When I first moved in, my room felt kind of like a hotel room. Nice and clean, but not really like my own. But since I planned on staying there for a year, I knew what to do to make it mine: personalize it.
All the rooms in Eleve look the same, but as soon as you enter somebody elses room, most of the time you can see a part of their character as well. You can see, what they made of their room. For example me an my lovely neighbour. We had a party once for my birthday, where I actually planned on starting the party off in my room and as soon as there are too many people, we could spread the party to her room as well. But the party in my room never really took off, so we changed places and in the end, the only (very crowded) party room was her room. I think that's because my room is more like a living-room. You go there to talk, eat, drink and relax. But for her, her room had the right feeling. There was music, people drinking and dancing. Even though there were still the same people, the whole atmosphere was different.
So in this post, I want to tell you where to get cheap but useful things, to make your room mor comfy and "yours".
The first place to go to is called "DAISO". It is a 100 yen shop. That means all the articles are 100 yen, excluding taxes. So right now, the real price of everything is 108 yen. There are a few exceptions that cost 210 yen or 300 yen, but that's very rare and you see the price very clearly on the products, if they are not 108 yen.
If I tell you it's a 100 yen shop, you might think the products will be bad or cheap. But in reality, eerybody gets their stuff there. There are very cute things, very nicely designed and even though the quality might be poor, nobody cares because 1) it's cheap and 2) we are only staying there for a year... It's going to be thrown away soon anyway.
What you can find in DAISO is actually very hard to answer. At the front, there are the seasonal things. In summer there were beach-things like water guns or sun hats and stuff like that. In winter, there are warm socks and gloves. So basically, there is always something new to discover in DAISO. Then there is a very useful corner that has stationary. Folders, notebooks, pens, markers, erasers,... Everything you need will be there. Cute, cheap and unresistable. I bought more in that store than I needed and definitely more than I should, but I regret nothing. So if you go to Japan, don't bother to bring any note books or pens... It's better to buy them just there.
Another big area is the kitchen utensils. There are cheap glasses and plates, bowls and also everything you need to cook! In Eleve there probably won't be anything for you. But because of DAISO you can easily equip your kitchen with the stuff you need. The only thing you might want to buy in a proper supermarket or at NITORI is a frying pan or pot. The ones at DAISO are very, very tiny.
Next is the area with the bathroom stuff. Ranging from cosemtica to useful stuff like shower curtains, soap dispensers and toothbrushes - you can find anything there. And most of it is very cute. Of course your room will actually have a shower curtain. But I found it really boring to enter an all-beige bathroom, so I pepped it up a bit. It's easy to do, if you only have to spend 108 yen for it!
Other smaller but still very useful areas are the ones with random baskets, the whole cleaning area and games. Really, if you need something, check DAISO first.
There is a second 100 yen shop called SERIA. It has mostly the same as DAISO, but I think the designs are cuter and more feminine. And they are the only shop that has their own Disney area! There you can buy cooking utensils in Disney design, as well as cute wrappings, stickers etc. and everything for only 108 yen! Definitely go there as well, just to get a tiny overview of the differences. I especially liked their nail polish, mirrors and glasses more than those from DAISO.
You can find both stores at the train station Izumichuo. DAISO is pretty much un-passable. It's in the building where CO-OP is. You won't be able to miss it. Seria on the other hand is inside the building of Saizeriya, the family restaurant. It's located on the second floor, so go and check it out!
For all other things, I think you will find them in Izumiya, the main supermarket, but not as cheap as in DAISO. And if you need a proper cushion or some soft matress additionally to the very thin futon that Momoyama Daigaku provides, you probably should go and check out NITORI, in the samme building as Seria. It also has bedsheets. The normal S size fits the futon-set that we recieve.
If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
I actually spent around 5,000 yen at DAISO to get my life in Izumi started and make my room comfy with all the stuff I needed. Of course I spent a lot more money at DAISO the rest of the year as well, but the first basic needs were covered with that 5,000 yen. (including the rather expensive 1,500 frying pan I bought at izumiya.)
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