7/11 😡

7/11, Japan 😍

Okay but I got onigari molds, bento boxes that nest for storage, as well as beautiful envelopes I use to give tips (like to the esthetician) at Daiso in Vancouver, all things I can't find locally, even in the nearest city. Not just at discount shops, I mean in general.

(Yes I am that person. Fine. I'll put on the clown nose.)

But they are actually better...?

Sounds like someone went to Daiso in San Francisco and assumed that it's the same as Daiso in Tokyo

I would be the latter for Don Quixote, but just because of Yakuza games and that fire song.

Fuck, it's me and I've never even been to Japan

The Daisos near me have increased their minimum prices to $2.50. At that point, it's not really worth the impulse purchase. Still has cute fun items though

wtf is a dollar store? is it an exchange?

This is a completely valid opinion, though. The products in Japanese dollar stores (in the US) are of significantly higher quality than those in dollar tree/etc.

Dollar tree sucks so much has a whole bunch of stuff for 1.25 you can get at your local grocery store for either 99 or a straight buck.

Dollar stores in Japan are a whole WORLD away. Literally. And metaphorically. Daiso takes Dollar General out back and beats it with a willow switch until it cries.

A Lawsons or or a 711 in Japan has a staggering selection of ready made food, shipped in a few times daily. They have cheap booze and they provide both ramen and free hot water.

But have you ever been in a Daiso?

This guy hasn't been to a Don Quijote, that shit's a liminal space

Daiso is the S-tier of these. I wish they had them in Europe.

I know someone that loves them all

I spent a chunk of my childhood in rural America and loved the dollar tree. So much junk I could afford with the money I stole from my dad's wallet.

Moved to Australia as a teen and it still angers me to this day, 20 years later, that the dollar store here is more of a suggestion. Couldn't find one thing under $5 in there despite being called the dollar store.

+1 for daiso

In the US, Dollar Tree is the only one adhering to the dollar store principal, now at 1.50, (giving you a real measure of inflation, that in 10 years it went from 1 to 1.5,) while the rest charge much more for everything, being no different in price and quality from kmart or target, if not more expensive.

It’s me. I’m someone.

Rawhide Kobiyashi is gonna be so disappointed