{"id":2549,"date":"2025-09-25T20:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:13:22","slug":"a-daiso-store-in-chandler-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/a-daiso-store-in-chandler-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"A Daiso store in Chandler, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the places I visited with friends in the Phoenix area is a new Daiso in Chandler! It provides an identical experience to a typical Daiso in Japan. Items just cost more than 100 yen, of course. When we used to live in Arizona, these types of items were available at Asiana Market and other Asian stores, but now Daiso officially exists in Arizona. Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walking into the store, it looks so much like a typical Daiso store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of neat crap for kids, of course. I wasn’t expecting to find Touhou merchandise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gudetama and Cinamarroll stuff too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yep, this is typical Daiso goods! Straight from Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Price conversion charts are posted about the store to let people know how much the items cost in US dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the places I visited with friends in the Phoenix area is a new Daiso in Chandler! It provides an identical experience to a typical Daiso in Japan. Items just cost more than 100 yen, of course. When we used to live in Arizona, these types of items were available at Asiana Market and … <\/p>\n

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