Wen-Ju C.
Yelp
While exploring in the area, I was attracted by the design outside with the lanterns. A lot of people were taking pictures of the outside. I also saw quite a lot of people in the white and blue kimono (?) tops in there. I decided to check out the first floor.
The store was big. There were variety of things: food, drinks, clothes, station aired, accessories, etc. Everything was pretty pricey but the designs were simple and nice. I ended up just getting 2 little device wipes (400 yen each), a sumo wrestler and a ninja design.
However, waiting to pay took forever. And the payment area placement is awkward. It's in the middle of some cubbies, not sure if this is a bad description. I was next in line but this guy skipped me. How rude... I didn't say anything because I think he knew one of the staff members. They said something to each other and another staff member brought a cheese wheel thing to the payment counter. I am not trying to get into fights while abroad haha.
They do tax free if you buy over 5k yen, but I didn't have that much to shell out. The payment process for me was slower compared to other places. I found it funny that they had so many people, yet they have like 2-3 people helping a customer when they could've sped up the line by processing other customers too.
There was an event (KOBE) going on. Lots of staff members, a guy with a fancy camera/video, and people.