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Daiso creates its own collectible trading card game, and yes, the packs are just 100 yen【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2022 - Tweet
Amazingly inexpensive starter set works out to just 2 yen per card.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • collectible card games • collectible trading card games • Daiso • trading cards)
Daiso releases shoulder bag series for every prefecture in Japan with surprising trivia facts
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2022
Cute designs teach us which prefecture of Japan grows the most bonsai trees and which has the most Shinto shrines.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • bags • cool • culture • cute • Daiso • fashion • prefectures • tote bags)
Can Daiso’s mini washing machine wash your jocks and socks?
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2022
Testing out Japan’s famous 100-yen store item with something other than makeup sponges.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • buy • COK • cool • cute • Daiso • Go Hatori • mini washing machine • shopping • SNJO • toys • washing machines)
Daiso Halloween makeup challenge! Can Japan’s favorite 100 yen store zombify you?【How-to】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2022
Joining the battalions of the undead on a budget.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • Daiso • halloween • Halloween costumes • haruka takagi • makeup • scary • SNJO • zombies)
Daiso vs. Seria: Which sells the better egg white whipper? We find out【SoraKitchen】
- Dale Roll
Aug 22, 2022
Two major 100-yen stores go head-to-head in a thrilling time-attack race!
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • comparison • cooking • Daiso • haruka takagi • product testing • Seria • SoraKitchen)
We test out Daiso’s “High-Quality Stereo Earphones” and find a pair that actually impressed us
- Dale Roll
Aug 13, 2022
Can 300 yen (US$2.26) headphones actually have enough difference in sound quality to be distinguished?
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • comparison • Daiso • earphones • electronics • Go Hatori • headphones • music • SNJO • technology)
How does the 100-yen “Scoon” match up against the celebrated 2,000-yen Sugakiya Ramen Fork?
- Master Blaster
Feb 10, 2022
High-performance spork action.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • cup ramen • Daiso • haruka takagi • instant noodles • ramen • Scoon • spork • Sugakiya)
Tokyo’s beautiful new hot-selling fruit sandwich cubes…are from a 300 yen store?!?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2021
3 Coins’ gorgeous desserts have six sides.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • 3 Coins • beautiful • COK • food • fruit • fruit sandwiches • Harajuku • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Can you buy everything you need for an overnight camping trip at Daiso? Part 2!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 8, 2021
He made it through the afternoon, but what will happen to our Daiso adventurer once night falls?
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • camping • COK • cool • crazy • Daiso • experiment • Go Hatori • outdoors • SNJO)
Can you buy everything you need for an overnight camping trip at Daiso? Let’s find out!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 5, 2021
Part 1 of our experiment to see if Daiso is truly the only store anyone ever need to shop at.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • camping • COK • cool • crazy • Daiso • experiment • Go Hatori • SNJO)
We try out a 100-yen store bowl designed for microwaving frozen udon noodles
- Dale Roll
Oct 17, 2021
This bowl went viral on Twitter…but for what?? We had to find out.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • convenient • cooking • Daiso • food • Go Hatori • Hatori Go • microwave • Noodles • udon)
100 yen store chain Daiso opens online shop with 30,000 items to choose from!
- Casey Baseel
Oct 15, 2021
It’s the Daiso of dreams.
- Internet, Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • awesome • cool • Daiso • online store)
Nothing is more relaxing than watching this Japanese artist drawing with Daiso crayons【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2021
“Let’s overcome these barriers” says Shibasaki, who just might be everyone’s kind and cool Japanese art uncle.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • art • cool • crayons • Daiso • video)
We test out 100-yen shop Halloween pet accessories on a purrfectly cute assistant
- Dale Roll
Oct 6, 2021
Click for cute cat pictures! Oh, and adorable, affordable Halloween pet accessories.
- Japan
- (100-yen • 100-yen stores • cat • COK • cute • cute cat • cute pets • halloween • K. Masami • pet accessories • Seria • SNJO)
Crazy cheap cosplay at Daiso? How to transform into Dragon Ball’s Vegeta at the discount shop
- Casey Baseel
Sep 29, 2021
This cosplay outfit is way UNDER 9,000 (yen)!
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • anime • COK • cosplay • crazy • Daiso • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • Go Hatori • manga • SNJO • Vegeta)
How to put together a senbero drinking/snack session at Japan’s 100-yen convenience store【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2021
Drinks, food, and an important lesson for just 1,000 yen (US$9.19).
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • alcohol • cheap • COK • crazy • food • Lawson • Lawson Store 100 • Mr. Sato • senbero • SNJO)
Daiso has awesome, and super-affordable, background boards for your anime figure photos!【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2021
Japan’s favorite 100 yen shop helps solve an otaku problem (two if you count leaving us with more cash to buy new figures).
Daiso sells “emergency shelters,” and they have an amazing visual trick【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2021
There’s a big surprise waiting inside this affordably premium-priced item from the 100 yen store chain.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • clever • COK • cool • crazy • Daiso • Go Hatori • outdoor • shelter • SNJO • weird)
What to buy at Daiso’s new Standard Products store in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 29, 2021
Look out, Muji and Ikea — this 100-yen store chain is coming to steal your customers.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • Daiso • Go Hatori • homewares • ikea • muji • new openings • review • Shibuya • shopping • shops • SNJO • Standard Products • Tokyo)
Are 100 yen shop Daiso’s Japanese radish seeds worth your time? Let’s find out【Experiment】
- Katy Kelly
Mar 29, 2021
Radical value from cheap radish sprouts?
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • cool • daikon • Daiso • gardening • Go Hatori • hobby • inspiring • radish • SNJO)
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