Cute store, I especially like the animal themed mugs that come with teeny tiny spoons.
All the ceramics and little plushies are really cute, the star shaped candies in square bottles are the sort of thing I love.
This is more like a Japanese cross between a 7-11 and HomeGoods, similar to the other Japanese stores in the Stony Brook area just with more home goods rather than grocery items only.
I would love if there was a section with things which are traditional Japanese sweets, cookies and things like dried mellow plum snacks, Karinto, more artisan candies and cookies. I'd like to see the type of items that you can find in SakuraCo subscription boxes or on their website.
Unfortunately the snacks are priced pretty highly for what they are
They have some skincare items, the best of the ones I tried was the white bottle with green cap Coca mist- it has an extremely fine spray.
Personally most are not the items I would want to see in a Japanese lifestyle shop. I would love something like the Japanese shiseido items (not the same as American shiseido), Biore, Beauty of Joseon, Heroine Make, Rohto, Canmake, Hada Labor, and others like those.
I wish ebisu life store had a better selection, it's mostly items which are fairly similar to American grocery items such as the Japanese version of potato chips, Milano cookies, Oreos, cheez itz,...
Read moreBE CAREFUL BUYING CARD PACKS HERE!!! My girlfriend and I come to this store every other week, mainly for the pokemon cards and anime figures. We purchased a completely sealed Paldean Fates booster bundle. When we went home and opened it, we discovered one of the packs inside the “sealed” booster bundle was completely empty aside from the code card that comes with all the packs. They sell all their booster bundles and ETBs at reseller prices, so they’re pretty expensive. We called and complained but because we didn’t open the booster bundle in the store, they said they couldn’t do anything about it. I understand that because to them it could seem like we resealed the pack ourselves but we didn’t. If you’re going to buy card packs, ETBs, or booster bundles here, I recommend you open all your packs in front of the workers or record yourselves opening them in case something like this happens to you. Not sure if they would’ve done anything for us if we recorded ourselves opening the booster bundle, but I still recommend it. Still a really cool store with awesome figures and tasty snacks, but they are either resealing packs themselves or they are buying from someone who does. Moving forward, will only buy graded...
Read moreScalping products for double the price that they're buying from other shops in the mall.
Don't pay these prices! They buy from Newbury comics and resell for 80% upcharge.
edit: $40 for a $22 item is not reasonable in any way, and you are not an Authorized Pop Mart Dealer, you're use of the term authorized is misleading and...
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