100 Items You Must Buy in Japan [Ultimate Shopping Ideas]

6 min readMay 20, 2020

TOP 100 Travel Japan Purchase List [Must See] — Are you worrying what to buy?

100 Items you MUST buy in Japan! What to buy when traveling to Japan? Here is the Japan best seller products that highly recommended for travelers from around the World. This purchase list could probably give you some souvenir shopping ideas when you are visiting to Japan. There is a lot of cool stuff you should have a look on them.

I have completed 60% purchases from the list, other 40% still in my wish list right now. I believe I will complete all these purchases on next visit to Japan after Coronavirus pandemic, let’s check this out.

Albion Healthy Water — Skin Conditioner Essential
KAO MegRhythm Steam Eye Mask — Relax, Refresh, Relieve
KAO Liese Prettia Foamy Bubble Hair Dye Kit
DHC Makeup Remover — Deep Cleansing Oil
Sekkisei Emulsion Lotion
Senka Perfect Whip Cleasing Foam
MokuNeji Stainless Steel Thermos
Zojirushi Rice Cooker
Hokkaido Rokkatei (六花亭) Creamy Chocolate Layer Cake
Calbee Fruit Granola Cereal — Japan’s №1 delicious cereal
Calbee Pizza Potato Chips
Santen FX Neo Eye Drops
Hisamitsu Salonpas Pain Relieving Patches
TAISHO Pharmaceutical Stomatitis Patches
ROHTO Melano CC Acne Mark Removal and Whitening Serum
Kobayashi Skin Care Cream for Keratosis Pilaris
ROSETTE Gentle Face Gommage Exfoliating Gel
DHC Eyelash Tonic
DHC Bio Cellulose Mask
LEUNGESSMORE LM Skin Tightening Care Mask
Loretta Premium Base Care Oil
Kiss Me Smooth Liquid Eyeliner
Kiss Me Premium Mascara
Kiss Me Hand Cream
Sato Nazal Spray — Good for nose issue like acute rhinitis, stuffed nose and runny nose.
Kobayashi Eye Wash Liquid
Lion Pair Acne Cream
JUJU Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion
Hada Labo Gokujyun Ultimate Moisturizing Lotion
Sana Soymilk Moisturizing Lotion
Kate Tokyo 3D Eye Shadow — Brown Shade Eyes
DHC Olive Concentrated Soap
Dreamtimes M2 Fantasy Trilogy Skin Care Series — Facial cleanser, Face Wash and Toner.
Yu Xing (玉の興) Shengtian House Tofu Cheese Mask
Spa Treatment Snake Venom Eye Mask
FlowFushi Lip 38℃ Treatment
Keana Nadeshiko Nourish Rice Mask
ISHIZAWA Labs Transparent White Muscle (透明白肌) White Mask
Loshi Japan Hokkaido Horse Oil (馬油) Moisture Skin Cream — Good for sensitive skin.
Loshi Japan Hokkaido Horse Oil (馬油) Hair Shampoo
Elleair Alcohol Wet wipes
Sagami Original 0.01 Condom Japan Super Slim Ultra Thin — Thinnest condom in the World.
Meiji Baby Milk Powder
Panasonic Aion/Ionity Hair Dryer
Canmake Tokyo High Moisturizing lipstick
Mocchi Skin Face Wash
24K Golden Pulse for skin care (The Beauty Bar) — Feel the vibration!
ReFa Carat — Skin Tightening Roller
ICHIEI Appetizers Grilled Scallops
Hokkaido Shiroi Koibito (白色恋人) Chocolate Biscuit — Japan №1
GLICO Cheeza Cheese Biscuit
Kameda Seika HAPPYTURN Rice Crackers
Asahi Chili Ring Snack — Very the spicy.
Yoku Moku Cookies — Rolled butter cookies Cigare, Cigare au the, Cigare au chocolat, Trois Cigare, Double Chocolat aulait, Double chocolat blanc, Billet aux chocolat au lait and more.
Seven Eleven Fluffy Uji Matcha Tiramisu Fern Cake
Seven Eleven Premium Pearl Milk Tea Chocolate — Tapioca in chocolates
Tararan-ya (鳕卵屋) Mentaiko & Premium Dried Squid
ISHIYA GINZA Pali Pie Limited Production
KyotoIzhizawa Shinzaburo (一澤伸三郎) Canvas Handbag — The Canvas World high quality luxury brand like LV.
Reveur Silicone-free Hair Shampoo — Rich & Repair
Oshima Tsubaki (大岛椿) Hair Oil
BELULU Classy — Beauty Facial Massager
Dr.Ci.Labo’s Labo Labo Super-Keana Lotion — Shrink pores & Moisturizing
Sheseido 611 Patting Sponge
MENAGE Hokkaido Shell Detergent and Cleaner Mist
SK-II PITERA Facial Treatment Essence
SK-II GENOPTICS Aura Essence — Whitening
Nichiban Roihi-Tsuboko Acupuncture Point Pain Relief Patches
KOSE Cosmeport Softymo Blackhead Removal Nose Strip
PDC Wafood Made Wine Meal Face Mask
Yamamoto Kampo Barley Leaves Powder Green Juice — Japan №1 Drink for Chlorophyll.
Umaibou Corn Puff Stick Snack
Arromic Silk Touch Shower — with filter, emergency stop button, stronger water pressure and save up to 60% water usage.
Atsugi Pantyhose Slim Leg Stocking
Tabio Pantyhose Slim Leg Stocking
AUX PARADIS Perfume
Eisai Chocola BB Beauty collagen Drink
Shiseido The Collagen Drink
Shiseido The Collagen Powder — Low Molecular Fish Collagen
GU Pajamas — I love it! There are various design for you to choose.
YOJIYA Facial Sheet Mask
YOJIYA Hand Cream
YOJIYA Lip Balm
Yasuda Drink Yogurt — Well known as the best yogurt drink in Japan.
ELIXIR Eye Cream — Whitening & Skin Care
NonKuma Eye Mask
Skin Vape Mosquito/Insects Repellent Spray
Kracie Hadabisei 3D Facial Mask
Aritayaki Ceramic Tableware — Colorful & beautiful painted patterns
Hagiyaki Ceramic Cups & Tea Bowl — Unique texture each of it!
Zebra Clickart Color Pen Set (36 colors)
Pentel Energel Infree Gel Pen
Pokemon Center’s Genuine Pokemons
Lupicia Fresh Tea
Shiro Savon Body Milk
Shiro Savon Hand Serum
Shiro Savon Hair Oil
Samantha Thavasa Handbag
Berne Millefeuilles Tokyo Chocolate
MIFUYU (美冬) Chocolate Wafers

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Alright, hope this huge list can help you some way. If you are planning a trip to Japan, I think you may read on these articles to gain more inspiration about interesting attractions.

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