No doubt about it, there’s a lot of high-end retail in Tokyo, where every luxury brand seems to have several flagship stores, but I prefer to hang out at the lower end of the scale. I’ve already mentioned the amazing second-hand clothes stores here, but my favourite ‘go to’ store for everything else is the discount chain Don Quijote.
My first visit to Donki (as they call it) was on the way home from a night out. It was pretty late, but the place was packed with drunken Japanese kids picking and pointing and laughing. I went in for a closer look and found three hectic, chaotic floors choc full of every product imaginable, including the essential Weetabix and Giant Pocky. Once I spotted those, there was no going back: forget the expensive and self-important Kinokuniya, I was a confirmed Donki shopper.
On the weekend I went there with the kids, in search of some black hairspray for our Halloween costumes. In the interests of posterity, I recorded our journey, on video:
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Quite apart from the noise level which blasted me back from the computer, I would be utterly useless in a place like this! Too many choices just destroys my ability to make decisions. Except the one to leave.:-)
You all look like you are having the time of your lives.
xx Rob
Comment by Korechronicles October 16, 2009 @ 8:20 pm