Another eventful weekend of, seriously to my surprise, shopping! My friend told me she wanted to go shopping, because she found a good deal on frying pans at one of the T-FAL stores. Unsure of where it was but completely in love with the idea of adding to my kitchen, I tagged along. Our first stop was a nice surprise in Saga, Cafe de Blue…
Cafe de Blue
We drove out to Saga for this famous parfait shop, Cafe de Blue. This cafe has pages of gorgeous looking cafes, as well at party tiers that going as high as $100. Before I leave Japan, for my last house party I plan to order one of those. We shared a BLT club sandwich, and then ordered a couple parfaits to share. There’s a huge regular menu of parfaits, and a special seasonal parfait menu. This month’s special is with strawberries for the sakura season.
Tosu Premium Outlet
After eating we were full, and my friend told me the place we’re going to has many stores. So it was our goal to walk off all that we just ate. Off we drove to Tosu! Little did I know that we were going to a Premium Outlet!
Premium Outlet VIP
Anyone who visits the Premium Outlets in USA should sign up for the VIP Lounge. It’s free and you get extra discounts on top of store discounts. Internationally though, it’s different. In Japan, foreigners just have to head to the Information Counter and present a Visa. Then you’ll get a discount coupon book for participating shops.
**If you don’t have a membership, foreigners can also present their passport to get a discount book as well**
Most of the time you have to spend a certain amount before getting a discount, but every little bit helps when you buy a lot. Today was the last day for their special sale, many stores had “lucky bags / boxes”. And I thought they were only available on New Years! (Refer to Fukubukuro New Years Lucky Bag). I wish Canada had deals like this. I realized that I am more interested in expanding my kitchen ware, rather than my wardrobe – which is still necessary because I haven’t really bought a lot of new clothes since when I first got here.
I’m really sad anticipating the day that I will have to leave my kitchen behind when I return back home…
($150 value)
Any time when shopping, keep an eye out for promotions. Tosu Premium Outlet promotion was if you spend $200 you could get a free bento box. Really nice, with assembling chopsticks. It somehow became easy to spend that amount that day. Yay! More for my kitchen!^^
with assembling chopsticks.
BC Roll in Japan 