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This Japanese chopping board sanitising bag might be the handy kitchen gadget we never knew we needed

• Oona McGee
  Aug 9, 2026
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We find out if a bag made specifically for soaking chopping boards is actually useful.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)

Daiso now sells stress-relief punching bags, but are they worth beating on?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2026

Is this a cheap way to beat away stress, or a case of cheaping out that’ll have us feeling even more frustrated?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • crazy • Daiso • exercise • fitness • SNJO • stress • weird)

Japanese onsen egg maker from 100-yen store Daiso needs to be on your shopping list

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2026

Simply add hot water and you can easily make hot spring eggs at home.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • egg maker • eggs • gadgets • hot spring egg • Japanese gadgets • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen goods • onsen egg • onsen tamago • runny egg • SNJO • tamago • tamago maker)

An un-bear-ably great haul (maul?): Get your Gloomy Bear goods at 100-yen shop Can Do

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 23, 2025

Cute carnage is back in vogue right now, but don’t worry–this new product series doesn’t come with any actual blood splattered on it.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • Can Do • character goods • collaboration • creepy • Gloomy Bear • guro-kawaii • practical)

What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at the Seria 100-yen chainstore in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2025

Find out what US$6.70 gets you at this super popular 100-yen store.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen shops • 100 yen store • cheap finds • COK • drinks • Japan super budget dining • Seria • SNJO • sweets)

What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Daiso Japan?

• Oona McGee
  May 9, 2025

10 top ideas from locals who’ve been shopping at this 100-yen store all their lives.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen shops • 100 yen store • cheap eats • COK • Daiso • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • sweets)

Our wacko boss tries making his own baseball practice equipment using only 100-yen shop products

• Dale Roll
  Apr 7, 2023

And one hapless colleague was dragged into helping. 

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • baseball • COK • crazy • Daiso • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • SoraHouse • sports • weird • Yoshio)

Daiso’s 100-yen ramen egg makers even better in smaller sizes

• Master Blaster
  Aug 13, 2022

Our resident eggman’s dream comes true, kookookachoo.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • COK • cooking • Daiso • eggs • ramen eggs • seasoned egg • Seasoned Egg Maker • SNJO • soy sauce egg)

How to make the most beautiful at-home tamagokakegohan ever with a 100 yen store kitchen gadget

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 7, 2022

After a trip to the 100 yen shop, our TKG looks like a million bucks.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • eggs • food • kitchen gadgets • Seria • SNJO • SoraKitchen • tamagokakegohan)

Daiso’s Standard Products store — what’s worth buying and what’s not? Our expert weighs in

• Katie Pask
  Mar 21, 2022

Standard Products promises items that are “slightly better” than 100 yen store Daiso, but does that apply to all goods in store?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100-yen • Daiso • Go Hatori • shopping • SNJO • Standard Products • Tokyo)

Does this egg timer from Japanese 100-yen store Daiso really work?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 16, 2021

We find out if this cute gadget is all it’s cracked up to be.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Go Hatori • Japanese food • SNJO)

Which 100-yen shop product makes the best janky speaker? We test out 35 different items

• Katie Pask
  Aug 4, 2021

Which one makes a better speaker — a fish bowl or a trash can? Let’s find out!

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen shops • 100 yen store • Daiso • experiement • Go Hatori • speaker)

Make soy sauce eggs in minutes with popular new Japanese product from Daiso

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2021

Easy-to-use item goes viral and sells out as everyone attests to its soy marinated egg perfection.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • eggs • food • gadgets • Japanese food • ramen • recipes • soy sauce)

This super-compact raincoat from one of Japan’s 100-yen stores can literally fit in your pocket

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 12, 2021

No more getting caught by surprise in the rain!

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • Daiso • Go Hattori • raincoat • SNJO)

Tour our Japanese-language reporter’s apartment, a wonderland of 100-yen trinkets

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 13, 2020

The best things in life are priceless, but the most useful things tend to only cost about 100 yen (US$0.90).

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100-yen • CanDo • cheap • COK • Daiso • Go Hatori • hangers • home living • interior • SNJO • useful)

SoraNews24 founder develops effective yet inexpensive COVID-19 guards for restaurants

• Master Blaster
  Sep 3, 2020

It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’m not just saying that because he signs my cheques.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • AS Field • coronavirus • COVID-19 • inventions • public health • restaurants • safety • umbrella • Yoshio)

How well does a sushi maker from a 100 yen shop work? We try it and find out!

• Kay
  Apr 29, 2020

We’re pleasantly surprised to discover that a 100 yen gadget allows us to make acceptably decent sushi. 

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • CanDo • cooking • gadget • sushi)

Daiso will help you warp your reflection with a psychedelic infinity mirror for under five bucks!

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 5, 2020

Japan’s economical provider of weird products does it again, with a battery powered infinity mirror light. Who doesn’t need one of those?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • cool • Daiso • Go Hatori • home • Infinite Mirror • lifestyle • light • optical illusion • Yayoi Kusama)

Thailand’s Daiso is so different from Japan’s that they might as well be on different planets

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 12, 2019

One is a collection of oddly useful household goods while the other is a cosmetic paradise.

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• SE Asia
• (100 yen shop • beauty products • cheap • cosmetics • Daiso • stationery • Thailand • utensil)

We run a camellia oil-infused brush through our tresses and set them a-gleam, only spend 100 yen

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 18, 2018

Our in-house bargain beauty buff has found yet another method to upgrade his locks. How shiny can a 100-yen camellia oil brush make your hair?

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • 100 yen store • beauty • camellias • fashion • Go Hattori • hair)

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