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Lucky Bag : FUKUBUKURO in Japan

New Year's holiday is a time for big sales.
When department stores open after the start of the new year,
they sell the sealed shopping bags called "FUKUBUKURO".

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Are you interested in what the contents of FUKUBUKURO are?

It's full of various stuff such as

Cosmetics
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Sweets
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Clothes
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The price of FUKUBUKURO is somewhere between 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen.

It's not a sale of miscellany !!
It often contains the fashionable items.
Actually,
FUKUBUKURO is considered to have 2-3 times more worth of the asking price.

That's why FUKUBUKURO is very popular in Japan.
Every year,
hundreds of people line up for hours in front of the department store.
Once the store opens, they rush to each shop for FUKUBUKURO.

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Do you want to participate in this FUKUBUKURO race?
Grab the lucky one !!

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