The Famous 100 Yen Shop

This is the picture of one of the hundreds 100 yen shop you can find in japan. 100 yen are about 1.20 Swiss francs or about 80 cents euro. Back in Lugano, my hometown, they had the 2.-- swiss franc shop (180 yen), but the stuff they sold was limited and didn't have a big success.

In japan, is really a hit. This shops appear everywhere and they are really a DEAL! From the picture below, you can see some of the items they sell...

among other things, you can find some food, too, like Instant Curry (which buy the way is one of the items which is cheaper at the supermarket), and Water. Amazingly, 2 Liters of Fuji Water cost here 105 yen with tax. At the local supermarket i've seen another brand for about 192 yen. At the convenience store, 2L of water cost 250 yen.

The reason i mentioned the price of water, is that tapped water is terrible in japan. It tastes chlorine a lot, therefore, i don't use it for preparing coffee or cooking rice. Besides the taste, the picture of me becoming a swimming pool is not really reassuring... ;)...

Is always worth to take a look ...and some people...really get dragged into it and spend a fortune in there ... ;)