Originally Posted by
paperwastage
Donki/don quijote - sensory overload & mess of a store, but it's great!
technically a discount store in japan - there's a version of "Mega"donki in japan that's more of a hypermarket
outside of japan, it's more of a grocery store (with discount store items )
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14464675
mostly japan + asia (thailand/malaysia/singapore/macau/hong kong/taiwan) plus hawaii/california
eg: singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOtGVE2u11U
I'm quite familiar with donki and that saccharine jingle, but never found them to be much of a supermarket in Japan. They had roasted sweet potatoes, cheap oolong tea, and a bunch of foreign products, but mostly were filled with made in China crap like bdsm halloween costumes, and fake Rolexes.
Though, if you say their overseas locations are more supermarket than tchotchke vendors, I should check them out.