stores where you can find…
Here're some spots I don't mind spending my…
It doesn't go in you. It doesn't go on you. But…
