Daiso - Japanese Household Goods — Attraction in Little Ferry

When visiting Japan, I came upon a fun store, Daiso, where music was played and many items were quite inexpensive. Great for fun souvenirs, I thought. The Japanese Dollar store chain, Daiso, and back then, I had wished there had been in NJ. I was quite excited when I found two Daiso stores within NJ this year!

Daiso is a Japanese inexpensive variety store that has some pretty good quality items, such as housewares, kitchenware, cosmetics, adorable stationery for those who love to do journals, toys, and many interesting Japanese snacks perfect for yourself or to share. If you enjoy or need help on organizing your desk or closets, you will find many organizers to keep your house out of chaos.

Quite recently, I was speaking to a wonderful lady who wanted to acquire some ramen bowls. I had rattled off some stores for her to visit but then remembered Daiso carries some nice porcelain dishware. I had visited Daiso in the Edgewater, NJ location and found their selection not as vast as this location. I found an entire section dedicated to dishware where you can purchase beautiful ramen bowls, sake cups, and many other items that can be purchased and not break your wallet. I just could not resist so I purchased some, myself.

Upon purchasing my dishware, the cashier was nice enough to not only wrap each dishware separately, but she also used tape to ensure it does not unravel during my trip home.

I found the entire store clean, calm and filled with so many beautiful items, I am going to be stopping by more often when I am in the area. This store is found in the same complex as H-Mart. Parking is easy since it is in a shared...

This store is a lot of fun. To call it a 'Japanese dollar store' would be wrong because everything isn't a dollar. The prices are in Yen and there are a few signs in every aisle with the conversion to US dollars. If an item doesn't have a price in Yen then its $1.99. There are aisles with school supplies, home decorating, toys, art and crafts, travel items, automotive, gardening supplies, home organizing for home office, bathroom and kitchen, house cleaning, beauty, kitchen and cooking supplies, dishes and cups plus some snacks. Everything has a very neat Japanese aesthetic and a good amount of cuteness. Many home decor items are seasonal so grab them while you can, other things like cleaning and home organizing are always available. I like getting short drinking straws for small lunchbox drinks, storage bins to organize my fridge, and a rice mold to make California rolls at home easily. Their stationery items are great- super cute, unique post its, erasable highlighters (Yes! They DO erase!)all sorts of paper clips and note books. Remember that Japanese homes are small and they use space wisely, so housewares are scaled down. You won't find huge 18" long rolls of foil like in American supermarkets, but you will find petite silicone bakeware and rolls of plastic and parchment in proportion to that. You'll find everything to pack a super thorough lunch right down to mini bottles for sauces and little condiment cups with lids. Its a great store and I always find cool...

Honestly I was really happy when I saw a new Daiso had opened up with lots of parking. My go to was the Daiso in Edgewater where I love to buy bento accessories for my child originally... but I am still thinking about how I was stopped while walking in with my daughter about bubble tea I was carrying. I was told no food or drinks but seriously??? It was UNOPENED, we were carrying it because I was not given a bag from Hmart cafe which was fine, I was making a quick stop for thread. I feel like if I can go in with them in a bag no problem like other customers what was the difference about carrying it in hand? I was then told they'd make an exception this one time since it was closed. I didn't make a fuss, I was wearing my mask of course (so how in the world would I be sipping and walking around anyway), but I felt very singled out since I was in my comfy clothes (had just finished washing my pets blankets in the laundromat across the street) so maybe thats why I was really stopped? The girl at the register was nice, she complimented my animal crossing hat but the mood was already destroyed from the interaction while just walking in. I'm not sure I'll be coming back and will probably keep Daiso in Edgewater as my favorite place....