My beautiful fox wallet from Urban Outfitters is my loyal shopping companion. It contains the secrets to bargain shopping and special extras. Let me show you inside!
New Zealand, American and Japanese money are but some of the currencies I have acquired on my travels with this wallet.
1. Plaza Pass: Plaza is the best makeup/international food/cute goodies chain of stores in Japan (in my opinion). They recently started stocking Essie nail polishes so YOU KNOW I gotta whip my point card out for a new summer colour and a bag of whitakers chocolate.
2. Nitori: This store is Japan's answer to Ikea... although they do also have Ikea. It's affordable clean and simple, DIY furniture and my house is full of it. In fact, I'm sitting on some of it currently. If you're moving to/living in Japan you have to get yourself a card.
3. Chiku-ya Stamp Card: My favourite lunch stop for a reasonably priced but gourmet packed lunch (bento). It's usually packed but for good reason. They have everything from salads to fried foods to rice and noodles. Plus, they claim to be healthy. I choose to trust them.
4. Sephora VIB: I am a VIB and I am not ashamed that I achieved this in a week away in Hawaii. Maybe a little. But it definitely worth it because their numerous samples and freebies only available to VIBs is the perfect extra to a basket full of goodies. If you love makeup, you need a Sephora card. They deliver to Japan too!
5. Afternoon Tea: Afternoon Tea is not, in fact, a food store. It's a beautiful kitchen/house store with items ranging from mugs to furniture to clothing. They are pretty expensive so getting savings where you can is important. This is my favourite store in Japan, hands down.
6. Fine Stamp Card: Fine is on of the local supermarkets. It's perfectly placed on my route home so even though it isn't the cheapest I always stop by after a long day of work for a sushi platter and some snacks. Because it isn't cheap I make good use of my stamp card with regular 500yen ($5NZD) savings.
7. Mercato Mabuchi: The best international food store in Hamamatsu. I love Mercato. It's right down the road from me and caters for wine and cheese lovers on the most part (aka. not me). My favourite stock is their local, hand-made gyoza (potstickers) and their wide range of different snacks, pasta and drinks from all over the world.
I hope I've put you in the shopping spirit... I certainly am. So I'm off to Mercato for some tacos!
See you all later!
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