When you live in Korea, there are more than you can imagine when you inevitably have to purchase daily necessities. At times like this, what I always worry about is which store I can go to and buy cheap daily necessities. However, I would like to have passed many times in front of a store called “Daiso” while walking around the city like a traveler. If you take a look inside the family line, you may be puzzled enough to discover a whole new world. It is famous as a household that is used not only by international students from all over the world, but also by Koreans.

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The name Daiso was taken from the brand name of a Japanese 100-yen shop operated by Daiso Industry (Daechang Industry/大創産業), which started receiving equity investment from Japan. It's true that it came from Daiso, but I know that some people know that this word comes from the Korean word 'everything'. However, in the 2010s, Daiso may have judged that this is also effective for marketing, and sometimes promotes it by linking it with the word 'everything is there'. Regarding this, Chairman Park Jeong-bu expressed regret, saying, “The name that reminds me of Daiso is everywhere” and “I used the brand to secure awareness, but thinking about it, I was careless.”

(Source: Namu Wiki Reference and Arrangement)

Source: https://www.news1.kr

Friends entering Korea for the first time to study abroad may not know the location of the nearby Daiso, so sometimes they are unable to find their family name by going out and looking for it. In this case , if you open Naver Map and type “DAISO” in the search box, the location of the nearby Daiso will be meticulously displayed.

At this time, referring to Naver Map, you can walk depending on the distance, or use public transportation such as a bus. It's possible.

Now you won't have to go to expensive department stores anymore, let's shop at affordable prices in the convenient Daiso!