Everything one dollar.

全部100円です

Come see what wonderful things we can buy for just one dollar.

何が100円で買えるか見てみましょう！

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

100円ショップが大好きです！何でも100円で買えます

So this is one of my favorite stores to come to because, for one thing, I can afford everything. Ha ha!

日本ならではの便利グッツも買えます

Also there's so many useful and unique things to Japan that I find here.

行きましょう

Come with me. I want to go to the toys!

おもちゃみたい！

OK, you go to the toys.

いいわよ

OK, here it's always the seasonal items

まずは季節商品

Right now it's halloween. I don't decorate for halloween, I decorate for fall.

ハロウィーンです

But it's great because you can buy these little bags for candies and for plates,

秋物の飾りが欲しいですね

And they have all this such cute tape. And it's all such cute designs.

お菓子用の袋やお皿は良いですね

And they have — oh — cookie cutters.

可愛いデザインのシールもあります

But I love the pumpkin, I'm not a huge ghost fan.

お化けは嫌いですが 可愛い型ですね

I wish they sold just the pumpkin, actually I might just buy this because I like the pumpkin.

かぼちゃの形の型が欲しいわ

OK I might buy it.

買っちゃおう

And they even sell live plants. Look, you can buy tiny little cactuses,

サボテンや小さな植物も買えます

So cute!

可愛い！

So in this section we have all our cosmetics and face brushes and makeup and stuff like that.

ここは化粧品やメイク用品のコーナーです

I don't really buy much makeup at a dollar because I'm a little leery sometimes.

化粧用品は100円ショップではあまり買いません

But one thing we do buy a ton of here is pencils and markers and erasers

ペンとマーカーと消しゴムは沢山買います！

And here in Japan they have these things — they're pencil lids.

日本ならではの鉛筆キャップ

So all the kids put them on their pencils and they have like milk cartons, and ice cream things

子供が好きな 牛乳キャップの形や

And of course, this is cars, and they have princesses, I mean, anything you can imagine.

アイスクリームの形

And all the cute, cute erasers. I mean, look at this!

車やお姫様のデザインも… 何でもあります

How can you pass that up? Sushi erasers!

そしてこの可愛い消しゴム！

I have to contain myself, otherwise I buy too much.

見て下さい！

Look at this! Who can resist all this glitter tape — for a dollar?!

お寿司の消しゴム！

You laugh at me!

気を付けないと沢山買っちゃいます

And then I buy a lot of stuff down this aisle.

この可愛いテープも全部100円です！

It's all paper supplies and I do crafts with the kids

笑ったでしょ？

And all the origami papers and box cutters and scissors and mats and tape and play doh and...

ここも見逃せません

Markers and paint!

紙細工や工作のグッズが沢山あります

Oh my goodness! There's so much stuff.

折り紙やハサミなどの文房具

So right now at home we're making stuffed animals, so the girls need stuffing.

テープに粘土

Here, put it in here.

マーカーに絵具

A couple things, like this glue gun, it's 200 yen.

凄い品揃え

So you do have to be careful because some things are a little different in price.

縫いぐるみの材料を買います

But 98% of everything is 100 yen.

娘達が作ります

This is all the craft supplies, all the gifting, all these cute little bags.

ここに入れて

Oh my goodness — and like ziplock bags, how cute are these bags?!

グルーガンなど 200円の品もあります

All the strings, although I have not had too great of success with these threads from Daiso.

稀に100円以外の物もありますが

They seem to break easily.

だいたい100円です

So I do go to a craft store for thread for my sewing machine.

プレゼント包装のグッズです

What do you like about Daiso, dude?

可愛い袋もあります

Um, the toys.

ジップ式もあるわ 可愛い！

The toys? Yeah, they're pretty cool.

裁縫用具です

Can I show you what I just found? OK

糸は弱いので100円ショップではあまり買いません

This!

裁縫用具のお店で買います

Oh my goodness!

ダイソーのどこが好き？

3, 2, 1 Oh yeah. What else do they have here Joshua?

おもちゃ！

Um, the gun! Ah, the gun up there, huh?

おもちゃ！いいね！

And these! Oh yea, a cone.

いいの見つけたの！

What is it?

これ！

A pregnant thing, I think.

凄いな！

So when you can't bend, when you have a big tummy, you just can pick it up.

他にはあった？

There's more stuff. There's more stuff? Like what?

銃！

Cars! Like cars! Oh, you're right.

あの銃かな？

You can't take them out. You can't take them out, yeah, they're not meant to be played with, are they?

これも！

Only at home. Only if you buy them.

コーンだね！

And like scary alligators.

それは？

It's coming at you.

妊婦さんが使えるね

So one thing I love is this thing — it's a knife sharpener.

お腹が大きい時 物取るのに使えるよ

The stones are already tilted to the right angle, so all you have to do is slide your knife through and it sharpens it. It's perfect.

もっとある！

Let me show you the lunch, the bento supplies.

例えば？

Here they have all these tiny little cute things that you can put your different little bento separate things in.

車！

Cute tiny ones. They have bigger ones.

そうだね！

They have thematic ones.

取れないよ

And then they have all these little sticks.

取れないようになってるね

Like you can put them in sausages, or in apples or in fruit.

買ったらだね

And then these you can make shapes with.

怖そうなワニ

So you put your rice in that and push it down and it comes out into little shapes

そっち行くよ！

And they have these little ones that you cut out the seaweed, the nori, to make the eyes and nose.

お気に入りの包丁研ぎです

And then they have some that just make little rice balls.

研ぎ石の角度も丁度よくて

But also with the little faces on them, so it makes it easier to put the nori on it.

通すだけで切れ味抜群です

And then they have these tiny little containers for sauces, look at these: for soy sauce.

次はお弁当グッズです

You squeeze it in, you put it in the bento, it's disposable, they squeeze out their soy sauce, and it's all done.

この小さな箱でおかずを小分けに出来ます

How cute!

可愛い小さな物から 大きなサイズ 柄付きの物…

What honey?

この小さなスティック

I forgot my money.

ソーセージや果物に使います

You forgot your money? OK, mommy can lend you some money, ok?

ご飯用の型です

And then they have all the ice packs. They have big ice packs, small little ice packs to put in your lunch bags.

ご飯が綺麗な形になります

They have tons of options of thermal lunch bags.

海苔で飾り付けも出来るようになってます

Of course these, you have to see, they're 200 yen.

目や鼻の形も簡単です

They have all the wrapping for your onigiri.

ご飯ボール用の型に

The right size and you can put your nori on it and it won't get mushy.

海苔を付けて顔に出来ます

Here's all your bento boxes.

ソース用の入れ物です

Of course these are a little bigger so they are a little more expensive.

これは醤油用 お弁当に付けます

I bought something like this for camping.

使い捨て出来ます

It's got cups in it. A dollar.

可愛い！

And then they have all these different — like this is just a dollar — bento box.

どうしたの？

They have your little ones. You can buy your chopstick sets.

お金忘れた

You can buy these tiny little ones that come with chopsticks and fork and spoon

貸してあげるわ

And you attach them to the handle so that they're very compact.

色んなサイズの保冷材

These the kids like. It's a fork and spoon and mini chopsticks all in it.

弁当箱に使います

Of course that one, you see, is 150 yen. But still!

保温用のお弁当袋も沢山あります

They have some great cleaning supplies that I love. Here come, let me show you.

これは200円です

OK, they have these, in English I guess they're called Mosquito Net Dish Cloth.

おにぎり用の包装紙もあります

I love these! I usually actually get this one because there's three in here for a dollar!

サイズも整うし 海苔もパリッとします

And they're great for wiping off you counter, and around your kitchen and sink and stuff.

弁当箱です

They have all these mini stainless steel scrubbers

これは大きいので少し高いです

They're great because they're pretty much disposable.

キャンプ用に買いました

You use it one time, you can throw it away, because you get 8 for a dollar!

全部で100円です

Here, in Japan, our sinks are huge.

これは全部100円です

And they have this catch-all little drain thing that you put a bag in

小さな箱に お箸ケース

And we don't have garbage disposals

コンパクトなお箸とスプーンセット

But then they can end up getting mildewy.

子供が好きなセットです

So then you put these—they're slime removers—you hang them inside the dish drain. See that?

色々入ってるので150円です

And it helps keep the mold and slime away.

それでも安い！

These are very, very useful.

掃除用具もすごいです！

Actually I need a new brush while I'm here.

蚊帳布のふきん

You can buy your gloves — you can buy disposal gloves.

大好きです！しかも3つで100円！

Which during Corona season now we kept some of these disposable gloves in our car

キッチン周りの掃除に最適です！

So when we pump gas, we don't have to touch Corona infested stuff! Ha!

この小さなステンレスたわし

Can I have this? You don't even use those!

8個あるので使い捨て出来ます！

What are they? They're for pencils. You don't have pencils yet.

日本のシンクは大きくて

And then they also have all of your gardening and pet needs.

ゴミ受けがあるので

Watch

袋を使いますが

Here's all the pots for gardening.

ぬめりが残るので

And then all your little supplies [kid cries] — is that my kid? No it's not my kid.

このぬめり取りが便利です！

Scissors, cutters, things to help weeds not to grow.

入れるだけで ぬめりが少なくなります

All of your spray bottles and hose attachments and,

超便利です！

Green zip ties so that your plants, you can zip tie them

新しいブラシもいるわ

And it doesn't look like you've zip tied them because it's green.

コロナ禍では使い捨て手袋も便利です

Oh and these! I have a lot of these in my backyard.

車にも置いてます

Because we have cats that come in and poop in our backyard.

ガソリンスタンドで使います

So I put these down so they can't step on them.

これ欲しい

Don't Cat!

使わないでしょ？

Don't do it!

まだ鉛筆使えないでしょ？

And here's all your pet toys.

ガーデニングとペット用品もあります

Nail clippers, brushes, leashes, fish supplies.

行きましょう

OH! And then — tools!

植木鉢です

Tons of tools.

ガーデニング用具です

In another life I would probably be a mechanic. No I wouldn't — I would be a wood-worker.

うちの子… じゃないわね

But still these tools are very enticing.

はさみにカッター 防草シート

Oh look they have a cute toolbox.

霧吹きにホースのノズル

I could use a toolbox.

園芸用の支柱 目立たない様に緑色です

Oh, that's very cute!

これは私も愛用しています！

Gloves for working.

庭に猫がフンを残すので

Gloves for working in the yard -for kids, that's cool.

猫除けになります

For kids. For kids!

"どんと キャット"！！

That's so nice.

ダジャレだね

One thing I really love are ziplock bags.

ペット用のおもちゃ

And look at these designs! I mean they have tiny ones, which are great for medicine and stuff,

爪切りにブラシ リードに魚用の何か…

And just cute! I mean, hello!

忘れてたわ！工具！

If you just have to take a couple coins with you or a little bit of money.

仕事してたら メカニックだったと思うの

Oh my goodness! It's so so enticing to buy!

木工職人かも

I need to buy these hooks, they're metal hooks,

凄い品揃え！

Because the girls hang their backpacks on the side of their bed

可愛い工具箱！

We had plastic hooks and they were just not holding up well enough, so we'll try these.

これいいわ

And my kids also love this because they can come in and buy snacks for a dollar

可愛い！

Sometimes it's like 3 snacks for one dollar or 4 snacks for one dollar as Becca's telling me.

軍手！

At other places it is a little cheaper because like these sembeis, which are some of our favorite,

庭仕事用ね！

They're rice crackers, they're a dollar here but next-door they're like 87 yen.

子供用だね！可愛い！

So you just got to know what to buy where.

子供用！

But in a pinch, you can just send the kids here and they can grab it for ya.

かっこいい！

Soups and seasonings and sauces and vinegar,

ジップロックが大好きです

Here's all your travel things, like thermal aluminum covers and

可愛いデザインです！

Puke bags for when you're sick and

薬とかに便利な小さいのや

Toilet covers,

とにかく可愛い！

Your own personal toilet covers, nice.

コイン数枚で色々揃えられます！

Look at what all we got for $18.

メタルのフックを買います

They don't give you bags in stores in Japan.

娘達は鞄をベッドに掛けるので

You have to either bring your own or buy them.

プラスチックのは強くなかったので これを試します

They're cheap to buy, they're like 3 cents, 5 cents.

子供達はお菓子を買うのも好きです

Another really interesting thing about Japan is that the checkout people don't bag your groceries.

3つや4つで100円の物もあります

Even at grocery stores you have to bag your own groceries.

他の店の方が安い物もあります

I used to think "Oh, it would be so cool to bag my own groceries."

この煎餅は近くの店で87円です

But now when I go to America, I'm so thankful they bag my groceries.

どこで買うかも大事です

OK, we're going back home.

子供は楽しいはずです

OK, most of this stuff goes upstairs.

スープや調味料 ソースにお酢…

Time to sort through the spoils, huh? Oh yes.

旅行用品です

And put these hooks where they belong.

保温シートに

See, my previous metal were not strong enough.

携帯用トイレ

Nice! Work great.

これもトイレ…

If I ever have leftovers, I use them for my coatrack out there.

自分用トイレだね

Because now come winter, the kids need a place to hang their coats, and that's what that nifty little thing over there is.

これで1800円です

I put things on the steps because that way when we go up we carry them.

買い物袋は有料です

Ah! Upstairs is like an art and crafting space today.

マイバックを持参するか 3円か5円の袋を買います

We've got sewing, we've got drawing,

日本ではレジで袋詰めをしてくれません

The TV's so beautiful!

スーパーでも同じです

I've never seen the TV this beautiful before.

自分で詰められるのは安心です

Except when it was brand new.

でもアメリカに帰ると 詰めてもらえるのは楽です

Yeah, well I forgot about that. That's been a long time.

帰るわよ

You were 4 years old when it was brand new.

上に運んだわ

So six years ago.

包装をまず剥がす？

And a 2, and a 3, 2, 1! That hit the roof!

そうね

Whatcha working on Sarah?

早速試すわよ

This drawing.

前のはあまり強くなかったの

Did you get these at Daiso? Yeah.

いい感じ！

Show me, how does it work?

余ったら上着掛けに使うわ

So like this is a special pencil, right?

冬になったら子供の上着も増えるから

See these lines? You gotta draw on them. Watch.

上に持っていく物は 階段に置いといたの

And then the colors will just come out.

2階は今日は図工スペースよ！

This is going to take long. Like maybe 30 minutes.

裁縫とお絵かき…

Are you stuffing your creations here?

テレビが綺麗になった！

Yeah. What are you making, Rebecca?

すごく綺麗になったよ！

A monkey for Joshua.

新品以来かな？

How about you, Anna cakes?

うん！

A purple elephant.

買ってかなり経つしね

For Sarah. Should I put this on your camera?

まだ4歳の時

And those are just some of the things that we like from the Daiso, the 100 yen shop

6年前？

Please, if there's something you think I should look at at the dollar store, let me know in the comments.

見て！３・２・１！

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天井にぶつかった！