Souvernirs and Pasalubong from Japan - Part Two

Part 1 is here, about 3 years ago. 

So this time, we went to Osaka (Same Places and something new) since It is the first time for my brother and his family; and then went to Nagoya. 

Sharing with you some Souvenirs, Pasalubong and the Only in Japan cute finds in this post!

If you see the Tax Free Sign! Then at least you know you will get an 8% discount for the total of your purchases. Most shopping area does have this sign all over Japan! =) Enjoy it. 

Don Quijote stores are all over Japan as well. If you see this cute Penguin along with Don Quijote, then its the store that offers a lot of Pasalubong. They are a whole building full of snacks, sweets and chocolates, branded clothes, bags, etc that can be bought for a discount. 

Chocolates, Biscuits and Corn Snacks

Don't miss out this Doraemon Look Alike Snack! Its really tasty. The Purple and the Blue flavor is my favorite. 

Takoyaki Flavored Pringles

I know Macadamia Chocolates by Meiji is available here, but its really cheap in Japan! =) 

Other Meiji Products are also available, like this Macha Biscuits. Its really good, btw! 

since You are in Japan, then you should not miss out on their especially unique Kitkat Flavors. 

The Matcha (Green Tea) Powder is a must. perfect for tea lovers. This is the 2nd time we bought these and though they are a bit expensive, the taste is really good, very similar to the ones served in rotating sushi restaurant in Dotonbori. 

Also if you want to get some chocolates that are cheap, but unique to Japan, these single packed chocolates only costs 32Yen.  the larger ones are at 90 yen. Very good Pasalubong if you have a lot of friends and officemates! :D 

You can also buy some Geisha packed candies and they are really cute. One pack is about 500yen. 

Other Souvenirs and Pasalubong you can find:

This guy here is famous in Osaka. I find it a bit expensive so I haven't bought any. :P 

In some department stores (also tax free) you can also choose to take home some local Sake. 

If you want to go a bit further, I found these crablets snack in a shop around dotonbori. 

And, Only in Japan can you find these cute Band-aids designed with their Local Railway Trains and Bullet Trains. :D 

And, if you like Coke (Coca Cola), then you must also try to look for these famous Japan cities' designs. 

The Nagoya Gold is available in Nagoya Airport, found it in the food court on 4th floor near the Chubu Centrair Sky Deck. 

Others are available all over the Cities. Be careful to check out the Vendo Machines too. They are much cheaper in Vendo Machines than in the tourist spots stores. 

Here, I got the following locations:

(1) Mt. Fuji

(2) Hida Takayama (Old Street)

(3) Nagoya Gold (the Fish is the symbol of wealth, can also be found in Nagoya Castle)

(4) Nagoya (Nagoya Castle with Photo of the Samurai)

(5) Kyoto - The Geisha is the feature on this bottle

Each bottle costs about 170 yen to 300 yen.


If you are a fan of Marvels, there are also a lot of these cute characters. 

Groot Keychain

If you have a niece or a nephew, a plushie may be your choice. :D There's a lot of them in the shopping areas. 

And for Family members, and special someone - you might want to give them something special. These are Starbucks mug with different designs and Cities. each is about 1800yen. I kind of picked based on the colors, but there are like 10 or a dozen designs and Japanese Cities you can choose from, Osaka, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Kyoto, etc. 

* We've been to Kyoto Starbucks, Osaka, and Downtown Nagoya. But these mugs we've only seen in Chubu Centrair Nagoya Airport. I am not sure if they are also available in other locations. =) 

Souvenirs for the oldies, who loves a bit of massage... these candy colored massagers only costs P650 each because of tax free and additional discount if you use a visa card in Yodobashi department stores. 

There are also a lot and cheap souvenirs like chopsticks and shot glasses. Take time to choose the colors and the designs, each costs only about 50 pesos if you convert it to our money. Great gifts as they do not look cheap at all. 

There are of course several designs and types of Fridge magnet that you can choose as another Souvenirs. I will share those that I got and update this post soon. :D 

KitKat Flavors of Japan!

I've visited Japan 3 years ago and the flavors or KitKat chocolate grew more since then! There were only Strawberry, Macha and Strawberry Cheesecake before (as far as I can remember). Now they sure have a lot of flavors and have premium ones as well. =) >> or Maybe I haven't seen them because they were out of stock? We went in December last time, now we went in October. :P 

Here are some I saw and bought in stores all over Japan during our 9 day trip. 

1. Kitkat Sake Flavor

There's Japan Sake, and Ume Sake. Comes in these nice box, about 780 yen each box.

2. Shinshu Apple Kitkat (Shinshu Edition)

  

3. Purple Sweet Potato Kitkat (Okinawa-Kyushu Edition)

4. Azuki Sandwich Flavor (Red Beans)

5. Kitkat Chestnut

* Below are the previous flavors i got from Japan. They were much simpler. :D 

You can also check out my previous post on Pasalubong from Japan! HERE

Souvenirs and Pasalubong from Japan

What to look for when in Japan? I honestly do not know when it was us in there. everything seemed so nice and wonderful. But often time when you grab a hold of something, other stuffs get your attention. Which is pretty normal. A lot of cellphone charms and keychains, and memorabilia, and souvenirs and bags are sold in the Namba Walk, Dotonbori Shops, and almost all Tourist spots. Foods and chocolates and even mochi of different flavors are also popular Pasalubong from Japan.

There are really cute charms but they go for no less than 400 Yen each. lucky if you find one with a price tag of 300yen or less. I really doubt that!  Sample below is taken from the Takoyaki Museum. These takoyaki charms are all over the shopping area, and they basically cost the same. if you want one, just budget them at 400 yen each.

 

Well I have learned though, that you can buy cheap pasalubong only in Daiso. They have almost everything! from Home or kitchen items to Geisha doll replicas and stationary. For 108Yen, or just about 40 pesos, you can already bring home an item from Japan one for each of your friends. =)

First on your list: Every friend of yours who love to eat Ramen, and loves to eat egg, would also love this pasalubong. Its an EGG TIMER. cook perfect medium boiled eggs like they do in Japan. =) I have tested it, and yes it worked perfectly.

Also in Daiso are good Japan Souvenirs, for only 1000 yen per Doll, you can already give your Inaanak one doll each straight from Japan! :D These are replicas and some replicas sell for 5000Yen to 30,000 yen in some old towns in Japan.

Next are Kit Kats. There are a lot of Kitkat flavors found only in Japan. Most famous of this is the Green Tea Flavor. =) Go to Dotonbori and head to the Don Quixote shopping center for the best deals on KitKat. They sell it 3 packs for 760 Yen. Other shops sell 1 pack for 268Yen. This also is lowered to another 8% since tourists can buy tax free in Don Quixote.

Premium Strawberry KitKat

Unique Flavors of Kitkat only in Japan is the Green Tea, Strawberry, Strawberry Cheesecake (boxed with a Mt. Fuji Design) and the Cheesecake Flavor. I am not sure about the Premium Dark Chocolate Flavor but it sure was packed differently here too.

Strawberry Cheesecake

For your best of friends, your Ninangs you can go buy them a more expensive but really cute Solar Maiko. Like this one. It costs 1500 Yen inside the Airport and its the cheapest. In tourist spots its at 1650 Yen.

For your classmates, and officemates - you can bring them tasty goodies too - they are good but just really bulky. :P These are like the local "Shanghai" or "Lumpia"Chichirya we can buy for 1 peso. But they tastes better. These are available in Don Quixote, 1 pack at 30 pieces for 288 Yen.

Additionally, there's this Unique Oreo green tea filled snacks at Daiso for 108Yen. Too bad Daiso does not offer tax free shopping. haha

If you see this in the building around Dotonbori, you are in the right track. =) That's the Don Quixote.

 

Namba Walk

Shopping Center

For the Techie Friends and Family, you can go to Yodobashi and grab some of the headphones. They are at least 20% cheaper here in Japan. Also Camera Accessories are the best here - for less too. 8% discount on tax is applied for tourists as well. I bought myself 2 headphones here at on 1600Yen each.  They even cost the same as the solar Maiko! ha ha Casio Watches are available, Baby G, etc are at a lower price too. If you use a visa card, additional 5% discount is applied. =)



Japanese Love sweets, desserts actually. When you go by Kobe, they have a lot of stalls in the tourist spots that offers Mochi of different flavors. We kind of tasted a lot of these for free. They are always no less than a thousand yen per box. But some flavors are good. Dark Chocolate and Strawberries are the best. If you want to go classic, the red bean paste never go out of style.

With That, Domo Arigato Gozaimasu for reading! =) Happy Shopping! =)