100 Yen Shop in Tokyo

source subtokyo vlog

Excellent introduction to 100 yen shop, or our $2 store. 
Almost all items are household items mass produced in Asia.

行く iku to go

Yen 円 えん Money おかね

for

bigger amounts

Yen 円 えん

These are all the denominations available to Japanese. Japan is still very much a cash society, so most Japanese people carry a lot of cash around with them. It is a very safe country as there are always lots of witnesses to any crime. Petty pickpocket-ting doesn’t seem to be part of the Japanese psyche. In any case, Japan is spread over islands, so where to go with so many witnesses willing to dob you in? The problem occurs when Japanese people go overseas and they imagine that other countries are just as safe…

昭和三十九年

しょうわ３９ねん

shōwa sanjūkyū nen

The 39th year of the reign of Emperor Showa (=1964)