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FUKUBUKURO
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2026
New Year’s sales start at major department stores
Sogo & Seibu’s Sogo store in Yokohama prepared about 30,000 lucky bags, including ?2,026 packages containing jackets for men.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2015
Staying up all night to get lucky (bags)
New Year’s in Japan means fukubukuro (literally, ‘lucky bags’). In a tradition kickstarted by the Matsuya Department Store almost 100 years ago, retail outlets offer mystery grab bags to the shoppers who are willing to buy blindly in hopes of scoring a bargain.
LIFE
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ON: FASHION
Dec 12, 2014
Fashion goes festive for the holiday season
Erimaki Sox collars the market
LIFE
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Style & Design
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Japan Pulse
Jan 8, 2014
Feelin’ lucky? The highs and lows of ‘fukubukuro’
Some people got lucky ‘fukubukuro’ this New Year’s and some got. . . well, something! We take a look at Twitter users’ ‘lucky bag’ adventures.
LIFE
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Style & Design
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Japan Pulse
Jan 8, 2011
Lucky bags give away secrets before purchase
Fukubukuro: It’s all in the luck of the draw.
JAPAN
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Media
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Japan Pulse
Jan 8, 2010
Fukubukoro hunting tamed by the Internet
Fukubukuro are a time-honored New Year’s tradition, but in 2010 some stores were making their lucky bags with marriage hunters in mind.
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