Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese it's CathyCat and we headed in Tokyo to a nearby
100 yen store (dollar store) to get a couple of items that you should definitely not get
at a 100 yen store, and those that you can get or maybe even
should get at a hundred yen store so let's find out what they are...
Number one certain types of bags that you can get now, we went to Daiso where
some items are more than 100 yen this one here is actually 300 yen so we're kind of expecting
a little more quality for the you know high price of 300 yen now this backpack
at first I thought that's actually not so bad but already the fastener can you hear that sound...?
It's like it's like making little loopsies and holes here
and we literally just bought it um the other day ... i guess we got that
also I mean check out, check out the stitching what happened down here... i mean what happened
What am I supposed to pull off to get rid of this? I mean it is only 300 yen you know what you're
paying for but it might not last for too long so it might be... if you have an absolute emergency and
you need some kind of back or backpack to carry your stuff home you can do that but generally
don't expect too much of this product it's already trying what it can... it's trying as hard as it can
Earphones, earphones, earphones, um now I had several situations where I just forgot my
earphones and then just got them at the 100 yen store and in situations like that it's
a lifesaver but they last like a very very short time. I once also bought somewhere suddenly one of
them was like just completely broken and fallen off, yeah I mean it's an emergency measure if
you forget something but ideally spend a little bit more money and get something better because
there is a reason why these things have certain prices and some of those headphones they're just
they're just really bad... well that's the design that we got here
they have them in several colors it's pretty simple but you know what it reminds me more of
like I don't know 80s 90s just a couple of years behind kind of very small and flimsy
It's not like I can't hear it it just sounds kind of far away in a way
I guess for like emergencies it would do it the sound quality isn't the best though
so we bought the deluxe version... it's not 100 yen it's 300 yen in the same store so they were like
"yes we are proud of these ones these are the deluxe ONE" when you're paying triple the price
of the normal headphones so I wonder what the deluxe headphones will do what the big change
will be would you put in the deluxe headphones ... okay for the deluxe for the DELUXE we're getting
we're getting golden headphones but we also get in this one which surprised me did not expect that
it looks like this one might have a microphone build in.... and there is even a noise control switch
I don't really hear a difference... all right
How are we doing? What do you think about the quality director?... the amazing microphone
...amazing microphone... can you hear it? 300 yen microphone yeah I can hear you very well ....
"No mic is better!" - No microphone is better? Without the headphones is actually better oh dear
O n that note headphones and even the mics from the 100 yen store are just for
emergency situations, go to an electronic store buy yourself something proper
they will only help you in emergency situations but they're not really that good
Next item
It's a branch?
it's a branch a branch um...?
yeah
Oh hey I got it... batteries now the 100 yen also does sell batteries but they last for a
very short time and then you have more garbage in your hands it's really bad
for the environment in the first place but these ones are probably a little bit worse
they use up very quickly, they don't last very long long and you know they might even leak and stuff
like that so... I really cannot recommend getting the batteries from the 100yen store... instead just don't do it
B ut they're actually a couple of items that are really good and like we can't recommend
you getting there, I mean again, all of this is you know our own take on these things but
there are a couple things that we thought are really nifty at the hundred and so you should get
so bring it on director, bring it on! So guys I must say I love love love love this one's here they
call it "washi tape" in the crafting community in Japan it's called "masking tape" and you can use
it to mark things you can mark your umbrella with it you can use it to put your stationery and like
cute wrappings or close envelopes similar things like that or for scrapbooking... and i must say these
ones are usually if you get them in a craft store these ones are expensive like way way expensive
I mean they have like even some real Japan specific ones some really funny ones like the gyudon
here... if you get like really expensive ones you might get more lengthwise but in the end I
don't think you even need that more lengthwise for me the amount that they give me is totally fine
so cute... some stationeries you should not really get uh for example if you get like a
mechanic pencil the pencil inlays those little refill things they sometimes really don't work
Makeup brushes now I bought some cheap makeup brushes from them
that were not as good they were pretty hard but these ones here are the 200 yen special
ones that come even with a little cap so you can take that with you so let's check that out
hopefully that is another one of the "yes get it" because that would make my life so much easier
please don't disappoint me we paid the premium price
Oh it's very soft... okay something ...this thing is already loose
but it's very very soft very very very very soft and also what it can do is you do this
And then you can take it with you.... so nice and soft wow
Now if you don't have a tea egg handy but you have loose leaf tea which I do these ones are an
absolute lifesaver they are little pouches and what you do is you put something in you flip it over
and you put under the tea so you have this little bag here and you put in your tea leaves
no I don't have tea leaves but I'm gonna show it to you with the chocolate
You put in your tea leaves and that would still make a whole total mess right?
There is a little flap here... can you see that and you just do this, turn it inside out, close it up
some of them even have a little strap and then you made your own tea bag with your loose leaf tea of
course if you have a tea egg that's way better for the environment but if you don't happen to have
one handy or you know whatever reasons you don't have anything and you really want to drink your
loose leaf tea and have no other way to strain it, this one is so convenient, I love this one
So those are a couple of items that you should maybe not get at the 100 yen store unless you
really need it at the time and a couple of items are actually kind of convenient that might really
help you out or they're actually totally "go" if you go to the hundred yen store anything that
surprised you let us know in the comments down below also I heard that Daiso the store where we
bought these items from, exists in other countries now as well I heard there's even one in the USA
so let me know if you've ever been to one or if there is one in your country and what your
favorite items are, looking forward to finding out I hope you enjoyed this video don't forget
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lovely lovely time spending with you, I hope you had fun and i'll see you for another video soon on Ask Japanese. Bye!