Name: Our Favorite Japanese Home Improvement Store: Kuroganeya | Life in Japan Episode 147
Uploaded: 2021-12-22T17:45:56.000Z
Duration: 11 min 44 s

Today we have come to my favorite Japanese home improvement store.

日本のホームセンターには 面白い品物が沢山あります！

There's all kinds of fun goodies hidden inside.

入口には植物が沢山 植物好きにはいいですね

「くろがねや」はチェーン店で 我が家から15分で行けます

Ok, so it's hard to even walk into the store because right in front are the plants, and I just love plants.

Kuroganeya is a chain of stores that operates across Japan, but our favorite one of them all is only 15 minutes away from us by car.

They're plum or sakura. Oh, so pretty, huh?

日本には沢山のサービスがありますが くろがねやも面白いです

Start envisioning where everything can go.

Japan has it's own unique solutions for everything, and at Kuroganeya you can discover some of them.

このジャガイモは？ 植えるのか 食べるのかしら？

Oh boy. Ok, so they have like farming stuff.

I don't know what. Bags of potatoes? I don't know what they are for? Are they to plant or to eat?

ガーデニング用のグッズも沢山

Thats a good question. I'm assuming they are to plant.

Then they have all the small hand tools that you need for gardening.

One thing that I find very interesting is this.

芝に見えるタイプ 良く出来てるわ

They lay this black stuff down so that weeds can't grow.

くろがねやに行けば 必要な道具が見つかります

I don't know what it is, I don't know what its for, but it's really cool.

If you need something for home and garden, chances are you can find it at Kuroganeya.

写真を見れば どの花に使うか分かるから

Often the biggest challenge is just finding what you need.

Then I'm always very thankful for pictures on things, because,

If I have a problem with my flowers or plants, I come and look

Then I can buy the appropriate medicine. The appropriate response.

子供も好きなので よくこのコーナーに来ます

近所なので すぐに来れるのがいいです

And then as probably a lot of you know, stationery is my downfall. I just love stationery.

くろがねやといえば この音楽です

And my kids love stationery. So if my kids come to this store, they spend a lot of time in this area.

And it's great because this store is not too far from my house,

And we can come get school supplies in a pinch if we need it.

And if you've ever been to Kuroganeya, you know that the music is something very special.

製品を見ると どんな体験が出来るか想像します

You need these stickers on your car. That's right.

Thankfully its been a while since we've had our license so we don't need it anymore.

When you start walking the aisles, you start envisioning how your life could be different with the products they show.

Yes, they're counting on you finding something you can't live without.

キャンプ用品が集まっています

You can put all your dishes in it and hang it up.

So, throughout the store there are little nits and crannies with camping - they are kind of spread out everywhere.

But this is like the main aisle for camping and they just have everything you need.

問題は 必要だと思ってしまうと

キャンプに行く時以外は 保管場所が必要なのに

And the problem is, you come and you think, oh, I better buy this because I'm going to need it.

And then you end up buying all this stuff

And then you only camp one time a year and you have to store all this stuff.

おむつやマット 何でもあります

I've never seen a place that cares so well for their pets as well as Japan does.

And I mean, it feels like you are shopping for kid supplies.

ピンクにブルー ミリタリー柄もある

キャンプ好きのネイトは ミリタリー柄？

There's diapers, mats, I mean, there's everything you could want.

ペットにおむつを使うのは 想像できないわ

You can get pink ones, blues ones, or military.

ペットを飼ったら ここで買い物するでしょう

Nate would probably get that if he had a dog because he likes camp.

It's just hilarious to me. I just got my kids out of diapers, I don't want a dog in diapers.

If we were to get a pet, I'm sure we'd end up buying supplies here.

店内はテーマ毎に分かれています

I have bought many shelving units here, because,

They have quite the supply and all sizes.

And, it just a fun store to come shop at.

As we go through the store, you can see how each section has its own personality that matches the products they sell.

So they have home organization, everything you need to organize your bathroom,

Everything to organize your storage units,

Everything! I mean its kind of like a home supply store,

日本ではバルコニーで洗濯物を干すので この棒を使って

Plus, at one end its all lumber and things to build stuff. I don't know, I don't build.

So, but it's still fun to look through and you can smell all the wood.

風が吹いても大丈夫な ハンガーもあります

In Japan, we all hang our clothes out on our balconies.

挟んで掛ければ ズレない構造です

So you get these long polls and you put them out.

服が飛んでも ハンガーは飛ばない！

Then you hook your laundry hanging things, hangers, to it.

And they have really amazing hangers because everything hangs outside and needs to stay on even with the wind.

See, you push it like this, you put it on the poll, and it holds the hanger on.

I mean, your clothes might fly off, but the hanger will not move.

Look at that one's intense. 20 different arms that come out.

普通の鍋とフライパンに コーヒーポット

They have a great selection of kitchen items.

So like here you can buy nabe - the pots for the nabe.

And, they are just so beautiful. These clay pots.

Then you have all your regular pots and pans, all your coffee carafes,

Oh, I need to buy stuff for my...to make Tonkatsu.

寿司用の道具ね 巻き寿司用のロール

Yes because, you go getting out all the little crumbs that fall in the oil. So it keeps the oil clean.

This is all stuff for sushi, and rice. These are the little mats you roll your sushi out in.

Then these are just beautiful for putting your food in.

そうすれば 同じお湯を使えるから

These are buckets that you can put water in and take a bath. Because you sit on the little stools,

Before you get into the bath, you take a shower, outside of the tub,

在日歴も長くなり お気に入りグッツも増えました

To get all washed off, then you just go in the tub to soak.

So you are all clean already so everyone can use the same water.

They have kid ones. Little ampanman ones.

The longer we've lived here, the more we've discovered some of the Japanese products that help make life here more convenient.

水がたまっていくのは面白いわ

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