Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle

I have to agree with Sonia and M.S. reviews below. DO NOT SPEND A DIME IN THIS TERRIBLE STORE. Unless you like being treated rudely. My daughter and I recently visited this store in the oakridge mall. I was taking pics of a few Christmas ideas for my daughter when the store employee rudely informed me «you can’t take pics of the stuff… it’s obvious you aren’t going to buy that» What? Excuse me? I was planning on buying the item later when my daughter wasn’t with me. How does he assume to know what I am going to buy? Not now!!! Nor will I ever spend any money there ever! Extremely rude.

I wouldn’t spend a cent in this store!!! Why? Because the store manager (owner?) is UNREASONABLE! My daughter received a birthday gift from this store which is in its original packaging with all the tags intact and he wouldn’t return or exchange the item. I explained that he didn’t need to refund any money, but if he could exchange the item for something else. He wasn’t physically in the store and the teenage boy behind the counter had to call him and ask if he would approve the exchange. The answer was NO!
This is his loss because I was going to exchange $ 18.99 gift for something my daughter wanted that cost $ 49.99. Also his loss because I will not return to this store to spend a cent in there.

Large selection on the lower end of the price and quality.
But they do have some nicer things and that are reasonably priced too. You just need to look around, go during the week if you can, much less crowded.

This place is adorable and interesting just to look at, staff is alright most of them are potatoes, everything is overpriced please look else where (ebay, amazon, etc.) you can save about twice as much than paying for over priced items here. Makeup section is good and also over priced, for example a BB cream there that costs about $ 20 – 30, costs about $ 6 – 10 online (ebay/​Amazon) and IS authentic, this place is a total rip while it is convenient it is better to wait for an item that costs less than half, most people come here to look anyways. Figures also are pricy you can find a lot of them dirt cheap and authentic on eBay/​Amazon. One thing I hate more than anything is buying an overpriced item only to find out it is not authentic, this place has many FAKE items so please be cautious and if you can wait buy an authentic item online! You’re basically paying for poorly made items, figures and stuffed animals (rilakkuma, alpacas, etc.) easily look a lot different from others (faded paint, terrible paint, no sticker company tag, etc.) be sure to check for the return policy before buying anything just in case!

Was here with my daughter and she’s a big fan of the Rilakkuma bears.
The prices are reasonable. They have Made in US items, Made in Japan items too. We bought a bear that was supposed to be Japan-​made but ended up being a Sanrio that was China-​made. This is not surprising though, since that happens. Just make sure that you check the label if it’s important to you.
Bought a small bear and a mechanical pencil –total was under $ 20. Staff was nice.

This is one of the few places in town that stock rilakkuma and other cute toys. I used to go to fuzzy panda in great mall, but they are now closed since a giant Japanese clothing store took over. Yes, its a bit pricey, but the toys are authentic for the most part. $ 100 bucks for a stuffed duck, but hey I’m a sucker for cute stuffed animal for my girl.

I really enjoy browsing this store, even though the items are a bit pricey. I would assume it is because they are imported from Japan. It’s a lot smaller than the Japanese store in Santana Row, and I’m not sure if they are the same company. If price isn’t a concern, you can find lots of options for gifts, like cute animé stuffed animals, keychains, hair items and souvenir type items. This is a great place to go if you have a Japanese theme going.

I sincerely wish I didn’t have to rate this place so low!!!
Pros–
RILAKKUMA!!!
KORILAKKUMA
Kawaii items
Cons–
Small store
Really rude or annoyed staff. (Your work in such a cool store you should be more cheerful!!! :o)
Very overpriced stuff
Lack of stock/​Lack or variety

This is no Daiso but they do have some Hi-​Tech Maica pens which I have only found here and at Jet Pens website. They’re really awesome fine tipped 0.3 pens that allow you to write super nicely and neatly.
Why is this not like Daiso?:
1. most things are more expensive here
2. this place is much smaller

Amazing stuff here! It’s pretty pricey. I heard that they sell popin cookin here. But, I honestly would come here for Rilakkuma! It’s a cute brown bear that is so soft. It’s a pretty small shop, but I like it over all. Only thing is that everything is a bit much! :)

An «Okay» store but sorry. To me. Seems like mostly everything is ridiculously overpriced. Reason??? Maybe because they are imported? I wanted to see if they carried a face peel called Cure Natural AquaGel but they were selling it for far more than a reputable amazon third party seller was. No thank you. I do admit they have some cute stuff but I agree with one other reviewer about some animé products being bootleg. Nice place to just look around.
And remember kids… Smile. you’re on camera. Some of these Asian stores crack me up. They put signs up to shake you up a little bit to prevent you from doing a 5 finger discount. Haha.

For a japanese Lifestyle store, there isnt much variety for your otaku needs. They got some eating utensils for on the go as well as some tea cups. If I ever want to create by own lunch box for school, I’ll make sure to come here. But If your looking for some Japanese toys like models, plushes, figmas, or stuffed animals, Do not come to this store. Gundams are 3 times what you would pay at other stores; Their figure selections are limited to 2 inch sizes; And they only have hello kitty and some weird looking bear for plushes and stuffed animals. Where are you hiding totorro you jerks!!! haha

love the valley fair store better but this store is cool too~ just smaller and fewer products, but yeah.

First off as a warning, BEWARE these guys sell bootleg animé figures at ridiculous prices. You can find the same stuff shipping for free from China on eBay for about $ 10 a pop
With that said. This place is OKAY. Most of their goods are decently priced and they have a lot of stationary stuff, knickknacks, beauty stuff, kitchen junk, etc etc. the place is small and like many of these stores the staff is always watching you to make sure you don’t steal, you think they’d recognize someone who comes in really often as no threat, but whatevs.
Most the stuff however seems like it came from Daiso in Eastridge and jacked up a few dollars. With the exception of their bootleg animé goods and a few specialty items about 70% of the stuff at this store can be bought at Daiso for $ 1.50 an item. But if you can’t make the trip this store does just well and is great for gifts and cute home goods.

I’m turning Japanese
I think I’m turning Japanese
I really think so
(The Vapors)
I could do some serious damage if I were left alone in this shop.
I have absolutely no self control when it comes to cute little places like this that sell Hello Kitty items, Japanese soda pop, toys, candy, crazy animal costumes for adults and kids, tea sets, slippers, stationery, back packs, socks, etc.
I think I’ll have to come back and check it out with out any type of supervision (i.e. daughter).

Most of the cute items in this store is under $ 5.00. If you like Hello Kitty stuff, you’ll like this place as they have Hello Kitty stuff here that costs less than it does at other places. You can find stuff for both adults and kids here. For kids, there are sushi and animal shaped erasers and for adults, there are pill organizers, chop sticks, plastic lunch boxes, make up bags, night lights, and stuff for the house and kitchen. They also sell some candy and Japanese cookies here. The store is clean and well organized. I’ll be coming back here again sometime soon.

I love this little place! Given, some of this stuff you can find in Japantown; but if you live closer to Oakridge who wants to drive all the way to 87 and Taylor for trinkets? i was in there recently and they had a cool panda t-​shrit. Totally random but I wanted it AND it was only 7.99. I don’t read or know ANY Japanese but love many Japanese inspired things. I asked the guy what the writing on the shirt said… he opened it up, laughed, and said «I’m hungry!» He then turned to his friend and said «when did this come in! It’s funny!» Made me laugh too SO I got it. He didn’t make me feel dumb for asking either:)
They also have a GREAT selection of bento boxes, rice ball formers (for making fun looking rice balls for your kids), examples of bento lunches, lots of conveniently stacked kitchen stuff, TONS of animé/​hello kitty/​etc stuff (pens, erasers, randoms), and a TON of cool chop sticks and sake server sets. Pretty much everything in here is modern Japanese (not the silk screen «orient» stuff). Right now they are collecting donations for the Japanese tsunami/​earthquake survivors. Cool store, nice workers, super cool change of place. I hope this place does well!

This store is like a Japanese $ 1.50 store (Daiso), Morning Glory (or your local random Asian stationary/​stuffed animal store), Mitsuwa (japanese grocery store). all these three into a super explosion.
Japanese $ 1.50 store: Lots of random trinkets, keychains, erasers, toys, and other useless tsotchkes. Rice rocket car air fresheners. The similarity stops at the type of items sold, prices are definitely NOT $ 1.50
Stationary store: stuffed animals or branded novelties like Rilakkuma, Kiiroitori, Hello Kitty, etc. Mini notebox, mini colored pencils, pens, etc. You can find Death Note, Sailor Moon, My Neighbor Totoro DVDs sold here.
Mitsuwa: Japanese gum, chips, Pocky, Ramune. They even have a small stock of Tsubaki, Perfect Whipped, and other lower end Shiseido products.
It’s a small little store jampacked with lots of random asian goodness. Great gifts for just about anyone. What’s EVEN better? These type of stores give me an impression that it’s cash only. Not the case here, as I paid for my French Bulldog key cover for $ 3.99 with my Bank of America Hello Kitty debit card with no minimum charge.

When I think of Japanese goods I think of tiny, quirky, and somewhat pointless items thats are cutely marketed, neatly organized, and placed tediously into a tiny compact area.
That’s exactly what this store is. Tons of novelties from rubber bands to Ramune soda. Very fun to look around, pick up something inexpensive and fun for a kid or friend, try a new Japanese snack or candy. Cook store.

What a cool little store!
It’s in between Nordstrom Rack and the Apple Store. Sort of across from New York and Company.
It’s quite a little gem of a find, really.
There are Duomo, My Neighbor Tortoro and other Japa-​Animation characters in the form of keychains, purses, stationery, pens, pencils, stickers, movies, music, T-​shirts!
There are very functional kitchen supplies, pill boxes, savvy trinkets and everything here is fairly priced. Love this little store, so worth the visit — and their customer service is great. The employee was very quiet, but very helpful and friendly when you can’t get access to something too high, just ask!
This store reminds me of a mini-​Daiso, just more organized… and lots of different random items Daiso does not carry.