Don Quijote ドン・キホーテ

Saya suka Akihabara.

Ini kalau dekat Jepun, tempat yang kalau pergi 3 or 4 kali dalam satu trip pun tak apa. 

No. I am not an anime otaku. I just love Akiba.

Kenapa saya suka Akiba?

Well, for starters sebab dekat Akiba ada Don Quijote or DonQi (ドンキ）.

 Don Quijote ni is a tax free mall. It has everything. And by everything, I mean EVERYTHING. From household item to electronic to games and toys to costume play stuff to adult toys. LOL! They have everything ok.

I went to this store mainly sebab nak shopping souvenirs untuk family and friends. Sebab honestly, from what I observed harga dekat DonQi is way cheaper than any where else in Tokyo. Especially perfume. Oh how I love those perfume yang being sold there. Also power bank dekat situ have a lot of variety. Plus, cheaper than other places too.

I remember the last time I was there. I spend quite a lot. Around 20,000¥ jugak lah. Gila oi! But itu masa last few days dekat Tokyo. So memang nak spend gila2 sebab nak habis kan duit. Dah spend gitu pun duit tak habis habis. ;p

But lemme give you some tips kalau shopping here at DonQi;

1. Do window shop at every floor before making any purchase. Survey dulu. Masuk every celah. Sebab you may find the exact stuff you want, but different brand, much more interesting color and design and much cheaper price.

2. Do have a look at all the stuff they had display behind the glass window. Sebab there where they  keep semua barang2 yang berkualiti. And if you're lucky, you'll find yang very cheap. Like what happened to me last year. 10,000mAH powerbank at only 2,890¥ ( RM 90.00+)!!
 

3. The staff speaks very limited English. But most places and items ada English guide. So not to worry.
 

4. ピンクsection is situated on the 2nd floor sebelah cash register next to the electronic section. ;p
 

5. If you run out of 1¥, not to worry. The cash register has this one bucket full with 1¥ for you to use.
 

6. Don't afraid to ask question. Even if the staff didn't speak English so much, they will definitely help you in anyway they can. 

 

Dekat DonQi cawangan Akihabara ni sebenarnya port untuk fans or WOTA AKB48 melepak. Sebab on the top floor ada macam theater hall untuk AKB buat show. Kalau tak silap they had show nearly 6 days a week. 

On the 4th floor pulak ada Maid Cafe. I went to DonQi for numerous time already but never had the guts to enter the Maid Cafe.Bukan takut. Cuma my Japanese is very limited. So..I don't want to embarrassed myself.

Anyway, meh nak share with you guys all my top list item to buy when visits DonQi.

1. Powerbank. This is a must. Sebab they have a lot of variations and plus it's cheaper than other places in tokyo. Even cheaper dari yang ada dekat Yodobashi Camera.

2. Phone Accessories. Dari phone cover to ear phones to dingling or whatever you call it and even travel phone charger. They have it all. Plus with cute design lagi. 

3. Kit Kat. They have some weird variations of Kit Kat. But not so much lah. Cuma yang fofular flavor je yang dijual. 

4. Perfume. This I tell you, is a MUST BUY. Bayangkan Victoria Secrets parfume dekat situ cuma RM 12 hengget je. Ko taknak?? Memang lah borong hoii! 

Ok. Basically itu je barang-barang yang saya beli dekat DonQi. Sebab honestly saya ni bukan kaki shopping. I just shop when I think it's necessary. ;p

But selain dari barang-barang that were listed above, ada je lagi barang lain. Macam make up, designers handbags, jewellery, camera, nintendo yang lama tu pun ada jual tau. Vacumm cleaner pun ada, periuk nasi, takoyaki pan, shoes, even lingerie! 

So if you ever went to Japan, jangan lupa to pay for a visit at DonQi. Yang saya duk cerita ni, cawangan dekat Akiba. Dekat tempat yang lain2 saya tak tau keadaan dia macam mana tau. So kalau lain, jangan marah saya. Saya awal2 dah bagitau ni. 

Oh! By the way, if you don't know the directions to DonQi, just ask around. Japanese people are very nice, they will definitely help you. And tanye je like this, "ドンキ, どこ？" ( Donki, doko? ), diorang for sure dah tau dah si foreigner ni nak shopping kat DonQi. LOL!

Okbye.