Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Daiso Japan is a Japanese-based retailer that specializes in cutesy cheap crap — curios, stationary, toys, kitchen supplies, cosmetics, toiletries, seasonal goods, etc. It’s an Asian Dollar Tree, with few exceptions, everything in the store is $1.50. The company has a few thousand stores in Japan and about 30 in the United States, most of which are in California, specifically here in SoCal. Their mission statement is “Constant self-denial, to improve stores and products.” Here are a few pictures I took at one of their bright, white-and-pink, fluorescent-lit stores. Like EP, I encountered some weird stuff.
They sell the usual good luck totems and tchotchkes.
I have not met a woman who didn’t think these are a brilliant idea.
Hey, for all I know it works well.
This was in the toy section. Would make a great party favor at the neighborhood kid’s birthday.
No idea what this is, but it was also in the toy section. You’ll be the silliest sex offender on the block!
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- The same culture also gave us Toshiro Mifune samurai pictures and Naruse dramas.
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Sounds like a destination for Barken’s next So Cal journey
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We were in the Sydney outlet a couple of weekends ago. Its a fascinatingly odd little place.
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They gave us the CBR600 too.
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Reblogged this on Will S.' Random Weirdness Blog and commented:
The culture that gave us The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife…
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Kathy Shaidle once commented, “70% of all weirdness comes from Japan, 20% from Florida, and 10% from everywhere else”. This could be Exhibit A…
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“It’s an Asian Dollar Tree”
Crud squared.
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