This time I’m gonna share with you one of my favorite places to shop in Japan. Donki or Don-Quijote is a big discount chain store in Japan that sells almost EVERYTHING with a great deal!!
Starting from food, snacks, cosmetic, souvenirs, cooking ingredients, cosplay costume, fashion items, electronic, travel items, etc THEY HAVE IT ALL!!
I got so many questions about where is the best place to buy Japanese snacks, souvenirs, make up and basically anything with the best price in Japan. That is pretty much the same question I used to ask myself while planning for my first trip to Japan last year and well now I have the answer for that question, Donki or Don-Quijote.
Don Quijote has over 160 outlets throughout Japan including Tokyo, most of the stores are open until late or even open for 24 hours. There are two Don Quijote outlets AnakJajan have visited, Asakusa and Akihabara.
Asakusa outlet is opened for 24 hours, it is located in walking distance from the famous Senso-ji Temple (5 minutes walk, 450 meters). You can easily spot the store with their catchy penguin logo.
As I have already informed on my previous ‘Ultimate Japan Travel Guide’ blogpost, if you have a problem in finding the location on google map, you can simply use the Japanese writing of Don-Quijote ドン・キホーテ
I also will share with you the detailed direction, address, map and Japanese writing of the address at the end of this blog post for your reference.
TAX FREE
Fyi, Don Quijote provides 8% TAX-FREE shopping for tourist with minimum of purchase JPY 5.001 before tax for consumable items and JPY 10.001 for non-consumable items such as electronics, watches, jewelry, designer goods and both categories cannot be combined in a single transaction. FYI, in Japan tax exemption takes place right at the place of purchase rather than at a special tax refund counter at the airport, so they will directly exempt the tax during the transaction.
Important note: for tax-free shopping, you will need to show your passport at the cashier so do not forget to bring your passport okay?! And one more thing that I find very annoying, they will put your consumable items tax-free purchasement in a special sealed packaging and you cannot & must not open it until you have left Japan. It is very annoying because you have to drop the whole bag with everything mixed up inside your luggage making you unable to pack neatly.
Overall, Don Quijote is a place that you must not miss when you visit Japan. Its is similar with Mustafa Centre in Singapore but on a whole nother level. I always end up carrying a lot of shopping bags filled with Japanese snacks and make up every time I visited this store. In fact on my first trip to Japan during Spring and my third trip on Summer, we end up buying suitcase at Don Quijote because we have filled our suitcases with too many purchases, oopsieee!! Let’s shop!! 🙂
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Address:
Don Quijote
ドン・キホーテ
Akihabara Outlet
ドン・キホーテ 秋葉原店
4-3-3 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JAPAN, 101-0021
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 5:00
Direction:
JR Yamanote Line JR Chuo Line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line It takes a 3 minute walk from Akihabara Station (Electric Town Exit)
Map:
Asakusa Outlet
ドン・キホーテ 浅草店
2-10 Asakusa Taito-ku Tokyo, JAPAN, 111-0032
Open 24 Hours
Direction:
1 minute walk from Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station
7 minute walk from Ginza line Tahara Station
8 minute walk from Toubu Skytree line Asakusa Station
9 minute walk from Asakusa/Ginza line Asakusa Station
Map:
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I ended up bought many things in Daiso in Takeshita Dori Street and Serai, seems like I’ll get crazy inside this store..thanks for sharing.. ^_^
Hahaaa. Most snacks at Don Quijote are cheaper than Daiso. U will definitely love this place!
Kalau boleh tau biasa foto-foto nya pakai kamera apa ya? Thankyou 🙂
Hi. Kt pakai fuji x-t1 dan x-m1 lensa 35mm 🙂
Suka banget postingannya… thanks ya… btw, kit kat di hanamasa ginza cuma 225 yen pas desember lalu pergi ke sana, tapi memang hanamasa cuma supermarket biasa doank sih 😀
Sama2 and thank you for the info 🙂
Hiiiii, pernah coba swalayan lain utk blanja di japan or you think this one is the best (price, varieties)
& which one is the biggest or complete ya or all store just the same big?
Lasttt, about the tax free, so for food are you really cant or didnt open it until Indo or you just rearrange errthing at hotel?
Thxooo
Halo, kita sering kok belanja di swalayan, dari sisi ukuran dan kelengkapan produk pastinya berbeda dengan Don Quijote karena disana varian produknya sangat luas dan lengkap mulai dari food, fashion, hingga elektronik juga ada. Yup, utk tax free termasuk makanan seharusnya tidak diperbolehkan utk dibuka segelnya hingga meninggalkan jepang, tapi dari pengalaman kita sih ga pernah di cek, soalnya repot juga ya untuk packing kalau tidak dibuka plastiknya.
Hai aku mau tau dong ce.. kalau harga skin care sperti sk ii di jepang itu brp yen ya? Apakah lbh murah dibanding counter indo? Kalian kalau ke jepang biasa serbu skin care n elektronik apa
Halo, betul harganya lebih murah plus utk turis belanjanya bisa tax free, tapi kita ga hafal harganya.
I was in Tokyo last month and Donki is amazing! I was near to the Higashi Shinjuku branch and used to go there most nights between 10-12 for snacks, shopping and a little dance to the theme song! Like you, I had to buy a suitcase there for all my souvenirs. It is a whole different shopping experience to anything I have encountered before.
Yessss, the theme song is sooo catchy haha 😀
I just wonder about the quality of goods. Will they be fake if their prices are that low?
Lol, as far as I know, Japan has a strict law about it and no fake product will be allowed to be sold in Don quijote
hai anak jajan bisa tau kalo utk budget di jepang kira2 habis brp yah buat makan & jajan2 selama 2minggu? & ada info ga kalo mau cari baby stuff seperti snack2 baby or baby food dimana yah? apa di don quijote ada juga? thx before.
Don Quijote lengkap kok sampai keperluan rumah tangga juga ada, utk baby stuff mungkin ada tapi kita ga pernah perhatiin
haii anak jajan, beli kopernya di mana ya? Donki Asakusa atau yg Akihabara? atau di semua Donki pasti jual koper? Makasihhh
Yup, so far semua Donki yg kita kunjungi di Tokyo sih ada jual koper
I want try this foods
Halo, mau tanya untuk kopernya di donki ini price rangenya dari berapa yen ya? Thanks
Wah kurang ingat nih, tergantung tipe dah merek, harganya sangat bervariasi