Japanese Shops

In Australia, I found many Japanese things, so I will introduce things that I found last year.

 First of all, there are UNIQLO (ユニクロ) stores in  Sydney and Melbourne. I was very surprised at the price of items, because the prices are too expensive. However, when I went to UNIQLO, there were many people in the shop. Secondly, I saw DAISO in many places because there are over twenty shops in Australia, especially in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. In Japan, we can buy one item for 108 yen, but in Australia is 2.80 dollars.

Thirdly, there are MUJI (無印良品) stores in Sydney and Melbourne. I could not look at any items because it was closed, so I didn't know about the prices. Next, there is a very big Kinokuniya (紀伊国屋書店) in Sydney. In this book shop, we can buy both Japanese books and English books. If you buy Japanese books there, the price is double the Japanese price.

 








                                          In addition, I found shops that have many Japanese food, like Japanese convenience store. In Sydney, there are many Japanese restaurants too, such as sushi, tempura which is Japanese style deep fried battered seafood or vegetables, ramen, soba, udon, and so on. When I saw many Japanese things, I was very happy to see the Japanese writing. In Armidale, there is just one Japanese restaurant which is called Ten Koo. This restaurant is open only at lunchtime, Monday to Friday. I could not go many times because I had class Monday to Friday.

I think that in a big city like Sydney, it's easy to get Japanese things, but in Armidale, it's too difficult to get Japanese things. When I stayed in Armidale, I sometimes missed Japanese food. Although we can get Japanese things easily when we stay in a big city, there are also many Japanese people. It is not good for studying English, so Armidale is far from Sydney, which makes it a good place to study English.