#fukubukuro

[my-plastic-life]

Kiku is finally ready to open her Fukubukuro! These are Japanese lucky bags sold during the New Year by various vendors/stores. Sizes and prices range, and the contents can be anything from food to clothes. The norm used to be that stores would fill bags with overstock and sell them for a huge discount, and while some still do that, it's very common these days for there to be themed lucky bags at certain stores. Some even have signs showing what's inside (as in you're guaranteed a plush, a hat, and a cup, but not which one specifically). This year, Kiku went to a few areas and got a variety of goodies! She also made sure to wear her Pray For Japan shirt due to the New Year's Day earthquake. Let's all pray that the country recovers quickly and that anyone missing is found. Thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones.

Let's open the first bag!

This one had chips and a kendama!

(digging)

How cute is this little sumo wrestler sushi keychain?!

What's in this one?

A variety of hygienic items! We've got shampoo, conditioner, and body soap, as well as travel size kits of lotions and a toothbrush and toothpaste. And Kiku's favorite part, the Kirby bath bomb!

Cute stickers and a new pencil case!

The entire Fukubukuro haul:

#my plastic life #tenderwolf #doll photography #one sixth scale #azone international #azone pure neemo #azonejp #kiku ningyo #japanese new year #japanese lucky bag #fukubukuro #anime doll #myfroggystufffanpics #rement #prayforjapan #pray for japan

[geraniumplant]

𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐥

I got myself a little Trigun merch haul to show you. It's a lucky bag that was ordered back in December for the new year. A fukubukuro is a "lucky bag" that's filled with items for a fixed price. I ordered mine for...$20 I think it was? Anyway, This is what I got.

Was it worth it? I think so. Pretty cool stuff for my first fukubukuro. 👍

#my pics #my stuff #trigun merch #merch haul #ooc: lone wolf #please do not reblog #fukubukuro

[epiklab]

Sanrio Lucky Bag 2024 Hello Kitty [ 福袋2024 ] サンリオ ハローキティ ハッピバッグ #sanrio ...

#japan #travel #cute #cuteness overload #pink #tokyo #japan travel #Sanrio Lucky Bag #lucky bag 2024 #lucky bag #fukubukuro #hello kitty lover #Hello Kitty addict #hello Kitty #Hello Kitty #サンリオ #サンリオ福袋 #福袋2024 #福袋 #Youtube

[parasolpaper]

[WATERPROOF] Animal Crossing Vinyl Sticker Decal Bundle

#grab bag #lucky bag #fukubukuro #animal crossing #animal crossing stickers #animal crossing fanart #animal crossing new horizons #animal crossing community #kawaii animals #acnh #acnh villagers #nintendo acnh #acnh design #acnh life #acnh community #acnh switch #new horizons #animal crossing switch #ac new horizons #animal crossing fan art #animal crossing fandom #waterproof sticker #waterproof decal #waterproof stickers #waterproof decals #artist alley #artistsoninstagram #artists on tumblr #illustration

[mediummushroom]

lucky bags will be available on january first at 6pm EST, they include an exclusive bunny tote bag for year of the rabbit 🐰

🌷 $70 for $240 minimum value 🌷

#my art #lucky bags #fukubukuro

[jonjmurakami]

Here's my latest Generation Gap comic strip featured in today's @hawaii_herald • Many stores have been doing Fukubukuro "lucky bag" (FROM WIKIPEDIA) a Japanese New Year custom in which merchants make grab bags filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount, usually 50% or more off the list price of the items contained within. The low prices are usually done to attract customers to shop at that store during the new year. The term is formed from Japanese fuku (福, meaning "good fortune" or "luck") and fukuro (袋, meaning "bag"). The change of fukuro to bukuro is the phenomenon known as rendaku. The fuku comes from the Japanese saying that "there is fortune in leftovers" (残り物には福がある). Popular stores' fukubukuro usually are snapped up quickly by eager customers, with some stores having long lines snake around city blocks hours before the store opens on New Year's Day. Fukubukuro are an easy way for stores to unload excess and unwanted merchandise from the previous year, due to a Japanese superstition that one must not start the New Year with unwanted items from the previous year and start clean. Nowadays, some fukubukuro are pushed as a lavish New Year's event, where the contents are revealed beforehand, but this practice is criticized as just a renaming of selling things as sets. •Hope everyone's having a happy new year so far! 🙂 Keep smiling & stay safe! 😊 #jonjmurakami #comic #comicstrip #calabash #fukubukuro #generationgap #japan #japanese #stores #newyearsale #newyear https://www.instagram.com/p/CnGTkadLVk9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#jonjmurakami #comic #comicstrip #calabash #fukubukuro #generationgap #japan #japanese #stores #newyearsale #newyear

[critcrockett]

This pun is terrible, I love it.

#gachapon #fukubukuro #pun

[podcastderafaelzinhotumbleiro]

#imaginarium #presente #fukubukuro #fancydressnightshopping

[moonblossom]

My @tatcha skincare and #fukubukuro arrived (scroll through to see what came in the fukubukuro) and I can't wait to try it all out. I am thinking of doing a review of these products, as they're a Japanese luxury that's easily accessible no matter where you are in the world! (at Banning, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXu0SAvDKa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fukubukuro

[kahnnee]

Ala Moana Haul from @happywahinehi! ❤️ #fukubukuro #alamoana #happywahine @elenaychun https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_It_guxgK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fukubukuro #alamoana #happywahine

[gesshokudesigns]

💜  Our popular and limited-time Lucky Bags are back in time for 2023! 💜

What's it all about? Our bags are what's know as a Fukubukuro in Japan, where for a special discount price you can get a surprise pack of gifts from the shop - only at the beginning of the New Year!

With our bags there's no guessing - you're guaranteed to get one of each the category of items listed. Check the pictures for some samples! Get one before they sell out.

We know we're lucky to have you as customers! 💜

#lucky bag #fukubukuro #mystery box #kawaii #kawaii shop #alternative fashion #alt style #fashion #street style #kawaii art #kitsune #year of the rabbit #kawaii style #kawaii clothes #kawaiicore #kawaii fashion #animecore #anime fashion #rabbit

[my-plastic-life]

One final New Year tradition in Japan - fukubukuro (aka lucky bags)! During the New Year celebration,  many merchants make grab bags filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount. The bags come in all different shapes and sizes, and cost various amounts, but it is still possible to get an unlucky bag full of nothing but unwanted items.

Kiku managed to snag a quite large bag this year. Normally she wouldn't get one this big, but since it's her (and my) year (of the Rabbit!), she splurged! Let's see what's inside... An entire rabbit-themed dish set! Perfect for this year, and it can work every year during the moon viewing ceremony when the Moon Rabbit makes an appearance. Awesome!!!

Home with the fukubukuro (lucky bag)!

Let's unwrap the first item...

It's a fancy rabbit-themed bowl!

Ooo, a matching teapot!

The collection is growing! Lids have also been revealed for the bowls.

The collection is complete and all items are unwrapped! Kiku loves her rabbit dish set! She's squealing in excitement. :D

The entire set (including bento boxes, chopsticks, sauce dish, teapot, tray, and more!):

I found a template for a mini bag online, then I added the graphics and text to it, printed it out, and put it together. :D The characters on the top say "lucky bag" and the symbols on the bottom are kawaii images of the kadomatsu, maneki neko with a New Year card, kagami mochi, and shimekazari. The sides have plum blossoms with a formal New Year greeting:

#My Plastic Life #doll photography #doll crafts #azonejp #Azone International #Azone doll #Azone Pure Neemo #one sixth scale #Kiku Ningyo #Japanese New Year #Japan #New Year #Year of the Rabbit #Re-Ment #fukubukuro #Japanese lucky bag #anime doll #ani-ME #myfroggystufffanpics #TenderWolf

[aishiteru-kenshin]

Japanese New Year Tradition: Buying Fukubukuro

Hatsuuri is the Japanese word for the first sale of the New Year. At this annual event, thousands of people line up outside stores waiting to buy a fukubukuro. These bags are usually available from January 1st through January 3rd.

Often people will begin lining up to buy fukubukuro several days in advance, knowing that the bags will sell out within only a matter of minutes. Sales people will periodically make announcements to the people waiting in the lines to inform them of the rate at which the stock is declining, or if the bags have sold out. These sales people are easily recognisable since they usually speak into megaphones and wear Happi coats – lightweight cotton festival jackets with baggy sleeves and a sash around the waist. Fukubukuro are bags that sell for around 10,000 yen, which converts to approximately 100 USD. The contents of these bags are a mystery, but they often contain products that value THREE times as much as what the customers pay for! Although the contents of the bags are most often a mystery, the store will typically print out a sticker attached to the bag, reading the quantity and types of items included. The bags are known as lucky bags since the luckiest consumers will get the best deal for what they pay. If you get a really great deal (which, typically, you will), you are thought to be blessed with a lucky year ahead! Serious fukubukuro enthusiasts will post the contents of their mystery bags online and arrange trades to ensure they receive the fukubukuro with the contents they most desire! Some higher-end stores will sell fukubukuro for a much higher price, but will include in the metaphorical “bag” items such as electronics, recliner chairs, flights, or even houses. One year, the Matsuzakaya Department Store sold a fukubukuro for 100 million yen, that contained a pure gold tea kettle. Other luxury department stores are known to have given away precious-jewel rings and helicopter rides. Since the fukubukuro is a Japanese-originating tradition, it used to be only department stores that would sell them. However, larger international brands have recently begun joining the custom by offering fukubukuro during the New Year period in their Japan store locations. The Apple store is among the few large international corporations to get involved with the hatsuuri. Fukubukuro is a very fun tradition – whether you are more of a mystery luck type person or a “look before you leap” type person. Some brands require that you purchase a ticket in advance, so if you are planning on heading out to obtain a fukubukuro, be sure to do some research on the store you want to purchase from and that store’s hatsuuri process! 

#Japanese New Year #Fukubukuro #Hatsuuri #Japanese Tradition #Sanganichi #New Year

[epiklab]

#japan #travel #cute #cuteness overload #tokyo #japan travel #mickey mouse #disneyland #disney #walt disney #lucky bag #fukubukuro #福袋2023 #福袋 #ディズニー #ハッピバッグ #Youtube

[ameshin]

2023 Fukubukuro at Curious Kitties

2023 Fukubukuro at Curious Kitties

It’s that time again! Curious Kitties fukubukuro sale has started! 2023 lucky bag types This year’s bags are as follows: [L$1000](L$3000~L$4000 valued items)Hair & HUD – Mens – Unreal – Cute – Gothic – Fantasy – Original [L$3000](L$10000~L$12000 valued items)Fantasy – Cute [L$5000](L$18000~L$20000 valued items)Gothic – Cute – Fantasy – Unreal [L$10000](L$35000~L$40000 valued items)Special VIP…

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[lasercatdesign]

LaserCatDesign is back for 2023! The site it up now with a few new things and the Fukubukuro will drop at 11:59 EST to ring in the New Year! I hope you will continue to support us and can’t wait to see what 2023 brings! <333 #lasercatdesign #fukubukuro #sailormoon #whaleshark #dumbooctopus #acrylicearrings https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2RN4cvczV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lasercatdesign #fukubukuro #sailormoon #whaleshark #dumbooctopus #acrylicearrings