Daiso - Japanese Household Goods — Local services in La Cañada Flintridge

Glad to have a new Daiso finally open up in La Cañada where it’s easily accesible to Burbank, Glendale and technically Pasadena. Most Daiso locations tend to be six to twelve miles away or roughly over half an hour to get to. This Daiso is small but caters to more students with the sheer amount of stationary. It was nice to finally get refill blades and staples as well as small knick knaks. However, the downside is that this Daiso has hardly any practical items like a more extensive kitchenware section. The gardening section was lacking and when you look at each section closely, there is overflow and repeat stationary items that should be only in the stationary section. The odd pen and eraser was annoying to see when I would like a screw driver kit to be in its place.

The other downsides are the small parking lot and well… The students because one group parked into the disabled parking spot just so they could get Starbucks. When I was backing out, these students almost hit my car while backing out. My car was about two thirds backed out already yet the students never looked behind them to check for cars. I guess they were too excited for Starbucks since one student was driving and waiting for their friends to get the drinks.

Yet when their friends got into the car, I made direct eye contact with one of the students who got into the front passanger so this rules out the students not knowing I was backing up. Fortunately, when I honked the moment I realized the students were backing up into me, they stopped. An interesting start to a weekend for sure. So if you head to this Daiso, keep in mind there will be a lot of students especially new drivers. I would only go to Daiso if you need stationary and maybe some unique item or two...

I’ve been coming to this one the most lately. I get random stuff each time but pretty much I always leave here with something. The store itself is great and I wish it success. What kinda bugs me but makes me laugh is this one has particularly low self checkout. It feels like the height of the counter is made for Japanese stature rather than American, and the barcode scanner is practically at crotch level. The scanner is also hyper sensitive, where a lot of times I’m in here I can hear people accidentally double scanning items (including myself one time). The parking lot is also terrible here. It’s too tight I always feel like my car will get banged up so I park as far away as I can which doesn’t say much since the property isn’t that huge...

It’s like being in temus website You can find a lot of product here From home goods, travel items, toiletry, coffee selections, matcha in a can and powders. Soooo much to see. It’s a bit confusing because of the language barrier but it’s all inexpensive. You can check out yourself too. Bring a bag with you to put your items. Save yourself from buying...