House Special of the Week: 100 Yen Shops

It has been pretty famous in the Philippines. Even myself, I am always stopping by Japan Home Center Shops to buy various stuffs since they are so cheap but useful and unique.

100 Yen Shops sells a wide variation of products for 105 yen per item (100 yen for the product price plus 5% consumption tax). Roughly it is around 1 dollar per item or here in the Philippines, products are at around Php 88.00.

There are thousands of 100 Yen Shops that varies in sizes. Some are just small corners of a department store and some are really huge stores that are multi-storey. The market leader, Daiso operates in 2000 stores all around Japan. It has even branches here in the Philippines.

100 yen stores are able to mark down their prices because they buy their products in bulk from their suppliers. Moreover, their suppliers are from countries with low labor and production costs, so they can make their prices lower than its actual selling price.

Below are the selection of some products that can be bought from 100 yen stores:

Tableware
~Plates, rice and miso soup bowls, tea cups, sake sets, forks, etc. ~

Kitchenware
~Kitchen knives, dippers, microwave containers, coffee filters, detergent, aluminum foil, etc. ~


Tools
~Hammers, measuring tapes, pliers, screwdriver sets, cutter knives, etc. ~


Gardenware
~Watering pots, mini rakes, containers, etc. ~


Stationary
~Boxes, report pads, memo pads, pens, pins, calligraphy brushes, etc. ~


Household Goods
~Sewing threads, towels, socks, slippers, etc. ~


Leisure Goods
~Ping pong sets, swimming goggles, English-Japanese dictionaries, etc. ~

Source:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2077.html