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Friday Report
Jan. 26th, 2019 08:08 amMy mother emailed me a week or so back about the Oomomo (“the Japanese Dollerama”) which opened in Don Mills. Yesterday I decided to check it out on the way home from work — it turned out to be in the plaza across from Morneau Shepell’s office, where I once temped for a couple of months. The Genghis Khan Grill is still there, as is the Tilley Endurables factory outlet. The plaza also contains a large Asian supermarket called C&C — probably a better place for Japanese groceries than the dollar store.
A lot of the stuff isn’t that different from what one would find at a Dollarama, but it’s a good place for Japanese dishes, and of course they have a good fancy stationary and craft supplies section. There’s also a section of Japanese beauty products, if that’s your thing, but priced at a slightly higher range than the $2-3 of most of the other stuff. Based on some of the household decor and Western-style dishes on sale, Japan is or recently was going through a fad for American-road-trip-themed stuff — lots of items adorned with surfboards, faux vintage diner signs, etc. Oh, and if you need small display cases for very small items, Oomomo has you covered.
The young man at the checkout said arigato-gozaimas in a very Canadian accent, rather to my amusement. I replied “domo,” but very quietly under my breath. The trip netted me a quite large piece of felt (large enough to make, say, a hat) for $2. There were a couple of other things that tempted me, but I left them for another time.
A lot of the stuff isn’t that different from what one would find at a Dollarama, but it’s a good place for Japanese dishes, and of course they have a good fancy stationary and craft supplies section. There’s also a section of Japanese beauty products, if that’s your thing, but priced at a slightly higher range than the $2-3 of most of the other stuff. Based on some of the household decor and Western-style dishes on sale, Japan is or recently was going through a fad for American-road-trip-themed stuff — lots of items adorned with surfboards, faux vintage diner signs, etc. Oh, and if you need small display cases for very small items, Oomomo has you covered.
The young man at the checkout said arigato-gozaimas in a very Canadian accent, rather to my amusement. I replied “domo,” but very quietly under my breath. The trip netted me a quite large piece of felt (large enough to make, say, a hat) for $2. There were a couple of other things that tempted me, but I left them for another time.
