New years is a time for shopping

New year's sales go from the 1st to the 4th of January.  At first I noticed that a lot of shops had lots of special bags out the front, these are called 'Fukubukuro'.  The fukubukuro bags are usually filled with supprise merchandise, which would cost a lot more under normal circumstances.   Depending on the shop, these bags can cost between 10 000 - 50 000 yen ($120 - $600 AUD).

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inside

I got one from the Algonquins (pronounced Arugonkinzu) shop this morning for 10 000 yen and these are the clothes that were in it.  Adding up all the price tags the clothes inside are all worth 56 350 yen ($686 AUD).  So....  This was a really good buy!