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โ๐๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ - ๐๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐โ๐จ ๐ โ -๐๐๐ข๐จ
When we first joined Lemon8, there were a lot of Japan shopping haul posts in our FYP. Typically snacks/souvenirs or skincare, and mostly different from ours. Since we visited Japan so often after marriage, it seemed that our purchases โmaturedโ over time as well haha. The Asian auntie in our mind is strategic with her purchases - only the most effective, the highest cost performance items, and/or special items. I donโt think we have ticked all the boxes perfectly yet, but here is us sharing our repeat and new purchases from the last trip to Hokkaido - we hope to inspire your next Japan purchases!
1๏ธโฃ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐น
Each Japan prefecture have their own specialty souvenirs - like Tokyo with Tokyo Banana. Wherever you go to in Japan please check this out - it makes a fun try and souvenirs
Hokkaidoโs has a lot to do with potatoes, corn, dairy, melon and lavender. We regularly buy the premium Jagabee, Oh Yaki Toukibi and Shiroi Koibito for regular consumption and gifting! Fortunately its available in Narita/Haneda as well. The variants (ie number of packages in a box) for Shiroi Koibito seems to be a bit different in Hokkaido though - in pic is 12-in-1 which we couldnt find in Narita
The Shiroi Koibito White Chocolate Pudding was a new product that is exclusive to Hokkaido at the moment. It tastes good but can not special - can skip if you are not a big pudding and/or shiroi koibito fan
๐PROTIP: do note that Shiroi Koibito Park is not tax free - please get your Shiroi Koibito for gifting in the airport instead to save ๐ด๐ด๐ด
For the face mask lovers, LuLuLun also always have a specialty variant in each prefecture. Iโm not a face mask girlie myself but a lot of people around me are, so this Hokkaido-exclusive Lavender + Melon variant in one pack makes the perfect souvenir. We only found this in ๐New Chitose Airport Mall
2๏ธโฃ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐น
We also love Japan for their seasonal limited edition items. For Summer its typically choco-mint and lemon - both of which Buns are diehard fans of.
KitKat, Koikeiya Potato Chips, Pocky, Hershey, Yukimi Daifuku Mochi Ice Cream are some of the household snacks that typically have seasonal flavours in Japan - look out for these in convenience stores and supermarkets
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ & ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐
Letโs do the Bucket List ones first - these are #Lemon8MadeMeBuyIt and other social media recommendations that we accumulated over time
๐งฆMUJIxLAWSON socks - only because Buns likes MUJI and loves LAWSON. She also wanted the Famima socks but Tams has successfully blocked it in this trip
๐Kewpie Aohata Toast Spread - melon pan flavour & garlic bread flavour - iโm sure you have seen this one all over IG. Perhaps because we avoid Donki like a plague in Japan, we only managed to find the Melon Pan variant in a supermarket in Furano (and not in Tokyo, lol). We have tried it at home and IT REALLY WORKS ๐ They also have Basil, Mentaiko, Garlic Shrimp and Sugar Butter flavours too
๐ฆLion Stain Remover - its SOOO HARD to find this - we finally did at an AEON supermarket in Sapporo. Have not tried but reviews are consistently good
๐งPonzu Sauce, Dashi Shoyu - admittedly is more of a shopping list than bucket list ๐ if Buns has her way, she would have bought all the 10 variants of Japanese soy sauce in the supermarket. But we have limited space at home, so we are limited to 2-3 new condiments per trip
Ponzu is basically yuzu soy sauce - great for meat in hotpot and gives soy sauce a refreshing kick. The Mizkan brand in the pic is the #1 ponzu brand in Japan with the highest sales year on year
Dashi shoyu is soy sauce blended with dashi. Resulting soy sauce will taste less salty (than the Lee Kum Kee or other Chinese brands) and more umami. Supposedly if you use dashi soy sauce in Japanese recipes it will taste more authentic
Now onto the impulse purchase -
๐นBOUGHT COS DISCOUNT: Biore Z Anti Odour foot cream, UNLABEL LAB Vit C Spot Cream - we got this at 50-75% discount from Celule (outlet version of Cosme)
๐ BOUGHT COS HIGH RANKING: we went to Tsuruha Drug Kitahiroshima Omagari and they had an aisle showcasing products that ranked high in the strict Japanese drug ranking by category. Armed with the app Payke, we got:
1) the new EBIOS variant to make Buns less constipated ๐ฉ these are essentially Yakult in tablet form and cheaper alternatives to Wakamoto. So far it seems to be working (daily toilet runs) but not sure how much is due to lifestyle change too
2) OneList All-in-One Day Cream - for the lazy girlie, it supposedly combine 7 skincare products in one so you save time on your busy mornings - sunscreen, toner, serum, foundation, makeup base, milky lotion, cream. Have yet to try but sounds promising
๐BOUGHT COS OF TASTERS: NekoChef cookies - there were tasters in Narita and the auntie was cute haha ๐ this brand was also viral in Japan social media a few years back. We love the cranberry camembert cookies (it tastes very strong) and may repurchase
4๏ธโฃ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐น
We are lucky in Singapore because we can actually get these in Don Don Donki - but the prices in Japan are at least 50% cheaper than Donkiโs prices and there are more variants
We are not too particular on condiment brands because the house brands in Japan are also really good
๐PROTIP: for Japanese curry, its recommended to blend 2 roux of different flavour from different brands for a deeper flavour (source: Japanese friends, anime and J-drama)
Mini Chicken Ramen Noodles - harder to find in sg, we find the portion size is good for calorie control
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These kept us alive through COVID (yes, we got our first and (so far) only COVID case while in Japan) and kept Buns alive through many bouts of sore throat (she has really sensitive throat). Highly recommended!
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These ones consistently rank high in Japan Drug Rankings for a reason.
We usually switch up our facial wash, but the Rosette brand is in our rotation. It works better for us in minimising acne breakout than the very popular Senka Perfect Whip
Deonatulle Deodorant is our favourite. It smells fresh and not fragnant, in fact after you wear it you dont really smell much + you sweat less in the pits
7๏ธโฃ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐๐น
Yes you can buy similar items in Shopee, but the Japan 100yen shopsโ are consistently cheaper (eg the hanging wire cabinet was going at $3-$4 in Shopee flash sale vs 110yen), more functional and higher quality
๐PROTIP: CanDo, Seria, Daiso, Watts and the smaller 100yen shops carry similar but different variants from each other. Outlets within the same chain may carry different items because product selection is localised. Please donโt think going to multiple 100yen shops is a waste of time!
FYI: Seria do very cute ceramics, Daiso is doing extensive character collabs (eg Sanrio) but seems more expensive than the rest
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Buns is a huge Doraemon fan and she literally ran into the Doraemon WAKUWAKU SKY PARK Cafรฉ . The products there are not as nice nor as complete as Doraemon Future Department Store in Tokyo, but the crane games have interesting stuffs. We won the stand light from a crane game. The limited edition soap was from the supermarket.
Will you be adding any of these to your shopping cart in the next Japan trip? Let us know in the comments! Let us know if you have any questions too!
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