hey guys so today I'm gonna be showing
you around one of my favorite thrift
stores in the world not just in Tokyo
not just in Japan in the world this
store is called Kiki - and it's located
in the town of coin g in tokyo coin g is
such a beautiful suburb it's kind of
close to Shinjuku it's only about 20
minutes away on the train you can access
it from the metro line or the JR line so
the store that I'm showing you guys
today
it's basically halfway in between the
metro line and the jr line which means
that no matter where you're staying in
Tokyo you're probably going to be able
to get there quite easily now I found
out about the store because of a
subscriber of mine I've met her in
Shibuya in a Starbucks and we were
chatting on Instagram after that and she
told me you have to visit this thrift
store she said everything is past all
everything's pink it's adorable
I know you're going to love it so I'm so
glad that I visited it today's video
this is my second visit to this store my
first visit I had already bought a lot
of clothing on that trip to Japan and I
didn't have any more room in my suitcase
so I said to myself next time I go back
to Japan I'm going to visit this place
I'm going to make a video about it and
every time I go there it's just
absolutely magical so today's video I'll
be showing you around the store showing
you some of the incredible items that
you can find there and I'll also show
you the stuff that I bought which I'm
very very excited about but before we
get into it I want to say a quick thank
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500 500 so with that let me take you
into the beautiful world of the pastel
thrift store and her here
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the store is really easy to spot from
the outside they always have clothing
racks lined up outside with beautiful
pastel jackets they also had a $5 bin
everything in the bin was 500 yen there
were some incredible pieces in this bin
that I cannot believe there were only $5
I had some incredible finds that I'm
very very excited about
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you can easily spot the store because
it's got a glowing neon sign that says
Kiki - there's so many jackets and
sweaters and dresses and they are made
so well the clothing that you find in
thrift stores like this the quality is
like nothing you can compare to compared
to fast fashion from you know modern
brands
it's just leagues ahead it's so
well-made it's built to last some of
these paces I found a jacket in this
store last time that I was there that I
think was probably from the 50s they
often have vintage items they have new
items they've got jeans they've got
dresses there's a lot of accessories in
this store as well there is only one
change room though it's very small
little change room but it is absolutely
adorable you can get lost in this store
despite how small it is you just walk
around and everywhere you look you keep
spotting new things you keep seeing
things that you didn't spot the first
time that you walked past keep an eye
out for the jewelry and the accessories
there's some really unique pieces in
there on the day that I was there they
were having a sale and all of the coats
and sweaters were 50% off I tried on
this beautiful pink coat I loved it so
much it was like $30 and I wasn't
entirely sold on buying it but then one
of the staff members came around to me
and told me it was 50% off so obviously
I had to have it so I didn't actually
try anything on while I was in the store
I bought a couple of things but because
the change room was so small and it was
quite busy when I went I didn't end up
trying anything on so I really hope the
biggest things gonna fit me this place
is open quite late at night the last
time that I went there there was no one
inside it was completely empty but that
was probably five or six o'clock at
night obviously this time I was there
right in the middle of the day and it
was packed they don't have any baskets
which makes things a little bit
difficult because if you like me and you
just grab things off the rack you spot
you're like a kid in a candy shop you
just keep grabbing at things and then
you've kind of got it all draped over
your arm and it gets very difficult to
carry and then it gets very heavy and
then you slow down and then you kind of
feel a bit demotivated because you're
tired and you don't want to keep looking
but you know there's so many cute things
still left to look at life's tough life
stuff is naughty
there's just
sorry much to look at and so much to
appreciate in the store sir
let's pop on some soothing beats and
I'll give you a little bit of a tour
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so I wanted to set myself a budget of
$100 I wanted to see how much I could
get for $100 and how good the quality
would be and how adorable and help Astle
I could go for a hundred bucks and I
think I did very very well especially
considering the stuff in the 500 yen bin
was saw record so first up how could I
say no this is a pompom per and smock
dress this is just how could I say no
five dollars guys five dollars and it's
made really really really well it's
actually beautiful fabric it's got
little buttons running up the side it's
got these big pockets at the front it's
not the most flattering cut but I can
definitely imagine wearing this in the
kitchen you know almost like an apron
now I wasn't entirely sold on this one
because I had a $100 budget I took the
items to the front counter and it only
came to about 80 so that I can get a
couple more things from the five dollar
bin and I got this little cardigan it's
white pastel enough it's a little bit
kind of dark I guess this is purple
right it's like a purpley grey but what
I loved about it is it has daisies on it
as you guys might remember my favorite
line of all time stick a bunch of
daisies on it stick daisies on any piece
of clothing and it's automatically
taught to more kawaii desu nee gor man
as I had to have this one this was just
too cute I love these sort of cardigans
full of autumn think autumn weather
really suits this sort of thing cuz you
can just throw it on over a summery kind
of dress but also you can layer
something like this in winter looks
kinda nice with a turtleneck on
underneath as well so this one for five
bucks
definitely a good find next up I got a
beautiful skirt this is so nice I love
the color of this this was hanging up
right in the doorway and I saw it and I
knew I had to have it it's by a brand
called bubbles Tokyo this feels really
well made I definitely notice a big
difference between this and some of the
skirts I've got from yes style in the
past it's a very very thick fabric and
it's like triple lined it's so thick
smells just like sugar I feel like they
spray all of their clothes with like a
sugar scent cuz they weren't sweet
enough already
the coat she had me hook line and sinker
when she told me it was half price I
mean $30 for this was already very very
good it's a really warm coat it's got
this detachable fluffy collar it has the
most beautiful buttons the buttons are
all sparkly and shiny and in the shape
of love hearts and it's sickening it's
sickening how cute this is it has the
belt it's got little frilly details
running down the front and all around
the face of it the only thing that I
wasn't entirely sure about it comes with
two belts and I just don't quite know
what I meant to do with them but the
main thing it has pockets ladies and
gentlemen a coat that's long and pink
and fluffy with pockets and love heart
sparkly buttons for $15 only in Japan
this person the $5 bin and this is
exactly like a shirt that I've cut from
dolls kill pretty sure the dolls kill
one was at least like 2030 dollars this
wish this was 5 and it's my favorite
color
these tops are very unusual I really
don't exactly know how to style it and
in some ways it does look like just a
giant tissue but if I see a piece of
clothing that's my favorite color
and it's only $5 and I think that I can
work with it and it's unique there's no
stopping me do the stretchy thing now
because there's actually a floral design
when you do it have you noticed that ya
become flowers yeah this is awkward I
can't find the rest of the clothes
they're probably buried in the bottom of
my suitcase but maybe they're in the
wash so what I'm gonna do I will have a
look for them and then when I find them
I will post a cute little montage of
myself wearing off them so I found the
missing pieces they were in the wash
when I got back Daniel put them in the
wash for me because as you can see I
can't eat anything in Japan without
getting soy sauce on myself
so please ignore the soy sauce nipple
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there's also a couple of items that I've
picked up last time that I was here
which was back in the summer so I've got
some really nice summery dresses but I
didn't notice very many summery items on
my most recent trip it all seemed to be
winter wear but I yeah here's some
dresses that I got earlier last year
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there is one last thing I got this
adorable little cherry hair clip which
goes nicely with the new hairstyle you
just have to kind of figure out the
placement of it though I don't know
exactly where it's supposed to go
there's a lot of people that don't like
my fringe now so I guess I can always
clip it it looks much more cute from the
side than it does looking face-on based
on its like why is there a red ball
hanging off the side of her head sidon
very cute that's it guys I hope that you
enjoyed this video I hope that you liked
the little tour of the adorable pastel
thrift store in Koenji if you have been
to Japan and you know of any other cute
thrift stores please let me know in the
comments down below I have visited a lot
of thrift stores but this is the only
place that I found that specializes in
pastel clothing so hopefully you enjoyed
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with that thank you guys so much for
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