Daiso Japan

You come here thinking it’s really cheap, but it does add up. I always want to get every cute little thing which I really do not need. Come here with a list, because they do have great deals. Some things are marked up but still a reasonable price.
Since the store is in the same location as H-​mart a busy market place, parking does get a little packed. The store itself is very bright and pink. Everything is so colorful and it’s organized.
They have cute things from make-​up, office supplies, house supplies, arts and crafts and cute little toys and gadgets.
They also have asian snacks here, but I recommend just going to H-​mart and getting it there.

Everything is $ 1.50, unless marked differently. The employees are usually non-​existent until you purchase something, but that doesn’t bother me. No returns. Cash/​card accepted.
This has become my new favorite place to buy things like q-​tips, cotton pads, kitchen ware, gifts, etc. for such an affordable price. Why buy something for $ 10 when you can get it at Daiso for under $ 2? Seriously, go here when you think you need something, you’ll probably find it and end up buying way more than you wanted to. They have everything (Even things you never knew existed). Just make sure you have some time, you WILL spend quite a while here… Trust me. When you think of a dollar store, you think of all of this poorly-​made merchandise, but the stuff at Daiso is the complete opposite. Unless you’re allergic to joy and don’t like super cute things for under $ 2, just stay away.

They have a lot of cute items and the items last long. We love their make-​up selection ! Mostly everything is $ 1.50 unless it’s marked with a different price.
We always walk out with more that what we need.
Highly recommended!

Big Daiso store! I will assume everyone knows about Daiso stores. Japanese stores where everything is $ 1.50. (Ok, a few items are more, but understandably so…).
I love this place. Their kitchen scissors are the best! I also purchased 4 shirred egg dishes @ 1.50 each… and they had my color: red. Anywhere else they will be $ 5.

This store is awesome! You’ll get the most for your money’s worth in the homegoods section. The best part is, everything is $ 1.50 unless marked otherwise! I think you’ll find that a good amount of items are still only $ 1.50, but you don’t have to fear that its going to break as soon as you get home. The craftsmanship is much better than what you would find at an American $ 1 store. Last time I went, I picked up a bucket, a sushi mat, a masubi maker and some face masks! If you go in here and don’t find Something you need, I would be quite impressed!

It’s a Japanese $ 1.50 store (like the .99 cent store) with all kind of nick nacks, food, drinks, kitchen stuff, plates, bowls, holiday décor, slippers, yoga mat, tupperware, greeting cards, knifes, make up, bathroom organizers, dried squid and beer snacks lol … yeah you name it.
You can definitely spend some time in the store. Don’t expect the employees to help you though.

Daiso is a little bit of Japan right here in sunny San Diego.
The store has everything: snacks, dishes, pet supplies, stationary, toys, household items, the list goes on and on. I stopped by looking for my favorite snack — Pocky and Daiso’s delivered in spades with more types then I knew existed.
Well organized, very clean, and helpful friendly staff — all of the best ingrediants needed to make a great store. Besides Pocky, the only other item that I was looking for was a musubi maker which of course they had.
It is a bit of a drive from North County, but whenever I’m in the area I’ll be stopping by.

Super bright and light store selling knick-​knacks. Most items are only $ 1.50. They sell anything you can think of from little tool kits to chopsticks, beauty products, snacks, and household items. They have a section just on Pocky flavors and a good drink selection. They sell ramune and calpico.
No shopping carts, just baskets. All sales are final, no returns. There’s a $ 10 minimum to use your credit card.

Being the nerd that I am, I heard about Daiso by watching YouTube haul videos– told you, super nerdy lol. I knew they were only located in California (I think there is one in Texas as well), besides Japan and I HAD to check it out, during my trip to San Diego. This location was about 20 minutes from Ocean beach without traffic. It was located in a shopping center that also had H-​mart (an Asian supermarket) and an In and Out as well. So why is Daiso amazing, you ask? Mostly everything in the store is $ 1.50!
It’s basically an Asian dollar tree, with a TON of really adorable items. I ended up spending a little over $ 60 here. I was a little excited, haha. I bought rainbow kitchen sponges, small magic erasers, a duster that looked like a hedgehog, gorgeous small bowls for the kitchen, chopsticks, window decals, a hand mask and my favorite thing to purchase– snacks! They had a huge selection of Asian snacks. Pocky, pizza flavored pretzels, wasabi peas and condiments such as chili sauce to name a few. I even found green tea flavored cookies.
The one thing about Daiso that is kind of ridiculous is that everything is final sale. That is why one star has been deducted– every store should accept refunds, even if it was only for a short time period after purchasing.
Otherwise, this store is adorable, completely affordable and really unique. If you’re in the area– check it out!

Kawaii! This store is so incredibly bright and colorful I’m surprised that it didn’t give me a seizure when I walked in. The most basic way to describe this place is that it’s a Japanese ‘dollar store’ that somehow feels a lot more fun than your standard dollar store. Most of the items are only $ 1.50. You should be certain you want something before you buy it because there are no refunds. There is a wide variety of items for sale. You can be shopping for mundane household items and then a few steps later be laughing at gag gifts and goofy items. If I ever need dog diapers I know where to go now. There were more than a few times I picked up something and said, «What is this??» but it was fun exploring. I ended up with some origami paper, Pocky (yum!), and some travel knick knacks. Definitely not your standard shopping experience and worth checking out.

$ 1.50 for almost everything, this is definitely a place you can spend money for stuff you don’t need and end up costing you $ 50 to $ 100 dollars by time you walk out.
Some stuff is interesting and very practical but if you are an impulse buyer beware these are the people they pray upon.
Good luck and be discipline

I have always loved dollar stores… as a child i would wander around each isle and admire all the trinkets, snacks, home goods, cleaning products etc. granted items are not going to last forever and yes you paid $ 1.50 but it does the job and its cute!
I must have been in Daiso for over an hour if not more haha loved it! I love japanese goods and they had everything you could think. I originally went for stationary items but im assuming they were out of cute stuff due to back to school season, no worries, i still got pens, highlighters, notebook holder, poki, and random cute useful items! Cant wait to go back!

I love this place! This is the place to express how American I can be — buying crap that I don’t need, and this place definitely fulfills my shopper’s urge that doesn’t come with much of a price tag, cos it’s a Japanese dollar store, but it’s one that sells quality goods (mostly, a lot of them are made in Japan too). Every time I come here I spent at least 30 dollars with two bags of crap. Oh to be more accurate, it’s $ 1.50 per item unless stated otherwise. The other comparable store is the Marukai dollar market.
You can find many unique items here for yourself and as gifts, including skin and hair care products, kitchen gadgets, cookware, dinnerware, household items, natural health remedies, cleaning products, arts and crafts, stationery, auto accessories, or some miscellaneous stuff that will surprise you like a bucket with massage bumps at the bottom for soaking your feet… They don’t have a lot of choices of each category, but it holds enough stuff that can completely dress you, decorate your car and your house; they don’t sell cars or houses so you have to own it first.
I bought hair accessories for myself, many small packs of animal erasers for the kids in Peru, a little glass sauce dispenser and some extra large S hooks that are hard to find elsewhere but are extremely useful! I literally gave out a little shriek of excitement when I found a cheap pack of extra large S hooks for my reusable shopping bags so I am ready to buy more crap!
I like even though the store is not huge they still form a single line for the multiple cash registers, which I think is the best queuing system as I always have bad luck picking the slowest line among all.
The staff were very efficient; some of them were friendly and greeted customers, some just went straight for your basket. But they sell stuff I like for a cheap price so they are still getting 5 stars!

A bag of Hi-​Chews for $ 1.50? Yes. The end. Game over. Automatic 5-​stars.
The parking in this plaza can be difficult during certain times of the day but this store quickly makes up for it. The store is clean and one can find many products made in Japan. My mother (who is Chinese) has always said to look for things that are made in Japan and not China because the quality is a lot better. I completely agree.
Daiso also has a lot of really cute tea sets and random junk. Many of the items are in a foreign language so you’d just have to guesstimate what it really is– I highly suggest you make a game out of it.
I will be coming back for my Hi-​Chews.

If you’re not in convoy, this place is the next best thing if you’re in Mira Mesa!
Daiso has a variety of kawaii items, make up, dishes, school supplies and almost everything any Asian girl would love.
This place is so pink! I love it. Not only that but it’s also so clean. It’s like a little Asian super market.
I love their eyelashes, snacks, candy and everything is very cheap!

Hook, Line and Sinker you reeled me in with $ 1.50 prices!
I swear to myself each time that stop into Daiso, that I will not buy more than 10 items. I have to control my spending! I tell myself that this is logical to assume that I will not spend over $ 15.00 each time that I shop here. Although somehow, a bunch of stuff that I feel is ABSOLUTELY necessary to buy seems to jump into my little white and pink shopping basket. And I spend an average of $ 25-​$ 30 here!
You can find a wide range of stuff here, from makeup, gardening supplies, stationery, cooking gadgets, hair accessories, household goods, decorations, and snacks.
Items that I have purchased have included: lace curtains, garden planters, garden tools — in pink and green cute colors, hair accessories, make up, tea cups, wine glasses, soup bowls, gift bags, a sun shade for my car, vases for my bamboo plants, random kitchen gadgets that help me cut my onions, shred my carrots, grate my ginger, glass jars for storage, plastic containers for storage, a floppy straw hat — that I really didn’t need but for $ 1.50 I HAD TO HAVE IT!
Well, you get the picture that there is some random neat stuff here and definitely worth me to stop back and check out the revolving selection of goods.
To my sweet friend Denise, who introduced me to this store in Santa Monica, Mahaloz sistah for keying me into this place! I am now addicted! DAISO where you can easily spend $ 100 and not know what you just bought! LOL

I love Daiso in Japan because everything in the store is 100 yen (+/​-​$ 1 USD). Unfortunately in America, Daiso items are at least $ 1.50, and I say at least because prices can go up to $ 3-​$ 4 depending on what item you are looking at.
Still, this Daiso isn’t bad. My roommate and I found tons of stuff we could use for our apartment. I got a few weave pull-​out baskets for my bathroom and a soap dish for under $ 10. There’s some random knick knacks as well, and even though some things are more than the standard $ 1.50, it’s still fairly cheap compared to getting the same thing at say, Walmart or Target.
It’s really crowded, though, and the aisles are very narrow. The line to the cashiers can get super long but they’re pretty efficient and so it goes pretty quickly. BTW, make sure that you have plenty of hands to help you with your items (if you’re buying a lot of stuff) because you’re not allowed to take the carts out of the store.
Good for cheap knick knacks.

THE Japanese ‘dollar’ store! My favorite store since I first found it back in the bay area in 2006.
Everything in here ranges from $ 1.50 to $ 4.00 depending on the item, and most are made in Japan! You find the coolest knick nacks from beauty to kitchen and every day items for $ 1.50.
Sure you have your Dollar Tree and .99 cent store but this place is better. Better quality and you find things here that you THINK you need because obviously Japan does it better.
I found an awesome ‘oil solidfier’ so when your cooking with a lot of oil and you don’t want to dump it in the trash, that product soldifies the oil and easy to throw away for 1.50?! Sold.
The items I mostly buy here are the beauty products such as false eyelashes, BB masks, face/​hand masks and Sake Face toner! I can’t rave about this store enough.
This store IS much smaller than the ones I’ve been to in L. A but this is thr closest one to me so I’m not going to complain. If you have never been here before it is most def. Worth checking out.
My only complaint would be PARKING, parking can be ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ you either find a good spot or you don’t find one at all.
For me This store is «like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get» — Forrest Gump

This store is more organized and less chaotic than the one in japantown in San Francisco. The pink color makes you want to shop and shop. Everything is $ 1.50 unless otherwise marked.
There is everything from cleaning supplies to beauty products and everything in between. All the products are in Japanese but have English on the labels as well. I got the cutest beach hat today for $ 2! I also got some floss picks and face towels.
There are no returns, exchanges, or refunds. But if you don’t like something it only puts you out by $ 1.50. Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Debit card has no minimum and credit card has $ 10 minimum.
I was so excited to see that there is a store in San Diego!

Most important thing you need to know about this mostly buck fifty store…
THEIR STUFF BREAKS.
Like. BREAKS. COMES APART. DOESN’T WORK. Ya know — words that are associated with anything crapola.
My first experience with Daiso was in LA some years ago and I was sold. Just loved all the Japanese trinkets sold at such a cheap price. I would buy the dumbest sh*t I didn’t need. Oh yeah — add that as another description for this place.
It is, without a doubt, fun coming here for the first time as things are so bright and pink. Everything is pretty much $ 1.50. But how good of a product are you getting for $ 1.50.
I usually come here when I’m making a toy basket for friends’ kids or something. They have enough gadget toys that’ll entertain a kid under 8yo I think. A lot of these gadgets are wrapped in plastic so you can’t test them out (another Daiso trick I swear so you can’t see how poorly made these toys are). But these toys, 9 out of 10 times, will break, fall apart, not start, etc. Maybe I’ve just been unlucky. Who knows.
I was curious about the cookies and candy they sold here. It surprised me that they sell chocolate Pocky and green tea Pocky. I secretly smirked that I could walk a few doors down to Hmart and probably buy the Pocky (and a bunch of similar cookies and candy) for cheaper. BUT, here’s where they get an additional Unilocal star from me that they probably don’t care about, their Pocky prices weren’t all that bad! It was $ 1.50 here and $ 1.99 (full price) at H Mart (but on sale at 2 for $ 2.29).
What kinda weirdo walks to the Asian market JUST to compare candy/​cookie prices to this place. Me.
Point is — H Mart carries a lot of the same Asian candy, etc but sometimes H Mart runs out (hence why I bought the Boton Rice Candy here today). So if you’re really trying to save on moolah, take the time to stroll over to H Mart and check out their inventory too. Fun times.
It can be your Mira Mesa getaway vacation — I could totally sell that if I was a travel agent.