tried this as a street snack
and immediately turned into
something on the table
Kimchi seafood soup x fried cabbage
and of course ready-to-eat sets
on top of
fried udon
as you can see
chili powder is an essential
and this one in travel size
that we found in 7-11 is
really traveler-friendly
should have bought more
fully utilizing the
kitchen, toaster, and cutleries
really awesome place!
more photos, next post
as you would have heard
convenience store in Japan is
pretty awesome
yeah there’s one at
almost every corner of the road
corner store?
and our grocery shopping got upgraded
to the next level since
there’s a 24-hour supermarket
“foodium” across the road
we were here almost everyday
buying ingredients for breakfast
or ready-to-eat sushi / bento sets
day # 1
after a trip to 7-11 and Family Mart
day #2 onwards
after we discovered “foodium”
stay tune for the next post
on what we do with these stuff
from my previous post about
tax-free shopping at GU
one good thing about
tax refund in Japan
they can do it on the spot
as long as you have a passport
10k is usually the
minimum amount of purchase
to qualify for tax-free shopping
the same goes to shopping at
health & beauty stores
and certain stores in outlet malls
however certain lux brands
have a higher minimum amount
but of course
there’s no way that
you will not qualify for it
as long as you are buying a
standard item such as a bag
from a lux outlet
look out for this sign or
confirm with the staff
because certain stores are not tax-free
this is a sign board
i “borrowed” from Bershka
do take note that
certain store has different policies
as to tax-free and non tax-free items
e.g. in a cosmed store
snacks and beverages are not tax-free
since you gonna eat/drink it anyway
yet in a tourist souvenir store
food are tax-free but
and non-food souvenirs are not
the Halloween snack box is tax-free
but the rest are not and
I don’t get why
I actually didn’t manage to enter
were rushing to find Disney store
to find that…
at 8:50 PM
tax-free or not?
another borrowed picture
basically the price on top
the pre-tax price is the one on top
and the one below is of course..
while some will simply display it as
the pre-ta [price] + 8% VAT tax
thumbs up for this : )
i have a question here?
to qualify for tax exemption
does the 10k minimum amount
is inclusive of tax or pre-tax
if my memory doesn’t fail me
and from the example below
I think the amount is inclusive of tax
that’s why i ended up paying
9530 Yen in GU instead of 10k+
i didn’t know GU is
tax-free in the first place
so it just happened that
our shopping exceeded 10k
so it’s save to
calculate your total amount in
tax-inclusive price if you
want to know if qualify for
tax exemption or not
it’s a nationwide fashion chain store
similar to Uniqlo,
now also available in HK & Taiwan
and soon in South East Asia, i hope
simple piece at affordable price
for the whole family
this is where we finally found
something for my mom and tween niece
i didn’t buy anything for myself
but i am pretty sure
i paid less than 10k yen for
7-8 pieces for my mom, sister and niece
the one we shopped at is in
a neighbourhood mall, AEON
yes!! we went to that extent
to complete our shop tripping
here’s another one at Shinsaibashi
and I remembered seeing one at Rinku Town too
tax-free despite this is not
in a tourist shopping spot
for purchase above 10k yen
ahh.. gonna talk more about
tax-free shopping in the next post
Dōtonbori 道頓堀
is more like the tourist side of the city
with a lot of eateries, souvenir stores
Shinsaibashi 心齋橋
further down the road
depending on which direction do you walk from
is more like the shopping district
where you get stores like
ABC Mart and Samantha Thavasa
as well as Bershka, H&M and Forever 21
we were almost here everyday
as it’s within walking distance
from the apartment we rented
the shopping is mainly about
not forgetting
food tasting
Rinku is seriously far from the city
yet one stop away from Kansai Airport
which serves its purpose well
thought of dropping by
on the day of departure
instead of making a trip
to and fro the city
but thank goodness decided not to
because…
we started the day at the first store,
GAP at 2 PM
and finished off at 8:20 PM
shops close at 8 PM during weekdays
we were actually shopping in Seiko
behind closed gate
and we met the salesperson
on out way to the subway station
bags bags bags
there is free Wi-Fi and
feel free to Facetime or whatsoever
to communicate with the shopper at the other end
50% + 30% for Coach
technically it’s 65% off storewide
it’s so huge that
i had to start utilizing the floor plan
the store that I am aiming for
too bad
these are available in 38.5 / 40.5
anything in between will do fine you know
by 6:30 PM
i offered caretaking service
by 7:30 PM
final 30 minutes at Seiko
and I found my consolation loots next door
my loots at the end of the day
so unlike something you’ll loot from
a Premium Outlet abroad
i happened to need a new umbrella and
i buy Vans almost everywhere I go
the salesperson got me to buy sneaker socks
probably because mine looked ugly
three of my fellow travel mates
get this of the same design
and i was actually the one who spotted it
saying that it would be great if
the outer rim is black.. make it all black
they kinda agree and they all bought!!
it’s a mad world shopping with
women of a different class/outlook as you
