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Fukubukuro

Fukubukuro

Lucky Bags! Fuko means luck & fukuro means bag. This ia a Japanese New Year custom where retailers make up bags of goods, usually old stock, and sell them at a discount. These are hugely popular and in some stores people queue to buy their bags. Luck Bags are themed by category – beauty, fashion, toys etc, with the contents a surprise until after your purchase, although some shops are revealing the contents in advance so that customers are not…

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Food in Japan

Food in Japan

I knew that my lack of language skills would be a problem, but I have decided that food will be an even bigger problem. I have wandered around a few supermarkets & regardless of language issues, I realise that I don’t even recognise what I see. Everything seems to be packaged to within an inch of it’s life Japanese supermarkets, depending on size, appear to be similar to those in UK in that they sell a wide of groceries, fresh…

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